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Title: The Lion Bible for children By: Murray Watts and Helen Cann Price: £9.69 Published by: Lion Children’s Perfect for: children age 4-11 Best bit: over 200 re-told Bible stories, told in order including ones from prophetic books and psalms, with pictures on each page! Worst bit: Although this is really hard, as a bedtime … Read more
Title: You are very special By: Su Box and Susie Poole Price: £5.93 from Eden Published by: Lion Hudson Perfect for: birthday or baptism/dedication gift for unders 5s, especially those not regular at church Best bit: joyful artwork, hardback book and the mirror at the back which you can actually see yourself in! Worst bit: … Read more
Use different shaped pasta to pray! Take it in turns to talk about something which makes you afraid. They may be simple things like spiders or more personal things like getting lost or losing someone. Use the pasta to make a little picture of the thing which makes you afraid. When you have made the … Read more
I’m always excited to work out a new fun way to explore the Bible and this is a good one! Simply choose 9+ words from a passage you want to explore – this game works well if you have six verses in your passage. Add your words to a Bingo board – simply chart in … Read more
Pray for friends each time you see a car the same make / model /colour as theirs. Encourage them by letting them know when you were praying for them. You could also do this when you see people’s names on a lorry or road sign. It’s just a simple way to make praying for people … Read more
I’ve been reading gardening books in an attempt to keep more of my plants alive this year, and something which they all start with is soil care. I am not interested in soil care! I want to grow plants. Usually I flip forward to the interesting bit – seeds and seedlings and how to deal … Read more
All-age worship and faith at home are closely connected. When one works well, the other is boosted and feeds back into the first. I am passionate about people of different ages being able to grow in faith together, and one way to do this is to have all-age or inter-generational services, or groups where people … Read more
This is a really fun way to learn a Bible verse! Just write the words in the verse on eggs clean, empty egg shells, one word per shell. (We wash ours with soapy water then leave to dry.) Then put them out on a table in a random order and challenge everyone to see if they … Read more
Do you love watching seeds grow? Why not link this with praying for something to grow? A fun and satisfying seedling to watch is a sunflower. Take a toilet tube and press in the sides of one end to make a little compostable pot. Fill it with compost or soil then place one seed on … Read more
Grow some simple seeds and read some Bible stories about seeds. What do you notice (about your seeds and the stories!)? We like growing and eating pea shoots because a) you can grow them very cheaply from dried peas from the cupboard b) they sprout and grow very quickly c) they are packed full of … Read more
Title: Reflection Roadmap By: Jessica-Anne Jenner Price: £2.50 each or as little as 35p when bought in bulk Published by and available from: Foundationstones.co.uk Best bit: Lovely artwork, open-ended questions and space to reflect! Worst bit: As a writer and a drawer, I would have liked spaces to write and draw without lines 😉 More … Read more
I vividly remember the first time I started to understand what it meant to ‘dwell in the secret place’. I was drinking coffee with Sarah her kitchen while her three children played in the room next door. As we were chatting, Starzie, her three year old ran into the room and grabbed my arm, saying, … Read more