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Junior Church Boot Camp

Join the Margaret Pritchard Houston Children's Mission Enabler for an exciting Junior Church Boot Camp! Learn Bible basics, explore engaging stories, discover effective behavior management techniques, and enjoy fun physical activities. Find resources, play games, and nurture children's faith in a welcoming environment.

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Junior Church Boot Camp

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  1. Junior Church Boot Camp Margaret Pritchard Houston Children’s Mission Enabler

  2. Today: • Introductions • Triumphs and struggles • Bible basics and stories • Tea break • Getting physical • Behaviour management • Prayer • Issue Park • Resources

  3. Bible Basics Attach the pictures to the string in order, from Genesis to Revelation. (Idea from Revd. Ally Barrett)

  4. Six-word stories (http://www.sixwordstories.net/) Born a twin; Graduated only child. Strangers. Friends. Best friends. Lovers. Strangers. Dot in the sky. Dead pixel. “Wrong number,” says a familiar voice. Voyager still transmitted, but Earth didn’t. How would you rewrite the Bible as a 6-word story?

  5. STORY How do we tell these stories to our children? • In order • As stories, not morals • With room for play

  6. Gretchen Wolff Pritchard – Offering the Gospel to Children • From “once upon a time” to “happily ever after.” • As a source of imaginative power and wonder. • Not just wrapping paper for a moral that is extracted for adult approval. • Not in need of being jazzed up and given Shiny! New! Wrapping paper! • The “kiddie gospel” – babies and flowers, Jesus’s resurrection as “his friends were so happy they got their friend back,” etc. • The power of “I WONDER …”

  7. GETTING PHYSICAL • Storytelling and games Bibliologue Beulah Land Godly Play Story Stations (e.g. Exodus, Holy Week) 10-Second Objects Movement pairs Conscience alley Concentration (can be done with almost any story) We are marching … Simple signs – Father, Jesus, forgive, thank you

  8. What makes children act out? • Special needs • Boredom • Emotional/home difficulties • “This isn’t for me.” • Negative behaviour gets attention

  9. What messages do we want to send at church? • Special needs: you are loved/appreciated/welcomed as you are. • Boredom: this is a place where interesting and meaningful things happen. • Emotional/home difficulties: you are safe here. • “This isn’t for me”: you get a say in what happens here. • Negative behaviour gets attention: we notice you in positive ways and correct negative behaviour with love.

  10. How can we send those messages? (Not a comprehensive list) • Chill-out zones can help with those with ASD – talk to parents/carers, find out what works. • Use a variety of activities – and have some free choice time, not a specific craft that HAS to be done (especially done in a certain way. Art activities – open-ended.) • Enough and more than enough, consistency of messages, clearly explained set of rewards and consequences (which make sense). Warnings, not jumping straight to consequences. Never threaten a consequence you can’t follow through on. • Group agreements. • Positive behaviour management – correct the behaviour, not the person. “Show me how well you can work with your partner.”

  11. Music and prayer: Each church has its own musical tradition and style. Worship Workshop is a terrific musical resource (worshipworkshop.org.uk) – includes teaching and backing tracks for a variety of styles of music. Hallelu- Hallelu- Hallelu- Hallelujah (on Worship Workshop) O Lord, Hear My Prayer (lots of Taize on YouTube)

  12. Music and prayer: In groups, share one prayer activity you’ve done that’s worked really well. If you can’t come up with one, use some of the objects on the tables to come up with a prayer activity you could use.

  13. Issue Park

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