30 July 2023
Bible readings for today
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CollectGod of new joy,
nothing can compare to the kingdom of heaven. Help us to pursue your reign with all of our strength, that our happiness will one day be made complete; through Jesus Christ our Lord and in the presence of the Holy Spirit, who live and reign, one God, now and forever. Amen. |
Stories about the Kingdom of heaven (Matthew 13:31-33,44-52)
Intro paragraph
Questions |
Doodle through the Bible |
In Matthew 13 Jesus talks about what the Kingdom of Heaven is like.He uses many different images and there does not seem to be a clear answer.
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A colourful doodle of today's Bible passage, from Doodle through the Bible.
You an download a full colour and Colouring Page |
Prayer treeDraw or paint a picture of a large tree with lots of branches.
Every person draw and cut out either a picture of a bird or a picture of a leaf. Write prayers on the birds or leaves and glue to the tree as a collective prayer offering. |
Prayer, inspired by Matthew 13:31-33Dear Lord God
we thank you for mustard seed and for the wonders of yeast and for how these things teach us about your love. Lord, plant your seed into our lives, help us work your yeast into our hearts that wonderful things may happen. We ask it in Jesus' name. Amen. ~ written by Rev. Richard J. Fairchild, and posted on Kir-shalom. http://www.rockies.net/~spirit/sermons/a-or17cs.php |
Treasure gamesYou will need:
What you do:There are a few different ideas on how to play games using the treasure props
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Treasure battleships![]() You can either print out the hand out attached for each child, and play individually, in groups, or set up 2 large battleship grids on the floor of your room! Depending on the age of your children, you might like to discern the best way to play this game. You could always have individual sheets printed out as a take home activity too, giving children 2 copies each.
The idea in battleships is to find the opponents ships and sink them. Each team gets to decide where their ships go. We have replaced the ships in this game with treasure to find! Each treasure is a slightly different size, so the hardest treasure to find will be the mustard seed. How to play treasure battleships
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Media
A Lego animation by a children's church in the US
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A talk on YouTube about the kingdom of heaven being like a mustard seed
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Treasure in a field animation from Max 7
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