Lesson: By Their Fruit

Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids how to be a real follower of Christ. Needed: Bibles, fruit and leaves and twigs, bowls, rotten fruit or a picture of rotten fruit, good fruit or a picture of good fruit Intro Game: Good Fruit Relay Divide students into two teams and have them line up at one side of … More Children’s Ministry Resources

Lesson: The Narrow and Wide Gates

Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids about following the narrow road to Heaven. Needed: Bibles, paper to make two paths, a snack or other prize Intro Game: Follow the Leader Choose a Leader. Students must follow the Leader in every way, going where they go and doing what they do. Play for a specified amount of time … More Children’s Ministry Resources

Lesson: The Golden Rule

Use this children’s Sunday School on the Golden Rule to teach kids to treat others how they want to be treated. Needed: Bibles, something golden, masking tape Intro Game: Treasure Hunt  Hide something golden in your room and tells students that you’ve hidden golden treasure. When you say, “Go!” students look for it. The first one to find it gets … More Children’s Ministry Resources

Lesson: Wise and Foolish Builders

Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids how to be like the man who built his house on the rock. Needed: Bibles, a pan, a cup of water, a large rock, some sand, two toy houses (I used Monopoly houses), trays of sand, trays of rocks, playing cards, a die Lesson Place the rock and a pile of … More Children’s Ministry Resources

Lesson: Why Do We Study the Bible?

Lesson Why Do We Study the Bible?

What are the Scriptures? Why is it so important for us to study? Includes an object lesson, games, and craft. Needed: For this lesson, you’ll want to gather a children’s fictional story book, Bibles, construction paper, ribbon, markers or crayons, stickers, and hole punches. Intro Game 1: Follow the Leader The Class Teacher chooses a Leader. Students must follow the … More Children’s Ministry Resources

Lesson: The Story of Job

We can hope in the Lord no matter what! Includes a teaching guide and 2 games. Needed: Blankets or sheets or beach towels, various objects Game: Up and Down Give the students blankets, sheets, or beach towels to hold between them. You can break the students into teams or have them complete the following challenges together. Bounce an object 5, … More Children’s Ministry Resources

Lesson: The Tower of Babel

Teach students to practice humility. Includes a lesson, game, and craft. Needed: Charade cards, Charade cards printed in another language (you can use Google Translate to get an approximate translation of the phrases you enter), a picture of a world map , drawing paper, crayons or colored pencils or markers Game: Charades Prepare a number of charade cards beforehand with … More Children’s Ministry Resources

Lesson: Noah’s Big Mistake

Teach students about the dangers of alcohol but also about forgiving others. Includes a teaching guide and 2 games. Game: Try Not to Laugh Make funny faces at the kids. The first one that laughs has to get up and make funny faces at the group. Keep playing until everyone has had a chance to stand up. If some are … More Children’s Ministry Resources

Lesson: Noah’s Ark and the Flood

Why was Noah saved out of all the people on earth? How can we be saved? Includes a lesson, game, class activity, and snack idea. Needed: Bibles, Legos or building blocks of some kind, a picture of a rainbow, Bingo sheets and animal crackers Intro Activity Build a couple of simple objects out of building blocks beforehand. A tower, wall, … More Children’s Ministry Resources

Lesson: Enoch Disappears!

What does having a personal relationship with the Lord look like? Includes a teaching guide and 2 games. Needed: Bibles, random objects, trash bags or strings to tie children’s legs together Intro Game: “What’s Missing?” Place a variety of objects on the table or around the room. Have students close their eyes, and then take one of the objects and … More Children’s Ministry Resources

Lesson: The Story of the Fall

A drama and questions to read with your class, 2 object lesson activities, and 2 games. Needed: candy or treats; a potato or another object to pass around; a ripped up dollar bill, a crumbled up cookie, or a similar broken prize (Optional: a copy of the script for each of your characters, included after the leader’s guide) Intro Activity … More Children’s Ministry Resources

