| 55 Ideas to Connect Your Children's Ministry to Families in Your Church |
Mike Broyles
Room:D7
9:00 AM to 10:15 AM
Tape No. 2
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This practical workshop will help your Children's Ministry train parents and grandparents to join your ministry in producing God honoring children. |
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| Adolescent Development: What is Expected? |
Valerie Doyle
Room:N13
9:00 AM to 10:15 AM
Tape No. 5
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There is a myth that adolescent development is filled with "storm and stress." The purpose of this workshop is to highlight the characteristics of normal adolescent development and identify the signs of problems as well as intervention strategies. Youth leaders and parents of teens will be equipped with insight to discern a cry for help. |
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| Awesome Anytime Activities for Preschoolers |
Gloria Lee
Room:D8
9:00 AM to 10:15 AM
Tape No. 15
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Experts agree that the vast amount of brain development occurs between birth to age 6. Are you sure you are doing everything possible to capture preschooler's attention and help them know God? We'll give you all the tools, ideas, and tricks of the trade in this workshop to do just that! |
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| Bring Order to Your Classroom |
Judy Jenkins
Room:D2
9:00 AM to 10:15 AM
Tape No. 7
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Ever feel like the kids are in control instead of you? That you could be Mickey Mouse and they still wouldn't pay attention? Then come and let's learn together workable techniques that will help you as a teacher or help reel your students back to your point and provide the atmosphere that allows them to receive the nugget that Christ has for then on their level of learning and still have fun in the process. |
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| Games & Things |
John Nakanishi
Room:D3
9:00 AM to 10:15 AM
Tape No. 8
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Tons of ideas for Sunday school lessons for Elementary age children. We will go through as many lessons, games and activities as time will allow. |
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| Help! Nobody is Listening! |
Winnis Chiang
Room:D1
9:00 AM to 10:15 AM
Tape No. 3
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Examine interactive styles and patterns that make or break communications! Explore key elements of a two-way sharing that will improve relationships and promote personal awareness and growth. Learn how to listen so that others will talk, and how to talk so that others will listen! |
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| Involving Kids in Ministry - Easy as 1, 2, 3 |
Julie Horner
Room:C7
9:00 AM to 10:15 AM
Tape No. 6
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Discover how you can successfully involve your kids in ministry and help them discover and use their everyday talents to serve God. |
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| Reaching Children in the Public Schools |
Sue Spillman
Room:C2
9:00 AM to 10:15 AM
Tape No. 10
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According to the US Supreme Court we can now hold Bible Clubs in the public schools. Learn about your legal rights, how to proceed, and the results of sharing God's love. |
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| Teaching for Changed Lives |
Dick Crider
Room:D6
9:00 AM to 10:15 AM
Tape No. 4
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This motivational workshop will help every teacher gain a new understanding of the value of Christian education. Teachers will see their role in a new light that will encourage and challenge them. Has your teaching staff been faithful for many years? This workshop will give them a boost to carry on for many more years. |
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| Where Is God When I'm Hurting - Helping Today's High Stress Kids Connect to God |
Linda Sibley
Room:D5
9:00 AM to 10:15 AM
Tape No. 9
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Today's parents are under more pressure and more ill-equipped to deal with those pressures than any other generation of parents in our history. This workshop will raise your awareness of what it's like to be a struggling parent as well as present a variety of effective ways to reach them. |
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| Awana What? |
Linda Weddle
Room:DE7
10:30 AM to 11:45 AM
Tape No. 32
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Have you heard about Awana but have no idea what its all about? Is it just a Bible memory program for kids? Does it have something to do with circles? Come find out about "puggles", "home base", and "24/7 ministries"! |
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| Celebrating the Jewish Holidays with Your Sunday School Kids |
Janie-Sue Wertheim
Room:B3
10:30 AM to 11:45 AM
Tape No. 33
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Discover the Jewish holidays and how Jesus fulfilled them. Practical helps for teaching the Jewish holidays and using them to celebrate Messiah and lift Him up. |
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| Keeping Kids Safe in the Digital/Internet Age KEYNOTE SPEAKER |
Al Menconi
Keynote Speaker
Room:N12
10:30 AM to 11:45 AM
Tape No. 24
