I wrote and illustrated this story for my new church’s Christmas Eve service. Though it’s after Christmas now, I thought I’d share it so I can at least reference it next year.
Imagine if you were the family who took the very last room in Bethlehem… and had to watch Mary being led around back to a stable. That’s the premise of this original Christmas story.
I’m a big fan of Woot.com. If you’re not familiar, it’s a site with one item for sale each day at a great price. They have a set amount for sale, and when it’s gone it’s gone. I’ve probably spent more money over at Shirt.Woot.com over the years though… same concept except with t-shirts.
As of this morning at 12:00am they’ve launched a brand new spin on the theme: Kids.Woot.com. Every day we can expect great deals on gadgets, games and toys for children. Even Woot.com has gotten into the spirit by selling a fort making kit.
I know I’ve got this added to my bookmarks. I would imagine any children’s pastor looking for great prizes for special events would find it in their best interest to check it out daily.
I wonder if Kids.Woot.com will do their own version of the BOC?
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I recently made a series of images for a Trunk-or-Treat announcement that I’d like to make available for you folks to use. I created each image by hand to correspond with a scripted announcement so my operator could forward the slides. The announcement was created for an adult audience, but you could probably get as much use out of it with your kids as well.
I’ve included a blank title and a completely blank slide for you to ad your own dates and contact info.
Enjoy!
Recently I created a series of illustrations to help me teach a lesson on how to attract friends. I’d like to make a PowerPoint version complete with very basic notes in Word format available to you. These illustrations combined with a bible story on Jonathan and David’s friendship and a good memory verse (There is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. Proverbs 18:24b) would make a pretty good service. Enjoy!
You’ll need Microsoft PowerPoint and Word to view these files. If you end up using them… let me know! 🙂
To-have-a-friend.zip – Word document and PowerPoint file