Toll Booth Tickets Is A Rewards System that we use at One Way Kidz Ministry to teach children Six Important and Vital Fundamentals for Life and the things of God.
1. Attending Church (and being faithful): "Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching." (Heb. 10:25) and in faithfulness the Word says, "His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord." (Matt. 25:21)
2. Memorizing Bible Verses: "Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee." (Ps. 119:11)
3. Tithing/Giving: "Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it." (Mal. 3:10)
4. Witnessing: "And the Lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled." (Luke 14:23) Why do we do this? One, the Lord told us to but also he told us in Prov.11:30 tells us, "The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise."
5. Listening & Obeying those in authority: "Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord." Col. 3:20 and I Samuel 15:22 reminds us, "...Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice..."
So, how to Toll Booth Tickets Work? Each week, each child has the opportunity to earn Toll Booth Tickets by doing each of the six things we just mention. Each item is worth a certain number of tickets. Two tickets are given for their attendance, three tickets for memorizing last weeks Bible Verse, one ticket for bringing their offering, two tickets for bringing a visitor, one ticket for bringing their bible and three tickets are given if they are the boy and/or girl who wins the "Quiet Seat" of the night.
Each Wednesday, after receiving their Toll Booth Tickets, they then are instructed to turn their tickets in at the Toll Booth to Mrs. Robyn, who will keep a tally each week of the tickets they have earned. Then at the end of the month, we will open up our One Way Store, where they will be given the opportunity to either spend or save their tickets for certain items in the store that range all the way from candy to big toys.
So, why do we do this? Here at One Way Kidz Ministry, we believe that we are to "Train up a child in the way they should go so when they are old they will not depart from it" (Prov. 22:6) and in doing just that, we are instilling traits in these children that will make them not only successful in this life but also in the things of God.