Teaching
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Posted on May 5, 2012, 6:06 pm | 1 comment
Topics: Teaching
I came across this really interesting blog post called the “Bible in 66 Verses” on the Lutheran Forum. The author, Sarah Wilson, selected a verse from each book of the Bible that summarizes that book’s content. How could you use this idea?
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Posted on April 2, 2012, 2:57 pm | 2 comments
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One of my Sunday School leader volunteers came up with a great idea that I just had to share. We use the Walk With Me Preschool curriculum. There are 40 take home story cards and we do not use all of them because we don’t meet 40 times over the course of the year. The leader asked if I had plans for the ...
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Posted on March 12, 2012, 12:37 pm | 1 comment
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If the purpose of the making an item in Sunday School is for the kids to keep the item long term, we are doing a bad job. Most of the stuff kids make and take home barely gets looked at. In fact, much of it barely gets home. So why do we bother?
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Posted on February 20, 2012, 5:01 pm | 3 comments
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Sometimes the 9th and 10th grade students are not ready to engage with the Heidelberg Catechism. The answers to discussions questions are one or two words. This makes the Sunday School hour crawl by for everyone and the teacher feels like she hasn’t connected at all. It’s not much fun. Have you been there?
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Posted on January 23, 2012, 2:20 am | 3 comments
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Psalms are important for kids and teens being raised in a postmodern culture, a culture where sometimes facts take a back seat to feelings. Much of teenage life is about how they feel. Our kids and teens need to know that they can bring their emotions and their responses to God in an appropriate way.
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Posted on January 9, 2012, 11:35 am
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Barb has heard many heartbreaking stories over the years. People have told families with a person with a disability, "Sorry - try the church down the road, they might have something for you there" or "Your family can come, but not that child. We don't have anything for him here."
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Posted on January 1, 2012, 10:39 am
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Where do you go to find great music to use with kids? How do you decide which songs to use for leading kids in worship? Liz Tolkamp loves to sing with kids and will share what she has learned at the APCE annual conference in a workshop called "Sing a New Song!"
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Posted on December 19, 2011, 9:15 am
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The story of Jesus’ birth is one scene in God’s story of redemption and restoration. All the stories you’ve been telling your kids each week at church and all the stories you’ll be learning together after Christmas are part of that big story about what God has done, is doing, and will continue to do.
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Posted on December 11, 2011, 9:00 pm
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As schools are dropping art, drama and music programs, Evergreen Ministries saw an opportunity to offer an Arts Camp for elementary and middle school kids. The camp has been a great success, has given kids a wonderful outlet to be creative and has given the church another avenue to connect
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Posted on November 28, 2011, 10:42 am
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I’m always looking for ways to incorporate a good children’s storybook Bible into the times I spend with children. Each Bible story is skillfully summarized in kid-friendly language with illustrations that send the imagination soring. I love to pause after each page to wonder a little about the story
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Posted on November 14, 2011, 7:54 am | 1 comment
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Is there an age when video instruction is appropriate and an age when it is not? Is Sunday School a time when kids ought to dis-engage from the technology that is so pervasive in other parts of our lives? Or are videos a tool that we can and should use to deliver the best instruction possible?
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Posted on October 10, 2011, 8:37 am | 6 comments
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Sunday School teachers need to know when things are working and when they’re not. But even knowing that isn’t enough. Teachers need to have a clear grasp of what the objectives are for the lesson -- what it is that you want your students to be able to do after the lesson.
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Posted on September 12, 2011, 8:09 am
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Imagine a room full of wide-eyed kids, amazed by the stories of Scripture; activity, variety, and discovery choreographed seamlessly into a lesson that captures the imagination and inspires! Consider these ideas for keeping your kids engaged and focused right from the start.
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Posted on September 5, 2011, 8:19 pm
Topics: Teaching
I think the first time I saw one of them was in front of the Dominos Pizza. But now I see them all around – people standing just off the street holding signs for businesses. Once I even saw one dressed like the Statue of Liberty. The world is getting so noisy that we need to have people standing by the street to get our attention – it’s the only thing that
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Posted on August 29, 2011, 8:25 pm
Topics: Teaching
Here is a book I have used many times and keep returning to it when I need a new idea. Each page is packed with art ideas that can be used in working with children and teens in Sunday school.
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