Children to Learn About Adam and Eve Today!

Today, Bethel’s Children’s Ministry volunteers will teach the children about the significance of Adam and Eve.

Last week volunteers taught the children about creation! Here’s a report from volunteer Kim Willingham, who was one of last week’s teachers:

“We had 23 children in attendance yesterday, many of them new. We introduced ourselves to one another - students and teachers. 

For our lesson, we discussed creation (Genesis 1-2). The children listened to a rhyming story on creation from a phonics bible. To help them remember what God created on each day, I reached into a special ‘creation’ bag and pulled out things that represented what God created on each day. They squealed when I had them close their eyes to get a sense of the darkness that existed before God said, ‘Let there be light,’ only to open their eyes and see the flashlight I shined on them. They especially giggled when I sprayed them with a mist of water from a spray bottle to help trigger their memories of God creating living creatures in the waters of the world. 

After looking at the other items in the bag (a bag of dirt, an action figure to represent people, etc.), the children made creation prayer booklets, drawing something they're grateful for and its connection to creation.  (e.g. They can read because of light. They can swim in the water. Some of them have pets.) We are grateful to parent Dee Hall for donating snacks, volunteer Kathy Krebs, and teen volunteer Demiah Crawford.  A team of teachers taught last week’ creation lesson. They included: Lillie Cousin, Karen King, Susan Racine, Desmond Patterson, Sharon Watson-Beck, and myself Kim Willingham.”