Sunday School Game: “Slowly Melting Away”¦” In today’s Sunday school game idea, we use a melting snowman to teach students that the good things will come; they just need to remember to have patience. Materials – Dry-Erase Board (Small or Large) – One Dry Erase Marker – Small Bowl of Water – One Sponge Object […]
“God Provides Every Day” – A Lesson In Being Grateful And Patient
“God Provides Every Day” – A Sunday School Lesson In Being Grateful And Patient This Sunday school lesson on being grateful and patient centers around a story that all children can relate to. Bubbles and balloons are used to represent the difference between material things and the things that really matter – like family, love […]
“Patience Is a Virtue” – Groundhog Day Idea Starter
“Patience Is a Virtue” – Groundhog Day Idea Starter Why do lessons on Groundhog Day? It seems like a fairly insignificant holiday next to Christmas and Easter. Groundhog Day holds hidden opportunities to teach a very important lesson to kids born on the information highway, where everything seems to come a lot more quickly. If […]
“Do It Now!” New Years Resolution for Christian Moms: Disaster Preparation Product Review
The following is a review of the “Family Survival System” Disaster Preparation program. (For more information about this program or to order, click here…) Will you survive the New Year? The New Year is a time to reflect and plan for the year to come. A time to take stock and make sure you have […]
“Equality is Key” (A Sunday School game about why we shouldn’t judge others because they’re different!)
“Equality is Key” (A Sunday School game about why we shouldn’t judge others because they’re different!) As your Sunday school students work together in stringing a key through their shirts and linking themselves together, they will have a greater understanding of what equality means. Materials – Two keys – Two strands of string 10-20 feet […]
God’s Love Mixes In To Us – Like Candy Canes in Hot Chocolate
God’s Love Mixes In To Us – Like Candy Canes in Hot Chocolate In this Christmas Sunday school lesson, candy canes in hot chocolate can help kids understand God’s love “mixes in” with us and makes us “sweeter” people. Christmas Sunday School Lesson Materials – Styrofoam cups for the hot chocolate – Thermos for […]
The Story of St. Nicholas: It’s Tons More Fun to Give than to Receive
In our classes, we spend a lot of time talking about Bible heroes like Moses and Abraham and David and Goliath and, of course, Jesus. After the Bible was considered “complete” in the 3rd century, many more heroes arose for the church, including over ten thousand saints. One of them was St. Nicholas of Smyrna. […]
Christmas Sunday School Lesson
Most children start to get a bad case of the “gimmies” this time of year. Between “Black Friday” sales, Holiday toy catalogs, and endless wish lists stuck to the fridge… It’s easy to see why kids start to lose the true meaning of Christmas. Cure the greedy “gimmies” with this easy object lesson that I […]
Christian Halloween Mom Challenge
While some Christian parents are very accepting and calm about Halloween, others shudder. Christian kids on Halloween can have so much exposure to the occult and death and dying and darkness and decay and demons and devils”¦ What’s good about this? some parents may ask. Others let their children participate with angst and confusion, so […]