Overview
Deliver dynamic children's sermons that capture the hearts and minds of kids . . . and adults!
It's a challenge to prepare effective age-appropriate children's sermons for wiggly kids with short attention spans. But a simple, straightforward, biblically based children's message can have a huge impact on kids-and their parents.
Captivating Children's Sermons provides fifty kid-tested, ready-to-use messages to get you started. Beth Edington Hewitt demonstrates how these messages can be based on any story, concept, prop, event, or series. And you'll also find practical tools and suggestions to develop your own powerful children's sermons.
With a clever children's message, you can make God's Word relevant in the everyday lives of children, inspire parents with scriptural truths, and engage and encourage the entire congregation.
"This book is very motivational and instructive to the pastor, teacher, and parent. I want to share some of these lessons with my elementary age grandchildren."-Vonette Bright, Campus Crusade for Christ
"If you capture the kids, you will capture the whole family. Beth Hewitt understands this and has provided a unique and powerful gift to the church. I have already put this book to work."-Rev. B. William Vanderbloemen Jr., senior pastor, First Presbyterian Church of Houston
Synopsis
A simple, straightforward, biblically-based children's message can have a huge impact on an entire congregation. But how do you prepare and deliver effective, age-appropriate children's sermons to distracted adults and wiggly kids with short attention spans?
Captivating Children's Sermons offers fifty kid-tested, ready-to-use children's messages, plus helpful advice on how to develop new sermons that are story-driven, prop-driven, event-driven, and series-driven. This handy guide will give ministers, children's directors, and teachers the knowledge and techniques needed to create a powerful message that can communicate God's truth to young and old alike. Beth Edington Hewitt also helps readers understand the significance of children's sermons in the context of an adult worship service.