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You only have one week now to register for the Tabor Counselling Children course. This can be done from attendance only to Certificate, Diploma and Bachelor levels.
Kidsreach NZ will now be selling all its product through Pleroma. During the transition phase, you can continue to send all your orders to the usual address or by replying to this email.
This week as you prepare to celebrate Easter, may we wish you a very blessed and wonderful time.
God Bless.
The Boat Becoming A Cross
A GREAT object lesson using just a piece of A3 or A4 paper.
Hold up the paper.
Once upon a time, there was a man who was very rich but not happy.
He decided he wanted to travel the world so he bought himself one of those really expensive sailing boats. It cost him millions of dollars. However, he did not care about the money. He just wanted to be happy.
Take your paper and fold one top corner over to represent a sail on a sailboat.
He sailed everywhere and was happy for a while. He travelled to every continent in the world. He saw the most amazing sights. He even travelled to New Zealand , the most beautiful country in the world. He saw mountains and hills, rivers and oceans. He saw dolphins, whales, lions, and giraffes. He even got to see a State of Origen match! Still he was not happy. In fact, he was more miserable than ever.
So he thought what he need was a beautiful house. He could have parties there.
Fold the second corner down to form a house shaped with a roof.
He was happy with his house because it had everything he had ever wanted. He had parties and all the important people came. Rock stars, film stars, every sort of star.
Then he became bored with his lovely new house and the parties. He needed more adventure. To do that he needed his own jet plane.
Fold the paper house into a paper plane with wings folded over.
He flew all over the world looking for adventure. He travelled to the most adventuresome places in the world. He abseiled and bungie jumped. He skied on the highest mountains.
However, he soon became bored again.
Then one day a friend met him and told him about Jesus dying for him on the cross. That friend could have been you telling him about Jesus.
Take the paper plane and hold the wings up together and tear them off. When you open it up it will be the symbol of the cross.
Finish with an explanation of how Jesus died on the cross to give us eternal life.
Follow-Up with Foxy Discipleship Cards
 (Ideal for after Easter)
It is hard to think of a perfect follow up system for children that can help them on the way to discipleship. We think we have found the answer by using cards that children love to collect. They are printed on permanent plastic that not even putting through the wash will destroy! There are twelve cards that can be given out one at a time, week by week. On the other hand, if you are not likely to be in regular contact, they can be given to the children as a whole set and there is enough information laid out in a simple way, to begin their Christian journey. They are very reasonably priced and big discounts are offered for bulk purchases.
- One set of cards - $3.00
- Ten sets of cards - $25.00
- Thirty sets of Cards - $65.00
- Kit that includes a Foxy Puppet and scripts to go with the message that is on the cards, and ten sets of cards: $70.00
Please note, if you are planning an outreach and want multiple numbers of card one, please enquire by email.
Order by replying to this email, or via the website.
Sri Lanka Update
If you are interested in being part of the 2009 missions team travelling to Sri Lanka and Nepal , please register your interest by replying to this email. The trip will take place 15 -29 August Sri Lanka, 29 August to 6 September in Nepal . We are in the planning stages of this trip. We will have at least 4 conferences and one likely camp in Sri Lanka .
Ministry Opportunity
Kidsreach in NZ requires a volunteer to handle routine administrations tasks. This will likely be 1 day or 2 half days per month and will include handling monthly accounts, banking, GST, accounts payable, receivable (low volume), Assisting with missions' donations and funding for Kids Keep Safe. Ideally the person will be able to use or learn MYOB. We can likely supply computer and various office equipment if needed. For further information, please contact John Liddle at john@kinggrapes.co.nz
School of Children's Counselling
f you have a heart to help hurting children or are a chaplain, kids pastor, parent or caregiver then you would benefit from attending the Kidsreach School of Children's Counselling. Remaining courses for this year are: NSW (Next week so hurry!), Adelaide , Perth , Indonesia and Hamilton . If you want further information, please reply to this email.
If you have attended the same course previously, you are allowed to attend the second time for free.
Quotable Quote
From Ivy Beckwith I . 2004. Postmodern Children's Ministry: Ministry to Children in the 21 st Century. Grand Rapids , Zondervan. (Page 53)
Good and proper soul care during the earliest years of a child's life is the basis for a positive spiritual journey in later years. While young children won't understand God and the faith community in an intellectual way, they are capable of forming lasting attitudes about God, Jesus, and the importance of the community. If the child feels the faith community is a safe and loving place, then the child will have positive attitudes about being part of that community. If the child's parents and caregivers show that listening to and following God's story is a priority for them, then the child will model those attitudes.
About Kidsreach
Kidsreach Mission Statement is to: Resource, train and encourage those who minister to and counsel children.
Kidsreach has a large number of resources and training opportunities available to those who minister to children including one day and five day seminars scattered throughout New Zealand during the year. Through partnerships with Tabor College (Syndey) and Laidlaw College (Auckland) we offer accredited courses in Children's Ministry.
There are offices in NZ, Australia, and Sri Lanka. We have a working relationship with similar organisations in Ethiopia, PNG and Indonesia. For more information, visit the websites: Aus: www.kidsreach.org.au NZ: www.kidsreach.org.nz
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