 Good morning everyone and welcome to class this morning. Hope you all had a good weekend. Can you hear me clearly? Yes, I'm sorry I'm having a cold and a throat infection so just please bear with my voice this morning. But for all of you had a good weekend and back again with full energy and trying to face another new week. Okay, we'll begin class before we begin. Can I ask say, can you please lead us in prayer this morning? Yes, possible. Thank you. Good morning everyone. Let us pray. In Jesus name our Father in heaven thank you for the weekend that has come and gone and thank you for a new week, a new working week and thank you that we are live and thank you for how far Lord you've brought us Lord and thank you for today's class. Thank you for our instructor, our pastor. Thank you for everything we would learn today. Thank you because we will be rightly equipped Lord to bring up children in the way of the Lord and to teach them youth children toddlers at every age Lord the wisdom and all the techniques Lord that we need in order that they may grow in the word of the Lord and continue the work that Lord we will pass on to them. We give you praise and glory. We seek your wisdom. We seek understanding to be able to understand all that we are taught and to retain the knowledge Lord that will be impacted with. Thank you Lord at the end of this class take the glory forever Lord in Jesus name. Amen. Amen. Amen. Thank you Sey. So last week we were looking last class on Wednesday. We looked at how you know we can begin the lesson plan or begin teaching a lesson to the children. So we were focusing on the introduction and I said that you know you could use an attention gather to make your introduction more interesting, make it more appealing for the kids you know raise their curiosity, get them excited about the lesson and what you're going to teach them so that they are listening to you. They are focused and they're paying attention. So we looked at how to make the introduction interesting and I mentioned two things that you could do. One is an attention gather and the other is object lessons and I gave you a couple of examples for the attention getters and also told you what an object lesson is. You know it's on the screen in the PowerPoint that basically introduced the object, teach the basic truth and relates the object to the Bible text and I gave you a couple of examples and demonstrated a few object lessons that you could use to communicate truths to children concepts which are difficult which they don't understand which can become more easier even as you do an object lesson and also the importance of doing an object lesson is you know so that when children look at the objects sometime later on in their life even as they grow up to be adults the truth that you have taught them or the concept that you have brought about from God's word will you know come back to memory and God can use that to speak to them to relate to their situation their challenges or even you know give them an answer in their time of need. So we also saw that Jesus used object lessons when he thought so that you know when he was gone when he goes back to the father you know when they look at all of these things around them the objects whatever you know whether it's a mountain or the fig tree or the seeds or the sparrow glillies in the field they'll be reminded of all that he has taught them okay so that is what we looked at last week how to use attention getters to make it more interesting to introduce a lesson and also how to use object lessons object lessons not necessary that you have to use it only in the beginning of the class as an introduction but you could also use it you know when you are teaching the lesson somewhere midway to reiterate a concept or to bring about a concept which is difficult for children to understand or you could use it at the end of the lesson you know just to remind them about what you have thought or just to bring about the truth of the learning in a more clearer precise and you know a new way that they can remember for life okay now we'll move on to the main teaching content how you know we looked at how to prepare a curriculum what are the topics to choose how to choose the topics and then you know based on the topics that you've chosen how to you know look for the appropriate narratives in the Bible and then how to start writing a lesson plan so we looked in detail how to you know begin a lesson the introduction and for that we looked at various ways that we can begin an introduction what we need to say how we need to put things across how to keep the main truth flowing through the lesson or the main concept and also we looked at attention get us an object lessons and now we'll go on to the main teaching content so we finished the introduction now we're coming to the teaching content so what are some of the points that you need to keep in mind even as you are writing a lesson plan and you're writing the main teaching content what you need to keep in mind some basic things that you can keep in mind is you know keep the language very very simple now generally when we tend to speak to children we kind of speak to them as it is speaking to another adult because we are adults and you know we kind of use language or jargons or say things that you know which we can understand which we can comprehend in our minds and we just speak it like up to the kids but we need to understand that they are not adults they're not the same age or the wavelength or the understanding or the comprehension that we have they are children so we need to relate to them speak to them in a level that they will understand they will comprehend so you know it's important that is why I've been reiterating throughout that we need to write a lesson plan and not just kind of you know think it across in our mind and go and teach the children because when we do that you know there'll be so many different loopholes which will be kind of an hindrance for children to understand you comprehend