November Newsletter

Ideas to help you impact your children

 Stop Drop & Roll    Harvest   Rake Up God's Promises    Magic Markers    A New Thanksgiving Symbol   Only Turkey's Aren't Thankful   Then Sings My Soul...   Like Football?   Gathering Children   Appreciation CD The Season to.. Christmas Music  Christmas Resources

 

Articles and Specials in this Newsletter Show Your Appreciation Stop Drop & Roll The Season to... Harvest Rake Up God's Promises Magic Markers A New Thanksgiving Symbol Christmas Lessons Crystal Cube Make the Bible Come Alive Train'em Right Bible Curriculum for Preschoolers   Appreciation CD

Bad Manners Here's a quick devotion to help your class understand Psalms instruction to  instruction Maybe you've done it. Maybe you've thought about doing it, but don't it's bad manners. Wipe your hands on the  Thanksgiving table cloth. Don't  do it. It's bad manners. Lick the turkey leg and put it back on the platter. Talk with your mouth full.  Gag and spit a mouthful of whatever that concoction was your aunt brought back onto your plate. Dig in your nose and e... never mind I'm not going there. It's beyond bad manners. It's disgusting. Eating a meal without saying "Thank you" to the person that prepared it. Especially if that person happens to be your mom. Barge into your someone's house without knocking or ringing the doorbell. Don't do it. Enter God's house without giving thanks. Wait a minute! What? Where did that come from? Actually it comes from Psalms. Enter His gates with thanksgiving and come into His courts with praise. Just like it is bad manners to barge into your neighbor's house without getting their permission to enter. It is bad manners to enter God's house without giving thanks. God doesn't have to do good things for you. God doesn't owe you anything. Everything you have is given to you by God because He loves you and wants to do good things for you. Our response should be gratitude. If we are not very careful our response can be greed which often leaves us with the feeling "is that all there is?" 1Ch 16:34 -  Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. What do you say? Here's a short puppet skit that you can use at Thanksgiving or anytime to encourage children to say thank you to people and to God for gifts. Girl: I got you a present. Boy: Cool. I love presents. Girl: I saved all my allowance for the past six months so I could buy this gift for you. Boy: Great. Are you going to give it to me or not? Girl: Before I give it to you. I want you to understand I did without a lot of things I wanted so I could buy you this gift. Boy: So, are you gonna give it to me or not? Girl: It's not a birthday or Christmas or anything. I'm just giving you this gift because we are friends and I know you really wanted it. Boy: Enough talk already. Give it to me. (Grabs the gift. Pushes off the lid of the box and looks inside.) You know that have a newer version than this. (turns and walks away) Girl: (Turns to the audience, shrugs her shoulders. Drops her head in sadness and walks off.) Puppet of your choice enters the stage. This puppet should engage the audience in conversation with the following questions or similar questions. Hold everything. What is going on here? Have you ever had something like this happen to you? How did it make you feel? Have you ever done something like this to someone? What should you do when someone gives you a gift? Is there an appropriate way to express appreciation for a gift that you didn't want? Does God ever give you a gift? Should we should our appreciation to God? How do we do that? Are there other things because gifts that we should express thanks for?  Music for Thanksgiving Happening Holidays Through the Year $14.95 Happening Holidays Through the Year Turkey On My Plate Thanksgiving Polka Medley  Sing Through the Year  by Mary Rice Hokins $14.99   Mary Rice Hopkins Sing Through the Year CD $14.99 "Sing Through the Year" songs include: · Pumpkin Patch (Harvest) · Teacher Thank You (Teacher Appreciation) ·   It is Good (Thanksgiving) ·  Wanna Say Thank You (Thanksgiving) Puppet Trax Holidays Vol.4 $14.99 Don't Be A Turkey, Just Say Thanks (Thanksgiving) Puppet Trax Volume 4 $14.99 Stop, Drop & Roll Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s  “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. . .”  is good advice for marriages and children’s ministry leaders. Just as a marriage grows stale when love and appreciate is not shown so does staff relationships. It is easy to take staff both paid and volunteer for granite. Maintaining the daily grind of the expedient in a growing ministry while keeping the life giving arteries of love and appreciation flowing  to your staff can be challenging. That’s why every children’s ministry leader needs to observe “Thanksgiving”. Thanksgiving is a time to Stop, Drop and Roll. While the “Stop, Drop and Roll of Thanksgiving” is not a fire safety drill, I will admit thanksgiving will get your staff fired up. There’s nothing quite like sincere appreciation to get folks fired up again, but that’s not your objective. Your thanksgiving objective is simple- to express heartfelt thanks.  Which brings us to the first step –stop. You can’t express something that you don’t feel. Flattery is manipulative and the farthest thing from sincere appreciation. It is shallow and self serving. Appreciation comes from recognizing what someone does, who they are and the sacrifices they make to do what they do. You can’t really appreciate someone unless you take the time to notice what they do. Frank Crane said “Love is not blind. Love is the only thing that sees.”  Stop and notice, observe, really see what your staff does to make children ministry effective in your church.  Drop your guard. Drop the walls that make you feel like somebody special and look at ministry through their eyes. Take the time to listen to your staff. Really hear them. Look them in the eyes. Care about them. Laugh at their jokes. Value them, even when they are not perfect. Practice unconditional love.  