16 September 2014

Kids Church Sept 2014 Jesus - who is he?

19 kids aged 8-11

Intro: session about learning more about who Jesus is, not only the facts about him, but knowing him as a  friend.

Game: HUMAN TABLE FOOTY


Chairs laid out as table football game, kid in each chair, tables for goals.

 

Game: hero to Zero


On the wall, have a Hero and Zero poster up. Kids given a name of a celebrity and they have to put it somewhere between Hero or Zero, depends what they think of them.

 

Names I used are:

-       Wayne Rooney

-       The Queen

-       David Cameron

-       Heather  Barrington

-       Their mum

-       Probably a few others

 

Short discussion why  we respect/admire folk and why

 

Bible Study –


Lots of people have different views on who Jesus is.

Listened to Larry Norman/ The Outlaw
 

& discussed the song.

 

Group split in to 3 groups, and asked to look up and read bible passage, and what does it tell us about Jesus

Luke 2:21-22 Son of God

Luke 6: 13-16 a leader

Luke 6:27-36 a teacher

Others not used

            Luke 9:12-17 a miracle worker

            Luke 18:35-43  a healer

 

 

Quiz: What do you know about Jesus


Wall had post it notes with points behind, kids chose one, if they got the question correct, got that number of points.

Questions:

1. Where was Jesus born? (answer: Bethlehem)

2. What was his mum called? (answer: Mary)

3. What gifts did the Wise men bring Jesus? (answer: gold, frankincense and myrrh)

4. What was the name of his cousin? (answer: John (the Baptist)

5. Who ruled Jesus' country at the time of his birth? (answer: the Romans)

6. In which town did Jesus grow up? (answer: Nazerath)

7. What job did Jesus have? (answer: Carpenter)

8. How old was Jesus when he began to go around preaching? (answer: 30 years old)

9. Can you name four of Jesus' disciples? (answer: Peter, Andrew, James, John, Matthew, Philip,  Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew James, Judas, Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot)

10. What does the name Jesus mean a) gift b) the Lord saves or c) peace? (answer: b)

11. Who did Jesus say he was? (answer: God, the Son of Man, the Son of God, Messiah)

12. At what event did a dove appear above Jesus? (answer: his baptism)

13. What was the first miracle Jesus performed? (answer: turning the water in wine)

14. What's the Sunday before Easter called? (answer: Palm Sunday)

15. What did Jesus do on Palm Sunday? (answer: rode into Jerusalem on a donkey)

16. Which disciple betrayed Jesus? (answer: Judas)

17. Name the Roman big cheese who handed Jesus over to the Jews? (answer: Pilate)

18. How was Jesus put to death? (answer: crucified)

19. On what day did Jesus die? (answer: Good Friday)

20. How many days was Jesus dead? (answer: three)

 

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Sunday School June 2014,Out On Top: The Sermon on the mount

Game ZIP, ZAP, BOING, POW

Description:

Sit your group in a circle. Explain that you are going to pass 'Nothin' round the circle. Choose a player to start and explain that they should pass 'Nothing' to the player on their left by pointing their two forefingers like a gun at the person and saying 'Zip'. The person who receives the 'Nothing' then chooses what action to take from the following:

Zip: To pass the 'Nothing' onto the next player.

Zap: To pass the 'Nothing' back in the opposite direction.

Boing: To miss a player out and pass the 'Nothing' to the person just beyond the one sitting next to you.

Pow: Whilst holding a fist above your head, point at a player across the other side of the circle. This passes the 'Nothing' to them and they can choose which direction to pass it in. The only rule is that you cannot Boing or Pow somebody who has just Boing'ed or Pow'ed you. If anyone hesitates, looks in the wrong direction or passes to somebody who is already out then they will be out. The winner is the last one left in.

MAKE A MOUNTAIN OUT OF...


Duration: 10 mins

Equipment required: A roll of masking tape per small group of children, newspapers for each group, a small figurine - such as a lego or playmobile figure, for each group OR pipecleaners for them to make their own figurine. Optional sweets for small prize.

Description:

Divide the children into small groups of about 3 or 4. Give each group a roll of masking tape, a selection of newspapers and a small figure of a person or pipecleaners to make their own person.

Explain to the children that the aim is for them to make a mountain out of the tape and newspaper within 5 minutes. There are no rules, only that the mountain is able to support the figure on the top.

At the end of 5 minutes, call a stop to the proceedings. Ask the children to place the figure on the top of their mountain and then allow them all to stand back and admire their handiwork.

Walk round and comment positively on each creation - you may wish to award a token prize to the tallest creation.

Once you have finished this, ask the children to sit down, and explain that we are looking at the life of Jesus. After choosing His disciples, Jesus then went up a mountain and spoke to his disciples and all those who had flocked to hear and see him.

What he said was so important that it was recorded in the Bible and is now known as the "Sermon on the Mount" because Jesus taught the people from the side of a mountain.