and also to for your class to be very very effective and one of this is you know the language that we use so when you're writing out this whole lesson plan you know you will come across various words that you have used and you can think about how you can simplify it so that you know the children can understand and once you have that whole lesson plan written out you know exactly what you're going to communicate and when you communicate it you know children will be able to understand they will come along with you they will walk alongside with you even as you are teaching the lesson now what do I mean by keeping the language simple for example if you're talking about the prodigal son you can say you know today I'm going to talk to you about prodigal son now children will not know what's the meaning of a prodigal so you know you would like to use a simpler word for that substituted to the simpler word you know a lost son or a son who was you know disobedient to his father or you know went away from his father so you can think of various ways how you could you know even have the right topic for that lesson or communicate the right words to the children now you can say the you know the son took all his money and went and spent it in loose living some of the versions the Bible says when they spend it in loose living now what is loose living children only know they know they have their shoes are loose or their clothes they wear is sometimes loose you know so they're not able to understand what is loose living so you need to you know think of how you're going to say what he did with the money how he spent it you know you know you can't say he went and you know spent it on women they will not be able to understand you know he was a womanizer or you know he got drunk or all of those things so how are you going to explain to them what is loose living or how he spent this money or if you're talking about jealousy they might you know not really understand the whole word what's the meaning of the word jealousy so how you're going to explain it if you're talking about Moses you know got told Moses to go to Pharaoh the one ring who Pharaoh is what is this name Pharaoh so you can say you know Pharaoh is the name for the king of Egypt so you know those who rule this country called Egypt the kings were called as Pharaoh just like you know when you go to school the person who teaches you is called a teacher okay so you know Pharaoh famine you can explain that then straw they will not you know Pharaoh never gave for the people straw to make bricks so you know some children can identify straw as the one like like a pipe they used to put it in a in a glass or a tumbler or in a juice tetrapac and they just you know suck the juice or water whatever so they will think of that as a straw so you know you need to talk about plagues what is a plague you know Jesus went for the pool of Bethesda what is a pool you're talking about Beatitudes then you need to you know what is Beatitudes and if you're talking about creation and temptation you know the serpent spoke to Eve now what is a serpent or if you say the snake spoke to Eve how can the snake speak snake do not speak so you know you need to when you're writing the lesson plan then you know okay I need to explain these things to children or how can I use simpler words or you know how can I explain this better so it's you need to keep the language very simple the second thing is you know we as adults we can use a lot of Christian jargons like you know we can say we've made righteous so we've been justified by faith we've been redeemed or you know the blood of Jesus has redeemed us we are sanctified we are sinners we are saved by grace through faith the blood of Jesus cleanses us you know you can talk about the covenant you can talk about the communion now they're all wondering what is all of this you know what is righteousness what is justification how are we sinners how are we saved by grace through faith how can the blood of Jesus cleanse us you know blood is something that this can be very horrific for children can be very scary they only know that water cleanses so how can the blood of Jesus how can somebody's blood cleanse somebody so you know all of these things when you are going to you want to communicate you need to stop in your lesson and say even if I'm using this word righteousness or I'm using you know the blood of Jesus cleanses us from our sins how am I going to explain it to the kids how am I going to make it simpler easier for them to understand so now you're seeing the importance of why it is important for you to write out a lesson plan otherwise we will say a lot of things which we would think children have understood but they wouldn't have and some and most children don't ask questions or you know they might be very quiet and they will be totally put off and they won't listen to your class because they're not able to you know relate with what you're saying or understand what you are saying okay and even when you are trying to explain these concepts to children we need to understand how we need to explain these concepts to children who are in third grade and those who are in the eighth grade or those who are the tenth grade so likewise you need to write out your lesson plan and see how best you can explain it to children okay now our goal as children's church ministers or Sunday school teachers is not just to narrate a narrative from a Bible or an incident from the Bible but it's important that we also teach them some you know deeper truths from God's word or you know put it in other words theology bring out deeper truths or the theology and I've already explained this quite in detail in the previous classes so I'll just give you a couple of examples is one or two and kind of you know bring back to memory what I have said in the past so when I said you know how can we bring up theological truths when we're teaching them about creation I said you know we can say that God created us in his image and likeness