 Hello and welcome everyone to class. Thank you for joining the class on children's ministry. We'll begin. Last week we began looking at the great spiritual need that is there among children and how it's important for us to cater to that spiritual need. We also looked at the divine call, that the role of a teacher is a divine call and the qualifications for a teacher and we looked, we began looking at the messengers and the methods. The messengers and the methods that are needed to proclaim the message to children of course by the empowering of the Holy Spirit. So we began looking at who the messenger is and how they need to prepare their lives and how they need to align their lives to this divine calling of a teacher so that they can effectively minister to children. So we'll continue looking at that. We looked at only one point. We looked at that a messenger needs to grow and mature in their walk with God. We'll look at a few more points and then we'll go on to the methods that we need to use to proclaim the message, the gospel, the truth in God's Word effectively to children and of course by the empowering of the Holy Spirit. So before we begin doing that, can one of you please lead us in prayer, please? Anyone can lead us in prayer? Let's pray. Lord in heaven we thank you for this wonderful day that you've given us Lord. We know we're not here because of our power Almighty but we are here because of your grace and mercy. Lord as we attend this class Lord bless our lecturer, bless the kids who are already on the call. Lord also bring on those ones who are still on the way who have not yet joined. Lord let us only not here with our ears but also let us also here with our brain and let us also not only be here but also do us. We do pray in the name of the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit and everybody says Amen. Amen. Amen. Thank you, Lubega. So we'll continue looking at who a messenger should be or how they should prepare themselves as messengers to effectively teach children, minister the gospel to them. The first one we looked at was, you know, a messenger must grow and mature in their walk with God. So they need to, we as teachers, we need to grow in our understanding of the Word of God. We need to grow stronger in our prayer life, mature and grow deeper in the things of God. Okay, so if we need to be faithful people who teach God's Word, you know, then we need to be faithful students of the Word of God ourselves even before we teach. Okay, and of course we all have the greatest infallible teacher. Who is that? Who is the greatest infallible teacher? Yes, thank you, Jeffina, the Holy Spirit. Infallible means somebody who's perfect, dependable and flawless. So, you know, when we have him with us, he can teach us and guide us and how we can simplify concepts, simplify doctrines and truths and teach them in an effective way to children. Okay, 2 Timothy chapter 2 verse 15 says that we need to study to show ourselves as ones who are approved by God, rightly dividing the Word of truth. Okay, so before we teach God's Word, we need to be people who study ourselves study so that we can show ourselves as ones who are approved by God, who are rightly dividing the Word of truth. Also, when we spend time with God, we are receiving fresh revelation, understanding of God's Word and that will help us to minister effectively to children. Okay, the second thing a messenger should do is spend quality time with the Lord because ministry is basically an overflow of our time with God. You know, if our time, if we are not spending time with God, then you know, we are not growing in our spirit, man. We will be, people will be gratifying the desires of the flesh. We will not be able to overcome temptations, the weaknesses. We have nothing fresh to reveal to the children, share with them because we are not experiencing God. We are not encountering Him. We are so busy with our own lives. So it's important that, you know, we are spending quality time with God. Quality, I've mentioned the word quality there because it's not a ritual that, you know, we do just read the word and pray, but, you know, spending quality time with the Lord so that our ministry can be an overflow of our time with Him. The third thing is what we read in 1 Thessalonians chapter 5 verse 24. Can somebody read 1 Thessalonians chapter 5 verse 24? It's on your screen, please. Anyone can read that aloud. He who called you is faithful and He will do it for you. Amen. Thank you, John Paul. He who called you is faithful and He will do it for you. We learned last week that, you know, being a teacher in children's church is a calling. It's a ministry office, it's a ministry gift and along with an apostle, a prophet, a pastor, you know, a teacher is also one who is called and ordained by God for that specific office. So it's an important calling. It's an important ministry office that we are called into. And even as He has called us, you know, He is faithful and He will do what is needed and what concerns us. But, you know, we need to also be faithful to what He has called us to do. So we need to do our part in preparing, you know, in spending time with God and receiving from Him, praying for the children, mentoring, preparing for our class, make the class more engaging for the children. Interesting and present the truths in a very creative way. When we have that kind of desire, we take that kind of time initiative, you know, God will do His path. God will do His path in equipping us with creative, you know, creative things that we can do, creative ways that we can teach. He will give us the skills, the talents. He will give us the grace and the wisdom that we need to transform the lives of children. Okay. And He will be