27 May 2009

Pacific kids to "flip" for Jesus

Wahroonga, New South Wales
Melody Tan/Aveline Hernandez

The Children's Ministries department for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific has begun designing A3-sized flip charts to be used as visual tools for Sabbath-school classes in Pacific nations. It is planned that at least 3000 of the "Flip for Jesus" charts will be given to Sabbath-school classes in the Pacific for free.

According to Julie Weslake, director of Children's Ministries for the Adventist Church in the South Pacific, Sabbath-school classes in the Pacific have little or no resources because they cannot afford them.

"I have seen firsthand the effect visual resources have on Pacific children, where they don't only have to listen to stories told by the Sabbath school teacher," says Mrs Weslake.

Mrs Weslake emphasised that the flip charts do not replace any teaching guide but "are intended to be used in conjunction with and to encourage their use."

The flip charts have been designed with children aged between three and five years in mind and match the Pacific Gracelink kindergarten syallabus. Run on a two-year cycle, each page features a weekly message, a Bible picture and a memory verse.

The 13th Sabbath project offering in December this year will fund the project, with final prints expected to be ready in mid-2010.

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