(Lessons for Younger Children)
Summary of Citywide Children’s Meeting
Regarding the Character Lessons
September 22, 2024
Character: Accurate
- If our parents say to do something a certain way, there is usually a reason why. Children should do things accurately, the way their parents say.
- When you bake, you need to have accurate measurements. If you add too much liquid to a cake, it will be soupy. If you add too much flour, the cake will be hard.
- God was accurate in designing man. Our eyes are in a particular place, our nose is pointing down and not up, etc.
- MEMORY VERSE: Genesis 6:22b – “…according to all that God commanded him, so [Noah] did.”
- CRAFT/ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS: 1) A pre-printed ruler representing accuracy for the children to decorate; 2) color by number, sticker by number; 3) Simon Says
- SUGGESTED SONGS: 9566 NOAH – Noah Did, Noah Did, Genesis 7:5, 9 9528 Vessels Unto Honor Song #8 9501 (Bible Story Songs Wonderful CD) Song 1
September 29, 2024
Character: Dependable
- Dependable = you can count on someone.
- God is dependable; He is always there. Every day He causes the sun to rise and the sun to set.
- Example of feeding a pet – you need to be dependable to feed your pet every day.
- CRAFT/ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS: 1) Popsicle stick with paper – one side can have the sun and the other side the moon to show that God is dependable, 2) seasons craft.
- SUGGESTED SONGS: 3445 I’d Like to be Found Faithful 178 THROUGH ME 9032 Go Jesus Song 13 – We’re gonna be God’s servin’ children
October 6, 2024
Character: Diligent
- Sometimes mommy might not feel like cooking, but she is diligent to cook dinner so you can have something to eat.
- Example of the ant – each ant has its own job to do. If they don’t do their jobs, the ant colony would fall apart. Show a video of ants working.
- MEMORY VERSE: “Go to the ant,… Consider its ways, and be wise,” (Proverbs 6:6)
- CRAFT/ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS: Make an ant out of 3 egg carton segments, pipe cleaners, googly eyes.
- SUGGESTED SONGS: 9523 Vessels Unto Honor Song #3 4601 Matthew Song (2) 25 – MAKE THE BED 4619 Matthew Song (2) 23 – WHERE ARE MY SHOES 2834 Eighth Commandment – Work Hard and Do Not Steal (Tune: She’ll be Coming ‘Round the Mountain) (Stanza 2)
October 13, 2024
Character: Endurance
- God doesn’t give up. He can help us not to give up.
- It takes endurance to memorize God’s word, grow a plant, run a race.
- CRAFT/ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS: 1) make a paper person and glue it on a popsicle stick. Prepare a separate paper with a picture of a track or a road which the children can color. Cut a horizontal slit on the track/road. The man can “run” across by sliding the popsicle stick; 2) Make an “ENDURANCE” shape puzzle. Write the letters of the word “endurance” on a shape with each letter being a different shape. Prepare a second paper with just the shapes (not the letters). The children can cut out the shapes with the letters and match/glue them on the second paper to spell out the word “endurance.”
- SUGGESTED SONGS: 5223 OUR GOD DOESN’T GIVE UP (From Bible Story Songs – Moses volume 1) (Tune: O Dem Golden Slippers) 48 THE WISE MAN AND THE FOOLISH MAN 9428 The Bible Song #28 – These Are Those Who In A Noble And Good Heart Luke 8:15 (Round)
October 20, 2024
Character: Respectful – Part 1
- Role play situations with the children on how to be respectful.
- CRAFT/ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS: (1) Speech bubbles with words and phrases you can say to honor people. (2) Make a flower with 5 petals with “Respectful” in the center. Pre-print a way to honor people on each petal for the children to color. Cut and paste the petals around the center and add a stem. (3) Make a tree with “Respectful” on the trunk. Children can cut and paste pictures of ways to be respectful that can be the “leaves” on the tree. 4) Using two pieces of paper, make a lift-the-flap craft with pictures of being respectful on the bottom page and cut out flaps on the top sheet to lift up revealing the scene. 5) Paper plate wheel divided in 4 sections with one quadrant cut out on the top plate. The top plate can be fastened to the bottom. The top plate will have “Respectful” and the verse. The bottom plate will be divided into 4 quadrants with a picture in each section of how to be respectful.
