Tag: activities
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Wading Lambs and Swimming Elephants
As a Scripture was being publicly read in the church of my childhood I would sometimes watch my grandmother’s finger slide across the page of her Bible. As a small child I would light up when I could occasionally read a word or two. There is no other book like the Bible in…
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Experiencing God’s Holiness
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in 01. King Josiah, 02. Jeremiah Learns Lessons from the Potter, 03. Jeremiah & the Scroll, 09. The Tabernacle, 1.OLD Testament, 11. Solomon Builds a Temple, Application and Review, G.Divided Kingdom & Prophets, H.Kingdom Ends, Captivity & Return, Prophets, Planning, Relating to Children, Teaching, Teaching IdeasWhat does “holiness” mean to a child who is five years old? God’s holiness is an extremely important theme running throughout the entire Bible and I believe even very young children can experience how special God is. I’ve recently had an opportunity to teach in a large room so I decided to dedicate one area…
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When Destructive Behaviour is a Good Thing
If you asked me what my Bible Class was like this week I would have to say it was quite destructive…in a good way! The 4 and 5 year old children have been learning about the Divided Kingdom and this particular lesson was about King Josiah and how he attempted to restore true worship…
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Bon Voyage
Those last few words can remain long in our memory. They draw everything together and mark the people and event as unique and special to this particular place and time. Imagine spending an evening with our friends in their home only to realise that they had gone to bed and left us on our…
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Walking Down Memory Lane
I so wanted to use the title “Loci Dokee” for this post but I didn’t know if anyone would read it. I’ve also since learned that I was probably pronouncing it incorrectly. The ancient Romans and Greeks used a mnemonic device called “loci” for memorising information. Basically, they would mentally “walk through” buildings or streets…