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Bible Song + Bible Song Journals

Each Journal chapter is a Scripture reading done in vibrant cartoons to make the story fun and fascinating to read. The Bible verse of the week is highlighted in each chapter. Space is included to record personal Highs & Lows and a Prayer each day for two weeks.

There is a special page in each chapter where you are invited to draw your own version of something you heard or read. The words to the Scripture song (found online or on the available music CD) invite you to learn to sing the verse with others making the Journal a hymn book too!

Last but not least, there is a free "Name That Verse" interactive game you can play online as a reinforcement of all 15 verses found in the Journal or you can play the game embedded in the available Power Point version of Bible Song (sold as individual or 15-lesson units).

Bottom line, when you purchase a Bible Song Journal, you can use it as a devotion guide in your home with enhancements found free online at the FINKlinks site. Or as a Children's Bible in a small group during Sunday school using the Power Point version as an introduction to the Scripture.

Download a sample Journal chapter (PDF, 4.6MB)

What is the best way to use the Bible Song Journal in Sunday school?

We suggest two ways...

Provide one for each guide/mentor to use as a children's Bible in a small group. Users can share the story through the cartoon version in the journal as a reinforcement of what was heard and seen using the PowerPoint during the Bible Song opening.

Provide one for each child to read the vibrant cartoon story together in a small group and to record Highs & Lows each week. The words to the Scripture song for each lesson are included to use as a hymn book to sing the lesson together. Accompanying music CDs can be purchased separately.

What is the best way to use the Bible Song Journal at home?

We suggest three ways...

As a fun way for parents and children to discover Bible stories together and to keep lines of communication open during the child's growing years.

• Read the vibrant cartoon story together.
• Record Highs & Lows in the journal.
• Write a prayer each day.
• Draw your own picture related to today's lesson in the special space provided.
• Sing the Scripture verse together using the free online FINKlink version of the music or purchase a music CD for accompaniment.
• Play the online "Name That Verse" game together.

As a keepsake record of elementary years that can be viewed as memories over the years.

• What was my Low on this date? Was it really as low as I thought it was at the time? What was my High?
• What was I praying for? How did God answer my prayers?

As an online tool using the free FINKlink code found with each lesson to direct you to specific pages on www.faithink.com where you can:

• Listen to the Bible Scripture verse music and learn to sing and sign it using American Sign Language (ASL).
• Play interactive games reinforcing the Scripture verses.
• View the artwork related to the lesson and answer questions about it.
• Download Scripture songs or purchase music CDs for your home or car.

As a congregational leader, how can I help parents develop a faith practice to use with their children?

The Church Connection to the Home

Your congregation can help parents realize their role as faith models for their children by teaching and modeling the FAITH5 every time you gather in small groups at church.

By making the FAITH5 a tradition in every small group in the congregation, parents and children alike begin to recognize common language to establish a faith practice and can use them at home.

Highs & Lows, Prayer, and Blessing are three of the key terms used to help you help them. Intentionally setting goals is crucial to successfully equipping parents with a way to communicate and talk faith with their children.

Here are the FAITH 5™ (outlined in the Bible Song Journals in each lesson):

1. Share your Highs & Lows of the day (the best and worst thing that happened)

2. Read and highlight the Bible verse of the day in your Bibles

3. Talk about how today's verse relates to your Highs & Lows

4. Pray for your Highs & Lows, for your family and for the world

5. Bless one another using the blessing provided in each week's journal