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"If you positively engage in activities or provide positive encouragement to youth, the group will have a better experience." The Importance of Chaperones No youth event can take …
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How To Conclude the Program Year? Many churches conclude some programming in May or June. At worship, your community may do some of the following: Thank volunteers …
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"Now is the fun part. Brainstorm a list of objects that connect with the direction that you are being pulled. For example, let’s say you want to talk about Thomas. You might have …
"This curriculum provides a comprehensive and engaging program for Sunday school with multiple age groups. In addition, the children's church module is an excellent resource for …
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"Through it all we are building relationships. Most importantly, we are planting Bible stories in children's hearts where they will bear fruit for years to come." Teaching Young …
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"Memory box items that tap into our deepest memories of childhood are more likely to invoke conversation and even laughter." What Is a Memory Box? Whenever I speak on the topic of …
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"God came to join us outside Eden's gates. Now, as we turn to Christ and offer our lives for his service, God enables us to become stewards of Creation." Christians and Ecology How …
"...During Lent we do not say Alleluia in church. That way, when we use it again, it will be extra special. So, everyone help me, we are going to pack up the Alleluias in this …
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Reading Luke with the Good Book Club This Lent, many churches will be reading the Gospel of Luke. This is part an initiative called the Good Book Club, and it is so …
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I dream of a church that understands its mission to be sending out agents of transformation into the world so that each person understands themselves as “radically sent.” I …
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