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1) Bulletin Board Ideas
An idea that I just had while reading the posting about the woman who wanted more ideas than just the flowers with pics.
You could use the theme "I am the vine and ye are the branches" Put a large grapevine coming up from the bottom of the board. As it spreads across the board and branches out on the branches put clusters of grapes for each child with their pic on the cluster (one branch per child). As they bring visitors and help the class grow you could: a) add more braches per child b) add a cluster of grapes with the new childs pic on to the branch to the child that brought them.
Have fun with it!
Sister in Christ, Sherrie Gantz
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2) Bulletin Board Sunday School attendance
>>So I thought of flowers and placing their faces in them? I want to keep this up a year and add pictures of others as we grow?<<
I plan to do the same type of board and have thought about entitling it any of these: "Look Who's Growing in God's Garden" "With God's Help, Flowers Bloom" "Growing (Basking?) in God's Love" "Treasures in God's Garden" Hope this helps, Rebecca
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3) Communion Story for children?
I am teaching the childrens group on communion and I found a story about a happy meal that I would like to see again.
Dear Sarah: Good Morning!!! I am interested in accessing some of your back issues for ideas for our VBS and I was wondering how I can do this!!! Blessing to you - Julie
Hi Julie,
You can search past issues of SSTN by going to our Archives under "Site Search" at:
http://www.SundaySchoolNetwork.com
. There are two ways to search. You can look for specific numbered issues or search by topic.
Your webservant, Sarah Keith <>< SundaySchoolNetwork.com
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Bible Stack-O!
Have fun with this fast moving game while learning the books of the Bible.
Do you want to do a workshop for teachers of Adults, or are you training adults to teach children?
Several groups put on workshops around the country. Group Publishing, and INCM do annual workshops (check their web sites for locations). We also offer workshops. Email me at faithcmw@aol.com for locations.
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6) Ice Cream Social
>My husband is in charge of planning an Ice Cream Social as an outreach to >the neighborhood around the church. We need ideas for the event. Has >anyone done ice cream or something similar? Activities?
We just had one at our church a few weeks ago. They held a Pops Concert (which was awesome) so contact me and I can get you some more info. UCWSundaySchool.@aol.com
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7) Confirmation Style Materials?
I am wanting to move our junior high/high school SS class into material that will teach them why we believe what we do, what our church believes, etc. Kind of like I went through at my Lutheran church in confirmation, Luther's Catechism, etc. We are an Evangelical Free denomination. I'd like to find something that is denomination-neutral, if that makes sense. The things that most evangelical christians agree on! Tall order, I'm sure, but if you have any suggestions, I'd appreciate it.
Tanya McIlravy
--from SSTN: a good jump point would be to delve into the Apostles Creed and dissect each part. You can access the Creed in our "Statement of Faith" at: http://www.sundayschoolnetwork.com/about.html
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8) Ice Cream Socials
We used to do Ice Cream Socials in June right before the closing of school for the summer. We used the large 5 gallon buckets. We kept the flavors at a minimum. We kept the toppings at minimums also and made sure helpers did the toppings. We charged a minimum fee just to cover our cost. We had lots of games as you might have for a Hallelujah party, such as: bean bag tosses, darts at balloons, fish ponds, etc. People had to buy tickets for these games. If you are doing it for church people might be able to earn the tickets for bringing friends, Bible, learning scripture, attendance, etc. We also had people set up craft booths where they could sell their wares. It was a big ordeal and a lot of fun. Dianne R
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9) Object lessons for teens
Object lessons are just that...a lesson using an object. It really doesn't matter the age. Jesus used object lessons all the time...well, parables anyway. If you find a lesson you like...why not just do the lesson then ask the teens how that lesson could be applied to their life or situations they come in contact with. You would be surprised how they could relate things and lessons to their lives, friends, problems, etc. Dianne R
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