Wednesday 19 August 2009

Car Wash Project



Recently we spent 5 days helping Jesus House church with their annual car wash project. They wash cars for free and invite the owners inside where there are many activities. We manned the kid's corner. David taught the "STEPS Foundations of Faith", (Produced by Aurora Productions) which is a powerful personal development study curriculum to help children learn about God and His Word. This curriculum includes stories and many excellent teaching resource materials that stimulate discussion and help children discover answers to the many questions they have about God and spiritual principles. Dawn was face painting and I used the faces I painted to suggest a Bible story or concept which I told as I worked. A boy painted as a lion heard the story of Daniel in the Lion's Den. Star tattoos reminded the wearers of how they will shine as stars if they are wise. To be honest, Batman was one face that stumped me and I didn't know of any Bible story that talked about bats! So I finally looked up "bat" in my Bible and sure enough it was there, under a list of animals that are not good to eat! Gloria was balloon modeling and a balloon hat became a crown of life. Balloon swords were the swords of the spirit, etc! It was a lot of fun and the time flew by! We even got some of the parents and staff to put on a balloon hat or get a design painted on their cheek or arm.
Dawn, David and two children at the Steps activity table
Gloria turned balloons into Bible objects
Painted stars were very popular
David's table was always busy
These children hold up their activities that they worked on while their parents were talking
David preparing during a slower moment
All ages participated and enjoyed themselves



Tuesday 4 August 2009

Teaching Others to Teach Others


Isabella Studying the "12 Bridges" Course

A good deal of our time is spent training others to reach out to those around them. Isabella is one of our eager students who is nearing the end of the "12 Bridges Course". She is learning to be a listening ear to her collegues at work and her family, and then to do what she can to help them with counsel and by offerning them inspirational reading, geared to them individually.




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