Like Vicar’s wives up and down the nation (and around the world too) I am involved in our Sunday School – I teach about once a month and also help others by sourcing various materials. We base our teaching programme on the excellent TNT materials, which work well for our fluctuating numbers and wide age range. I supplement the TNT stuff with extra colouring and wordsearches. I have blogged previously on some of the sites I use for sourcing helpful extras, but now I have a couple of additional ones to share.
Mary at Mission Bible Class has a great site with lots of links and ideas, including helping children to pray and blank lesson plans.
I’ve been using Sermons4kids for a while, but only recently discovered their worship bulletins – these are great if you have an all age service with a visiting speaker who might not be that child-friendly. They’re also brilliant for your normal Junior Church. The bulletin contains colouring, wordsearch and other puzzles and can be printed back and front on an A4 sheet to give you a folded A5 bulletin. You can even customise it with your church logo!
The site is arranged using the Lectionary, but you can easily use the search facility to find the passage you’re using. You’ll find the bulletins (if there is one – they don’t seem to have them for every kids sermon on the site) at the bottom of the page eg see this one on Exodus 16.
Hello, just wanted to say thank you so much for your blog. It has been a source of great encouragement to me – and has made me laugh too! We have recently moved to a new parish and I am adjusting to being the vicar’s rather than the curate’s wife. It’s lovely to hear your stories and experiences. Thank you for sharing. In Christ, L
Hi LJ – so glad you enjoy the blog – it’s lovely to know that I’m able to encourage others. Hope the vicar’s wifing is going well!