Song – “He's Got the Whole World in His Hands”
Song – “Deep and Wide”
Game – “The Warmth of Kindness”
- Give each child a bean bag and have them balance it on their head. Have the children walk around different obstacles such as cones and chairs. If the bean bag falls off their head, they are frozen until another child picks up the bean bag ad gives it back. Clap your hands to have everyone stop moving and freeze.
Story Magnifier – Our Father Bracelets
- Explain the colors for each part of the prayer as you hand out the parts:
- Blue – The Color of Fathers “Our Father, who art in heaven”
- White – Is The Color of Holiness “Hallowed be Thy Name”
- Purple – Is a Majestic Color “Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will be done”
- Green – Color of the Earth “On Earth, as it is in heaven”
- Yellow – Reminds Us Of Wheat “Give us this day, our daily bread”
- Red – Reminds us of Jesus’ blood “And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.”
- Orange – Represents Darkness & Evil “and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.”
- Cross – Reminds Us Of God’s heavenly kingdom where he reigns forever. “For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever, amen.
Art – Prayer Cards
- Jesus gave us the “Our father” to pray to God at the Sermon on the Mount.
- Glue the “Our father” onto a piece of paper. Decorate the paper.