The Point: To introduce the fact that Jesus went up on a mountain to teach the people.

 

GUESS WHO


Duration: 10 mins

Equipment required: A piece of rectangular paper for each child, approximately a third of A4 and a

pencil for each child.

Description:

Divide the children into small groups of 4. Give each child a pencil and piece of paper.

Explain to the children that after he had chosen his disciples, all sorts of people flocked to Jesus to see Him, hear Him speak and to be healed from their diseases. They came from all over the place, but were drawn to Jesus because of what they had heard about Him. Jesus was almost the celebrity of His day and country. Everyone wanted to see him for themselves.

Ask the children to fold their paper into four and make crease marks down the paper. In the top quarter ask the children to draw the head of a person -and to make the marks where the neck should start.

Once they have completed drawing the head, they should fold their paper over so that the picture is  covered, but so that the bottom of the neck should be visible at the start of the next quarter. On the word pass - they should then pass the paper on to the next person who must not peep underneath the flap. Everyone should receive a new piece of paper and they must draw in the second quarter a person from the neck down to the waist. Once they have done this, they must fold over their drawing so that only the marks showing where the waist has finished are visible.

Again on the word, all children have to pass their drawing on to the next person, without peeping at what has been drawn. They must then draw from the waist down to ankle. Once again they fold over it when finished and on the word, pass it on once more. Finally they have to draw the feet of their character.

For the last time they pass their paper on, and the next person unfolds the paper to see the person they have created. All the groups can then admire and hopefully laugh at the people they have created.

Conclude the session by reminding the children that all sorts of people flocked to see Jesus - men, women, children, local people and those from further afield - all because they wanted to see him and meet him.

The Point: To realise that Jesus was like a celebrity of his day - crowds flocked to see him because of who he was, what he did and said.

COMPETITION CALL MY BLUFF


Duration: 15 mins

Equipment required: Pen and paper for each child. Call My Bluff Worksheet (attached).

Description:

Divide the group into two teams - each team is to sit facing the other. In turn give each team a "set" of a word and three definitions.

Team A begins by holding up the word for Team B to see, Three members of the team read the three definitions as convincingly as possible. Then Team B has to decide which is the true definition. If they are right they receive the word, if wrong Team A keeps it.

Play passes to Team B who is given a new word and three definitions. The play continues as before, and play is continues until all words are used up.

The team with the most words at the end are the winners.

Before concluding this activity - ask the children why we played this game. It was in order to distinguish between the truth and what was false.

Explain that today we are learning about the life of Jesus. In particular we are learning about the time when Jesus started to teach His disciples. Flocks of people came to listen to Jesus - Jesus healed their illnesses and He then started to teach the people what was important - He taught them the true way to live. Jesus said it was important that people listened to Him and that they acted on what they heard.

They had to make a decision - just as each team had to decide on a definition and choose one – Jesus told the people that they had to choose to live in the way of truth.

The Point: To learn that Jesus taught his disciples and crowd that came to listen the true way to live that pleases God. It was an important message.

BIBLE STUDY  - AUTHORITY


Duration: 25 mins

Description:

Choose four/five of the children who are good at acting to mime the three following jobs. Tell the other children that you would like them to guess what job the children are acting.

• Teacher

• Lawyer or judge

• Policeman/woman

• King/Queen

• Traffic warden

Ask the children to think about what these people might have in common - answer should be that they are all people in authority. They all have some power or authority- albeit different. You might find it useful to briefly discuss the meaning of authority at this point. A good definition is 'the power to command, control or judge others' - some one who knows they are in a position to tell you what to do.

Ask the children whether they obey what a teacher, judge, policeman, etc. says they must do and why. Tell the children that today we are learning more about the life of Jesus. After choosing his disciples, crowds of people came to see Jesus, to be healed by him and to learn from him. Jesus responded byteaching them about how they should live.

Ask someone to read Matthew 7:28-29

No-one asked "what right has Jesus to tell us how to live?" - instead people were amazed because Jesus spoke with authority. Jesus had the right given to Him by God to teach the people how God wanted them to live.

In the Bible Jesus often tells us how to live our lives. Look at the rest of the sermon on the mount in Luke 6:27-37. If it is appropriate for your group you could read the whole passage, if the whole passage is too complicated for your group then summarise Jesus rules as follows:

• Love your enemies

• Give things to people and don't expect anything in return

• Show mercy

• Do not judge other people

• Forgive everything

Discuss what Jesus tells us to do. Do the children do what Jesus tells them? Why? Why not? Do the children think that Jesus has authority?

You might like to finish with a prayer asking Jesus to help us follow his rules better.

The Point: To ask the children to think about not the detail of what Jesus said, but the fact that Jesus taught with authority and people wanted to listen to Him and obey what He said because of who He was.

 

The Sermon on the Mount Lived Out by a 12 Year Old - Sermon Videos http://www.godtube.com/watch/?v=WLP7ZWNX