Here you'll find an array of activities for elementary children that can be used in Children's Ministry, after-school programs, in the classroom and by homeschoolers.
The world may start the fall season celebrating death and darkness, but we know the God of light and life! Let’s celebrate His goodness!
The trees burst into beautiful display just before the earth is covered with cold snow. Isn’t that like God to make beauty in every season! The harvest is in and we celebrate the Creator of it all, the Lord of the harvest. Soon Jesus will come for His harvest, His people — all those who have accepted Him as their Savior and have the fruits of His Holy Spirit growing within them! Praise God that He give us eternal life!
Unlike Halloween which celebrates darkness, we celebrate the Light which overcomes darkness. Jesus brings light and life to all who turn to Him. In this interactive presentation, we use the pumpkin as an object lesson of the salvation that God gives and how He puts His light within us.
Mom and Dad, you are so important to your child! You are a picture of God and we are so thankful for you! By the end of this presentation each family will have a center piece or an object to place beside their family member’s place, which will have messages of praise and thanks for them. Along the way there is a team-building exercise and lots of songs.
Let’s tell the stories of Paul’s second missionary journey. Each presentation has the story from the scripture along with pictures, songs, and interactive activities for the kids to do to participate in the story. There also may be crafts, mission projects, object lessons and more.
You will find the stories in Acts 16-18. Paul and Silas back to the churches that were formed on Paul’s first missionary Journey. Timothy joined them too. Some churches were strong and vibrant, but others had lost their first love and were not standing on the truth. We can learn much from Paul as he encouraged and taught the believers.
Like Paul, Silas, and Timothy, we too can be missionaries, no matter how old we are. “We are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which He has prepared for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10
What does it mean to strengthen or encourage others? A little team activity helps us learn. Pretend to ride a donkey or walk as we sing and ‘join’ Paul on his journey from town to town. At each ‘town’ we’ll stop and give each other and encouraging message. At the end we’ll make some encouraging notes to put on flowers and give to others at church or in our neighborhood. We also learn more about Timothy.
In Paul’s travels, he asks God where to go next. God shows him in a dream to go to Macedonia. At one of the main cities, Philippi, they meet Lydia at a place of prayer by the river. She and others are baptized. We look at the letter Paul sent to them later — Philippians 4:4-9. We end this presentation by making shishkabobs (thanks to Lydia’s hospitality) and making purple tie dye shirts (because that was her job).
Make some paper chains and get ready to act out Paul and Silas’ experience. They are not the only ones set free. A young lady and the jailer are freed from evil and their sins! God is the one who sets us free! Pray and praise Him. Rejoice always.
Paul traveled to Thessalonica and Berea and preached the Good News that Jesus is our Savior! Those in Berea were noble. They read the scriptures and believed Paul. We want to read our Bibles too. The questions in the game are about the story for today and the Bible.
Paul travels to Athens. There he is amazed at how many idol gods are all around that the people worship. He finds a statue to the unknown god. He introduces the people to the one and only true God Almighty. He warns the people that there will be a day of judgement and that they will be safe if they choose to worship God and accept Jesus as their Savior. We take the opportunity to talk about warning signs and what we can do to be safe. We also recommit to worshiping God.
In Corinth Paul meets Aquila and Priscilla. They are all tent makers so they work together to make tents. We’ll make tents too. When Timothy and Silas come, Paul works together with them again to tell more people about Jesus. God wants us to work together. We’ll build together and do a missionary project together.
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