Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach about God’s sovereignty in giving His gifts . Needed: Bibles, cookies or other small prizes in paper bags Intro Game #1: 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 to teach kids the importance of obeying the Lord above all others. Needed: Bibles, soft balls, paper wads Intro Game: Despite All Obstacles Set up an obstacle course with two mirror paths. Divide the students into two teams. One student from each team runs the obstacle course at a time while the other team … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids about the need to be honest with God. Needed: Bibles, a potato or other item for each student, coins, offering plate or basket Intro Game #1: Lie Detector This game is similar to Two Truths and a Lie. Tell students that you’re going to tell them a story about what happened … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids about being brave in Christ. Needed: Bibles Intro Game: Resurrection Tag Pick one student to be It. That student is Death. Pick another student to be Jesus. When Death tags someone, they fall down and lie on the ground like they’re dead. Jesus can then come to tag them, and they … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids about the power God gives all of us. Needed: Bibles Intro Game: Get Up! Have students lie down on the floor. Sitting is fine if you don’t have enough room for everyone to lie down. When you yell, “Get up!” everyone should get to their feet and jump into the air … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach about Pentecost and the coming of the Holy Spirit. Needed: a volunteer to play Peter (You can do this if you want.), flame relay cards Intro Game: The Spreading Flame Divide students into two or more teams. Print out or draw pictures of flames and place them at the opposite end of … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to tell students about how Jesus went back up to Heaven and what will happen when He returns Needed: Bibles, various objects, drawing paper, crayons or colored pencils Intro Game: What’s Missing? Have students close their eyes. While their eyes are closed, take something from the room and put it outside the door where … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids how important it is to love Jesus. Needed: Bibles, drawing paper, crayons or colored pencils Lesson Explain that this story probably happened a couple of weeks after Jesus rose from the dead. (Read John 21:1-6.) “Afterward Jesus appeared again to His disciples, by the Sea of Galilee. It happened this way: … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach students about faith and how Jesus appeared to the doubting disciple in John 20:19-31. Needed: Bibles, a list of statements for a true/false game Lesson Introduction Game: The Unbelievable Divide students into two teams. You’ll read a list of statements, and they have to vote as a team whether they believe each … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids about how Jesus fulfills prophecy from the Old Testament. Needed: Bibles, slips of paper with prophetic statements about Jesus written on them, close-up images of common objects, drawing paper, crayons or colored pencils Intro Game #1: Fulfilling Prophecy Print or write out prophecy clues about Jesus, along with their Scripture reference, … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids about the resurrection of Christ and our resurrection when He comes again. Needed: Bibles, balloons, a box, three signs saying “Sorry. He’s Not Here!”, cupcakes for each student with re-lighting candles in them Intro Game: Don’t Let it Fall! Gather students in a circle. As you toss a balloon up into … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids about Jesus’ resurrection on Easter Sunday and our resurrection when He comes again. Needed: Bibles, toilet paper rolls, cones or another placement marker Lesson Read Matthew 27:62-66. “The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate. ‘Sir,’ they said, ‘we remember that while … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids the symbolism of the Easter basket. Needed: Easter basket, Easter grass, chocolate coins or chocolate with some kind of shiny wrapping (Hershey’s Kisses, York Peppermint Patties, etc.), chicken or rooster-shaped candy (a chocolate rooster, or chick-shaped Peeps), a plastic egg with something inside of it, rolls of toilet paper, cones or … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach children about how Jesus died for us to forgive us for our sins. Needed: Bibles, rotten food, candy bars, newspaper or other paper, Silly Putty or the following: food coloring, white glue, liquid starch (like Sta-Flo for laundry), measuring cups, sandwich baggies Intro Game: Taking Our Place Divide students into two teams … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids about Jesus praying in the Garden, Judas’ betrayal, and Peter’s denial. Needed: Bibles, dice Intro Game: Traitor 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 Traitor. When you tap them, they should look up … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach children about what the sacrament means and how Jesus started it at the Last Supper. Needed: Bibles, a Communion set (It’s up to you whether your church will allow you to have Communion with the children. If not, simply show them the items used in Communion.) Intro Game: Traitor Among Us! Have … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach children about serving others. Needed: Bibles, drawing paper, crayons or colored pencils Intro Game: Good and Faithful Servant Tell the students that you’re going to play a game in which you’re the Master, and they’re your servants. You’re going to name something you want, and they have 15 seconds to bring you … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids about both Jesus’ identity and the need to respect the church as a holy place. Needed: Bibles, construction paper, old clothes, balloons Worship Activity: Mini Church Service To help kids understand that the church is a holy place, take some time to walk through the elements of a church service. Do … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids about giving Jesus our best. Needed: Bibles, drawing paper, crayons or colored pencils, soft balls or paper wads Intro Game: What to Do with It? Divide students into groups of two or three. Tell each group to pretend that you gave them $20. Their job is to come up with the … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids about the power of Jesus in raising Lazarus (and us) from the dead. Needed: Bibles, drawing paper, crayons or colored pencils 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 … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids that serving others is a way of serving Jesus. Needed: Bibles, dice, drawing paper, crayons or colored pencils Intro Game: Raising the Dice Divide students into two teams or more teams and give each time a six-sided die. The first student from each team runs up to a table and rolls … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids the importance of using their talents for God. Needed: Bibles, optional: chalkboard or whiteboard or paper to brainstorm ideas Lesson Ask students, What are some things that you’re good at? (Suggestions could include anything from being good at sports to being a good artist to being a good friend. Write at … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to impress upon kids the need to be ready when Jesus returns. Needed: Bibles, a way to play music Intro Game: What Time? Think of a time (example: 12:49 pm) and ask students to guess what time you’re thinking of. Whoever is closest then gets to think of a new time. Continue playing as … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids to offer Jesus everything that they have. Needed: Bibles, a $20 bill or higher, two pennies, a lot of pennies and a bucket, cookies or other prizes Intro Game #1: Trading All We Have Scatter wads of paper all over the floor. Then, show students a cookie or some other sort … More Children’s Ministry Resources