Mission Education for Children

Activities for Children

Print the following activities for children. Include them as bulletin (worship folder) inserts, use them as lesson activities, or just give them to your kids for fun. They're also a great way to occupy children on road trips.
 
  The World Needs Jesus - Maze
  Africa World Areas - Wordsearch (Solution)
  Missionary Servants
      311 "GOL" Soccer Balls

  Children Can Volunteer, Too!
  Searching for Africa ( Solution)
  Stop and Pray Maze (No solution required)
  Special Message (Solution)
  The Great Commission Plan (Solution)
  Ministers Around the World (Solution)
  Culture Crossword Puzzle for Kids (Solution)
  
   
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Using Technology to Personalize Missions for Children

Just thought I'd let you know about a fun thing we did with the Nampa College Church kids yesterday for our monthly missions Sunday.
 
For our monthly missions Sundays, we're using the Children’s Mission Education curriculum on the Eurasia Region. Some Nazarene tentmakers from College Church are serving in one of the world areas featured in the curriculum.
 
We arranged to Skype* the tentmakers and two of their children. While it was noon our time, it was late at night where they live.
 
We set up a laptop that had a webcam and hooked it up through our media system to show the family on the big screen. We had the kids from our church gather in close (on the floor), so the webcam could pick them up all up (see photo on this page).
 
We gave a brief lesson on the world area where the tentmakers serve before we Skyped the family. Then we asked them (parents and children) to tell us about the area and their ministry in their own words. One of the things they talked about were the religions in that country.
 
Later we provided an opportunity for our church kids to ask questions. They asked things like: What do you eat there? Do you have McDonalds? What animals do you see? Do you have pets? What is your favorite thing about the country where you live? Do you miss Nampa? What do you study in school?
 
The kids had a blast! It was neat to have their kids teach our kids about where they live. Children’s Pastor John Miller is getting scores of comments from the parents about how their kids won't stop talking about it. The children were amazed that they could talk to people so far away. They couldn't believe that there isn’t a McDonald’s, and they were shocked to hear that the nearest place to get pizza is eight hours away!
 
This kind of activity really keeps our kids on fire for missions. We work hard to keep it that way. They actually beg for more missions Sundays.
 
Melinda Wolf Miller
Nampa, Idaho
 
* Skype is a software application that allows users to make voice calls over the Internet. Calls to other users within the Skype service are free, while calls to both traditional landline telephones and mobile phones can be made for a fee using a debit-based user account system.
 
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Another Creative Way to Use the CME Curriculum

Because the children in our church attend the regular worship services, it was hard to find a time to teach the children's mission lessons this year. So my NMI secretary and I put our heads together and planned the lessons around breakfast for the children prior to Sunday School.
 
We had two older gentlemen in our church be the cooks, and three ladies served. Each week a new person would teach the lesson for the Eurasia Region, using visuals and hands-on items, such as wooden shoes from the Netherlands and plastic windmills. (That particular teacher's brother is a missionary there from another denomination.)
 
Each child was also given a take home prayer card for each country in the region.
 
We also set up a tent to use as a prayer closet. We didn't have a tent big enough, so we stretched blankets from table to table. The boys and girls loved getting in there for prayer time.
 
This proved to be a successful teaching method, as we fed breakfast to up to 15 boys and girls for 13 weeks in a row.
 
Sandy Utter
Beardstown, Illinois

 
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