Young Peacemaker
Provides detailed plans for teaching biblical peacemaking to 3rd-7th grade children in families, Christian schools, home schools, Sunday schools, VBS, and youth groups. $17.95
There is no doubt that children can be effective peacemakers, but they have to be taught. The dynamic and life-transforming Young Peacemaker materials are ideal for training students in the basics of biblical peacemaking. The Young Peacemaker curriculum helps children understand conflict from a biblical perspective and experience change at the deepest levels of their hearts. They will learn about confession, forgiveness, respectful appeals, and many other related topics at a level they can both understand and apply. (The Young Peacemaker curriculum is aimed at grades 3-8, but the concepts can easily be taught to younger students as well.)
For older students, we recommend reading The Peacemaker Student Edition. The truths drawn from Scripture contained in The Peacemaker Student Edition apply universally—whether to teens or adults—but they are presented in this book in a way that teens can easily relate to and discuss. Also, a series of teachings or Bible studies on biblical peacemaking would likely be appropriate for chapel or Bible class. In these cases, the Peacemaker Small Group Study would be a helpful supporting resource.
As they learn the concepts of biblical peacemaking at school, students are then equipped to be ambassadors of reconciliation in their own homes. Encourage students to share and apply what they have learned with their parents and siblings. In this way, biblical peacemaking can reach far beyond the walls of the school—into homes and families, and eventually, into communities.
The articles listed below are related to the topic of teaching children to be peacemakers in the Christian school environment:
by Jennifer Boll. There is great power in forgiveness—it releases us from the guilt of sin and makes way for reconciled relationships. Therefore, our churches, schools, and homes should be marked by an environment where forgiveness is readily encouraged and demonstrated. This story shows the impact of having that environment in one second grade classroom.
by Ken Sande, President of Peacemaker Ministries. How is it that children learn to get along with each other? The same way as adults—by learning to be a peacemaker!
by Corlette Sande, Author of The Young Peacemaker. From the perspective of a school teacher and mother, Corlette Sande unpacks the concept of forgiveness and how necessary it is to help our children be true peacemakers.
These testimonies, ranging from the experience of a home school mom to that of a Christian school principal, talk about the lessons they've learned and the benefits of teaching children to be peacemakers.
How can we "accept one another" (Rom. 15:7) and "look out for one another's interests" (Phil. 2:4) when an issue threatens to divide our church? With the help of wise leadership, one congregation puts these verses into practice in this story of the disagreements over Christian education in their church.
by Marilyn Fargo. The turtles are missing! Who's responsible? In this letter, a public school teacher shares her experience of the value of teaching The Young Peacemaker in the classroom.
Lying... blaming... these responses come all-too-easily to children who are caught in a misdeed. This story demonstrates a different response from a second grader who had learned an important lesson from The Young Peacemaker.
How can kids learn to make a genuine confession? Applying principles from The Young Peacemaker, this confession was written by an eighth grade class at a Christian school after they had badly messed up some classrooms during an art project.
For a list of related articles, please click here. If you still are unable to find what you are looking for, you may click here to view a list of all the articles on the Peacemaker Ministries website.
