This document discusses the power of stories and storytelling, particularly for children. It provides quotes emphasizing that stories can shape culture, heal the soul, instill values, and last a lifetime. The document describes a mercy camp for children that uses reflective oral storytelling, immersive visual stories, and joyful activities to inspire positive transformation through experiences of mercy. The camp aims to instill the power of mercy in children and extend it to families, communities, and society.
8. Reflective oral storytelling
Mercy Camp For Children
Immersive visual stories
Joyful Mercy Activities
Oral and visual stories for positive transformation
Immersive art to heal kids body, mind, and Spirit
Experiencing the river of mercy, to be fully alive!
Instilling the power of Mercy through children
to families, to community and to society
Total time duration : 3 hours
Maximum number of students : 60 Max
9. “The world is shaped by two things
stories told and the memories they leave behind.”
12. “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you
that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in
heaven."
— Matthew 18:10
13. “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the
kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Truly I tell you, anyone who
will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
14. And He said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become
like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
15. All your children shall be taught by the LORD, and great
shall be the peace of your children. - Isaiah 54:13
16. Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is
old he will not depart from it. - Proverbs 22:6
43. Jesus fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: "I will use stories to speak my message
and to explain things that have been hidden since the creation of the world." (Matthew 13:35)
that set them free
stories
48. “Stories make us more alive, more human,
more courageous, more loving.”
49. Jesus knew that stories impacted people and he used these stories to speak directly to the hearts of those who
heard them. When we read the Gospels, we see that Jesus was a master storyteller.
with truth and moral
stories
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Jesus said, "Go out into the
highways and hedges, and
compel them to come in, that
my house may be filled.“
Luke 14:23
58. Reflective oral storytelling
Mercy Camp For Children
Immersive visual stories
Joyful Mercy Activities
Oral and visual stories for positive transformation
Immersive visuals to inspire body, mind, and Spirit
Experiencing the river of mercy through live activities!
Instilling the power of Mercy through children
to families, to community and to society
Total time duration : 3 hours
Maximum number of students : 60 Max
59. “Every Bible story needs to be worth telling.”
Shaji Mathew
Teaching Artist