May 2009 CMI  Newsletter

Quick News Flash!

Children's Ministry International teachers just got back from a Mission to the World (MTW- the missionary arm of the PCA) in Spain just a week ago. This is CMI's 25th year (Silver Anniversary) in conducting children's conferences for mission groups.

This time we took 19 teachers to instruct the children in  Series B: Questions and Answers About God and it was a big success. Over 500 missionaries and their families gathered together for this week-long conference in southern Spain.

CMI had the children for around six hours a day. The week was culminated in the children presenting to their missionary parents an assembly where they recited their memory verses, catechism questions and answers learned and sang numerous songs. If you are interested in teaching short term overseas at our next conference, check the qualifications in the article, "Be A CMI Teacher Overseas".

Can You Teach Christian Character?

CMI has all the Biblical Character Qualities in Three Workbooks!

Christian Character Curriculum Volumes 1-3

How about this whole area of biblical character qualities--are they important to learn? Are they teachable? How much should we examine them? Is God really concerned about character or how we act? Surely God has given us salvation as a "free-gift" there is nothing we can do to earn it. But, how should we then live our "new lives in Christ"? God is certainly concerned about how we act.

The book of Proverbs and large sections of the Psalms, the Gospels, the Epistles specifically exhort believers to act or live in a way that would bring glory to God. Whether it is in loving our neighbor as ourselves, being honest in our transactions with others, speaking the truth in love, avoiding hypocrisy, putting the needs of others before our own, the list goes on and on. We should certainly present ourselves to God as "one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the Word of truth."

CMI has taken 50 character qualities found throughout Scripture broken them into three work books and examined each character quality in detail. The quality is biblically defined, memory verses are given, Bible stories are presented where this quality is observed closely in action. And then numerous practical exercises/games/activities are presented in how the child can see this quality around them or practice it him/herself. At the end of each quality there is a "character chart" where the young person can record how he or she saw it in themselves or in another person. The visualized memory verses can be colored as another exercise or craft.

Churches have used these books to supplement teaching children around adult Bible studies, Wednesday night meetings, children's church, or character lessons. Homeschoolers have benefited from the ease of using the materials over and over again in a variety of teaching environments. There are as many applications or uses for the materials as there are qualities studied.

The best news is that each teacher workbook (there are no other things to buy--everything is in the teacher's book to copy or use) is only $12.50.

Christian Character Curriculum Volumes 1-3

The three workbooks can be used effectively for children between 4 and 12 years old. They can be adapted to be used easily with teenagers. Here are the character qualities found in each book.

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Remember each workbook is only $12.50 and includes visualized Bible verses (no flannel board materials), many definitions of the quality, lots of Bible Stories, a character chart where the child can list how he/she displayed the quality or how they saw it in others and numerous play activities where the child can see the character quality demonstrated. Order Now!

For the children,
Brad Winsted, Director 

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