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| | Hey Everyone! I'm a part of a church plant which is just coming off the ground. We are holding our first baptism service in 4 weeks, and communion service the following week. We've decided that we really want to have our kids experience the services. For a good portion of our church family, this is the first time they will be experiencing these awesome events as well. That all being said.... We are looking for some really cool ideas to incorporate into our service and possibly to send home to the families. Activity sheets, colouring pages and other ideas that we could do with the kids- either in preparation for the events or things they could have during the service. We just got our first quarter of Bible Blitz (woohoo) to start our fall childrens ministry, and was wondering if there were any past lessons in regards to baptism. If anyone has access to those, would they mind sharing by email? Ok, enough rambling. Help me please!!! and Thanks.
"We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone." |
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| We are in nearly the same situation concerning baptist and communion. Many of our Power Lab kids made decisions for Christ, and we will be holding a baptism service this fall. We will be anxious to hear ideas from anyone concerning this.
Blessings!
Vision Ministries Mom, aka Shawn Parker
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| | This is not an activity sheet, but several years ago, my husband (the pastor) preached on the fundamentals of communion. What he did, though, was have all the children come down front and sit and taught the whole sermon at a child's level. The kids then helped to serve communion. (He's also done this with baptism.) That way, everything is presented in the most basic level possible, like a longer children's moments, but no one is offended because he's focusing on the kids! LOL He had them help him bring in the elements, prepare everything up front, talked about the last supper, etc. Another good thing to do is look at a simple version of the Seder and how communion relates to the different cups of wine offered during that meal. If you can organize it, have the whole thing around tables that day for families rather than in traditional rows or pews. Let families interact and worship together, asking the questions, etc. It would be very much like the services held by the 1st century church.
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| | Our church is SBC so seder meals are a bit foreign to us. However when we had an interim he did the seder with all the church family in the Fellowship Hall. I think it was awesome and it really involved the kids. We were even able to take home a small booklet if we ever wanted to do it at home. I also saw an ice cream seder in one of the recent CM magazines. We used it at one of our parents night out's with kids (right before Easter) and they really enjoyed it. Just my experiences...
Kate Radford
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| We do a new members class for the children and their parents after their baptism, but a few of the things we do would be appropriate for a worship service. We end our class with an intimate Lord's Supper (Communion) with the children and their parents. Before we begin, I give each child a bookmark with John 3:16 on it, but it's personalize. "For God so loved (child's first name) he gave his one and only son so that if (child's first name) believes in him, (child's first name) will not die but have eternal life." I call each child forward and read the verse to them. then give them the bookmark.
After the Lord's Supper (communion), we have the "Parent's Blessing" prayer time. The children stand in a circle and the parents stand behind their child making an outer circle. Each parents completes the Parent's blessing. "Dear God, Thank you for my child (child's full name). I am glad that you are my child's Lord and Savior. (Then the parent thanks God for something special about their child. -ex. "Thank you Lord for Susie's kind heart."
Then I close with a blessing for the parents that they will continue to help their child grow closer to Jesus in the years to come.
Hope helps you as you plan this special service!
Lisa B from NC |
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