The Messengers - Week 1
How many ways can you send a message? There are so many unique ways! Special deliveries are the best but even better are the messages found in each package. This month, we are going to look at the most important message that was ever sent out and how we are meant to be the ones delivering it. Our families are God’s messengers that can share the stories of God’s miracles and help. Get involved in helping God’s message go everywhere because God delivers everyone!
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We are God’s Messengers!
MEMORY VERSE
Elementary: Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. send me." Isaiah 6:8 (NIV)
Toddler Twist: "I will tell others about Jesus." Isaiah 6:8
READ: Saul's Conversion: Acts 9:1-20
WATCH:
Preschool- teaching video
Elementary- teaching video
SONG: He is the Light
ACTIVITY:
Read today's Bible story in Acts 9:1-20. After Saul met Jesus, he became a messenger for God. Who would have thought? He used to really not like followers of God. Now he was one, too!
You know who else used to be messengers that you might not have thought of? Pigeons! People would tie messages on the legs of these birds and the birds would fly hundred of miles to deliver them. Let’s make our own messenger pigeons to remember that we are God’s messengers!
INSTRUCTIONS: Cut out a printable for each kid. Cut along the line in the middle of the bird using a craft knife (or fold the paper and use scissors). Take a piece of paper and help your kids do a fan-fold along the long edge of the paper. Bunching up all the folds together, insert the paper into the slit
in the bird to make the wings. The final product might look this this. Have them write the Big Idea (We Are God's Messengers) on the wing paper before folding it up.
COLORING: Saul's Conversion
DISCIPLE:
A messenger, like we’ve been talking about, is someone who delivers a message. Some messengers give speeches or sermons. Others write letters, articles, or books. And some deliver their messages through songs.
Who do you know that is a messenger? A teacher? A pastor? A parent? A favorite singer? What does it take to be a messenger? Do they need to have a great speaking voice? Do they need to be dramatic actors? Or do they just need to have a message to pass along?
To be God’s messenger, you don’t need to have special talents. You just need to be willing, like Paul was. And when you are willing, you will find that you do, in fact, have skills and talents you can use to tell others about God.
Paul traveled around and started churches. He also wrote letters to encourage the churches he had started so they could keep on doing God’s work faithfully.
How can you be God’s messengers? Think of some ways. Do you write letters, like Paul? Do you travel from place to place, telling people about Jesus? Or do you pray for someone, like Ananias?
Think of different ways you can share the message about Jesus because we are God’s messengers. Write them down and encourage your families to actively use those ideas this month.
Pray: God, thank you for making us all your messengers! We are grateful that we don’t need any special talents to deliver your message. We just need to be willing, like Paul was. Please help us to deliver the message about Jesus to the people around us this week. Amen.
DISCUSSION:
What happened to Saul on the road to Damascus?
What happened to Saul after he heard the voice?
How was Ananias a messenger for God?
Read Acts 9:11–15. How do you think Ananias felt about helping someone like Saul?
How can you be a messenger of God?
What is the message we need to deliver?
Who can you deliver God’s message to this week?