Thursday 1 September 2011

Ten tips for delivering an engaging children’s talk:


1.     Be creative

2.     Meditate on the text and the key thought in it days in advance
  
3.     Pretend that you are a kid yourself, get on their level, literally sit on the floor with them


4.     Proclaim the gospel, don’t moralise, make God the doer of the sentence. Tell them what Christ has done for them, don’t ‘should’ on them.  


5.     Use more than two of the senses (How can they smell, taste and touch the text?)


6.     Allow kids to kids participate in the text rather than just listen or observe it


7.     Get the kids up doing things, moving their bodies, acting out the biblical story


8.     Invite adults into the experience, encourage the kids to interact with them


9.     Make the most of the seasons and holy days of the church year and your worship space and furnishings


10.  Remember the primary purpose is to engage the kids with the word not make the adults laugh

No comments:

Post a Comment