Flame: Creative Children's Ministry

Yesterday, we were thinking about one of our mission partners in South Sudan and the children she works with.  We wanted to make something as a gift to show the children there that we were thinking of them: something that would somehow show a link between us.  We ended up making some friendship bracelets to send to them. While this was a specific craft to show friendship, it opens up conversation about kindness and showing people that you care about them by doing something for them- kindness seems, after all, to be about showing care for others.  It would be a great craft if you were thinking about kindness as one of the fruit of the Spirit because it's easy and it involves connecting things together (beads, wool, pipe cleaners) to show that we are linked to other people by kind acts that we do for them or they do for us. We made the bracelets by choosing a pipe cleaner and... ...threading Hama beads onto them in various patterns  ...winding different colour...

This Sunday we will be exploring the Fruit of the Spirit through different prayer stations.  The 5-11s have been working through the fruit during our regular Sunday sessions.  So far we are up to kindness but, as this Sunday is half term, we are taking a break from the usual routine and taking a brief look at everything! So far I have posted prayer stations for love and joy and I will post one for each of the fruit in the coming days.  Today, though, we have 'kindness'! You will need: A jar, a collection of cards (as above with the words 'say', 'help', 'give' or 'smile' written on them), a piece of poster paper split into quarters with each word written in a separate quarter. Take one of the cards from the jar.  Take it home and do that thing during the week.  Smile at someone you know help someone at home or school say something nice to someone give or share something with someone Write or draw what you did on the back a...