faithful to doing His path, even as we pray for them, even as we pray for their salvation, even as we pray for their holistic development, you know, God will be faithful in raising up a godly generation for His kingdom and for His glory. Amen. I think it's very important that we need to be very faithful, sincere, you know, wait on the Lord. For me, myself, you know, being in children's ministry, by nature, I'm not creative in the way that, you know, my hands, I wouldn't be able to draw straight line or cut straight, you know, I'm not good with craft work and things like that. But when it came to children's ministry and you have to be very creative, you know, in ministering to them and doing things that are very creative, I used to get downloads from Heaven, you know, I used to just pray and God is to give me downloads, even with simple things like when we had, we used to have a kids conference. Basically, we call it kids conference, you all will call it as vacation, Bible school, you know, even what decoration to, how to decorate the hall, you know, and how to do various things. What are the topics, you know, what new initiatives, ideas to bring about everything God would just show me. He would just put it into my heart and my mind. So I stand a testimony for that and I testify that, you know, God is faithful in just releasing, you know, the skills, the talents, the creative ideas that we need to minister to children, but we need to be faithful on our part. And even we know this was, he who began a good work in you will be faithful to complete it. When he's called you into this ministry office, whether you're a pastor, your prophet, an apostle, a teacher, he's called you into that office, he's ordained you into that office. And, you know, he who began that good work in you will be faithful to complete it. And I just stand testimony to that and testify to the fact that he is faithful, he is good, and he will just do it as far as you are willing to work hard, stretch, do what is needed and just, you know, have the whole idea that children should grow up in the ways of the Lord, should be trained in righteousness and holiness. The fourth thing is that, you know, as messengers, you know, we are basically ones who are building the lives of children, okay? So, you know what a builder does, right? When he has to build a building, you know, or if you are planning to build a house or, you know, whatever, what should you do first? Or what will a builder do before he builds a building? Foundation? Go right away and do a foundation, Jeffina. What will he do first? Yes, Lubega? I think he must have a plan, a plan. Yes, the first thing is you have to have a plan in place, which means, you know, how many rooms, how many, you know, floors you're going to build. Based on that, you will, you know, think about number of, you'll go to, then you'll go to an architect, they will have a plan for you, and then you will, you know, after that what will you do? You straight away go and start building? The plan will also include whether you have the finances, right? How much will it cost? Do I have it? Should I wage? Should I raise up more funds? And all of those things. So, a builder, you know, must have first a plan in place before he erects a building. In the same way, a teacher who is building the lives of children, you know, must have definite objectives, okay? A teacher must have definite objectives, okay? And they should look at each child and consider as each child as one in whom, you know, certain things have to be accomplished. So, when you have sheep under your care that God has entrusted to you as shepherds, you need to have definite objectives. And, you know, you need to know what, you know, each, consider what each child whom you're teaching, administering to, what are the certain things that have to be accomplished, okay? So, as a teacher's priority is to teach the word in such a way that you accomplish those objectives. Or you have programs, you have things that you plan for your children's church, or your Sunday school with this definite objectives in mind. Of course, you have your vision. So, it's important to have a vision statement and a mission statement. And then you have your objectives that would, you know, cater to your vision and your mission statement. And then you will likewise think about your curriculum, your programs that will help, you know, attain your vision that you have. And, you know, you don't have to think about, okay, what is the vision statement I need for my children's church, a Sunday school, if you are someone leading it, you basically just wait on the Lord because he knows what he wants to do with his church and with the children in the church that you are leading. You just wait on him and he will give you the vision. He will direct you and he will guide you, okay? So, what are some of the definite objectives that we need to see accomplished in every child? Okay, these are definite objectives. Apart from this, you can have other objectives which can cater specifically to your geographical location and to your children in your geographical location and your churches as well, okay? So, the first thing is that we need to teach the Word of God in such a way that every boy and girl will be convicted of his need for Christ and accept him as their personal savior. So, this is a definite objective that we need to have, that each child will be convicted of their need for Christ and they will accept the Lord Jesus as their personal savior. So, everything that we do will be focused around this, we would want to achieve this objective and all of the programs as well. The second thing is that they will be taught to live by faith, service this right and wrong, okay? So, a couple