Roll out the red carpet. Make them feel special. Ladies love flowers. Most men love food. Everyone loves chocolate. (Please don’t tell me I’m wrong about that one.) Write little notes expressing specific things you appreciate about them. Attach a small candy treat. Steve Greer has great ideas on his CDs that can help you express your appreciation all year long. Appreciation Ideas Vol.1 $14.95 Product # CD:AI1 150 creative, inexpensive reproducible ways to say, "You are appreciated!" FREE Bonuses! Audio recording of Steve Greer’s workshop entitled "Fast, Easy, and Effective Appreciation Ideas." "Promotion Announce-Mint" Poem (includes 17 candies) for promoting children into Youth Group. "Candy Bag" Poem (includes 9 candies)—a great souvenir gift. It’s what to give when your child says, "I missed you. What did you bring me?" More than 150 fast, easy, and effective ideas for anyone involved in children's ministry! Over 50 ideas in FULL COLOR! A little Encouragement Goes a Long Way Everyone loves to receive a special gift of encouragement. It's not the expense or extravagance of the gift, but the thoughtfulness that means so much. Made for Children's Workers by Children's Workers Combining thoughtful words with a low-cost treat, these little "nuggets" are perfect for any children's ministry. Some are light and humorous, and others are deep and meaningful. All in all they are a great collection of ideas that can make someone's day and say. "You are loved." Great Value Use them as they are, or customize each gift for the situation at hand. Change a word here or there and the possibilities are endless! And with more than 150 appreciation ideas on each CD-ROM, you have a creativity bank ready for every occasion.    Appreciation Ideas Vol 1. $14.95 2nd Helping of Appreciation Ideas  Appreciation Ideas Vol 2. $14.95  Appreciation Ideas Vol 1 and Vol 2. $24.99 a Teaching CDs is a great way to invest in teachers.   Show your teachers how much your appreciate them with a CD that will encourage, inspire and motivate them to do a better job. Order 10 or more for only $3.95 each. Give them as gifts. Orders of 10 or more come with Holiday Gift note for each CD. DV:TR Train'em Right DVD $19.95  PC:TR Train'em Right  CD $4.95 DV:TRD Train'em Right 13 minute devotion on Commitment DVD $9.95   Give this CD as a gift to your teachers and save money when you order 10 or more.  PC:TRS Train'em Right  CD $3.95 or Make the Bible Come Alive  Make the Bible CD $3.95 This year I hope you’ll take the opportunity to Stop, Drop and roll to make this thanksgiving really special for your staff. If you want one year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want 10 years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people. –Chinese Proverb   This is the season to-- save time.   Let’s face it--the busiest season of the year has already begun. Oh, I know you are way ahead of schedule, the Christmas musical is right on track, the Thanksgiving turkey is in the freezer, your Christmas cards are all hand made and addressed waiting for December 1 mailing and the Christmas shopping is almost done. Well at least the first sentence was correct- the busiest season of the year is here. Because there is so much to do now is the time to think of ways to save time. Let me make some suggestions that has worked for me. Plan ahead. Planning is the single best way that I know to save time. Indecision is a huge time waster. Make a list on something you can find later. A special notebook or a to do list in Outlook if you prefer. Look at your list. Check off the list as you complete the tasks. Can you print out your Christmas card list and write up your cards while you wait for an appointment? Can you make a double batch of chili and put one in the freezer to eat next month? Group tasks together. Run errands on the way from work instead of having to get back out again. Plan your route so that you travel time is efficient. Make a list of what you need at each place. Don’t try to do more than you can do. Being overwhelmed will drain precious energy. Elizabeth Prentiss said it so well, "If you could once make up your mind in the fear of God never to undertake more work of any sort than you can carry on calmly, quietly, without hurry or flurry, and the instant you feel yourself growing nervous, like one out of breath would stop and take breath, you would find this simple common sense rule doing for you what no prayers or tears could ever accomplish." What can you delegate? Can you take the shirts to the cleaners for the month of December instead of ironing them? Can you hire the neighbor boy to wash your car? Can you get a senior citizen or teenager to make copies for you or run some errands? Look at your to do list. What can you delegate to someone else? What on your list can only be done by you? Don’t skip your prayer time. Suzanne Wesley understood the value of increased prayer during busy seasons in her life. She recorded in her diary the feeling of being overwhelmed by the duties of a large family during one of her pregnancies. She noted that she would rise earlier so she would have more time to pray. You don’t save time by skipping your prayer time. I know from personal experience when I spend time with God He blesses the remaining hours in my day and helps me to accomplish more. Ask God to help you establish proper priorities and live within the boundaries of what can actually be accomplished in a twenty four hour period. Let Us help you with your next teacher’s meeting. Show one of our DVDs at your next teacher’s meeting. We have a great selection of DVDs that will inspire and equip your teachers to be more successful in the classroom. Most of them are 45 to 55 minutes in length. We have produced a shorter 13 minute DVD that is great for those times when you need a devotion instead of a training time. Train’em Right Commitment is a powerful teaching using the story of Rizpah and the building of the Brooklyn Bridge to communicate the importance of commitment. This DVD is only $9.95. It is taken from the full length Train 'em Right DVD. Take care of yourself. Exercise even if you only have 10 minutes. Take vitamins including Vitamin C which will help build your immune system. If you feel better you’ll work better-smarter and longer. Eat right. Purchase fruits and vegetables, sugar free, low fat yogurts that can be eaten on the run. Put leftovers in meal size portions and put them in the freezer for those times when you want to eat something in a hurry. Order gifts for children on your shopping list from this website. Puppets and CDs make great gifts or Stocking Stuffers. With Christian Music or books not only will you give them a gift they will enjoy and really use, you’ll also be building them spiritually at the same time. Use our curriculum to teach this Christmas. It will save you time because it's all in there- stories, object lessons and puppet or drama skits.  Sherlock Hymns, the renown detective, is looking for the real meaning of Christmas. As he tip toes into your class he will insist that he doesn't need any help, he'll find the real meaning of Christmas from the clues. These lessons will help your children understand that: 1.  Jesus is the very best gift. 2. How to follow the star of Christmas. 3. Jesus is coming again. All 3 lessons and party ideas for your Christmas party.   Don't let this low price  of $9.95 fool you. These awesome lessons will impact your students and save you time. Teaching Unit You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving. (Source unknown.)   To register for the free newsletter type your email address here. © Copyright 2005 Let Us Teach Kids Jacksonville, FL 32259 904 287-2869 www.letusteachkids.com.

