There are lots of ideas for engaging with your children at home over the Summer Holidays, which are particularly useful if your Sunday Club closes for these months. Roots on the web have a 6 week family course where you can explore Philippians together. Each week there are different activities and practical applications for what…
Category Archives: Prayers
Playdough prayer mats are a wonderful initiative from Flame Creative Ministries that allow children to explore prayer by using their hands to mould images of what they are praying for. Have a look at all 13 playdough prayer mats on the Flame Creative Ministry website by clicking here: http://flamecreativekids.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Play%20Dough%20Mats
Teaspoon Prayer We got this idea from Jackie Wilkinson at a Creative Prayer workshop. It teaches children about the different types of prayer there are. tsp stands for teaspoon but it also stands for Thanks, Sorry, Please. Each child chooses a plastic teaspoon from a jar. If it says T on it, they take time…
Prayer for Children living in Dangerous Places: (taken from www.thesanctuary.org website) (a) Soften our Hearts. Using pots of playdough ask the children to make heart shapes from the dough that they can hold in their hand. Alternatively, they can get cardboard cut outs of hearts and stick soft material onto them. It can be difficult…
The Lord’s Prayer: Our Father, who lives in heaven, We want to praise you. May we do the things that you want us to do And help us to live our lives in a way that makes you happy. Please give us the things we need each day. We are sorry for the things we…
ADVENT PRAYERS: ‘What can I give him, Poor as I am? If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb, If I were a wiseman, I would do my part, But what I can I give him, give my heart.’ Poem emphasising the purpose of Advent Advent is a time to wait, Not quite…
Prayer is a simple and a tricky concept at the same time. Simple because it is just you talking to God. Tricky because our concept of conversation involves the visible presence of two people who talk and listen, back and forth, to develop the conversation. With children, it is important to allow them space amidst…