Children are an important part of the worshipping community and need to have opportunities that create for them a sense of belonging. Children’s sermons provide this opportunity and should be events of proclamation. Help! I'm Leading a Children's Sermon, Volume 1 contains a collection of children’s sermons designed to involve children creatively in worship and the proclamation of the Word. The collection contains two sermons for each Sunday with a key emphasis on Scripture, including key verses to be read within the sermon. The sermons invite the children to participate in corporate worship in a meaningful, creative way by asking questions and using hands-on activities to explain themes such as hope, forgiveness, repentance and God's sovereignty. Help I'm Leading a Children's Sermon, Volume 1 is an essential book for the collection of any worship leader.

Marcia Taylor Thompson is a writer and teaches adjunctly at North American Baptist Seminary in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She is a mother of three sons, Nathanael, Andrew, and Matthew, and a ministry partner with her husband, Philip Thompson. Marcia has served as a Preschool/Children’s Minister and Weekday Director in Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia and has written and edited for Smyth & Helwys FaithSteps and Intersection curriculum for children and youth.

"Thompson provides thoughtful, creative models for preaching to children in the midst of the worshiping community. Each sermon helpfully focuses on the biblical text and attends to the rhythm of the liturgical year as it engages young worshipers on their own level, using all of their minds and senses in the worship of God. Those who preach to adults could also learn much from this book."

— The Rev.Martha Moore-Keish
Associate for Worship, Presbyterian Church (USA)

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