Yesterday we were at Carnoustie Community Church and I did a children’s talk based on the jigsaw we had just finished building at home. The slides are available here. I asked the kids ”Who likes to do jigsaws? Who knows what this jigsaw is a picture of? How many pieces are there, do you think?” 1000 pieces! … Continue reading »
Over Christmas our family really enjoyed watching Kung Fu Panda – its a heart-warming story about a Panda called Po who becomes a martial arts warrior. His master Shifu teaches him how to use his abilities through Taoism and the ying and yang of opposing forces. His enemies laugh at him because he is big, soft and cuddly, … Continue reading »
In last Sunday’s children’s talk I continued the “guess the animal” theme with the following slides. After they had guessed which animal it was I asked the kids: “Who knows where this is? Whose been to London? We were there last September to see my brother. They say if they leave the tower it will … Continue reading »
Here is the first in a series of children’s talks on animals in the bible – #1 a donkey in trouble. Using the slides (here) ask the children “Who can guess what animal is this is?” That’s right its a donkey, who knows of donkeys in the bible? Do you remember Balaam’s Donkey? Well, Balaam’s donkey … Continue reading »
Recently I have been taking the childrens’ talks at a new church plant and doing a series on animals in the bible (more to come from this later). But on Sunday I did a Father’s Day talk using a slide show game. I started by doing a recap on the previous Sundays and then asked if the … Continue reading »
If you have pre-school children that watch cbeebies then its likely that you have heard them singing along to the Octonauts theme tune. My kids love the show and I must admit, it’s my favourite children’s programme around at the moment. Its mixture of likeable characters, interesting marine animals needing rescuing and catchy theme tune … Continue reading »
