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Today is the next session in our HAPPY HEARTS theme! We will discover how to have Fiery Hearts full of God’s compassion for others!
Join in the Zoom Call next Sunday for more fun, games and chat!
This week, Pecky is flying – without wings?!?!
Choose someone to say ‘Thank You’ to!
Let’s worship Daddy God – his heart is full of love for us!
Watch: Peter and John (2 mins)
Read:
My First Message p333
Key verses in the bible: Acts 1:8, Acts 3:1-10
Peter and John’s hearts were filled with Holy Spirit’s fiery compassion and a lame man walked!
WOW! I wonder what would happen to our friends, our street, our school, our city, our world… when our hearts are filled with Daddy God’s fiery compassion.
Download this week’s activity sheets here…
…and the ‘Happy Hearts Health Chart’ here! (it’s the last heart today!)
Games:
Fiery Tag: If you have a safe place to run around play ‘Fiery Heart Tag’. Print and cut out the fiery hearts from the pdf template so you have enough for each person in your family. One person has all the hearts and has to catch everyone else and give them one! Take it in turns to be the catcher! We can pass on God’s Fiery Compassion to others.
Hide and Seek: If you need to stay indoors, take it in turns to hide the hearts for each other to find!
Create:
HAPPY HEARTS HEALTH CHART! Print this out here to add to each session
Cut out and decorate today’s heart to add onto your chart.
3D Fiery Heart!
Cut out the large heart and decorate. Fold in half.
Cut out two thin strips of paper or card or the strips on the template. Fold these strips over each other in a concertina way and secure the ends with tape.
Cut out and stick the flame onto one end of the concertina. Then stick the other end onto the right hand side of the large heart, so that when you open in it pops out! Example on the template.
We can have fiery hearts of compassion for others like Peter and John.
Daddy God’s Wonderful World! God wants us to have a fiery heart for his wonderful world: he wants to team up with us to bring heaven to earth. Remind your child that our prayers make a difference. Choose one of the following then wonder together!
I wonder what Jesus thinks of this place.
I wonder what is on his heart for ________
I wonder what the needs are…
What is he showing you?
How could we pray for __________?
What needs to come from heaven to earth?
Help your child to wonder and think and tune into Holy Spirit.
You could draw or write thoughts, prayers, bible verse… on post-it notes/the fiery hearts and add onto your map.
If you have any LED candles place them on your maps too and pray/declare/sing God’s truth, love, solutions… over these places.
Resources: Pdf template, Happy Heart Health Chart, scissors, pens, glue/tape, paper and card, maps, LED candles.
I can have a heart full of God’s fiery compassion!
What place or nation did you pray for? What is on God’s heart for your street? Show us your 3D heart!
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Today is the next session in our HAPPY HEARTS theme! We will be learning that Jesus wants us to have A TRUE HEART that believes his truth about ourselves, others and God.
Holibobs time!
Say ‘Happy (put thumbs up) Hearts (make heart shape)’ in different voices!
Let’s worship our amazing God – he is powerful, loving and always with us!
INTRO (13 MINS)
Watch: Joshua becomes Leader (3.5 mins)
Read:
Jesus Calling Bible p76
Lion First Bible p130
Key verses in the bible: Numbers 13:1-2, 17-33, 14:1-11, 20-24, 30-31
Joshua and Caleb had true hearts. They believed what God had said; that he was good and had a great plan for them and all God’s people.
We can have true hearts too. We can chuck out lies and believe God’s incredible truths!
Jesus said the truth would set us free! John 8:32
Here are 2 checks we can do to sniff out any lies, give them to Jesus and get free
1. Does what I am thinking or hearing match up with who Jesus says I am?
2. Does it match up with what it says in the bible?
FUN ACTIVITIES (5-15 MINS)
Download this week’s activity sheets here.....
....and the ‘Happy Hearts Health Chart’ here!
Games:
Spies: Have fun pretending to be Joshua and Caleb creeping around as spies! You could play out the story, or hide something for the ‘spies’ to find or play hide and seek together!
Hot Potato! Use a small ball or bean bag. Pretend it is a hot potato! Quickly pass it to each other. Say that person’s name and a truth about them as you pass it on: ‘_____ Jesus thinks you’re brilliant’, ‘_______ you belong to God’…. Keep it moving!
Create:
HAPPY HEARTS HEALTH CHART!
Colour in, cut out and jot a truth on today’s heart. Then stick it onto your chart.
Truth Portrait: Using the template. Choose a frame and draw yourself inside. You could look in a mirror to help draw your features. Cut it out and stick onto card. Then write or draw truths all around your picture. Stick it up to remind yourself of what God thinks of you!
Hand Prints: Either get messy with paint and create hand prints on card or draw around your hand carefully and decorate with paints, chalk, pastels… When it is dry, use a marker to write some key truths about yourself, God and others on each finger.
Chalking! Use chalk to write truths in hearts on the pavement outside your house to encourage your neighbours!
Possible Truths: I belong to God, Jesus’ blood paid for everything, you are precious, I am a child of God, you are wonderful, I can be free from fear, God forgives me, I am loved, I am chosen, my heart is full of Holy Spirit, God has a good plan for me, my family is important to God…
Joshua and Caleb Activity Sheets
Resources: Pdf template, Happy Heart Health Chart scissors, pens, glue/tape, paper and card, paint, chalk, pastels
Share your art with us. Show us your portraits or hand prints. What was God showing you? How does it feel to have a true heart?
