The Miracles of Jesus

The Miracles of Jesus GRADE 0-1 1. Jesus heals the centurion’s servant 2. The miraculous catch of fish 3. Jesus drives out demons 4. Jesus feeds the f...
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The Miracles of Jesus GRADE 0-1 1. Jesus heals the centurion’s servant 2. The miraculous catch of fish 3. Jesus drives out demons 4. Jesus feeds the five thousand KickStart Kick Start is designed to keep the kids busy from the moment they arrive in small groups of ideally six. This helps to keep control, keeps kids busy, involved and creates a sense of identity and security with their peers and their leader. Re Fuel Re Fuel involves an ice-breaker/game, telling the Bible story for the day in a way that brings the story to life. Worship and prayer are all a part of this interactive time. It is also important to welcome 1st time visitors, sing happy birthdays and take up the tithes and offerings. It is good to revise the previous week’s lessons and the memory verse. X-Celerate X Celerate is the time that the children go back into their same small groups as in Kick Start and do an activity with the leader while being asked questions and discuss what they have just learnt. 7:30

Leaders pray (Team Room)

9:30

7:45

KickStart

9:45

8:05

ReFuel (Worship)

10:05

8:20

ReFuel (Game, Bible Story)

10:20

8:45

X-Celerate (Activity)

10:45

9:25

Walk Down

11:25

Grade 0-1

Week 1

Jesus heals the Roman centurion’s servant

Memory verse: The spirit of the Lord is on me, to preach good news to the poor, freedom for the prisoners and sight for the blind (Luke 4:18). Bottom line:

Jesus doesn’t have to be physically present to heal

Bible Story:

Healing of the Roman centurions servant (Matthew 8:5-13)

Objective:

The faith of the Roman centurion was enough to allow Jesus to heal his servant. The centurion could have let many obstacles get in his way. He was not a Jew, he was wealthy, he spoke another language and he was of a high rank. He didn’t however, and the kids should be able to see that we can come to Jesus no matter who we are.

Items required: print pictures, crayons, pencil, Activity: Coloring in a picture of a sick person, and then writing a name of someone the child know that is sick and needs prayer. Remind the children that they must remember to pray for that person as well. 7Day Challenge (Learning to walk with Jesus 7 days a week). Ask the children what miracle they would like to see happen during the week. Encourage them to pray for one another in the time of small groups and ask them for one name of a person that they will pray for during the week. Remember the miracle of salvation is the best miracle of all. Go over memory verse with children. “MEMORY CATCH”

1. Sit the children in a circle. 2. Toss the ball to one child.

3. When he catches it, he must say the first word of the memory verse. 4. That child then tosses the ball to another child who says the second word, and so on until the entire verse has been recited. 5. Repeat if time permits (record the time to see what the quickest time they can do it – challenge the Grade 6&7 Girls who can do it quickest without error). Pray with the children.

We can pray for the sick

Grade 0-1 Week 2

The miraculous catch of fish Memory verse: The spirit of the Lord is on me, to preach good news to the poor, freedom for the prisoners and sight for the blind (Luke 4:18). Bottom line:

Don’t give up trying, God cares about the things that are important to us.

Bible Story:

Jesus calls the disciples and provides a miraculous catch of fish (Luke 5:1-11)

Objective:

If you keep trying - a miracle may be just around the corner. Peter had heard that Jesus had performed many miracles and was overwhelmed that he cared enough to perform such a miracle directly related to Peters needs. Jesus used the miracle to catch Peter’s attention and then called him to fulfil his destiny in Him. Peter’s response was immediate when he left everything and became one of Jesus’ disciples.

