Unique

Our character lesson for November 2014 is: Unique. Unique: “Something or someone that’s one of a kind!”   We’ll spend this month helping our kids and teens to learn that they are one of a kind…made in the image of God. Our bible story is:  Gideon. Here’s a link to review Gideon’s story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xawbxc7wezM The part […]

4 Ideas For Teaching Prayer To Kids With Special Needs

When it comes to teaching children with special needs about prayer, I get excited, because it’s one way of helping them to develop and enjoy a fulfilling relationship with God. I think kids need to understand the simplicity of prayer.  To be honest, I think that’s a lesson that even adults need to learn.  Prayer […]

Take The Next Step: Scripture Memory

Psalm 119:11 – “Your Word I have treasured in my heart, That I may not sin against You. NASB” This one verse is probably the single most often-utilized verse people turn to when they think about why they should memorize Scripture. This verse gets to the heart of Scripture memory, but how does this apply […]

Take The Next Step: Faith Scripture Memory Verse

Teaching a child with special needs to memorize Scripture is in many ways like teaching a child any other skill or craft. It often requires an individualized approach. Sometimes hearing a few helpful hints will be enough to support and motivate parents who want to begin teaching their child how to memorize Scripture! Our podcast […]

Take The Next Step: Kindness Scripture Memory

Teaching a child with special needs to memorize Scripture is in many ways like teaching a child any other skill or craft. It often requires an individualized approach. Sometimes hearing a few helpful hints will be enough to support and motivate parents who want to begin teaching their child how to memorize Scripture! Our podcast […]

Take The Next Step: Kindness Video

Jesus told the story of The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37).  One of the reasons Jesus taught this parable was in order to get people to think for themselves, there but for the grace of God, go I.  The point is that kindness and compassion come from the heart, and it is the heart where the seat of God […]

Take The Next Step (Prayer for Self-Control)

In order to partner with parents and support them in teaching their child to pray, we’re providing the exact prayer template that we’re using in our Special Friends classroom.  This will allow parents to use the exact same learning materials at home that we are using in the classroom to nurture a child’s prayer life.  […]

Take The Next Step (UNIQUE Prayer)

In order to partner with parents and support them in teaching their child to pray, we’re providing the exact prayer template that we’re using in our Special Friends classroom.  This will allow parents to use the exact same learning materials at home that we are using in the classroom to nurture a child’s prayer life.  Using the […]

Take The Next Step (Gideon Bible Story)

As parents, it’s our responsibility to teach our children about God. One way you can do this is through Bible stories.  With kids with special needs you can: read to your children from the Bible look at pictures of stories from the Bible watch videos of popular Bible stories. listen to audio versions of Bible […]