Children and Families - Scripture Union NZ

By Nigel Winder, Scripture Union NZ Max and Liz are both ten years old and are good friends at school. They both come from Christian homes where they are encouraged in their relationship with God and church attendance. When Max goes to church with his family on Sunday morning, his parents are greeted at the door and given that week’s bulletin. Max is ignored but heads off into the kid’s church hall where the music is pumping and 50 other kids are already chasing a large ball around the room. After 10 minutes, a biscuit and drink, the music team crank up the decibels and the kids shout and dance and praise God with all their might. The children take a well-earned seat as the lights are dimed and a professional and biblically sound DVD is shown with that week’s animated Bible Story. Afterwards they are directed to a variety of amazing art and craft activities to choose from at stations around the hall. Max loves the construction stuff and spends the next half hour there until

These are the resources from the 'In the Footsteps of Paul' workshop at WAY2GO 2017. Map of Corinth: http://www.cwr.org.uk/cover2cover  Photographs: Corinth The Lechion Way (The Main Street) The Main Street Shops Temple of Apollo The Forum The Bema Philippi The River The Church to remember Lydia The Corinthian Church: Who is in the church?  Lydia: The story script  Check out this page for more detail: By the Riverside First Century Roman Coins Websites: www.bible.ca/maps www.windowintothebible.com/a-photo-tour-of-corinth www.bibleplaces.com The River in Lydia, Philippi

This is a simple but effective way of telling the story of Paul meeting Lydia by the riverside. The script and photographs are available for download. Click here for a ll you need ! This church near Philippi is dedicated to Lydia To tell this story you will need: - Dress ups for Lydia (A white sheet and a dressing gown tie will do) - A length of blue fabric for the river - Some purple cloth. - A bag of coins, or a large picture of coins – click here to download. - A handful of shells, or a large picture of shells  (See link above) - A copy of the PowerPoint if you are using it - create this using the images in our dropbox folder. Before hand: - Choose a volunteer to dress up as Lydia. - Choose two other volunteers to spread out the river for Lydia to sit beside. - Give out the props and let people know that when their prop comes up as part of the story they are to bring it to the front and give it to Lydia. Script:   The words i

What I learned from cows... Growing up on a dairy farm, I loved nothing better than lying in bed at night and listening to the herd of cows in the paddock next door. There was something strangely comforting about hearing them chomping away on their grass. I find cows rather peaceful creatures. Strange I know. Memory verses are important . I still remember verses I learned as a child. Teaching children memory verses is an investment in their future, planting the seed of God's love and concern that can spring into life during the difficult times they may face in adulthood. But memorisation alone is not enough. We know that Jewish children were required to memorise large chunks of scripture. But the Bible also places emphasis, not simply on rote learning, but on wrestling with the text. Meditation. Meditation can be a rather difficult word for Christians to feel comfortable with, given its links to other religious practices. But meditation is thoroughly biblical. In the Old Tes