I grew up in a Christian family and went to church services every week, which included going to children’s Sunday School, and mid-week youth programmes. I would have heard more than a thousand sermons or lessons before I became a teenager, yet I didn’t fully grasp the concept of what the Bible is until I was an adult.

I currently have the opportunity of asking myself “what would have helped the 8 year-old me to understand the Bible more and sooner?” This is because an 8 year-old lives in my household, and I’m a volunteer leader in our local church’s Sunday morning children’s programme – we call it ‘Royal Kids’ (the church is in a suburb called Royal Oak).

Keep reading to see how I introduced the Bible to a bunch of 4-11 year-olds: