Lesson Plan for 04 May (Lesson 29)
Concept
Area: Church
Theme:
People
thank God at church.
Bible
verse: Psalms 136:1
Oh give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for
his mercy endureth forever.
Bible Story: The widow’s gift
Mark 12:41-44, Luke 21:1-4
Activity 1: Learning about giving
Introduce the point behind tithing, offering and giving in church, and that
all we have is not ours but God’s. God ask that we give some back to Him with a
happy heart. Further help the children to understand the difference when we
have much, compared to when we have little, by using tokens or money. Give a
child many coins and another child two. Have both of them put his/her
offering in the box. Ask them to look at what is left in each pile. Then
introduce the story of how a widow gave all she had while the rich man had much
left.
Provide the children with the pictures from the Bible story of ‘The Widow’s
Gift’ about how she gave all that she had – 2 coins to God. God has provided
everything we have. We thank God for all of His gifts. Like the widow, we can
also thank God with a happy heart and trust that He will always take care of
us. Ask the children to reproduce the story in sequence. While the children
carrying out the activity, reinforce the bible stories with the children that
they have just listened.
Activity 4: Colouring
Colouring sheet – The widow’s gift. Repeat the Bible story during this
activity.
Activity 5: Word puzzle (for
older children)
Extra activity
for older children, searching words from the Bible story in a alphabet-letters-maze.
Activity 6: Mother’s Day activity
To show our appreciation and remembering our mothers for loving us, guide the children to create simple flowers with plastic cups, straws and coloured paper.
Backup Activity 1: Memory verse
In small groups, encourage the children to try to re-arrange words from
the memory verse in the right order.
Psalms
136:1 Say thank you to God.
