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Teaching Bible Lessons to Children; Engaging Young Hearts

Teaching Bible lessons to children is like planting seeds of faith in fertile soil. These early experiences can blossom into a lifelong relationship with God. However, creating engaging, memorable, and age-appropriate Bible lessons can be challenging. Here are some tips and ideas to help you nurture the spiritual growth of the young ones in your care. Tips and Ideas to Teach Bible Lessons to Children 1. Make It Interactive and Fun Children learn best when they are actively involved in the learning process. Turn Bible stories into interactive experiences by using crafts, games, and role-playing. For example, you can create a Noah's Ark ...

LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR – WHO IS YOUR NEIGHBOR?

By CBM National intern, Paul Daly – Jesus said to "love your neighbor" but “Who is my neighbor?” the lawyer tested Jesus. In his mind, neighbors were those that were of his nationality and religion. His neighbor was the man that was a Jew, like him. The lawyer’s intention behind the question was flawed. Nevertheless, Jesus’ intention behind His answer was different, and His response teaches us a profound lesson about what He expects from us. Rather than answering, “A Jew should love a Jew,” like I believe the lawyer wanted to hear, Jesus tells him a story. Jesus never reveals the nationality or religion of the main protagonist; ...

Faith Stays

Written by Ryanne Stout Today was the picture of one of the hardest things about my job. This morning we got the call that one of our lambs was leaving later today. It’s been a busy week and was already shaping up to be a busy weekend before we got that call.  Working at an orphanage is an emotional roller coaster. There are so many ups and downs while a child is with us. We see them processing and dealing with whatever it was that landed them here in the first place which for all our kids is some sort of abuse. Often, they have to reconcile the desire to go back to what was their normal with being out of that bad situation. Most of them ...

An Intern Mission Team Trip Update: We are God’s Workmanship

By CBM Mission Team Here are our mission team updates. Zachary Douthit I haven't done many things but I can mark off going on a mission trip overseas. For the mission trip this year we went to Ukraine. We went to two places there: Desna, a large military base out in the country of around 10,000 soldiers and Bilogordka a small town outside of Kyiv the capital of Ukraine. We were going to help run the camps that the Churches there were running. My task was to prepare a lesson to teach the teens. In Desna, we did a lot of stuff with the kids like sing silly songs, play games, and do a craft. Then we'd hang out with the teens in the ...

THE DEEP NEED FOR BIBLICAL TRAINING

Written by Mark Redka   If you need to know about kindergarten, just ask me, I attended three of them. No, I didn’t spend 3 years in kindergarten, our family just moved a lot that year.  My first kindergarten was my favorite.  My mom would pick up the kids down the street and drive us to some house in the west end of town where we spent our day, coloring and playing until nap time.  When that was over, this old couple (they were probably in their 50’s, but when you’re 5, that’s ancient) brought us cookies and the best chocolate milk that ever graced the planet.    I don’t remember much about my second kindergarten except ...