so children will think okay we are like God but how are we like God you know so you need to explain that you know when God said that he created us and he will create us in his image and likeness it means God is holy he does not do any sin he created us holy you know God never sins he created us sinless and that's why Adam and Eve never sinned when they were in the God until they disobeyed God you know God never dies he created us never to die you know God has a mind he thinks and so he gave us a mind to think that is why we are you know thinking beings and you know God gave us a will that means we can choose whether we can do right or wrong so you know this is something that is a deeper truth a theological truth that you can bring about even as you're teaching them about how God created us in his image and likeness another example for it is when you're narrating the blind man Bartimus's story you know you can you're telling them you can just narrate the story and say you know but nobody helped Bartimus blah blah and you know finally Jesus heard him and he received back his sight and you know the kids will be very happy but what is the main truth what is deeper truths a profound truth that you would like to bring about you know you're teaching them about faith so you can just tell children you know it's important to have faith why do you think Bartimus you know was healed because he had faith now you can just leave it at that but you can go into much deeper thing you know to the deeper level and saying you know instead of just talking about faith you can tell them what are the various you know propellants of faith or the framework in which faith activates or works so you can say you know you know Bartimus he was blind could he see no did he see Jesus doing any miracles no he did not see Jesus doing any miracles so he just heard that there was this man who was coming and he's done many miracles and you know Bartimus just thought in his heart this is my only chance to be able to you know get back my sight and to see and to live a good life and so you know he tried his best and you can go on with the story you know he tried his best nobody was helping him and he couldn't see where Jesus was he tried to move in the crowd he was falling you know people were getting irritated and angry because he was falling on them he was falling down and there was a big crowd and no one was willing to help him because everyone was saying we want to see Jesus and all of those things you can narrate and you know what could Bartimus do you know nobody was helping him nobody was taking him to Jesus he could have you know given up but he did not give up you know he thought of an idea he just screamed he shouted wherever he was till Jesus heard him till he went to Jesus and received back his sight so you can say children this is faith so faith is you know we don't see Jesus just like we don't Bartimus couldn't see Jesus but you know Bartimus believed that Jesus could heal him so all of you are saying you know we can't see God how do we know God helps but here was Bartimus he could not see Jesus but he knew that Jesus was the only one who could give him back his his eyesight and you know he just did everything possible and that is faith children faith is when we don't see you know but yet we believe that Jesus is there he is there to help he hears my prayer he will answer and faith is also you know when we don't give up you know Bartimus never gave up there was nobody who to help him there was everyone where you know putting taking him and putting him in a corner nobody was willing to listen to him nobody was willing to help him out also see the possibility hey there was this man who couldn't see we could we can see at least we can help him and take him to Jesus but you know Bartimus never gave up and that is faith faith is when we don't give up faith is when we keep pressing until we see the answer and so Bartimus kept pressing in you know till he received this answer so you know when you're teaching them this this is the deeper truths that you're trying to bring out and then you know children a true just the story of Bartimus they are just going to learn this profound concept of faith which is going to really build up the rest of their life and their trust and their dependence on God okay another example that you can talk about is Zacchus I already explained Zacchus how the very presence of Jesus in Zacchus's home changed even though Jesus did not speak anything I also talked about how repentance you can talk about the people truths about what repentance is repentance is not to say sorry and then you know going back and doing the same thing that's a total transformation and how the very presence of Jesus in our life can bring total change total transformation which nobody can do which this can be unbelievable but that's what the power of you know of Jesus in our life can do another example I gave you was David's incident with Goliath and how he said you know I come to fight in the name of the Lord so you can talk about how God's name is powerful how he made covenant to his name and just speaking the name of Jesus how you know brings healing deliverance I have already explained that another example that you could use is you know Elijah's obedience you know when God tells Elijah go to King Ahab and tell him you know that there's not going to be rain in the land and Elijah you know obeys now his obedience is not simple it was not easy Elijah knew that he could not go to the king with the kind of clothes that he was wearing with his beard with his long hair he had to have permission and in those days you can't take a bad news to the king and he did not you know he knew he wouldn't get permission he knew he could not tell this bad news but he had a choice you know whether to obey God or to save his life and not go to the king but you know he obeyed God so that is obedience obedience is not when it's easier or simple for us obedience is when God tells us to do things even when