of things here. The first thing is they will learn how to live by faith. They will learn to live a life of holiness because God has called us a standard that he set as be holy as I am holy, you know? And they will be able to serve the Lord and also they will know from his Word what is right and wrong and they will do what is right. They will not look for what the world is saying is right or wrong, they will not look at the media and internet for what is right and wrong but they will be firmly established in the Word knowing what is right and wrong. The third thing is they will know how to claim Christ's power and live and serve him, okay? So, like I said last week, they will not just have a form of godliness in denying its power but they would know, you know, how to claim Christ's power over their lives, over their situations, the challenges, the temptations that they face and you know, they will claim God's power over every situation, circumstance, weakness, challenges, temptations and they will learn to even serve him in power, okay? So, the teacher's objective is basically to give every child an opportunity to receive Christ and also to lead them into an assurance of salvation and build them in the things of God, okay? So, as teachers, we need to look at each child in a class whether their souls are saved or they're unsaved. If they are saved, then if they're walking in that light of who they are, they're calling their identity, you know, if they're saved, are they growing in the things of God, are they growing in the spirit man, if they're unsaved, you know, continue to pray for them to then give them opportunities and teach them and lead them to salvation. So, as teachers, we need to make every effort to win each child to Christ and of course, Satan will attempt to put this thought away, put it off but you know, and we can sometimes even lose a child for eternity. We never know if we have a child, we'll see a child next Sunday or in a month's time, their parents may move from city to city, one country to another, they might not come. So, you know, every opportunity you have to share about salvation and the love of Christ, okay? And that is what even Christ has asked us to do. He has assigned us as believers with the task of winning the lost souls. In Mark chapter 16 verse 15 Jesus said, go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. And if you look at 2 Peter chapter 3 verse 9, can somebody read that please? 2 Peter chapter 3 verse 9, this is in. Can somebody read 2 Peter chapter 3 verse 9 please? It says, the Lord is not slack concerning His promise as some count slackness but is longsuffering towards us not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. Okay? So God is not slack in His promise, it's only when it does not happen, the slackness is from our end but He is very patient, longsuffering. Longsuffering is His patient and He's not willing that anyone should perish but all should come to repentance, you know? So, this is very important that we need to see every child as whether they, in our class, whether they are, their souls are saved or unsaved and we need to lead them to have a personal relationship with Christ. You know, this person called Edward Kimball, you know, when Edward Kimball, you know, he went down to a shoe store at Boston and he wanted to, he specifically went towards that shoe store not to buy shoes for himself but he wanted to lead one of his Sunday school children to Christ. Okay? And little did Edward Kimball know that, you know, this young man or this young boy who is going to share the gospel or salvation in that shoes, who work in that shoe store would one day become one of the greatest evangelists. This teacher, the Sunday school teacher, you know, he did not wait for this young DL Moody to come to him and say, I want to receive Christ but he just felt such a deep stirring and prompting in his heart to go and share the gospel with him. And Edward Kimball, as a Sunday school teacher, felt that it was a belief, it was his duty, his responsibility to go to his students, his pupils and share the gospel. So when he went to that shoe store that day in Boston, you know, he had a very little courage. His courage failed and he kept walking up and down back and forth in front of the store just gathering some strength or some courage to go into the shoe store and to share the salvation message with Moody and ask him to accept Christ. But eventually he does, you know, take that courage, that step of boldness he goes in, shares about Jesus with DL Moody who is a small boy working in that shoe store and, you know, we know what a great evangelist he became and how God used him mightily. So yes, it takes courage to win souls but God will give it to us and it's the Holy Spirit that, you know, convicts people of sin, righteousness and judgment as we read in John chapter 16 verse 8. Okay. So a teacher's definite objective, one of them we mentioned three, but one of them is to give every child an opportunity to receive Christ and lead them to the assurance of salvation and build them up in the things of God. Okay. So this is about the messenger. We will look at the methods before we do that. Anyone has any questions? Any questions? Anything you'd like to say, anything you'd like to share, add? So first of all, good on my side teacher. Thank you, Lubega. What about the others? Everybody in class or are you all thinking about your assessment? Don't worry, I'll give you extra time for assessment if you need. Don't worry about it. Yeah. All good, Bhaskar. Okay. So we'll thank you, John Paul. We'll continue. So we basically looked at the qualification of a teacher. So we all said that the children's ministry, the messengers and methods are needed to