- SUGGESTED SONGS: 9204 David Song 4 – Honor, Honor (1 Samuel 2:30) (3-Part Song); 9219 David Song 19 – I’d Like to Honor You (3 Part Song); 5205 OBEY (Tune: Jesus Loves Me This I Know); 9225 David Song 25 – Let’s Honor with Manners (Romans 12:10); 9204 David Song 4 – Honor, Honor (1 Samuel 2:30) (3-Part Song); 2830 Knock, Knock (A Song about Proper Greetings); 9211 David Song 11 – Can you say, How Do You Do; 2829 Honor and Respect for Authority (Sung to the tune of Reuben, Reuben)
October 27, 2024
Character: Exact (Week 1 of 2)
- October 27 is the regional conference.
- Focus for week 1: An exact person is someone who is fully and completely correct and precise in the work that they do.
- In creating man, God was exact. He placed all of our body parts exactly where they should be.
- In addition to the examples in the lesson, baking and cooking require exact measurements.
- Bring measuring cups, rulers, yardsticks and other tools for measuring to help the children do “exact” things.
- “A place for everything and everything in its place.”
- CRAFT IDEAS/ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS: 1) Have the children glue pre-cut eyes, mouth, nose, eyebrows, ears in the right place on a face. 2) Color by number. 3) Connect dots to make a shape. 4) Print out paper rulers for the children and they can measure different things (rulers are exact). Children can glue the paper rulers on cardboard or cardstock so it is more sturdy and put the verse on the back. 5) Sticker by number. 6) Play Simon Says. 7) Puzzles and mazes. 8) Building block challenge to create a structure that is stable and exact.
- SUGGESTED SONGS: 178 Through Me; 4601 Matthew Song (2) 25 – Make The Bed; 9523 Vessels Unto Honor Song #3 – A Place for Everything
November 3, 2024
Character: Exact (Week 2 of 2)
- Remind the children that God is exact. We can review last week’s lesson about God being exact.
- Focus for week 2: An exact person will follow instructions without leaving anything out or taking shortcuts.
- Give the children multi-step instructions: (first…, next…, last…, or step 1, step 2, step 3, etc.) to complete a simple activity without taking shortcuts or skipping a step. Examples: making the bed or packing a lunch box can be done in an exact way or in a sloppy way with shortcuts.
- God is exact in His speaking. God is truth (reality) and He speaks truth. We should speak truth and be exact not only in things that we are doing, but in our speaking.
- Psalms 119:160 “The sum of Your word is truth.”
- See craft ideas & activity suggestions from October 27.
- SUGGESTED SONGS: 9522 Vessels Unto Honor Song #2 Everything We Do and Say; 9530 Vessels Unto Honor Song #10 Speak Truth, Speak Truth
November 10, 2024
Character: Respectful – Part 2
- The children want their belongings to be respected. They also need to respect other children’s belongings.
- Treat other people the way you like to be treated. You need to give respect in order to get respect.
- When you borrow something, you should take great care of it and return it in the same condition, not broken or damaged.
- MEMORY VERSE: “And if a man borrows anything from his neighbor…he shall make full restitution.” (Exodus 22:14)
- CRAFT IDEAS and ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS: 1) Coloring page with the word “RESPECT”. Add pictures of a broken toy or torn clothing, and contrast with pictures of returning a toy or clothing that has been cared for. The children can color and decorate. 2) See craft suggestions from Respectful (1)
- SUGGESTED SONGS: 9204 David Song 4 – Honor, Honor (1 Samuel 2:30) (3-Part Song); 9219 David Song 19 – I’d Like to Honor You (3 Part Song); 5205 OBEY (Tune: Jesus Loves Me This I Know); 9225 David Song 25 – Let’s Honor with Manners (Romans 12:10); 9204 David Song 4 – Honor, Honor (1 Samuel 2:30) (3-Part Song); 2830 Knock, Knock (A Song about Proper Greetings); 9211 David Song 11 – Can you say, How Do You Do; 2829 Honor and Respect for Authority (Sung to the tune of Reuben, Reuben)
November 17, 2024
Character: Self-Control
- Our conscience tells us right from wrong and helps us exercise self-control.
