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Jones.Complete with leather jacket and theme music, Georgia Jones teaches preschoolers that following God is never dull.
Fisherman Fred—Whether we’re teaching about Moses parting the Red Sea, Jonah and the big fish, or any other Bible account that deals with water, Fisherman Fred is there to set the hook and grab our preschoolers’ attention.He wears a camouflage hat, carries a huge fishing pole, and can tell a tale as only a fisherman can.
Kodiak the Bear—We not only use characters to teach the Bible, we also have a preschool mascot.Kodiak is an oversized bear that welcomes families as they arrive at our preschool department.There’s nothing like watching the smile on preschoolers’ faces and the joy in their eyes as they line up to high-five Kodiak on their way to their rooms.
Every week our cast of characters and our friendly mascot get kids excited about being at church.
—Eric
“The Church has not yet touched the fringe of the possibilities of intercessory prayer.”
—John Mott
The greatest thing we can do for the preschoolers in our ministry is pray for them.We say this and know it—but do we do it?Do we get so busy putting together crafts and disinfecting toys and running off coloring sheets and buying fish-shaped crackers and picking out worship songs and all the rest on an unending list...that we don’t do the most important thing?It’s time to move intercessory prayer for our preschoolers to the top of our priority list.
Recently we took a strategic step in this direction.We spent hours and hours seeking God for prayer verses that we could pray over the preschoolers in our ministry.Here are the prayer verses we chose from the Scripture God led us to:
“May the Lord bless you and protect you” (Numbers 6:24).
“May the Lord smile on you and be gracious to you” (Numbers 6:25).
“May the Lord show you his favor and give you his peace” (Numbers 6:26).
“May the Lord keep you from all harm and watch over your life...now and forever” (Psalm 121:7-8).
“May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully” (Ephesians 3:19).
“May you grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Peter 3:18).
“ ‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ says the Lord.‘They are plans for good...to give you a future and a hope’ ” (Jeremiah 29:11).
Each preschool ministry room has one of these verses painted on the wall.Our preschool volunteers gather to pray for the children before they arrive.Then during class, they silently pray the verse over the childrenseveral times.As children grow and move through our preschool ministry rooms, they’re interceded for hundreds of times with each of these verses.
It means so much to parents to know that their children are intentionally prayed for each week.We also partner with parents by giving them a copy of the verses so they pray them over their children at home.A prayer partnership between home and church makes an eternal difference in a preschooler’s life.
The greatest thing you can do for your preschool ministry is make it a house of prayer!
—Dale
My greatest fear in life is waking up one day and finding a generation of young people who’ve completely walked away from the Christian faith.There’s one thing that gets me out of bed every morning, and that’s the fact that someone must get in there and fight for the hearts and minds of these children.
As preschool leaders, it’s important for us to realize this truth.We have the ability to influence an entire generation.God has called us to diligently put his Word into their hearts.How can we as leaders teach our preschoolers the unchanging truth of God’s Word?
Tell them again and again that what we tell them from the Bible is true.This means it really happened.In an ordinary day for preschoolers, more than likely they’ll view media that’s based on fantasy or fairy tales.That’s okay.We don’t need to get rid of Santa
Fisherman Fred—Whether we’re teaching about Moses parting the Red Sea, Jonah and the big fish, or any other Bible account that deals with water, Fisherman Fred is there to set the hook and grab our preschoolers’ attention.He wears a camouflage hat, carries a huge fishing pole, and can tell a tale as only a fisherman can.
Kodiak the Bear—We not only use characters to teach the Bible, we also have a preschool mascot.Kodiak is an oversized bear that welcomes families as they arrive at our preschool department.There’s nothing like watching the smile on preschoolers’ faces and the joy in their eyes as they line up to high-five Kodiak on their way to their rooms.
Every week our cast of characters and our friendly mascot get kids excited about being at church.
—Eric
“The Church has not yet touched the fringe of the possibilities of intercessory prayer.”
—John Mott
The greatest thing we can do for the preschoolers in our ministry is pray for them.We say this and know it—but do we do it?Do we get so busy putting together crafts and disinfecting toys and running off coloring sheets and buying fish-shaped crackers and picking out worship songs and all the rest on an unending list...that we don’t do the most important thing?It’s time to move intercessory prayer for our preschoolers to the top of our priority list.
Recently we took a strategic step in this direction.We spent hours and hours seeking God for prayer verses that we could pray over the preschoolers in our ministry.Here are the prayer verses we chose from the Scripture God led us to:
“May the Lord bless you and protect you” (Numbers 6:24).
“May the Lord smile on you and be gracious to you” (Numbers 6:25).
“May the Lord show you his favor and give you his peace” (Numbers 6:26).
“May the Lord keep you from all harm and watch over your life...now and forever” (Psalm 121:7-8).
“May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully” (Ephesians 3:19).
“May you grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Peter 3:18).
“ ‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ says the Lord.‘They are plans for good...to give you a future and a hope’ ” (Jeremiah 29:11).
Each preschool ministry room has one of these verses painted on the wall.Our preschool volunteers gather to pray for the children before they arrive.Then during class, they silently pray the verse over the childrenseveral times.As children grow and move through our preschool ministry rooms, they’re interceded for hundreds of times with each of these verses.
It means so much to parents to know that their children are intentionally prayed for each week.We also partner with parents by giving them a copy of the verses so they pray them over their children at home.A prayer partnership between home and church makes an eternal difference in a preschooler’s life.
The greatest thing you can do for your preschool ministry is make it a house of prayer!
—Dale
My greatest fear in life is waking up one day and finding a generation of young people who’ve completely walked away from the Christian faith.There’s one thing that gets me out of bed every morning, and that’s the fact that someone must get in there and fight for the hearts and minds of these children.
As preschool leaders, it’s important for us to realize this truth.We have the ability to influence an entire generation.God has called us to diligently put his Word into their hearts.How can we as leaders teach our preschoolers the unchanging truth of God’s Word?
Tell them again and again that what we tell them from the Bible is true.This means it really happened.In an ordinary day for preschoolers, more than likely they’ll view media that’s based on fantasy or fairy tales.That’s okay.We don’t need to get rid of Santa
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