Posts by Jodi Rush

Time capsules are fun to make, and even more fun to open years later! A time capsule is a collection of items that describe life as it is right now. Store these items out of sight and mind for a specific length of time. When the specified time has passed, the time capsule is opened […]

This summer, Cumberland Presbyterian children are invited to join in a fun project called CP Adventure Pal. Children can create a CP Adventure Pal and take the pal with them as they travel and participate in summer church activities. Their CP Adventure Pal could go to church camp, vacation Bible school, church picnics, mission trips, or anywhere […]

If you work with children, have children or grandchildren, or, just love a good children’s story Bible – you will want to have a copy of this new story Bible: Growing in God’s Love. It is a must have for Sunday school teachers, pastors preparing for children’s sermons, families at the time of the baptism of their […]

If you are considering purchasing a Bible for a child or if you are the person to select Bibles for children at church, this post from Hope4CE is full of great information, “At a recent gathering of the East region the Association of Presbyterian Church Educators, Elizabeth “Lib” Caldwell, a retired professor of Christian Education […]

Save the Date for The Forum, November 9—12, 2016 For more info: The Forum

The supply closet is crammed full of essentials: blue painters tape (so we don’t damage walls with our artwork!), curriculum, simple costumes, boom-whackers, and Legos. Can you imagine doing Children’s Ministry without any of these things?! All of these things enhance our educational ministry, but what has shaped our Children’s Ministry most are “things” that […]

GO and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.  Matthew 28: 19-20 As the children of Brenthaven Cumberland Presbyterian Church gathered to lead worship on Sunday morning, this was their message: […]

Parents, Should Sunday School Be a Priority for Your Children? Ever so often, someone writes an article or makes comments about Sunday school being archaic. If they mean that Sunday school is old, there’s no argument. Robert Raikes began Sunday school in England in July 1780. It was to meet the need of helping those children […]

As you are planning for summer activities at church, you might consider a program like Grand Friends. A summer program that we like to do at Brenthaven CP Church in Nashville is called Grand Friends.  We are blessed with terrific children and with wonderful older adults.  But –  there’s a problem.  A lot of the terrific children and […]

Adults rarely want to think about children being in the hospital and we especially hate the thought of children grieving over the death of a loved one.  However, I would like to urge parents and those who teach children to consider giving serious and intentional thought to children and grief.  Many parents like to protect their […]