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 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 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 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 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 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 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
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
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 calls out the difference gets to name the next three objects. Play as long as time permits.
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 have to come up with the steps God used to make that item. Ask them to be
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 circle. Give the potato to one child and have that student pass it to their right, around
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 roll simultaneously. Each student will roll 10 times, earning or losing points based on the following die
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 teams. All teams line up one side of the play area. On the other side is a
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 (or paper wads) back and forth to each other. The third group tries to intercept them. When
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 cards that say Faith as Fear. Divide students into two teams, and have the teams line up
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 have dirt in them. Set one plain bag or box in a visible but inconspicuous location elsewhere
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 one student to be It. When they tag someone, that person links hands with them and joins
