Showstoppers!

Showstoppers!

• Series: eye level
• Publication Date: 12 Dec 2008
• Readership: Holiday Club Resource
• Author: Ruth Wills
• ISBN: 9781844273430
• Format: A4 paperback , 80 pages

Price: £12.99

Holiday club resource material for 5- to 11-year-olds.

Get ready to lift the curtain on the greatest show on earth – God’s great plan for salvation! Everyone from the most experienced actor or musician to the most stage-shy of leaders can use Showstoppers! to uncover the good news of Jesus Christ with children, whether they are part of a church community or not.

Every day, there’s the chance to act, dance, sing and paint, as you explore the stories of creation, David and Goliath, Daniel in the lions’ den, Jesus’ birth, and his crucifixion and resurrection.

Showstoppers! is a flexible programme, providing everything you need to run a holiday club: craft, games, Bible discovery, small-group discussion, creative prayer and more!

Contents List

• Act 1 Setting the scene
  • Aims of Showstoppers!
  • Using Creative arts
  • The teaching programme
  • Programme breakdown
  • Other elements
• Act 2 planning your programme
  • Planning Showstoppers!
  • Legal requirements
  • Publicity
  • Plan in detail
  • Set the scene
• Act 3 Working with your cast
  • Developing people’s potential
  • Areas of responsibility
  • Training the crew
    • Session 1 Working with children
    • Session 2 The Showstoppers! programme
  • Working with children with special needs
  • Working with children from other faiths or cultures
• Act 4 the props cupboard
  • Props box
  • Daily props list
  • Games
  • Showstoppers! drama – ‘Search for a star’
  • Bible discovery notes
• Act 5 day by day
  • Planning your session
  • Sunday service 1 Reading the script (Psalm 78)
  • Scene 1 In the ‘gods’ (Genesis 1-3)
  • Scene 2 In the dressing room (1 Samuel 17)
  • Scene 3 Under the trapdoor (Daniel 6)
  • Scene 4 In the wings (Luke 1:26-38 & Luke 2:1-20)
  • Scene 5 On stage (Luke 23-24)
  • Sunday service 2 My own script (selection from Genesis 37-50)
• Act 6 Following up Showstoppers!
  • Follow-up ideas

The five Bible stories used in the holiday club also appear as five of the Must Know stories, which are contained in the the Red Book of Must Know Stories, which would therefore be an ideal gift for children aged 5-8 who attend the holiday club (see below for more details). For older children, The 10 Must Know Stories contains ten Bible stories retold for 8-11 year-olds.

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