Actions Speak Louder than Words

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Kindergarten through 2Nd Grade Actions Speak Louder than Words Lesson Outline Warm Up Activity

1st Grade 10:10 until 10:30AM inside the Church

Rock the Church Set the Altar Pray

Read the Spark Bible Story, Share God’s Love, p. 326 Discussion Craft or Snack or both Rock the Church

2nd Grade 10:35 until 10:50AM inside the Church

Cornerstone: The children will explore how Jesus teaches us how our actions can make a big difference in the lives of others.

Actions Speak Louder than Words Mark 9:38-50 John ‘Teacher, weChurch saw someone 10:35said AM to –1 him, 0:50AM Rock the M213 casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us.’ But Jesus said, ‘Do not stop him; for no one who does a deed of power in my name will be able soon afterwards to speak evil of me. Whoever is not against us is for us. For truly I tell you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ will by no means lose the reward. ‘If any of you put a stumbling-block before one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better for you if a great millstone were hung around your neck and you were thrown into the sea. If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life maimed than to have two hands and to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire. And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and to be thrown into hell., And if your eye causes you to stumble, tear it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and to be thrown into hell, where their worm never dies, and the fire is never quenched. ‘For everyone will be salted with fire. Salt is good; but if salt has lost its saltiness, how can you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.’

Introduce the Lesson – Read the story aloud. Spark Bible, p. 326 Read the story a second time and have the children do the following actions:     

I’m so angry! (shake fists in air) We tried to stop him! (push palm out in front) Wait a minute! (both hands up, fingers spread) Don’t stop someone who teaches in my name! (shake your head “no”) Everyone could know and share God’s love. (pat each other on the back gently)

The second part of the Gospel talks about things that might get in the way of Sharing God’s Love

The second part of the gospel is not really child-friendly so I wouldn’t read it out loud without some major editing! You can also talk about things that get in the way of serving others or things we might need to stop (cut off) if they become roadblocks to being more Christ-like! We can, however, encourage the children to think about actions they can take to share God’s love.

You also tell about a time where something got in your way of doing something good for another person. MARK 9:42-50

If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life maimed than to have two hands and to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire. And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and to be thrown into hell., And if your eye causes you to stumble, tear it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and to be thrown into hell, where their worm never dies, and the fire is never quenched. ‘For everyone will be salted with fire. Salt is good; but if salt has lost its saltiness, how can you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.’

Have the children answer some of these questions: (Depending upon the number of children you may want to break them into smaller groups) Disciples listen to Jesus I am listening to Jesus when I: Disciples pray My favorite place to pray is… Disciples serve Jesus and help others I can help others by…

Salt Cross painting

Supplies Needed to Make Salt Paintings With Kids: 

Black Construction Paper

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White Glue

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Salt

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Watercolors and Paint Brushes

Steps 1) Start by “drawing” your picture on your black paper with the white glue. (Keep this to simple outlines. It doesn’t work well when you fill big chunks of the paper in with glue.) 2) Next, sprinkle salt all over the glue. When you shake the excel salt off be sure to do so over a box lid or trashcan. 3) Then pour off the excess salt. Salt is so cheap that we just dumped ours in the trash, but you could certainly pour it onto the next picture for the next child. You probably don’t

want to pour it back into your salt container for eating. You do not have to wait for the glue to dry before painting! We started painting immediately, and it was just fine. Now comes the FUN part!!! Start painting with the watercolor paints. Because the salt is so absorbent, you just touch your paintbrush to the salt and the color spreads like magic The reason why you want to use black paper is so if any of the paint gets somewhere that’s not the salt, you don’t see it. Encourage the children to just touch their paintbrushes to the salt and let it spread. You need to be gentle so as not to disturb the wet glue under the salt. This was super fun, and I totally recommend it for everyone to try with their kids. However, I’m going to describe this more as “process art” which means it’s more about the process than the finished product. When it’s all finished and dry, they don’t hold up well long term. This is not the masterpiece to display proudly in their bedrooms for years to come (unless you want to be vacuuming salt off the floor for years to come).

You can also to this salt project without using the watercolors.

I can Share God’s Love

Steps 1) The children could trace their hands and cut them out. 2) Take a strip of paper and fold it accordion style. 3) Help the children glue the strip of paper to the two handprints. 4) Instead of what is written on the hands in the picture above, the children can write “I can share” on one of their handprints and “God’s Love” on the other one. The teaching team members may need to write this for the Kindergarteners.