Full Bloom - Week 2
Spring is the season for new beginnings! Whether you're cleaning out parts of your home or watching the flowers bloom in your garden, it's a time for new life and growth. Like a good gardener, Jesus wanted to help cultivate the seeds of faith in his friends so they could all grow closer to God. In this 4-week series, kids will learn all about the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus as he sowed the seeds of new life in the world. Kids will discover that God sent Jesus to save us, Jesus understands when we're hurting, makes all things new, and connects us to God.
BIG IDEA: Jesus understands when we’re hurting.
BIBLE: Jesus Prays in Gethsemane: Matthew 26:36–46; Isaiah 53:1–5
MEMORY VERSE
Elementary: "But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ." 2 Peter 3:18A (NIV)
Toddler Twist: Grow in grace and knowledge of Jesus. 2 Peter 3:18
WATCH:
Preschool- teaching video
Elementary- teaching video
SONG: Light of the World and Medley
DISCIPLE:
For this activity, have your kids work together to build a mini bug hotel (like this). Collect materials around your house like cardboard boxes, spare pieces of thin cardboard, empty paper towel rolls, markers, scissors, pinecones, twigs, and grass. Use glue dots or craft glue to secure items in place.
Cut the paper towel rolls in half and glue them inside the box towards the top or bottom.
Use the spare pieces of cardboard and glue to make different sections of the hotel around the cardboard tubes.
Glue the grass, pinecones, and twigs throughout your hotel.
Add some toy bugs to complete the bug hotel.
What great homes we made for our bug friends. We can appreciate them in nature, but when they start getting into our homes, it can become a problem.
Whenever something bugs us, we can take it to Jesus, who will house it away from us. We won't need to worry about it again because Jesus gets what we're going through and can handle our hurt.
Ask: What are some things that might be bugging you today or have been recently?
Jesus knows about all the things that bother us or hurt us. We can pray to God and give our hurts to Jesus because he wants to help us grow. We can trust him because Jesus understands when we're hurting.
Pray: God, thank you for reminding us that Jesus knows what it's like to hurt, to be sad, and to feel alone. When we feel hurt, help us remember we can always turn to you. Jesus understands our hurt and is our best source of comfort. Amen.