Items required: netting cut into squares, fish cut out, crayons, elastic bands. Activity: Make "nets" from netting.  Children can colour in the cut out fish, and write the name of a family member or friend that needs Jesus on the back, and place them in the netting and then tie the netting so the fish don’t fall out. 7Day Challenge (Learning to walk with Jesus 7 days a week). Challenge the children to speak to someone about what they have learnt today in this story (maybe a parent or sibling or friend). Ask the children for one need they have. Something that is important to them but may seem insignificant. Pray for one another in group time. Go over memory verse with children. “MEMORY CATCH”

1. Sit the children in a circle. 2. Toss the ball to one child.

3. When he catches it, he must say the first word of the memory verse. 4. That child then tosses the ball to another child who says the second word, and so on until the entire verse has been recited. 5. Repeat if time permits (record the time to see what the quickest time they can do it – challenge the Grade 6&7 Girls who can do it quickest without error). Pray with the children.

Grade 0-1

Jesus drives out demons

Week 3

Memory verse: The spirit of the Lord is on me, to preach good news to the poor, freedom for the prisoners and sight for the blind (Luke 4:18). Bottom line:

Nothing is impossible for Jesus

Bible Story:

Jesus heals a demon possessed boy (Mark 9:14-28).

Objective:

Everything is possible for those who believe in Jesus, he has given us authority, but we need to pray. In chapter 6 vs. 13 we see that the disciples had driven out demons before so it wasn’t that they had not done it before. This story depicts that the struggle for us, like the disciples is real and that it didn’t always happen the way it did before. We don’t always see what goes on in the spiritual realm. By saying at the end of the story that they needed to pray for “this kind” highlights our need to spend more time in prayer and not in our own efforts.

Items required: head band printed on card and cut, staplers, crayons Activity: The activity this week will be a head band with the memory verse written on. 7Day Challenge (Learning to walk with Jesus 7 days a week). Challenge the children to speak to someone about what they have learnt today in this story (maybe a parent or sibling or friend). Ask the children to identify something that they may think is impossible to happen and start to pray for this miracle. Encourage the children to pray for this miracle daily. Go over memory verse with children. “MEMORY CATCH”

1. Sit the children in a circle. 2. Toss the ball to one child.

3. When he catches it, he must say the first word of the memory verse. 4. That child then tosses the ball to another child who says the second word, and so on until the entire verse has been recited. 5. Repeat if time permits (record the time to see what the quickest time they can do it – challenge the Grade 6&7 Girls who can do it quickest without error). Pray with the children.

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freedom for the prisoners and sight for the blind (Luke 4:18).

Feeding the five thousand

The spirit of the Lord is on me, to preach good news to the poor,

Grade 0-1

Week 4

Memory verse: The spirit of the Lord is on me, to preach good news to the poor, freedom for the prisoners and sight for the blind (Luke 4:18). Bottom line: Bible Story: Objective:

Give what you have to Jesus Jesus feeds the five thousand (John 6:1-15)

Jesus used what a little boy could give to feed five thousand people. The little boy was willing to give up his lunch and Andrew made the effort to find him. Even though Jesus could have fed the crowds without the boy’s lunch, he chose to use what the boy gave. Can you imagine how the miracle must have affected the boy’s faith? In the other gospels it mentions that he had compassion on the people, because they were hungry, again indicating that Jesus is aware of our daily needs and is more than capable of performing a miracle so that we don’t go without what we need.

Items required: print out of basket on card board, staplers, crayons, print out of bottoms line, glue Activity: The children will be making a basket out of card board. Let the children decorate the basket as desired. Then fold along dotted line, and staple. Attach handle On the inside of the basket glue the bottom line, “Give what you have to Jesus” 7Day Challenge (Learning to walk with Jesus 7 days a week). Challenge the children to speak to someone about what they have learnt today in this story (maybe a parent or sibling or friend). Discuss with the children what talents or resources they could give to Jesus.

Go over memory verse with children. “MEMORY CATCH”

1. Sit the children in a circle. 2. Toss the ball to one child. 3. When he catches it, he must say the first word of the memory verse. 4. That child then tosses the ball to another child who says the second word, and so on until the entire verse has been recited. 5. Repeat if time permits (record the time to see what the quickest time they can do it – challenge the Grade 6&7 Girls who can do it quickest without error).

