Children’s Stories
Goals:
- Incorporate children in the life and the worship of the church.
- Faith formation: primarily for the kids, secondarily for the adults.
- Support and reinforce the overall (theme of) the worship service.
- Help children to form horizontal relationships with peers and the congregation as well as a vertical relationship with the Divine--as is appropriate in all worship.
Practices:
> The pastor or sermon giver will contact the children’s story leader with specific direction early in the week.
> The children’s story should be 3-7 minutes. 5 minutes is a sweet spot for attention.
Pro-tips:
> Keep a clear focus--it’s good to stay on one point; We don’t have to cover the entire scripture.
> Engage multiple senses. Ideas here.
> Be interactive.
> Something you’re interested in or excited about will be interesting and exciting to others.
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