it's very difficult even when we don't like it even when it's going to you know it means that it's going to bring some kind of harm or danger to our life and then when Elijah obeys God he goes and tells King Ahab he runs away you know God tells him where to go you know go to Brook of Chetan then he sends the ravens to feed him so you know Elijah again obeys God he does not tell God how can I go to a Brook you know it's it's a water place and the soldiers are going to look for me they're going to come and find me here why can't you hide me in a cave and all of those things but he just trusted God he just obeyed God and you know when he was there the right time in the right place God protected him God provided him food just imagine you know the rest of the the country where in famine no food but Elijah had water and food then God tells him to go to Zeraphith you know and he could have said how can I go to Zeraphith God because that's where the queen wicked queen Jezebel King Ahab's wife is from and people will be looking for me in the villages how can I go and stay with a widow lady you know she herself will be poor blah blah you know and all of those things but you can talk about you know the whole concept of obedience again you know obedience is when we just do what God tells us to do even though we think it's not right even though we don't see anything good when it be coming out of it or things don't appeal to us but that is obedience and you say when Elijah obeyed God at different points God saved him God provided for him he provided food water and you know blessed him so obedience what does it do so you know just narrating a story can be good but you know just praying about all of these key important truths can be so light-end riching for children and they can just you know learn so much more last example I'll give you is about Joseph you know now why did God cause Potiphar to look only at Joseph when he had so many slaves in his household you know why is God partial but no you know you can talk about even though the Bible does not say it but you know Joseph's attitude to his work he could have sat there and you know grumbled and murmured saying that his brother sold him as a slave he's a rich man's son he's never worked he'll never do any work he would have thrown all his tantrums and all of those things but you know he worked he was sincere and God looked at his attitude so you're talking you can tell children how our attitude is so important to God the way we study with the way we use our time we use our talents you know and because of that God caused Potiphar to look at Joseph and Joseph moved from the position of a slave to you know taking over as a manager of entire Potiphar's household his business and everything and God blessed him so if you want to do well in your studies if you want to get good marks if you want to be a leader if you want to win you know competitions then your attitude is very important to God and so you just through this story you're just bringing about this profound truth of you know our motives and attitudes which can help children in a greater way and also you know most children who are not studying or you know they have this whole complex I can't study this subject I can't study that but it was difficult for Joseph in the situation that he was but you know look at his attitude so when our attitude is right when we're doing things that the right God will help us so you can use all of these you know narratives which is which can you know we can think about different themes or truths that we can bring about but they can be profound deeper truths or theological truths that we can impart to the children at a very young age and it will just help them you know immensely okay the next thing that you can keep in mind even as you are writing the main teaching content for your lesson is you know plan think about relevant activities illustrations object lessons or pictures or you know if you want to do a small demonstration or you want them to enact something whatever you can you know use this whole teaching content time to bring about all of these things so that children are listening and also are attentive because research shows us that children learn 10 percent of what they hear 30 percent of what they see 50 percent of what they hear and see 70 percent of what they hear see and say and 90 percent of what they hear see say and do so you're when you're you know having a main teaching content you're writing it out you know if you're just going to keep speaking to them you can use a lot of you know body language eye contact voice modulation and all of those things but children can will only pick up 10 percent of what they hear but if you get them to you know hear see through some demonstration object lessons activity a skid or whatever you know or a small video and also get them to do something then they're going to learn 90 percent of you know what you are communicating to them is what they are going to retain in their mind so it's very important that you use you know activities that would you know help their learning styles and also we looked at the eight different intelligences or eight different ways of learning you know you can also incorporate that and see how best you can do things in the main teaching content to elaborate the truths to bring about the truths and also continue with your lesson any questions so far okay no questions okay so to get you need to get the children actively involved no matter how hard you you know work to plan an interesting and exciting lesson you know most of the children will become bored if you do all the talking so get do a lot of class activities where you get them involved you know so there's a participatory learning and when there's participatory learning their enthusiasm for that class really increases okay now the next few things that we need to keep in mind when you're writing the main teaching content is you know I would just like to say that before we go on to the next point you