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
Teaching the next generation to resolve conflict as peacemakers is one of the greatest opportunities God has given us. In every classroom, family, and neighborhood, sinful desires arise with potential to produce frustration, anger, and broken relationships. With the right tools, however, public educators can make a big difference in all these areas.
The articles listed below are related to the topic of teaching children to be peacemakers in the public school environment:
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.
by Sue Scott. This article describes the response of a church to a senseless shooting at the local high school, contrasting the way the world tends to handle conflict with the way taught in The Young Peacemaker. It was first printed in the Winter 1998 edition of Sharing, a Mennonite Mutual Aid magazine. Reprinted by permission of Sue Scott.
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.
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