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This session will help parents and leaders understand the influence today's entertainment has on our children. You will learn how to teach your children to think biblically, how to develop practical guidelines for your children, and how to respond biblically to today's entertainment concerns. |
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| Love the Lord Your God - Getting First Things First |
Bill Emeott
Room:D5
10:30 AM to 11:45 AM
Tape No. 27
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When asked what was the greatest commandment Jesus replied, "Love the Lord your God" . . . In this leadership enrichment workshop participants will consider Mark 12:30 and the importance of getting "first things first" as we lead children at church. |
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| Preteen Ministry Blueprint KEYNOTE SPEAKER |
Keith Johnson
Keynote Speaker
Room:D8
10:30 AM to 11:45 AM
Tape No. 28
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According to George Barna, "What a child believes by the time he is 13 is what he will die believing". More than anything, we want to ensure that preteens own their faith before they leave our ministries. If you're wondering where to put them, how to reach them, and how to relate to them, this workshop is for you. We'll have tons of fun exploring the unique attributes of this age of kids and how they think, learn, play relate to each other, and most importantly, how to reach them in this critical life stage. |
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| Raising Future Leaders |
Dr. Alan Nelson
Room:C7
10:30 AM to 11:45 AM
Tape No. 30
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This workshop will discuss how to determine which kids have leadership aptitude, how to develop them in your family and ministry, and why it is vital that we do this before the age of 14 if we want effective, ethical leaders as adults. Participants will receive a free Social Influence Survey to estimate the leadership aptitude of their children. |
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| Teaching Children Bible Doctrine |
Beverly Blades
Room:D2
10:30 AM to 11:45 AM
Tape No. 26
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(For Elementary) Today's child may know about God's love and mercy but apart from Biblical doctrine they can't really know the God of love or how they are to live. Workshop will present theory and practical aspects. |
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| Transform Your Counseling Skill |
Patti Lappin
Room:C2
10:30 AM to 11:45 AM
Tape No. 29
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What happens when a child comes to you wanting to receive Christ as Savior? Do you panic? Come and learn what to do! |
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| What Children Need From a Teacher Today |
Byron Ragains
Room:D3
10:30 AM to 11:45 AM
Tape No. 31
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This workshop will provide you with several real ideas that have worked and will work for you today! Relationship wins over technology! From this premise comes ideas that are timeless and right for connecting and keeping children engaged. |
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| Children's Support Groups: Help for Hurting Kids and Struggling Parents |
Linda Sibley
Room:D5
12:00 PM to 1:15 PM
Tape No. 54
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Support groups provide a safe place for hurting kids and parents to talk about their stressful circumstances, discover they are not alone in their struggles, learn valuable coping skills, and receive spiritual guidance. This workshop explores how support groups work, looks at available resources, and presents a guide for starting such a program in your church. |
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| Equipping Parents to be Spiritual Leaders in Their Homes |
Dick Crider
Room:D6
12:00 PM to 1:15 PM
Tape No. 47
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What can we do to nurture the faith of our children and ourselves? Discover why the church has moved away from equipping parents with faith development. You will glean several practical activities and attitudes that can be used at church and at home to build a strong faith. |
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| Hootie and the Goldfish and Hannah Montana: Who Can Keep Up? |
Jeff Land
Room:C7
12:00 PM to 1:15 PM
Tape No. 51
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Children today live in a fast-paced, ever-changing world. One minute they are watching TV and the next minute they are off to ball practice. How can Children's Ministry leaders ever keep up with their likes and dislikes? |
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| Incredible Ideas to Transform Your Children's Ministry |
Joe Patterson
Room:D8
12:00 PM to 1:15 PM
Tape No. 53
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How many ideas do you still need for your next special Sunday? What unique lesson still needs a craft or a game? What will you do for your next children's sermon? We'll give you more than 100 ideas. Stick this in your bag, and go! You will learn lots of new games, plenty of new crafts, and loads of new ideas for devotions. |
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| More Object Lessons from Uncle John |
John Nakanishi
Room:D3
12:00 PM to 1:15 PM
Tape No. 52
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Kid tested, pastor approved. A few old favorites and many new object lessons to help capture the attention and motivate learning for Elementary age children. Bonus section on easy-to-make props. |
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| Sharing Christ with Kids |
Brenda Sauter
Room:D7
