games

Following a discussion about a snowball game we thought it would be good to share ideas for games, particularly easy to set-up games, so just add your game ideas below…

schools week

Here’s something interesting happening in Slough and other places.  From their site:
For the past 12 years we have put on a presentation at Christmas and Easter for local schools and pupils in year 6. In that time we have seen over 8000 pupils come to these events.
The idea is that they come to the church and spend [...]

huge pictures

If you’re ever after a huge poster here’s a couple of bits of software to try.  With both, you give it your original picture file,  tell it what size you want the picture and it produces a multi-sheet picture in pdf:
 
PosteRazor which you can download from http://posterazor.sourceforge.net/
“Rasterbator” which you can get from http://arje.net/rasterbator.
We produced a couple of life-size [...]

resources for parents

I was asked a question at the weekend which reignited an idea I had earlier in the year.  I was asked to recommend good books (CD’s DVD’s etc) to help parents share their faith with their children – including answering some of those really tricky questions.  So, what has worked for you?  Post your top [...]

messy tray activities

Fun – taken from www.ci2eye.co.uk
Messy tray activities
Below are a range of things you can use in a messy tray and several recipes for making different types of play dough.  All of these have been widely used, and they are here just as a guide and an inspiration for something new to do – also for [...]

creative bible teaching and prayer

CREATIVE BIBLE TEACHING AND PRAYER (0-11S)
YVONNE SCOTT– CPAS
Creative Bible teaching:

some different styles and approaches to story-telling
Jesus loved to tell stories.
Just imagine………..  

Tips for creative Bible story-telling
1.    Get to know the story and the way you decide to tell it, really well.Ask yourself questions.

Where does the action take place?
Who are the characters in the story? Do I [...]