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Listening to and Learning from Children in Church
Yesterday we spent the service reflecting on our church values and at one point everyone had some space to draw, write thoughts or to discuss the values. One of the children (she is 3) drew this picture and asked her mum … Continue reading
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Prodigal Son Craft Activity
Here is a simple Prodigal Son craft activity that my wife came up with. One of the things I really like about it is that it teaches something of the point of the story rather than just information about the story. … Continue reading
The One About 100% Attendance
My daughter came home from school with this certificate. I asked her f she was proud of herself and she said ‘I don’t know’. As we talked further it became evident that she had no idea what ‘100% Attendance’ meant. My daughter … Continue reading
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Tagged communicating God loves you through activities, communicating the good news in creative ways, communication, creative communication, discipleship, interactive learning, learning, learning styles and church, learning through fun
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Shall we let them eat cake too?
Jenny started our service on Sunday by unveiling a cake she had made. She then cut a slice and ate a bit and described what it tasted like before saying that she was glad that she could share the experience … Continue reading
A Simple Creative Activity to Remind us that the Cross Cleanses
A simple idea that can be used in messy church, family activity or even a Sunday morning service to illustrate how the cross cleanses us from sin. Start with a blank canvas with some masking tape in the shape of … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 john 1.9, cleansed from sin, creative learning, cross, jesus died for us, Jesus died once for all, learning through fun, our salvation cost Jesus everything, salvation, Saved by Jesus, why did Jesus die?
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The Power of Good Communication
A few days ago I wrote about the power of chocolate; how chocolate had motivated my girls to get ready for school on time. Since then we have come up with a much better way to encourage our children to get … Continue reading
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Tagged communicating God loves you through activities, communicating the good news in creative ways, communication, creative communication, creative learning, if you can't explain it simply you don't understand it, learning, learning styles and church, learning through fun, parent
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The One About Bringing People to God
At church today we were thinking about bringing people to God and we used this simple activity to pray for people in a creative way. Everyone was given two connected paper people, one represented them and the other one represented … Continue reading
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Tagged access to God, access to the father through Jesus, all age service, all age talk, childrens talk, communicating God loves you through activities, communicating the good news in creative ways, creative communication, creative prayer, How to pray, intercession, learning through fun, prayer activity, prayer pictures, Prayer station
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A fun day stall that reminded people they were special and valuable
This was our church stall at a recent community fun day. Our aim was for people to have a good time but we also wanted to remind them that they were special and valuable. There is so much in life that … Continue reading
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Tagged church fun day stall, communicating God loves you through activities, communicating the good news in creative ways, creative communication, creative prayer, everyone is valuable, God loves us, learning through fun, loved by God, self worth, you are unique, you are valuable
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