12:00 PM to 1:15 PM
Tape No. 56
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Can I really lead a child to Christ? Absolutely! Come discover five steps for establishing a spiritual relations with children. Then, using a few simple questions, you will learn five amazingly effective methods for leading a child to Christ! |
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| Teaching Children to Have Godly Character |
Sue Spillman
Room:C2
12:00 PM to 1:15 PM
Tape No. 55
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Using God's word we will discuss how to teach children to be a person of great value and what are the marks of Godly character. |
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| 2009 Vacation Bible School Preview |
All Publishers
Room:C7
1:30 PM to 2:45 PM
Tape No. 82
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Preview of 2009 Vacation Bible School curriculum |
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| Helping Children Develop Prayer Warrior Habits and Mentality |
Beverly Blades
Room:D2
1:30 PM to 2:45 PM
Tape No. 76
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When children pray, things happen. Learning to pray at a young age sets habits for life. Many ideas presented in theory and practice. |
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| Joining A Child on their Spiritual Journey |
Bill Emeott
Room:D5
1:30 PM to 2:45 PM
Tape No. 78
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The most important decision a child will ever make is the decision to follow Jesus as Lord and Savior. The most important goal for Children's leaders is understanding and joining them on their spiritual journey toward salvation. This workshop will consider important concerns including responsible evangelism with kids, the age of accountability, and the ABC's of salvation. |
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| Kids and the Bible - Teaching for Changed Lives |
John Tietsort
Room:D3
1:30 PM to 2:45 PM
Tape No. 83
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Applying the scripture to become more like Christ leads to changed lives in contrast to simply "doing what we ought to do." This workshop looks specifically at developing teachers that model, minister, and motivate kids to apply the Scripture to become Christ-like. |
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| Ministering to Kids with Disabilities |
Julie Horner
Room:C8
1:30 PM to 2:45 PM
Tape No. 79
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Learn how to help kids with disabilities fit into your children's ministry and how to ask parents the right questions. |
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| Myth busting Discipline Challenges: Obstacles or Opportunities? KEYNOTE SPEAKER |
Keith Johnson
Keynote Speaker
Room:D8
1:30 PM to 2:45 PM
Tape No. 80
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Today's kids provide some unique challenges both in and out of the classroom. Learn how to recognize the underlying causes of these challenges and how to turn them into opportunities to connect kids to Jesus in a powerful way! |
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| Putting Families in the Center of Children's Ministry |
Mike Broyles
Room:D7
1:30 PM to 2:45 PM
Tape No. 77
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Children's Ministry is Family Ministry. This workshop will focus on practical ways of getting families to be involved with Children's Ministry. |
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| Teaching Kids to Establish a Daily Time with God |
Patti Lappin
Room:C2
1:30 PM to 2:45 PM
Tape No. 81
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Help children to establish a daily quiet time with God which will enrich their fellowship with God. Lots of resources will be shown. |
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| Why do Christian kids Leave the Faith? |
Verne Teyler
Room:WC114
1:30 PM to 2:45 PM
Tape No. 74
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Statistics indicate that between 60 and 88 percent of churched children leave the faith within one year of graduation. Hear the reasons and what we can do to reverse this trend. |
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| Are Kids Applying What You Are Teaching? |
Mel Sattler
Room:C8
3:00 PM to 4:15 PM
Tape No. 103
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How kids learn takes a variety of angles. Do you know them and how the learning cycle works? Use this information to design lessons to help your students act on what your teach them. |
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| Discipline and Behavior Issues with High Stress Kids |
Linda Sibley
Room:D5
3:00 PM to 4:15 PM
Tape No. 104
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This workshop explores how to discern the difference between "acting up" (normal kid behavior) and "acting out" (behavior stemming from emotional pain), and why we must treat these two kinds of behavior differently. We will also learn practical strategies to deal with troublesome acting out behavior. |
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| Driveway for the Church |
Linda Weddle
Room:D7
3:00 PM to 4:15 PM
Tape No. 106
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Developed around 5 life principles which help to develop a child/youth into a modern-day Joseph, this workshop will provide ways a church can help the parents through encouraging commitment, provide training, and participate in celebrations. |
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| Helping Inner City Kids Survive Crisis |
Dr. Roy Wilford Sr.
