APRIL 25, 2021 - CGKIDS

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Parents - 

Below are some resources for our children in children’s ministry. Please note that our Older Preschoolers - 3rd grade children are hearing the same story so that portion of the resources for the Sunday will be the same. The response options are different and have been created to be age appropriate. However, if you choose to reenact the story, you can have all ages participate. If you have multiple children in your family the Godly Play option for the K/1 grade room is a good option to adapt to all family members. 

For Our Younger Preschoolers:

  1. Pray with your younger preschooler. It can be something simple like - God we thank you for today. Thank you for Jesus and we thank you that He is everywhere. He loves me and all my friends!

  2. Sing Jesus Loves Me. 

  3. Watch the video above with today’s story. 

  4. Have your child color this coloring page.

For Our Older Preschoolers:

  1. Have your child say a prayer before they begin. If they struggle, it can be something simple like: Thank you God for today. We thank you for each of the stories you share with us from the Bible. Keep us safe and healthy.

  2. Remind the children that the story they are about to watch is from the Bible.

  3. Watch the video above of our Godly Play story. 

  4. Wonder - Have your child wonder what was his/her favorite part of the story. I will mention in the video but will go on to some other questions for the older grades. 

  5. Respond to the story - Have your child trace their hands. Have them draw or color them. You can help them draw hearts over where Jesus’ wounds were in the story.  

  6. Sing Jesus Loves Me. 

For Our Kindergarten and 1st Grade children:

  1. Have your child say a prayer before they begin. If they struggle, it can be something simple like: Thank you God for today. We thank you that your Son died for us and that we get to know Him and follow Him. Amen.

  2. Remind the children that the story they are about to watch is from the Bible.

  3. Watch the video above.

  4. Additional wondering questions - I wonder why Thomas needed to touch Jesus' wounds. I wonder if you've ever had doubts about anything. I wonder how that feels. I wonder what we can do when we have doubts about believing.

  5. Respond to story - Have your child trace their hands. Have them draw or color them. Have them draw hearts where they think Jesus’ wounds were. 

  6. Sing This I Believe.

For Our 2nd and 3rd grade children:

  1. Have your child say a prayer before they begin. If they struggle, it can be something simple like: Thank you God for today. We thank you that your Son died for us and that we get to know Him and follow Him. Amen.

  2. Remind the children that the story they are about to watch is from the Bible.

  3. Watch the video above.

  4. Additional wondering questions to journal - I wonder why Thomas needed to touch Jesus' wounds. I wonder if you've ever had doubts about anything. I wonder how that feels. I wonder what we can do when we have doubts about believing.

  5. Respond to story - Have your child trace their hands. Have them draw or color them. Have them draw hearts where they think Jesus’ wounds were. Inside of the hearts write where you have doubts.

  6. Sing This I Believe.

For Our 4th and 5th Graders:

  1. Have your child say a prayer before they start.

  2. Read Acts 2:12.

  3. Journal answers to the following questions: What would you have done if you were in the room when the Holy Spirit came down? Imagine speaking another language. How would you have reacted if you all of sudden started speaking a language that you don’t know?

  4. Read Acts 2:22-39. 

  5. Journal about the following: Who is speaking? Whose plan was it to bring Jesus back to life? How did David know about Jesus? What did Peter tell them to do?

  6. Sing This I Believe. 


Mother’s Day is coming up soon. Here are some ideas that you can start working on prior to May 9!:

I want to highlight some resources for you to talk to your children about race, racism and diversity. 

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