Category Archives: Kids Ministry

Here’s the latest news about Kids Ministry

Ten30 Kidschurch Lesson, T&K1-2, 29th July 2012

Posted on by

Big Idea:

God Created Seasons

Key Bible Passages

Ecclesiastes 3:1-9

Welcome

Arrive, sit on the mat, mark the roll

Songs

The Hello Song, God’s In Charge of the Weather (both in Kidschurch CD)

Bible Time

  • Introduce the book of Ecclesiastes: Written by King Solomon, David’s son. Talks about life and wisdom (i.e. how to live life well)
  • Draw 4 boxes on the board and label with the seasons. Ask the kids what they like / don’t like about each time of year, or what is distinctive about each season.
  • Chat about whether seasons are good or bad.
  • Read A selection of Eccl. 3:1. Explain any tricky words or ideas.
  • Emphasise that God has a plan for everything that happens.
  • Emphasise that in God’s wisdom, He’s made seasons part of the created order (Genesis 1:14)

Pray

  • Praise God that He’s in charge of everything!
  • Ask God to help us to listen to him and do what pleases Him

Craft

As a collage, stick on some wintery leaves and plants to a piece of paper as a winter scene.  Print “God’s in charge of the weather” underneath.

(Song Again?)

Stretch Game

What’s the time Mr Wolf (ties in with timeliness)

Ten30 Kidschurch Lesson Plan, 3-4 & GROW, 29th July 2012

Posted on by

Big Idea

God created the seasons

Key Bible Passages

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

Welcome

Arrive, Mark Roll.

Game

Pictionary against the clock. Have two teams, each being timed to see how fast they can complete 10 clues.  Ties in with the idea of being time-bound as God’s creatures.

Bible Time

  • Introduce the book of Ecclesiastes to the kids. Written, we think, by Solomon, King David’s son.  Reflects on what life is like.
  • Draw 4 boxes on the board and label with the seasons. Ask the kids what they like / don’t like about each time of year, or what is distinctive about each season.
  • Ask the kids what they think causes the seasons. (A: Orbit of earth around the sun changing solar elevation…)
  • Chat about whether seasons are good or bad.
  • Read Eccl. 3:1-8. together. Explain any tricky words or ideas.
  • Discuss whether the kids have noticed these different times in their lives (note: some things will be confronting, like death, killing and war)
  • Emphasise that in God’s wisdom, He’s made seasons part of the created order (Genesis 1:14)

Pray

  • Praise God for His wisdom, providence and power.
  • Ask for wisdom in knowing how to live in our appointed time.
  • Pray for steadfast hope of eternity without hard times.

Stretch Game:

“Pass the beat around the room” (timeliness, again). Sitting in a circle, all clap at a moderate pace while each person in turn says one word of the phrase “Pass-the-beat-a-round-the-room-(pause)”.  People are muted if they make a mistake. The phrase that would have ben theirs is skipped and the next person speaks their phrase on the next beat.

Ten30 Kidschurch Lesson Plan, 3-4 & GROW, 22nd July 2012

Posted on by

Big Idea

God’s Kingdom Grows

Key Bible Passages

Mark 4:1-20 (Parable of the Sower), but focus on 26-29 (Growing Seed) & 30-32 (Mustard Seed)

Welcome

Arrive, Mark Roll.

Game

Both or these show something getting bigger:

Either: Empires (introduced last week, so it would be good to remind how to play)

Or: Shopping List (Could be called something else…) In a circle, start by saying “I went to the shops and I bought a ____”The next person says “I went to the shop and I bought a (previous thing) and a _____’ The game progresses until someone forgets / makes a mistake”

Bible Time

  • Ask the kids to line up in height order.  Point out that they may have been further toward the smaller end last year. i.e. they are growing.
  • Introduce the idea that God’s kingdom grows.
  • Read Mark 4:26-29 together. Point out that Jesus is talking about God’s Kingdom.
  • Discuss what the kids think is interesting or important, being sure to mention that the Kingdom grows despite what people do, and that growth leads to fruitfulness
  • Read Mark 4:30-32 together.
  • Discuss what the kids think is interesting or important. Be sure to mention that the kingdom is getting bigger and bigger.  The ‘bigness’ is twofold: more numerous and more influential.
  • You might mention places like China where there are more than 80 million Christians.
  • Finish by challenging the kids to have God’s kingdom grow in their lives through obeying the King!

Pray

  • Confess that we don’t always listen to the King
  • Praise God that He’s a perfect King and ruler and provider

Stretch Game:

Empires again?

Ten30 Kidschurch Lesson Plan, Tiddlers K1-2, 22nd July 2012

Posted on by

Big Idea:

God’s Kingdom Grows

Key Bible Passages

Mark 4:1-1-8, 14-20 (The Parable of the Sower)

Welcome

Arrive, sit on the mat, mark the roll

Songs

The Hello Song, the Good Soil (both in Kidschurch CD)

Bible Time

  • Ask the kids to line up according to height.  Point out that they are growing physically, and that they would have been down the smaller end last year.
  • Introduce the parable and ask if anyone has heard it before and remembers anything about it.
  • Draw 4 boxes on the board ready to draw the four types of soil.
  • Read through the parable, either v1-8 from a bible or from TheBeginner’s Bible.  Draw, or ask the kids to draw, each scenario.
  • Give Jesus’ conclusions from v14-20.
  • Ask the kids what sort of soil they’d like to be.
  • Explore a bit what it might look like to receive the seed/word, and to bear fruit.

Pray

  • Thank God for people who teach us about His word
  • Ask God to help us to listen to him and do what pleases Him

Craft

Either on blank paper, or on a sheet with “The Good Soil, Mark 4″ printed on the bottom, fold into 4 sections and get the kids to draw each type of soil.

(Song Again?)

Stretch Game

If you’re feeling adventurous, stuck in the mud might work, or Celebrity Head with types of fruit (if you have older kids)

Ten30 Kidschurch, Lesson Plan, Tiddlers & K1-2, 15th July 2012

Posted on by

Big Idea:

God forgives us

Key Bible Passages

Titus 3

Welcome

Arrive, sit on the mat, mark the roll

Song

“The Hello Song” from J is for Jesus, “Titus 3:5″ (both on Kidschurch CD for July 2012)

Bible Time

  • Remind the kids about last week, that Jesus tells us the best way to live
  • Ask the kids about their achievements: best school results, sporting achievements, clever things they can do like rolling their tongue…
  • Explore whether those things make God love us more, or even how good we’d have to be to make God love us.
  • Listen to Titus 3:5 song again.  Ask the kids if they can remember any of the words.  Write the whole verse on the board: “God… saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy.”
  • Explain that nothing we could do could save us, but we need ‘mercy’. Explain what ‘Mercy’ means.
  • Encourage the kids that God loves them and is kind!

Pray

  • Confess that we don’t always get it right
  • Praise God that he forgives us, because Jesus died for us
  • Ask God to help us live lives which please him

Craft

Try teaching Titus 3:5 as a memory verse.  Use a puzzle background to make a puzzle of the verse.  Say the verse together. Remove piece by piece until kids can say it without any of the verse in front of them.

Distribute a copy of the puzzle to each child to colour-in, then cut out and take home.

Stretch Game

?