A full year's worth of object talks! Use for children's sermons or to supplement any Sunday School curriculum, children's ministry program, day school or home school curriculum. • Discussion questions help make object talks relevant to students' lives • Book appeals to many learning styles through active, artistic and scientific methods
Really Big Book of Kids Sermons and Object Talks is a must-have resource for children's pastors or anyone who wants to encourage children to read God's Word and apply it to their lives. This reproducible resource is packed with 156 sermons (enough for one a week for three years!) that are organized by topics such as friendship, prayer, salvation, God's love, forgiveness and more. • Each sermon uses a household object, has discussion questions, prayer and optional information for older kids • CD-ROM makes it easy to use these sermons online or in church newsletters • Use CD-ROM print or digitally share talks with parents to use them at home
Kids love to ask big questions, like "What makes Jesus laugh?" and "Who made God?" Now you'll be prepared to answer these and 48 more questions kids ask about God...the Bible...Jesus...and more! Each message answers a key question kids are asking while teaching them a valuable Bible story. Easy to prepare, these short messages feature fun discussions and activities to involve kids. Sure to help truth go deeper into children's hearts. The Scripture index and handy theme index make it easy to find the perfect children's sermon for your next Sunday school class, kid's church lesson or intergenerational service! Book jacket.
Bring children closer to God—with a whole year's worth of Bible-based sermons just for them... You'll use creative activities to get kids involved. And you'll teach unforgettable lessons about... •God's love •Living in God's family •Serving others •Faith •Stewardship •Forgiveness ...and dozens of other topics. Each talk uses simple, meaningful words even very young children understand. You'll teach as Jesus did—using common, everyday objects to help children...•Know God, •Follow Christ, •And love one another. ...as they learn to apply the Bible to their daily lives. Each of these fun, active-learning messages takes only minutes to prepare. Use them to create unforgettable children's moments in Sunday worship...or at camps, retreats, and other special events.
The all-time classic picture book, from generation to generation, sold somewhere in the world every 30 seconds! Have you shared it with a child or grandchild in your life? For the first time, Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar is now available in e-book format, perfect for storytime anywhere. As an added bonus, it includes read-aloud audio of Eric Carle reading his classic story. This fine audio production pairs perfectly with the classic story, and it makes for a fantastic new way to encounter this famous, famished caterpillar.
Pietism is a reform movement originating among German Lutherans in the 17th century. It focused on personal faith, reacting against Lutheran Church's emphasis on doctrine and theology over Christian living. The movement quickly expanded, exerting anenormous influence on various forms of Christianity, and became concerned with social and educational matters. Indeed, Piestists showed a strong interest in issues of social and ecclesial reform, the nature of history and historical inquiry, the shape and purpose of theology and theological education, the missional task of the church, and social justice and political engagement. Though, the movement remained largely misunderstood, especially in Anglo-American contexts: negative stereotypes depicted Pietism as a quietist and sectarian form of religion, merely concerned with the 'pious soul and its God'. The main proposal of the editors of this volume is to correct this misunderstanding: assembling a deep collection of essays written by scholars from a variety of fields, this work demonstrates that Piestism was a movement characterized by great depth and originality. Besides, they show the vitality and impulse of Pietism today and emphasize the ongoing relevance of the movement for contemporary problems and questions.
With the twelve-volume series Feasting on the Word, Westminster John Knox Press offers one of the most extensive and well-respected resources for preaching on the market today. When complete, the twelve volumes will cover all of the Sundays in the three-year lectionary cycle, along with moveable occasions. The page layout is truly unique. For each lectionary text, preachers will find brief essaysÂ--one each on the exegetical, theological, pastoral, and homiletical challenges of the text. Each volume will also contain an index of biblical passages so that nonlectionary preachers may make use of its contents. The printed volumes for Ordinary Time include the complementary stream during Year A, the complementary stream during the first half of Year B, the semicontinuous stream during the second half of Year B, and the semicontinuous stream during Year C. Beginning with the season after Pentecost in Year C, the alternate lections for Ordinary Time not in the print volumes will be available online at feastingontheword.net.
Teaching kids about the Bible can be quite a challenge. However, author Mary Phillips overcomes this hurdle as she presents Children's Sermons with Humor: By The Hilarious Miss Polly. Children and adults will laugh along with the hilarious Miss Polly as she presents her comical sermons. An uneducated, hillbilly lady who loves the Lord, Miss Polly aims to make people realize that it can be fun to learn about God and engage in laughter as they learn Biblical principles.Children's Sermons with Humor is sure to be a hit among kids and their parents. Each lesson in this book contains a scripture as well as a biblical message interwoven with humor. Have fun in taking part in a fun yet insightful session with Miss Polly!
Many preachers are aware of the presence of children in Sunday morning worship and wish to include them effectively in worship, but have a hard time figuring out how to do so. Preachers who are unhappy with children's sermons in general and all the books of printed children's sermons in particular are looking for a theologically and educationally sound approach to preaching to congregations that include children. This practical guide offers preachers a variety of ideas and helps for making any sermon one that is suitable for both children and adults. The author includes an introductory chapter on the importance of children's participation in worship during their elementary school years as part of their faith development. The chapter concludes with a discussion of how children "listen" to a sermon and the importance of planning for children in preparing sermons.
Written by an educator, minister, and writer of children's curriculum materials, this book provides easy-to-do and easy-to-understand methods for developing good children's sermons. Using appropriate scriptures for insight into our relationship with the children in our midst, author Janet Helme takes you step-by-step through the process of developing a successful children's sermon. Topics include: why you should do a children's sermon, how to craft it, what to do about the adults in the pews, tools, insights, and sample sermons.
