This video features a bag of gold ore and a pocket watch discussing the importance of becoming more pure, more like Jesus, while there is still time, and how God uses the trials of life to refine Christian character.
Featured Verse: 1 Peter 1:7; Philippians 1:6
Source Curriculum:DiscipleTown Unit #5: “How to Follow God’s Plan”
This video features a baseball and a mitt. Rather than comparing these objects directly to a spiritual concept, this video instead demonstrates a spiritual conversation between two friends and how godly friends challenge and encourage each other.
Featured Verse: 2 Corinthians 5:9
Source Curriculum:DiscipleTown Unit #4: “How to Make Good Friends”
This video features a short “game show” with toys on the importance of choosing friends carefully, it includes an interactive element and allows the viewer to respond by choosing which friend they would select toward the end.
Featured Verse: Proverbs 12:26
Source Curriculum:DiscipleTown Unit #4: “How to Make Good Friends”
This video features a conversation between a replica of a letter from Abraham Lincoln and a crash dummy. They discuss how the Bible is a copy of a letter from God, who wants to be our friend and keep us safe.
Featured Verse: John 20:31
Source Curriculum:DiscipleTown Unit #4: “How to Make Good Friends”
How do you talk to kids about the “mushy” topic of LOVE in a fun entertaining way that they will enjoy?
THIS TALE IS YOUR SOLUTION! (Available as a download and lesson HERE)
Without mentioning Love (or that “s” word) it addresses the same issue – WAITING and not giving yourself away, so you don’t miss out on a great thing later. After the tale the teacher can make the point as it relates to the topic of giving ourselves away to others when it comes to our heart and our love.
ENJOY:
Two scientists hire a dummy to test their new experiment. The dummy had to wait until lunch break was finished, but ended up giving parts of himself to others in need. He was rejected for the project because he wasn’t complete anymore. This tale talks about waiting for love, to save all your pieces for the right one.
In this video, a donut and a pear discuss the similarities between eating healthy and watching what we put into our hearts spiritually. Both determine whether we will have healthy results physically and spiritually!
Featured Verse: Luke 6:45
Source Curriculum:DiscipleTown Unit #2: “How to Use My Bible”
In this video, a fresh banana and one that is old and brown discuss service to the Lord. The fresh one represents fresh service to the Lord, and the old one signifies good deeds done long ago—once good but now stale. The old one finds out why being “fresh fruit” is important!
Featured Verse: 1 John 3:18
Source Curriculum:DiscipleTown Unit #2: “How to Use My Bible”
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