Pray with the children.

Give what you have to Jesus

The Miracles of Jesus GRADE 2-5 1. 2. 3. 4.

Jesus heals the centurion’s servant The miraculous catch of fish Jesus drives out demons Jesus feeds the five thousand KickStart

Kick Start is designed to keep the kids busy from the moment they arrive in small groups of ideally eight. This helps to keep control, keeps kids busy involved and creates a sense of identity and security with their peers and their leader. Re Fuel Re Fuel involves an ice-breaker/game, telling the Bible story for the day in a way that brings the story to life. Worship and prayer are all a part of this interactive time. It is also important to welcome 1st time visitors, sing happy birthdays and take up the tithes and offerings. It is good to revise the previous week’s lessons and the memory verse. X-Celerate X Celerate is the time that the children go back into their same small groups as in Kick Start and do an activity with the leader while being asked questions and discuss what they have just learnt. 7:30

Leaders pray (Team Room)

9:30

7:45

KickStart

9:45

8:05

ReFuel (Welcome, Game, Tithes, Visitors, Birthdays)

10:05

8:20

ReFuel (Worship)

10:20

8:40

ReFuel (Storytelling)

10:40

8:55

X-Celerate (Activity)

10:55

9:25

Walk Down

11:25

Grade 2-5

Week 1

Jesus heals the Roman centurion’s servant

Memory verse: The spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind (Luke 4:18). Bottom line:

Jesus doesn’t have to be physically present to heal

Bible Story:

The healing of the Roman centurion’s servant (Matthew 8:5-13)

Objective:

The faith of the Roman centurion was enough to allow Jesus to heal his servant. The centurion could have let many obstacles get in his way. He was not a Jew, he was wealthy, he spoke another language and he was of a high rank. He didn’t however and the kids should be able to see that we can come to Jesus no matter who we are.

Items required: print pictures, crayons, pencils, print word search Activity: Grade 2-3 drawing a picture of a sick person, and then writing a name of someone the child know that is sick and needs prayer. Remind the children that they must remember to pray for that person as well. Grade 4-5 Today’s activity will be a cross word puzzle on the story, but taken from Luke. 7Day Challenge (Learning to walk with Jesus 7 days a week). Ask the children who have seen a miracle happen and what they would define as a miracle. Get them to write it down. Ask the children what miracle they would like to see happen during the week. Encourage them

to pray for one another in the time of small groups and ask them for one name of a person that they will pray for during the week. Remember the miracle of salvation is the best miracle of all. This week is just the start of a month of miracles, start building the children’s faith to see amazing miracles. Go over memory verse with children. “MEMORY CATCH”

1. Sit the children in a circle. 2. Toss the ball to one child. 3. When he catches it, he must say the first word of the memory verse. 4. That child then tosses the ball to another child who says the second word, and so on until the entire verse has been recited. 5. Repeat if time permits (record the time to see what the quickest time they can do it – challenge the Grade 6&7 Girls who can do it quickest without error).

Pray with the children.

THE HEALING OF THE CENTURION'S SERVANT (LUKE 7:1-10)

10 ACROSS "_____ yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up." JAMES 4:10 2 DOWN "And a certain centurion's _____, who was dear to him, was sick and ready to die." LUKE 7:2 5 ACROSS "So when he heard about Jesus, he sent _____ of the Jews to Him, pleading with Him to come and heal his servant." LUKE 7:3 1 ACROSS "And when they came to Jesus, they begged Him earnestly, saying that the one for whom He should do this was worthy, 'for he _____ our nation, and has built us a synagogue.' " LUKE 7:4-5 3 DOWN "Then _____ went with them..." LUKE 7:6 9 ACROSS "...the _____ sent friends to Him, saying to Him, 'Lord, do not trouble Yourself, for I am not worthy that You should enter under my roof.' " LUKE 7:6 8 DOWN "Therefore I did not even think myself worthy to come to You. But say the _____, and my servant will be healed." LUKE 7:7 6 ACROSS "For I also am a man placed under _____, having soldiers under me. And I say to one 'Go,' and he goes, and to another 'Come,' and he comes; and to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it." LUKE 7:8 4 DOWN "When Jesus heard these things, He marveled at him, and turned around and said to the crowd that followed Him, 'I say to you, I have not found such great _____, not even in Israel!' " LUKE 7:9 7 DOWN "And those who were sent, returning to the house, found the servant _____ who had been sick." LUKE 7:10

