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251. The Bread Of Life

John 6:33

Children's Sermon

... of the people in Moses' time baked bread every day. It was one of the main things they ate. It kept them alive. In our verse today Jesus says that God's bread comes from heaven and gives life to the world. Which one of these breads comes from heaven? (response) None of these came from heaven. Some of them I baked. Some of them came from a grocery store. But none of these is God's bread. Jesus wasn't talking about any of these kinds of bread or crackers. We think Jesus was talking about himself. He said God ...

252. The Right Side of the Bed

Ephesians 4:3, 17--5:21

Children's Sermon

... up on the wrong side of bed today!" I would know just what they meant. Our lesson talks about living in peace and having your spirit renewed. One way to do this is, first of all, to get enough sleep! Can you think of ways that we use this pillow? (response) Sometimes when we're angry, we could punch the pillow instead of a friend or brother or sister. We use it for putting our heads on when we sleep. We could throw it at someone when we've having fun. We can use it to snuggle up with. There are ...

253. Happy Meal or Holy Meal

John 6:25-59

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

Exegetical Aim: Conveying the difference between natural bread and wine and the Bread and Wine used in communion. Props: A McDonald’s Happy Meal with a soft drink and the elements of Bread and Wine as your tradition uses them. Lesson: Good Morning. (response) Place the Happy Meal before the kids. Hide the elements of Communion, if you can. Guess what we are going to have today. (a happy meal) No, we are going to have Communion. Use your traditions common term for the Eucharist. What do you mean a happy ...

254. Taking Life Seriously

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

W. Robert McClelland

... to die for something, we're not fit to live for anything." The Christian offers his life for others, not because heaven follows, for that would imply that this life is not as important as the next, but because it is the only opportunity we will have to responsibly live in the time and place in which we have been placed. Kurt Vonnegut has written some superb lines which catch the amazement and delight of life's miracle. "God made mud ...God got lonesome ...So God said to some mud, 'Sit up! ...See all I've ...

255. The Season of the Holy Spirit

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon Aid

Wayne B. Keller

... discovery? Follow with this litany: Pastor: Christ has set us free to live. People: The past is forgiven. The future is before us. Pastor: Let us love life and the people who share it with us. People: We embrace life, Christ's life, and live. COMMUNITY RESPONSE Message with the Children of All Ages Try this out of your own experience - unexpected thanks. One day, when my son was quite young, we were talking about thanks. Though I've forgotten the context, suddenly my son picked up a fake flower, smelled it ...

256. God's Training Wheels

Luke 3:1-20, Luke 3:21-38

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... is like using training wheels. All of us -- you, me, the minister, and your mom and dad -- we all need God's help to keep us from falling and doing things that are wrong. Can you think of something other than the Bible that keeps us from falling? (response) Another thing that holds us up is baptism. Even Jesus himself was baptized. He received baptism because he wanted to be obedient to God. Some of you have already been baptized. We need to be baptized because that is another way in which God works in our ...

257. My Cup Overflows

John 10:22-42

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... and hold us and rock us to sleep. They add so much to our lives! And what about your grandparents? Wow, they add pour another fifth so that the glass is three-fifths full so much to our lives. Grandparents buy us candy, don't they? (response) And they take us neat places and they love it best when we crawl up in their laps and fall asleep on their shoulders. And Grandma makes the best brownies! Grandparents are really special. Application: For all that our friends, brothers, moms, dads, and grandparents do ...

258. There Is No Law Against Such Things

Galatians 5:23

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... each sign is talking about. Let's try one. Hold up the STOP sign. What does this sign mean? (response) Where do you see this sign? (response) Now do the same with the other signs. At the very last, bring out the No Smiling sign. Have you ever seen this sign? (response) Do you know what kind of sign this is? (response) This is a No Smiling sign. Is that a strange sort of sign to have? (response) Why? (response) You're right; there's nothing wrong with smiling. What are other things that there's nothing wrong ...