- Self-control is when we make a choice NOT to do something we know is wrong.
- Help the children use self-control in scenarios: (1) You build a tall tower of blocks and another child wants to knock it down (2) You want to play with the toy that another child is playing with – do you grab it away from them?
- What can children do if and when they don’t use their self- control?
- Use your words to say how you feel
- Tell mom and dad why you are upset
- Help the children say “no” to the wrong choice and use self-control.
- MEMORY VERSE: Proverbs 29:11 – “A fool utters his anger, but a wise man holds it back.” OR 2 Pet 1:6a – “and in knowledge, self-control…”
- CRAFT IDEAS and ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS: 1) Play a simple game by telling the children to do something (ie. wave their hands, clap, jump up and down, spin around, etc.). When you say stop, the children must exercise self-control and stop right away. 2) Make a happy smiling face attached to popsicle sticks and decorate with googly eyes and yarn for hair 3) Make a traffic light craft (green has a smiley face, red has a frown, yellow has a thinking face) 4) Make a stop and go sign on paper and glue to flip sides of a popsicle stick.
- SUGGESTED SONGS: 11 OH, BE CAREFUL! 9522 Vessels Unto Honor Song #2 Everything We Do and Say 9532 Vessels Unto Honor Song #12 10 INSIDE ME
November 24, 2024
Character: Broad
- CRAFT/ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS: (1) Picture of children playing together with the word “Broad” on top and a word bubble saying “Come play with us!” (2) Bring magazines and let the children cut out pictures of people and make a collage (3) Each child has a sticker or picture; put everything together to make one collaborative craft 4) Each child can trace and make one kind of paper doll and they can hand it out to the other kids. The dolls can be different sizes, have different hair, clothing, etc.
- SUGGESTED SONGS: 19 WHEN WE’RE KIND TO OTHERS; 9527 Vessels Unto Honor Song #7; 9524 Vessels Unto Honor Song #4
December 1, 2024
Character: Careful (1) Fine
- The focus of this lesson is to be careful with our words and our attitude.
- This is to balance the lesson on being broad.
- If your older sibling has a bad attitude towards mom or dad, you shouldn’t copy that.
- If someone is talking back to the teacher or yelling, you don’t have to do that. We should still respect the teacher.
- When mom says it’s time to go (such as leaving the playground), do you say, “No, I don’t want to.” We should listen right away.
- When children say, “you always do…” or “you never…” it is an exaggeration. Sometimes children like to exaggerate to impress friends. We have to be careful to be accurate with our words.
- We have to be careful not to lie, but rather to speak accurately.
- CRAFT/ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS: 1) Do a skit of what is appropriate and what is not appropriate, 2) Lunch bag puppet
- SUGGESTED SONGS: 9316 Daniel Song 16 – What Do You Do When Your Friends; 9522 Vessels Unto Honor Song #2 Everything We Do and Say; 9532 Vessels Unto Honor Song #12; 9530 Vessels Unto Honor Song #10 Speak Truth, Speak Truth
December 8, 2024
Character: Careful (2) Fine
Discuss some additional examples of being fine. We could also ask the children if they have examples.
- Be careful when you put things away to put them in the right place.
- Make sure your trash goes in the trash can.
- Push in your chair.
- If you borrow something, return it the same way you received it.
- Be gentle with library books and don’t fold the pages.
- Wash your hands thoroughly.
- Be gentle closing doors so it doesn’t make a loud bang.
- Safety: don’t touch the hot stove, don’t go on the stairs by yourself, don’t touch detergent, etc.
- Our friends may celebrate certain holidays or have certain practices that our families don’t do. We can still love our friends, but we don’t participate.