Grade 2-5

The miraculous catch of fish

Week 2

Memory verse: The spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind (Luke 4:18). Bottom line:

Don’t give up

Bible Story:

Jesus calls the disciples and provides a miraculous catch of fish (Luke 5:1-11)

Objective:

If you keep trying - a miracle may be just around the corner. Peter had heard that Jesus had performed many miracles and was overwhelmed that he cared enough to perform such a miracle directly related to Peters needs. Jesus used the miracle to catch Peter’s attention and then called him to fulfil his destiny in Him. Peter’s response was immediate when he left everything and became one of Jesus’ disciples. We often feel unworthy of Jesus love and response to us but he wants to bless us.

Items required: net curtaining cut into squares, fish printed, crayons, elastic bands, cards for grade 4-5. Activity: Grade 2-3 Make "nets" from netting.  Children can colour in the cut out fish, and write the name of a family member or friend that needs Jesus on the back, and place them in the netting and then tie the netting so the fish don’t fall out. Grade 4-5 Today activity is a fun one. As a group play “go fish”. The point of the game though is to not give up as you might be the next winner!

7Day Challenge (Learning to walk with Jesus 7 days a week). Challenge the children to speak to someone about what they have learnt today in this story (maybe a parent or sibling or friend). Ask the children for one need they have. Something that is important to them but may seem insignificant. Pray for one another in group time. Get them to write down the name of one friend or family member that they are going to do the same with this week. I.e. ask them what they need and then pray for this friend. Remember to discuss the differences between needs and wants. Go over memory verse with children. “MEMORY CATCH”

1. Sit the children in a circle. 2. Toss the ball to one child. 3. When he catches it, he must say the first word of the memory verse. 4. That child then tosses the ball to another child who says the second word, and so on until the entire verse has been recited. 5. Repeat if time permits (record the time to see what the quickest time they can do it – challenge the Grade 6&7 Girls who can do it quickest without error).

Pray with the children.

Grade 2-5

Jesus drives out demons

Week 3

Memory verse: The spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind (Luke 4:18). Bottom line:

Nothing is impossible for Jesus

Bible Story:

Jesus heals a demon possessed boy (Mark 9:14-28).

Objective:

Everything is possible for those who believe in Jesus, he has given us authority, but we need to pray. In chapter 6 vs 13 we see that the disciples had driven out demons before so it wasn’t that they had not done it before. This story depicts that the struggle for us, like the disciples is real and that it didn’t always happen the way it did before. We don’t always see what goes on in the spiritual realm. By saying at the end of the story that they needed to pray for “this kind” highlights our need to spend more time in prayer and not in our own efforts.

Items required: print out of arm bands on cardboard. Activity: The activity this week will be an arm band with the memory verse written on.

7Day Challenge (Learning to walk with Jesus 7 days a week). Challenge the children to speak to someone about what they have learnt today in this story (maybe a parent or sibling or friend). Ask the children to identify something that they may think is impossible to happen and start to pray for this miracle. Encourage the children to pray for this miracle daily. Get them to write it down in a little book that stays at Uptown or in a personal journal so they can remember.

Encourage them to share their prayers with a friend or family member so they can pray together. Go over memory verse with children. “MEMORY CATCH”

1. Sit the children in a circle. 2. Toss the ball to one child. 3. When he catches it, he must say the first word of the memory verse. 4. That child then tosses the ball to another child who says the second word, and so on until the entire verse has been recited. 5. Repeat if time permits (record the time to see what the quickest time they can do it – challenge the Grade 6&7 Girls who can do it quickest without error).

