A Powerful and Loving God

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – Build It! Materials: chenille stems, pieces of foil Guide children to use the chenille stems and foil to build a structure. They can work in one large group or in several smaller groups. Allow them to experiment with the materials to build. Tell kids that something was built or constructed […]

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – Food Box Puzzles Materials: empty food boxes, scissors Cut the fronts from clean empty food boxes. Use cereal boxes, cracker boxes, and other boxes that kids will recognize. Cut each box front into several pieces. To keep the activity more simple, keep each puzzle separate. To make it more challenging, […]

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – Follow the Path Materials: tape, pom-poms, straws (one per child) Make several tape lines of several feet across the game area. If you have colored tape, create some lines that cross one another. Give each child a straw. Place a group of kids at each end of each tape line. […]

Grades 1-3 Introductory Activity – Graffiti Walls Materials: large pieces of paper, tape, markers Tape the paper around the room. Print the word pray on each piece of paper. Lay markers near each paper. Guide kids to print words or draw pictures that to show what prayer is, where people pray, and why people pray. […]

Unit 1, Session 1: Angels Spoke to Mary and Joseph Mary was willing to follow God’s plan, even though being Jesus’ mother would not be easy. Mary wanted to bring praise to God. Likewise, Jesus brought praise to His Father by willingly dying on the cross to save people from sin. Unit 1, Session 2: […]

Sunday Parents, in today’s Bible story your child heard that God leads people to worship Him. God gave Moses special instructions for building a place of worship—the tabernacle. This tent was the tangible evidence of God’s presence among His people. Monday Our Daily Bible Reading for Monday is from the Psalm exalting that The King […]