Exegetical Aim: Sometimes we need to sit still, listen, and worship and not let the cares of this world draw us away from God. Props: A pot and a ladle. All other props are imaginary. Lesson: [As the children sit down, you look busy and distracted stirring and cooking.] Oh, I am so glad I came to church this morning! Motion to a place behind one of the children. Hand me some of that garlic over th...
Object: A candy bar and a glass of milk.
Lesson: Mary has chosen the good portion, which shall not be taken away from her.
Good morning, boys and girls. Today we are going to talk about the way that people spend their time with Jesus. It is a good lesson and one that all of us should learn. Sometimes we have to learn this lesson over and over again. I brought along some friends of yours that I a...
Object: A picture of a caterpillar, butterfly or cocoon
Good morning, boys and girls. I hope you are enjoying the summertime. But even more than that I hope you are looking forward to going back to school in the Fall.
We are really lucky to have schools, aren't we? Schools help our minds to grow just like sunshine, food and water help our bodies grow.
I read somewhere that a butterfly never gro...
Object: Something to make the children think of beavers, even if it is simply a picture of a dam
Good morning, boys and girls. One of nature's most amazing animals is the beaver. What do beavers do? They cut down trees with their teeth and use them to build dams to dam up rivers, and they build houses for themselves and their families out of wood and they even build canals. Why canals? If they ca...
Visual Aid: A basket suspended by its handle from a strong rubber band; a work glove; a small bag of toys such as marbles, a doll, and a stuffed animal; a mathematics textbook; a music book; a baseball; a can of pet food; a Bible; a box to hold all this stuff.
Lesson: Stress; making choices; helping one another.
As the children come to the front of the sanctuary, I take the work glove and basket...
Object: Dust cloths or pieces of paper towel.
Good morning, boys and girls! Before we do anything else today, I have some work for us to do. This church looks awfully dusty to me. Just look around you -- don't you see all that dust? So here are some dust cloths --we're going to clean the place up! (Pass these out. Have the children go wherever there is a dustable item -- anywhere in the church, f...