Activity Array

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.


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Lord’s Prayer — Forgive and Deliver us from Temptation and Sin

Slide with a warning about materialism featuring an illustration of a hyena caught in a trap, accompanied by a biblical quote from 1 Timothy 6:9.

…”And forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors.
And do not lead us into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.” Matthew 6:9-13

The LORD knows us better than even we know ourselves. Remember how He knew Peter’s weakness and counseled that he pray that he would not fall into temptation? He counsels us to do the same. In this PowerPoint presentation we look at what temptation means and how to avoid falling into sin. The best news is that Jesus is victorious and with Him, we are winners too!

Greed or Generosity? Preparation: Have 2 buckets, as pictured above, attached to the ceiling or high place by their handles. The handles should be large enough to allow the bucket to tip over. Bucket 1 has ping pong balls and a string with a dollar bill attached. Bucket 2 is filled with dollar bills, stickers, etc. (enough for everyone in your class) and has a heart attached to the pull string. The pull strings are attached to the edge of the buckets. The first volunteer should ‘choose’ greed as represented by the rolled up dollar bill. When they pull on the string they get the dollar and are pelted with ping pong balls – hailstones. The second volunteer should choose ‘generosity’ and the kingdom of God (love, righteousness, compassion, etc.) When they pull on the string and the bucket tips, they are pelted with dollar bills, stickers, and whatever other light, gentle items that you have put in the bucket.

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Companion Posts:

Jesus teaches us to Pray

Our Father in Heaven… Your Kingdom Come

Your will be done… Give us our Daily Bread


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John Baptizes Jesus

Matthew3, Mark 1, Luke 3

John the Baptist prepared the way for Jesus by telling others to get ready for the Messiah. The people repented and John baptized them. What does repent mean? What is baptism? These are the concepts we explore with this story. The Bible tells us that Jesus washes us and we will be as white as snow. One activity is to make snowflakes.

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Back to John the Baptist and other options for this story

Forward to Jesus’ Temptation in the Wilderness and the Beginning of His ministry


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In the Beginning

Genesis tells us how our world began and how we began. It wasn’t a big bang. It was at the Word of our intelligent, Master Designer — God Almighty. He planned everything to live in perfect balance and beauty. But then….. that is the beginning of the rest of the story. The good news is that God also has a plan to return all things to their original perfect beauty and balance.

The following pages contain PowerPoint presentations telling the first stories of Genesis.

God Created the Heavens and the earth.

Adam and Eve and their family

From Family to Flood — A World full of Wise and Wicked