Proclaimer Blog
A children’s talk idea
We’re just beginning something new at our church. Last year, in our Sunday gatherings, we worked through the New City Catechism, one question each week. This year, we’re trying something new. We’re going to have a semi-regular church history slot called 50 Christians. Each time around we’re going to do a VERY brief bio of a notable figure in church history – just highlighting one, or at most two, things about them that Christians should know- then we will use that to springboard into the next part of the service: for example, we might talk about Luther as seeing the Bible clearly teaching justification by faith alone and then sing an appropriate hymn next. Alongside this we’re producing a set of cards – like old fashioned football or baseball cards for the kids (and families!) to collect. If they miss a week, they can ask their Sunday School teacher for one. Here’s an example of a card:
We’ve had these printed as business cards (reasonably cheap) so people have something tangible. Part of our worship then becomes thanking God for our past and rejoicing in the way he has used men and women in the past and how he has preserved his church. We thought this might be more edifying than a rather trite kids talk which – if the kids are going to be taught well in Sunday School – shouldn’t be needed anyway. We don’t teach the adults twice, after all….
Just an idea.