proclaim the message through the empowering of the Holy Spirit. We looked at what the messenger should do to effectively proclaim the message. Now we'll look at the methods a messenger or a teacher should incorporate to effectively communicate the message in a very relevant way, in a productive way for children to receive, understand and to apply and make it part of their lives. Okay. So we're going to look at various methods. The important thing to start with is, you know, when you are teaching in children's church, it's important to choose, it's important to have a good curriculum. Okay. That is very, very important to have a good curriculum. So having a good curriculum means choosing relevant topics for the children that you are teaching as well as preparing a lesson plan. So two important things, choosing a relevant curriculum with the relevant topics that will cater to the children in your children's church. Now children in different children's church will be at different levels of spiritual understanding. For example, when I took over the children's church at all people's church, they were in a place where, you know, they were quite grounded spiritually. They knew about, you know, most of the narratives in the Bible they were familiar with. So we wanted to just move them from level A to level B. Okay. So that is why we thought of writing all the topics that we teach at Bible college. We'll write the topics for these children's children's church. Of course, we tailor make it to their various levels at the R and so we basically have three levels, level one, level two, level three. Level one is grades two to four, level two is grades five to seven, level three is grades eight to ten. So we have a teacher's manual where we have everything written out, you know, in detail, everything that they have to say, do. All the attention-getters, object lessons, application, follow-up, everything is just written there. All they need to do is just read, prepare, pray and teach it because we know that, you know, nowadays people are living in a very busy world. They won't have time. And also it's important to keep them aligned to the right doctrines, to the right teaching and not take off in a tangent. And some of them are so excited to teach that they can teach from Genesis to Revelation, which is another, you know, sun. So it's important to keep things focused. Also to keep in mind the developmental needs, how to, what to share to that specific age group. So it's important to choose relevant topics before you start writing or preparing for each Sunday. So you don't just get up, you know, on Saturday and say, oh, tomorrow I am rostered to teach. What do I teach children? So, okay, I'll just teach them the story because I read this in my quiet time this week. It really ministered to me, so I'll teach them. No, it's good. You need to prepare a curriculum. So how do you prepare a curriculum? You choose topics that are based on the developmental needs of children in that specific age group. Okay. Now, I don't agree to teaching children from grade 1 to grade 10 at the same time. Okay, I know some churches, they do that. They just teach children from grades 1 to grade 10. I feel that is very ineffective because, you know, when you're ministering to children in grade 1 and 2, children in grade 5 to 10 can totally be disconnected. If you're trying to relate to children in grade 8, 9 and 10, children in grade 1 and 2 will be disconnected. It's important to cater to those specific developmental needs. So maybe you can put them in various groups like grade 1 and 2, grade 3 and 4, 5 and 6, 7 separate, maybe 8, 9 and 10, or 7 and 8 separate, 9 and 10 together. Okay. So how do you choose the topics? A topic should be based on the developmental needs of the children and, you know, what are the spiritual needs? So if you look at the notes that I've shared with you that each developmental needs for each age group, I have mentioned the spiritual needs, what we need to cater to so you can look at those and then you can think of topics for that age group. Now I've just kind of listed out topics for ages 5 to 7 based on what is a spiritual needs. So basically this age group would like to talk about creation. So what do you think are, so once you think about creation, you can think, okay, under creation what is the objectives or what are the points that I am going to speak about? Because if you talk about faith, if you talk about the love of God, there are different dimensions to a specific topic. So you want to just cater it and narrow it down to that specific age group. So for ages 5 to 7, you know, when you're talking about creation, I would just like to mention to them that God created everything perfectly and God has made everything very special and unique. Now to cater to this topic and to what I've thought about, what are the narratives from the Bible that I can choose? You know, children in this age group 5 to 7, they love creation stories, so you can talk about Genesis 1 but you would have already done that when they are in kindergarten, ages 3 and 4 because they like creation very much. So you would want to move that a little upscale it so you can think about what are some of the creation stories that you can talk about in the Bible? What are some of the Bible narratives that you can use for creation as creation story? Any thoughts? Apart from Genesis 1? I think Genesis 1 usually goes with John 1. Okay, but don't you think John 1 is a little more highly or deeply theological for grades 5, ages 5 to 7 to understand? I'm talking about ages 5 to 7, sorry if I mentioned grades 5 to 7, it's age 5 to 7. And I have a primary source and a secondary source in my lesson? Yes, you can. Then I will use the forbidden