Teaching techniques, crafts, lessons and more to make learning about God an adventure kids look forward to!
Don’t Let Fear Slow Your KidMin
Fear. When is the last time you found yourself afraid of something? How about the kids in your children’s ministry? Fear is a natural emotion felt by all ages. Fear often causes people to make some really bad choices. Taking lying for example. Typically, a person lies...
Mad Dash FOR Bible Class
Disney’s got nothing on God! His great big story will keep kids on the edge of their seats. A serpent convinces Eve to eat forbidden fruit. A burning bush suddenly starts speaking. The earth swallows disobedient divisive men. A king...
Overcoming Obstacles – Galatians 6:9
Obstacles. This past Sunday our children learned about the exiles returning home to Jerusalem from Babylon, part of our three-year chronological bible study. They learned about Zerubbabel, Ezra and Nehemiah. The loved saying, “Zerubbabel.” As God’s chosen people...
Crafty Thursday-Triumphant Entry Donkey Balloon
As many of us get ready for Easter and the events leading up to it, here's a great craft for kids introducing them to Palm Sunday. Jesus enters Jerusalem on a borrowed donkey the week before his crucifixion. The disciples spread their cloaks on the donkey for Jesus to...
Egg-ceptional Outreach Opportunity
Easter is coming! Easter is coming! Although some denominations do not believe in celebrating the resurrection on this day each year, we can all agree that we are to celebrate the resurrection of our Savior every Lord's Day. Whether it is Easter or any other given...
Crafty Thursday – Lion’s Den “No Stress” Stress Balls
Daniel is an amazing example for us in scripture, especially when teaching kids. Daniel was exiled to Babylon when he was young. He was taught all the ways of Babylon and ended up on King Nebuchadnezzar's good side early on all thanks to Daniel's faith in the one true...
Where Did All My Kids Go?
Attendance had been low. In fact, it had been so low that I began to wonder what I was doing wrong. Did I need fresh blood? My classes are small anyway with 6-8 kids per class and that is for two grade levels combined. The last several months our numbers for...
Crafty Thursday-Bible Cootie Catchers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3TsoLcPOA4 Bible Cootie Catchers (Jonah & Daniel) Trying to come up with ideas for kids that they will share with friends is not an easy task. I remembered a few kids running around with cootie catchers, aka Fortune Tellers, not...
What Possessed Me to Stand on Chairs
There's always that one kid. You know the one I'm talking about. The one that distracts the rest of the class and just does not want to focus. You expect this. You prepare for this every week. But for some reason, today this child just does not seem to respond. You...