What Are We Doing Here?
Is teaching Bible class really a big deal? Am I really making a difference in the church by teaching these rowdy seven year olds? The answers are “Yes and Yes”. It is a big deal and I am making a...
View ArticleWhat Are We Teaching?
The question asked in the title of this article may seem obvious. If I teach Bible class, I am teaching Bible. Well, I’m here to say that I don’t think that is always the case. I want to suggest...
View ArticleActivities with Books of the Bible
Today I did a teacher training session for the teachers at our congregation. Included in that training, I spoke of the benefits of using pre-class activities for the time when students start arriving...
View ArticleBible Class “Drills & Skills”
In public school, there is a lot of talk about “Core Curriculum” and “Standards”. I’m not here to discuss the pros and cons of what goes on in public school curriculum, but I would like to give some...
View ArticleTeaching the Bible Chronology
Way back, probably 15 or more years ago, my husband was attending a youth event at another congregation. There was a youth group there who did a demonstration of the “Chronology”. Steve came home...
View ArticleTeaching Children to Use the Bible
We probably all know the words to the children’s Bible class song, “The B-I-B-L-E, yes that’s the book for me”. How can we help teach our children that the Bible really is for them? After all, it is...
View ArticleTen Plagues Song
I have had several people requesting the words to the Ten Plagues Song that I mentioned in an earlier post about “Song Charts”. This originally came from Idea Shop Magazine published from Gospel...
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