Adventure Island is the setting for the Epic Explorers course, the brand new resource exploring who Jesus is and what he came to do. Here's a whislte stop tour around the island...
Arriving at Breathtaking Bay (Mark 1:1, 16-34) children will...... continue reading
Continuing the theme of youth and children's ministry on the blog this week, why not take an hour to listen to this seminar with Josh Cousineau and Nate Morgan-Locke, from 2013 The Gospel Coalition National Conference.
This week on The Good Book Blog we’ve been looking at the new Christianity Explored resource for children, Epic Explorers. So this week’s round-up has a focus on youth and children’s work:
1. St. Helen’s Training: Children’s Work (Parts 1 & 2)
Two new training videos on children’s work from St. Helen’s Bishopsgate.
2. Children Desiring God
In case you haven’t seen it before, a website with ‘God-centred resources for training the next generation’.
3. Youth and Children’s Work Short Course
An introductory course from The Good Book College.
4. The Good Book Company: Audio Resources
Main session and seminar recordings from Growing Young Disciples and the Bible-Centred Youthworker conferences.
5. How to Teach Children and Youth the Gospel Story
A video on youth and children’s work from The Gospel Coalition.
Found something that you think should make it on to the On to a Good Thing round-up? Send it to: ontoagoodthing@thegoodbook.co.uk
Mel Lacy, Director of the Theology for Youth & Children's Ministry at Oak Hill College, recently interviewed Tamar Pollard at the Bible Centred Youthworker Conference about Epic Explorers
If you like Christianity Explored, you'll love Epic Explorers...
"I'm so thrilled with this latest addition to the Christianity Explored family. Like every edition of Christianity Explored, Epic Explorers is built on the foundation of discovering the identity, mission and call of Jesus in Mark's Gospel. And it does so in a way that is uniquely fun, engaging and, most of all, faithful for children from the ages of 4 right up to 11." Rico Tice, Associate Minister at All Souls, Langham Place.
Completing the family of Christianity Explored resources, Epic Explorers is ideal for holiday clubs,
There are many views on how to obtain blessing in life. Some seek it from God through working hard for Him, making sacrifices to Him. Others seek it apart from Him, through money or career or something else.
In these verses, Peter explains definitively how it is done!
2 Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. 3 His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. 4 Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires. 2 Peter 1 v 2-4... continue reading
On Monday we looked at Psalm 32 and the blessings that come from confessing our sin to God. This morning we look at the second half of this Psalm:
6 Therefore let all the faithful pray to you
while you may be found;
surely the rising of the mighty waters
will not reach them.
7 You are my hiding place;
you will protect me from trouble
and surround me with songs of deliverance.
8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.
9 Do not be like the horse or the mule,
In the lead up to Easter, we're promoting our graphic-novel-style book The Third Day. Today we're giving away some free desktop wallpaper to excite you about Easter and, of course our book.
Here's the wallpaper and it's available for your desktop, laptop, tablet and even mobile phone. Enjoy!
1024x768 | 1280x1024 | 1366x768 | 1680x1050 | 1920x1200 | iPad | iPhone
How to change your wallpaper: The wallpaper you need will vary , depending on your monitor size, screen resolution and a few other considerations. You can click here to see what your resolution is. Generally you set one of these are your wallpaper by clicking on the link to download the image, then right-clicking on the image (once it’s open) and selecting “Set as Background,” “Set as Desktop Background,” or something similar.
We love The Third Day, but don't just take our word for it:
What better way to teach the Easter story this term than to show young people a realistic depiction of what happened at the very first Easter - using nothing but the original text?... continue reading