Room:N11
3:00 PM to 4:15 PM
Tape No. 97
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This seminar will assist family and kids in the inner city how to make wise choices and be aware of their surrounding. Getting the kids involved in positive activities that will enhance their self-esteem and direct them toward accepting responsibility for their actions. |
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| Helping Inner City Kids Survive Crisis |
Dr. Roy Wilford Sr.
Room:N11
3:00 PM to 4:15 PM
Tape No. 97
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This seminar will assist family and kids in the inner city how to make wise choices and be aware of their surrounding. Getting the kids involved in positive activities that will enhance their self-esteem and direct them toward accepting responsibility for their actions. |
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| Learning Styles |
Dick Crider
Room:D6
3:00 PM to 4:15 PM
Tape No. 98
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You can reach every student every week if you understand learning styles. Each of us has a preferred way of learning that allows us to take the maximum information and understanding home for a week of practical application. You will be a better teacher when you grasp "Learning Styles." As a leader you will be a better communicator and know how to work with your staff. |
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| Pizzazz, Passion, and Promise |
Sharon Stratmoen
Room:D8
3:00 PM to 4:15 PM
Tape No. 105
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Dread the thought of planning for Christmas and Easter again? Need some fresh ideas? Come get equipped to pump up your program with some powerful, practical, ideas that will engage your kids and their families on every level in a deeper meaning for each season! Put passion and pizzazz back into these stories of promise! |
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| Babies and Toddlers Can Learn, Too |
Julie Horner
Room:D6
4:30 PM to 5:45 PM
Tape No. 123
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Find out how easy it is for your volunteers to take your nursery beyond babysitting. Through hands-on Bible lessons and sing-a-long songs, little ones will begin their faith journey. |
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| Give Kids' a Heart for Outreach KEYNOTE SPEAKER |
Keith Johnson
Keynote Speaker
Room:D8
4:30 PM to 5:45 PM
Tape No. 124
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Imagine the children's ministry of your church so excited about reaching out to their friends that their infectious enthusiasm literally gets the entire church involved! Learn how to equip the children of your church through a unique and comfortable approach by first of all experiencing God's love for themselves and then contagiously sharing God's love with the entire community. |
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| Healthy Ministry - Healthy Vision |
Sue Spillman
Room:C2
4:30 PM to 5:45 PM
Tape No. 125
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Seven ways to fail or succeed in ministry. Are you managing your time wisely? Are you communicating effectively? These are just a few of the things we will discuss. |
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| High Power Soccer |
Brenda Sauter
Room:D7
4:30 PM to 5:45 PM
Tape No. 126
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Tired of the same old summer programs? Energize kids about the gospel while teaching them basic soccer skills! Learn how to effectively reach your community with this dynamic 5 day soccer camp. No prior experience need - come learn how! |
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| How to Get Your Smile Back |
Klista Storts
Room:C6
4:30 PM to 5:45 PM
Tape No. 127
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Don't become a statistic! Too many great childhood ministry ministers and teachers leave the ministry because of burnout. Learn how to recognize and deal with stress factors that keep you from smiling and enjoying your ministry, your marriage, and your life! |
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| Kids and the Bible - Passing on a Passion for the Word |
John Tietsort
Room:D5
4:30 PM to 5:45 PM
Tape No. 128
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A primary goal in Children's Ministry must be to help kids develop both the desire and the skills to open God's word for themselves and begin to hear God speak. We must pass on the passion for God's word. |
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| Making the Gospel "Kosher" |
Janie-Sue Wertheim
Room:B3
4:30 PM to 5:45 PM
Tape No. 129
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Knowing the Jewish context of the scriptures can open up worlds of understanding for your Sunday School classes. |
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| Teaching Children About the Attributes of God |
Beverly Blades
Room:D2
4:30 PM to 5:45 PM
Tape No. 133
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The earlier children understand who God is the earlier we can begin to shape their world view. New material and practical ideas to share. |
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| The Big "D" of Discipline |
Sandra Westgate
Room:C8
4:30 PM to 5:45 PM
Tape No. 130
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How to both challenge and cherish your students to reach their full potential. |
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