The Early Church (4/18)
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!
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! 🎉
Mission Kids will be back IN-PERSON during all service times starting May 2nd! SEE YOU THEN!!!
Love, Mission Kids
This Sunday, we’re discovering…
Main Point: Jesus wants to be my friend forever
Bible Story: Early Church - Acts 2:42-47
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
How wide (hold arms out wide)
and long (raise one hand high and hold one hand low)
and high (both arms up)
and deep (both arms toward floor)
is the love (hug yourself)
of Christ (point upward)
Ephesians 3:18 (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 Jesus want His friends to do after He came back? (He wanted them to love people like He did.)
So what did they do? (They shared, food, clothing, place to sleep, etc)
What did they do together? (They ate and laughed, and praised God.)
Why should we share with our friends? (So they know Jesus loves them.)
Do you want to be a friend like Jesus?
How does it make you feel when you share?
How do you think the person you share with feels?
Who wants to be your friend forever? (Jesus wants to be my friend forever.)
Pray Together
Before you pray, make a list of things people need (clothes, food, shelter, etc). When you are done pray together using the one below or your own.
“Dear God, thank you for giving us the things we need. Help us give people (read the list you made) so they will have what they need and know how much Jesus loves them and wants to be their friend forever. We love You, God. In Jesus’ name, amen.”
MAKE IT // ART ACTIVITY
What you need: Two colors of paint, white piece of construction paper, paintbrush, 12” streamer, and label (view/print below or grab from your April Church Kit)
What you do:
Cut a large heart out of the white construction paper and glue the streamer to the end, like a kite tail.
Place the label on the streamer tail.
Apply your paint to the middle of the heart pretty thickly.
Next fold the heart in half so the paint in the middle of the page squishes together.
Open up the page and see the symmetrical paint pattern.
MOVE IT // ACTIVE ACTIVITY
What you need: Activity Page (view/print below or grab from your April Church Kit) and tape.
What you do:
Tape one picture in each corner of the room.
Encourage your kiddo to run, hop, skip, or jump to the picture that you call out.
For example: “If I was hungry, what would I need? (Kiddo skips to the food picture)
For the Jesus picture ask your kiddo “Who wants to be your friend forever?”
YOU DID IT!
Continue the conversation all week by reminding each other of all the ways Jesus shows that he loves us!
Also, make sure to sign up for a free Church Kit subscription! We will deliver the first week of each month with all the materials and printouts you need for Church at Home next month, plus we’ve been known to throw in some bonus fun :)
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See you next week at Mission Kids Church at Home!