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In the new quarter of our EPA season, we are starting a new theme that is all about different short stories. They are related to children or animals that God uses in amazing ways.
In the new quarter of our EPA season, we are starting a new theme that is all about different short stories. They are related to children or animals that God uses in amazing ways.
In the new quarter of our EPA season, we are starting a new theme that is all about different short stories. They are related to children or animals that God uses in amazing ways.
Game about the people of Israel in the Sinai desert and the golden calf.
Quarter programme
Short Stories 2022
It is about the story of Joseph in Genesis 41
4 varied posts for Ameisli.
In this afternoon's EPA, we investigated a case that concerned a dispute between two mothers regarding a child, each claiming that the child was hers.....
At this EPA, we decided our theme would be The Deception Between Esau and Jacob,
A game of tag that was developed in a BESJ leadership course. Fits thematically with biblical stories where people are in prison (e.g. Peter, Paul).
An entertaining village game in which the young warriors are sent to Jericho as scouts to solve tricky puzzles and gather important information about the city and its inhabitants.
On various topics, costume contests can be made with the children. The disguises are made from everyday materials such as newspaper and tape.
A great way to act out Bible stories or other stories in a devotional is with Playmobil.
In this article I give you some tips and ideas.
A Raben-Vertüferli from a clothespin.
Fitting e.g. to the story of Elijah and the ravens or to the main message: God cares for you.
Or to the Bible verse 1 Peter 5:7
Here's how to make an edible crocodile from a cucumber.
The cucumber crocodile goes with, for example:
-A jungle program / party
Make an edible snake out of a sandwich.
The snake is suitable, for example, for:
-A jungle program / festival
-An animal / creation program
Make a cake in the shape of a treasure chest.
Make a heart-shaped card holder out of wire. The card holder fits e.g. love (God loves you), friendship (e.g. story of David and Jonathan) or is suitable as a present for Mother's Day.
In terms of time, we are two years after Jesus was born, shortly before Joseph, Mary and Jesus flew to Egypt. It is assumed that Jesus was around two years old at this point in time.
Two teams compete to bring Joseph's garment to Jacob.
A fun and engaging program, for several consecutive EPA afternoons, that allows us to follow the stories of the Bible under a magnifying glass and find the lesson in them
The idea of this EPA afternoon is to introduce the theme of detectives and to discover with the children the story of Joseph, drawing from it the lesson that even when God puts us in difficult situ
From salt dough you can make great tablets of the law. First, they look very real and second, Moses can break them in his anger. (Unfortunately, ours were broken before a photo was taken...)
Ideas for a varied experience program for the Exodus from Egypt.
On the English-language website http://www.freebibleimages.org/ you can find images from various Bible storie