Crossroads Christian Fellowship Children’s Church PART 2.

Crossroads Christian Fellowship

Children’s Church

PART 2

WEEK FIVE

Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised 1 Chron 16:25

•Talk to the children about their week and pray about any concerns. Check Prayer Journals Take up offerings

•Show overhead This week on Praiselife

•Feedback on challenge Find out what ***** learned about prayer attitudes from ******

•Show overheads A and Praise the Name of the Lord and discuss

•Show overhead Positions for prayer

•Read the Scriptures describing the different postures for prayer and get the children to demonstrate them Discuss reasons why people would use these postures

•Show overhead Time to praise with Move it like this. Show video clip and join in the actions

•Show overhead Challenge Interview someone who is creative or artistic about using your gifts for God and about Inspiration

•Show overhead Next week on Praiselife

•Pray for the week ahead

This week on

• We investigate how Praise Adores God

• Praising the Name of the Lord• We learn about attitudes for

prayer and praise• We set a challenge for the

coming week

Last week ***** interviewed ***** and asked these questions.

1. What are the different attitudes that people use when they pray?

2. Do different churches use different attitudes when they pray?

3. How do different attitudes help us express our prayers?

ADORES AND ACKNOWLEDGES GOD

2 Chronicles. 6:13 Now he had made a bronze platform, five cubits [a] long, five cubits wide and three cubits [b] high, and had placed it in the center of the outer court. He stood on the platform and then knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven.

Mark 11:25And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins."

Genesis 24:26 Then the man bowed down and worshiped the LORD,

The Name of the Lord is THE LORD JESUS CHRISTThe Name of the Lord is greatly to be praisedAnd His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace Isa. 9:6Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto Thy Name give glory Ps 115:1

YOUR CHALLENGE THIS WEEK

Interview someone who has creative or artistic talent

Ask these questions and be prepared to report to us next week

1. How do you use your gifts to serve God?

2. Where do you receive your Inspiration to create?

3. Why do you choose to use your talents to serve God?

Next week on

* We investigate Inspiration* We take an Inventory of our talents and how we can use them to serve God* We set a challenge for the coming week

WEEK SIX

Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms." (1 Peter 4:10 NIV)

•Talk to the children about their week and pray about any concerns. Check Prayer Journals Take up offerings

•Show overhead This week on Praiselife

•Feedback on challenge What did **** find out from ***** about Inspiration and using your talents to praise God

•Show overheads I and Talent Inventory Discuss and help the children to fill out their own Talent Inventory

•Show overhead and Sing Awesome God

•Show overhead Time to praise with Move it like this. Show video clip and join in the actions

•Show overhead Challenge

•Interview someone from the music ministry about how music helps us praise

•Show overhead Next week on Praiselife

•Pray for the week ahead

This week on

• We investigate Inspiration• We take an Inventory of our

talents and how we can use them to serve God

• We set a challenge for the coming week

Last week ***** interviewed *****

and asked these questions

1. How do you use your gifts to serve God?

2. Where do you receive your Inspiration to create?

3. Why do you choose to use your talents to serve God?

INSPIRES US TO USE OUR GIFTS TO PRAISE GOD

What talents do you have?

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What do you enjoy doing?

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How could you use these talents to praise and serve God?

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AWESOME GOD

Our God is an awesome God

He reigns from Heaven above

With wisdom power and love

Our God is an awesome God

YOUR CHALLENGE THIS WEEK

Interview someone from the music ministry

Ask these questions and be prepared to report to us next week

1. What part does music play in the praise and worship of the church?

2. Are different moods created by different styles and tempos of music?

3. Is singing only for Sunday or can you sing when you are by yourself?

Next week on

We investigate Singing and PsalmsWe prepare a presentation for the church We set a group challenge for the coming week

WEEK SEVEN

Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD. Psalm 150:6

•Talk to the children about their week and pray about any concerns. Check Prayer Journals Take up offerings

•Show overhead This week on Praiselife

•Feedback on challenge Find out what **** learned from ***** about using music for praise

•Show overheads S and PSALM 150 and read it together

•Show overhead Time to praise with Move it like this. Show video clip and join in the actions

•Show overhead Arrow Prayers Talk about how we can always send up quick arrow prayers to God when we need His help urgently

•Show overhead Prepare Presentation and prepare the presentation for the church for next week

•Show overhead Challenge for Group Interview someone about Psalms using questions provided

•Show overhead Next week on Praiselife

•Pray for the week ahead

This week on

• We investigate Singing and Psalms

• We prepare a presentation for the church

• We set a group challenge for the coming week

Last week ***** interviewed ***** and

asked these questions

1. What part does music play in the praise and worship of the church?

2. Are different moods created by different styles and tempos of music?

3. Is singing only for Sunday or can you sing when you are by yourself?

STRENGTHENS OUR FAITH

SINGING PSALMS

Psalm 150

1Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.

2Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.

3Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.

4Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.

5Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.

6Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.

INTERVIEWWho did you interview?

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What is their favourite psalm?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Why?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Next week on

We discover why Praise is ExcellentWe talk about EasterWe prepare a presentation for the church

WEEK EIGHT

O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! Psalm 8:1

•Talk to the children about their week and pray about any concerns. Check Prayer Journals Take up offerings

•Show overhead This week on Praiselife

•Feedback on challenge Find out the results of the survey on Psalms

•Show overhead E and discuss why Praise is excellent Revise meanings of other letters relating to Praise. Also discuss Easter

•Show overhead Prepare Presentation and prepare the presentation for the church for next week

•Show overhead Next week on Praiselife and distribute Easter eggs

•Pray for the week ahead

This week on

We discover why Praise is ExcellentWe talk about EasterWe prepare a presentation for the church

Who did you interview?

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What is their favourite psalm?

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Why?_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

RESULT OF SURVEYWhat Psalms are most popular at

Crossroads?

Favourite Psalms

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Psalm

1

Psalm

8

Psalm

22

Psalm

23

Psalm

91

Psalm

92

Psalm

96

Psalm

100

Psalm

103

Psalm

121

Psalm

150

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EXCELLENT, EDIFYING

Next week on

• We present the Church with our findings about prayer and praise

• We have a Praise Party

WEEK NINE

O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! Psalm 8:1

•GIVE PRESENTATION TO THE CHURCH

•RETURN TO CHURCH SCHOOL ROOM

•FEEDBACK ON GROUP CHALLENGE ABOUT FAVOURITE PSALMS

•HAVE A SMALL PRAISEFEST PARTY

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SOURCES USED

BIBLE CONCORDANCE

www.BibleGateway.com

EASTMAN, Dick The hour that changes the world Bridge, 1984

MOVE IT LIKE THIS Zonderkidz

TAYLOR, Jack H The hallelujah factor Nashville, Broadman, 1983

TEACHING CHILDREN TO PRAY www.homeschoolnet.com

WERNER, Elsa Jane Hymns and prayers for children. London, Muller, 1978