scripture which you refuse us to use as my secondary source. Psalms 90. Actually when you're saying about John 1, it's not a story, it's a passage that you talk about a specific doctrine. So I'm looking more for the sense of a story. Jesus stills the strong, okay, and talk about how, you know, because he created everything, it obeys him, okay, and God made the sun stand still. So God's power over creation, he created everything through his power, through his word. So when he speaks, they obey and they elicit. So I would use these two narratives. The second thing, second topic I would go for this age group 5 to 7 is that they are valuable to God and to others. So what are some of the narratives that you would choose for their value, valuable to God and to others? Any narratives you can think of? Psalm 139. Okay, when I'm talking about narratives, I'm basically talking about stories because for children in this age group, we need a story. If you were preaching in church or adults, we could use, you know, the Psalms or John 1 or whatever you're suggesting, but here we're basically looking at stories from the Bible. Maybe the story of Zacchaeus we can use to say that they're valuable. Okay, Zacchaeus, yes. Also, Prodigal Son and also when Jesus said let the little children come to me. Okay. Prodigal Son, about the 99 sheep, the shepherd leaves the 99 sheep and goes looking for the one lost sheep, yes. I basically put down Jerry's daughter who was raised back to life because talking about how valuable she is to her parents, how valuable she is to God, her life is so valuable and also about the Israelites crossing the Red Sea, you know. It's so valuable to God. God is, you know, even willing to make a way for them because I was thinking about all of the other, the Prodigal Son, Zacchaeus, I was thinking it for other topics in the curricula. So like you're saying, you know, once you put down the topics, then you look at what is the best story that will fit that topic. Okay. The next one, next topic is God loves them and he loves everyone. So which is the, which is the narratives of stories that we can use. Again, Prodigal Son, yes, Zacchaeus. Okay. God loves them and he loves everyone, which are the story in the Bible. I added Jonah's story as well because God, even though the city of Nineveh was very big, he loved them. He wanted to save them. He loved Jonah as well. He rescued him from the belly of the fish. So these are the three stories that I would think that would fit this topic. God loves them and he loves everyone. The next topic for this age group is God knows you. Okay. So basically narratives on God knows their needs and he provides for them. God knows their needs and provides for them. So God knows you is the topic and the basic idea is God knows their needs and provides for them. So what are some of the topics that you, the stories in the Bible that you can, which you think will be suitable? Story of Hagar, yes. The story of the lilies in the garden. Okay. What else? Elisha and the widow lady, yes. Abraham sacrificing Isaac. Okay. He went fishing. Okay. The story of Jonah and the city of Nineveh. Okay. I have put down basically Jesus feeding the 5,000. Okay. Bartimius, even though Jesus, there's a big crowd. Jesus heard him, ministered to him. God providing manna and water in the desert. Okay. Of course, you all can choose your own topics and add that. Sorry, success. And the issue, the woman of issue of blood, can you go for that? Yes. Why not? You can do that as well. Yes. If you're not talking about Jesus as a God, as a healer, as one of the topics, then you can use this. Or if you're not talking of faith, you can use this as well. Yes. That's what I'm saying. You can use narratives, but ensure that it's ministering to the main topic that you are going to teach them. The next one is God hears our prayer. Hannah, okay. What else? God hears our prayer. Danny. Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane. Okay. Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane. Okay. Peter begging Jesus when Jesus was walking on water. Okay. Moses when he cried out for the people, okay. Hannah's story. Okay. I chose God protected baby Moses because their children ages five to seven, they would connect with how a baby is being killed and thrown into the river Nile and all of those things. They feel for it. So they will connect easily. I chose Jehoshaphat story because God hears our prayer is because when, you know, when they had this problem and, you know, children will identify when there is a war and, you know, children went along with their parents to the temple and they prayed and they, you know, God helped them. So they would see the answers to prayer so that children will identify with that story and that narrative and also Jonah. You know, I chose Jonah because children will identify with that again because they're also naughty. They don't listen. They want to do their own things and then they get into a problem. They cry out to God. So it's important when you choose stories and narratives that it's not catering to our adult mindset, you know, that our adult mindset, some of the narratives will be fine. But how will it cater to a child in that age group? Whether it's going, they're going to sense or they're going to feel with that story. They're going to put themselves in that story and they would know. Even like, yes, Daniel, you know, Daniel prayed in the lion's den. So he's in a problem in a difficult situation. So they would understand that. So I'm choosing all these narratives based on, you know, how children will identify themselves and their felt needs will be connected to what we are narrating to. It's very important if their felt need is not connected to the topic, to the narrative, they will be totally, they will disengage themselves and they will not understand because, hey, this is not relating to me. I can't understand, you know, but when you talk about narratives that will relate to them, it will help. Okay. Then we're talking about the nature of God. It's dependable, trustworthy, always good. What are some of the narratives that we can use? God is dependable, trustworthy, always good. Daniel in the lion's den is a good example. What else? The provision of the children of Israel in the, in the world and in so 40 years. Yes. That's also a good narrative. