Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids about what happens when we die. Needed: Bibles, soft balls or paper wads Intro Activity: Acting It Out Divide students into groups of two or three. Give them a few minutes to think of their skit. Then, have each group act out what they think happens when someone dies. Lesson So … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids how to make the best decisions. Needed: picture of Adam and Eve in the Garden, a piece of fruit, picture of the Ark of the Covenant, cookies or different levels of prizes Into Game: Good vs. Best For this game show type game, you’ll call on volunteers to come up and … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson about the story of David and Bathsheba to teach kids about God’s punishments and forgiveness. Needed: Bibles, soft balls or paper wads, Don’t Say It / Taboo cards Game: Uriah Dodge Ball Divide your play area in half and divide the students into two teams. Give each team an equal number of soft balls … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson about the life of Solomon to teach kids to be faithful to God their entire lives. Needed: Bibles, index cards (some with names of various gods written on them and some with “God” written on them), a piece of paper for each group of students with the basic scenario of the two women claiming … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson about Rehoboam and Jeroboam to teach kids the importance of humility and unity. Needed: Bibles, Kerplunk or Jenga Intro Game: Kerplunk or Jenga Both of these games require kids to take risks and exercise wisdom. Jenga is an especially simple game that you can make yourself if you want to by cutting up some … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson about Elijah to teach kids about how God supplies our needs and answers our prayers. Needed: Bibles, a bowl with some flour in it, bowls and cereal or building blocks, 2 six-sided dice Lesson Say, Last time, we learned about how King Solomon died and his son, Rehoboam, made a big mistake. Does anyone … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson about Elijah to teach kids who the real God is. Needed: Bibles Intro Game: Thumb Wrestling Tournament Have students find a partner. When you say, Go!, each pair of students thumb wrestle. The winners of each match pair up with another winner. The losers pair up with another loser. If someone loses twice, they’re … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson about Elijah to teach students about the ways God speaks to us. Needed: Bibles, blindfolds, drawing paper and crayons or colored pencils Intro Craft: How God Works Give students drawing supplies and ask them to draw their favorite way that God worked in the Bible. It could be a story about God from the … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson about Elijah to teach children about respect. Needed: Bibles, strips of paper, drawing paper and crayons or colored pencils Intro Activity: Mock Election Announce that you’re going to play a game to decide which student will be the next leader of (your country, your class, your church, or any other organization your kids will … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this Elijah and Elisha children’s Sunday School lesson to teach children about how we can serve God best in this life and how we’re looking forward to going to Heaven one day. Needed: Bibles, blanket or sheet or beach towel, drawing paper and crayons or colored pencils, various objects to hide Intro Game: Up and Down Give students blankets, … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson about Elisha and his servant to teach children about generosity and helping others. Needed: Bibles, pennies Intro Game: Disciple Tag Choose one student to be It. When they tag someone, that person links hands with them and joins their team. They continue adding people to their team, linking hands with each one until all … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson about Elisha to teach kids about being merciful to their enemies. Needed: Bibles, soft balls or paper wads, drawing paper and crayons or colored pencils Intro Game: Spy Among Us! Have students close their eyes. Explain that when you walk among them and tap one student on the shoulder, that student is the Spy. … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson about Jonah to teach kids about the need to obey God and the richness of God’s forgiveness. Needed: Bibles, towel or blanket, action figure or doll or stuffed animal, trashcan or bucket or box Intro Activity: Acting It Out Divide students into groups of two or three. Have each group decide on and act … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson about Isaiah and King Hezekiah to teach kids about prayer. Needed: Bibles, dice, index cards with weapons or God on them, Intro Game: Raising the Dice Divide students into two teams and give each time a six-sided die. The first student from each team runs up to a table and rolls their dice. The … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson about King Josiah to teach kids about the importance of studying the Bible. Needed: Bibles, strips of paper with clues written on them, construction paper, hole punches, ribbon, and craft supplies Intro Game 1: The Case of the Missing Bible Prepare a clue hunt around the church or your meeting area. The clues can … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson about Ezekiel to teach kids about the need to tell others about their faith. Needed: Bibles, a volunteer to play Ezekiel (or you can do this yourself) Intro Game: Watchman Divide students into two teams. The first team spreads out on one side of your play area and closes their eyes. Choose one of … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson about Ezekiel’s vision of the dry bones coming to life to teach children about hope, including our ultimate hope, in God. Needed: Bibles, clay or Play-Doh for each student, Fluxx card game or soft balls Intro Activity: Re-Making Give each student some clay or Play-Doh and tell them to make whatever they want. When … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this fiery furnace children’s Sunday School lesson to teach children about the need to be brave and do the right thing. Needed: Bibles, soft balls or paper wads, a world map, drawing paper and crayons or colored pencils Intro Game: Angels’ Protection Dodge Ball Divide your play area in half and divide the students into two teams. Give each … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson about the prophet Daniel and King Nebuchadnezzar to teach children about how God wants to change our thinking. Needed: Bibles, a volunteer to play King Nebuchadnezzar (you can do this yourself if you want) Intro Game: Power Up Freeze Tag Divide the students into two teams. One team is It and tries to tag … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson about Daniel to teach children about the need to respect God. Needed: Bibles, a scale and random items, pieces of paper with invisible messages written on them Intro Game: How Much Does it Weigh? Bring in a kitchen or body weight scale and make a game show out of having kids guess how much … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson about Daniel in the lions’ den to teach children about God’s protection. Needed: Bibles, soft balls or paper wads, drawing paper, crayons or colored pencils, (optional: yarn or puff balls for lions’ fur, glue) Intro Activity: 3X Prayer part 1 Tell students that you’re going to have them try something today. They’re going to … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson about Ezra and Nehemiah to teach kids about the forgiveness of God and the unity of Christians. Needed: index cards with “Exile!” and “God Forgives You!” written on them, building blocks Lesson Say, The two kingdoms of Israel and Judah had been conquered. God let the Assyrians and the Babylonians conquer Israel and Judah … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson about Esther to teach children about being ready for God to use them. Needed: a copy of the script for each character (or each student if you want them to read along), soft balls, empty two-liter bottles or other lightweight items to knock over Intro Game: Right Time Bowling Divide the students into two … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids about how Luke wrote his gospel and about the obedience of Zechariah during the birth of John the Baptist. Needed: Clue hunt around the church, volunteers to play Zechariah and Elizabeth, Zechariah’s writing tablet, drawing paper and crayons or colored pencils, stapler or hole punch and string, optional craft foam Game: … More Children’s Ministry Resources