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Today is the next session session in our HAPPY HEARTS theme! We are going to discover that Jesus wants us to have a FULL HEART!
What mischief is Pecky up to this week?
Take it in turns to say “I have got a Happy Heart” as quickly as you can!
Let’s worship Jesus: he wants us to have Happy Hearts!
Watch: God Sends the Holy Spirit (3.5 mins)
Read:
Jesus Calling Bible p228
Lion First Bible p456
Jesus Storybook Bible p326
Find these key verses in your bible: Revelation 3:20, Acts 2:17, Philippians 4:6-8, Luke 1:53
If our bodies are empty of food they don’t work properly
What about our hearts? What do they need to be full of so they can work properly?
Jesus wants our hearts to be full of Holy Spirit and his good things so we are happy, healthy and can share his love with others.
Do you want an empty or a full heart?
Download this week’s activity sheets here…
…and the ‘Happy Hearts Health Chart’ here! (as used previously)
Games:
Full and empty: Use bricks and bowls or soft toys and baskets or anything that is a container and some objects to fill them! Have races across the room or time each other to see who can fill up the containers first.
BIBLE BITE: Cut up the Bible Bite from the template and hide around your room. Who can find all the pieces and put it back in order?
Create:
Resources: Pdf template, Happy Heart Health Chart, scissors, pens, glue/tape, paper/card, bricks/objects, containers, stickers, ink.
Full to overflowing: Invite Holy Spirit to come and fill your hearts to overflowing. Be patient to wait and see what happens as you pray: what can you see, hear, feel… Remember whenever we ask God always hears and answers no matter what we feel! Encourage each others you pray and receive.
Declare truths: Pass round a cushion, heart or special object and take it in turns to say ‘My heart is full of God’s _____’ fill in the blank!
My heart can be full of the Holy Spirit! I can have a full heart!
Share your art with us. Show us your heart collages. Have you been filled with Holy Spirit? What dos it feel like to have a full heart?
NEXT WEEK IS ZOOM CALL FUN AT 9:45AM
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Today is the next session session in our HAPPY HEARTS theme – we will discover what it means to have a PURE HEART!
NEXT WEEK is our Way2Go Zoom Call to explore more on having a Pure Heart
Pecky is back!
Make heart shapes with your hands and tell each other that you love them!
Let’s worship and praise Jesus for all he has done for us!
Watch: The Cross (5 mins)
Read:
Jesus Calling Bible p214
Lion First Bible p436
Jesus Storybook Bible p302
Key verses in the bible: Luke 6:45, Matthew 5:8, Psalm 51:10, 1 John 1:9
Jesus said that what is in our hearts will come out of our mouth! (Luke 6:45)
We can all pick up bad attitudes, hurts or difficulties during our week that mean our hearts need a good clean.
But the great news is that Daddy God wants us to have a clean, pure heart and HE will wash away all the mad, bad and sad stuff, because Jesus has paid for it and dealt with it by dying for us on the cross and by coming back to life!
So let’s allow him to clean our hearts today so we can have Happy Hearts!
Download this week’s activity sheets here…
…and the ‘Happy Hearts Health Chart’ here! (as used previously)
Explore:
Cleaning Time: Involve your child with cleaning the car or some of their toys or do the washing up together and chat about how it is important to clean the things we have and why. Do they know it is even more important to make sure our hearts are clean too? You could share what having a clean pure heart means for you with them. Your child will love to hear about your friendship with Jesus.
Game:
Speedy Words: Choose something special to pass around your family. When each person has the object they can say any word to do with cleaning but they cannot repeat what someone else has said! How many times and how quickly can you pass the object round?
Clean, scrub, wash, pure, soap, bubbles, bath, shower, hose, water, dustpan, brush, wipe, polish…
Create:
HAPPY HEARTS HEALTH CHART! Print this out here if you haven’t already done so to add to each session
Colour in and cut out today’s Pure Heart to add to your chart!
Bible Verse Art:
Psalm 51:10 ’Create in me a pure heart, God, and make my spirit right again’.
1 John 1:9 ’But if we confess our sins, he will forgive our sins, because we can trust God to do what is right. He will cleanse us from all the wrongs we have done.’
Choose one of these bible verses or anything about ‘A Pure Heart’ as inspiration for some collaborative art! Get out chalks, paints, pastels or felt-tips and get creative together. Or go for 3D fun with lego or junk modelling. Send us photos of your creations!
BIBLE BITE: Challenge each other to say it in silly voices: robot, squeaky, slow, fast…
Revelation 3:20 Jesus said ‘Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in and eat with you, and you will eat with me.’
Resources: Pdf template, Happy Heart Health Chart, scissors, pens, glue/tape, paper and card, chalk, paint, pastels, bricks, junk modelling.
Adventure Time: Let’s get comfy and invite Holy Spirit to come and clean our hearts! You could put on some quiet music, declare Psalm 51:10 over yourselves and then imagine opening the door of your heart to Jesus, he’s getting out his scrubbing brush or dustpan or polish… and he’s cleaning your heart, what is he saying and doing and showing you? Is there anything you want to give him? What does he give you?
Give time to be with Jesus! Make this work for your child at a good time that suits you!
I know that Jesus can clean my heart and make it pure.
Share your art with us. Can you say the Bible Bite yet? How does it feel to have a clean, pure heart?
