by Elizabeth Hamilton | Oct 12, 2021 | Child Evangelism
Years ago, our vacation Bible school theme for the summer of 2004 was “Building a House.” We highlighted the verses in II Peter 1:5-7 about adding to your faith virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness, and charity. We had a...
by Elizabeth Hamilton | Jun 29, 2021 | Child Evangelism
We’re getting ready for a children’s service this Saturday. Today has involved preparing some goody bags to pass out for this and brainstorming for the service. Would you like to brainstorm with me? What brought this on? I’ve come to the...
by Elizabeth Hamilton | Mar 12, 2021 | Child Evangelism
Our most recent kids’ hour theme has been “Set Your House in Order.” The inspiration for this theme was a sermon by Bro. Johnny Wade from several years ago. He talked about the house in our hearts and getting rid of the things that did not match....
by Elizabeth Hamilton | Mar 1, 2021 | Child Evangelism
Have you ever been discouraged over small numbers? If you have sixty children coming to your children’s service every week, I am very happy for you! But I wanted to take some time to encourage those of you who just have a handful! It matters! Last fall, while I...
by Elizabeth Hamilton | Oct 10, 2020 | Child Evangelism
It seems like we have a holiday for love- including hearts and chocolate. And then Americans have a holiday for fear, death, hate, and other evil. This time of year seems fun to many, whether it is fake murder scenes in the yard or grotesque masks. But my heart...
by Elizabeth Hamilton | Sep 21, 2020 | Child Evangelism, Devotional
“Slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.” II Kings 4:24 In a recent blog post, I was attempting to get back to ideas for children’s ministry. I had received a text from one of my nieces Constance asking for ideas for her young teenage daughter...