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Be Tenacious

Be Tenacious

“Many a man has turned and left the dock just before his ship came in.”
(E.C. McKenzie from 1800 Quotable Quotes)

The bible is full of stories of people who never gave up.   Tenaciousness is definately a virtue.  Kids need to be constantly reminded to never give up.  Don’t give up just because things are not easy, or conclude that God is against you.  Go with what is in your heart and never give up.

Since God may not work things out the way we think it will happen, we need also to have wisdom and keep open hearts and eyes to see how he may working in our situations.

This is why the bible stories are so important to teach.   Every culture has it’s ancient stories, preserved to encourage every new generation.

Never neglect our spiritual ancient stories.

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Game Chewing Gum Races

Game – CHEWING GUM RACES

Supplies Needed:   Sticks of chewing gum, work gloves, and shopping bags.  Individually wrapped sticks of gum are placed inside the shopping bags (at least one stick per player).   2 or 3 shopping bags are placed at a goal 20 feet away from the starting line.  Choose 2 or 3 children and give each of them a pair of work gloves.   Have the children recite the memory verse.  Say “On your mark, get set go!”  The children then put on the gloves, run down to their bag, pull out a piece of gum, unwrap it with the gloves on, chew.  The first child to get the gum into their mouth and chewed is the winner.   You may want to have a championship round.   Remember to repeat the memory verse several times between each race.

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Game Candy Stealing

Game – CANDY STEALING

Preparation:  Mark a large square unto the floor with either chalk or masking tape.  In each corner place 4 candy items. (Example in one corner you would put 4 chocolate bars, in the 2nd corner, 4 bags of chips, in the 3rd and 4th corners some other type of candy treats.)  Make sure that the candy treats you choose, do not roll.  Place one child in each corner.  When you say go, each child must simultaneously go and steal a candy treat from someone else’s corner and then bring it back to their pile.  The hitch is that they can only go to one corner at a time and they must promptly bring the item to their corner.  They can run diagonally also. Run each round for 20 seconds.  The action is fast and intense.  Remind the kids to be careful not to crash into each other.   Have them recite the memory verse before and between rounds.  The one with the most candy wins.  We usually award the winner with one candy prize.

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Craft | Mother’s Day | Flower Pots

Craft for Mother’s Day

Here is a link to a craft idea for Mother’s Day.  Kids love popsicle sticks and they do make pretty flower pots when painted.

https://typicallysimple.com/craft-stick-flower-pots/

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Laziness

Laziness

“If the responsibility for all poverty is placed on the wealthy, why not blame all sickness on the healthy.”
(E. C. McKenzie from 1800 Quotable Quotes)

Obviously  not all poverty is caused by laziness, but some is.  It is my observation with kids that their natural default is NOT to work and be productive.  Most want to relax, play games and watch television for hours if allowed to.

As children’s ministers we can kind of delve into some topics that are considered meddling, but Jesus and the book of proverbs confronts such topics such as laziness and various causes of troubles in the world.

As children’s ministers we should not hold back on those parts of the Word that talk about moderation, laziness and social ills.   Encourage the kids to be moderate, to not over-eat the wrong foods and not over watch television and computer games.   Encourage them constantly to be contributing members of society and salt and light in their world.

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Game Book Relays

Game – BOOK RELAYS

Divide players into two teams, with the same number of players in each team.  The first player from each team puts a book on his or her head and makes his way around an obstacle course and back to team member #2.

Every time a book is dropped, 10 seconds are added to that teams score. Touching the book with your hands gains 5 seconds to the teams score.  Have an umpire/time keeper assigned for each team.   Team at the end who completes the course in the shortest time is the winning team.  Have the kids recite the memory verse several times before and between rounds.

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EQUIPPING CHILDREN LEADERS

EQUIPPING CHILDREN LEADERS

GOOD LEADERS MAKE GOOD LEADERS (A Blog by Rev. Grace Verrier)

A few years ago I assisted in ministry within a church whose adults had lost their vision for teaching children.  I did try to recruit workers and offered to fully equip and train them.  However, no adults were willing.  (My style of teaching is an open format requiring a minimum of three teachers with some extra for “crowd control” as the number of children increases.)  My husband who was traveling at the time offered his assistance sporadically and I honed my curriculum so that the lessons I taught could be taught by myself and my husband when he was available.

The children’s church began to grow and I was quickly running out of lessons that could be adapted to one or two teachers.    It was then (out of desperation) that I discovered that older children were quite capable of teaching those younger than themselves.  I had a meeting during class time and asked who would be willing to help me.  If you work with children, then you will know that every hand in the class went up.  The next few Sundays were spent “equipping the (younger) saints for the work of the ministry”.  I did puppetry workshops for those who wanted to use them to teach.  I gave acting lessons to those who wanted to do the teaching skits.  I gave lessons on teaching the memory verse in fun and active ways.  Children were taught to reinforce the solemnity requirement for the altar calls.  Some children wanted to actually stand before the group and teach the lesson I provided them  the lesson the week before so they could learn it.  Some children offered to do the “crowd control” in an adult style respecting the other children and thereby earning respect from their peers.

When I finished that church assignment I received one of the greatest confirmations of my ministry.   A twelve year old girl (who was the pastor’s daughter) said, “I now understand how and why we teach the younger saints.  I will become a Children’s Pastor.”

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Game Blow Cup Relay

Game – BLOW CUP RELAY

In the game blow cup relay make 2 teams of 5 or 6 players each.  Put a hole in the bottom of a paper cup and thread it on a piece of string 15 feet long.  Give one prepared string to each team.   The string is held taut so the cup can slide, and the paper cup is placed at one end of the string.  The teams line up single file at the end where the paper cup is.  At the signal each player must blow the cup to the other end of the string (with hands behind back), and then push it back to the start for the next player on his team.  The first team whose members all finish, win.

Remember to recite the memory verse several times before the game begins and between games.

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Game Blindfolded Pudding Feeding

Game – BLINDFOLDED PUDDING FEEDING

Choose 2 teams of 2 people to come up to the front.  Put a large plastic bag (with hole in top for head) over them to protect their clothes.   Place 2 chairs for each team, one directly behind the other.  Have the children sit in the chairs and then wrap a plastic sheet around their bottom halves to again protect their clothes.  They must sit very close together, one behind the other for this game to work.

Blindfold the person in the back chair.   Put a pudding cup and a spoon into their hands.   On the signal they must feed the person directly ahead of them with the pudding. (Usually pudding goes all over the front person’s face.)   Blow a whistle when the match is over.   The team who empties the pudding cup first and has the cleanest face is the winner.

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Everybody’s It Game

Everybody’s It Game for Children’s Ministry

This game is best played in a large room or gymnasium.

This large room game will really burn off the excess energy from the kids. Get the wiggles and giggles out of them before you teach them the Word of God.

http://www.greatgroupgames.com/everybodys-it.htm

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Why do we sing Children’s Worship Songs

Why do we sing Children’s Worship Songs

Here is a instructional video for kids teaching the basics of why we sing Children’s Worship Songs.

Praise and Worship 1

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William Booth

William Booth – The Power of Saving Child

 

I just read a short biography of William Booth.  Did you know he received the Lord at 14?  I didn’t.

Here is a clip from the article.

When he was criticized for using secular tunes to attract crowds, he replied, “Secular music, do you say, belongs to the devil? Does it? Well, if it did I would plunder him for it, for he has no right to a single note of the whole seven.”

I really like this guy.  Interesting how Christians are still talking about secular music.

http://www.christianitytoday.com/history/people/activists/william-booth.html

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