- CRAFT/ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS: 1) Lacing card where the children have to lace hole punches in and out, 2) Color by number page, 3) Cut out different shapes of different colors, the children have to glue it back in the right place, 4) Show children different pictures and ask them which ones show someone being careful. The children can cut and paste the pictures on a chart with one side showing “careful” and the other side “not careful.” (Or just show the positive examples and leave out the negative examples.)
- SUGGESTED SONGS: 9316 Daniel Song 16 – What Do You Do When Your Friends; 9522 Vessels Unto Honor Song #2 Everything We Do and Say; 9532 Vessels Unto Honor Song #12; 4 BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU DO; 11 OH, BE CAREFUL!
December 15, 2024
Character: Just
- Everyone loves when someone shares something good with them, like a snack or a chocolate chip cookie.
- Give a few children some items and have them hand out one to each of the other children so each person has one.
- “One for you, two for me” – is that just?
- There is a chair for everyone – that’s fair and just.
- When we pass out napkins, juice, everyone gets one. One person is not favored more than others.
- Giving to someone else before you give to yourself. Serve others first, make sure you don’t take too many so there’s enough for everyone else.
- Don’t always pick the biggest one for yourself. Consider others.
- CRAFT/ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS: 1) Cut and paste breakfast items onto 3 paper plates (or circular papers to represent plates). Make sure each plate has the same number of each item, 2) Color and cut a paper pizza into equal slices.
- SUGGESTED SONGS: 17 WHAT IS SHARING ALL ABOUT?; 19 WHEN WE’RE KIND TO OTHERS; 9524 Vessels Unto Honor Song #4
December 22, 2024
Character: Pure
- Give concrete examples of pure
- One glass of clear water (pure) vs. one class of cloudy water (filled with dirt, glitter, etc.)
- Blank piece of paper (pure) vs. paper with scribbles on it
- When you want to trade your broken toy for someone else’s toy, that is not pure.
- CRAFT/ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS: 1) “Blessed are the pure in heart…” bubble letter coloring page, 2) Coloring page of a big heart with the verse inside.
- SUGGESTED SONGS: 146 I WANT THE LORD TO HAVE THE FIRST PLACE; 9213 David Song 13 – For the Lord Sees Not As Man Sees (1 Samuel 16:7b); 25 I BELIEVE GOD; 9522 Vessels Unto Honor Song #2 Everything We Do and Say
December 29, 2024
Character: Thorough
- For the young children, examples of being thorough include completing the task entirely, following all the steps in the directions, following all the steps and checking for all the ingredients in a recipe, or looking thoroughly until a lost item is found.
- SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES: (1) Scavenger hunt – look for items hidden such as a book, a toy, Legos or other small objects. Search the room until all the items are found. (2) Work on a class puzzle together.
- CRAFT IDEAS: (1) Stickers to be given at completion of the scavenger hunt. (2) Give the children pieces of something to assemble, either 2D or 3D. They can glue on the pieces (or pre-print on sticker paper). E.g., Picture of a flower with petals, leaves, and pot, or a picture of a room with things that need to be put away, etc.
- SONG SUGGESTIONS: 2512 FOCUS (Tune: B-I-N-G-O); 4601 Matthew Song (2) 25 – MAKE THE BED; 3445 I’d Like to be Found Faithful; 4619 Matthew Song (2) 23 – WHERE ARE MY SHOES; 9026 Go Jesus Song 7 – TOTALLY! Mark 1:44; 178 THROUGH ME
January 5, 2025
Character: Strict
- Following rules for our safety (crosswalk sign, red light, wearing your seatbelt in the car, putting away your toys, throwing your trash away, etc).
- Help the children understand what are the proper ways to behave at school or at someone else’s house, even when no one is looking.
- CRAFT IDEAS: (1) Glue on pre-printed pictures of children behaving properly – sitting at a dining table, putting away toys, greeting an adult, helping put away dishes, waiting at the crosswalk or traffic light, buckling the seatbelt, etc.
