Palm Sunday (3/28)
Hey families!
Welcome to Church at Home! Follow through the instructions, videos, and activities below to create a Mission Kids church experience right in your living room!! We’re so glad you’re here!
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Love, Mission Kids
This Sunday, we’re discovering…
Main Point: I can love like Jesus
Bible Story: Palm Sunday - Matthew 21:1-16
What you do
Watch the worship and story video together (and learn the verse of the month!!)
Talk about each of the questions to keep the conversation going
Pray together!
Make it - check out our suggested art activity.
Move it - to have some fun, move around, and reinforce the big idea!
Verse of the Month
Love each other (hug yourself)
as I (point up)
have loved you (thumbs toward self)
John 15:12 (hold hands like an open book)
God gave us the words of the Bible to show us who He is!
Practice the verse a few times! In Mission Kids, we often practice saying it different ways, like sqeaky, SUPER LOUD, or with a roar!
Talk It Out
What did the people in Jerusalem do when they heard Jesus was coming to town? (They laid out coats on the road and waved their palm branches in the air)
What did the people shout?(Hosanna, Hosanna!)
What was Jesus riding when He came to town? (a donkey)
What do we do on Palm Sunday? (It is a special day to celebrate Jesus)
What are some ways we can celebrate Jesus?
What is the best way we can celebrate Jesus? (By loving like Jesus)
Who can love like Jesus? (I can love like Jesus!)
Pray Together
Before you pray, ask your kiddo to give you one way they will love like Jesus. Maybe it’s someone they can help, something they can share with someone, or someone they can say kind words to. Then pray together using the one below or your own.
“Dear God, we want to celebrate Jesus every day by doing what He told us to do and love people the way He loves us. Please help us to (actions from the list). We love You, God. In Jesus’ name, amen.”
MAKE IT // ART ACTIVITY
What you need: Activity Label (view/print below or grab from your March Church Kit), paper plate, craft stick, green piece of construction paper, glue, scissors, and tape.
What you do:
Cut out six hearts from a piece of green construction paper and glue them to the front of a paper plate.
Place the label on the craft stick.
Tape the stick to the back of the plate and wave it around like a palm branch.
Palm Sunday is a special day to celebrate Jesus, but we can celebrate Jesus every day by loving Him.
MOVE IT // ACTIVE ACTIVITY
What you need: Green streamers (in your church kit, or use your paper plate palm branch from the Art Activity above).
What you do:
Make a “road” in your living room or outside, and give each person some green streamers (or keep your “Palm Branch” from the Art activity above).
Have everyone stand on the sides of the “road,” and wave their palm branches as one person walks, skips, or jumps down the road.
Take turns going down the road. What do you think Jesus would have felt like?
YOU DID IT!
Continue the conversation all week by reminding each other of all the ways Jesus shows that he loves us!
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