MAY 17, 2020 - CGKIDS

Parents - 

Below are some resources for our children in children’s ministry. Please note that our Preschool - 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. 

**Special Announcement - Today (May 17) Pastor Jody will host a CGKids Virtual Hangout at 11:15 am. Please note the new start time to allow parents a little bit more time to transition from 10 am online church. If you have questions, please email Jody at jody@cgnortheast.org.


For Our Toddler children:

  1. Pray with your toddler. It can be something simple like - God we thank you for today. Thank you for Jesus and we thank you that He loves each of us. Thank you for changing Paul’s life!

  2. Sing Jesus Loves Me. 

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

  4. Have your child color this coloring page.


For Our Preschool Room 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 for how the Bible teaches us about Jesus and You!

  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 mention a couple of other wondering questions in the video. Please have your child ignore them because they are a little more advanced and are better suited for the older classes. 

  5. Respond to the story - stop light

    1. You need Green, yellow and red construction paper, glue or white copy paper and crayons

    2. If you have a large circle hole punch, use it to create circles to recreate a stoplight. If you don’t have the kids draw a stop light on copy paper.

    3. Help your child write “Go! Tell people about Jesus!”

  6. Sing with Mr. Larry and Ms. Gayle’s video.

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. Have you child wonder about their favorite part of the story and where they see themselves in the story. Now is a good time to have a discussion about the end of the story talking about followers and leaders and sheep and shepherds. God wants us to follow Jesus but He also wants us to lead others to Him. We can be both leaders and followers! The disciples were put into a leadership role that they hadn’t been in previously. This is part of knowing Jesus in a new way!

  5. Respond to the story - stop light

    1. You need Green, yellow and red construction paper, glue  or white copy paper and crayons

    2. If you have a large circle hole punch, use it to create circles to recreate a stoplight. If you don’t have the kids draw a stop light on copy paper.

    3. Help your child write “Go! Tell people about Jesus!”

  6. Read today’s story in the Bible - Matthew 28:16-20.

  7. Sing with Mr. Larry and Ms. Gayle’s video or 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. Thank you for sending us your Son, Jesus. Please help us make others aware of Jesus’ love for them and how He gave to save us from our sins. 

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

  3. Watch the video above.

  4. I asked a wondering question about if you are a leader or a follower when it comes to Jesus? As a parent (or a kid to talk to your parent), now is a good time to have a discussion about the end of the story talking about followers and leaders and sheep and shepherds. God wants us to follow Jesus but He also wants us to lead others to Him. We can be both leaders and followers! The disciples were put into a leadership role that they hadn’t been in previously. This is part of knowing Jesus in a new way!

  5. Respond to the story by journaling thoughts to the following:. I wonder how the disciples felt about Jesus telling them to go everywhere and tell Jesus' story.  I wonder how you would feel if Jesus asked you to go to a new place and tell Jesus' story. I wonder how you and I can share Jesus' story with others.

  6. Read today’s story in the Bible - Matthew 28:16-20.

  7. Sing This I Believe.

For Our 4th and 5th Graders :

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

  2. Pentecost is coming up in a couple of weeks (May 31). We are going to spend a couple of weeks talking about this portion of the Trinity and will spend this week and next learning about Philip. Read Acts 8:26-30. Who spoke to Philip? Did he obey? 

  3. Journal the following:Have you heard from the Holy Spirit? What did you hear? Did you follow how the Holy Spirit led you? Is there time when you have heard from the Holy Spirit and didn’t obey? 

  4. In the verses that you read today, can you spot any of the spiritual disciplines we have been talking about this year? 

  5. Sing This I Believe.

RESOURCES:

  • Check out YouVersion on how to adjust kids to a new “normal.”

  • My friend and Midtown CGer has updated her website with parenting resources for mental, emotional and spiritual health of your children during these crazy times.

  • The CDC has a whole page dedicated to children and COVID-19. There are more multiple links to additional resources on things you may be wondering about, including keeping them physically healthy and dealing with stress.

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