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Impact Magazine Winter 2022

Impact Magazine Winter 2022

Sharing the Good News of Jesus can be dangerous and difficult
but also joyous and rewarding. The foundation of our service must rest on trusting God.

Teaching Kids Thankfulness

Teaching Kids Thankfulness

What’s something you’re thankful for today? God calls us to be a thankful people. Do the kids in your life have thankful hearts? Teaching kids to cultivate thanksgiving is a great lesson, not just for November, but for all year—every year!

Teaching Kids About God Using the Fall Season

Teaching Kids About God Using the Fall Season

Fall is a special time of year. The weather starts cooling down, school schedules are set in place, and some fun activities are around the corner. I personally love the first chilly morning and the first whiff of smoke from the wood-burning furnace. I also love fall because there are some great ways to use this season to teach kids about God.

Teach Kids the P-R-A-Y Acronym 

Teach Kids the P-R-A-Y Acronym 

Prayer is so much more than bringing needs. You can use the acronym PRAY, P-R-A-Y to teach kids how to talk to God.

Protecting your Relationship with Children During Discipline 

Protecting your Relationship with Children During Discipline 

When a child misbehaves either at home, in Sunday School or Good News Club, how do you let him know you still accept him, without appearing to take his offense too lightly? How do you protect his heart and your relationship with him?

Godly Self-Esteem for Children

Godly Self-Esteem for Children

There’s been so much emphasis from psychologists on self-image, that it can make you worry whether any little thing you do will scar a child’s self-image for the rest of her life. You may even feel pressure to de-emphasize the child’s sin nature.

Impact Magazine Fall 2022

Impact Magazine Fall 2022

While looking to God on our journey through life, there will be times of new beginnings. We expect lots of changes when we are young but new beginnings can come at any time.

Helping Kids Overcome Anxiety

Helping Kids Overcome Anxiety

Among the unanticipated consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine is the toll on mental health, and thus, emotional health. New studies since the beginning of the quarantine examine the psychological impact of confinement on children.

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