Sunday School Lessons

As time passed, God looked at the workd He had made and saw that people were cruel and selfish. There was only one good man called Noah who loved God. One day God said to Noah, “I am going to start again. I will flood the earth with water and destroy every living creature. But first, I want you to build a big strong boat, an ark.

Then take two of every kind of animal and bird into the ark. Take two elephants, two monkeys, two leopards, two rabbits and two ducks - two of evry kind of animal, bird and insect in the world. Take all your family and all the creatures into your ark. There you will be safe.”

Noah did as God told him. Then it began to rain. It rained for forty days and forty nights. Water covered the whole world, but Noah’s big boat floated on top of the flood waters. At last the rain stopped. The water began to go down.

Noah sent out to see if any dry land had appeared. The dove returned with an olive branch in her beak, so Noah know that they would soon be able to leave the ark. When the ark came to rest on the top of a mountain, God told Noah that he could now take his family off the big boat. So Noah and his family walked off the big boat onto the dry land with all the animals and birds following after them.

Noah made an alter and worshipped God, thanking Him for saving their lives and for the return of dry land. God was happy with Noah and put a beautiful rainbow in the sky to show His pleasure. “This is a sign of my love,” God said. “I promise I will never flood the earth again.”

Sunday school activities

Genesis 4:8

when they were in the field…Cain rose against Abel his brother and killed him.

Adam and Eve had two sons, Cain and Abel. Cain was a farmer and Abel was a shephed. One day Cain and Abel both brought offerings to God. Abels’s gift pleased God more than Cain’s This made Cain angry. He found Abel alone in the field and killed him.

Later God asked Cain, “where is your brother?” Cain answered, “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?” “The ground cries out that you have killed your brother,” God said. “You have doen a terrible thing.”

So God punished him. He told Cain that he had to leave his home and wander all over the earth. No crops would grow for him, and everyone would know of his sin. Cain was afraid someone would kill him. But God put a special mark on Cain’s forehead so that no one would harm him.

Cain woud have to live with his punishment.

Christian education

In the begining, the universe was shapeless and empty. Nothing had any form or colour. There were no animals, no birds, no people, no blue sky, no earth, no sun.

God created the earth with oceans and dry land. He made the sun to give light during the day, and stars to shine at night. God filled the oceans with fish and the dry land with plants and animals. Last of all, God made Adam and Eve, and gave them the beautiful garden of Eden.

“Everything in this garden is yours,” God said to them, “except the tree of knowledge. You must not eat its fruit.” But a snake in the garden tempted Eve saying, “Eat the fruit. It won’t hurt you. It will make you wise.”

So Eve ate the fruit. Then she gave some to Adam, and he ate it, too. When God found out that Adam and Eve had disobeyed him, He sent them out of the garden of Eden. Then God placed an angel with a flaming sword to guartd the entrance to the garden so that they could never return.

Bible stories

Bible Verse: Psalm 61:3 You have been a shelter for me, O God

Your preparation you will need:

A4 card in various colours including blue, acetate, marker pens, scissors - cut out umbrellas, raindrops, sun, rainbows.

Each child will need: Sheet of A4 blue card 1 each of the cut outs above, crayons, glue stick

Explain: how God can keep us from harm and has told us in the Bible that if we follow Him, He will keep this promise.

Activity:colour in the rainbow. Glue the umbrella, and raindrops to the blue card.

The exclusive aim of Sunday school is to teach kids and young people about God, His Word and His will for their lives. When they study the Scripture they find out about creation, how sin came in to the Earth, why we need a Saviour, how God sent his only Son to deliver us etc.

The Bible assures us what is correct and what is incorrect. The right way to go and what happens if we go the wrong way. It gives good examples of people who did what was correct in God’s eyes and those who didn’t follow God’s leading. First and foremost it bears witness to us that Jesus Christ is the Way of Salvation that is accessible through Him.

It’s crucial for all individuals of all ages to study their Bible and then to come collectively with other people of similar age and interest to actually study God’s Word in Sunday school.

As a Sunday school teacher, are you using the Bible as effectively as you could each week?

The best use of the Bible begins with the teacher. They must cause the Bible to be central to their own life, study it, read it day by day, memorise it and refer to it often. Kids and young people ought to be competent to ascertain this love of the Bible and how crucial it is to the teacher, in the life of the teacher.

At each one lof the lessons, the Bible should be the common book used. It had better be consulted to a great deal as the lesson is learned. It is the teachers duty to signpost the kids and young people to their Bibles in order to learn to detect answers and truth for themselves.

