The Great Commission (4/25)
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: Jesus wants to be my friend forever
Bible Story: Great Commission - Matthew 28:16-20
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
Where did Jesus take His friends after He came back? (To a mountain)
Why did Jesus take them there? (He had to tell them something very important.)
What did Jesus want His friends to do? (tell everyone, everywhere that He loves them and wants to be their friend forever.)
Does Jesus want us to do that too? (Yes)
Who are three people you can tell that Jesus loves them and wants to be their friend forever?
Who loves you and wants to be your friend forever? (Jesus loves me and wants to be my friend forever!)
Pray Together
Pray together using the one below or your own.
“Dear God, we want everyone, everywhere to know that Jesus loves them and wants to be their friend forever. Please help us go tell our friends and family about Jesus and how we can have hope because of Jesus. We love You, God. In Jesus’ name, amen.”
MAKE IT // ART ACTIVITY
What you need: Kite Activity Pages + Kite Label (view/print below or grab from your April Church Kit), three straws, scissors, tape, and crayons or markers.
What you do:
Place the label on the kites from the activity page, color them, and then cut them out.
Tape the straw to the back of the kites to make the tail.
Keep one kite and give two away! Ask your kiddo who they want to give their two extra kites to remind those people that they’re loved!
MOVE IT // ACTIVE ACTIVITY
What you need: Activity Page (view/print below or grab from your April Church Kit)
What you do:
Cut out your helpers and then cut them in half. (To make it a little more challenging, cut them into smaller pieces.)
Work together with your kiddo to match the pieces to make the helpers.
These helpers all have very important jobs, and Jesus gave us a very important job to do too. He wants us to tell everyone, everywhere that He loves them and wants to be their 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!