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Continue reading →: Animal Sounds from Different Cultures (ENERGIZER)
Time 10 minutes Description This fun energizer gets people up, moving, and making funny sounds as they mimic what animals sound like where they are from. Different cultures often have different sounds for the same animal, and the differences can be surprising and quite funny sometimes. This energizer works best…
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Continue reading →: Fruit Salad (ENERGIZER)
This fun energizer gets people up and moving in a mad dash to grab an available chair. It works well to increase the energy in the room, and it could also be used to randomly sort participants into new groups. Use the love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness…
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Continue reading →: Easter – Foreshadows of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection (DEVOTION)
This devotion shows how God left clues to Jesus’ death and resurrection in the pages of the Old Testament. God had a plan to restore us to relationship with Him from the very beginning.
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Continue reading →: Overwhelming Blessings (OBJ LESSON)
Time 15 minutes Description This object lesson uses a tower of cups and a waterfall of liquid to demonstrate how God blessed everyone around Joseph because of Joseph’s faithfulness to God. Scriptures Genesis 37:12-36; 39:1-6, 20-23; 41:53-57 2 Corinthians 9:8 – The Voice translation: “God is ready to overwhelm you…
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Continue reading →: Journey with Joseph (LESSONS)
(Image credit – Phillip Martin – http://bible.phillipmartin.info/bible_joseph.htm) I developed the following five lessons for a week-long summer camp that I pastored this year. The lessons follow the themes of the Royal Family Kids Camp curriculum (http://royalfamilykids.org/) are intended to build on one another, but it is possible to teach them…
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Continue reading →: Source of My Identity (LESSON)
Time 30 minutes Description This lesson explores many of the things in which people base their identity and sense of self-worth, e.g., wealth, power, fame, etc. It encourages participants to consider the danger of living life in this way and the value of basing our identities solely in Christ. Scriptures (choose…
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Continue reading →: The One Anothers of Scripture (INFOGRAPHIC)
Here’s a visual that shows all the “one anothers” that I was able to find in the Scriptures, e.g, “love one another,” “forgive one another” and so on. The size of each of the keywords to the left of the Scriptures indicates the relative number of times it appears in…
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Continue reading →: Spiritual Practice Cards (JOB AID)I created this job aid for a spiritual retreat I have coming up. It’s a list of 40 spiritual disciplines or practices arranged on cards and organized by the type of spiritual practice each one is. The information on the cards in compiled from a large number of sources, but…
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Continue reading →: I’ve Got This! (DRAMA)
Time 5 minutes Description This quick drama illustrates our need to invite God into our work. Materials None Preparation · Practice the skit, and memorize the lines. Procedure Use the following script (or modify to suit your needs): [SCENE: God is sitting patiently as John comes to work at the…
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Continue reading →: Pride and Fear (DEVOTION)
This is the throne of your heart. The person that sits on the throne of your heart is the one who directs your life. Of course, Jesus wants to be that person, but He allows you to choose each day and even each moment…
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I’m Michael
I’ve been teaching kids about the Bible for more than 25 years. Teaching Them is where I share my lessons, games, and skits.
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