Grades 1-3
Introductory Activity – Letter Puzzles
Materials: interlocking blocks (about 25), marker
Make stacks of three blocks. (If your blocks are large, use only two blocks in each stack.) Write one of these letters on each stack; write the letter large, covering all three blocks in the stack: T, R, U, S, T, G, O, D.
Break apart the stacks and lay the blocks on a table. Invite kids to assemble the blocks to make the letters. After all the stacks are correctly reassembled, challenge the kids to put the letters in order to create two words. Tell kids that they will learn more about trusting God in today’s session.
Live It Out
Game – Four-in-a-Row
Materials: paper (red and blue), markers, tape
Create a 6-by-6 grid on the floor with masking tape. Group the kids into teams. Give one team the red paper and the other team the blue paper. Tell each child to draw a self-portrait on his paper. Say the Life Point and talk about the Bible story. When kids finish, gather teams around the game grid. Ask the first team a review question. If the answer is correct, the team can place one of their portraits in the grid. Ask the second team a review question. Continue playing the game until one team has four pictures in a row. Remove the pictures and play the game again with additional review questions. Talk about trusting God to do what He says.
Craft – Mosaic Frame
Materials: heavyweight paper, construction paper pieces, glue, markers, scissors
Lead kids to write the Life Point in the middle of the heavyweight paper. Tell kids they can cut smaller pieces of construction paper and glue along the edges to create frames around the words. As they work, recall the Bible story. Talk about what happened to Elijah and the widow. Tell kids that both Elijah and the widow trusted God to do what He said He would do. Pray, asking God to help people in your church trust Him and His words.
Grades 4-6
Introductory Activity – Life Point Roundabout
Materials: words of the Life Point on paper squares, one word per page; tape
Tape the words around the room in a mixed order. Words should be on all the walls or different areas of the room. (Tape words to chairs if unable to use the walls.) Guide kids to stand in the middle of the room. Read the words around the room. Tell kids that the words can be put in order to make a sentence; the sentence is today’s Life Point. Tell kids to move to the word that they think is the first word. After a few seconds, say the first word and lead all kids to stand at that word. Lead them to determine the second word, and so on. After all the words have been identified in order, lead kids to move back to the middle of the room. Say the Life Point and guide kids to move quickly from word to word. Tell kids that they will hear about someone who had to trust God.
Live It Out
Game – Sit-Down Volleyball
Materials: tape, beach ball
Use the tape to create a “net” in the middle of the game area. Mark the outside boundaries of the game area, too.
Group kids into two teams. Guide each team to sit on each side of the game area. Play volleyball. Each team gets three hits to get the ball over the net (to the other side). If a team hits the ball more than three times, hits the ball out of bounds, or lets the ball hit the ground on its side, the other team wins a point. Ask that team a review question; a correct answer gains an additional point. Continue play until one team reaches 21 points.
Craft – “Trust” Coaster
Materials: card stock cut into 6-inch-by-6-inch squares, pencils with intact erasers, washable stamp pads, clear contact plastic, scissors
Give a preteen a card square. Invite him to press a pencil eraser onto a stamp pad and make circle stamps on the square. He can make the words Trust God on the square out of stamped circles. He can add other colors around the words to create a dotted design. When he completes his design, help him cut two pieces of contact plastic that are slightly larger than the card square. He can attach the contact plastic to both sides of the square to make a coaster. Tell the kids to place their coasters in their homes to remind their families to trust God.
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