know don't just narrate the whole story and then you know in the end try to bring out the learning or the theological truths or the deeper truths that will not work perfectly fine because once children have listened to the entire story they were like okay now I don't need to listen to you know what is obedience how can I be obedient you know our attitude of faith they will kind of tune off so what we need to do is like what parents do for their children you know if they don't like some vegetables or they like to just eat meat or they don't like you know to eat some veggies or some like spinach some green leafy vegetables what the parent does is you know chops them all and then puts them in the meat and then kind of makes it as a whole or just put some sauce mayo or you know give it to them as a roll or the burger or the pizza whatever so the the it's very creatively done by the parent the child doesn't know that you know there's veggies there there's spinach there they would just eat it because they know it's a roll there's meat there is you know there's just see the cream or the mayo or the sauce and they're excited but you know that is how the parent basically packages the whole thing so that they get their children to enjoy their meal and also eat the vegetables or the green leafy vegetables that they want them to eat so the same way we need to also do this when we are writing a lesson plan so at different points in the narrative you kind of bring in the learning bring in the truth so that you know they're waiting to listen to what happened to the next part of the story then they have to listen to the learning and after you you know bring about the learning you know stop pause ask them more questions so that you you you can know whether they have understood they are with you they're listening and then move on with the story but don't please don't narrate the entire story and then come to the conclusion you finish your conclusion and then say okay what did we learn today and I'm going to teach you what we're going to learn how we can apply this then they're going to be totally lost because some of them will not be interested so we need to really package you know all the learning in between so that you know learning happens alongside them listening to the narrative yes Charles oh thank you so much I wanted to add on that point of weaving the the message or the content that you wanted to teach the children in a way that when you you pile it in one point it will not bear meaning to the children but you weave it through the story you have some little package that you are going to talk about maybe after the introduction then you talk about some things of your story then you bring out another another thing that you wanted to achieve then maybe towards the conclusion then you have something like that otherwise if you pile it I have seen it here with children when you teach and you you pile it on only one point they will not get it and as you are doing this story and you involve them especially when you have that teaching point then the children are going to remember it as you said according to the research the more they talk the more they get involved maybe the gestures that they are doing the more they get that point and at the end if you are doing a review or you are going to do recap you will find that the children have understood it in fact we call it her total child teaching when you weave and you are putting the teaching points at different points in the in the in the teaching you we call it a lesson it's no longer a story but it becomes a lesson because the children are learning you are touching their lives you are bringing out information that is not where back to the story of but by us but must what they do very bright it's a story that can be talked by even Muslims and non-christians but the moment you put there the points the the the the main truths in the in the story then it becomes a lesson and you are teaching them and you are touching their lives I thank you thank you very much Charles for sharing your insights very helpful thank you we'll move on you know the next thing you need to keep in mind is you know sometimes we can just simply keep teaching the children presenting information but this does not guarantee that learning is taking place you know because you know we just can't assume that because we are talking or because I'm teaching that all of the students are listening all of them are understanding that is why at important points in your teaching content you need to stop you know throw in a question or two or you know just you know ask something which can you can gather from them whether they are understanding they have caught the truth what you're telling them so it's you know just good to check their understanding at various points in the story so when you're writing the lesson you can pause at different places where you can ask them questions and you can know whether they have understood you know what you have taught them and also when you have finished now writing your entire lesson you come to know it's a it's a very long lesson you can look at ways to cut it down what you can exclude what you can remove but if you think that this is is a long narrative and you need two classes two teaching hours two Sundays or even three Sundays and you can look at where you can pause at various points in the story where you can bring out the conclusion the climax and and where you are going to give them what how they get applied to practice what they have learned that week and where you're going to continue from the next week and what you're going to do and what activities can be included in this week what can be moved on to the next week so then you have everything at your disposal everything is clear and once everything is clear you know it becomes very easy to go and teach the children and you know it becomes very very effective now we need to know that you know when we minister in God's kingdom whether it's it's it's teaching children