Children's Ministries

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Open My Eyes
$17.43

Here are 52 unique messages for relating to children. They can be used by pastors on Sunday morning, by Sunday School teachers, or by mothers and fathers in the home.

Each Lesson Includes:
A statement of the purpose
The item of material used to illustrate the story
Possible times to use the story at home or church or special occasion
The scriptural reference or background of the lesson

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Childrens Sermons A To Z
$24.93

Anyone who has done children’s sermons will sooner or later hear from someone that “I learn more from the children’s sermon than I do from the real sermon.” And indeed, the truths of scripture are so simple that even a child can understand them. So it’s no accident that children’s sermons have become a central part of the worship service in many churches.

Brett Blair and Tim Carpenter offer a year’s worth of object lessons that engage children and impart profound lessons for all ages. Two sermons are provided for each Sunday in Cycle C of the Revised Common Lectionary, one based on the Second Lesson and one based on the Gospel. The messages are structured in two parts: the “lesson” uses an object to draw out active responses from children, then the “application” connects that object to the assigned scripture reading. Each message includes a clear statement of its exegetical aim.

Bright, innovative, perceptive, creative, grace-filled Brett Blair and Tim Carpenter are all of those and much, much more, and that is reflected beautifully in their new book Children’s Sermons A To Z.
James W. Moore
Pastor, St. Luke’s United Methodist Church Houston, Texas

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Praises From The Psalms
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Julia Bland comes to the aid of busy pastors and teachers with more practical, easy-to-prepare children’s messages and activity pages. Based on the Psalms, the lessons call youngsters’ attention to the many blessings we enjoy every day and teach them to praise God for all he does for us. Puzzles and coloring pages keep their interest while reinforcing the message.

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Let The Children Come
$16.18

The Children’s Sermon during the worship hour is one of the strongest attractions for young families in choosing a church to attend.

Robert Lantz understands how to talk to children. He brings the meaning and message of the scripture text to their level of understanding. When members of his congregation began asking for copies of his children’s sermons so they could use them as bedtime stories for their children, he decided it was time to put them into print.

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When You Run Out Of Soap
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Following up her well-received CSS book Fun Activities For Bible Learning, Mary Rose Pearson is back with more exciting games and activities to encourage the spiritual and physical growth of children. Specifically targeted for youngsters from 4 to 7 years of age, the material in this book will help support the teaching of Bible stories and Christian values while promoting the memorization of Scripture. The learning aids stress participation, and are just what’s needed to add pizzazz and fun to Sunday School lessons. The majority of the activities require no advance preparation, and they’re useful for review, follow-up, a break during lesson segments, or as time filler when the lesson is finished.

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Simply Wonderful : Five Childrens Sermons And Activity Pages For Advent And
$13.68

Family-oriented churches which welcome children and include them in their worship and programming are always faster growing and more vibrant. For pastors and teachers whose time is limited, these children’s messages are ready to use with little or no preparation.

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Honey Bee Dance
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Julia Bland’s children’s messages are popular with pastors, Sunday school teachers, and parents all across the country. That’s because children love them and learn from the stories, drawings, and activity pages. Her work has been translated into Spanish and used by churches in Mexico and South America. The six lessons in this booklet, all based on Ephesians 4:32-5:2a, provide a perfect series for Vacation Bible School, a retreat, or a summer series for children. Using the busy, productive life of a honey bee as a metaphor for the life of a Christian, Bland offers charming lessons.

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More Childrens Sermons To Go
$19.99

Ever wonder if anybody remembers your children’s sermons? This idea book is for you! Each of the 52 messages features a scripted talk about God, his love, and his Word; materials list; related Bible verse; and suggestions for inexpensive take-home tokens to help youngsters better understand and recall the lesson. Great for family devotions, too.

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Gateways To Worship
$28.99

Here are 52 easy-to-follow “how-to” session plans for introducing young children to worship. Carolyn C. Brown uses her many years of experience as a Christian educator to show

How to use the church school hour to introduce children to worship and to prepare them for the day they will participate in the church’s worship;
How to learn and explore the meaning of the Lord’s Prayer and other elements of the worship service; and
How to become familiar with the sacraments and celebrate the seasons of the church year.
For every church wishing to make the church school a valuable introductory worship experience for children, Gateways to Worship is the ideal resource.

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Fingers Tell The Story
$9.99

The contents of this book contains fingerplays, pantomimes, and litanies for the very young.

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Children At Worship Congregations In Bloom
$53.26

SKU (ISBN): 9780898693263ISBN10: 0898693268Caroline FairlessBinding: Trade PaperPublished: January 2000Publisher: Church Publishing Inc. Print On Demand Product

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52 Arrival Activities For Childrens Choirs
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A collection of reproducible activities designed for use by children’s choir directors in the pre-rehearsal time when chilren are coming into choir rehearsal. Includes paper-and-pencil activities such as music word searches, music mazes, “find the picture,” musical symbols matching games, and other similar activities.

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Childrens Sermons For The Revised Common Lectionary Year A
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“From the Publisher:” CHILDREN’S SERMONS FOR THE REVISED COMMON LECTIONARY YEAR A by Philip D. Schroeder How to use the five senses in delivering sermons. Each volume contains 52 sermons

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You Can Preach To The Kids Too
$22.99

A variety of ideas for making any sermon suitable for both children and adults.

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Gods Paintbrush Teachers Guide (Teacher’s Guide)
$8.95

Multicultural, Nondenominational, Nonsectarian
Includes steps for exploring the book’s theological foundations with students from kindergarten through Grade 4 and above. Lesson plans, classroom activities, and more.