- SONG SUGGESTIONS: 176 GOD USES HELPERS; 9528 Vessels Unto Honor Song #8 – There’s a Reason for the Rule; 3445 I’d Like to be Found Faithful; 9536 Vessels Unto Honor Song #16 – We had some fun; 4300 Matthew Song (2) 22 – LEARN HOW TO BE FAITHFUL TODAY; 9523 Vessels Unto Honor #3 – A Place for Everything; 5205 OBEY (Tune: Jesus Loves Me This I Know); 6732 TRUST AND OBEY (sing chorus only); 9526 Vessels Unto Honor Song #6 – Buckle our seats; 178 THROUGH ME
January 12, 2025
Character: Accommodating
- Sharing and being flexible is very much like being accommodating.
- Being flexible with Mom or Dad making changes in plans. Sometimes they have to change plans because of unexpected situations that come up. We should not fuss.
- When playing or participating in an activity, being accommodating means including other children, making room for them and making sure they feel welcomed.
- Suggested Bible stories that relate to this lesson: (1) The Shunammite woman making room in her home for houseguests. (2 Kings 4:8); (2) Zaccheus was small in stature and could not see Jesus but Jesus included him. Other people weren’t accommodating to Zacchaeus, but Jesus was accommodating. (Luke 19:1-10); (3) The paralytic who could not get to see Jesus until his friends cut a hole through the roof to lower him down to see Jesus. (Matt. 9:1-8)
- CRAFT IDEAS: (1) Color a scene of a child sharing a toy with another child, or a child offering a swing to another child who is waiting a turn, or another example of accommodating others. (2) Color a picture scene of Zaccheus in the sycamore tree. (3) Color a picture scene of the paralytic being lowered through the roof (avoid pictures of “Jesus”). The paralytic craft can also be a cut-out of a house with a hole in the roof and a man on a mat made of popsicle sticks.
- SONG SUGGESTIONS: 9527 Vessels Unto Honor Song #7 – No One Likes to be Left Out; 9524 Vessels Unto Honor Song #4 – What Kind of a Sharer; 9211 David Song 11 – Can you say, How Do You Do; 2844 Shunammite woman song about hospitality
January 19, 2025
Character: Affectionate
- An affectionate person is pleasant to be around. Someone who is warm, caring, and tenderhearted towards other people.
- CRAFT IDEAS: (1) Picture of Abraham coming out of a tent welcoming 3 visitors. Perhaps be careful of showing faces, especially depictions of “angels”. In a word bubble, we can say “Come and eat.” (2) Color picture of children hugging or playing together, or picture of families hugging/being together. (3) Color greetings in different languages with a picture of a child greeting another child warmly. “Come on in! Glad to see you! Would you like a glass of water? May I take your coat? Please sit down.” (4) Cut out paper chain people to show children playing together. Children can glue on googly eyes. (5) Decorate a heart cutout with sticker gems or colored pieces of tissue paper.
- SONG SUGGESTIONS: 9527 Vessels Unto Honor Song #7 – No One Likes to be Left Out; 9524 Vessels Unto Honor Song #4 – What Kind of a Sharer; 9576 ABRAHAM – Hospitality Song; 19 WHEN WE’RE KIND TO OTHERS
January 26, 2025
Character: Calm
- SUGGESTED VERSE: “Be still before Jehovah, and wait for Him;…” Psalms 37:7a
- Help the children with some practical ways to remain calm if they are frustrated or angry- asking for help from an older sibling or an adult, telling their parents or guardians when they feel upset instead of screaming or stomping. Encourage them to sing a children’s meeting song or pray to the Lord – “Lord Jesus, please help me to be calm.”
- Related Bible story: Jesus calming the stormy sea (Matthew 8:23-27).
- CRAFT IDEAS: (1) Color picture of calm sea vs stormy sea. You also also use crumble blue tissue paper to glue onto the stormy sea, and flat blue paper to show the calm sea. (2) Color drawing of a sand timer. Use sparkly glue to decorate.
- SONG SUGGESTIONS: 11 OH, BE CAREFUL!; 19 WHEN WE’RE KIND TO OTHERS; 32 Trust in the Lord; 172 WHY WORRY WHEN YOU CAN PRAY; 9558 Open up to Your Parents; 9539 Vessels Unto Honor Song #19 – When the Baby’s Sleeping
February 2, 2025
Character: Submissive
- Obedience to authority.
