Introduction and Welcome

Hello everyone.  My name is Larry Hewett from Tabor City, N.C.  Welcome to this blog pertaining to ideas for those dedicated teachers who do children's church or sermons.  While a member of Iron Hill Baptist Church I did children's sermons for a number of years.  Like everyone else I was constantly searching for resources that I could use.  I went to Christian bookstores and online.  For those sermons that I liked I used them.  If I didn't care for them I tried to tweek them so that I could use them.  Then finally I had the idea of writing my own.  I used object lessons, artwork, music, songs, juggling and even magic.  I became a member of the Fellowship of Christian Magicians which gave me lots of ideas.  Being an art teacher for about 25 years also helped.

Now as a member of Clarendon Baptist Church I have been asked to work once again with Children's Church.  Because of this I have started to compile some of what I consider to be my best sermons.  I'm even doing workshops in my area for other local churches as well.  Since you are at my site now, you've either attended one of my workshops where you received the URL or have gotten it from someone else who did attend.

To date, I've included 21 stories and one short Christmas Play.  I hope you enjoy these sermons but if there is something that you don't like about them, you have my permission to change them so that they will fit your needs.  If you do, why not send me an email letting me see how creative you were with your editing?  As you'll notice, there are some that are not completed.  This is so that you might be able to tailor them to exactly what you need or rather to a particular story, event or incident that you know about.  I also did not list any Bible verses to tie in with the sermons because I thought you might like to choose your own.

I've also included at short Christmas play that you might be interested in.

God bless you all and keep on teaching those kids about the saving grace of Jesus Christ who shed His blood to cleanse us all from our sins.

Larry


P.S.
I'll apologize in advance for any typos, misspelled words or grammatical errors.  I'll try to proofread everything more carefully.