The Corner
I Choose Christ
"I Choose Christ" New Visualized Song! 7 Poster Sheets - 13 x 17 Full-Color English on one side…Spanish on the other! $10 (and $4 shipping) Purchase Here Songwriter Rhetta Wheeler When I first heard of the family with eight children living in a bus as...
That’s Why I Believe in Children’s Ministry
To all who have invested in me…thank you! I remember standing in the dorm at God’s Bible School having my mom comb my hair when I heard it…the children’s meeting workers! At campmeeting in the ‘70s and ‘80s, they used to go out with accordions and shakers, walking...
She Gave
“Did you know that God hears and answers prayer?” Elma Jo asked her sister Jeanne in amazement. She had just come home from church and had heard things that she had never known before. There was a LIVE God who answered REAL prayers. Elma Jo, Jeanne, and their two...
Worse Than the Virus
I don't know if it was the influence of Rodney Keister's new website, but Abigail made up a sheet for Sunday. (We are doing drive-by services at our church.) If you pass out papers and want to use this same sheet she created, feel free. She is experimenting with...
Cry of the Heart
Joe Spotted Bear turned to his wife, Cecelia, and snarled, “I’m going to beat you so bad that no one will recognize your face!” Cecelia froze. She could not move. She couldn’t think. “Our Father which art in heaven,” her mind raced. “Hallowed be thy name…” Joe...
Ocean Theme
Let’s Brainstorm Do you like themes? One of Abigail’s strengths is in coordinating a theme. When she is brainstorming and preparing, she likes to have the new theme go for 4-6 Sundays. She will come up with a list of lesson objectives, crafts, snacks, room...
Our Corner
What could a teenager do in a tiny room in the back of the church? "Abigail,” I told her, “I can’t carry it. If you have this on your heart, you’ll have to do it.” We had been working with children from the neighborhood and church for a few months. It had been so...
It Takes a Village
I’m not sure that there are a lot of statements that I agree with Hillary Clinton except the phrase, “It takes a village.” Today I looked at the credits that my niece Merilee Barnard and nephew Bobby Pickett helped me with on the first audio drama that we have done....