Sarah, Child Evangelism sets a prayer song to the tune of "Trust and Obey" as follows: Prayer is talking to God Really talking to God and telling Him all of your thoughts Prayer is listening to God, really listening to God As He speaks to you from His Word...
Also, to the tune of their "Stop -Go-Watch" song
Pray to God the Father and He will answer you Pray to God the Father and He will answer you You can talk to God any time at all...
Another is"Take Time each Morning" to the tune of Jesus Loves Me
Do you start the day this way, Read Gods Word and kneel to pray For you need God's help each day While at school or at your play...
I Pray that you find these helpful! Elizabeth Johnson
--from SSTN: we can't print the entire songs without copyright approval.
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2) Warning & Rock recipe
Hi to all and to Sarah, This is a helpful bulletin brd/network, thanks for all the good postings. I will enjoy using the resurrection rocks recipe w/the children. Thank you so much for the info on ND Walsch, an author I now know to avoid! He was not one that I had ever heard of, but did go look up and read a bit of an excerpt of one of his books @ Amazon. Scary Stuff that we all do well to be aware of since he wants to be seen as God. May we all continue to help each other grow in grace and in the knowledge of the true Lord and Savior. God bless you, Ruth in ME
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3) Adventure Decor Ideas
In the last SSTN newsletter, Linda in Edmonds asked about creative ways to decorate a cabin in an adventure theme. How about posting maps, such as those found in the back of some Bibles, so that the girls can learn more about the geography of the area during Biblical times? My 5 year old loves to look at maps such as these, and always wants to know what happened where. It might spark some interesting, late night teaching opportunities. Perhaps you could track Jesus's journeys, or the path of the Jews during their 40 yrs in the desert. I hope this helps. Have fun!
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4) Adventure Decor Ideas
> Our Bible Camp's theme this summer is Adventure Quest (sort of Indiana > Jones-ish ). As a cabin leader for Jr and Senior Girls I am supposed to > decorate my cabin appropriate to the theme - Beyond Compasses, > telescopes, and treasure chests, does anyone have any ideas?
I have a few ideas to share on the Adventure Décor Ideas. We had
something similar to that in VBS a few years back. We made a fake campfire in the middle of the room with real stones and
then had an electric fire place insert in the center. We put twigs over it in a
tepee style, then the light would flicker through. Maybe a few electric or battery flickering candles would do also. Hang pine boughs from the rafters with wire to hold them. We made a fake stream using blue tarp and
set ferns and small pine boughs etc with some rocks along side of it. Also stuffed animals, such as racoon, squirrels, birds, fox, deer or any
wildlife animal you can come up with. Taxidermist stuffed is best if you know someone to let you borrow them. Set them around in the trees,
plants, and pine boughs. The backpacks, rolled up sleeping bags, and some cast iron cooking
skillets help the décor. If you don't have floor space, maybe do a rough wall muriel
and set the pine boughs and plants in front of it. Hope this helps get ideas flowing. Just go outside in the woods and start seeing whats there
and you'll come up with endless ideas. Good Luck! And may God Bless the Adventure.
Sherrie in Centerville, NY
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RECKLESS RUNAWAY
Max Elliot Anderson has published his 8th mystery / adventure / Christian character novels for young readers. Reckless Runaway tells the story of Michael Ellis, who has recently told his parents to start calling him Mike from now on. He especially hated the way they were always telling him what to do. Mike decides to pretend he'd run away. But the next thing he knows, he finds himself halfway across the country. Mike is alone and afraid. His encounter with a grown up runaway, in the circus, helps him to understand that his parents truly love him. Through it all, Mike learns the importance of family.
Additional mysteries and adventures, for readers 8 and up, by Mr. Anderson include NEWSPAPER CAPER, TERROR AT WOLF LAKE, NORTH WOODS POACHERS, MOUNTAIN CABIN MYSTERY, BIG RIG RUSTLERS, SECRET OF ABBOTT'S CAVE, and LEGEND OF THE WHITE WOLF which are compared by readers and reviewers to Tom Sawyer, The Hardy Boys, Huck Finn, Nancy Drew, Tom Swift, Scooby-Doo and adventure author Jack London.
To the single Mom who is teaching Sunday School- and now has a new kid in her class who doesn't know any of the Bible Stories. How wonderful first of all to have a little one who has come to you totally naive of the Bible and it's wonderful stories. As Children's Coordinator of our Christian Education department, I always try to get a good tract into the hands of these children the very first time they come to class as a visitor. First off, we never know if they will return or not. There are many wonderful, colorful tracts available, some with colorful ways of simplifying the Salvation message that are attractive to children. The wordless book is another great way of sharing the gospel of Christ with this child. How about challenging those Christian kids in your classroom also with telling this new child about Christ and having them present the gospel to the best of their knowledge. I think after the gospel is presented either by the tract, or by you and or the class- one needs to present the message of Love to that child. "Jesus Loves Me this I Know" is a wonderful old song, with so much truth in it. We never know the circumstances with which this child lives but one thing we can present to every child is the wonderful truth that Jesus loves them. Last of all, giving this newcomer an easy to read version of the Bible or a New Testament with beautifully illustrated pictures of some of its wonderful stories is also a way of impacting that child for their life. Maybe a parent/grandparent in the household will read it to him. If not, perhaps the child will be drawn to the scriptures himself. It is a seed that is planted and praying also for that child is also very important. No one wants the precious seed of the word to be snatched away, or planted in the hard ground, or among the thorns or weeds. I love having children in my classroom that aren't already taught as it makes presenting the gospel a very real, and precious thing. Also remember maybe some of those children that you think may have already all the knowledge may not have a personal relationship with the Lord. We never know, sometimes they have lots of head knowledge and no heart knowledge of the Lord. Keep that in mind as you teach each week. Allowing the Holy Spirit to guide you each week as you teach, will also be a very important. He will keep you sensitive to the needs of the children you minister to each week. God Bless You as you Teach!
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6) Change 4 Children Mission
"Change 4 Children" is a mission education program of "Alliance for Children Everywhere". It is interactive, real-time giving and receiving. One child wrote, "We just got done counting our first weeks change and we collected $1,528.00, WOW!" The kids figured out that they could feed over 8,000 people or send over 30,500 children to school for a day with their one week's change! Learn more at: http://www.sundayschoolnetwork.com/missions_for_kids.html
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7) Adventure Decor Ideas
For decorating the cabin I you could use some fabric netting and use it as mosquito netting - its fairly in expensive and a lot less costly than actual mosquito netting is! At the dollar store you can often find vines and those twisted around the wood would give the room that outdoor adventure feel. Last year for our VBS we had an adventure theme and I stuck Tiki torches into coffee cans (never lit them) and put fake grass into them. I covered the cans with paper sacks that had been crumpled for texture. Hope some of those ideas help!
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8) Unchurched kids
I have been finding the same thing as Hollie. Kids who have actually never heard about Jesus or any Bible stories. I think she is right to feel an urgency to reach these kids especially since they move around a lot and we never know if we'll see them again. But we can't do it without God's help. I started fasting one day a week and praying very specifically for each child in my class. One important thing is to praise them a lot. I think they probably hear a lot of criticism.
You sound like a great teacher Hollie. Keep it up.
TP
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9) Pantomimes
Do you have any pantomimes? I need something for non-English people.
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