whether it's teaching youth or doing a Bible study or preaching or evangelism or even in the workplace you know God wants us to do things with excellence because he's a God who is perfect a God of excellence a God of order and so also when we administering the children please you know it's a humble request that we do things in an in an orderly way in a way that is you know it's an excellent way doing our best not doing things that you know ha pazad it's okay I can just think about something you can run it through my mind I can do this I can do that and just go to class important that you know when we plan when we prepare and we go God you know honors the the hard work there's no substitute for hard work there is you know like we're going to study in in Second Timothy when Paul is telling Timothy you know you need to be like a soldier and like a farmer and like an athlete you know a soldier is not even though he takes care of his family but when he has to be there on duty he is there or like an athlete he follows the rules you know the rules is that you know you you do things in the way God wants us to do and a farmer is you know he's going to reap his the fruits of his labor only if he works hard if he's sleeping if he's lazy if he's not diligent it's not sincere than hardworking he will not read the harvest so if we want to reap harvest which God is looking for these children who are very precious to him because the children of the kingdom of God belongs to such as these and he points out to children so you know if we need to look for harvest God is going to hold us accountable and we need to do our best and you know so it's important to write down everything explain things do things in an orderly way and have it most structured so that you know children are benefited and the next generation is taught the word of God and they are built in the ways of the Lord okay any questions so far okay if there are no questions I'll just move on to the last part of this whole you know children's ministry curriculum or this course talking about how to narrate and a story okay how to narrate a story so just look at few points and then we'll see if you can finish this in today's lesson then this will be our last class if not you know we'll continue on Wednesday okay so how do we narrate a story a Bible story is a narrative of events and actions so how do we can best narrate a story or a narrative to children the beginning is very very important so there are four main ways to begin a story you know you can also discover or find out various effective ways and how you could begin a story and if you find you know other ways you could use it don't hesitate from using it but just to narrate a story we look at first Kings chapter 21 okay first Kings chapter 21 is a story about King Ahab how he wanted you know this vineyard which was next to his summer palace in Samaria and he finds out who's the owner and he comes to know his neighbor he tells their thought that he would pay him the price a good price for that vineyard because he wanted it and or he will give him another vineyard some other place in the in the country but neighbor refuses his proposal and says you know this is something that he has received from his ancestors now this was something that it's like they did they would not pass on that or sell out that antisocial property which they receive from their forefathers or something that was for them to keep they would not sell it so he refused to give it and so King Ahab is very angry he's sulking he does not eat he's just lying on his bed he does not talk to anyone and you know what happens when the King does that everyone around him follows suit they they also do the same thing and the news reaches Queen Jezebel and she comes and says why are you sulking why aren't you eating so he tells him you know what happens and so he says she says you're the king you know you can have what you want to say you know get up dress up you know eat and you will have that vineyard and she writes letters to those in authority in the village that neighbor the sin and tells them to just you know bring him to the the gate of the city where you know they have all the elders sit and they judge and all that so bring him there and just you know have two people accuse him of blaspheming God and take him out of stone him and that's what they do and Jezebel comes receives news and comes and tells King Ahab you can go and take neighbors vineyard because he's dead but God sees it tells Elijah and Elijah comes to the vineyard neighbors vineyard but Ahab is he's just enjoying you know taking possession of it and he pronounces you know the punishment on Ahab and Queen Jezebel now that is the whole story of first Kings chapter 21 now you're going to narrate this to the children so how are you going to narrate it there are different ways that you can begin a story you can begin it to a direct approach or you can begin a story by asking a question or you can also use an exciting part in the story it's like a flashback and then you know somewhere in the middle of the story and then go back to the beginning of the story and then end the story okay you can begin the story with an illustration or use an object lesson now if you're using a direct approach what does a direct approach mean you know you can start with the action of the story you can think of several sentences which will capture the attention of the children you can begin the story by saying you know it was just a vineyard but children you know what is a vineyard so you can explain what a vineyard is and you said you know there is a king who wanted this vineyard you know why he wanted this vineyard because it was just right beside his summer palace and he had gone there and he's seen this you know vineyard which is so green and beautiful and you can just explain and you know the king thought about it and thought about it and thought about it and he wanted that vineyard but you know there was a big problem okay now the children are wondering