Purpose: Use this children’s sermon on the Fall to teach kids that every choice we make shows our obedience or disobedience to God. Scripture: Genesis 2:15-17 Needed: a copy of the test questions included at the end of this children’s sermon for every student (feel free to make up your own test questions as well) Children’s Sermon Show your stack of papers and tell students, I have a test I want all of you take today. How
Purpose: Use this children’s sermon on the Fall to teach kids how to resist temptation. Scripture: Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-6 Needed: candy or other treats for each student Children’s Sermon Hand out your treats, but tell students not to eat it while you go get your Bible. Then, have someone else “sneak up” and talk to the kids about how good the treat is and how much the kids would enjoy eating it. Come back and send the
Purpose: Use this children’s sermon on Noah’s Ark and the Flood to teach kids how they can be saved. Scripture: Genesis 6:5-9 Needed: some pictures to play the game Which One of These Things Is Not Like the Others? Children’s Sermon Tell students that you want to play a game of Which One of These Things Is Not Like the Others. You’re going to show them a few pictures and their job is to call out when
Purpose: Use this children’s sermon on the Fall to teach kids how to ask God for forgiveness. Scripture: Genesis 3:12-13 Needed: any small object Children’s Sermon Show students your object and tell them that you want to play a game with them. You’re going to hand them the object and then you’re going to close your eyes for three seconds. Their goal is to pass the object around and hide it so that you won’t know who
Purpose: Use this children’s sermon on the Fall to teach kids how sin is never as rewarding as it seems. Scripture: Genesis 3:1-6 Needed: a torn up or shredded dollar bill or a crumbled cookie (keep it hidden), a new dollar bill or cookie Children’s Sermon Tell students that you will give them a dollar or a cookie if they bark like a dog for five seconds. The first student who volunteers gets to do it. After
Purpose: Use this children’s sermon on Cain and Abel to teach kids how to give God their best. Scripture: Genesis 4:2-5 Needed: a box of cookies or something comparable Children’s Sermon Show students your box of cookies and ask who wants one. Randomly give one student the entire box while you give everyone else a piece of a cookie. When children start to complain, ask, What’s the matter? Are you not happy that I only gave you
Purpose: Use this children’s sermon on Enoch to teach kids how to have a relationship with God. Scripture: Genesis 5:21-24 Needed: nothing Children’s Sermon Lead your students on a walk around the sanctuary. If you have a portable microphone or a loud enough voice, you can start the children’s sermon while you walk. Otherwise, just wait until you get back to the front. Say, I really enjoyed taking a walk with you today. Walking with someone is
Purpose: Use this children’s sermon on creation to teach kids that time does not apply to God. Scripture: Genesis 1:1 Needed: a picture of a road with a curve or turn in it so that you can’t see beyond the curve Children’s Sermon Show students your picture of a curve in the road. Ask, If you were driving on this road, could you see what was after that curve? You couldn’t see what was after the curve
Purpose: Use this children’s sermon on creation to teach kids that God has the authority over what He has made. Scripture: Genesis 1:1, Psalm 139:13 Needed: something you’ve made Children’s Sermon Show students your creation. Ask, Do you know who made this? I made it! (Briefly describe how you made it.) If I was the one making it, who do you think got to decide how it should be? I did! I decided how it should (look,
Purpose: Use this children’s sermon on the Fall to teach kids how punishment helps us. Scripture: Genesis 3:14-19 Needed: a picture of you as a child Read more Bible verses about punishment and God’s justice. Children’s Sermon on Punishment Ask students, Do any of you have rules at your house? Do you ever break the rules? Do you get in trouble when you break the rules? (Show the picture of you as a child and tell a
Purpose: Use this children’s sermon on creation to teach kids that God made us because He loves us. Scripture: Genesis 1:1, Psalm 139:13 Needed: something you’ve made Children’s Sermon Ask students, Have you ever made something? What did you make? Why did you make it? (Show your creation. Explain that you made it because you wanted to.) So, you’ve made things and I’ve made things. Did you know that God also made things? What kinds of things
Purpose: Use this children’s sermon on the creation of mankind to teach kids what kind of people God wants us to be. Scripture: Genesis 1:26-27 Needed: a mirror and a piece of paper with the word “God” written on it Children’s Sermon Read Genesis 1:26-27, quoted here in the NIV. “Then God said, ‘Let Us make humans in Our image, in Our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of
