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Luke 2:8-20

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

Object: Angel stickers or tree ornaments Lesson: The appearance of Angels. Good morning, boys and girls. Has anyone here ever seen an angel? (Responses -- Some may relate to pictures or statues of angels.) Well, does anyone know what an angel looks like? (Responses -- Wings, long hair, and so forth.) It is interesting that we know so little about angels when there are so many stories about them...

2. Away In A Manger

Luke 2:8-20, Luke 2:1-7

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

Object: Manger scene or baby in a manger. Lesson: The birth of Jesus. Good morning, boys and girls. These are very happy days, aren't they, filled with excitement and expectation? There are festive decorations everywhere -- in the shops, along the streets of towns and cities, and in our homes. Many of the decorations are symbols that remind us of the Christmas stories in the Bible. What are some...

3. Baptism/Dedication

Prov 22:6 · Mk 10:14 · Lk 2:22 · Act 16:33

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

Lesson: This message is most appropriate when children have been invited forward as participants to witness an act of baptism or dedication. Object: Plastic baby pins in pink and blue (Available as baby shower decorations in shops. Good morning, boys and girls. We have just been a part of a very happy and special occasion in the life of one of our families here in the church. We have been a part...

4. Birthday Of The Church

Acts 2:1-13

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

Object: Balloons or birthday candles Lesson: Filled with the Holy Spirit. Good morning, boys and girls. Does anyone here have a birthday this week (this month)? (Responses.) Are you excited about it? Will you have a party? Do you know who will be at your party? Do you know what presents you will get? Parties are fun, aren't they? Do you know what I think is part of the great fun of parties and s...

5. Captives Set Free

Jn 8:32 · Gal 5:1

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

Object: Keys Good morning, boys and girls. (Hold up a key ring with various keys, or provide some different and interesting looking keys.) Aren't keys fun? Do you like keys? How many of you have your own keys? And what are your keys for? (Responses.) Keys are very useful things, except when they get lost. Without keys we sometimes find it impossible to carry on. What kind of a key would you say i...

6. Careful With Those Lips

Mt 15:8 · Ps 119:171; 143:3 · Rom 3:13 · Isa 6:5 · 1 Pet 3:10

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

Object: Lips stickers Good morning, boys and girls. I'm thinking of an external part of the human body that you use all the time, whether you are walking, standing still, sitting down, awake or asleep. Can anyone guess which part of the body I have in mind? (Responses -- Allow eight or ten. If they have not said mouth or lips, you can give them a couple of clues.) I'm using them right now. Eyes? ...

7. Christ Comes Into Our Hearts

Mt 5:8 · 1 Sam 16:7 · 1 Ch 28:9 · Ps 44:21; 51:10 · Rom 10:10 · Eph 3:17

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

Object: Heart stickers Good morning, boys and girls. (Show heart symbol.) What is this symbol? (Response -- heart.) Why do you suppose we have made such a symbol of one of the inner organs of the body? What does it represent? (Responses -- Love, sweethearts, romance, and so forth.) When we talk about love, we are really talking about a feeling, aren't we? Part of that is intellectual, that is, w...

8. Don't Blow Your Own Horn

Matthew 6:1-4

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

Object: Toy trumpets or trumpet stickers Lesson: When you give, do not announce it with trumpets. Good morning, boys and girls. Do you know what a braggart is? (Response -- Allow some free expression here.) I suppose we have all known someone at some time who spent too much time telling us all about his or her accomplishments, haven't we? Maybe we can even remember a time or two when we bragged ...

9. Faith Of Our Fathers

Psalm 33:12

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

Object: Pilgrim's hat (can easily be cut out from black paper) Lesson: Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Good morning, boys and girls. Have you ever sung the hymn "Faith of our Fathers"? (Or, This morning we sang together the hymn "Faith of our Fathers.") Do you know who our fathers are? (Responses -- prior generations, grandparents, apostles, disciples, people who have lived before ...

10. Fishers Of Men

Mt 4:9 · Mk 1:17

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

Object: Fish stickers, erasers, or tiny toys (If you are a fisherman you might wear a favorite fishing hat.) Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you children have ever been on a fishing trip? I've done that and it is really fun. Sometimes I let the fish go after I've caught them, 'cause it's the fun of the catch that I enjoy most. Although sometimes if I'm out camping I fry the fish and hav...

11. Forgiveness Of Sins

Ps 51:1 · Jer 31:34 · 1 Jn 1:7

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

Object: Erasers or pencils with erasers Good morning, boys and girls. Ever make a mistake? I've made a great many in my lifetime. What kind of mistakes have you made? (Take four or five responses.) Well, today I want to talk about the kinds of mistakes we make when we are doing paperwork, like in school, on a test, or when you make a mistake writing a letter or drawing a picture. If you suddenly...

12. Giving Thanks

Matthew 9:35-38

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

Object: Candy corn or pumpkins Lesson: The harvest is plentiful, the workers few. Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you have ever been to a county fair, or a carnival, or a festival? (Responses -- Some experience will be expressed.) Isn't it fun? I love fairs and festivals. There is always so much to do and to see. From the earliest records of history, we learn that people got together ...

