Lesson: Saul Becomes King

Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids about how Israel chose their first king, and how God is the true King. Needed: Bibles, flashlight, craft foam or construction paper, scissors, glue or tape, markers or crayons, stickers or jewel decorations Intro Game: Storytelling Sequence Kids sit in a circle, each telling one sentence of a story. Tell them … More Children’s Ministry Resources

Lesson: God Rejects Saul and Chooses David

Use this children’s Sunday School lesson about David to teach children about how God judges us for who we are on the inside. Needed: Bibles, gift bags or wrapped boxes with dirt in them and one plain bag or box with a snack or prize to share Intro Game: Looks Can Be Deceiving part 1 Set out a series of … More Children’s Ministry Resources

Lesson: David and Goliath

Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids about how God helped David defeat Goliath and how He can help us in every situation. Needed: Bibles, a simple musical instrument such as a toy drum or toy keyboard, balls, socks, bucket or trashcan Intro Game 1: Soothing the King Tell kids to line up one side of your play … More Children’s Ministry Resources

Lesson: David and Nabal – Abigail Makes Peace

Use this children’s Sunday School lesson about David to teach children how to minister to others. Needed: Bibles, random items, drawing paper, and crayons or colored pencils Intro Game: Pacifying David  Choose something around your room. Tell students that you’re going to play a game of tag. The only way to make you stop chasing them is for them to … More Children’s Ministry Resources

Lesson: Solomon, the Wisest King?

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

Lesson: The Kingdom Divided!

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

Lesson: Elijah and the Widow

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

Lesson: Showdown on Mount Carmel

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

Lesson: God Appears to Elijah

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

Lesson: Showing Respect for God and the Leaders He Chooses

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

Lesson: Elijah Taken to Heaven

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

Lesson: Elisha is Merciful to His Enemies

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

Lesson: The Story of the Prophet Jonah

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

Lesson: Hezekiah and the Prophet Isaiah

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

Lesson: King Josiah and the Case of the Missing Bible

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

Lesson: Ezekiel the Watchman

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

Ezekiel 37:1-14 Lesson: The Valley of Dry Bones

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