19 Aug · Annie Riendeau · No Comments

EN-E-Deborah Trigger

What Was Deborah Doing?   Material None   Steps Tell the children that in the Old Testament, the meaning given to the first name Deborah (Dvora) is “bee”. Bees are laborious, disciplined, tireless. Tell them to try to imagine what a day in Deborah’s life looked like. Read the following verse: “Deborah, the wife of …

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19 Aug · Annie Riendeau · No Comments

EN-E-Deborah For Parents

Go! Deborah Devotional Read the Bible text: Judges 4 and 5   Practical Make a race start line (real or imaginary). Go! Children must leave as if on a race. At first, do the usual 1.2,3, GO! Then count until you decide to stop and the children must be ready to leave at any time and …

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17 Aug · Annie Riendeau · No Comments

EN-E-John For Parents

It Starts With Words!   John Devotional   Read the biblical text: 1 John 3:18   Practical Ask each family member to write six words on a piece of paper: three nice words and three nasty words. Don’t share your lists just yet. Fill two bowls with snacks. One bowl should contain a sweet snack (chocolate) …

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17 Aug · Annie Riendeau · No Comments

EN-E-John Snack

Island Of Patmos     Material Chocolate pudding Roasted coconut marshmallow or Granola or puffed rice Rolled wafer Chocolate-coated almond 3 Mint leaves   Steps Place the item on the table. Ask the children to insert a rolled wafer into the chocolate pudding. Then ask them to sprinkle the pudding with puffed rice or granola. …

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17 Aug · Annie Riendeau · No Comments

EN-E-John Physical Activity

Love Tag     Material None   Steps Designate a child as “the LOVE tag.” Ask him to chase the others to try “tagging” one of them by touching them on their hand. If a child is tagged, he is simply eliminated. The game ends when all players have been “tagged” by the LOVE tag. …

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17 Aug · Annie Riendeau · No Comments

EN-E-John Activity

Find The Wow!   Material Paper Pencil Adhesive tape   Steps Tape a paper onto each child’s back. Ask the children to walk around the room with their paper on their back and a pencil in their hand. Ask them to write nice words and qualities on the papers of other children who circulate near …

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17 Aug · Annie Riendeau · No Comments

EN-E-John Craft

Blessing Jam     Material Small empty jars of jam Cloth Ribbon or raffia Labels Coloured paper Pencils   Steps Distribute a paper to each child. Ask them to write verses or words of blessing, phrases from hymns, nice words: “God loves you,” “Nothing can separate us from God’s love,” “God hears you,” “He’s alive,” …

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17 Aug · Annie Riendeau · No Comments

EN-E-John Object Lesson

Love Attracts Like A Magnet   Material Magnets Metal items such as coins, nails and paper clips   Steps Show the magnets to the children and do the following object lesson. I have something interesting to show you today: magnets. Who knows what magnets do? (Let the children respond.) Yes! Magnets attract objects and in …

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17 Aug · Annie Riendeau · No Comments

EN-E-John Trigger

Crumpled Paper     Material Paper   Steps Ask the children to draw a person on a sheet. A stick man is enough. Ask the children to say hurtful things to that paper person. Tell them that with each offensive statement, they must crumple a portion of the paper on which that person is drawn …

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17 Aug · Annie Riendeau · No Comments

EN-E-Paul Snack

Paul’s Plane   Material Wafers Smarties Food glue (edible glue) Small candies Small paper plates   Steps Distribute a paper plate and 2 wafers to all children. Ask them to stick them on each other with food glue to form a cross. It’s the plane. Ask the children to decorate their plane with candy.  

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