259. Gobble, Gobble, Gone

Luke 12:13-21

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... . My favorite M&M's are the green ones. Hold out all the greens. Look at all those green M&M's. Don't they look great? (response) Now eat them. Take a little time to chew and enjoy and nod to the children in approval. Leave your hand open so they see the others ... barn and he put it all in the barn for himself, and he didn't share it with anyone. Do you know what happened to that man? (response) On the very day he put all that food in the barn, he died. He thought he'd be able to gobble all that food by himself ...

260. Sometimes You Gotta Bend the Rules!

Luke 13:10-17

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... to the hospital, someone's sick) The stop sign is very important and helps protect us, but sometimes it gets in the way of helping people. Application: Jesus had this very same problem. There was a lady who was crippled. Who knows what "crippled" means? (response) That's right. She couldn't walk straight, she was bent over, and she had been this way for eighteen years. The crippled lady came into the church [synagogue] where Jesus was teaching. When Jesus saw the woman, he did something for her. He healed ...

261. Ask Nicely

Philemon 1:8-9

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... the jelly? Or would you rather I speak kindly and ask you to please get me the jelly? Which would you rather I do? (ask nicely) Why? (response) Oh, I see. It is a nicer and sweeter way to ask that way. Let's try it. Turn to one of the children. Would you please ... him. He said, "Philemon, I could order you to do this, but I am going to ask nicely." Why do you think he did that? (response) Yes, Paul knew that Philemon would likely respond to niceness than to an order. In the same way, we must be nice to our ...

262. Storing Up the Good

1 Timothy 6:19

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... come out of that person, just like the grounds inside of that coffee are left behind in the filter. But if a person is good and puts good things inside of oneself, like prayer, and good manners, and love, and respect, then what will come out of that person? (response) Goodness will come out, just as the water that was clean and didn't leave any other particles in the filter. The Apostle Paul told us to store up good things in our lives, so that we might enjoy eternal life. Let's only put good things in our ...

263. The World Needs Salt

Matthew 5:13-16

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... s in there? (ice) And I have something in my hand. What is it? (string) Now I need a volunteer. Who wants to be my volunteer? (response) OK, what I want you to do is pick up that ice cube with this string. But you can't tie the string around the ... you, he said, "YOU are the salt of the earth." What do you think Jesus meant when he said, "You are the salt of the earth?" (response) You see the string is God. He holds the world. The world is like the ice cube. The world is cold and lonely and desperately needs ...

264. Eyewitness Account

2 Peter 1:16

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair & Tim Carpenter

... eyes and put your hands over your eyes. No peeking! Once all of the children close their eyes, hold the picture up towards the children, and then let the congregation see it. You can get up now. What was the picture of? (response) You don’t know? No one can tell me what the picture was? (response) Let’s try again. All right let’s do it again. Everyone close your eyes and put your heads down. Hold up the picture. Choose one child very quietly by tapping her on the head, instructing her to be quiet by ...

265. Children All Are We

John 3:1-21

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... bike. Everything! Jesus said some very strange words when he was talking to a grow-up man named Nicodemus. He said, "Nicodemus, you must be born again to see God's Kingdom." What do you think Jesus meant when he said to this grown man, "you must be born again." (response) What he meant is this: You must start all over. You must become like a baby again, Nicodemus. You must start trusting in God to feed you and clothe you and shelter you. You've got to start all over and be born again. If you are using an ...

266. Shower the People

Acts 2:1-13

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... came blowing in and landed on everybody. From that point on the world has never been the same. The church spread all over the world. Just like this confetti you see all over the sanctuary. Now that the Holy Spirit has landed on us what are we suppose to do? (response) We are to tell everyone we meet that God is love and that he has come in the power of His Holy Spirit. Go out today and be a witness. Let's Pray: Lord, you have landed upon us. You have filled us with your Spirit and given us power ...