Lesson: Cain and Abel

My lesson on the “fall out” from the Fall with a story about Adam and Eve’s very different sons, Cain and Abel. The object lesson and story game at the end will help students connect the message to their lives. Needed: A twenty-dollar bill (or something comparable) Intro Activity Pull out a $20 bill and hand it to one of … More Children’s Ministry Resources

Lesson: Created as Stewards

How can we care for the great gift of the world the Creator has given us? Includes a lesson, 2 games, and an optional service project. Needed: Bibles Tell students to imagine the following scenario: Pretend that you’ve just drawn the best picture you’ve ever done. You’re so proud of it and it’s so good that you know you could … More Children’s Ministry Resources

Lesson: Male and Female

How does God want men and women to help each other? Includes a teaching guide and game. Needed: Bibles Intro Game Activity: Agree or Disagree? (Have students line up in the middle of the room. The leader reads the following statements and the children move to the right side of the room if they agree with the statement, the left … More Children’s Ministry Resources

Lesson: Created to Be Like God

What is the Lord like? How does He can we follow His example? Includes a lesson and craft activity. Needed: drawing paper and markers or crayons Intro Craft Activity Give each student a piece of paper and some crayons and instruct them to draw a person as best as they can. When finished, allow students to show their drawings to … More Children’s Ministry Resources

Lesson: You Shall Not Commit Adultery

What is God’s plan for marriage? Includes a lesson, 2 games, and a craft. Needed: drawing paper and crayons or colored pencils Intro Game: Act it Out Divide students into teams of two. Give them each a scenario related to dating or marriage to act out. They’ll have a few minutes to plan their scene. Then, each group will show … More Children’s Ministry Resources

Lesson: The Two Greatest Commandments

Jesus tells us to love God and others if we want to follow God’s commandments. Includes a teaching guide, class activity, craft, and optional service project. Needed: white board or large paper to write on, drawing paper and crayons or colored pencils Intro Activity: Top Ten As a class, have students think of their Top Ten favorite things in a … More Children’s Ministry Resources

Lesson: You Shall Not Steal

Teach students to respect others’ property and to even avoid coveting it. Includes a teaching guide and 2 games. Needed: soft play balls or paper wads, a snack or other prize Intro Game: Snatch Ball Mark a line down the center of your play area. Place soft play balls on the line. If you don’t have play balls, you can … More Children’s Ministry Resources

Lesson: Keeping the Sabbath

How can students spend time with God on this special day? Includes a teaching guide and 3 games. Needed: exercise instruction cards Intro Game: Extreme Exercise Race Have students pair up and complete this race together. All the students will line up by pairs on one side of your play area. Spaced out in a direct line in front of … More Children’s Ministry Resources

Lesson: Why Does God Give Us Rules?

The Lord gives us the Ten Commandments and other rules because He loves us. Includes a lesson and 3 games. Needed: common items, Bibles, Whiteboard and markers or something else to write on, pieces of paper with phrases from the Ten Commandments written on them Game: Breaking the Rules Play any simple game your kids know. The trick is that … More Children’s Ministry Resources

Lesson: Respecting God’s Name

What does it mean to take the Lord’s name in vain? Includes a lesson, 2 games, and a craft. Needed: drawing paper and crayons or colored pencils, optional blindfold Intro Craft: Drawing Out the Hypocrite Give students some drawing supplies and ask them to draw a picture or write a short story about someone who says they’re a Christian, but … More Children’s Ministry Resources

Lesson: Honoring Our Parents

Why did the Lord give us parents? Why does He want us to listen to them? Includes a lesson, game, and craft. Needed: white board or large piece of paper, drawing paper and crayons or colored pencils Intro Game: Simon Says Students follow your commands and motion when you say, “Simon says” first. If you don’t say, “Simon says” before … More Children’s Ministry Resources

Lesson: You Shall Not Kill

How can we live at peace with one another? Includes a teaching guide and 2 games. Needed: soft play balls or paper wads Intro Game: Don’t Hit Dodge Ball 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 … More Children’s Ministry Resources