Purpose: Use this children’s sermon on the creation of mankind to teach kids about how we need to appreciate and work together as different genders. Scripture: Genesis 1:26-28 Needed: a copy of something you’ve made that you can tear up or destroy Children’s Sermon Show students your object that you made. Act very excited and proud of it as you describe how you made it. Ask students, Have you ever made anything? What would you do if
Purpose: Use this children’s sermon on the creation of mankind to teach kids about how we need to appreciate and work together as different genders. Scripture: Genesis 1:26-27 Needed: a nut and a bolt along with something to put together, a wrench if needed (You can take one nut and bolt out of a household item beforehand.) Children’s Sermon Show students your partially deconstructed item. Explain that you’re trying to put it back together. Show them your
Purpose: Use this children’s sermon on the Trinity to teach kids one of the ways that we’re like God. Scripture: Genesis 1:26-27 Needed: nothing Children’s Sermon Ask students, Do any of you have a spirit or a soul? (We all have spirits or souls.) Where is your spirit? Our spirits are inside our bodies. We usually think our spirits as being like our hearts. Not the part of our body that pumps blood, but the part of
Purpose: Use this Adam and Eve Sunday children’s sermon to reveal to kids the awesome power of our loving God. Scripture: Psalm 139:13 Needed: Dirt Children’s Sermon Ask students, If you wanted to make a person, how would you do it? Can you make a person? A real person? When God wanted to make a person, He took some dirt (pick dirt up in your hand), He made it into the shape of a man, and then
Purpose: Use this children’s sermon on the Sabbath to teach kids about the importance of resting, and resting in God. Scripture: Genesis 2:2-3 Needed: a calendar or datebook Children’s Sermon Flip through your calendar and say something like, Wow, am I busy! Look at all this stuff I have to do. Do any of you ever feel busy? What are you busy with? (School, sports, family activities, etc.) It sounds like you are busy doing a lot
Purpose: Use this children’s sermon on the Bible to teach kids that the Bible reports the facts. Scripture: 2 Peter 1:20-21; 2 Timothy 3:16 Needed: a newspaper, a Bible Children’s Sermon Show students your newspaper and ask, How do people write the newspaper? (Pick one interesting story from the newspaper and talk about how the reporter wrote the story.) People write the news either by watching something happening themselves or by interviewing other people who saw something
Purpose: Use this children’s sermon on the Bible to teach kids that the Bible is something we should pay attention to. Scripture: 2 Peter 1:20-21; 2 Timothy 3:16 Needed: a piece of junk mail or spam email, a Bible Children’s Sermon Excitedly show students the junk mail you received. Act excited that you received some mail. Then, act disappointed when you “realize” what it is. Say, I was excited that someone sent me some mail, but it’s
Purpose: Use this children’s sermon on the Bible to teach kids that the Bible is God’s story. Scripture: 2 Peter 1:20-21; 2 Timothy 3:16 Needed: a picture or a copy of a popular children’s book or movie, an autobiography, a Bible Children’s Sermon Show kids a popular book or movie and ask, Who’s the main character in this? Are there are other characters? If there are other characters, how do you know which one is the main
Purpose: Use this children’s sermon on the Bible to teach kids that the Bible is God’s message to them. Scripture: 2 Peter 1:20-21; 2 Timothy 3:16 Needed: an important letter, card, or email that you received, a Bible Children’s Sermon Ask students, Have you ever received a letter in the mail from someone? Did you ever receive a card with a special note inside? How did it make you feel when you received that letter or special
Purpose: Use this children’s sermon on the Bible to teach kids that the Bible does many different things in our lives. Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:16-17 Needed: any kind of multi-tool ), a Bible Children’s Sermon Show students your multi-tool and explain everything that it does. Show them how useful it is. (Show your Bible.) Ask, Did you know that the Bible is a multi-tool? It has a lot of different purposes. It even says so. (Read 2
Use this Thanksgiving children’s sermon to teach kids that we can always find something to thank God for. Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:18 Needed: nothing Children’s Sermon Greet children with, Happy Thanksgiving! And, of course, Thanksgiving is all about giving thanks, isn’t it? We thank God for all the good things He’s done for us. What are some things that you want to thank God for this year? (Share something that you’re thankful for.) I want to play
Use this Halloween children’s sermon to show kids the difference between believing in ghosts and zombies and believing in the Resurrection. Scripture: Matthew 27:51-53 Needed: a picture or costume of a ghost or zombie Children’s Sermon Ask, Who knows what holiday is coming up this week? (Halloween!) Right. Halloween is this week. Are you any of you dressing up for Halloween? What are you going to be? Did you know that some people like to make Halloween