267. You Are A Teacher

Matthew 28:16-20

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... the jar and place the jar on top of the slice of bread. There! (no!) What's wrong? open the jar Oh, ok. Now what? put the peanut butter on the bread Now try to pour and shake out the peanut butter onto the bread. It's not coming out. (response) Oh, with the knife. Use the knife to get the peanut butter out. (response) Spread the peanut butter onto the bread. Put the other slice of bread on the unfinished sandwich. Now, I will put the other slice of bread on and eat my sandwich...start to eat it ...

268. Tricks

Matthew 22:15-22

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... ) As she blows open your hand. It’s magic! It’s gone! Sit back down with the children. Now, let me ask you, was that real magic? (no) No? What was it then? ( a trick) Why was it a trick? (response) Has anyone ever tricked you? (response) How did they trick you? (response) There’s a story in the bible about these guys who came up to Jesus and they wanted to trick him. They were trying to get Jesus into trouble with the policemen but Jesus saw what they doing. He knew they were up to no good and he ...

269. What Time is It?

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... What the Apostle Paul wanted the people to know was that Christians should be ready for Jesus to come any time. Now when Jesus comes again, how do you suppose He will want to find us acting? Hatefully or lovingly? (response) Hurting others or helping others? (response) Speaking badly about someone or encouraging them? (response) That’s right. It doesn’t matter what time it is for us to act in a Christian way. And because we do not know what time Jesus will return, we always want to be ready when He does ...

270. Repairing our Lives

Mark 1:1-8

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... up the torn pieces and hand them out with tape. As the children are working comment on their efforts. When they are done gather their work. Show the work to the congregation: Here is the work of Team A. Who was team A? (response) Looks pretty Good! Who is team B? (response) Was it hard putting the paper back together? Comment on each team's work. Sometimes our lives get torn. What can tear up our lives? (suggest the following if there are no answers: being angry, being selfish, meanness, telling lies, being ...

271. God Sees Us

John 1:43-51

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... that fig tree and ask him to get up and come with him to meet Jesus. As Nathanael was walking up to Jesus, do you know what Jesus said to him? (response) He said, "Nathanael, I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you." Can you believe that? (response) How do you think Jesus saw him under the fig tree when he was so far away? (response) I want you to know that God sees you and he sees me and he sees your mom and dad all the time. When we are under fig trees resting ...

272. Changing World

1 Corinthians 7:1-40

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... 't He? Transition: You know, the Bible has a verse that reminds us that God is changing everything. The verse in 1 Corinthians 7:31 says, "For the present form of this world is passing away." Say that with me. "The present form (response) of this world (response) is passing away (response)." That means that God is working in the world and always changing things for the better. Just as you and I grow up, and that's better than being a baby all the time, or just as God makes a butterfly from the caterpillar ...

273. The Christian Symbol

John 3:1-21

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... the symbol for Christians all over the world and it doesn't matter whether you are a Catholic Christian, a Methodist Christian, a Baptist Christian, or a Presbyterian Christian, we all carry the cross as our symbol. Can anyone tell me why the cross is the symbol for us Christians? (response) Jesus said that he needed to be lifted upon the cross in order to show us his love. When Jesus died on the cross he did it so that you and I don't have to die. He died for all of us. That's why Christians all over the ...

274. A New Teacher

Mark 1:21-28

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... Good morning Teachers! (they may not know what to say) Your suppose to say "Good morning student!" Good morning Teachers! (good morning student). This morning you are going to be the teacher and I am going to be the student. Who wants to be the teacher first? (response) Teacher, if you will go up to the blackboard and pick up your chalk...we will get started on our lesson. You may ask the other children to gather around you and assume the role of students or simply let them watch the interaction between you ...

275. I Need A Doctor!

Mark 1:29-34

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... to come to the front of the sanctuary. Example: Paging Doctor Mary, Doctor Mary come to the front of the church immediately. If there are any stragglers, say, Emergency, Emergency, Doctor Greg you are needed in O. R. What did you do with your doctor's stuff? (response) Who did you heal? (response) It is good to be a doctor because you heal people who are sick. This might surprise you but did you know that Jesus was a Doctor. One day Jesus went to go see someone's mom and their mom was sick. She had a cold ...

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