Flame: Creative Children's Ministry

This prayer activity links really well with the story of Jesus calling the disciples but could be used to pray for anyone or any situation! You will need: strips of paper (experiment with length but the ones shown are roughly 10cm x 2cm) Scissors, pens Choose a strip of paper and write on it the name of the person or situation you would like to pray for.  Cut slits near to the ends of the strip as shown below.  Fit the slits together to make a fish shape.  Now comes the fun part! Hold the fish high in the air and let it go.  As it gains momentum you will see it start to spin! Talk about: Discuss the story in the Bible where Jesus calls the disciples and sends them out to make more- turning fishermen into fishers of people (Matthew 4:19) What does it mean to be a disciple? How would people know that you are a disciple? How do you think that the disciples made more disciples? How would you try? Pray Think of people who don't know w...

We had a session this weekend looking at the story of Jesus calling his disciples (Luke 5:1-11) and had a lot of fun.  Here's what we got up to! Acting out the story and then using craft items to make something that reflected the story (what the individual child liked or remembered most)  A fishing boat with more fish on the 'other side' of the boat  The fishing boat The face of Jesus Playing fishers of men 3-in-a-row with laminated fish and people shapes Praying for people who don't know about Jesus yet and asking that God will help us to be fishers of people like the disciples

This Sunday our 5-11s will look at the story of how Jesus chose his disciples and will think about what it means to follow Jesus.  As part of our effort this term to give them a take home activity based on what they learn so that the concept can be carried through the rest of the week here are some things for parents to print off.  We'll give them a paper copy, but you never know where that will end up! Link to printable sheet: Click  here