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Grades 1–6: The Church Serves God — Session 5: The Church Sent Missionaries (July 30)
Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity— Country Spelling Bee Materials: alphabet tiles (one set per team), paper, markers Group the kids into teams or play as one group. Tell kids that they can use the tiles to spell the names of countries. They should try to make as many names as possible. Give the signal to start. Choose […]
Read MoreGrades 1–6: The Church Serves God — Session 4: People Prayed for Peter (July 23)
Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity— Communication Materials: pencil, stone, megaphone, flashlight, scissors, whistle Show each item in turn to the kids. Ask: “How can you use this to communicate with someone? Think of as many different ways as you can.” Tell kids to discuss their ideas with partners nearby. Then call for answers. Think of different ways […]
Read MoreGrades 1–6: The Church Serves God — Session 3: Bereans Studied the Scriptures (July 16)
Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity— Bible True or False No materials Gather kids together and instruct them that for this game, their right hand stands for true and their left hand stands for false. Call out some of the following statements and create some of your own. If kids think the statement is true, they should raise […]
Read MoreGrades 1–6: The Church Serves God — Session 2: Joash and the People Gave (July 9)
Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity— What’s Missing? Materials: several building and construction related materials (hand tools, brick, piece of board, piece of pipe, roof tile, floor tile, etc.) Arrange the items on a table or the floor. Lead kids to name each item. Tell kids to turn their backs and close their eyes. Remove one item and rearrange […]
Read MoreGrades 1–6: The Church Serves God — Session 1: Solomon and the People Worshiped (July 2)
Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity—Temple Size Materials: tape measure Take your children outside and form several groups. Give each group a tape measure. Tell your children the temple was 90 feet long and 30 feet wide. Instruct them to measure how big the temple was with their tape measure. Explain to your children that the temple […]
Read MoreGrades 1–6: God’s Word, God’s Message — Session 4: Paul Wrote to Timothy (June 25)
Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity—Know/Wonder Chart Materials: large piece of paper or white board, markers Make two columns on paper or a board. Print Know at the top of one column and Wonder at the top of the other column. Tell kids to write things they know about the Bible and things they wonder about the Bible on the chart […]
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