http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/children-s-church-blog.html The Children's Church Ministry Blog keeps you up-to-date with all additions and changes to the childrens-church-ministry.com Web site. Subscribe here. en-us children's church ministry Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:45:12 GMT Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:45:12 GMT childrens-church-ministry.com http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/mention-their-name.html Sometimes, no matter how enthusiastic I may feel towards children's church, I find that some of the older children are not so enthusiastic and may not Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:45:07 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/memory-verse-hopscotch.html Tape words or phrases to hopscotch squares (you can make a hopscotch board using masking tape on the floor or carpet). Have students toss a beanbag. Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:37:53 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/how-bright-is-your-light.html Use three flashlights - One with a strong light, one that the battery is weak and so is the light and the third that doesn't have a battery - therefore Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:15:26 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/fruit-by-the-foot-race.html Pick 4 - 6 kids for each team (i.e. 4 boys and 4 girls). Give each participant a fruit roll up/fruit by the foot and have them unroll it and remove the Sat, 14 Aug 2010 17:46:04 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/old-fashioned-harvest-day.html We try to have a big day planned each year in the fall called Old Fashioned Harvest Day. On this special day we ask the kids to dress in their old fashioned Sun, 08 Aug 2010 01:09:23 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/memory-verse-balloon-pop.html TAKE BALLOON AND PUT ONE WORD OF THE MEMORY VERSE INSIDE OF IT. SELECT ENOUGH CHILDREN FOR EACH WORD TO BUST BALLOON AND PUT THE VERSE IN ORDER. CAN BE Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:15:50 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/sing-an-all-engaging-song.html when class has become very noisy and children are no longer concentrating you can sing an all engaging song that will catch their attention immediately. Sun, 25 Jul 2010 02:56:49 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/points-system.html Each Sunday, the children that are in attendance receive a matter of points for behavior, participation and presence. As the year comes to an end, the Sun, 25 Jul 2010 02:55:52 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/west-plains-vacation-bible-schools.html Here is a list of the West Plains Vacation Bible Schools for 2010 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:38:43 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/wordless-book-bracelets.html Use the same concept as the wordless book, except instead of making a book have the children make a bracelet using the same colors in the same order. This Thu, 08 Jul 2010 02:49:59 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/bible-in-living-sound.html The Bible in Living Sound, the original dramatized audio Bible stories . . . really gets kids excited about the Bible! Tue, 22 Jun 2010 02:13:03 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/bible-in-living-sound-gift-pack-story-list.html Bible in Living Sound Gift Pack Story List Tue, 22 Jun 2010 02:08:43 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/i-love-my-neighbor.html Make a circle of chairs, enough for all but one child. Have the kids each find a chair and have one stand in the middle. The child in the middle must say Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:57:11 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/site-map-2.html Site Map of Children's Church Ministry Website -- Page 2 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:41:45 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/laundry.html Use different pieces of clothes with words written on them. Hang on a clothesline. Have a child remove a piece of laundry and whole class says verse. When Mon, 21 Jun 2010 02:25:40 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/site-map.html Site Map of Children's Church Ministry Website Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:30:22 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/childrens-church-ice-breakers.html An exhaustive list of children's church ice breakers for your youth ministry or children's church ministry... Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:27:36 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/behavior-award-games.html Behavior Award Games are some of our favorite "tricks" for keeping control in our children's church ministry... Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:22:30 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/trash-grab.html Print out about 5 copies of the memory verse with a few words or a phrase on each sheet of paper. Wad the papers up and throw them on the floor. Have Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:09:22 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/balloon-volley.html Write the words of the memory verse on balloons, one word each balloon. Kids stand in one spot on the floor and cannot move their feet. Throw the balloons Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:06:51 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/pony-relay.html You need two stick ponies we just are lucky to have a real girlie one and a real masculine one. Separate the girls on one and the boys on the other if Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:55:50 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/bible-in-living-sound-story-list.html The Bible in Living Sound story list -- 450 stories included Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:00:59 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/quick-draw-contest.html Our church had a Western themed VBS. I had the same age boy and girl compete against each other, with the crowd cheering (boys for the boy/girls for the Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:03:33 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/childrens-church-blog-2006.html 2006 Archives: A week-by-week run of our personal experience with children's church in blog form... Tue, 08 Jun 2010 02:10:18 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/childrens-church-blog-2008.html A week-by-week run of our personal experience with children's church in blog form Tue, 08 Jun 2010 02:09:34 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/easter-bunny-cake.html This cake is simple to make: simply bake two regular round cakes and cut them in half. Glue two halves together with frosting to make a bunny. Frost Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:27:14 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/childrens-church-Easter-ideas.html A collection of children's church Easter ideas Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:14:34 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/childrens-ministry-review-games.html A collection of children's ministry review games to help reinforce and review your Bible lesson in a fun way... Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:00:04 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/mr-magic-rope.html To move Preschoolers around from room to room, we use Mr. Magic Rope. He holds on to us and makes sure we are safe and all find our way together. Kids Fri, 04 Jun 2010 01:51:39 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/rules.html This is not an original of mine. I attended an African Methodist Episcopal Church conference in Nashville, TN in April. These were some recommendations Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:43:07 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/dealing-with-the-talker.html I have a very pushy, talkative girl in my Sunday School class. To get her on the quiet side I have given her the job of secretary. She has to listen carefully Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:42:58 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/props.html Props, props, props. Kids love them. Sometimes I use funny hats. I have one with fruit on it and talk about fruit of the spirit. I have funny glasses and Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:42:49 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/coupons.html We have found that using candy as a reward for good behavior can detract from the message, so we use coupons that can be redeemed at the end of the service Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:42:38 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/reward-system.html Here is one idea that has worked for me. I was having a bit of trouble with the children behaving in children's church, so I made a reward system. I took Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:42:26 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/dealing-with-biters.html About biting children: I worked in a daycare where a 2 year old child was biting several times a day. I helped him to overcome this over a period of about Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:42:16 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/you-kids-are-driving-me-crazy.html When attention seems to be flagging or to see if the kids are really listening, I taught them to respond to my statement, You kids are driving me crazy! Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:42:06 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/childrens-church-store.html As a children's ministry worker for almost 30 years, one idea I have utilized is that I have a Junior Church Store. People of the church donate items ranging Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:41:52 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/filing-childrens-church-lessons-and-worksheets.html I have enjoyed reading and using some of your ideas. Thought I'd share some of my ideas that have worked for me first as a public school teacher and as Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:41:36 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/get-the-congregation-involved.html Save coffee cans -- plastic (make less noise) or tin -- and cut a slit in the lid. After the regular offering is collected have several children go into Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:41:16 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/childrens-church-offering.html Collecting the children's church offering benefits the children as they learn to give, as well as missionaries or whomever you choose as the recipient... Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:26:42 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/paper-folding.html I told story about three friends from different backgrounds who died in an accident. After the accident the three meet in heaven in a line with the one Tue, 01 Jun 2010 11:37:22 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/childrens-church-schedule.html Do you want total chaos on Sunday morning? Then just show up without a children's church schedule and a plan and try to "wing it" ... Wed, 19 May 2010 16:17:27 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/childrens-church-games.html A myriad of fun children's church games for your children's ministry: ice breakers, review games, & behavior award ideas Wed, 19 May 2010 16:14:58 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/free-childrens-church-object-lessons.html A collection of free children's church object lessons to help illustrate Bible principles and lessons to your students... Tue, 18 May 2010 03:45:34 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/bible-verse-freeze-tag.html I learned the game from a fellow Bible Drill leader and it is a great game for when you need to get the kids outside and let them run... The usual rules Thu, 13 May 2010 01:53:59 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/childrens-church-discipline.html Dealing with children's church discipline Mon, 10 May 2010 18:02:11 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/erase-a-word.html In our Children's Church we play a game where we erase words in the memory verse. Then we pick a girl to try and guess what the word is, and then a boy, Fri, 07 May 2010 03:09:32 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/its-all-about-love.html Show much love and patience as possible, along with using as many praise words and phrases as possible. Wed, 05 May 2010 20:18:16 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/sparkle-zap.html Have the kids stand in a line. Each child says a word of the verse. After the last word or scripture reference, the next child says Sparkle and the next Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:13:57 GMT http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/make-your-problem-child-your-star-child.html As with many of the suggestions, Positive reinforcement is POWERFUL Stuff! Jesus didn't go around yelling at everyone for not sitting down, shutting up Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:25:33 GMT