NEXT WEEK IS ZOOM CALL FUN AT 9:45AM
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Today is the next session session in our new theme – HAPPY HEARTS!
We will be discovering that Jesus wants us to have a Free Heart.
NEXT WEEK is our Game Changers Zoom Call to find out more!
Ask each other if your heart is open to Jesus!
Let’s celebrate God’s amazing love for us!
INTRO (14 MINS)
Watch: God’s Story Joseph (4 mins)
Read:
Jesus Calling Bible: p54-55, 60-61
Jesus Storybook Bible p76
Lion First Bible p74-91
Key bible verses
Joseph’s brothers are jealous: Genesis 37:1-8, 11-13, 18-28
Joseph forgives his brothers: Genesis 45:3-8, 13-15, 25-28
Joseph could have hated his brothers and never wanted to see them again because of how they’d treated him. But he didn’t! He actually forgave them!
Joseph had a free heart. He knew God loved him and had a wonderful plan for him help lots of people, including his big brothers!
He wasn’t trapped in worries, anger or fear.
He had God’s truth, forgiveness and love. And we can too!
Download this week’s activity sheets here…
…and the ‘Happy Hearts Health Chart’ here! (if you printed this out two weeks ago… grab it again now!)
Games:
Hunt the Keys: Take it in turns to hide some keys (or use the card ones from the template) for each other to find.
Bear and the honeypot: One person is the bear, blindfolded, with a bunch of keys in front of them. Take it turns to creep up and pinch the keys without being heard! The ‘Bear’ can point to where they think the person is to catch them out!
Create:
HAPPY HEARTS HEALTH CHART!
Print it out HERE. Can you decorate today’s heart, and jot on one thing Jesus was showing you before sticking it on?
Keys of Truth: One way to have a free heart is to believe God’s truth about ourselves. Think up some truths together such as God loves me, He has a plan for me, I am forgiven, I am loved…
Choose a key from the template or create your own. Decorate it with this truth, cut it out and stick or hang up so you can see it. You could make multiple keys for a key-ring of truth!
NEW BIBLE BITE: Revelation 3:20 Jesus said ‘Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in and eat with you, and you will eat with me.’
Decorate the verse, cut it out and put back together. Challenge each other to say it in silly voices.
Truth activity sheets of John 8:32 and John 14:6
Resources: Pdf template, Happy Heart Health Chart, keys, blindfold, scissors, pens, glue/tape, paper and card.
I can know God’s truth, forgiveness and love and this will help me have to have a FREE HEART!
Share your art with us. Show us your keys of truth. How did Joseph’s heart stay free? What does it feel like to have a free heart?
Don’t forget our Game Changers Zoom next Sunday at 9.45am!
ZOOM CALL NEXT SUNDAY!!
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We are starting a new Game Changers theme called HAPPY HEARTS!
Did you know that Jesus wants us to have a Happy Heart?
Today let’s find out about having an open heart to him!
NEXT SUNDAY will be a Zoom Call: find out more about Happy Hearts, play games, pray and laugh together!
Give someone a high five and tell them one thing you like to do with them.
Let’s celebrate Jesus’ big heart of love for us!
Watch: Peter says ‘Yes’ to Jesus (3 mins, watch below!)
Jesus’ heart is love, kindness, power, peace… what else do you think Jesus’ heart is like?
His heart is always open to us. The twelve disciples and many others said Yes to Jesus and opened their hearts to him and incredible, life-changing stuff happened…
Do you want to open your heart to Jesus? He can fill it with wonderful things…
Download this week’s activity sheets here…
…and the ‘Happy Hearts Health Chart’ here! (keep it handy, as we will be using this each week during the Happy Heart series)
Games:
Pass the Heart: Play some music and pass a cushion or heart back and forth or around your family, like pass the parcel. When the music stops the person holding the cushion/heart shouts ‘My heart is open to Jesus’ and then jumps/hops/tiptoes around the circle or across the room as quickly as possible.
Doctor Jesus: If you have a doctors kit, have fun playing with your younger child. Chat simply about how Jesus is the doctor for our hearts as well as our bodies. He wants our hearts be happy and healthy… He wants to heal any hurts or owee’s! Be ready to pray if you need to!
Create:
Introducing THE HAPPY HEARTS HEALTH CHART!
Print it out HERE to add to it each week! You could decorate today’s Open Heart image from the template, cut it out and stick onto the matching one on your chart so it lifts up or to one side. Jot one key thing you learnt or experienced today on the back before you stick in on!
Open Hearts:
– Choose items from the templates to decorate and cut out to make your own heart home.
– Use junk modelling to create your heart home where you and Jesus hang out.
– Use Lego or other bricks to make hearts. Give out or send photos of them to family or friends encouraging or praying for them to have an open heart to Jesus
Adventure Book: If you took part in the Adventure Time on the Intro Video draw or write about it in your Adventure Book or journal. What was your heart home like? Did you open the door to Jesus? What happened? What did you see, hear or feel? Celebrate your time with him!
OR have an Adventure Time now: Imagine your heart like a home, with windows, a door, a roof, a path… Jesus is walking up the path and knocking on the door of your heart… What do you do? Do you let him in? What happens then? What is Jesus doing, saying, showing you, giving you… Spend time with him in your heart home! Don’t forget to draw or write about it.
If you need a new Adventure Book, let us know!
