Nicole VanderMeulen

A Perfect Father’s Day (Children’s Bible Lesson)

June 15th by Nicole VanderMeulen
Children's Bible Lessons

This lesson would work for a children’s sermon or message, Sunday School or Children’s Church.  Length could be anywhere from 10-60 minutes, depending upon the activities used. You might also like our Father’s Day coloring pages and craft ideas for Father’s Day. By contributing writer, Nicole VanderMeulen, Children’s Ministry Coordinator at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church [...]

Father's Day Ideas

Church Bulletin Insert: The Faith Focused Family

June 1st by Nicole VanderMeulen
Church Bulletin Insert: The Faith Focused Family

Recently a reader wrote to us asking about bullet inserts to encourage families to integrate faith into their home life.  I passed on the idea to Nicole and she created this resource.  It can easily be printed and distributed to all the congregation or just to parents. It has five practical tips for parents who want to [...]

Family Ministry

Children’s Bible Lesson: The Pentecost Party

May 31st by Nicole VanderMeulen
Children's Bible Lessons

Many Christians celebrate Pentecost, the birthday of the church and the coming of the Holy Spirit. The holiday falls 50 days after Easter Sunday. So this lesson may be particularly appropriate at that time, but could also be used any time in exploration of the Bible text found in Acts 2. This lesson would work for [...]

Children's Bible Lessons

The Backwards Easter Egg Hunt (with a message!)

April 1st by Nicole VanderMeulen
easter eggs

Hopefully, all of your Easter Sunday plans for your children’s ministry are in place and ready to go, but if that’s not the case, here’s a user-friendly way to engage and teach little ones in celebration of the resurrection.  This method is especially nice for dealing with a large crowd, but can work well with [...]

Easter Ideas

Parable of the Lost Coin (Lenten Lesson)

March 30th by Nicole VanderMeulen
Lenten Bible Lessons for Kids

This lesson is the fifth and final lesson in a series of five that explore the Lenten theme “Walk His Ways” using a parable Bible story. This lesson would work well any time for children’s church or Sunday School. Explanation: Lent is a 40 day journey (not counting Sundays!) to focus on God and prepare [...]

Children's Bible Lessons

Lenten Lesson: Parable of the Foolish Rich Man

March 10th by Nicole VanderMeulen
Stained Glass from Church Window

This lesson is the fourth lesson in a series of five that explore the Lenten theme “Walk His Ways” using a parable Bible story. This lesson would work for Sunday School or Children’s Church. Explanation: Lent is a 40 day journey (not counting Sundays!) to focus on God and prepare to remember and celebrate Jesus dying [...]

Children's Bible Lessons

Lesson: Jesus Visits Martha and Mary

March 8th by Nicole VanderMeulen
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This lesson is the fifth and last lesson in a series of five that explore the theme “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?” through Bible stories that each involve the sharing of a meal.  I apologize that pregnancy and medical concerns have prevented me from posting this last lesson in the series until now.  I appreciate [...]

Children's Bible Lessons

The Parable of the Great Feast Lesson for Lent

February 27th by Nicole VanderMeulen
Bible Lesson for Lent

This lesson is the third lesson in a series of five that explore the Lenten theme “Walk His Ways” using a parable Bible story. This lesson would work for Sunday School or Children’s Church. These are designed to be used during the Lenten season, but they would work well other times of the year. This parable [...]

Children's Bible Lessons

Good Samaritan Bible Lesson for Lent

February 11th by Nicole VanderMeulen
Lenten Bible Lesson

This lesson is the second lesson in a series of five that explore the Lenten theme “Walk His Ways” using a parable Bible story. This lesson would work for Sunday School or Children’s Church. Lent is the period of the liturgical calendar leading up to Easter. It is more popular with mainline denominations, but many Christian groups [...]

Children's Bible Lessons

Parable of the Two Sons (Bible Lesson for Lent)

February 3rd by Nicole VanderMeulen
Stained Glass from Church Window

This lesson is the first lesson in a series of five that explore the Lenten theme “Walk His Ways” using a parable Bible story. Lent is the period of the liturgical calendar leading up to Easter. It is more popular with mainline denominations, but many Christian groups embrace the traditions of  the Lenten season. Lent is [...]

Children's Bible Lessons

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