If you read the preceding statement and spontaneously said, Amen!, then here's help for you.The Mouse in a Bottle CD is a world-class collection of Christian character building stories for kids ages 5-12.These stories are appropriate for all settings including church, Sunday School/Sabbath School, devotions in the classroom, VBS supplemental material and youth meetings. They are non-sectarian with a strong emphasis on building Christian character and values.

Part One of the CD includes 100 ready made, kid tested story/lessons with a separate coloring page and separate word search both of which are keyed directly to each story. The heavy lifting has been done for you. All you have to do is print out the story, review the discussion points and make your presentation. Afterwards, if you choose to add some positive follow-up, you can give each child a coloring page and a word search that is tied directly to the topic you just presented.

Part Two of the CD is a book of instructions entitled: Mastering Christian Storytelling. Follow the time-tested instructions and you'll have the children and their parents anxiously awaiting your next presentation. The kids will be asking for more stories and the parents will be thanking you for your spiritual leadership. After all, highly effective Christian storytelling is largely a learned skill. Foremost, Christian storytelling has eternal blessings when generated from true, reality-based character building story/lessons. And yes, you can do battle with the allure of text messaging, twittering and the electronic gadgets of pop culture with which many young people are presently enamored. Because of God's blessings, nothing, absolutely nothing is more powerful that one human speaking directly to another, eyeball to eyeball, thought to thought, mind to mind, heart to heart. Effective, compelling communication with this highly vulnerable age group (ages 5-12) is a challenge you can and must master, because children are your most valuable church asset.

Comparing these stories to character vitamins is not as far fetched as one might initially think. Because of their diet, not every young person may be getting all of the character building nutrition they require. Given with a loving heart, these story/lessons (character vitamins) might be just the spiritual supplement a mal-nurished kid needs.

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