Flame: Creative Children's Ministry

This is a great idea from our amazing children's worker, Sharon.  A few weeks ago we were looking, as a congregation, at the question of what heaven is like. We talked about one of my favourite passages,  Revelation 21:1-4 . Those who were being creative with the passage looked especially at verse 4:    He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death, sadness, crying, or pain. All the old ways are gone.” Sharon had the brilliant idea of using handkerchiefs to convey the message of heaven being a place where God wipes all of our tears away.. Here's what they did. You will need:  White fabric or  white handkerchiefs ,  fabric pens Thinks about what heaven will be like and what it will be like never to be sad or in pain again. What would it be like for God to wipe our tears away? On the handkerchiefs, draw or write words about heaven and take the handkerchief home as a reminder of what we hope for.

Today our Powersource session was based on the Lord's prayer and we used a lot of creativity to explore the ideas contained within it!   This is what we did to explore the idea of heaven, using a quote from Revelation- "I am making all things new!"  We Printed and enlarged the above picture so that it filled 2 A3 size sheets.  We stuck the sheets together so that the collage was a single sheet (our photocopier won't do anything bigger than A3!).  We then made a second copy of what we'd done and cut it into twelve pieces, with little initials indicating what colours each section of the picture should be filled with.  We then gave each child a piece and let them get on with it!   We had lots of different scrapbook papers and children had to tear and stick.  No scissors allowed!  They were engrossed, which I wasn't expecting and they really worked well to help each other out and share colours. Next, as children finished their squares, ...