This Sunday is Pentecost Sunday, the day Christians celebrate the giving of the Holy Spirit. To mark this day, have your kids make the Pentecost Rusher. You'll find it in the "Easy Make N' Take Downloads" section at: http://www.sundayschoolnetwork.com/curriculum.html
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1) Tithing Idea
HI Lorraine,
Here is what our church does to teach tithing, bringing your bible to church, saving and a few other things get covered in this approach. Frist we ordered assorted give away gifts from Oriental. We put these items in bins and gave them a value of 1,2, or 3 coins. The way the children earn coins is to show up for children church(1 coin), bring their special church bag(1 coin) and bring their bible. This earns them 3 coins each week. We keep their coins in individual large baby jars with their name onthe jar, we call this our bank. On the last Sunday of the month we allow the children to shop at the store with the coins they have saved all month. We have a special God's Bin and the children are told they have to return at least one coin to God and more if they felt led. You would be surprised how many little ones give God 3 or 4 of their coins. Hope this helps Dianna Rogers Richmond, Virginia
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2) Room Themes
Hi! Since you are redecorating, I saw the cutest thing at a church I visited. At least it certainly stuck with me! In their nursery, right above the changing tables, they had the verse: " We shall not all sleep, but we all shall be changed!" Another good verse was 'I will both lie me down and sleep.' They just had this on the wall in huge letters. It was right as you came in the door, for all to see. Too cute! Kathy
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3) Tithing Idea
A simple thing for young children to comprehend would be to put 10 beautiful, shiny apples on a large plate to represent the bounty God gives us. Take one away to "return to Him" - leaving nine!
Then take all but one away to represent a smaller portion. But when that one apple is cut into 10 pieces - take one small piece away - and we still have nine pieces left!
Naomi
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4) Day Care
I have been part of a two day Mom's Day Out for three years. I have found that it is helpful to teach the bible stories by month. For example- Creation is divided up week 1- Days 1&2, week 2- Days 3 & 4, week 3- Days 5 & 6, week 4- day 7 (we do PJ day for this) and review. Another example: Noah's Ark-building the ark, loading the ark, safe in the ark, the rainbow. Noah's Ark month would be good to have a petting zoo or to bring animals to show the kids. We also teach numbers 1-20, colors, letters and shapes. We have a seperate music time, outside time, lunch time, and a centers time. Online are several ideas, crafts and lessons that you can adapt. SSTN is a great website :). So is Danielle's Place. General preschool ideas also are plentiful such as those at Preschool Express and DLTK Kids websites. Just a few ideas... Amy
My husband teaches the teenagers at our church. One Sunday morning one of the teens was being terribly disruptive and rude. He finally told that boy that it was his job to teach the class the next week. He handed over his teacher's guide and sent him off. The student learned how much work goes into preparing a lesson and how frustrating it can be when no one is paying attention. All the kids are going to have a turn teaching the class and if everyone does well then they get to have a pizza party. It might work for you.
God bless, Misti Bridges
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6) Disruptive teens
This is for the person with the problems with teens in class. i have the same problem. If u want to drop me an email and we can bounce ideas off each other. Anyone with ideas please email me as well. Connie Tenuhcmama@wmconnect.com
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7) Looking for music?
Looking for the music and the rest of the words to this hymn:
MARCHING ON THE WAY TO HEAVEN LEAVING ALL THE GLOOM OF NIGHT FOLLOWING THE MASTER FEARING NO DISASTER STRAIGHT UP THE PATH OF LIGHT ONWARD WE GO FORWARD WE GO
thanks much appreciated
God bless elaine
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8) Friend's Day?
Just to narrow down your options. What is your focus? ie. Something dealing w/a skit, talent, or how to invite/promote the event.
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9) Palm Trees, Thanks!
A few weeks ago, someone posted directions on how to make palm trees. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! My church's children's choir recently put on a musical called "King of the Jungle." We used the directions to make 13 awesome palm trees for the background of our set. We also placed a zoo tram in the center, and surrounded the platform with zoo animals, borrowed from a local business. Your ideas really helped to pull the set together. Pictures can be found at my church's website, http://www.pennforestcog.org/kojgallery/ , or I can send them to you individually if you would rather. Once again, THANKS!
Lindsey Hull
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