what was he thinking what is the problem you know you know what was the problem children the problem was that the vineyard did not belong to him so then they're wondering hey who did this vineyard belong to did the king have it why did he want it and all of that so you know you can begin with the exciting part of the story now the children are you know if it's a well-known story you know you can begin with this with the director quote so you're not giving the main characters of the story at the very beginning if you do then you know they'll say hey we know the story and they will try they will not listen or they will keep talking in between they will keep telling the story to their friends or you know they can say that you know I've heard the story but you know I don't like the story and they won't be interested so you know you could start the direct approach you can also even narrate it the way I remember I narrated the story about how you know it was narrated to me when I was a kid by one of my teachers you know about the five loaves and two fishes can do that as well or you can even start the story with a question you can ask a question you know which is related to the story or to the bible lesson or the truth that you're teaching so here you can begin with a story like a question sorry as good as you know is it something that you really want to have you know all children every one of us you know all of us want to have something all the other at any point of time in our life so you can answer children this is something that you really like to have we wish you had it you want it so badly and so you know all of them are excited they want to you know tell you what they really long for or waiting or they want to really have and then you can get them to answer your question and then you can say you know there was a king who lived a long time ago and there was something that he really wanted you know even though he was a king he had everything that he had you know everything that he wanted he could just have it but there was something that did not belong to him and he really wanted that and so then you know they are you phrase their curiosity their excitement they want to know what is the king wants to have what is it that does not belong to him did he really have it did he get it and then you can start the narrating the story or you can start with an exciting part of the story you can use a flashback approach you can begin with some outstanding part of the narrative and then go back to the beginning and tell how it all came to be or you know how it came about so you can say you know here was this man he had lots and lots of money he lived in this huge big house he had lots of servants and every time he ate his meals he had lots of food on this table a widespread of food you can whatever food that you think of you know and whatever he wanted it was just there on the table you know he lived in the best house in the land he had a huge big house you know and then you can say you know who do you think this person could be you know who can have all of these riches and everything so some like children might say it's a king or a very rich man or a businessman and say yes you know he was a king and you can expect the king to be very very happy because you know he has everything that he wants he lives in this big house he has no problems and all that but look at this king you know he was sulking he was lying on his bed he was not eating his food he was not getting up getting ready he was not speaking to anybody now what happened to this king you know what went wrong and so then you can start narrating the story to them okay or you can also use an illustration that can get them excited to listen to your story you can begin with an everyday illustration of everyday story that will get them connected to the main story but it's important that you keep the illustration very very brief and sharp because you have a long teaching content you have a narrative that follows so keep it very short otherwise if they listen to the illustration you know they'll get tired and bored and they will not listen to the actual teaching content that you have for them so if you're teaching us smaller kids about first king chapter 21 you can say you know you know Susan she's she just looked at this Barbie doll and she said you know wow what a beautiful Barbie doll you know Rita has and she kept thinking of this doll throughout the day you know a hundred times she just kept thinking it over and over and over again when she was in school in class she was walking towards a home and when she got home you know she looked out through her window her bedroom window and she could see Susan playing with this you know beautiful pink Barbie doll and and Rita thought I just wish I had this doll in my hand of course she had her own doll but she you know loved Susan's Barbie doll it was so beautiful and you know she just wanted it so much because it was so beautiful it was the latest doll and all of those things and she was very sad that she couldn't have it but you know Susan had it and she didn't have it and she really wanted a doll like that so you know something very simple but you can you know maybe change the doll to something else with children like and then you can ask them you know in our story today there was there's a king you know he had everything but he just looked at something and wanted it so much you know what that was and then you can start telling them the story okay so this is different ways that you can begin a story we'll stop here because we've run out of time we'll continue this in the next class and then maybe we can next class on Wednesday can be our last class for our children's ministry and then Pastor Roshan will you know begin teaching the course on youth ministry any questions for today any questions okay there are no questions thank you all for joining class see you soon for the next class on 1st 2nd Timothy enjoy your break and I'll see you in 10 minutes thank you