In this lesson, children will hear the story of Pentecost. Through this exciting appearance of the Holy Spirit, children will learn that God is with his people. When we love and follow Jesus, God puts his spirit in us to be our guide and to help spread his love. 

• Have children close their eyes. Wave a paper fan at them and ask them what they can feel. If time allows, ask children how they know “wind” is real if they can’t see it. (ex: They can feel it, if it’s outside they can see it blow the trees.)

• Wind of the Spirit

In this lesson, children will hear that even after Jesus rose from the dead, people still did not like the Apostles teaching everyone about him. This lesson will tell children how Peter and some of the other Apostles were thrown in jail for doing what God asked of them. This happened not one time, but at least three times, and probably even more than that. Things might seem bad right now, but God is faithful to the world, and he has a plan to spread his love to all his people. This lesson will also teach children that God uses missionaries today to teach the world about Jesus. 

• If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go? What would you do there?

• What was Peter’s job?
  • Peter was a missionary, someone who tells others about Jesus.
• What scary thing happened to Peter when he was doing his job?
  • Peter got thrown in jail multiple times.
• Who does God want to know about Jesus?
  • God wants the whole world to know about Jesus!

• 8:30am/11:00am: Peter in Jail
• 9:45am: Paper Chains

Jesus’ death and resurrection are historic events that changed the lives of those he encountered. We see the first “un-appearance” of Jesus when the disciples and others went to the tomb expecting to find his body, but instead found an empty tomb. This “un-appearance” caused great concern. Yet it was because of this first discovery that Jesus, whom they verified was dead, was now gone. As we study the following “appearances” of Jesus, it is significant to understand how unexpected these appearances were. We’ll ask, “what can we learn of Jesus from these experiences and of our future with him too?”

Kids will learn…

• Know why God is glorious.
• Learn that sometimes faith requires believing without seeing.
• Learn Jesus still had authority and power after he raised from the dead.
• Learn that Jesus is the Messiah who was spoken of in the Old Testament.
• Identify facts from the bible to help prove that what Jesus taught was true.

Students will read the story of Jesus appearing to his disciples while they were fishing. They will learn more about fishing through the game “Fishing Jeopardy” and think of ways they might serve others and tell them about Jesus.

Through the rest of the school year kids will learn about our Forever King and his Kingdom. They’ll explore ways King Jesus is different than King David and King Solomon, and understand more about what his rule and reign is like and will be like. They’ll discover that God’s kingdom is for those who see their need for God, those who need comfort only he can provide. They’ll learn that his kingdom is one of peace, love, patience, and gentleness, and that King Jesus is the opposite of a king in today’s world. He was a servant king, a suffering king, and is our forever king.

Students have spent the last few weeks exploring the words Paul teaches about The Fruit of the Spirit. They’ve learned these fruits help us know what God’s kingdom is like. When we show them in our lives, it gives others a glimpse of God’s kingdom. In this lesson, kids will review the fruit of the spirit. They’ll read and discuss several passages that teach us how God is kind and gentle with us and calls us to be kind and gentle with each other.