Flame: Creative Children's Ministry

I came across something on Pinterest the other day that amazed my non-scientific brain... You can draw an electrical circuit with graphite pencils!!  No need for wires or anything.  This, of course, got me thinking on prayer activity lines :-) Here is how to help children pray that they can be the light of the world, bringing hope to dark places- in a very individual way! “You are like light for the whole world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid...  your light must shine before people, so that they will see the good things you do and praise your Father in heaven." Matthew 5: 14, 16 You will need: paper, Graphite pencils (they MUST be graphite or this won't work- I tried! You can get them from art shops/ drawing supplies.  I got these ones ), a 9V battery, a 3mm or 5mm LED bulb (see this Amazon link ), sellotape. Draw a simple circuit first to test the idea out.  Imagine that you are drawing two wires instead of using physical ones. First draw a l...

Palm Sunday is fast approaching and we will be having an intergenerational service to mark the occasion! Here is a colouring sheet I have put together so it can be used as part of what we do.   Click here to print off a copy and please do share one photos on our Facebook page if you use it!

Here are some prayers you could use in a group, a family or even in a whole congregation if you have enough chocolate to go round!  The prayers are very simple and help to pick up themes of the Easter story. You will need: a hollow chocolate Easter egg per group Show the children the unbroken egg (if it comes in two halves, you may need to hold them together!) Relate the closed egg to the tomb where Jesus' friends put his body after he had died.  Talk about what it feels like when we are left on our own, one of our friends goes away or someone we know dies. Ask God to help everyone who is sad, upset or lonely or who has lost someone that they love. Now break the egg into pieces and reveal the hollow inside! When Jesus died it was not the end of the story- he rose to new life and was no longer inside the tomb.  Something amazing had happened!  Talk about where in life the children would like a chance to start again- maybe with someone they have ha...