1s & 2s—Play a Clapping Game
Bible Story: Paul
and Barnabas Were Missionaries Acts 13
Life Point: Missionaries go and
tell others about Jesus.
Weekly Verse: God chose Paul and
Barnabas to do His work. Acts 13:2
Materials: Bible, Teaching Picture 10
- Sit on the floor with the Bible and the Teaching Picture.
- Invite one or two preschoolers to sit with you and play a clapping game. Begin clapping your hands and chant: “Jesus, Jesus, who loves Jesus?”
- Encourage the children to clap with you. Name people who love Jesus, including the children’s names.
- Continue the game by clapping and chant: “Jesus, Jesus, who tells about Jesus?” Name the people who teach the children about Jesus.
- Show the Bible Story Picture. Open the Bible and talk about the Bible story. Tell preschoolers that missionaries go and tell about Jesus.
3–Pre-K—Paint with Shoes
Bible Story: Paul
and Barnabas Were Missionaries Acts 13
Life Point: Missionaries go and
tell others about Jesus.
Weekly Verse: God chose Paul and
Barnabas to do His work. Acts 13:2
Materials: Teaching Picture 10, washable paint, aluminum pans, paper towels, painting smocks, paper, marker, small shoes
- Pour paint into the aluminum pans over paper towels. Display the Teaching Picture with the other materials.
- Direct the children to put on smocks before painting. Show them how to press a shoe into the paint and then onto their papers. Offer to print the Weekly Verse onto their papers.
- Talk about the Bible story as the children paint. Point to Paul and Barnabas in the Teaching Picture.
Kindergarten— Make a Mobile
Bible Story: Paul
and Barnabas Were Missionaries Acts 13
Life Point: Missionaries go and
tell others about Jesus.
Weekly Verse: God chose Paul and
Barnabas to do His work. Acts 13:2
Materials: Teaching Picture 10, small embroidery hoops, yarn, index cards, markers, hole punch
- Before the session, make a list of missionary prayer requests. (Visit kompray.imb.org for a list of prayer requests from missionary kids.)
- Display the Teaching Picture with the other materials.
- As kids join you, show the Teaching Picture and talk about the Bible story. Comment that Paul and Barnabas had people praying for them as they went to tell about Jesus.
- Show the list of prayer requests. Tell the kids they can make a mobile as a reminder to pray for missionaries.
Help each child select several requests. He can print words or draw pictures on cards to represent the requests. Punch holes in the cards and tie lengths of yarn through the holes.
This lesson should be the Session 2 (5/10/20) lesson … but it is a duplicate of the Session 1 (5/3/20) lesson.
Hi, Donna. Thanks for letting us know. The page is correct. The link from the previous master page was sending to 5/3 instead of 5/10. It should be working correctly now.