Jesus Without Language

 


Essential Teachers notes:
It’s the churches birthday! It can be tempting to rush to the good bit of this story where there are tongues of fire and the gift of tongues, but we must start with Jesus’s words to his disciples otherwise the events would have made no sense to the believers.
Tell this story or a similar one of your choice from a favourite bible translation or story book. This version is supplied for inspiration, feel free to omit or embellish to give it your personal voice.

There are two King Saul stories onsite, this one focuses on him becoming king. The other one looks at the significance of his robe. They overlap so choose the one that suits your group best.

Tell this story or a similar one of your choice from a favourite bible translation or story book. This version is supplied for inspiration, feel free to omit or embellish to give it your personal voice.

Main passage: 1 Samuel 6
Additional Passages: this story hints at the other parts of Saul’s later in 1 Samuel.

If you want the teachers page then please click on the image for the pdf.

————————————— …continue reading about Wanting a King (1 Samuel 8) | Story

This craft is another alternative to the traditional butterfly idea that often accompanies this lesson. It looks at the life of Nicodemus, as displayed in John’s Gospel. The composition is really simple for this craft, with the hardest element being cutting the shapes – if you have younger children you may want to pre-cut in part. This style craft is also avalible for the story of the woman at the well and the events of Easter.

…continue reading about Nicodemus (John 3) | Craft 2

These little Pentecost spinner crafts are super fun to play with, they require no glue and spin in a beautiful whirl of flames from whatever height. It’s also one of those things that once you’ve made them once it’s super quick and easy to make again and again!

 
…continue reading about Pentecost (Acts 2) | Craft 1

Pentecost is a day of movement, the elements of the story are dynamic, rushing wind, flickering flames, counting days and speaking tongues. These games tie into some of those ideas and are suitable for a variety of set-ups and groups.

Rebuilding the Flames – Print the picture provided and cut apart. Hide the pieces of the jigsaw around the room. Find all the pieces and reassemble the picture. (click on the image for PDF)
Link: Holy Spirit separated over each person’s head.
 

…continue reading about Pentecost (Acts 2) | Games

Here are the images you need for the hero’s attributes linked to ‘Pentecost (Acts 2)’- where the Holy Spirit first descends on the church.
Each hero set contains a high quality graphic of the character, a take home bible card and a colouring page.

The images are displayed small here, click on the image you wish to have, then save the image that loads.
(These images are not copyright free, they are for personal/classroom use only.)

Large image for illustrating the story or putting on a large screen.

Grab the Phone background here.