The Bible can frequently be thought of as a rule book to keep us from having fun. It is consequently crucial that you assist kids and young people to consider the Bible every bit a positive book. Approach each lesson/Bible study as though you are about to find out the biggest news you’ve ever found out.

The Bible is not about stories of long ago. Introduce it as a book that is apprehensible and its precepts and values as really applicable for nowadays. Apply assorted techniques to bring the message over, dramatic play, playact, games, crafts etc.

Remember a lot of people don’t yet have a basic understanding or knowledge of the Bible. Therefore assume nothing, be mindful not to look down on those who know little of God’s word. Assist all kids and young people to a bigger understanding and grasp of the Bible.

A different reason the Bible can be ineffectual is kids could get bored with Sunday school and Bible study. So it is crucial to introduce them to Jesus Christ with each lesson or study group. When they meet Jesus, and begin to understand God’s love and design for their lives, the Bible gets more genuine and more fascinating for them.

Make learning the Bible exciting and applicable to the kids and young people’s lives as a thing of importance. Creative Bible study material could be discovered in any good Christian bookstore if your current program doesn’t suggest it.

Why is the Bible significant? Because it tells us of Jesus Christ, His love and His will for us, and discloses the Way of Salvation that is available through Him.

Remember the Bible is our “handbook for life.” As the kids and young people employ its lessons to their personal daily living they will really benefit from Sunday school. A bumper sticker with a picture of a Bible on it and the following words, “When all else fails, read the instruction.” says it all!

Kids ministry

Do you create full use of music in your Sunday school? Though music might not be the most significant component of Sunday school, it surely has to come near the top of the priority list. Music appeals to our emotions, it may set a mood, could arouse feelings of joy or sorrow; and a song could instruct equally sure as any object lesson learned from our Sunday school program. Good music is imperative to a good Sunday school.

Some rationalities for singing in Sunday school:

1. It can be a means of worship.

2. As a call to prayer.

3. To ease the instruction of information.

4. To assist the memorization process.

5. To indicate suitable Christian conduct.

6. To promote and afford chance for involvement.

7. To critique or to reinforce facts.

8. As a means of entering important action into the curriculum.

Singing is mandated in God’s Word. In the Book of Psalms we read, “Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing” (Psalm 100:2). Paul said, “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord” (Colossians 3:16).

Do:

- Know the songs and choruses ahead of you attempting to teach them to anybody else.

- Sing out well. A leader must do the leading.

- The leader arranges the tempo and ought be easily accompanied by the group.

- Sing a brand-new song sufficient times for the group to feel acquainted with it before you leave it to go on to something else.

 - Do make certain kids and young people, as well as grownups, see the subject matter of any song that you sing.

- Do pick out songs that your kids will relish singing since they are easy to learn and easy to sing.

Think about:

- Applying music to work out the spare energy in children. Action songs are not bad for this.

- That music may set the mood for prayer or the lesson time also to celebrate particular occasions such as birthdays.

- That a lot of songs deliver a thought in a cleaner and crisp fashion than any other form of presentation.

Capitalize on special music in Sunday school. Encourage children to apply their talents for the Lord and allow for opportunities in Sunday school, or have special guests, such as marionettes, demonstrate specific music. Do not forget that instrumental music is significant, too.

Aid the kids make their own musical instruments shakers created from plastic containers or little cartons filled with uncooked pasta.

Remember that beat bands are still first-class for use with pre-schoolers. Allow for them to play along as you sing. Practice marching songs as a change of pace.

Most importantly, relish the music that you practice in Sunday school yourself. And then the kids are much more likely to love it, as well. Music ought be an manifestation of your inner delight and satisfaction in serving the Lord in addition to being an excellent teaching tool and an vent for energy. Happy singing!

Sunday school lessons

Just before the Lord Jesus was betrayed and crucified, He had a long talk with His disciples to prepare them for what was to come. As they walked together one evening out from the city to a quiet garden near by, He called their attention to the trees and vines along the path.

Then He said, “My Father in Heaven is like the gardener. I am the true Vine which He has planted here, and you are like the branches of that vine. If you break off a branch, it will die; for it can only live while the sap the life of the vine, flows into it. So it is only as you trust Me and let My life control yours, will there be spiritual life in you to keep you alive and to grow any fruit on your branches. A dead tree can never bear fruit.”

