Messy Pentecost talk and prayer: The Holy Spirit helps us

It only seems fitting to use fire at Pentecost so how could we not?!

After we had told the Pentecost story, our talk at Messy Church was about the Holy Spirit helping us to do things we might not be able to do by ourselves.  Here's a copy of the talk and prayer response with pictures.  You will need a dove pan to do this.  It might seem quite expensive but the amazement of the congregation when you use it (adults and children alike) is well worth it!  I've used mine about 10 times already in assemblies etc.

Photos by David Duncan :-)

Talk

On the day of Pentecost 3000 people became Christians.  It was like the church’s birthday!  The Holy Spirit came to the disciples with wind and fire and helped them to do things they’d never been able to do before like speak other languages and have the courage to speak in front of crowds of people!

Sometimes we feel like we can’t do things or we’d like to change but it’s really hard and we can’t do it ourselves.  God sends the Holy Spirit to help us!

(Show empty dove pan) 

God can use us to do things we never thought we could do, if we trust him to help us.

 

When we make a cake we need ingredients: sprinkle some flour and salt in the pan. 

We then need to cook the cake and make it into something really special!  The cake can’t cook itself- it needs some help! 

(Set fire and open pan to reveal cake)

God can use us to do something really special too.  We have the ingredients inside us that He can use, we just need to let him use His power to help us!

Prayer response:

Here are some birthday cake candles.  Take a candle and come and put it on the cake. (When all the candles are on the cake, move the children back and light the candles).  Let’s remember the day of Pentecost and think of something we’d like The Holy Spirit to help us to do.  (Give a moment) Let’s say a big ‘Amen’ and then everybody blow as hard as you can from where you’re sitting.  (Say amen and blow out the candles).