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Religious?

Religious?

Have you ever heard someone refer to a person as being very religious? What does that term bring to mind? Someone who is very conscientious?

Known by Their Name

Known by Their Name

Every experienced gardener knows that labeling seeds as they are planted helps distinguish good plants from weeds later. Use the following activity to show kids that Christians should produce the good fruits of love, kindness, compassion and truth.

Heed the Warning of a Fellow Servant

Heed the Warning of a Fellow Servant

Reading newspaper accounts of scandal in the lives of church leaders we don’t know is hard enough. Imagine our distress when we received a personal letter about someone we greatly admired that began, “It is with a heavy heart that I write to inform you that Pastor _______ has resigned…”

Add Excitement with One Simple Technique

Add Excitement with One Simple Technique

“1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10! Ready or not, here I come!” Without fail, whenever I just start playing “hide and seek” in class without giving any warning, I have got the kids’ attention! What am I going to do next? Could it be fun?

Intentional Child Evangelism

Intentional Child Evangelism

The word intentional is popular among educators today. We used to say plan for it to happen! However you say it, child evangelism is a must.

IMPACT Fall 2018 Edition

This edition of the IMPACT magazine shares stories from USA, Germany, Haiti, Burundi, and Zimbabwe.

Hold Nothing Back

Hold Nothing Back

When you think of your heart what do you think of? Do you reflect on loving your wife (or husband) with all your heart?

Teaching Little Kids

Teaching Little Kids

“Why are you eating toilet paper?!” It seemed like a reasonable question, but my toddler didn’t bother to answer as she crammed another piece of (clean) toilet paper into her mouth.

Harnessing the Power of Music

Harnessing the Power of Music

No topic tends to split churches and divide parents and children more quickly than the issue of music.

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