Jonah (5/9)
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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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This Sunday, we’re discovering…
Big Idea: God’s Way is Perfect!!
Bible Story: Jonah - Jonah 1:1-3:10
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
God’s way (point up)
is perfect! (two thumbs up)
2 Samual 22:31 (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 was the name of the man in our story? (Jonah)
Where did God tell Jonah to go? (Nineveh)
Did Jonah want to go to Nineveh? (No)
Have you ever had to go somewhere you didn’t want to go?
What did Jonah think was better than God’s plan? (He decided to go sail on a boat instead)
What happened when Jonah was in the boat? (A big storm came and Jonah threw himself in the water.)
Why did Jonah throw himself in the water? (He knew that God sent the storm because he didn’t go God’s way.)
The storm stopped but then what happened to Jonah when he was in the water? (He got swallowed up by a fish)
What did Jonah do when he was in the whale? (He prayed and asked God to forgive him, and decided that he would go God’s way)
When Jonah went to Nineveh what did the people there do? (They decided to go God’s way!)
How do you think Jonah felt when he decided to go God’s way?
Pray Together
Before you pray, make a list of places you can go and tell people to go God’s way. When you are done pray together using the one below or your own.
“Dear God, thank you for teaching us that your way is perfect. Help us to JUMP, JUMP, and go your way. Help us go to (read the list you made) and tell others about your way, too, because your way is perfect! We love you, God. In Jesus’ name, amen.”
MAKE IT // ART ACTIVITY
What you need: Activity Pages (view/print below or grab from your May Church Kit), party noisemaker (grab from your May Church Kit), scissors, and glue.
What you do:
Cut out the fish and glue to the party noisemaker.
Glue Jonah to the paper part of the party noisemaker.
Now, show your kiddo how to blow Jonah out of the fish.
Remind your kiddo that God wants us to go His way, just like Jonah. Who’s way is perfect? God’s way is perfect.
MOVE IT // ACTIVE ACTIVITY
What you need: Activity Pages (view/print below or grab from your May Church Kit), and blank paper
What you do:
Place the pictures in story order, and cover them with the other paper.
Retell the story together, lifting the paper to reveal each picture.
YOU DID IT!
Continue the conversation all week by reminding each other of all the ways that God’s way is perfect!
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See you next week at Mission Kids Church at Home or in person at 5353 Walker St!