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My favorite tellers: Reflecting on Lent with Children

My favorite tellers: Reflecting on Lent with Children

WATCH and WONDER Children tell Matthew 4:1-11 Filmed/Edited by Alex Bryant My own kids can’t stop watching. This is how we do it… We filmed this in an hour. We removed kids one-by-one from our intergenerational church school program (focused on Matthew 4:1-11) to tell the story. Each child who volunteered was given a line to learn on the spot and then coached by me. They had already encountered the story in church school, but we talked about why the…

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Does Jesus Get Hangry? Storytelling for Lent 1

Does Jesus Get Hangry? Storytelling for Lent 1

This is the first in a series of videos to get you ready to story-learn and tell this Lent! WATCH and WONDER Matthew 4:1-11 As told by Rev. Leslianne Braunstein   WONDER WORD FASTING To “fast” is to intentionally not eat food as a way to become closer to God. Here is an explanation of the practice of fasting in biblical times offered by Bible.org:  “The [Old Testament] uses fasting and abstinence from food to point to something even more…

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