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On the last day of Sunday School this year we learned fun facts about the Bible. We then played a Bible Trivia Quiz game on the website, Kahoot, which is one of the tools the kids have used for online school. It's been a great Sunday School year and we will celebrate this coming Wednesday, May 25 with a Drive-Thru Ice Cream part in the St. James parking lot.
Next up for the kids: VBS on June 22 - save the date!
Sunday School will begin at 10:30am
Paul traveled to many different places to preach the good news about Jesus. When he was not able to be there in person, he would write letters. Twenty-one letters, called Epistles, make up most of the New Testament of the Bible, and thirteen of those letters were written by Paul. God wants us to share his message with everyone just as Paul did. For our craft today we wrote a pen pal letter and addressed it to one of our fellow Sunday School students. By this time next week each of the kids should receive a letter in the mail!
God has given us our mothers to care for us, to teach us, to hug us, to love us, and be a good example for us. Today watched a video about mothers in the Bible (like Sarah, Jochebed, Naomi and Mary) and then made a special Pop-up Tulip Card for our Moms. Happy Mother's Day!
After hearing about how Peter denied knowing Jesus last week, we continued the story this week by hearing what happened later, in John 21:1-19. Jesus appeared to his Disciples on the lakeshore and helped them catch many fish. When they came to shore, he cooked breakfast for them. After breakfast Jesus talked to Peter. He told him that he forgave him for denying that he knew him, and asked Peter to “feed his sheep.” Peter went on to talk to many people about Jesus after that and help build the church. Our craft today was a cotton ball sheep.
Today we heard the the story from Mark 14 about the time Jesus told Peter that he would deny he knows Jesus three times before the rooster crows. This story reminds us that Jesus forgives and loves us, no matter what. To help us remember the story we made a craft of a rooster picture with feathers.
We picked up where we left off last week and reviewed the events that happened after the Last Supper, and then celebrated the good news that Jesus is risen! We made several crafts today: a sticker scene of the empty tomb, a mini egg-shaped booklet about the story of Easter and a sunrise cross. We also did a folding craft to make our ticket to heaven. You can make one too if you follow the instructions on the .pdf posted here!
On Palm Sunday we talked about Holy Week events, with a special focus on The Last Supper. We heard how Jesus shared a final Passover meal with His disciples, after which He instituted the sacrament of Holy Communion by sharing bread and wine with them. In their craft packets the kids found samples of foods that are served at Passover meals today, including matzo. For our craft we made communion “bread” and chalices out of Play-Doh and constructed a 3-D Last Supper scene.
The story today from John 12:1-8 tells about a time right after Jesus visited Mary and Martha and raised their brother Lazarus from the dead. Mary poured expensive perfume on Jesus' feet to anoint him. This was symbolic of blessing or protection and Mary spared no expense to show her love for Jesus. Mary honored Jesus, then Jesus showed honor to us by giving us the most priceless gift of all, His life.
Today’s story from Luke 15:11-32 is a parable that Jesus told to teach about forgiveness – both how God forgives us and how we can forgive others. Our craft today was a “Welcome Home” sign made from popsicle sticks to remind us of how happy the father in the story was to welcome home and forgive his son.
Attached is a pic of the class, along with a picture of our craft.
Our story this week from Luke 13:6-9 was about the parable of the Fig Tree. God has “planted’ us here on this earth to “bear fruit” and use the gifts He has given us. We talked about how each of us has different gifts, and we should use them to make the most out of every day and live life to the fullest. Our craft today was a 3-D Fig tree that we made from construction paper.