- Suggested verse: “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.” (Ephesians 6:1)
- Some Bible story suggestions that can accompany this lesson: 1) Luke 2:41-52: When the Lord Jesus was a child in the temple teaching, his parents were anxiously looking for him. When they found him, He told them he had to be in the things of His Father, but He was submissive to his parents and went with them anyway. 2) Acts 16:25-34: When Paul and Silas were in prison and the jail doors opened, they stayed in the prison and submitted to the authority of the jailer even though they could have left. The jailer’s whole household was saved because of this.
- CRAFT IDEAS: Traffic light or stop sign, walk or don’t walk crossing signs, or other signs we have to obey.
- SONG SUGGESTIONS: 6732 TRUST AND OBEY (Hymns #582, verses 1&5); 1614 COOPERATION (Children’s Songs From 142 Samuel Song tape); 3722 JESUS, I AM LISTENING (Preschoolers Sing #29); 7603 WE LOVE TO PLEASE (Tune of “O We will Praise”)
February 9, 2025
Character: Corporate
- Teamwork, working well with others.
- Bring some Legos or puzzles and have the children build something together.
- Learn to do something someone else’s way and cooperate with others.
- CRAFT IDEAS: 1) Coloring page where children are doing something or building together, 2) Butcher paper corporate art – everybody draws what they want all around the paper and at the end, cut up the paper and stick the verse on it so each child gets to take home a piece.
- SONG SUGGESTIONS: 1612 COMPANIONS; 9529 Vessels Unto Honor Song #9; 5501 PEACEMAKERS (Bible Story Songs Matt vol 1 #16)
February 16, 2025
Character: Strong
- Story of Daniel and his friends eating vegetables because they didn’t want to eat the meat sacrificed to idols.
- We need companions to stand together and do the right thing. We can show an example of strength in numbers by using popsicle sticks. Show them how easy it is to break one stick but very difficult to break multiple sticks at once. How about cutting paper? One sheet is very easy to cut, but not a whole stack. When we stand together, we are stronger.
- We have a conscience that tells us right from wrong inside us. We need to pay attention to our conscience.
- You have to be strong to follow what your parents tell you to do.
- CRAFT IDEAS: 1) Paper plate with cut and paste vegetables, 2) Coloring page of Daniel and friends.
- SONG SUGGESTIONS: 10 INSIDE ME; 4611 MY GOD IS SO GREAT (Wee Sing Bible Songs p. 46); 1302 BE STRONG (Sing to the Lord #23)
February 23, 2025
Character: Focused
- Ask the children to try to pat their head and rub their tummy at the same time – it is difficult to do more than one thing at once.
- CRAFT IDEAS: Coloring page of the word “focus” in bubble letters with a lightbulb.
- SONG SUGGESTIONS: 11 OH, BE CAREFUL!; 2512 FOCUS (Tune: B-I-N-G-O)
March 2, 2025
Character: Open
- Sometimes you want to do something, but you can’t do it. When you can’t do something, you can ask for help from others.
- There is nothing wrong with asking for help.
- Bible stories: 1) King Nebuchadnezzar couldn’t understand his dream and neither could his wise men, so he asked Daniel to interpret the dream. Daniel prayed to God and was able to tell the king the meaning of the dream. 2) Moses was afraid to speak, so he wanted his brother Aaron to help speak for him. Keep the stories simple and age-appropriate.
- CRAFT IDEAS: 1) Coloring page of someone helping a sick person, 2) Coloring page of teacher teaching children, 3) Lacing card (a template of a mitten or other item on cardboard with holes punched out along the border so the children can “sew” with a piece of string), 4) Cardboard shoe template with holes for shoestrings so the children can try to tie a shoe themselves (the children will have to be open to ask for help to complete crafts 3 and 4)
- SONG SUGGESTIONS: 3722 JESUS, I AM LISTENING (Preschoolers Sing #29) 65 GOD’S WORD
March 9, 2025
Character: Content (Satisfied)
- Discuss need vs. want.
