Use this children’s Sunday School lesson about Jesus clearing the Temple to teach kids about the sanctity of God’s House. Needed: Bibles, whiteboard or blackboard, soft balls or paper wads, drawing paper and crayons or colored pencils Intro Activity: Acting It Out Divide students into groups of three or four. Have each group decide on and act out one part of your church service. After each group, briefly discuss why your church includes that in its weekly
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson about Jesus’ rebuilding of the Temp to teach kids that Jesus is the way to God. Needed: Bibles Intro Game: Jesus is the Way! Divide students into two teams. Choose one student from each team to be “Jesus” and one student from each team to be “God.” The goal is for each team to tag the opposite team’s “God.” They can’t tag “God,” however until they tag that team’s “Jesus.” Explain
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson about Jesus and Nicodemus to teach kids what it means to be born again. Needed: Bibles, a balloon for each student, blankets or sheets or beach towels, various objects Intro 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. 1. Bounce an object 5, 10, and 20 times without
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson about John 3:16 to teach kids why Jesus came to Earth. Needed: Bibles, (optional: a flashlight), soft balls, paper wads 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 room to the other when the lights are on. But when you turn the lights off, they have to stumble around
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson about John the Baptist to teach kids about having humility toward Jesus. Needed: Bibles, a trophy or prize you have won (bring a trophy or prize to show even if it isn’t something you’ve won), drawing paper and crayons or colored pencils 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
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson about Jesus and the Samaritan woman to teach kids about loving people who are different from us and about worshipping God sincerely. Needed: Bibles, a volunteer to play the Samaritan woman (you can read the Samaritan woman’s part if you want), an empty bucket for a prop, drawing paper and crayons or colored pencils Intro Worship Exercise: From Your Heart Lead kids in singing a familiar praise song or teach them
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson about Jesus healing the official’s son to teach kids about prayer. Needed: Bibles, various objects and a snack Intro Game #1: Manipulating God? part 1 Have the students sit in a circle and throw one of their shoes in the middle of the circle. Choose one student to be It. They pick a shoe and tell the owner to do something to get their shoe back. They can choose a simple
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson about Jesus’ announcement to teach kids about what Jesus came to do. Needed: Bibles, prophecy clues on strips of paper Intro Game: Fulfilling Prophecy Print or write out prophecy clues about Jesus, along with their Scripture reference, on strips of paper and hide them around the room. Kids rush to find them and then, put them in order according to book of the Bible. When they’re finished, explain that all of
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids about serving Jesus out of thankfulness. Needed: Bibles, a soft ball, brightly colored pieces of paper Intro Game: Thanks Toss Students stand in a circle and randomly toss a ball back and forth. Whenever someone catches the ball, they have to name one thing God or Jesus has done for them or given to them they’re thankful for, but it can’t be anything anyone else has said. Lesson
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson on Jesus calling His disciples to teach kids what it means to be a fisher of people. Needed: Bibles, cardboard tubing or dowel rods, string, paper clips, fish pattern, scissors, crayons or colored pencils or markers, glue, fabric paint, blank t-shirts Intro Craft and Game: Magnet Fishing Before class, make a fishing pole out of dowel rods or cardboard tubing. Glue a piece of string to the end of the pole.
Use this beatitudes Sunday School lesson on the first beatitude Jesus gave to teach kids why we need God in our lives. Needed: Bible, old clothes, a sign, pennies or other money, a volunteer to play a beggar, an offering plate Intro Activity: Begging for Change As you’re starting class, have someone dressed as a poor person come into your class and ask for money. It’s best to disguise this person as much as possible so that
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson on the second Beatitude to tell kids about the hope we have in Christ. Needed: Bibles, various items, a picture of a deceased loved one, writing or drawing paper, crayons or colored pencils 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 put it in your pocket or outside the room.
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. Team A throws the balls to get Team B out. Team B can only catch the balls
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, a cookie, a piece of fruit, a package of crackers, a juice box, etc. Divide the students
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 as Don’t Forgive. Divide students into two teams, and have the teams line up on separate sides
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 that are only one color, only one shape, or made out of only one material. You’ll choose
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 three partners. Partners separate, and students spread out for a game of tag. When Jesus tags someone,
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 team runs the obstacle course at a time while the other team members line up along the
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 outreach activities that your church does if students need help thinking of something. Explain that sometimes, people
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 room to the other when the lights are on. But when you turn the lights off, they
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. For the first round, they might not be able to use words with the letter “s.” If
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 hands with the students next to them. You’ll call the name of one of the students on
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 Giver for the round. That student (the Prize Giver) can then choose two more student contestants to
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 hits a member of the other team, they’re out. Meanwhile, members of the other team can dive
