Today is a low day. I’m trying in vain to write some inspirational, uplifting instruction for the children’s ministry readers and feeling like a fraud. In the world of a missionary everything is supposed to come back to God, he is supposed to be there in our struggles, there is our weakness, and most of all there to guide us forward. But sometimes his voice is such a tiny whisper it’s frankly inaudible, and we get low days.
God is still here. God is still working, and God will never leave.
If you are having a low day then stop and read that again. He is here, he can see this screen, hear your sigh, he’s walked this path before you and returned to walk it again by your side. Just because you can’t tell he is there doesn’t mean he has abandoned you.
His work is far from complete, I know it with all my heart, even when it’s hard to believe. Personally, I’m struggling with church. The people there are lovely but the last few services I’ve been to have had no children in them at all. Here I am writing kid’s ministry materials and I’ve not children to use them with. Now I know people will gently remind me that the children will come as the church grows and this is just the low point in the year for attendance, of what is a very fledgling church anyhow, but reason doesn’t always make the heart feel better. Yet he is still working, even when we can’t see it, he is working preparing for what is to come.
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God of the Low Days
Jairus & Daughter (Luke 8) | Craft
| Jairus’ Daughter is healed because Jesus steps into the picture. This super simple craft illustrates that moment by showing how faith is not just something we have but something we do. Every time we pick up the pencil we are remembering how Jesus gave the little girl his hand and woke her up. This is a super short tutorial and is self-explanatory. The pdf printout of the skirt shape and the head images is here, there are 5 sets per A4 page. The pdf also contains written instructions |
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Jairus & Daughter (Luke 8) | Worksheet
This worksheet about Jairus is suitable for most age groups, those of school age and above. The worksheet is designed to be printed in colour but will work in grey scale.
The sheet consists of various areas, a discussion on what faith is, an acrostic to fill in, a chance to look up the story e;elsewhere, a viewpoint exercise and a spot the difference. The sheet would be a good filler activity and probably shouldn’t take more than about 10 minutes of the lesson. The whole sheet could be done as a group.
The PDF can be downloaded by clicking on the image.
Jairus & Daughter (Luke 8) | Craft
| This is the old version – New Version can be found here. The moment of a Jairus’ daughter waking is definably the most dramatic visually of the story. This paper model craft is a nice way of capturing that moment, and even has moving parts so the girl can indeed ‘wake up’ as Jesus commanded her to do. This is quite a long tutorial, but the craft is mostly self-explanatory.The craft is not made to fold flat but to be a standing piece. Please note I have not included a Jesus figure. |
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Jairus & Daughter (Luke 8) | Character Images
Here are the images you need for the hero’s attributes linked to Jairus and his daughter (Luke 5).
Each hero’s page set contains a high quality graphic of the character, a take home bible card and a colouring page.
The images are displayed small here, click on the image you wish to have, then save the image that loads.
(Please note : these images have no watermark but are not copyright free, they are only intended for classroom use.)
These graphics ahve been updated and the old graphics removed, if you desperately want the old versions please message me.
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