Minichurchsummer26

Watch the Saddleback kids version of the story here    video Ask the child what a miracle is. Explain that a miracle is something that is not explainable by normal means, but happens through intervention from God. Talk about how Jesus made wine from water. Ask if this was a miracle or not? You may choose to list some things and ask if they would be a miracle. Get a clear pitcher and fill it with water. Ask the child if they think you can make it into juice. You may have fun with this and ask the child if talking to it or singing to it will make the water become juice. Next, pull out a juice mix, add, and stir. Talk about how you are making juice by using a juice mix. Ask the child if that is a miracle. Point out that it is not. Then ask if Jesus making the water into wine was a miracle. Point out that Jesus didn’t use juice mix or anything else, but He still created wine. Talk about trust. Explain that trust is when we rely on someone. Talk about times that your child needs to...

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkXefIKb5qE     Watch here This is quite a tricky one.  Talk about the fact that God gives us good things all the time.  Everything we have comes from God.  Get the kids to tell you some of their favourite toys/pets/people.   Remind them that they are very blessed because lots of boys and girls in the world dont have all of the things that we have.   Remind them that it is always good to say thank you to God for our food and our houses and our families and all our toys and 'stuff'. God also gives us talents - things we are good at.  Some of us might be able to speak a different language (ask the kids cos we def have one or two who do)  Some of us can run fast or draw really well or can sing beautifully - all these things are talents.  They are things we love to do, we practice and get better at and we do well. In the story the man gave his workers money.  This is like God when He give...

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUfU_0tQ9Xk     Watch the story Talk about what feels fair and what feels unfair - if your brother or sister gets more sweets than you do etc Was the man in the story unfair to pay everyone the same?  No he was super kind to the people who had only done a little bit of work.   Tell the kids that its the same way with believing in Jesus.  Some people have believed in Him for all their lives and some people only start to believe in him when they are very old and they are near to death.  But that doesnt matter to God, He is just super happy when people believe in Him and He promises that we can go to heaven even if we have only believed for a little bit of time. Activity - colouring page Make a watch to remind us of the story - that God loves us all the time and that He treats us all the same if we have loved Him for a short time or a long time.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZEO_Ls2ERs     Saddleback kids video Talk about the story.   If you want to be creative bring in a shallow tray with soil in it and make four different sorts of ground using small stones, compacted soil,  weeds and good soil.  'Sow' some seed ( theres grass seed and a bird in the pack) Activities in the pack include a heart to decorate ( make my heart good ground)  a maze , spot the difference and colouring the different sorts of plants.