CPAS Training Day for Children's Leaders at Flackwell Heath near High Wycombe on Sat 9 Feb 08

Martyn Payne

1. Martyn's workshop on 'Creative ways with the Bible'

The idea Exploring Bible stories with children provides a good overview of how you as a leader might begin to approach the Bible more creatively.

For an icebreaker on the books of the Bible, try:
Warm-up exercise workout based on the books of the Bible

You can find loads of Ideas for particular Bible stories, themes and special days on our Barnabas in churches website.

See also a helpful feature article by Lucy Moore entitled
The Bible and Storytelling

This workshop looks at a variety of creative ways to open up Bible stories. See:
Styles of Storytelling

Recommended books:
Stories to Read Aloud
Step into the Story
Stories to Make You Think
Further Stories to Make You Think
35 Stories to Make You Think
The Gospels Unplugged
The Lord's Prayer Unplugged
Easy Ways to Bible Fun for the Very Young
Not Sunday, Not School
Messy Church
Footsteps to the Feast
Easy Ways to Seasonal Fun for the Very Young

For more information about these books, type the title into the search books on the top left-hand side of the page and select 'by title' from the pull-down menu (accessed by clicking on 'Find resources...')

2. Martyn's notes on 'Using Godly Play with Children'

See our web section entitled Godly Play.

Recommended Books:
Living in a Fragile World

There are a number of reflective stories in the style of Godly Play in the Ideas section on the website.
Currently there are also reflective stories to go with the chapters of Footsteps to the Feast, and in particular suggested scripts for Lent and Holy Week.
The Complete Guide To Godly Play, volumes 1 to 6 are also available from our website.

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