|
|
   Survey Says... Santa!
How do you handle the topic of Santa in your children's ministry?
Take the latest Kidology Survey and share your Santa experiences and stories. You might just get a chuckle or two as well!
For example: "My son's Sunday School teacher asked the kids what they asked Santa for Christmas. My son stood up and said, "Santa isn't real, he doesn't bring presents. Don't you know that Christmas is Jesus' Birthday?"
Fill out the survey and see how your church stacks up to others when it comes to the Big Guy at the North Pole. Plus, your survey entry might win you a FREE download!
» Take the Santa Survey!
|
|
Dealing with the Connecticut Shooting
|
Some have asked for advice on how to deal with the Connecticut Shooting in their children's ministry. We've collected an abundance of links from kidmin leaders in the Kidology Forums for your use.
» Forum: Connecticut Shooting
You may also want to read Karl Bastian's thoughts in When There Are No Answers:
"... our mission remains clear - love the children and reach families. And always be seeking who around us is flailing and struggling. We never know who we may save when we reach out and share God's love with the lost around us. There are people losing hope and don't know there is Hope..."
» Kidologist.com: When There Are No Answers
|
|
Gimmie! Gimmie! Christmas Game - Just $5.99
|
Based on our popular Thanksgiving version, Gimmie! Gimmie! Christmas is a fast-paced, holiday trading game that illustrates thankfulness vs. selfishness.
Ideal for just a few kids as well as large groups, the object is to collect a complete set of Christmas cards, while avoiding the greedy Gimmie! Gimmie!
Adapted by Karl Bastian as a solution for understaffed volunteer situations around the holidays, this Gimmie! Gimmie! game provides an interactive object lesson while requiring just a few leaders to run.
NEW in the Christmas Edition: Complete rules for the Base Game as well as "Build a Christmas Nativity" variant. In addition, expanded lesson application ideas help strengthen use of the game as a Biblical illustration.
» Just $5.99 in the Kidology Store!
|
|
3 Last Minute Christmas Lesson Ideas
|
Since the holidays are such a busy time, we all get behind in something. Here are 3 last minute Christmas lesson ideas to help if you are in need of a quick children's ministry lesson:
- Candy Cane Time: For this lesson, you will need to write on some small pieces of paper and tape them to the candy canes. On the pieces of paper, write things that you believe are important to children (family, friends, Xbox, toys, dolls, etc.) Hide the candy canes around the room and have the children search for them...
» Keep reading for 2 more ideas!
|
| Christmas Bingo - Just $7 |
 Are you looking for a quick and easy activity for Christmas? Try Christmas Bingo, by Susan E. Harper, author of Easter Bingo and the The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe 10-Lesson Series.
Includes...
- 35 different reproducible Christmas Bingo Cards
- 1 reproducible Christmas Bingo Master Card
- 1 reproducible Number Card
- 1 reproducible Game Direction Sheet
- Grade School Word Version
- Preschool Picture-Only Version
- Color Sheets for Transparencies
- Suggested Lesson Plan
Ideal for kids who know the Christmas story, as well as those who don't, these fully reproducible sheets are ready for your printer. Available as immediate download!
» Just $7 in the Kidology Store |
|
Win an iPad Mini in December!
|
Enter our Mini Kidology Contest! No, it's not a teeny, tiny giveaway. Rather, it's your chance to win a new iPad Mini!
To enter, use your Kidology Premium Membership to buy any resource via the Kidology Store during the month of December! We'll randomly select a winner from all entrants. Then, on Christmas Day, Santa Karl will call you personally to share the mini-fabulous news! Pick up curriculum, training tools, Garage Sale specials, or even our new Gimmie! Gimmie! Christmas Game. It doesn't matter. Every purchase is an additional entry into the contest!
Don't think you have a chance to win? Santa Karl will be giving out other kidmin presents throughout the month as well! Any Kidology Store purchase is your automatic entry. Curriculum, music, and other great resources could be coming your way! Ho ho ho!
» Mini Kidology Contest
|
|
A ToyBox Tales Christmas - Just $8.99
|
 Make sure you pick up A ToyBox Tales Christmas. This 5-part performance, featuring 5-7 minute videos, humorously takes a look at the first Christmas by utilizing Playmobil figures. In addition, you'll find a Bonus Tale performed by children playing with toys.. a truly hysterical classic! That's 6 Tales in all!
These videos are a fun way to celebrate the story of the season. Don't miss out! Available for immediate download.
Plus, Kidology Premium Members save $1!
» Pick up A ToyBox Tales Christmas today! |
|
Christmas Skit: The Birthday Message
|
Need a children's skit or a puppet script for your children's ministry this weekend? This week's script helps teach children that Christmas isn't about Santa Claus and presents, but it's about the birth of Jesus:
SUSIE: (Singing) Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday dear....
BOBBY: (Interrupting) Hold it! What are you doing?
SUSIE: I'm singing a Christmas carol.
BOBBY: That's not a Christmas carol. I learned about Christmas carols at school. Like..."Ya better watch out, ya better not cry, better not pout I'm tellin' you why...
» Read full script of "The Birthday Message"
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
