Flame: Creative Children's Ministry

Finger labyrinths have been really popular on Flame for a while, so I thought I'd post another way of making them. This is a very tactile version, very easy to make, and allows children the chance to make their own wandering line!  The labyrinths would work really well as a craft activity for any Bible story that involves a journey e.g. The Exodus, Joshua. You will need: Paper plates, pencils, foil, glue (PVA works best) Get children to draw a spiral on the paper plate- start in the middle and work outwards but take the line on a wander if you want to!  Next, cut pieces of tin foil and roll them into thin sausage shapes. Glue the foil sausages to the spiral on the plate.  If using PVA you will need to wait a while for the glue to dry! Children can now use the labyrinths as prayer tools, either as a way of using something tactile as they reflect or, more specifically to think and pray about life journeys (see below) Talk about: How does it fee...

Here's a really visual way to tell the story of the parting of the Red Sea in Exodus 14. Print out the Storyteller sheet by clicking here . Cut out the large rectangle and then cut out the grey centre squares.  Fold along the middle and stick the two squares back to back.  Fold and stick the arrow squares on top of each other as the arrows indicate... Now stick the second set of arrow squares on top of each other When you have finished sticking, your storyteller will look like this. This picture shows the Israelites on their journey through the desert.  They have just heard that the Egyptian army is coming after them to capture them and take them back to Egypt.  The only way forward is through the sea.  They are scared and angry at Moses for bringing them here and they don't know what will happen to them... Open the storyteller up and fold back the flaps to reveal the next picture. Moses come to God to ask Him what to do. ...