Children's ministry

The children's programs included clowns, puppets, dancing, games, and the story of Jesus. We also used the wordless book and bracelets with beads of the colors of the wordless book. In ideal conditions (usually in the schools) we divided the chidren into 4 groups which then rotated between the workshops (dance, games, story, and video). When there was not enough space for that, we kept the group together and used microphones! We had between 150-200+ children each afternoon in the programs...and that was just one team! There were 5 other teams doing the same thing in other communities! The picture on the left is the church that we affectionately called "the oven". The church was quite small with one small meeting room and two small classrooms. We kept everyone together and by the time 220 children plus their curious moms and aunts filled in the meeting room and doorways, the church turned into an oven! No windows and the doors were blocked with sweaty people! Of course we didn't make matters any better by dancing with them! Whew!