Stories Zone

A funny, MESSY story that illustrates the importance of being "hidden" in Christ instead of living for what the world offers.

A young magician learns a valuable lesson about trust and God's power.

This is a retelling of the classic story of The Three Trees written by Karl Bastian, provided here in three different formats. The original author is unknown. This is Karl's version of the beautiful fable. Ideal for Christmas or Easter.

Use these awesome tips to make your teaching more interactive!

It’s almost Christmas time, aka one of the two times of the year where what you’ll be teaching in Sunday School is firmly locked in place. Of course, therein lies the problem. How do you make a story that all the little ones know by heart exciting again? Fret not, Kid Mins. I have scoured the big ol’ interwebs and found 5 ridiculously awesome (and inexpensive) ways to liven up your nativity teaching.

Here are six things I tell every storyteller whether they are veterans or new to the storytelling role.

Discover how our body is shows us how God designed us to live and what being made in the image of Christ and being a part of the body of Christ really means!

Julie is having a Birthday Party, but you must be on the guest list to attend. You cannot come unless you are on the list. No Exceptions!

Elijah and the widow couldn’t see where the oil was going to come from. They just had to trust that each day somehow there would be enough.

A parable about the Prodigal Son that was orignally an email forward

Henry the Hotrod loves the toymaker. But the ways of the world pull him away, and he doesn't accept the gift the toymaker offers him. Will he realize in time that the toymaker loves him unconditionally, and only wants what's best for him?

Jacob did lie, and he cheated his brother. But, still, God didn't leave him. God knows our weakness, and He is forgiving. He accomplishes His good and wonderful plans through us, even when we mess things up.

… paint a power-packed picture for all those visual learners out there. ~ Aaron Reynolds "Your eye is a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is good, your whole body is filled with light." ~ Jesus (Matthew 6:22)

A young boy learning how to be an ironsmith learns about Jesus in a powerful way.

Once again, Daniel was faithful. God was able to show us that he is always able to do great and wonderful things.

Here are some places I have found that have great stories for children's ministry.

Eric Liddell won a gold medal and became known as the ‘Flying Scotsman’. Most of all, he had kept his commitment to his God.

George, an eighth grader, has a best friend named John who gets involved in drugs and tries to get George to join in.

The Bible says in Proverbs 13:6: “I will not be afraid, because the Lord is my helper. People can’t do anything to me.”

A story of easter

This game takes a 3rd person telling of James' and John's mom asking Jesus to one day let her kids sit on his right and left; and leaves out key words and replaces them with silly substitutes. I suggest doing it as a group and getting a different response from each child. I've put what to ask for in parenthesis along with any explanations) and then at the end I've written the entire story correctly.

This is a monologue from Mary telling her story of the birth of the Savior of the world...from her common, ordinary view

The angel of death passed over every house that was marked with blood. They were saved by the blood of the lamb.

Noah and Jess are twins that often disagree. A fun story, in a style that I call "Rhythmic Rhyme in God's Time", that ends with love, God's grace and answered prayer.

Jesus is willing to take anyone. One just needs to accept his free gift.

As Skinny ignores the warnings of his Father, he finds himself face to face with a trap of sin. The trap of Obedience! Obedience is the issue here and this story will help illustrate to your kids the importance of obedience to their earthly father but more importantely.....their Heavenly Father.

Sydney is disappointed when he has to move to the sea....but finds an unexpected new friend, learning the importance of differences in building great friendships

A Drawbridge operator sacrifices the life of his only son to save the lives of others

We should pray for our neighbors in good ways!

Salvation is a free gift through the shed blood of Jesus Christ. No man can buy his way into Heaven, but Jesus came down to Earth in His own free will to give us Eternal Life.

We performed our puppet play "Heaven Needs Firemen" in Hollywood, on the Sunset Strip, and brought 57 souls to Jesus!

This devotion encourages children to accept Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior while they still have time to do so.

God calls us and we are to respond by leaving everything behind and following him. The Best Doctor will heal us and allow us to become heirs. Then he starts to change the world through us.

A woman wrote to "Pulpit Helps" to explain a miraculous lesson her family experienced. During one of their family Bible readings as new Christians, they ran across the verse, "If your enemy is hungry, feed him" (Romans 12:20). She writes.... (a lesson her son learned about loving an enemy at school.)

A PowerPoint take on flannelgraph characters

A humorous rendition of the story from II Kings 6 teaching that even when we can't see him, God's power is greater than anything that threatens us.

I have my 6th grade helpers act this out although you could use leaders or puppets.

"Mary's First Christmas Story" book read aloud to the kids

This is meant to be used to introduce the story of the fiery serpents.

A skit introducing the idea of praying for God's will to be done in our lives, instead of just asking God to give us what we want.

Thru stories in the Bible, Jesus teaches us to reach out to others and share the gospel, to serve others and to show God's love to others freely.

A list of the sons of Jacob with Star Wars character names that can be used to make the story more interesting to children.

When we are not honest there is a price to pay. Derrick did not get to go sled riding, but he did not mind as much. He had learned a lesson. He was not going to be a Deceitful Derrick ever again!

Learn to speak God's Word and trust Him

God will not tolerant a stubborn and rebellious attitude. We must follow Him just like we need to listen to our parents and teachers. Follow good leaders!

We must tell others about the love of God and share with them how to repent of their sins and ask Jesus into their hearts. When we obey the Great Commission, we are obeying God. He has given us the authority to do this, and He has promised to help us. Here is a good recipe that may help you.

God never changes. It doesn’t matter what you’re going through, or what things look like with your natural eyes. If you pray and believe that God will handle the problem, then He will.

We never know what God has in store for us.We must be willing vessels to be used for His glory. We must watch and be ready at any time.

We can be assured that no matter what our circumstances are, God will take care of us wherever we are.