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SSTN # 6 - January 25, 2007
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IN THIS ISSUE OF THE SSTN e-NEWSLETTER:
1) Theme Ideas 2) Planning A Conference 3) Craft Ideas for pre-teens? 4) Valentine Banquet
He's Risen Easter Eggs...easy download!
5) Children, Money & Investing? 6) Multiple Aged Lessons? 7) The Wedding at Cana 8) Ideas For Kids 5-12?
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1) Theme Ideas
We have three morning coming up in the next little while
one is for our kids Zone ages 5-12 we are calling it THE BIG CHILL a winter theme...It's COOL to Follow Jesus we will have songs and stories, make your own ice cream sundaes, relay races, with snow shoes (indoors), melting ice cubes relays, dressing up in winter attire relays etc. and a winter craft.
Our next one is for our CLUB 56 (kids in grade 5 & 6 ages 10-12) It will be a beat the mid winter blues with a Hawaiin Luau and all that goes with that. fruuit smoothies, grass dresses, leis, etc
Our next will be for the KIDS ZONE again and we are planning a mexican theme with pinata and and festivities, nacho chips and salsa, etc
Eileen in Frozen in Canada
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2) Planning A Conference
I'm not sure they still do it, but if you are having a large enough group, some publishers, like Gospel Light and Scripture Press, may be willing to send a representative to teach seminars for you. My husband used to do such seminars, and your only obligation is to provide them a forum and the opportunity to show their materials.
Judith Norman, OK
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3) Craft Ideas for pre-teens?
Our church will be taking our youth (age 12-16 ) to a State Park for the weekend. We plan to have worship and classes with other activities. I am in charge of the crafts for the children and I need ideas. We will be going at the end of March. There will be boys and girls both attending. Does anyone have any suggestions? They would be greatly appreciated.
In the past we have had musical entertainment. Preferably love songs of sort wether they are Christian or secular. A nice dinner of course. After dinner we usually have the newly wed game. This is always a big hit. We have the men leave the room to answer the same questions that the wives have to answer about the husbands or each others relationships. And then there is a prize for the couple that wins. It is always funny to play. We started doing this with just our sunday school class but then did it church wide and all age group couple came and it was even more interesting to see the older couples that have been married 30 years or more missing some of the questions.
The other game we played was each couple wrote down the story of how they met or the most embarrasing date they went on before they got married or how the proposal went down and then the rest of the group would vote to see if they could figure out whos story went with which couple and the couple with the most right answers wins the prize.
Hope these activities help.
Lisa Pannell Austin Tx
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He's Risen Easter Eggs...easy download!
Our "He's Risen Easter Eggs" can be used in multiple, creative ways at home, school and church! A great activity during Holy Week!
My name is Denise, I teach pre-teens Sunday School. Our them for the 1st quater of the New Year is "Getting you finicial houe in order". Everything we teach or are taught will all relate to the above mentioned subject ie. Sunday School. Bible Study, and Sunday Service, children and adults.
I have a book entitled Your Child and Money by Larry Burkett, this is a very good book, it has key scripture and and key Bible Stories that co-inside with the topic of the lesson.
What I'm looking for is a book or some material to teach the children about investing, something on their leval. Any help/information I can get will be greatly appreicated.
In His Service Denise
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6) Multiple Aged Children?
I teach a sundayschool class every third sunday of every month. My church is just beginning, so we have one class with the age group of about 5yr olds, all the way up to 10 to 11 yr olds. Does anyone have any ideals on different lessons I could do and activities. Just keep in mind that since my church is just starting it isn't our building that we are using, so I don't have many supplies. Thanks Kali in NJ
(John 2:1-11) was one of our Bible readings in worship recently. I had an object lesson in which I explained to the kids a bit about how wine is sometimes made at home with a milk jug, grape concentrate, sugar, water, and yeast. I had some of these things to show to the kids.
While some might be horrified at this, Lutherans believe Jesus made real wine at Cana and we use real wine in the Lord's Supper. I explained how very careful someone must be to clean the jug of any foreign yeast strains that would turn the solution to vinegar. The same necessitates using a water bubbler air lock to keep foreign yeast in the air from getting into the grape juice solution. If all goes well, it will be as much as twelve weeks before the wine is ready to use. Yet, Jesus said nothing other than to have the wine steward taste the water in the stone jars nearby. Although freshly filled with water, the steward found high-quality wine. It was Jesus' first miracle, yet really important part is that it points to Him as the Messiah. Wine is an Old Testament symbol of God's coming kingdom in Isaiah 25:6f., which sounds a lot like Revelation 21:1-4. The stone jars for purificatioin were part of the Mosaic law to be overshadowed when Jesus came with grace and truth (John 1:17). The disciples saw His glory and believed on Him.
Rev. Philip Bohlken Grace Lutheran Church Caldwell, Idaho
--from SSTN: to reveal Jesus as Messiah is exactly the point of this "water to wine" miracle. Thank you, Rev. Bohlken, for making this point.
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8) Ideas For Kids 5-12?
Hello,
Praise God! I just joined your site and am very excited about the work you are doing, hats off to you! I have a stumbling block set before me and hoped to get some ideas and thoughts from your association. I have the honor of working in a small church with a great group of kids. However we are lacking in the teacher department. In the past we have had three classes consisting of Beginners ages 2 to 4, Juniors 5 to 12 and Teens 13 to..., well some are 22. The Beginners class has had the same teacher for years, unfortunately our Juniors have had many teachers over the past few years. For one reason or another the teachers of this age group choose to leave. Then we have the Teens which I have been working with for years as their teacher and youth group leader. The situation now is this: I am now teaching both Juniors and Teens in one combined class. For several years I have been accustom to writing my own lessons/activities and diving deep in scriptures with our teens on topics such as verse by verse in depth study of the entire book of Revelation. I find it difficult to now challenge my teens while maintaining learning and interest with my Juniors. My own daughter is now in this Junior class and it really concerns me when there is talk of splitting my now "Children's Church" to have another "new" teacher. My fear is having someone else come in only to leave again, I can only imagine what effects this may have on the children. We average 11 to 14 kids total between the two classes and the teens are very understanding and helpful. I really hate to see this class split at this time and hope to find some great ideas for maintaining learning with all ages. I am not really looking for literature as stated I write my own, however I am looking for fresh ideas to teach the younger ones without boring them and still yet challenge my teens on an every Sunday basis. Thanks for your time and suggestions.
Sincerely, Determined to Serve
--from SSTN: Dear "D.T.S.", I'm so glad you've joined SSTN. Welcome! There has been lots of previous discussions on teaching multiple-aged classes and you can read those past articles in our Archives section at: http://www.SundaySchoolNetwork.com
I hear your concern and can really appreciate your desire to want to protect the kids under your care. There was a time, when after teaching for several years the 5th and 6th grade boys, that I didn't want to turn them over to the next level up, because it wasn't as "grounded" as "our department". However, over time, directors and teachers changed and now the upper levels are sound and doing well. God heard our prayers and provided the necessary teaching staff. So, continue to pray for direction and find ways to train dedicated teachers, because in the end, to have challenging material for middle school (and up to age 22...wow!) as well as for younger kids is a VERY tall order. Someone will miss out.
I do encourage you to look at the past articles on multi-age or multiple ages classes and consider ways to break your department down into age-appropriate groups, if at all possible. And if you end up needing help with curriculum, consider the Bible-4-Life series for K-5th grade: http://www.sundayschoolnetwork.com/Bible-4-life.html
Again, welcome to the network! I hope it's a blessing for you! Your webservant, Sarah Keith <><
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