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SSTN # 69 - August 28, 2006
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IN THIS ISSUE OF THE SSTN e-NEWSLETTER:
1) Monkey & Battle Zone VBS 2) Monkey VBS 3) Promotion Sunday Bibles? 4) All talk is not gossip 5) Prayer with children
The Prayer of JESUS....Did you know?
6) Good Computer Program 7) Mascot Swap? 8) Nativity Set for Kids 9) Kid skit @ wedding 10) Chalk Talks?
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1) Monkey & Battle Zone VBS
There is a great song by One Way Street that has monkey sounds in it. It is on Puppet Trax, Vol. 2. It is called "Me No Wanna Sin No More."
We have used it in several different ways in our puppet ministry. It has a great message and is a really cute song.
Our Children's Leaders wrote their own VBS this year with the theme The Lord's Army. It was great! We used three stories: David and Goliath Joshua and Jericho Gideon
In the Bible Story, we focused on the shout. David told Goliath, I come to you in the name of the Lord. So we ended with the children shouting, In Jesus Name.
In Joshua, after walking without any talking, we all shouted. And in Gideon's story, we all shouted the sword of the Lord and of Gideon.
It turned out great! Our children's group has kind of gone through a change and is mostly comprised of younger children right now. The kids loved the VBS.
Rene
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2) Monkey VBS
Hi Michele,
Our Sunday School enjoys a cute song called "Who's the King of the Jungle?". It incorporates monkey sounds and motions, with a main theme of Jesus being the King of the jungle, sea, and universe. If you are interested I can seek permission to send the words.
I find it very interesting that you are putting together your own VBS curriculum and songs. I have found that some of the music which comes with the purchased kits can be a distraction from our desired focus for the day. It seems like our kids get all wound up with what they and the other kids are doing (yelling, being hyper, rocking out) instead of focusing on the meaning of the words, the point of the day, and on worship.
DonnaTheAdams@mcsi.net
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3) Promotion Sunday Bibles?
Many years ago our Childrens Minister wrapped the promotion Bibles in different wrapping paper and told a story about each one. Has anyone else seen this done? Anybody know what layers there are?
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4) All talk is not gossip
gossip is a bad thing but all talk is not gossip. sometimes people Will accuse you of gossip just because everyone has confidence in your opinion. when you maliciously attack someone to tear them down this is gossip. my answer for it is to say I hAVE THEIR PHONE NUMBER YOU REALLY NEED TO CHECK WITH THEM TO SEE IF THEY ARE GUILTY.
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The Prayer of JESUS....
Did you know that the prayer of Jesus, The Lord's Prayer, is the ONLY prayer Christians are instructed to pray? This model of how to pray is what Jesus taught his disciples.
You too can tell the children in your ministry how to pray correctly when you use our easy-to-understand Bible-4-Life series, "The Prayer of Jesus" for K-5th grade.
I am replying to the person writing about prayer with children. I teach a 5 year old program. It's a christian preschool and prayer is a major part of the curriculum. I started a prayer circle for the children because I also felt they were saying the words but didn't realize why. Every day we gathered together in a circle holding hands. Every child had the opportunity to offer prayer for anyone. We even prayed for animals! Not every child would ask for prayer in the beginning. By the end of school, we needed to reserve more time for our prayer circle. The children saw their p;rayers answered and never let me forget to end our day with our prayer circle. I hope this helps you in some way. It was a great time to also offer praise for other things, too.
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6) Good Computer Program
Becky,
I use American Greetings Spiritual Expressions 7 from Broderbund. It has several fonts, clip art galore and you can create cards, newsletters, crafts and much more. You can contact Broderbund at their website to see what version they are currently offering. I've been teaching Sunday School for 6 years now and this program is the only one I use. I picked it up for under $20. Hope this helps you in your search.
I would like to find a group to swap a mascot with, i run a Sunday School in England and our group have swapped with an American group before and would like to swap again, maybe from another Country. Mascot swap is like penpals but with a mascot and we wrote as a group and sent pictures, crafts and a dvd etc,
Thanks Reese samzclub@googlemail.com
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8) Nativity Set for Kids
There are quite a few really cute sets in SSTN's bookstore at: http://www.sundayschoolnetwork.com/bookstore.html Type "Nativity Sets" into the search box and you'll find one made by Playmobile, as well as a plush set, a veggietales one and even a Russian nesting set. Some of them come with a book which tells the Christmas story.
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9) Kid skit @ wedding
There is a great site on the traditional Jewish wedding and how it relates to Jesus as the fulfillment (The church as the Bride of Christ) at:
http://www.ldolphin.org/risk/ult.shtml
While it is not an actual skit, you could incorporate the ideas given to present a clear gospel message, using a marriage as the visual.
Further questions? I can be reached at:
Lori Plummerlorilyn6@myway.com
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10) Chalk Talks?
We are looking for chalk talks for use as Children's sermons. What I mean by chalk talk is you make marks on a board as you tell a story, the marks relating to a specific part of the story. At the end of the story, the resulting picture matches up to the point/message/ending. Any sources would be much appreciated. Thanks!
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