In Acts 9:36-43 we meet Tabitha (her Aramaic Name) or Dorcas (her Greek name), a follower of Jesus who sews clothes for the women in the church. The simple craft is a printout of a T-shirt that the children can decorate with fabric pieces. Use any fabric that you have! When Tabitha dies the church … Continue reading Followers of Jesus – Tabitha (Dorcas)
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Women in the Bible
Every now and then we do a series of toddler group stories about women. Most of the adults in our groups are women and it is easy to tell stories each week that are all male! So we intentionally include the women. Here are five Bible stories about women with a craft... The birth of … Continue reading Women in the Bible
Followers of Jesus – Tabitha
We started a new set of Bible stories at Toddler group today. Each week we are going to meet someone from the Bible who followed Jesus. Today we started with Tabitha (or Dorcas) from Acts 9. She came along in our story basket together with a few sewing related items. We begin by saying hello … Continue reading Followers of Jesus – Tabitha
Tabitha -T-shirt craft
Tabitha -T-shirt craft is a really lovely simple collage based craft. It is great to have a stash of fabric off cuts to use for craft - adding a different texture to paper and lots of colours. The story of Tabitha (Dorcas) is found in the Bible in Acts 9:36-43. She was a follower of … Continue reading Tabitha -T-shirt craft