Watch and Wonder The Woman at the Well John 4: 5-42 Do Tell! In this story, Jesus sees this woman, this foreign woman, this woman he has NO BUSINESS being with (“Jews and Samaritans do not share things in common!”)–he sees her and reflects back to her the story of her life. In turn, in being seen, she begins to see Jesus for who he is– she sees the story of God unfolding before her. “Could this really be the Messiah?”…
This post is a mash-up of previous posts on the story of Jesus in the wilderness for Lent 1. Though the stories told are from Matthew’s gospel (and we are in Luke this time around), they can still be applied! WATCH and WONDER X 2! This is one of my favorite kid-telling videos we made at our church. The wonderful Alex Bryant filmed and edited this one, which is why the quality is so great. My own children (who are…
Don’t forget to tune in to the special Holy Week series at StoryDivine.com! Here are links to the first two episodes! Episode 11.1: Memory Reboot http://traffic.libsyn.com/storydivine/Episode_11.1_Memory_Recovery_Holy_Week.mp3 Episode 11.2: Not I, Lord! http://traffic.libsyn.com/storydivine/Episode_11.2_Holy_Week.mp3 More Kid Videos! Here are our final “kid telling” for Lent…as well as a few previous ones! Thanks to my fabulous church for their telling skills! 🙂 If you’re interested in doing activities around this story, check out my “Family Liturgy” post at Practicing Families. The following videos were created by…
In case any of you are working on the RCL text this week–here are stations based on the FIRST HALF of Jesus’ conversation with Nicodemus along with our kid telling! And check out Story Divine for a telling of the whole story! WATCH and WONDER Kids tell John 3:1-10, 16-17 This is a tricky story to have the kids tell–it’s hard for adults to understand! What I am learning from these experiences of putting the kids on video is that…
Last year I posted information on our worship stations for our Wednesday night Lenten suppers…but I posted them after they occurred. This meant I could tell you about the stations, what went well, what didn’t–and you could see pictures. This year the only pictures will be borrowed from other sites that have done the projects–my own photos to be inserted later! My thanks to my colleague Patty Chamberlain and our Children’s ministry team members for brainstorming with me! One final note–as these…
Last year I posted information on our worship stations for our Wednesday night Lenten suppers…but I posted them after they occurred. This meant I could tell you about the stations, what went well, what didn’t–and you could see pictures. This year the only pictures will be borrowed from other sites that have done the projects–my own photos to be inserted later! My thanks to my colleague Patty Chamberlain and our Children’s ministry team members for brainstorming with me! One final note–as these…
While it feels we’re hardly out of Advent, I know many churchy types are thinking about Lent. HERE is a round-up of what we did last year with story videos and worship stations. I will be posting more ideas for this year’s lectionary-related story stations in the coming days. Stay tuned!
WATCH and WONDER Kids tell John 11:38-44 WEEK 5 WORSHIP STATIONS Our texts for this week were Ezekiel 37:1-14 and John 11:38-44. Along with watching the two story videos, the worship stations focused on God “making all things new,” (Rev. 21:5). It was sort of a catch-all kind of night…as it was to be our last supper for the season, we wanted to incorporate something of Holy Week and Easter. CREATIVE LISTENING While watching Ezekiel 37, kids were invited to draw…
WATCH and WONDER Ezekiel 37:1-14 as told by David Aland that ALL should TELL Dave is a member of the congregation I serve. As you can see, he is awesome. This Lent, we have had storytellers in worship each Sunday–and none of them have been me! It has been awesome to watch others tell. They all bring their own talents and voices, which adds so much to our worship experience. It is incredibly important to engage OTHERS in the telling of biblical stories. It…
WATCH and WONDER Kids tell John 4 I had very limited recording time this week–and the woman at the well story is about 40 verses–so this is our abridged version! To put the story into context, I added some commentary at the beginning and end. I prefer not to interfere with the kids’ magic, but I also wanted to put the story in context. Because of the lack of time, I was also forced to film quickly–which meant a lot…