PBC Kids activities and ideas

Colouring Page God's Love God's love for us is all of the things listed in the chapter from 1 Corinthians that I have used for the colouring page this week. This is an amazing list and teaches us how we should try to love too. Are you always patient and kind with those you love? Do you make sure you keep no record of wrongs? This is a real challenge for us and we cannot do it alone. Help along the way God has offered us help to get through our lives. He showed this love through Jesus, His Son, and He sent the Holy Spirit to guide and fill us each day. This is how we love properly. Not in our own power but in God's. Symbols of love Hearts One very familiar symbol of love is the heart 💖 and there are loads of fun ways to create them. We drew hearts and the word LOVE with white candles on white card. Then someone else painted over the images. They appear because the wax doesn't absorb the paint. Have you ever made a row of paper people? You can do this with hearts too. Co...

My Lord is ... In the Bible the Lord is referred to as a tower, fortress and stronghold more than once. This is a metaphor i.e a way to describe something using an image that helps you understand the meaning Colouring Page So what does it mean that God is these things? Imagine an old fashioned castle, with towers and turrets and huge thick walls. They were the place that people ran to for safety, the place they sheltered from an approaching army. It felt like they could never be destroyed. So this is how someone is trying to describe God. If the Lord is my Stronghold He can keep me safe from all the arrows and swords of the world. Maybe, the mean words that people throw at us. Or the stress and strain of the strange times we are living in. Perhaps, an event coming up that worries you. The Lord is there to give you shelter and rest when you need it. You just need to ask to be let in. Build it up     Maybe to help you imagine what this means you could build your own fortress. We...