Use this children’s Sunday School lesson about the third Beatitude to teach kids to be humble in Christ. Needed: Bibles, soft balls or paper wads Intro Game: Catch It! Divide students into two teams for a game of dodgeball. You can use soft balls or paper wads. One team can only play defense, and the other can only play offense. … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson on the fourth Beatitude to teach kids to desire what is right. Needed: Bibles, various food or beverage items in paper bags Intro Game: Eat It! Before class, place various food or beverage items in individual paper bags. Close the bags and line them up on a table. Suggestions include a bottle of water, … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson on being “salt” to teach kids the importance that Christians have in the world. Needed: Bibles, Salt Intro Activity: Acting It Out Divide students into groups of two or three. Have each group decide on and act out one way that they can help someone and convince them to believe in Jesus. Name some … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson the fifth Beatitude to teach kids to be forgiving. Needed: Bibles, writing and drawing paper, crayons or colored pencils Intro Game: To Forgive or Not to Forgive Print out or write the words Forgive or Don’t Forgive on a set of index cards. You should have an equal number of cards that say Forgive … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson on the seventh Beatitude to teach kids how to be peacemakers. Needed: Bibles Intro Game: The Peacemaker Assign each student a partner. One student won’t have a partner. They’re the Peacemaker. If that leaves another student without a partner, have them pair up with another leader or another pair so that one group has … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School on the eighth Beatitude to teach kids about the different forms of Christian persecution. Needed: Bibles, Faith vs. Fear cards, a world map, writing and drawing paper, crayons or colored pencil Intro Game: Despite All Obstacles Set up an obstacle course with two mirror paths. Divide the students into two teams. One student from each … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson on the sixth Beatitude to teach kids to have only love in their hearts. Needed: Bibles, a glass or bottle of dirty water, a glass or bottle of clean water, pieces of paper with different emotions represented on them, tape Intro Game: Finding Purity In this game of Eye Spy, you’ll only choose items … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson on Jesus’ command to teach children how to speak well to others. Needed: Bibles, various objects, “Joe” paper doll, tape, writing and drawing paper, crayons or colored pencils Intro Game 1: Don’t Say It! Have the students pair up. They take turns asking each other questions. The person answering, however, can’t use certain letters. … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Teach children how to make room for Christ in their lives. Needed: Bibles, a paper doll for each student, crayons or colored pencils, scissors, construction paper, tape Intro Game: Resisting Temptation Divide students into two teams for a slightly modified game of Red Rover. The teams line up facing each other on either side of your play area. They link … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson about not swearing to teach kids to keep their word. Needed: Bibles, cookies or other small prizes in paper bags or boxes Game: Promises, Promises Set a cookie or small prize in individual paper bags or under individual boxes. In this game show type activity, call one student contestant forward. They are the Prize … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson on Christians being the light of the world to show kids how they can lead other people to Heaven. Needed: Bibles, flashlight, blindfolds, obstacles Intro Game: Jesus Our Light Play a game of Red Light, Green Light with the change of turning the light on and off. Students run from one side of the … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids to be patient and forgiving. Needed: Bibles, soft balls or paper wads Intro Game: Don’t Hit Dodgeball Divide students into two teams. They stand at opposite sides of your play area. Their goal is to not hit the other team while making the other team hit them. If someone throws and … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids to love like Christ. Needed: Bibles, soft balls, two basketball hoops or buckets or boxes Intro Game: Neighbors and Enemies Basketball Set up two basketball hoops. If you don’t have basketball hoops, you can use buckets, trash cans, or boxes to catch the balls. If you have a large group, you … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids to be sincere in their spirituality. Needed: Bibles, a random object Intro Game: Sneaky Giving Students sit or stand in a wide circle with their eyes closed. Choose one student to stand in the middle of the circle. They are the Giver. Hand them a random object to lay in front … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach children the meaning of the Lord’s Prayer. Needed: Telephone, Bibles, various objects Intro Game: Finding the Difference Name three items that you can see. Two of them should be the same in a certain way (color, shape, material, etc.) and one should be different in that same way. The first student who … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids the meaning of the Lord’s Prayer. Needed: Bibles, various items, a loaf of store-bought bread Intro Game: How Did God Make It? Divide students into groups of two or three. Give each group an item from your home, from around the church, or from your classroom. Tell each group that they … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids how to focus on good and worthwhile things. Needed: Bibles, Treasures in Heaven Relay cards, a flashlight, gift boxes, (optional: picture or poster of a poor person or family), a potato or other object for each student, a die Intro Game: Treasures in Heaven Relay Divide students into two or more … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids what really matters. Needed: Bibles, a six-sided die, a worn-out piece of clothing, something rusty, something broken, Treasures in Heaven Relay cards, drawing paper, crayons or colored pencils Intro Game: Where are Your Treasures? Students take turns rolling a die, or you can give them all a die and let them … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids to be generous. Needed: A bag of potatoes or another item to play Hot Potato with (you’ll need one for each student), a bunch of shirts or something else you have a lot of, drawing paper, crayons or colored pencils, pennies Intro Game: 2x Hot Potato Have students stand in a … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids about how to receive God’s blessings. Needed: Bibles, a gift box with a rock and a toy or stuffed snake inside, a healthy snack for all (I used individually packaged fruit cups), utensils for the snack, napkins (hide the napkins somewhere in your classroom beforehand) Intro Game: Mother, May I? Choose … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids how to not judge others. Needed: a wood board, decorative bags or boxes with dirt inside and a plain bag or box with cookies or another prize inside Intro Game: Looks Can be Deceiving part 1 Set out a series of decorative bags or boxes on a table. These bags all … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids how to not worry. Needed: Bibles, Faith vs. Fear cards, whiteboard or blackboard, stuffed or real bird (or a picture of a bird), flower Intro Game: Faith vs. Fear Print out or write the words Fear or Faith on a set of index cards. You should have an equal number of … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids about keeping God first. Needed: Bibles, soft balls or paper wads, money Intro Game: Monkeys in the Middle Form students into three groups. Two groups stand on either side of your play area. The third group stands in the middle. The two groups on the end throw or rolls the balls … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids about when to tell people about Jesus and when not to. Needed: Bibles, a rotten piece of food or a picture of rotten food and a fancy food item or a picture of fancy food, a can of dog food or a picture of dog food Intro Game: Disciple Tag Choose … More Children’s Ministry Resources