Pray with the children.

The spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind (Luke 4:18).

Grade 2-5

Feeding the five thousand

Week 4

Memory verse: The spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind (Luke 4:18). Bottom line:

Give what you have to Jesus

Bible Story:

Jesus feeds the five thousand (John 6:1-15)

Objective:

Jesus used what a little boy could give to feed five thousand people. The little boy was willing to give up his lunch and Andrew made the effort to find him. Even though Jesus could have fed the crowds without the boy’s lunch, he chose to use what the boy gave. Can you imagine how the miracle must have affected the boy’s faith? In the other gospels it mentions that he had compassion on the people, because they were hungry, again indicating that Jesus is aware of our daily needs and is more than capable of performing a miracle so that we don’t go without what we need.

Items required: print out of basket on card board, staplers, crayons, glue . Bag filled with objects for grade 4-5 Activity: Grade 2-3 The children will be making a basket out of card board. Let the children decorate the basket as desired. On the inside of the basket the children can write or draw something that they have that they can give to Jesus e.g. A Talent. Then fold along dotted line, and staple. Attach handle Grade 4-5 Each group will have a bag filled with objects, such as toilet roll, sock, hair clip, paper…

Let the children place their hands into the bag and pull out one object each. Once they have all got an abject place them on the table. And give the challenge to the children to see what they can make using all the items on the table. 7Day Challenge (Learning to walk with Jesus 7 days a week). Challenge the children to speak to someone about what they have learnt today in this story (maybe a parent or sibling or friend). Discuss with the children what talents or resources they could give to Jesus. Ask them to give you an example of what they could do this week that would be like the boy giving Jesus his lunch. For example: Giving his pocket money for the week to the church or to someone they knew had no lunch. It could also be helping someone who is struggling at school learn for a test if they are doing well in that subject. Go over memory verse with children. “MEMORY CATCH”

1. Sit the children in a circle. 2. Toss the ball to one child. 3. When he catches it, he must say the first word of the memory verse. 4. That child then tosses the ball to another child who says the second word, and so on until the entire verse has been recited. 5. Repeat if time permits (record the time to see what the quickest time they can do it – challenge the Grade 6&7 Girls who can do it quickest without error).

Pray with the children.

The Miracles of Jesus GRADE 6-7 1. 2. 3. 4.

Jesus heals the centurion’s servant The miraculous catch of fish Jesus drives out demons Jesus feeds the five thousand KickStart

Kick Start is designed to keep the kids busy from the moment they arrive in small groups of ideally eight. This helps to keep control, keeps kids busy involved and creates a sense of identity and security with their peers and their leader. Re Fuel Re Fuel involves an ice-breaker/game, telling the Bible story for the day in a way that brings the story to life. Worship and prayer are all a part of this interactive time. It is also important to welcome 1st time visitors, sing happy birthdays and take up the tithes and offerings. It is good to revise the previous week’s lessons and the memory verse. X-Celerate X Celerate is the time that the children go back into their same small groups as in Kick Start and do an activity with the leader while being asked questions and discuss what they have just learnt. 7:30

Leaders pray (Team Room)

9:30

7:45

KickStart

9:45

8:05

ReFuel (Welcome, Game, Tithes, Visitors, Birthdays)

10:05

8:20

ReFuel (Worship)

10:20

8:40

ReFuel (Storytelling)

10:40

8:55

X-Celerate (Activity)

10:55

9:25

Walk Down

11:25

Grade 6-7

Week 1

Jesus heals the Roman centurion’s servant

Memory verse: The spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind (Luke 4:18). Bottom line:

Jesus doesn’t have to be physically present to heal

Bible Story:

Jesus heals the Roman Centurions servant (Matthew 8:5-13).

