Part of what you do in children's ministry is provide resources for parents . . . which can certainly be a challenge. Identifying resources they can use at home - challenge! Identifying resources they will use at home . . . bigger challenge! The resources have to be doable if families will use them and they have to be engaging for families to use them. So . . . if you have been looking for doable and engaging resources, take a look at Old Story New!Old Story New
Author - Marty Machowski
Publisher - New Growth Press
Favorite Features -
- only takes 10 minutes a day for families to do this
- easy to understand and use
- every Old Testament passage answers the question - "How does this point to Jesus?"
- every New Testament passage answers the question - "Where is the Gospel?"
- 78 weeks of lessons
- helpful info on how to engage all your children - preschool, elementary and those who are out of grade school
- focuses on a Scripture passage for a week with a different emphasis each day
This book is one families will find they are truly able to use and one which will help them understand how to take what they learn and live it in their everyday lives, every day! Check this link for a sample chapter and see if you can get the families in your church to commit to using this book with their children . . . it is one tool which will help them pass on a heritage of faith to their children!
I'm happy to announce additional copies of this book are available for me to give away (USA only)! If you would like to be included in this give-away - which will be on October 21, 2012 - please comment below to let me know if you have followed on Google Friend Connect, followed by liking on facebook with the tab in the "Find us on Facebook" box ON THE BLOG (not just liking the post) and/or have followed About the Children's Department by email. For each of these which you have done you will receive one entry. In addition, if you "share" this post, you'll receive an additional entry (please let me know if you share). This will help me be able to draw names from among people who would like to win this book and it gives you several ways to enter the give-away! Thank you for reading About the Children's Department and for sharing it with the people you know!
I'm happy to announce additional copies of this book are available for me to give away (USA only)! If you would like to be included in this give-away - which will be on October 21, 2012 - please comment below to let me know if you have followed on Google Friend Connect, followed by liking on facebook with the tab in the "Find us on Facebook" box ON THE BLOG (not just liking the post) and/or have followed About the Children's Department by email. For each of these which you have done you will receive one entry. In addition, if you "share" this post, you'll receive an additional entry (please let me know if you share). This will help me be able to draw names from among people who would like to win this book and it gives you several ways to enter the give-away! Thank you for reading About the Children's Department and for sharing it with the people you know!
I would love to have this book to use with families! I like the page on FB! :)
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