Over at www.rotation.org we’ve created a presentation of some of our FAVORITE FREE “at-home” Advent and Christmas resources for families. Check out the video and go to www.rotation.org/pages/advent to see all the links to our favorites. Go to a menu of links to all the resources seen in the presentation Download article as PDF
Rotation.org has added a brand new forum all about Preparing for Advent 2020 worship, Christmas programs, teaching, at-home traditions, Live Nativity, and Blue Christmas, favorite Christmas videos, Zoom singing and worship, and an “Advent Haggadah” — all with an eye toward adapting to the restrictions and realities of the COVID pandemic which churches and our […]
2020, Advent, COVID, Nativity, teaching, traditions, worshipRotation.org’s Advent Forum has a terrific bunch of Advent and Christmas ideas, lesson plans, video clips, and ideas for celebrating Advent and Christmas in the year of the COVID-19 pandemic when so many social-distancing restrictions will affect our regular traditions and gatherings and have canceled many community and traditional events. Download article as PDF
Advent, Christmas, COVID, ideas, lessons, worshipI no longer recommend NEST videos as a matter of course. There are many good animated and non-animated Bible videos to teach with. Look up your Bible story in the lessons archive at www.rotation.org and look in the “Video Workshop” topics for that story to see all the videos that are being recommended for that […]
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This page lists the FORTY LESSONS in Life of Christ CD (now out of print) The Life of Christ CD webpage is at https://sundaysoftware.com/life-of-christ-2/ Each lesson presentation includes graphics, animation, sound, narration, bible text and a discussion question. The list below gives you the discussion question. Presentations can last between 6 and 8 minutes in […]
A CREATION STORY LESSON by Neil MacQueen Using the interactive Creation Story found in Awesome Bible Stories software (now free to the supporting members of Rotation.org) A newer version of this lesson is posted at Rotation.org: https://www.rotation.org/topic/295011598215931882?reply=295011598215931898#295011598215931898 INTRODUCTION The Genesis 1 story of Creation is one of the most beloved and quoted scriptures in the […]
Computer Software Lesson for Psalm 23 by Neil MacQueen Check out the new Psalm 23 lesson plan I wrote for the Writing Team here at Rotation.org The following lesson ideas also works for other memorable psalms, such as Ps 8 and 51. Point of View: Psalm 23, has been called “The Gospel in Miniature” and […]
“At Home in God’s Kingdom” Lesson Plans for Teaching about the Kingdom of God from Neil MacQueen, Sunday Software → You may also be interested in my single software lesson plan on the Kingdom Parables (seed, leaven, pearl, treasure) → Update: I’ve updated and posted many of the following lesson ideas in the Kingdom Parable […]
A Computer Workshop Lesson about Zaccheus from Neil MacQueen. www.sundaysoftware.com Luke 19:1-10 This lesson is for use with the Zaccheus story found in Awesome Bible Stories ► Related Resource: Print our page of screenshots showing the narrated study notes found in the Zaccheus story. I love teaching Zaccheus because: a) He is short like our […]
Spreading the Good News: Book of Acts DVD #11 I have written teaching guides for each of the DVDs in the What’s in the Bible? series and donated them to the supporting members of Rotation.org. Check them out here. Each guide has notes specific to the particular DVD (there are differences from DVD to DVD). […]
Jesus Feeds the 5000 is a free lesson set from Neil MacQueen, Sunday Software The 5 Loaves ~ 2 Fishes software referenced in these lessons can be downloaded for free by the supporting members org Rotation.org along with the game and teaching guide. More Jesus Feeds the 5000 lesson plans of all kinds can be […]
Notes on my lessons about… ACTS 16: Paul and the Philippi Jail I’ve done the Acts 16 story of Paul & Silas in the Philippi Jail in two different churches. Here are some of the details of how we did each. NOTE: The photos on this page are from our SECOND VERSION of the jail. The FIRST […]
Note: I’ve donated all my “Sunday Software owned” software for free downloading by the supporting members of Rotation.org. Many of the following titles are part of that collection. I continue to maintain this page for those who own these titles or come across them. For lots of different kinds of Lent and Holy Week Lessons, […]
Welcome to our FREE VBS/Summer Sunday School lesson set from Neil MacQueen that answers some very important questions and complaints kids have…. Why do I have go to church? Church is boring! Why do I have to go to worship? I don’t need church to be a Christian! The people are hypocrites! How do I […]
Here’s a “Jesus and Peter Walk on Water” lesson plan that uses Life of Christ software, and Cal and Marty’s Scripture Memory software together. It has a great interactive demonstration after the use of Life of Christ CD, a “visual prayer” at the end, and demonstrates how to work with the question posed at the end […]
3 Lesson Plans for Teaching the Story of Cain & Abel Genesis 4 from Neil MacQueen, Sunday Software, www.sundaysoftware.com I wrote this as an 3-week “anti-bully-ing” lesson set for grades 1-6. It deals with anger/jealousy, and ends with a neat art lesson and applying the “Mark of Abel” to our students (a cross as a […]
written by Neil MacQueen, Sunday Software Printed from www.sundaysoftware.com/site/bongo-bible-school-2 Be sure to see Bongo’s game guides and additional docs at www.sundaysoftware.com/bongo I have re-formatted and uploaded this entire set of lessons as a PDF over in the Lessons About the Bible forum at rotation.org. Bongo Loves the Bible software is now FREE to download if […]
Download Neil’s Son of God movie teaching outline This free guide outlines all 36 scenes in the Son of God movie (2014) and includes discussion questions for each scene. The “scenes” correspond to those in the DVD’s scene menu. Neil is a Presbyterian minister (PCUSA) who specializes in creating Sunday School teaching materials, most notably, interactive […]
Jesus Calls Peter, James, John and Us to become Fishers of People Luke 5:1-11 A lesson from Neil MacQueen using Life of Christ CD and Let’s Talk CD Warm Up Write the word YES and NO on opposite ends of the classroom. Tell your kids to move to the answer that matches their response to […]
Neil’s Bible Movie Guides & Outlines I love teaching with videos too, and often need a TEACHING OUTLINE of the movie for my own use or to give to a teacher. Thus, I occasionally create my own. Outlines help you lesson plan. They help set up the video with the kids, tell the teacher what to […]
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The following notes and graphics are for use with the interactive Zaccheus story found in Sunday Software’s Awesome Bible Stories CD. Worksheet Idea: Make a student worksheet of the first set of screenshots. Have students write their answers to the study note questions as they progress through the story. To copy these graphics, Right Click […]
Here are some great ideas to help kickstart your thinking about how to make your classroom even more welcoming to your kids. Let these ideas inspire your own! Beach Decor: $1 Noodles from the Dollar store. Hang them from the ceiling using fishing line and thumbtacks. Fisherman’s nets and sea critters from Oriental Trading […]
A lesson plan by Neil MacQueen from sundaysoftware.com for use with Galilee Flyer CD. This is the original version of my Kingdom Parables lesson plan which later appeared in a slightly altered format at rotation.org’s website. → See another Lesson Set from Neil: At Home in God’s Kingdom (4 software lessons, 4 video lessons, and 4 skits/drama […]
