NOVEMBER 8, 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. 



For Our Younger Preschool children:

  1. Pray with your toddler. It can be something simple like - God, thank you for loving us. Thank you for all of your promises that you made and that you keep. Thank you for Jesus. Amen.

  2. Sing Father Abraham.

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

  4. Color a picture of Joseph’s colorful coat.

For Our Older 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. Thank you for all the people in the Bible. Thanks for all of your promises that you keep!

  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 - Answer the wondering questions on the video. 

  5. Respond - Create Joseph’s coat of many colors. Use this template.

  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 for the promises that you made to the People of God and to us. 

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

  3. Watch the video above. 

  4. Wonder - answer the wondering questions from the video.

  5. Respond- Create Joseph’s coat of many colors. Use this template.

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


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. Wonder about the questions in the video. 

  5. Response - Joseph was sent to jail. If you have some yarn or pipe cleaners at home, make a jail cell and draw Joseph in jail. 

  6. In your journals, answer the questions that Pastor Erik asked in the service. You can also answer the questions in the Gospel Guide

For Our 4th and 5th Graders:

  1. Have your child pray.

  2. Read Genesis 37:1-11. 

  3. Journal - How do you think Joseph’s brothers felt about the love that Jacob was showing Joseph? Do you think they were aware that God loved them to? Did they act like it?

  4. Read Genesis 37:12-29. Journal: What did the brothers do?

  5. Read Genesis 37: 30-36. Journal: what happened to Joseph?

  6. One of the spiritual disciplines we are learning about is prayer. Take a piece of paper and write “Prayer is talking with God.” Draw what prayer looks like to you. How did Joseph listen to God?

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

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