Children's Education:
Imagine a nativity scene made very simply from wood. Using these figures the Christmas story could be told in a visual way. After hearing and seeing the story, even a very young child could retell the story.
Now, picture a room where all the major stories of the Bible are represented in wood and stored on low wooden shelves. A group of children are sitting on a carpet mat, in a circle, around a plexiglass box of sand called the desert box. An adult storyteller is moving Moses to the top of Mt. Sinai to receive the ten commandments or "The Ten Best Ways To Live". The people of God wait at the base of the mountain to hear God's word from Moses. The children in the circle also wait with anticipation. They have bee drawn into the story and are listening for what God will tell them through this sacred story.
Afterward, the children process the story by answering (or just thinking about) wondering questions. These questions do not have right or wrong answers and are especially designed to bring listeners even farther into the story, making it personally meaningful.
Some examples of wondering questions are: "I wonder how Moses felt going up the holy mountain?" "I wonder what Moses and God talked about?" "I wonder if it's hard to love God and love people?"
When the wondering time is over and Scripture is read, everyone is invited to respond to God's word by drawing, coloring, paintin a picture or writing in a journal. The children may also work with clay or retell any of the stories on the shelves.
Christian educators at St.Paul have modeled the Worship Center on Young Children in Worship a discovery based, theological program developed by Sonja Stewart abd Jerome Berryman. Children ages 4-11 participate each week in a fun and reverant hour with God. All children are warmly invited to join us from 10-11:00 am Sunday morning as we worship God in this powerful way!
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