Contributors: Renee Frank Holtz, Elizabeth McMahon Jeep, Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, Rabbi Jeffrey L. Schein, Alice Weinstein.
About God’s Paintbrush
Through fantasy, involvement and the imagination, God’s Paintbrush invites children of all faiths and backgrounds to encounter God openly through moments in their own lives-and helps the adults who love them to be a part of that interactive encounter. This book provides a gift of images that nurture and encourage children in making meaning of their world.

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Young Children And Worship
$32.00

1. Introduction
2. Getting Ready To Be With God
Worship Center Order
3. Presentations
Stories
4. Patterns And Instructions

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Young children need a special environment where they can meet and worship God. They should have their own experiences where their faith can be nurtured and they can be prepared to join in the full life of the congregation.

Sonja M. Stewart and Jerome W. Berryman have taken the needs of children into account and devised. an exciting way to introduce three- to seven-year-olds to the wonder of worship. Their approach, which integrates religious education and worship, has been presented at numerous workshops and training sessions. Based on the authors’ experiences, the methods described here will be invaluable to teachers helping children understand and participate in worship. For their part, children will be led to experience God, using all their senses.

Activities are developed around the order of worship commonly used in Reformed churches: assemble in God’s name; proclaim God’s Word; give thanks to God; go in God’s name. Stewart and Berryman suggest
beginning with the most essential parts of the service, adding to these as the children progress.

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Godly Play : An Imaginative Approach To Religious Education
$31.66

1. Playing And Reality
2. An Adult At Play
3. Children At Play
4. The Spoken Lesson
5. The Unspoken Lesson
6. The Imagination And Godly Play
7. The Theology Of Childhood

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Meaningful, lasting learning comes from childlike curiosity and play. The approach of this book is to make relgious instruction fun, spontaneous and deeply spiritual. Godly Play is a practical yet innovative approach to religious education–becoming childlike in order to teach children.

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Jesus Reflects
$16.18

O Lord, thank you. Thank you, for delivering the baby safely. I was afraid we would not make it to a place of shelter. I am so grateful that Mary can now find a few moments of rest. These last days have been so difficult for her.
— from “Joseph Ponders” (Advent 3)

Jesus Reflects is a book of eight dramatic monologues on the Advent/Christmas theme, coupled with a children’s sermon with each monologue. The series begins with Thanksgiving and concludes with Epiphany Sunday.

Edward G. Hunter writes that the monologues enable the worship to “be there” at the event. Some of the monologues grew out of Sunday morning or evening services where an attempt was made to present a different approach to the Christmas season.

Sample chapter titles include:
* A Shepherd Returns
* The First christmas Tree
* Mary Remembers
* Simeon Recalls
* A Brand New Page

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More Childrens Sermons
$24.00

In a flexible style that allows leaders to adapt ideas to their own churches, Dann offers a wide-ranging resource that provides suggested themes, object lessons, and dialogue to help children understand and grow in faith.

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6 Presents From God
$16.18

Advent is a time to think about gifts. Who should receive them? How much should they cost? What do the people on our list “need” most of all? We scramble every year between Thanksgiving and Christmas, trying to “take care of our gift list.”

Here is a refreshing second look at the whole area of giving and receiving gifts. When all is said and done, it is not us but God who is the gift-giver. By his rich giving we are graced for life and for eternity. Throughout the season of Advent and Christmas, share with members of your congregation the good news of God’s enormous generosity. Look together at the “gift list ” God assembled for us once where shepherds watched and angels sang.

These six sermons are each supplemented with simple object lessons for young children. The author focuses on God’s gifts to us of:
Angels
Mary
Shepherds
Wisemen
The baby Jesus
Joseph

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Call In The Clowns
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Children love stories. (So do their parents.) The Sunday morning worship hour is a perfect time to take five minutes to gather the children and share a story with them. When the youngest in the congregation understand what is being shared, all who are older will as well.
These fifty object lessons are based on gospel texts. Many but not all are from the gospel of Luke, including familiar parables of Jesus such as the prodigal son and the good Samaritan. Each story makes use of a familiar household object, such as a paper bag, a candle, some construction paper, or a balloon, in order to make a simple teaching memorable to young learners.
Anyone who loves children and can tell a story can share the stories in this book. It may be the pastor, a Sunday church school teacher, a gifted (or simply dedicated) lay person, or a parent of younger children. The stories can also be used effectively in the church school classroom or in the Christian home.

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On The Move With Jesus
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“On the Move with Jesus” is a book of epistle lessons come to life through the spoken word and the use of an easy-to-find object that means something to children. Wesley Runk, in the style that has made him famous and brought the gospel to many thousands of children, offers this volume of 52 object lessons from the Bible to help the pastor communicate with God’s little ones.

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Better Childrens Sermons
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The author of the popular resource, Creating Children’s Sermons, continues his efforts to communicate the message of faith to the youngest members of the church. Believing that adult faith–or lack of faith–is directly linked to childhood experiences, Bucky Dann discusses the importance of reaching children with the word of God, and including them in the church’s worship and sacraments. The lessons in this book are organized around fourteen themes that profoundly affect all human beings.

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Creating Childrens Sermons
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Using everyday items such as balloons, flashlights, and bubble gum, Bucky Dann–a pastor popular with both children and adults–demonstrates in fifty-one simple lessons how children can begin to understand the teachings of Jesus, Bible truths, and even the meaning of atonement and discipleship.

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Our Father Friend Of Little Children
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Perfect For a post-Lenten or Easter Season Series, this book of nine object lessons uses the Lord’s Prayer as its basis.

Chapter titles include: “Our Father Who Art In Heaven.” “Hallowed Be Thy Name,” “Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread,” and “For Thine Is The Kingdom.”

Objects used are:
a flag
a microphone
a large map or globe
a rule book for a game
a loaf of unsliced bread
a NO TRESPASSING sign
a box of chocolates, potato chips and popcorn
a newspaper
a banner to wave

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