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 We have one child in our class who is not really a bully, but he wants the other kids to know that he’s cool and tough and all that. The other day , I was taking he and a group of other kids to the restroom. He was walking beside me with a couple of the other boys and explaining that he loved Jesus more than anything. My heart warmed a little bit just listening to him proclaim his love for our savior. About ten seconds later, we reached the restroom and he announced to the little boy beside him,
“I
Continue reading I love Jesus enough to punch you in the mouth (Children’s Ministry Moment #9)
Several weeks ago, we were teaching on the birth of Jesus as part of our December series. More specifically, we were talking about God meeting our greatest need in sending Jesus Christ to earth. As part of the lesson, I asked the kids to name some of their needs. They started, of course, with physical needs like food and shelter and clothes. Then I asked them to name some things they need which they could not touch. The kids offered some ideas, but most of them were actually tangible things, and many weren’t needs at all. I tried to steer
Continue reading On the importance of being prepared in Children’s Ministry (Children’s Ministry Moment #8)
During one lesson this past month, we were talking about the birth of Jesus and how he is the greatest gift a person could received. The focus of the lesson was on how God gave us the greatest gift he could give, and we challenged the kids to think of a gift that they could give someone that week to show someone in their life the love of God. As we were going around the table, one little boy’s eyes lit up as he figured out what gift he was going to give -
“I’m going to tell Santa Claus about
Continue reading Everybody Needs Jesus (Children's Ministry Moment #7)
This past weekend in our large group teaching, I was talking to the kids about the Thanksgiving traditions in their family and reminding them what we have to be thankful for above all other things. We were talking about family coming and visiting relatives. We were talking about who does and doesn’t like turkey. Then, I started to ask them what else they had for Thanksgiving. We went through the usual suspects:
Turkey
Ham
Any other kind of meat
Corn
Potatoes
Stuffing
Sweet Potatoes
Green Beans
Pumpkin Pie
Pecan Pie
Other Vegetables
Then I asked if anyone had anything else every Thanksgiving they I hadn’t mentioned yet. There
Continue reading What are Your Thanksgiving Traditions? (Children’s Ministry Moment #6)
As I was working through memory verses and the AWANA book with my six-year old daughter last night, one of the questions required them to retell a story that they had heard in AWANA. I asked what they had talked about this week. My daughter racked her brain for a few seconds then explained that they had talked about “that buy” but she couldn’t remember his name. After more pondering, she said, “You know the guy with the boat.”
Trying to be helpful, I offered “Noah.”
She said, and I quote “Yeah, Noah, the guy who saved all those people
Continue reading How Many People Were On That Boat? (Children's Ministry Moment #5)
This past weekend in the Kindergarten and First Grade Room, we learned the story of Epaphroditus from the Philippians 2 and 4. We talked about how Epaphroditus helped Paul and how Paul helped the church in Philippi by sending Epaphroditus back to them after he got sick. We learned about how you can make a difference when you take care of other people.
Well, following the large group lesson, I was going over some review questions with the kids during their small group time.
Who did we learn about today? Epaphroditus
What did Epaphroditus do? Brought a message to Paul
Who did Paul
Continue reading Where Did You Say He Was From (Children's Ministry Moment #4)
You’ve got to love an honest kid! This morning was my first weekend teaching the kindergarten and first grade room, and I had a blast. We were studying the story of Solomon and the time when God asked Solomon to tell him anything he wanted God to give him. I explained to the kids how cool that would be to have the creator of the whole universe, the living God who made you and me, tell them to ask for whatever they wanted. I proceeded to ask them what they would ask for in that situation. The answers were predictable
Continue reading You've Got To Love An Honest Kid (Children’s Ministry Moment #3)
So, this moment was a little bit different. It wasn’t actually in my K-1 class. Instead, this entry deals with a conversation I had with my eight-year-old son about Baptism.
After six-and-a-half years of being a Christ follower and ignoring God’s command that new believers be baptized, I finally took that step of obedience this past weekend. There was no theological, philosophical or other reason that I put it off. It just sort of got relegated to the back burner of my spiritual life, and I never made it a priority. God continued to tug at me about this
Continue reading Little Mouth…Deep Truth (Children's Ministry Moment #2)
Anyone who works in Children’s Ministry knows that there are moments. There are moments of clarity, moments of frustration, moments of humor and moments that just take you aback. I’ve decided to start a new series on this blog to remember some of those moment.
This past Sunday, the lesson had to do with a parable told by Jesus. In order to teach them what a parable was, we were having the kids draw a picture of their favorite story. Some of the kids were struggling to come up with something to draw, and I was trying to help out. I
Continue reading Children's Ministry Moment #1 – Outdoor Guy
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