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Exploring and Engaging Spirituality for Today's Children: A Holistic Approach answers questions about the most effective ways to help children, pre-teens, and teens develop spiritually. This collection of research gleaned from presentations during the Fourth Triennial Children's Spirituality Conference at Concordia University in 2012 is divided into four major sections: (1) theological and historical foundations, (2) engaging parents and congregations, (3) engaging methodologies, and (4) exploring children at risk, child pornography, social justice, intercultural diversity, and abstinence education.
Researchers acknowledge that the home is the foundation for Christian nurture. In Exploring and Engaging Spirituality for Today's Children, both scholars and ministry leaders come together with parents to promote a holistic environment where children are encouraged to love, respect, and obey God. From birth to high school, children's voices resonate throughout these studies as they are invited to share their reflections and experiences. Exploring and Engaging Spirituality for Today's Children is a lively, easy-to-read collection that reflects a broad range of faith traditions and is ideal for all those who are committed to the spiritual development of children. 
As a teacher, you long to help others do more than understand the Bible. You want them to experience its relevance and power for their lives. Teaching like Jesus is the answer!
This commonsense guide offers examples of Jesus' teaching style from the Gospels, then shows how you can make these principles work for you -- regardless of what age group or ethnic group. Using a proven, four-step plan, Teaching Like Jesus gives you action steps, summaries, and other practical resources that will make your classroom a lively place to learn and apply the lessons so vitally important for transforming lives and nurturing disciples. You'll learn to think in terms of 'see, hear, and do' in your lesson plans. And you'll find sample plans for age groups and cultures ranging from African-American preschoolers to Chinese married couples. |
How to STUDY and Understand the Bible In 5 Simple Steps (Without Learning Hebrew or Greek)
How to STUDY and Understand the Bible (Xlibris) is a 99-page book that explains the inductive Bible study process in just 5 steps using the acrostic, STUDY. This book is geared to anyone who wants a deeper relationship with God through study of His Word. Now everyone can become a serious student of the Bible! Just beginning to study the Bible? You'll find the answer to the question, "Where do I begin?" and you'll enjoy the chapter-by-chapter review. This tiny, power-packed book concludes with easy-to-teach lesson outlines for teachers, pastors and Christian education leaders. To order, simply click on the book title above.
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Kids need clear sexual boundaries. The media, the classroom, and other voices send conflicting messages to our teenagers. Society teaches youth how to say no to drugs and alcohol, but not to sex. Parents, pastors, teachers, and youth workers must speak the same message: sexual activity outside of marriage is unacceptable.
Research demonstrates that teaching abstinence works! In survey after survey students say that abstinence is what they want to learn. Self-control, self-respect, delayed gratification, planning for the future, and building healthy friendships are values that are essential for every aspect of successful living—not just in regard to our sexuality.
Keeping Your Kids Sexually Pure lays a firm foundation for helping youth stay sexually pure in a culture that often sends mixed signals about sexual behavior. Author La Verne Tolbert brings a down-to-earth approach to teaching teens the importance of sexual purity. Using stories from everyday life, research examples, and Bible-based principles, she helps adults understand the why of the abstinence message and how to communicate the message effectively to youth at home, how to monitor the message at school, and how to reinforce the message in church and community.
Research demonstrates that teaching abstinence works! In survey after survey students say that abstinence is what they want to learn. Self-control, self-respect, delayed gratification, planning for the future, and building healthy friendships are values that are essential for every aspect of successful living—not just in regard to our sexuality.
Keeping Your Kids Sexually Pure lays a firm foundation for helping youth stay sexually pure in a culture that often sends mixed signals about sexual behavior. Author La Verne Tolbert brings a down-to-earth approach to teaching teens the importance of sexual purity. Using stories from everyday life, research examples, and Bible-based principles, she helps adults understand the why of the abstinence message and how to communicate the message effectively to youth at home, how to monitor the message at school, and how to reinforce the message in church and community.
Our God Is!
Curriculum for Sunday School and Children's Church
Looking for creative, easy-to-teach lessons for your Sunday School or Children's Church? Our God Is spiral curriculum for grades Preschool through 6th presents 13 lessons from the same biblical passage for every grade level. As children progress, information learned in earlier grades is repeated in later grades but with more detail. Lessons are developmentally appropriate and target the cultural needs of each age group.
This 135-page curriculum begins with the Creation account in Genesis and concludes with God fulfilling his promise to Abraham and Sarah that they would have a son. Full-color pages and easy-to-follow lesson plans in the Hook Book Look Took format make teaching fun and enjoyable. We promise, students will never be bored! This curriculum is packed with resources for teachers including:
This 135-page curriculum begins with the Creation account in Genesis and concludes with God fulfilling his promise to Abraham and Sarah that they would have a son. Full-color pages and easy-to-follow lesson plans in the Hook Book Look Took format make teaching fun and enjoyable. We promise, students will never be bored! This curriculum is packed with resources for teachers including:
- Special needs adaptation lesson plans;
- Notes pages to jot down Holy-Spirit inspired ideas;
- "All the World's a Stage" skits;
- Class starters and ice-breakers;
- "What If" questions to sprinkle into your lesson;
- Teacher evaluation sheets;
- Review lessons with Mrs. Win-A-Verse;
- Coloring pages and craft ideas
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