NEW BIBLE BITE: Revelation 3:20. Can you find it in your bible? How could you begin to learn this verse?
Jesus said ‘Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in and eat with you, and you will eat with me.’
Resources: Pdf template, Happy Heart Health Chart, scissors, pens, glue/tape, paper and card, bricks, cardboard, materials.
My heart is a home for Jesus and I can open the door of my heart to him!
Share your art with us. Show us your hearts. What happened in your Adventure Time? Did you open your heart to Jesus?
ZOOM CALL NEXT SUNDAY!!
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Today is the last session in our series on David: from Shepherd to King!
Our aim today is to learn that we can pass on the things we’ve learnt from God to others, like David did!
Say something encouraging to someone in your family. Make sure everyone hears an encouragement!
Let’s celebrate God’s love for us!
Watch: God’s Temple gets built (3.5 mins)
Read:
Jesus Calling Bible p106
Lion First Bible p214-231
Key verses in the bible: 1 Chronicles 17:1-4, 11-12, 1 Chronicles 22:6-12, 14-17, 2 Chronicles 1:7-12
David was a Game Changing King!
He had learnt so much from his days as a young shepherd, though to finally becoming King.
But he didn’t want to keep all this wisdom, strength, ideas and more to himself, he wanted to pass on all he’d learnt from God to his son, Solomon!
He prayed for him, he listened to God for him, he encouraged him and he supported him; even giving him a head start in building the Temple by getting loads of amazing building materials ready!
How can we pass on what we have from Father God, Jesus and Holy Spirit to others?
Download this week’s activity sheets here
Game:
Chinese whispers: Pass a simple message around your family, such as ‘David was a totally awesome king’ or ‘This family is loved by Daddy God’…
Whisper it to one person, who then passes it on to the next, until everyone has had a chance to hear it and pass it on. Did the message get through? Have fun taking it in turns to start the message.
Create:
Build the Temple: use different materials to build the Temple of God together or challenge each other – whose is the strongest, most beautiful, the tallest…?
You could use lego, wooden bricks or play dough, cardboard boxes and tubes or get messy with marshmallows and spaghetti! Send us photos of your masterpieces!
Or use the simple card craft for younger ones on the template.
Acrostic Encouragement: use the letters in the words PASS IT ON to create an acrostic ‘poem’: Each letter is the start of a sentence or phrase.
You could write encouragements for your family or someone else or collect ideas of ways to pass on faith and truth to others, or any key things you have learnt about David.
Activity Sheets
BIBLE BITE: FINAL CHANCE TO LEARN IT!
1 Samuel 16:7 ‘God does not see the same way people see. People look at the outside of a person, but the Lord looks at the heart.’
Resources: Pdf template, scissors, pens, glue/tape, paper and card, bricks, cardboard, materials.
Did you know? God sees us as leaders and we all have things we can pass on such as amazing ideas, wisdom, truth, breakthroughs, hope, love and so much more. Pray for each other for wisdom and bravery to pass these things onto others.
SHOUT OUT prayers: speak out simple ‘shout out’ prayers like ‘I can tell others about God’s love’, ‘I can help others know who is Jesus is’, ‘I can pray for my friend to learn what I’ve learnt’, ‘I can pass on God’s peace, joy, hope…’
I can pass on what I’ve learnt and experienced from God to others!
Share your art with us. Show us your temples. Which is your favourite part of David’s story? What could you pass on to others?
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Let’s discover more about David as he journeyed from Shepherd to King!
Our aim today is to learn how to stay true to God through the ups and downs of life!
Will Professor Bubble puff have experience scientific success this week?
Let’s celebrate Jesus!
David is finally the King! But being a King was super hard work!
Enemies came to fight him, there were lots of people to care for, he made some bad choices and people got hurt… But he also had some incredible victories and wonderful times with God.
So how did he stay true to God through everything?
Well, one thing David had always been totally brilliant at, even when he was a shepherd boy, was spending time with God.
He knew that praising and worshipping God would help him stay true to him, no matter what.
Download this week’s activity sheets here
Games:
Create:
BIBLE BITE: 1 Samuel 16:7 ‘God does not see the same way people see. People look at the outside of a person, but the Lord looks at the heart.’ Who can say it from memory?
Resources: Pdf template, scissors, pens, glue/tape, stickers/gems, paper and card
I can stay true to God by spending time with him!
Share your art with us. Show us your crowns or Psalms!
Remember our top tips for making this work: see more here.
Let’s find out more about David’s journey from Shepherd to King!
Our aim today is to know that we can seek God ourselves and gain strength from him.
Let’s start with some fun from the Professor!
Take it in turns to share two things you are thankful for!
Let’s celebrate God’s love for us today!
Watch: A reading of 1 Samuel 30 with illustrations (4.5 mins, watch below!)
Read the Bible: 1 Samuel 30:1-25
Re-tell the main parts of the story to a younger child. Help your older child to find it and look at it together.
David was still hiding from King Saul, and now his family had been taken and all his men were super mad with him! It seemed like everything was going wrong.
BUT David didn’t give up, he didn’t despair, he didn’t panic…
He found strength in God and he saw God do amazing things – their families were rescued and David grew stronger in kindness and wisdom!
Share any ways you find strength in God during tough times with your child!
Download this week’s activity sheets here
Strength games! It’s fun and great to be strong in our bodies, but it’s even better to be strong in the Lord!
