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Children need to have a basic understanding of what communion is, and the purpose of taking communion. They will then be more prepared when this important event takes place in their own lives. This will make it more meaningful to them in their spiritual journey with Christ.

Taking communion is an important part of the spiritual training of young children. However, it is important that they have an understanding of what we teach regarding this sacraments and understand the purpose of communion.

A wonderful lesson about Children's Church lesson for all ages. Noah is a great example to children, but, his story goes much deeper than the ark could have ever taken him. In Gen. 6:9, we are told the reasons why this ONE MAN found favor in God's eyes... and it's the same three things that will cause God to find favor with you... even a kid!

Basic Sermon Outline for I Corinthians 12:12-27

Read all about the mystery that has taken place in the Children’s Department. They will share the colors of the Mystery (Wordless) Book!

Make Murals of our feet to learn how beautiful feet are in spreading the gospel.

A short and easy teaching tool for children who cannot read.

We must tell others about the love of God and share with them how to repent of their sins and ask Jesus into their hearts. When we obey the Great Commission, we are obeying God. He has given us the authority to do this, and He has promised to help us. Here is a good recipe that may help you.

There are times in our lives when God call us! This will only happen if we are listening and hear His voice. When God called Samuel he said “Speak Lord, for your servant is listening…” We, too, must listen for God's voice.  

We reach others by using beautiful feet to "GO" where they are! God told Jonah to “GO” and tell the people of Nineveh about the love of Jesus. Jonah was not too happy with this request from God. He decided to ignore God’s command and do what HE wanted to do.

While we give children a lot of information, we need to also give them tools to apply this information. This lesson provides a practical tool to resist temptation...helping kids to find a "way to escape."

3-5 years olds will act out being hungry.

When we follow Christ, we must be willing to leave everything and everyone behind. This means that we must we willing to obey Jesus first in our lives over what our friends want us to do. When Jesus calls us it means that we must leave behind anything that would get the way of us serving Him.

A Gentile woman seeks Jesus for the healing of her daughter. Her wit and persistent faith win Jesus' approval and the miracle her daughter needs.

"Smarter" is the first of four lessons about the verse, Luke 2:52. This lesson teaches kids how they can be smarter, just like Jesus. This lesson focuses on the story of boy Jesus at the temple.

"Stronger" is the second of four lessons about the verse, Luke 2:52. In this lesson, the kids will look at how Jesus grew up physically. We'll be looking at Jewish laws and Jesus' exercise plan.

"Deeper" is the third of four lessons about the verse, Luke 2:52. In this lesson, the children will see where they are spiritually and explore their need to be baptized.

"Cooler" is the fourth and final lesson about the verse, Luke 2:52. This week the kids will see what type of friends Jesus hung out with and what friends they should hang out with, too.

This lesson is about John the Baptist. It talks about standing up for what we believe in, and not being ashamed of our faith.

This is a special lesson designed for training youth workers on the one character trait that will set them apart from their peers and set them on a course for success in life!

The Bible says that one day every person will come before the judgment seat of God. Are your kids ready? This skit illustrates the Judge (God), the Accuser (Satan) and our Defense Attorney (Jesus).

This great Children's Church Lesson will help your kids understand parables, and why Jesus used them in His ministry.

This is the first sermon in the series of Kid's sermon for this Power Theme. God wants all of us to be strong Christians. He will enable us as we get into His Word and help us grow every day. We can have power to do this if we seek His help.

Sermon two in a series of Power theme for Children's Worship. Jesus Christ gave His life that we might have abundent life. It is through His death on the cross that we have power to life for Him.

Sermon three in the Power Series for Children. We are never too young to give our heart to Jesus and allow Him to teach us how to obey Him. He will give us the power we need to obey Him every day.

Sermon four in the Power Theme Series for children. We must always remember that all we have belongs to King Jesus. If we will always remember this it will be easier for us to give our time and offerings to God.

Lesson 5 in the Power Theme Series. Our tongues are powerful members that can do great harm if used improperly. King Jesus will help us to use our tongues to be a blessing to others.

Lesson 6 in the Power Theme Series. Like Abraham, who was obedient to God in everything, God will give us the power to obey Him in the small things of life as well as those large areas.

Lesson 7 of the Power Theme Series. God's Word is our road map that will instruct us how to get to heaven. As we follow this road map, we will one day see King Jesus in heaven. We may find the directions on a map hard to follow sometimes, yet we know they are correct and will get us to our destination. God's Word will not fail us either.

Lesson 8 of the Power Theme Series. Living a powerful life for King Jesus will take some discipline on our part. We need to please King Jesus by following His guidelines. He gave Moses some specific guidelines, the ten commandments that He felt were important for the people. We too can follow these guidelines today and learn more about pleasing Him.

Lesson 9 of the Power Theme Series. We can wear the Armor of God every day that we get up. We can put this armor on the first thing in the morning so that we are prepared against the enemy of our soul.

I Have No Need - What a privilege having the Almighty God as our Shepherd who watches over us and protects us. We can confidently bring our needs to our Shepherd.

He Strengthens and Guides Me - God gives us strength and shows us the right way to live. We must choose to listen and obey and then we will experience a life of God's blessing.

I Have No Need To Fear - We can always stop the things that make us afraid but we can stop fear from imprisoning us. How? Because the Lord is our Shepherd and His Promises and Presence will protect us and set us free

I Have Victory Over My Enemies - The devil, people and circumstances are our enemies but with our Shepherd we can have victory over them. Choosing victory, getting close to God and being obedient to His Word are the keys for our victory

I Am Secure In God's Love - There are times where we feel unlovely, maybe have problems, don't feel good enough, done something wrong. These are times where we must be secure in God's love knowing that nothing will ever change His love for us.

Object lessons, discussions, and game dealing with human temptation and perspective.  

One of Jesus' commands is for us to share the Good News of the Gospel.

Why should children celebrate Saint Patrick's Day? This lesson includes his story, a PowerPoint lesson, and song that will give children a reason why this is an important holiday for the church. We can learn many lessons from the life of St. Patrick about listening to God, obedience, evangelism, and forgive others who treat us unkindly.  

This introduction lesson sets the unit up and gives you the basic items to get things rolling.

Lesson 1 starts with the idea of temptation and challenges the kids to make good choices in life.

Lesson 2 focuses on salvation and some fun fishing related games.

Lesson 3 talks about Baptism. Be sure you have the kids wear their swim suits or things they can get wet in and plan to be outside. The activities are fun and WET!

Lesson 4 takes the long word of JUSTIFICATION and explains it to the kids in a simple way.

A Mid-Week Survivor theme series that teaches lessons on temptation, salvation, baptism, redemption, justification, sanctification, and missions.

God loves us through His Word. It is written straight from His heart in order to touch yours. Jewish traditions reveal to us the meaning behind Christ's analogy of the Bride (the Church) and the Bridegroom (Christ) and how this covenant is expressed through baptism and communion.

There were some disciples in the Gospel of Luke who were fishing one day. When Jesus told them to cast their nets out in the deep water they obeyed; although, they did not feel like doing this. If we will only listen to God and do as He asks us to do, we will find that life will be so much more rewarding.

Stephen, a man full of faith in God and power, did many wonderful miracles among the people. Kids have fun as they engage in this short drama. Great for worship service and easy to put on with little preparation.

This object lesson was written for an Awana Grand Prix devotional to be used while the judges were determining the winner.

The purpose of this session is to help students get in their minds that worship is all about God. This is our starting place because, apart from that understanding, we just don’t get worship and can’t go any further. The key is to emphasize to your students how foundational and absolutely essential this is.