- Only take what you need. Don’t be greedy.
- Take turns & learn to share toys.
- Memory Verse: Hebrews 13:5 or Acts 20:35c
- Suggested Bible Story: When the children of Israel had manna, they were told to collect just enough for the day. If they got greedy and collected more than they needed, the manna would go bad.
- ACTIVITY IDEAS: 1) Put various items on the table in front of the children (ex: food, water, table, cellphone, item, shoes, toys, etc.). Ask the kids to discuss what they need versus what they want. Give them a small box and tell them they can fill only that box with the things they need. 2) Present the children with a bunch of toys/candy, etc. and have them each take one so there’s enough for everyone. Have one of the serving ones take more than 1 and ask the children if that is fair. 3) Take out a box of Legos and have the children hand them out to all the kids in an equitable way. 4) Hand out snacks equitably, don’t take more than you need.
- CRAFT IDEAS: 1) Coloring page with the verse, 2) Make a paper basket with the verse on it, give the children pictures of things they need that they can color and put in the basket. The children can also share their items with others.
- SONG SUGGESTIONS:
17 WHAT IS SHARING ALL ABOUT?; 9123 Acts Song #23 – Blessed To Give; 133 LET’S BE HAPPY
March 16, 2025
Character: Steadfast
- Being steadfast is like being a large rock – firm and immovable.
- Noah continued building the ark for many, many years.
- CRAFT IDEAS: 1) Coloring page of Noah and the animals. Be careful with printables from Christian websites as the pictures of the ark may not be accurate. 2) Paint a rock or use stickers to decorate a rock.
- SONG SUGGESTIONS:
48 THE WISE MAN AND THE FOOLISH MAN; 4611 MY GOD IS SO GREAT (Wee Sing Bible Songs p. 46)
March 23, 2025
Character: Good Attitude
- Memory verse: Ephesians 6:1
- Bible story suggestions: 1) The Lord received the children. The disciples didn’t have a good attitude about the children, but the Lord said to let them come to Him. 2) When the Lord Jesus was a child, he stayed behind in the temple to teach and his parents went to look for him. When they found him, he obeyed and went with them. 3) When Paul and Silas were wrongfully in jail, they were singing instead of complaining. 4) When Paul was on a ship in the storm, he was not upset. He told everyone to cheer up.
- CRAFT/ACTIVITY IDEAS: 1) Present the children with some tasks (ex: clean up your toys, get ready for bed) and ask the children to practice responding with a good attitude (ex: Ok, that’s fine. Yes, Mom. Yes, Dad.), 2) Coloring page of parents with a speech bubble asking the children to do a task and children with a speech bubble saying “ok” or “That’s fine”, 3) Coloring page of a flower – each petal can be an affirmation of a good attitude (ex: Please, thank you, alright, yes mom, etc.)
- SONG SUGGESTIONS:
5 GRUMBLERS; 9032 Go Jesus Song 13 – We’re gonna be God’s servin’ children
March 30, 2025
Character: Listening
- CRAFT IDEAS: (1) Coloring page of Jonah and a big fish or another Jonah themed craft. Note that the Bible says “great fish” and does not use the term whale. We should use the accurate term in presenting the lesson. (2) Make a paper headband and glue or tape giant ears to emphasize listening.
- SONG SUGGESTIONS:
10 INSIDE ME; 50 WHO DID?; 3722 JESUS, I AM LISTENING (Preschoolers Sing #29)
April 6, 2025
Character: Not Hasty
- CRAFT/ACTIVITY IDEAS: 1) Hide a chocolate coin around the room and have the children look for it. 2) Coloring page of a woman with 9 coins sweeping. Cut and page a flap on the paper so the children can glue the lost coin underneath.
- SONG SUGGESTIONS:
11 OH, BE CAREFUL!; 2512 FOCUS (Tune: B-I-N-G-O); 4619 Matthew Song (2) 23 – WHERE ARE MY SHOES (Can substitute “coins” for shoes to go along with the lesson)