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1. On Getting Knocked Down

1 Peter 2:19-25

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

Object: A light bulb Boys and girls, I read recently about a power company in the Philippines that grew suspicious when one of their wealthier customers consistently had an electric bill of only one dollar per month. How could it be? they asked. Had he tampered with his meter? They sent someone out to see. The investigator discovered that even though this man could afford all the power he could use he limited himself to only two light bulbs and no electric appliances. No television, no oven, nothing that ...

2. Do It To Them, Do It To Me

Matthew 25:40, 45

Children's Sermon

Teresa L. Major

... but who else did I hit? (Children respond.) No one? Are you sure? Suppose I knock him down and steal his money, who did I knock down and steal from? (Children respond.) Mr. _______, are you sure? What if Mr. _______ was sick or hungry and I passed by him without helping ... to Jesus? When I punch Mr. _______, it is like I hit Jesus. When I knock him down and steal his money, it's like I knock down Jesus and steal from him, and when I pass by Mr. _______ when he is sick or hungry, it's as if I were passing by ...

3. Who Needs a Bigger Barn?

Luke 12:13-21

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: A large package of chewing gum What would you think of a man who had so much food that he would have to knock down his barn and build a bigger one to keep it all in, when there are people who are hungry and have nothing to eat? (Let them answer.) You wouldn’t think much of him, would you? I see things like this all of the time. How many of you like ...

4. Stronger Than Any Storm

Mark 4:35-41

Children's Sermon

... things that happen remind us that there is something bigger and stronger than we are. Sometimes we pretend we don't need any help. We pretend we are strong enough to solve all our problems. Then a blizzard comes and we get stuck in it, or a tornado knocks down a whole bunch of buildings. It reminds us how weak we really are. And the storms and winds remind us of something else too. God is even stronger than tornadoes and floods and things like that. Maybe he wants us to see the tornado to remember that he ...

5. Christian Prioneers

Colossians 3:10

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... a brand new life. Becoming a Christian is like starting a brand new life, and there is so much to learn. Jesus is our teacher, and he wants us to know everything there is to know about being a follower. A Christian pioneer doesn’t swing an axe or knock down trees, but instead he uses other kinds of tools. A Christian pioneer learns first of all that life is a joy. He also learns to be patient and to share the things God has given him with everyone. Most of all a Christian pioneer learns to love everyone ...

6. Breaking Down Walls

Ephesians 2:14

Children's Sermon

Object: a brick and a picture of the Great Wall of China Good morning, boys and girls. I brought something to build with today. What is it? (Let them respond.) You're right, it's a brick. What can we build with bricks? (Let them respond. They may name some of the following things.) You can build houses, basements, towers, patios, garages, churches, forts and schools with bricks. Did you know that a long time ago, people used to build fences of bricks or stones to separate their land? One person's land went ...

7. Come On In!

Acts 16:11-15

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

Exegetical Aim: To show that faithfulness leads to kindness. Props: Three cups, two plates, and one blanket. Lesson: Good morning! I have a story to tell you, but I can only tell it with your help. Choose four volunteers who are generally the more behaved children. After you have chosen the volunteers, assign them their roles. One is "Traveling Christian," one is "First Person," who has one cup, one is "Second Person," who has a cup and a plate, and one is "Third Person," who has a cup, a plate, and a ...

8. Football Versus Love

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Children's Sermon

Marti Kramer Suddarth

Object: Football; Heart-shaped candy box or piece of construction paper; Card stock printed with scripture reference and verses; Heart-shaped candy (optional) What’s this? (Show the football and let the children answer.) It’s a football, and it’s used to play a game called football. What’s this? (Show the heart.) It’s a heart. The heart beating inside your body isn’t really shaped like this, but we call this a heart shape, and it’s often used to remind us of love. Every winter, usually late in January or ...

9. I Ain't Afraid Of No Ghost

Luke 24:36-49

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

Exegetical Aim: The resurrected body of Jesus was neither spirit in form nor completely human in form but something of a different order and conveys what we shall be someday. Prop: Writing material: Either a small clipboard or a marker board for the whole congregation to see. Lesson: Good morning! (response) I have a question for you this morning. Who is afraid of ghosts? (response) Why are you afraid of ghosts? (response) Tell me some things that a ghost can do? (response) What else can a ghost do? ( ...

10. Try, Try Again

Children's Sermon

Kenneth Mortonson

Purpose: To encourage children to keep on trying when they have difficulty doing anything. Material: No special material is needed. The little song, used here, has finger movements to use with it. If you know them, they can be used. Lesson: Do any of you know the little song "The Itsy Bitsy Spider?" Let's do it together. It goes like this: The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout. Down came the rain and drove the spider out. Out came the sun and dried up all the rain. And the itsy bitsy spider went up ...

