Flame: Creative Children's Ministry

Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.  Ruth 1:16 Ruth is a great book to use to teach children about loyalty and faithfulness.  Ruth stays faithful to her mother-in-law, Naomi, and leaves her own community to join Naomi's.  Not only this, but she takes on a faithfulness to Naomi's God and becomes an ancestor of David- an amazingly important woman! There are so many themes to pick up here... welcoming new people into a family or community who takes care of us and who we take care of (and why we do this) what it means to become one of God's people how God works through unexpected people Here is a craft (inspired by this post on Scrapbooks etc ) to help pick up and explore the theme of the unity that comes from faithfulness to each other and to God: You will need: 4 strips of coloured paper (2 of one colour and 2 of another colour).  Mine were about 1cm thick and 15 cm long; glue. ...

You will need: Sticks, jar or bottle to stand sticks in, ribbon If we are friends with someone we trust them to stick with us, even when it is hard.  Who do you trust to stick with you?  Who can trust you to stick with them?  Choose a stick and tie a ribbon on it and ask God to help you to stick with Him, even when it is hard.