13. He Is ALIVE!

Mt 28:1-8 · Mk 16:1-13 · Lk 24:1-12 · Jn 20:1-18

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

Object: Angels, open tomb, or lily on cards or stickers He is alive! He is alive! He is alive! That was the message of the angels who greeted Jesus' friends at the empty tomb on Easter morning! Can you imagine how shocked and surprised and excited and scared those people were when they saw angels and an empty grave? After Jesus died on the cross and was buried in a borrowed tomb, all of his foll...

14. Her Children Bless Her

Proverbs 31:28

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

Lesson: Honor your father and mother. Object: Carnations Good morning, boys and girls. Today is a special day, isn't it? It's not a holiday as such, but it is a day that we set aside to honor our mothers. It is right for us to do that because we have been instructed in the Bible to do so. But, more than that, mothers are sort of special people to us, aren't they? Would you like to know how we h...

15. I Love A Parade

Psalm 33:12

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

Object: Matchstick flags or flag stickers Good morning, boys and girls. I love a parade, don't you? It is always exciting to see the marching bands, the banners, the floats and flags, and all the happy spectators. There is something festive and happy about a parade. It seems like a great big party that moves down the road or avenue. In America we have lots of parades for lots of different occasio...

16. Jesus And The Ten Commandments

Ex 20:1-18 · Mt 22:36-40 · Deut 5:16-21; 11:8-9 · Rom 13:10 · Gal 3:24

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

Object: Bookmarks or cards with Ten Commandments Good morning, boys and girls. In the Old Testament book of Exodus, and repeated in Deuteronomy, there is the story of the tablets of stone that Moses received from God when he went up onto Mount Sinai. Can anyone here tell me what we call the words written on those stone tablets? (Response.) Yes, they have come to be known as the Ten Commandments. ...

17. Jonah's Disobedience And Restoration

Jonah 1:1-17

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

Object: Whale stickers, stamps, toys, or balloons with Jonah story on them (If you live in an area where whale watching is possible, you might hold up an advertising brochure at the start.) Lesson: The Lord appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah. Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you have ever seen a whale? Either you've gone on a whale watch, or been to an aquarium like Sea World, or y...

18. Labor Day

Lk 10:7 · 1 Tim 5:18

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

Lesson: In all labor there is a profit, or the laborer is worthy of his hire. Object: Toy tools Good morning, boys and girls. This is Labor Day Weekend in America. Does anybody know why we have this holiday, aside from it being the last weekend before many students go back to school? (Responses -- Someone will identify it as a time to recognize workers.) How big a list do you suppose we could m...

19. Music Is For Praise

Ps 33:3; 100:2 · Col 3:16 · Eph 5:19

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

Object: Note stickers Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you like to sing? What is your favorite song? (Response -- Give time for some enthusiastic responses.) If we allowed everybody here today to tell us what their favorite song is, I expect that there would be almost as many favorites as there are people here. Why do you suppose we have favorite songs? (Responses will be varied.) Yes, b...

20. New Year

Ecclesiastes 3:1-22

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

Object: Calendars Lesson: There is a time for everything. Good morning, boys and girls. I have a very special (watch or clock) with me today. (Show them.) Can you tell me what you think is special about this clock? (Responses -- a special gift, belonged to grandfather, bought in foreign country, and so forth.) No, the thing that is special about this clock is that it tells me the proper time onl...

21. Obedience And Grace

Hebrews 10:1-18

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

Object: Lumps of coal Good morning, boys and girls. There is a very old custom which is associated with Christmas Eve. We always did it in our family even when we didn't have a proper fireplace. Can you think of what custom this is? (Response -- hanging stockings.) Do you do that in your home? And what sort of things do you find in your stocking on Christmas morning? (Response -- Allow some freed...

22. Opening Your Heart To Jesus

Revelation 3:20

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

Object: Picture cards -- Sallman's Christ at the Door (It would be a helpful visual aid if you have available a door knocker to show to the children. The older or more unique, the better.) Lesson: Behold, I stand at the door and knock. Good morning, boys and girls. Does anyone know what this object is? (Response.) It is a door knocker. How many of you have door knockers on your house? (Response ...

23. Our Constant Companion

Hebrews 13:5

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

Object: Cards with "Footprints" poem Lesson: I will never leave you or forsake you. Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you have benn to the beach? I went for a walk on the beach once. It's a lot of fun. You can make some great patterns in the sand with your feet, can't you? I once wrote my whole name out in the sand in tiny steps. You can see where others have walked, you can find animal ...

24. Our Days Are In His Hands

Proverbs 3:1-2

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

Object: Yearly calendar cards Lesson: Length of days and years in life. Happy New Year! That's an appropriate greeting for this time of year, isn't it, boys and girls? We all want to look forward with anticipation of happiness for ourselves and for others as well. Why do we have a New Year's Day holiday? (Responses may vary greatly. Aim for the idea of marking new beginnings, at least in our ti...

25. Sacrificial Giving

Mark 12:41-44

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

Object: A small coin (farthing, denari, halfpenny, smallest you can find) Lesson: The poor widow put in more than all the rest. Good morning, boys and girls. What does it mean to be poor? (Responses -- Hungry, poor clothing, homeless, no toys, no money.) Do you know any poor people? (Response.) Do you think God loves poor people? (Response.) How does He help them? (Response.) Do you think that p...

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