11. Nice Catch!

Ephesians 4:2

Children's Sermon

Object: a football. Boys and girls, now that summer is here it's fun to play outside. What are some of your favorite things to play when you are outside? (Talk about it.) I brought a football along with me today to remind you that a lot of people will be out playing football in playgrounds or in parks. [Pick a name], do you like football? (As you ask, toss the football to him or her. They may fumble it since you didn't tell them it was coming.) Some of us really like to play football. Some of us really ...

12. Stumbling On

1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

Exegetical Aim: To demonstrate how we need to live so as not to make others stumble. Props: Toy building blocks, a toy plastic army man, a small toy animal. Lesson: Let me show you something that I have brought today. Bring out the building blocks When I was young, my brothers and I would often play games that would use these building blocks. Sometimes we would use them to make walls around our toy army men. Make a small wall quickly around a toy soldier. Sometimes we would build a shelter for our toy ...

13. Tell God When You Are Happy

Luke 1:46-47

Children's Sermon

Erskine White

Object: None Have you had any complaints lately at home, any situations in which you told your parents you didn’t like something? Have you had to do something or eat something you didn’t like lately? (Let them answer.) That’s right, you let your parents know what you thought of the creamed asparagus they made you eat, or how your bedtime is unfair because your friend down the street gets to stay up later. You may have mentioned once or twice (perhaps in a rather loud and insistent voice) that you didn’t ...

14. Watch Your Words

2 Corinthians 13:11

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: A pair of boxing gloves Lesson: ... agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you. Good morning, boys and girls. Do you see what I have with me today? (Hold up the boxing gloves.) That's right. I have a pair of boxing gloves here. As you know, boxers use these when they fight. Do you think that these can hurt you if you get hit with one? (Let them answer.) People who wear these are usually out to hurt another person, so if you don't want to get hurt, it's ...

15. Who's the Boss?

1 John 4:18

Children's Sermon

Object: a badge that reads "The Boss." Boys and girls, if you're like me there are probably some things that frighten you sometimes. Can we think of some of these things? Let me tell you some things that sometimes frighten me. (Tell them a few things on your list. Then invite them to share some they can think of.) It's only natural to be afraid sometimes. God gave us the ability to be afraid sometimes so that we can protect ourselves. If we were not afraid of things we learn can hurt us, we would keep ...

16. Jesus is Alive

1 Corinthians 15:4, 1 Corinthians 15:20

Children's Sermon

Object: the church building. Happy Easter, everybody! What a great day to come to church! This is an exciting day for us because today we celebrate God's power. Today we remember how Jesus did not stay dead. Instead, he knocked the devil flat and came roaring back, alive and well again. Isn't that exciting? There are a lot of things around the church that can remind us of how God gave Jesus his life back again on Easter. Can you think of any of them? (Talk about it. Let the children, volunteer some answers ...

17. Gaining Confidence

Hebrews 4:16

Children's Sermon

Object: a bike or a picture of one Good evening, boys and girls. We think of Good Friday as a sad day sometimes. But tonight I want to talk about why it's a happy day, too. But first I'd like to talk about this bike (or picture of one.) How many of you have a bike? (Wait for show of hands.) Riding a bike can be very hard at first. Once there was a little girl. She was six years old. She had a new purple bike with silver sparkles. She wanted to ride it all by herself. So she got on and her dad held the back ...

18. Trust and Believe

Mark 10:13-16

Children's Sermon

Object: the children themselves. Lesson: "Whoever does not receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it." Boys and girls, how many of you are eager to grow up? (Let them tell you.) Why would you like to be older than you are now? (They will offer a galaxy of reasons.) Sometimes it seems as though it would be better if we could be different from what we are already. Maybe we would like to be older. Some of us (believe it or not) would like to be younger. Or we may want to be more famous. Or ...

19. Dried Paint and Hard Bread

Ephesians 4:26

Children's Sermon

Object: a can of dried paint and a piece of dried bread. Good morning, boys and girls. Today we are going to talk about something that all of us know about, because we have all been like this at one time or another. Have you ever been angry? Sure you have, because everyone gets angry about something. You don't have to fall on the floor and stamp your feet or throw things around the room to show that you are angry. You can be angry inside and never show it, or you can shout and scream and knock things over ...

20. A Good Deep Breath

Matthew 8:23-27

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: A paper bag or some balloons. Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you have ever been out of breath? Did you ever run so hard that you thought that you were losing your breath, or have you ever been hit so hard the wind was knocked out of you? It is a very frightening feeling. You have a lot of air inside of you and you need it. I know because a lot of people have told me that I have a lot of wind. Let me show you how much wind you have. I have brought along a lot of paper bags and I want you ...

21. Dirty Hearted People

Matthew 13:1-23

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

Exegetical Aim:Growth takes place only in fertile receptive people. Props: Seeds, a tray, a brick (or large rock), clay (or children's Play-doh), and some rich soil. Lesson: Good morning. (response) Place the empty tray in front. Hold up the seeds. What do I have here? (response) We are going to plant these seeds. I brought this tray to plant our seeds in but I need something to put in the tray so we can plant them...here we go. Put the brick in the tray. Now we pour a few seeds right there and we are ...

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