Create:
Get strong in the Lord ‘weights’:
Just as a weight lifter practices lifting their weights to get stronger, we need to keep practicing trusting God, asking for help, praying, listening to him, being filled with his love… to get stronger in him.
Reach out: We can help others be strong too! Do you know someone who is in need of God’s strength and help? You could make them a card or bookmark of a bible verse that helps you stay strong in God, to encourage and inspire them! Don’t forget to pray for them too!
Resources: Pdf template, scissors, pens, glue/tape, paper and card, straws,
I can be strong in the Lord, no matter what happens!
Share your art with us. Show us your weights, or bible verses. How does it feel to be strong in the Lord?
Remember our top tips for making this work: see more here.
Here is the next session in our series on David: from Shepherd to King!
Our aim today is to learn about David loving his enemies and how we can love others too.
Share something you are looking forward to this week or say the BIBLE BITE in your silliest voice:
1 Samuel 16:7 ‘God does not see the same way people see. People look at the outside of a person, but the Lord looks at the heart.’
Let’s celebrate Jesus!
Watch: David and Saul (4 mins)
Read:
Jesus Calling Bible p102
Lion First Bible p206
Or check out these key verses in the bible: 1 Samuel 24, Matthew 5:43-48
Download this week’s activity sheets here
Play hide and Seek: David had to hide from King Saul. Take it in turns to pretend to be David hiding from Saul or hide something (a mini person or toy) for everyone to find!
Create:
David spin it craft: Good for younger ones. Colour in and cut out the template, attach them together with a split pin, string or sandwich-bag tie. Use to tell the different parts of David’s story to each other!
Bookmarks: colour in the pre-printed bookmarks from the template, or make your own, and think about who Jesus is highlighting to you, to love as he loves. You could pray for them as you colour in!
Heart bunting/hangers: decorate the different shaped card hearts, cut out, then thread together to make a door hanger or bunting. You could decorate with key messages from today’s session: Love your enemies, God is love, Jesus can help us love everyone, or Matthew 5:44 or the Bible Bite 1 Samuel 16:7 (on the template)!
BIBLE BITE: can you say it yet? Who can say it in the silliest voice?
1 Samuel 16:7 ‘God does not see the same way people see. People look at the outside of a person, but the Lord looks at the heart.’
Activity sheets
Resources: Pdf template, scissors, pens, tape, paper and card, ribbon/string, split pin/sandwich-bag tie
Get filled with God’s love: 1 John 4:19 says ‘We love because God first loved us.’ Lay a hand on each other, read LOVE over your child then pray to be filled with God’s amazing love! Wait to see what you can hear, see or sense from Holy Spirit.
Love Others: With Jesus’ love and power, we can love those we don’t get on with: this means forgiving them, helping them, praying for them… Declare that you can be filled with God’s power to do this and pray for those you struggle to love or get on with. Challenge yourself to look for opportunities to honour them!
I can love others, even those I don’t get on with, with God’s superpower of love!
Remember our top tips for making this work: see more here!
Here is the next session in our series on David as he journeyed from Shepherd to King!
Our aim is to think about what it means to be a great friend, and to pray for our friends.
Let’s start off with a fun little science lesson…
Pass something special around your family (like a favourite toy) and try to be the first to encourage the person who is holding it!
Let’s celebrate that Jesus is our best friend!
Watch: David and Jonathan (2.5 mins)
Read:
Jesus Calling Bible p100
Lion First Bible p200
My First Message Bible p140
Or check out these key verses in the bible: 1 Samuel 18:1-9, 1 Samuel 19:1-4, 1 Samuel 20: 12-13, 32-33, 35, 41-42
David and Jonathan had an amazingly special friendship!
Jonathan really devoted himself to David as his BEST BUDDY.
He put his friend first! He risked his life and his future to help him.
He wasn’t jealous or proud of him – he loved him!
Remember Jesus is our Best Buddy – he is always ready to love us and to help us love others.
If we are stuck with yucky thoughts or feelings toward others, Jesus will help us.
We can ask him to fill our hearts and minds with his love!
Download this week’s activity sheets here
Game:
Tall Towers:
Give each person in your family the same number of bricks. Set a one minute timer. Then race each other to build the tallest, strongest tower. Whose tower is the best?
Play it again but this time work together rather than against each other.
Which was better? Which game did you enjoy the most? How did the towers work out in each game? Have fun exploring team work!
BIBLE BITE: can you say it yet? Who can say it in the silliest voice?
1 Samuel 16:7 ‘God does not see the same way people see. People look at the outside of a person, but the Lord looks at the heart.’
Create something for a friend. You could send it in the post or take a photo of it and message them or have an online call to show them!
Card: Design a card for a friend to let them know how important they are to you. You could write inside ‘You’re a great friend because…’ Why not ask God for his thoughts too and jot them in.
Certificate: choose a certificate template or create your own, fill it in and award to your best friend. Make sure you put on why they’re such a great friend!
Friendship wristband: Use the template or design your own wristband to give/send to a friend.
Bible Story Activity Sheets
Resources: Pdf template, bricks, scissors, pens, glue/tape, paper and card, stickers
I can be a great friend to others! I can pray and love my friends with Jesus’ help!
Share with us. Show us your creations. Who is your best friend? Who built the best tower?
Remember our top tips for making this work: see more here!
Today is the first session in our new series on David, discovering his journey from Shepherd to King!
