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How to Handle Volunteers Who Overstep Boundaries
Volunteers & Leadership

How to Handle Volunteers Who Overstep Boundaries

Volunteer texted parent last month about kid's behavior. Didn't tell me. Didn't ask. Parent was confused. I was blindsided. Volunteer thought helping. Boundaries exist for reason. Volunteers cross them? Everyone suffers. The Parent Texter Some volunteers text parents about everything. Kid had bad day?
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How to Handle Volunteers Who Overstep Boundaries
Volunteers & Leadership

How to Handle Volunteers Who Overstep Boundaries

Volunteer texted parent last month about kid's behavior. Didn't tell me. Didn't ask. Parent was confused. I was blindsided. Volunteer thought helping. Boundaries exist for reason. Volunteers cross them? Everyone suffers. The Parent Texter Some volunteers text parents about everything. Kid had bad day?
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Building Character Through Bible Stories
Teaching & Curriculum

Building Character Through Bible Stories

Tried teaching honesty last week using Ananias and Sapphira. They lied about money. Fell over dead. Kids terrified. Will I die if I lie? Probably not. But maybe don't lie. Great job me. Now they think lying causes instant death. The Death Story Was A Mistake Ananias and
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8 Tips for Effective Bible Storytelling
Teaching & Curriculum

8 Tips for Effective Bible Storytelling

Told David and Goliath last week. Read it straight from Bible. Kids stared at ceiling. One fell asleep on floor. Next week told same story. Used voices. Did actions. Made sound effects. Kids were leaning forward entire time. Same story. Just told it different. Changed everything. Use Different Voices for
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Teaching Kids About Different Cultures in the Bible
Teaching & Curriculum

Teaching Kids About Different Cultures in the Bible

Kids think everyone in Bible wore bathrobes and had beards. Also think they all lived in same place at same time doing same things. Tried teaching about Biblical cultures last month. Total disaster mostly. The Egypt Problem Told kids Moses grew up in Egypt not Israel. Blank stares. What'
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Making Worship Meaningful for Children
Teaching & Curriculum

Making Worship Meaningful for Children

My kids won't sing. Like literally won't open their mouths during worship songs. Standing there with a ukulele I bought for eight dollars at a garage sale. Eighteen kids staring at me like I asked them to perform surgery. One kid's picking dried glue
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Bible Crafts That Don't Suck
Teaching & Curriculum

Bible Crafts That Don't Suck

My kids hate devotion time. There, I said it. Emma rolls her eyes when I pull out the Bible and Jacob starts asking if he can go to the bathroom every thirty seconds. Last week Emma asked if we could just watch Veggie Tales instead because "at least the
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7 Object Lessons That Don't Suck
Games & Activities

7 Object Lessons That Don't Suck

My 8-year-old told me I talk too much. Ouch, but fair enough. I do tend to go on and on when I'm trying to teach her something important. By sentence three, the eye rolls start. So I started stealing ideas from people who actually know how to keep
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5 Bible Story Dramas Kids Will Love
Games & Activities

5 Bible Story Dramas Kids Will Love

Emma raises her hand middle of my Daniel lion's den story and goes "Can we BE the lions instead of just sitting here?" I'm about to say no like always because dramas are chaos and take forever and someone ends up crying. But then
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