By Patricia A. Meinerts
What is this? (Show sand in box. Make small sand castle, pour water on it as you talk.) . . . → Read More: Sand, Piece of Glass, Rock, Small House
- Aim: To help the children: to know the difference between a good foundation and a poor one, good choices and poor ones; to appreciate good and poor uses of sand; and to choose Jesus, the rock, as a foundation for their lives
- Verse Illuatrated: Matthew 7:26,27 “But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”
By Patricia A. Meinerts
Today I brought something that is so common, you have all seen it and touched it and eaten it. But you haven’t smelled it because it has no smell. I’m going to give you a quiz and see if you can guess what I brought. It is one thing with many uses. . . . → Read More: Salt
- Aim: To help the children: to know of God’s provision for us in salt and how we can be the salt of the earth; to desire to serve as “salt”; and to trust God, whose love makes this possible, as Savior.
- Verse Illuatrated: Matthew 5:13 You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again: It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.
By Patricia A. Meinerts
What does a rock look like? Is it soft or strong and hard? How many kinds of rocks are there? Show stones or rocks in the Show and Tell Bag and discuss. . . . → Read More: Rocks 2, Variety of Types.
- Aim: To help the children: to know that as God made solid strong rocks to support the earth, He gave His Son, Jesus, to be the strong supporting foundation for our lives; to desire Him as their Savior; and to trust Him for salvation.
- Verse Illuatrated: Psalm 18:2: The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge.
By Patricia A. Meinerts
What does a rock look like? Are these rocks? Show pretty polished rocks, perhaps in a necklace. Pass them around as you talk and let children feel their smoothness. . . . → Read More: Rocks 1, Polished – Necklaces
- Aim: To help the children: to know that there is much variety in rocks and in themselves; to appreciate this variety; and to ask God to show them how to become beautiful and useful for Him.
- Verse Illuatrated: Proverbs 25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings.
By Patricia A. Meinerts
What color is a rock? Grey? Yes. Black? Yes. Brown? Sort of. What about silver? Have you ever seen a rock that looks a little like tinfoil? . . . → Read More: Mica
- Aim: To help the children: to understand the comprehensiveness of God’s wonderful creation; to inspire them to search out use for things around them – and for themselves; and to thank God daily for His goodness.
- Verse Illuatrated: Proverbs 25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings.
By Patricia A. Meinerts
Have you ever seen something like this? (Show tricky dog magnets and how they hold and repel each other). What makes them act like this? . . . → Read More: Magnets of Several Types
- Aim: To help the children: to know that God and His love are all powerful; to want that love themselves; and to decide to be kind (to show love) to their friends.
- Verse Illuatrated: Proverbs17:17a A friend loves at all time.
By Patricia A. Meinerts
Show geode and ask what it is and how it was made. . . . → Read More: Geodes
- Aim: To help the children: to know that the all powerful God loves them beyond measure, creating great beauty for them in unexpected places; to appreciate and love Him; and to choose to trust Him as beautiful Lord and Savior.
- Verse Illuatrated: Psalm 147:5 Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit.
By Patricia A. Meinerts
(Show box of dirt and ask), What is this? Is it important? How important? . . . → Read More: Dirt (earth) 2
- Aim: To help the children: to know that God created everything for a purpose; to consider God’s purpose for themselves; and to choose to love and trust God.
- Verse Illuatrated: Genesis 1:31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning – the sixth day.
By Patricia A. Meinerts
If you were going to make the very best, most important thing in the whole world, what would you use to make it with? (Try to get a variety of answers). If you were going to heal someone’s blind eyes and make him see, what kind of medicine would you use? (Try to get some answers) . . . → Read More: Dirt (earth) 1
- Aim: To help the children: to know that anything with God is valuable; to want Jesus in their own lives; and to trust Him as their Savior.
- Verse Illuatrated: Genesis 2:7 The Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
By Patricia A. Meinerts
Show shiny black coal and ask the children if they know what it is. Demonstrate writing on paper with it, and dirty hands. . . . → Read More: Coal
- Aim: To help the children: to know that the earth contains many different things; to appreciate the variety in God’s creation; and to thank Him for His great provisions for us.
- Verse Illuatrated: Proverbs 25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings.
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