We are going to learn today that it’s what’s inside us that counts to God! He sees our hearts.
Share two things you are looking forward to this week!
Let’s be thankful for our wonderful friend, Jesus!
Watch: The Teeny Weeny True King (4 mins) – in the video above!
Or read it in:
Jesus Calling Bible p96
Jesus Storybook Bible p116
The Story Travellers Bible p131
Or check it out in the bible: 1 Samuel 16:1-13
God had chosen David because of his heart for him not how he looked on the outside.
Even though he was young and overlooked by his big brothers and even his dad, David was chosen by God! God had BIG plans for him…
Did you know that God chooses you too. He sees your heart and your hopes and dreams.
Help your older child to see that they don’t have to prove themselves or vie for attention or approval because they already have God’s: His opinion is what really counts!
We can learn to treat others like God does, by asking him to help us see them like he does.
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Guessing Games:
Choose someone to be and take it in turns to do actions for the rest of your family to guess who or what you are!
Some ideas: a bible dude, an animal, a member of your family, a favourite TV character or act out a film/book/bible story/TV programme without making a sound!
TV Interview:
Everyone could choose to be one of the characters from the bible story: a news reporter/interviewer, Samuel, Jesse (the dad), the big brothers, David…
Either be on location at Jesse’s farm or in a ‘studio’, have a pretend microphone, and interview different characters for the local news!
Describe what happened to you? How did you feel? What will you do now?
Create: use the template to make a magnifying glass and write on 1 Samuel 16:7.
Decorate with patterns, stickers and the things God sees in them, or what is important to God such as love, joy, kindness, hope, peacemaker, humility, being open hearted, worshipping him, caring, bravery, forgiveness… You can stick the heart on using sellotape strips and then trim any edges.
In my heart: Either use the template or draw your own heart. Chat about what you see in each other and write these things inside your heart. Or do now for your whole family and stick it up so everyone can see it. Keep adding to it as God shows you more of who you are in his eyes.
BIBLE BITE:
Can you learn this super important Bible verse?
1 Samuel 16:7 ‘God does not see the same way people see. People look at the outside of a person, but the Lord looks at the heart.’
Find different ways to learn it – say it in silly voices, make it into a rap with actions, write it out in your Adventure Book, find it in your bible and bookmark it, stick it on the fridge…
Challenge each other throughout the week – do you know it yet?
Colouring sheets
Resources: Pdf template, pens, paper/card, glue
It’s an inside job. Pray and speak truth over each other: Have a go at praying and listening to God for each other: ‘Thank you God that you’re always speaking to us and showing us what you think. Help us to hear, see and sense what’s on your heart for __________ now’
Some ideas: how does God sees their heart, what does he love about them, what bible dude are they like, what colour or object does he wants to show you for them…
Share with each other, jot in Adventure Books and pray for them to really know these things! God sees our hearts!
God sees my heart. He has chosen me and he has BIG plans for me!
Share your fun times with us! Show us your Super Duper Love Glasses!
What was Holy Spirit showing you for others? How will you be kind this week?
PARENTS! Remember to check out our top tips for making this work!
Before we get into today’s session, here’s a quick video that needs you to decide… is it CUTE or CRAZY?!
Today is the last in our Old Testament Heroes! We are going to celebrate what we have learnt and have a hero party!
Start off your time together in a special way: Put on a hero costume, find a mask, wear a crown or dress up as your favourite Old Testament Hero! Why not shout out together as a family: ‘We are heroes to God! We are important to him and his kingdom! Our lives make a difference!’
Worship Party Have a worship time where you celebrate being God’s hero and part of his wonderful plan for the world!
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Game: Frozen Heroes: Play a musical statue game: take it in turns to shout out different heroes for each other to freeze to in that pose when the music stops or when someone shouts FREEZE!
Decide on poses for the heroes we have done:
Naomi, Ruth, Jacob, Joshua, Gideon, Samuel, Isaiah, Shadrach & Co, Nehemiah, Jonah, Esther
Have extra ones for favourite superheroes such as Spiderman, Disney Princesses, Captain America, Wonder Woman, Batman, Iron Man…
Play: Hero Card Games.
Print out a few sets of the hero cards from the pdf template and cut them up. Then choose a game to play or make up your own. You could hide them around your house for younger children to find.
Create:
Resources: Pdf templates, scissors, pens, glue, paper and card, craft sticks or straws, tape
I am a hero and important to God. I can live my life to make a difference in this world!
Share your superhero figures with us. Who won the games the most times? Who is your favourite Old Testament Hero and why? We’d love to hear from you!
PARENTS! Remember to check out our top tips for making this work!
Let’s go back in time to find out more about those Old Testament Heroes!
Our aim today is to learn that heroes keep going and don’t give up because God is with us!
Before we get started, we’re back in Pecky’s World again!
It’s Father’s Day today! You could start off your time together by giving your dad a big hug and telling him two things to encourage him or be thankful for someone else in your life who cares for you, like a grandpa or uncle.
Let’s be thankful for our amazing Daddy God in heaven who always loves us!
You can read some more about them here:
Go Deeper:
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Use any of the pdf templates!
Be ready: Make an I WILL NOT GIVE UP plan of action! Come up with two or three ideas on what to do when you feel like giving up. Create a mini poster, door hanger or note for the fridge to remind you of your plan!