Objective:

The faith of the Roman centurion was enough to allow Jesus to heal his servant. The centurion could have let many obstacles get in his way. He was not a Jew, he was wealthy, he spoke another language and he was of a high rank. He didn’t however, and the kids should be able to see that we can come to Jesus no matter who we are.

Items required: pens, paper and a hat/bag. An A5 exercise book that stays in the box for the month for a list of prayers Activity: 1. Break into groups of 3 2. Ask each person to identify a failure that they have experienced recently 3. Each person draws a piece of paper out of the hat 4. After they have read the failure the group can discuss whether it was a lack of confidence or possibly lack of faith or thinking we were not good enough. Each person can read there own if they feel more comfortable 5. Role play in groups of 2 or 3 how the failure would be more successful. 6. Each person must identify something they want to pray for and start a journal for the month

7Day Challenge (Learning to walk with Jesus 7 days a week). Challenge the children to speak to someone about what they have learnt today in this story (maybe a parent or sibling or friend). Ask the children who have seen a miracle happen and what they would define as a miracle. Get them to write it down. Ask the children what miracle they would like to see happen during the week. Encourage them to pray for one another in the time of small groups and ask them for one name of a person that they will pray for during the week. Remember the miracle of salvation is the best miracle of all. This week is just the start of a month of miracles, start building the children’s faith to see amazing miracles.

Go over memory verse with children. “MEMORY CATCH”

1. Sit the children in a circle. 2. Toss the ball to one child. 3. When he catches it, he must say the first word of the memory verse. 4. That child then tosses the ball to another child who says the second word, and so on until the entire verse has been recited. 5. Repeat if time permits (record the time to see what the quickest time they can do it – challenge the Grade 6&7 Girls who can do it quickest without error).

Pray with the children.

Grade 6-7

The miraculous catch of fish

Week 2

Memory verse: The spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind (Luke 4:18). Bottom line:

Don’t give up

Bible Story:

Jesus calls the disciples and provides a miraculous catch of fish (Luke 5:1-11)

Objective:

If you keep trying - a miracle may be just around the corner. Peter had heard that Jesus had performed many miracles and was overwhelmed that he cared enough to perform such a miracle directly related to Peters needs. Jesus used the miracle to catch Peter’s attention and then called him to fulfil his destiny in Him. Peter’s response was immediate when he left everything and became one of Jesus’ disciples. We often feel unworthy of Jesus love and response to us but he wants to bless us.

Items required: a list of emotions and statements cut out onto strips of paper. A few copies of each. Lack of self confidence, fear of rejection, lack of interpersonal skills, I am dull and boring, I look ugly, I don’t know how to act around people, I am scared people will laugh at me, I am afraid I will be teased Activity: 1. Divide the children into groups of 3 2. Let them come up with a scenario at school that they are battling with and get them to choose which statements are the most appropriative to how they feel in that circumstance. Get them to role play a more positive way that the scenario/scene/situation could unfold.

3. Discuss how Jesus cares about these small things in our lives and wants to perform miracles for us. 4. Write in the journal what each child has faith to pray for during the week. 7Day Challenge (Learning to walk with Jesus 7 days a week). Challenge the children to speak to someone about what they have learnt today in this story (maybe a parent or sibling or friend). Ask the children for one need they have. Something that is important to them but may seem insignificant. Pray for one another in group time. Get them to write down the name of one friend or family member that they are going to do the same with this week. I.e. ask them what they need and then pray for this friend. Remember to discuss the differences between needs and wants. Go over memory verse with children. “MEMORY CATCH”

1. Sit the children in a circle. 2. Toss the ball to one child. 3. When he catches it, he must say the first word of the memory verse. 4. That child then tosses the ball to another child who says the second word, and so on until the entire verse has been recited. 5. Repeat if time permits (record the time to see what the quickest time they can do it – challenge the Grade 6&7 Girls who can do it quickest without error).

Pray with the children.

