Youth Bible Study – Matthew 18
Icebreaker Games Set up the following games as an ‘us versus them’ between the young people and the adults/leaders. Have some fun reminding the group how the adults are going to win! Colour Challenge When the game starts, show each team the completed...
The Dance of God
The Dance of God, the Trinity and Someone You Loved by the Piano Guys, featuring Charity and Andres (from World of Dance). This isn’t a thought out idea but I’ve been really drawn to this video by The Piano Guys featuring Charity and Andres from World of...
Children’s Talk: Practising the Basics
I was reading this week about a minister in the States who was promoting an event at his church called ‘Big Surprise Sunday’. He kept the congregation in suspense for four weeks. One member of the church asked if they were having a guest speaker. Another asked if they...
Teaching Leadership (School Session)
A classroom based session exploring the theme of leadership unpacking the Old Testament stories of David and Samuel, while touching on some modern day examples of young people making a difference around the world. Led this recently with 2 classes of 10-11 year olds. #Bible #OldTestament #Jesus #Leadership #Changemakers
You Can Hear Them Shouting – A Palm Sunday Story
You Can Hear Them Shouting. A Palm Sunday story by John W. Mann Once upon a time, a long time ago there was a girl whose name was Miriam. Miriam was 10 years old and she lived with her mother and father and her three older brothers in a small village called...
The Parable of the 2 Youth Workers
The Parable of the 2 Youth Workers In a land far, far away there lived two youth workers. They couldn’t be any more different from one another and they had different levels of success. The first got his first job working for a church. He was idealistic and keen to...
Teaching Parables
Some ideas and activities to introduce school pupils to Jesus’ parables. Would work well with church groups too.
Children’s Talk: Jesus and Rules
Jesus knew that the old rules – that were made up to help people – weren’t working, and were actually hurting people. He tells the religious leaders that it’s time to remember why the rules were there in the first place.
Assembly: Labels and Valuing Others
A high school assembly exploring the theme of valuing others and the labels we sometimes reduce people to.