Or make an acrostic for the letters DO NOT GIVE UP or I AM A HERO to encourage yourself or someone else. Acrostic = Use each first letter of the words in your chosen phrase as the start of an encouraging sentence.
E.G:
Do have another go
Open up to God
Never give up
One more try
Tell someone you need help
Or use the brick wall template to colour in, decorate, write on what God thinks of you or what you think of God…
Building Fun: Use lego or bricks to create strong walls together. You could put holes in the wall for your child to fix or play out the story with a younger child.
Challenge your older child to get messy and use marshmallows and pasta/spaghetti to make towers.. Or can they use a single sheet of paper, sellotape and scissors to construct something strong? You could have competitions or team work and test for appearance, durability, strength and more!
Continue your own TIMELINE OF WONDER: Here’s Nehemiah to add to your timeline! Where does he go? Have you added anything else on too? We’d love to see a photo of your timeline so far!
Create something to encourage your Dad or someone else close to you; like a piece of art, handprint, poem, rap, or simply a cup of tea and some chocolate!
Resources: PDF templates, scissors, selotape, pens, glue, paper and card, bricks/lego, toys, spaghetti/pasta, marshmallows.
I am a hero who doesn’t give up because God is with me!
Share your brick walls and constructions with us. What testimonies of victories do you have?
PARENTS! Remember to check out our top tips for making this work!
Let’s go back in time to find out more about those Old Testament Heroes!
Our aim today is to learn that God loves to give his heroes a second chance.
Start off your time together in a special way: See how many of the Old Testament Heroes you can remember. Either go round your family saying one each, no repetitions or hesitations allowed, or say them as quickly as possible without getting muddled. Use your timeline to help!
Welcome Jesus to be with you as you celebrate being his heroes!
You can read some more about them here:
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Game: Play hide and seek. Jonah thought he could hide from God – oops! Even when we are hiding, God can still see us and find us because he loves us so much. When you find someone you could say: ‘God sees you and loves you!’ Who is good at hiding in your family? What’s your best hiding place?
Play: use any sea life puppets, toys, boats and little people you may have to play the story of Jonah.
Peg whale craft: Use the pdf templates to decorate Jonah and the fish first, then cut out all the pieces. Stick the Jonah figure on the inside of the bottom lip of the whale, and then use sellotape to attach the peg to each part of the whale so it opens its mouth when the peg is squeezed, and Jonah can be seen. The sellotape part is a bit fiddly: try inserting the tape while the peg is open, position the fish and wrap the tape around it, repeat for other half of fish. See example on the pdf.
Fish tissue paper outline: choose a fish outline from the pdf attachment and print out on card, then cut out the fish so you have a fish-shaped gap! Stick strips of sellotape across the gap and fill up with tissue paper or any coloured paper you may have and then add on Jonah. See example on the pdf.
Continue your own TIMELINE OF WONDER: Here’s Jonah to add to your timeline! Where does he go? Have you added anything else on too? We’d love to see a photo of your timeline so far!
Resources: Pdf templates, scissors, pens, glue, paper and card, sellotape, pegs
God loves to give me a second chance.
He is kind to me and forgives me.
How did your crafts turn out? Who did you pray for or what happened in your Adventure Time? We’d love to hear how you got on…
PARENTS! Remember to check out our top tips for making this work!
Before anything else here’s a little visit to Pecky’s World…
Let’s go back in time to find out more about those Old Testament Heroes!
Our aim today is to learn that I can be brave with God’s help. He has perfectly positioned me as his hero to stand up for truth.
Start off your time together in a special way: choose someone in your family, look them in the eye and tell them that they are God’s incredible hero and he is super proud of them!
Thank Father God that he is always with us and celebrate his love for you.
You can read some more about her here:
Questions to go deeper:
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Continue your own TIMELINE OF WONDER: Here’s Esther to add to your timeline! Where does she go? Your TIMELINE is now complete! Keep hold of it for next week’s final heroes session!
Create: Courage crowns.
Create your own crown using card, stickers, pens and scissors.
Brainstorm Bravery!
Can you make a mind map or create some word art using as many words associated with bravery and/or Esther’s story as possible?
Resources: Pdf templates, scissors, pens, stickers, glue, stapler/tape, paper and card
I am a hero to God. He has perfectly positioned me to stand up for what is right and true.
We’ll be having a superhero party during Game Changers At Home to celebrate finishing our Old Testament Hero theme!
Why not dress up as your favourite hero or wear your hero mask or cape!
Share your creativity with us! We’d love to know about your favourite heroes or when you’ve stood up for what was right and true!
PARENTS! Remember to check out our top tips for making this work!
Today we’re starting you off with an episode of Pecky’s World
Today is the first session in our new series! Jesus the Ultimate Game Changer!
Did you know that when Jesus walked on earth he met loads of different people? And whoever they were, whatever they did, wherever they were from… they were forever changed by him!
Let’s find out more…
Our aim today is to learn that Jesus is the Ultimate Game Changer – we are changed when we meet him!
Mark the moment: share an achievement from this past week with your family. Celebrate each other!
Let’s celebrate Jesus!
Watch the video below, or check out these key verses in the Bible:
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Game!
Create: your own transformational scratch art.
Create: Rainbows and Sunshine
BIBLE BITE: Can you begin to learn Colossians 1:13? What actions could you do to help you? Could you say it in silly voices or sing it or copy each other?