Say Thank to the teacher's in your church with these ministry CDs! Did you know that we have all of our training series in CD now for only $4.95 each. Show your teachers how much your appreciate them with a CD that will encourage, inspire and motivate them to do a better job. Order 10 or more for only $3.95 each. Give them as gifts. Orders of 10 or more come with Holiday Gift note for each CD. Featured CD There is a drastic difference in knowing about the promises of God and possessing the promises of God. The children of Israel had a promise for over 400 years, but Joshua helped them possess the promise. Every believer that has a Bible has a book full of promises but how do we possess the promises. Patricia will help you with this months featured 4 CD set "Possessing Your Promise" It covers overcoming fear; offenses; People with a Promise and Called to Victory. Order this month's featured CD or DVD by December 1 and receive free shipping within the Continental United States. $9.95  3 complete lessons with object lessons puppet skits and stories for $9.95. Don't let this low price fool you. Awesome lessons to impact your students. Preschool Curriculum 3 different units to choose from  Brand NEW Interactive Curriculum includes Split Track CD & Hand Motions! Features: * Crafts * Games * Snacks * Object Talks * Devotions * Skits * Bible Life & Customs * Bible Lessons * Lyrics & Hand Motions * Worship Ideas. REPRODUCIBLES with easy to use materials for Preschool Bible Pre school Curriculum   $29.99 for lesson book and CD for pre-schoolers.

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