Teaching Goal: Involve other family members in your child’s spiritual development. Scripture: Deuteronomy 4:9 Teach the commandments to your children and to their children after them. 2 Timothy 1:5 I have been reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and any [...]
Teaching Goal: We can talk to God anytime. Scripture: I Samuel 1 – Story of Hannah asking for a son and having her request answered. I Samuel 1:12-13a “As she kept on praying to the Lord, Eli observed her mouth. Hannah was praying in her [...]
Lent/Easter Season Teaching Goal: Teach the story of Easter Week. Scripture: Luke 19 to 24: The final days of Jesus’ life on earth from Palm Sunday to the Ascension. Materials: Shoe box Pipe cleaners- assorted colors Styrofoam Small box Contact paper or wide tape Felt [...]
By Kelly Weaver Teaching Goal: Demonstrating the Fruit of the Spirit in our lives. Scriptures: John 14:27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and [...]
Teaching Goal: God’s power allows us to work together as believers, for His glory! Scriptures: 1 Corinthians 12:14-27 Now the body is not made up of one part but of many…If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If [...]
By Karen Noal Teaching Goal: God wants us to be aware of our abilities and use them for ministry. Scripture: Exodus 31:3 …and I have filled him with the spirit of God, with skill, ability and knowledge in all kinds of crafts. Exodus 31:1-11 List [...]
Teaching Goal: Learn about the Book of Psalms. Scripture: The Book of Psalms. Specific scriptures included in the activity. Materials: Paper and pencil. Play theme song Pray Review last lesson Lesson and Discussion Words that are written in bold are when you, the parent, are [...]
Teaching Goal: Slow down, enjoy, and be refreshed by God’s creation. Scripture: Psalm 23 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul. He guides [...]
By Karen Noal Teaching Goal: Our surroundings can strengthen or weaken our faith. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:33 Do not be misled: Bad company corrupts good character. Romans 12:2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your [...]
Teaching Goal: Have a target—goal and purpose—for life. Scripture: See Activity #4 below. Materials: Paper, pen Garbage can or pail 3x5 note cards or special paper Materials to decorate the cards: Color markers, pictures, stickers NOTE: For a more detailed process read: “How to Develop [...]
Teaching Goal: Being a Christian can be the most exciting thing in life. Scripture: 2 Samuel 6:14 David, wearing a linen ephod, danced before the Lord with all his might, while he and the entire house of Israel brought up the Ark of the Lord [...]
(Object lesson idea from “The Last Christian Generation” by Josh McDowell) Teaching Goal: The resurrection of Christ is a fact that each person must accept or reject, not an opinion that can be true for one person and not true for another. Scripture: Matthew 27:32-55 [...]
Teaching goal: Our faith in God needs to be a part of everything in our lives. Scriptures: Colossians 3:23 “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men.” Materials: Copies of activity forms (**Please refer [...]
Teaching Goal: Share the faith with friends. Scripture: Mark 5:1-20 Healing of the demon possessed man from Gerasenes. Materials: Paper and pencil Play theme song Pray Review last lesson Lesson and Discussion Words written in bold are when the leader is speaking. Feel free to [...]
Written by Karen Noal Teaching Goal: God revealed His plans to prophets, who then foretold the birth of Jesus hundreds of years before He was born. Scripture: Isaiah 9:6 (prediction: Christ’s birth) “For to us a child is born, to us a Son is given, [...]
Teaching Goal: Man looks at the outside, but God looks at the inside of a person. Scripture: 1 Samuel 16 Fill your horn with oil and be on your way; I am sending you [Samuel] to Jesse of Bethlehem. I have chosen one of his [...]
By Karen Noal Teaching Goal: God planned the creation of our universe. Scripture: Genesis 1:1 “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Story of Creation from Genesis 1. Romans 1:20 “For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities – his [...]
Teaching Goal: Being a Christian may be unpopular. Scripture: Ephesians 6:19-20a Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in [...]
Teaching Goal: God is still with us and loves us when bad things happen Scripture: Acts 9:8-9 Saul {Paul} got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could see nothing…For three days he was blind, and did not eat or drink [...]