Jesus used the word abide which means to settle down and stay there. He said, “I am the vine, you are the branches; he that abides in Me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit: for without Me you can do nothing.”

Take a branch from a fruit tree into your class and explain, in the spring the whole tree is covered with beautiful blossoms, and in the autumn it brings forth juicy fruit. I have taken this branch from the fruit tree how soon do you think I can expect to see some fruit? Although this branch looks like the tree its leaves are the same as the leaves on the tree; why will there be no fruit?

There will be no fruit as the branch will die because it has been cut off from the tree. The tree keeps the branches alive. The sap from the tree cannot flow into it to feed it, so it will bear no fruit. More than that it will die. This lesson shows us how Jesus taught His disciples that they were just branches, and that they could not do anything apart from Him.

Sunday school lesson

A lesson we can all learn, how the animal world get along with each other. You can use this short video as a fun way of getting across to your Sunday school class how important it is for us to get along with each other or use it at home.

If you are not able to see this wonderful video about the animal world click here

Christ frequently draw away from the crowds and his disciples to be solely with his Father-God. Whenever Christ believed it crucial to pray then so should we. Martin Luther one time said “Prayer is the most significant thing in my life. Whenever we neglect prayer for a single day, We miss a good deal of the ardour of faith.”

Learning prayer in Sunday School could be made entertaining and leisurely with a prayer calendar. Although teaching the importance of prayer can also be useful. Why not produce each month a “Sunday School Prayer Calendar” which could function as a day by day reminder of the wants of Sunday School, missionaries, church leaders etc.

The calendar could acquire the form of an literal calendar or equally a listing of dates with a different general prayer worry named for every day. Good examples include: kids in the community, friends at school, families in the church, leadership of the church, a particular nation, missionaries the church support etc.

Young children might care to make the calendar vivid with stickers or drawings. Older children may put Bible verses for retention purposes at the top of the calendar.

All events and activities that the church has planned could be addressed with prayer by putting them on the calendar.

The calendar ought then be made accessible to every last member of your church inquiring of them to cause the prayer requests to be part of their prayers on that day.

Kids Sunday school

Christian instruction has fallen behind secular instruction in techniques and methods in a lot of of today’s Sunday schools. An effective teacher must be knowledgeable of the importance of arresting and holding the attention of ALL the children in the class, and this generally calls for the use of audiovisual aid, learning and followup games, and additional extra activities that will involve the children in the learning method. This is equally true for the grownup sections of the Sunday school as it is for the primaries, whilst some grownup sections exercise these teaching methods.

The question that comes up almost frequently once the use of additional activities is talked about with teachers is, “How can we get time to let in these ‘additional’ things in our lesson?” There always looks to be a problem of insufficient time. How can teachers “find more time?”

The resolution lies in your agenda for each Sunday’s class time period. First off, maybe you’ll need to speak to your minister or section leader about shortening the departmental worship time or opening exercises if they are taking excessively big of a bite out from the class time. These are crucial periods of preparation for the lesson to come after, but they ought be kept brief.

So, no matter what age level you are teaching, it is crucial for you to cautiously arrange your priorities for each lesson. Remember that teaching hasn’t happened till the learner has actually learned something. Consequently you must determine what the learner needs to learn from a specific lesson and then choose how the age level you’re dealing with can most easily interpret and learn that lesson. You must bear in mind that most learning happens as the child is involved with ithe process. Consequently, if you exhaust 30 minutes of your time “telling” the lesson, before you start to assist the children’s “experience” the lesson, you’re not administering your time with wisdom. Attempt to deliver the facts of the lesson as distinctly, briefly and in as short time as conceivable.

Be a clock-watcher. Do not become side-tracked with too a lot of examples of your own experiences, etc. After the informations have been introduced (5 to 15 minutes, depending on the age level), the following step is “discovery or experiential” time. This ought to call for discourse, games, object lessons - everything that asks the child in seeing and APPLYING the truth of the message to their individual lives. Once again you must check the clock and keep things going. Plan an agenda for each lesson and, whilst you may not all of the time stick by rigidly to your agenda, you’ll have a guide to aid you achieve the most in the time you have at your disposal. Adjust your priorities prayerfully, recalling that it is God’s Word that He has promised to bless and that is the most significant component of your lesson. Then carefully divide your time according to the priorities you have set. The concluding step is to watch the clock as your Sunday school hour advances and discover how to keep things moving smoothly. You can “FIND MORE TIME!”

Sunday school curriculum