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego is also good because children face those things in school. They're challenged to stand up for God, you know. I would also think about Joseph. They would identify with Joseph as well. So that is, so these are some of the topics that I have put down based on the spiritual needs of children in ages five to seven. And I would end this with sin and salvation. Okay. So what are the basic topics? I would think about sin and salvation is everyone has sin. God sees our sin. There's a cost for sin and Jesus is the answer. This basic simple things. Everyone has sinned. God sees our sin. There's a pay the cost for sin and Jesus is the answer. So what do you think is the best narrative that we can choose for everyone has sinned? A story for this Noah. Okay. I would think of a woman caught in the act of adultery. But you can, it's difficult to explain to children what adultery is. So we basically say that she was a bad woman. That's it. And we leave it at that for them. You know, God sees our sin, which narrative in the Bible or story in the Bible would be, would suit this point. God sees our sin and the topic sin and salvation. And then yes. Yes. Thank you. I think even Jeff, you know, saying on the nice and so far, okay. Anything else? How about the story of the prodigal son? Oh, sorry. Can you say that again? The story of the prodigal son. So story of the prodigal son. Okay. I thought of Akin, Akin sin and disobedience. What's the place of Saddha Babmora? Sodom and Gomorrah. Yes. I thought of Akin's sin when he, and God told him when they go and attack Jericho, they should not take anything, and how God brings out Akin's sin. Okay. Cost of sin? What is the cost of sin? What are the narratives or stories you can use for cost of sin? Okay, and in essence, Afera, yes. Thank you, Divya. The story of Elisha and Bahazi after the dealing of them? Yes, Elisha and Gehazi after the healing of Nehben, yeah? Okay. I thought of Akin enables sacrifice, you know how God warned Akin, and then how God punished him and how he was sent out from God's presence. So how sin separates us from God and sin, you know, takes us away from the presence of God and moves us away from God, and they're open to the attack of the enemy. And Jesus is the answer, Jesus is the answer, the cross, okay? I can talk about the story of Shaul, Paul and Damascus. Okay. Nicodemus? Nicodemus, okay. I would talk about Adam and Eve and how sin entered the world and how God created everything perfect, became imperfect, how sin separated us from God and how God promised when he was, you know, even punishing Adam and Eve that, you know, there would come the seed of the woman who crushed the head of the serpent. I would just kind of say that he promised even then that, you know, he will send the Messiah, okay? So these are basically the topics that we would choose for ages five to seven. Now how did I choose and prepare these topics? Not because I felt like or liked them, but it was based on the spiritual needs or the spiritual message that children in this age group need to hear, okay? Now once you list out the topics, then for each topic, you need to write out the learning objectives for each topic. So if you look, we had suggested quite a number of topics here. Now for each topic, you need to write down the learning objectives because if you're talking about creation, there's so many aspects of creation that you can talk about. But what is the specific thing that you want to, that children in this age group should know? And also thinking, okay, this is something too far-fetched for them to know at this age, that maybe it can cater to children in a higher age group. But for this age group, what about the learning objectives, okay? So how do you write out the learning objectives for each topic? Now the learning objectives for each topic should just be very brief, clear, specific statements of what you want to achieve in your lesson plan and what you want the learners to be able to learn and practice and do at the end of the lesson, okay? And learning objectives is important for us to spell it out, write it out because it will help us to write out the lesson, keep it tailored to what we are trying to say and also base our activities and knowing that in the end, whether the children have learned the objectives, we have reached our objectives and our objectives have been fulfilled. So based on the objectives, then you choose the Bible stories, okay? Now for example, Jesus is the Creator. I have listed out, you know, just three objectives, which I would like to teach is for this age group is that God created everything through His spoken word, okay? He created everything beautiful, perfect and in order and He created everything and all creation obeys Him, okay? That is why I chose Jesus in the storm and also Jesus makes the sun stand still because He created everything through His spoken word and He also created everything beautiful, perfect and in order and He created everything and that all creation obeys Him, okay? We'll stop here, we'll come back after break and we'll continue. Thank you.