Grade 6-7

Jesus drives out demons

Week 3

Memory verse: The spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind (Luke 4:18). Bottom line:

Nothing is impossible for Jesus

Bible Story:

Jesus heals a demon possessed boy (Mark 9:14-28).

Objective:

Everything is possible for those who believe in Jesus, he has given us authority, but we need to pray. In chapter 6 vs 13 we see that the disciples had driven out demons before so it wasn’t that they had not done it before. This story depicts that the struggle for us, like the disciples is real and that it didn’t always happen the way it did before. We don’t always see what goes on in the spiritual realm. By saying at the end of the story that they needed to pray for “this kind” highlights our need to spend more time in prayer and not in our own efforts.

Items required: 1 dowel rod or pole with sweets attached to them dangling from several pieces of string. The sweets must be such that they can be eaten directly off the string, i.e. no wrappers. Have about 6 sweets hanging from separate pieces of string. 1 blindfold and a packet of sweets to replace the ones on the string. Activity: 1. Each child gets a turn to lie on his back blindfolded while the leader holds the dowel rod over his head 2. Each child gets to see how many sweets he can eat in 30 secs.

7Day Challenge (Learning to walk with Jesus 7 days a week). Challenge the children to speak to someone about what they have learnt today in this story (maybe a parent or sibling or friend). Ask the children to identify something that they may think is impossible to happen and start to pray for this miracle. Encourage the children to pray for this miracle daily. Get them to write it down in a little book that stays at Uptown or in a personal journal so they can remember. Encourage them to share their prayers with a friend or family member so they can pray together. Go over memory verse with children. “MEMORY CATCH”

1. Sit the children in a circle. 2. Toss the ball to one child. 3. When he catches it, he must say the first word of the memory verse. 4. That child then tosses the ball to another child who says the second word, and so on until the entire verse has been recited. 5. Repeat if time permits (record the time to see what the quickest time they can do it – challenge the Grade 6&7 Girls who can do it quickest without error).

Pray with the children.

Grade 6-7

Feeding the five thousand

Week 4

Memory verse: The spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind (Luke 4:18). Bottom line:

Give what you have to Jesus

Bible Story:

Jesus feeds the five thousand (John 6:1-15)

Objective:

Jesus used what a little boy could give to feed five thousand people. The little boy was willing to give up his lunch and Andrew made the effort to find him. Even though Jesus could have fed the crowds without the boy’s lunch, he chose to use what the boy gave. Can you imagine how the miracle must have affected the boy’s faith? In the other gospels it mentions that he had compassion on the people, because they were hungry, again indicating that Jesus is aware of our daily needs and is more than capable of performing a miracle so that we don’t go without what we need.

Items required: Pens and paper. A dartboard with darts Activity: 1. Get the children to each write down one miracle that they have faith for. It must be personal and specific to their personal lives. Try and come up with about 20. Number each piece of paper 2. Give each person a turn to throw the dart and they must then be encouraged to pray for the miracle with the corresponding number. 3. It may be more practical to pray all together at the end of the dart throwing.

7Day Challenge (Learning to walk with Jesus 7 days a week).

Challenge the children to speak to someone about what they have learnt today in this story (maybe a parent or sibling or friend). Discuss with the children what talents or resources they could give to Jesus. Ask them to give you an example of what they could do this week that would be like the boy giving Jesus his lunch. For example: Giving his pocket money for the week to the church or to someone they knew had no lunch. It could also be helping someone who is struggling at school learn for a test if they are doing well in that subject. Go over memory verse with children. “MEMORY CATCH”

1. Sit the children in a circle. 2. Toss the ball to one child. 3. When he catches it, he must say the first word of the memory verse. 4. That child then tosses the ball to another child who says the second word, and so on until the entire verse has been recited. 5. Repeat if time permits (record the time to see what the quickest time they can do it – challenge the Grade 6&7 Girls who can do it quickest without error).

Pray with the children.