Colossians 1:13: God has freed us from the power of darkness, and he brought us into the kingdom of his dear Son.
Extra: dance and jump around to this catchy song: Jesus the Game Changer
Resources: Pdf template, scissors, pens, glue/tape, paper and card, wax crayons, pastels, something safe to scratch with.
When I meet with Jesus I am changed! He is my Game Changer!
Share your fun times with us! Show us your Super Duper Love Glasses! What was Holy Spirit showing you for others? How will you be kind this week?
Remember our top tips for making this work: see more here!
Today is the next session in our new series: Jesus the Ultimate Game Changer!
Our aim today is to know that Jesus is the ultimate Game Changer and exciting things happen when I trust in him!
Jesus changed the game for everyone he met! Whose life is going to be transformed today?
You could pass round something special to your family and take it in turns to tell each other your favourite moment of the last week.
Let’s celebrate that God is with us!
Watch the video below:
Or read about it in:
My First Message Bible p216
The Story Traveller’s Bible p209
The Cat’s Tale, from ‘Animal Tales’ By Butterworth and Inkpen
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Games:
Fill the jars. Decide on 2 teams. Give each team a container (‘jar’) to put at one end of the room or garden. Decide on objects to fill your jar such as bricks, plastic balls, dried pasta… and have these at the other end of the room. Each team member takes it in turns to carry as many objects as they can to fill their jar. The first team to fill it wins! Or time each person to see who can fill the jar the quickest rather than racing.
Wedding Musical Statues. Pretend to be at the wedding party. Put some music on and dance around until it stops or shout ‘water into wine’. Who can stand still without laughing or moving?
Create:
A spin-it water into wine craft using the pdf template and instructions
Or draw the scene of Jesus, Mary and the guests at the wedding with flip-over jars to add to the scene. Cut out some of the jars from the template and colour one side blue, the other side red. Then Sellotape down one side so you can flip it over to change from water into wine! You could draw puzzled, surprised, happy… expressions on the wedding guests too.
Resources: Pdf template, scissors, pens, glue/tape, paper and card, split pin/string
Jesus is the ultimate Game Changer – exciting things happen when I trust in him!
Share your fun times with us! Show us your Super Duper Love Glasses! What was Holy Spirit showing you for others? How will you be kind this week?
Remember our top tips for making this work: see more here!
Today is the next session in our new series: Jesus the Ultimate Game Changer! Whose life is going to be transformed today?
Our aim today is to know that Jesus is the Ultimate Game Changer: He knows just what we need. We can have faith in him!
Before you get started in earnest, here’s a quick trip to Pecky’s World…
Who can say ‘Jesus is the ultimate game changer’ really fast, without getting in in a muddle?
Let’s celebrate who God is and all he’s done for us!
Jesus the Ultimate Game Changer Intro Video, Susie
Watch the video below:
Or read about it in
Jesus Calling Bible p186
Jesus Storybook Bible p214
The Story Traveller’s Bible p219
Jesus loved and cared for Jairus’ family and the poor woman.
He could see that they were searching for him and needed him: that they had faith in him!
Even though the disciples and the people were crowding around, rushing and hurrying and even laughing at Jesus, he stayed focussed on Father God’s plan and he knew just what he needed to do! And a little girl came back to life and a very sick woman was miraculously healed!
Jesus is our Game Changer too!
He loves us and knows just what we need.
Do you have faith in him?
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Guessing games:
‘Squeak Piggy Squeak’ (you’ll need 3 or more people!) Have one person blindfolded or with their eyes closed, holding up their thumbs. Choose another member of the family to gently squeeze their thumbs and say ‘squeak piggy squeak’ in a silly voice. Can they guess who it is? Take turns.
The bear and honey pot: have one person blindfolded with a bunch of keys in front of them. Can another member of the family creep up and get the keys without being heard and pointed at?
Create:
A cartoon style comic of the key events in story. Use the template or design your own. Which are the main events of the story? How did Jairus feel? What about the poor woman? Why did the crowd laugh? Chat as you create.
Wristband: Use the template to create a ‘Jesus heals’ wristband. Choose a plaster to colour in or decorate and cut out. Then stick onto one of the strips and cut to make it the correct length for your wrist, secure with tape.
Freeze-Frame: this is a snapshot in time where everyone stands absolutely still and their stance and expressions tell the story of what is going on.
Choose one part of the story: Who is there? How do they feel? What are they doing? What would they look like? Each person decides who they are and what they’re doing then shout FREEZE! Take a photo and send to us!
Resources: Pdf template, scissors, pens, paper/card, tape
Adventure Time Get comfy and invite Holy Spirit to be with you. You could imagine being with Jesus as he healed the little girl… have a look around: what can you see, hear, feel… what is Jesus doing and saying? …What does he show you?
Or imagine being with Jesus in your school and seeing someone hurt/injured. What does Jesus do? What does he say to you? What do you do? Spend time with Jesus.
Don’t forget to share with someone and draw or write about it in your Adventure Book.
Let’s have faith: Is anyone sick or in pain? Invite Holy Spirit to come. Speak healing to body parts. Listen to Jesus… What is he showing you about how to pray? Let’s have faith in him that he loves us and he knows what is needed!
Jesus is my Game Changer – he knows what I need and I can have faith in him!
Share your fun times with us! Show us your Super Duper Love Glasses! What was Holy Spirit showing you for others? How will you be kind this week?
