Breakfast on the Beach (4/11)
Hey families!
Welcome to Church at Home! Follow through the instructions, videos, and activities below to create a Mission Kids church experience right in your living room!! We’re so glad you’re here!
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Love, Mission Kids
This Sunday, we’re discovering…
Main Point: Jesus wants to be my friend forever
Bible Story: Breakfast on the beach - John 21:1-14
What you do
Watch the worship and story video together (and learn the verse of the month!!)
Talk about each of the questions to keep the conversation going
Pray together!
Make it - check out our suggested art activity.
Move it - to have some fun, move around, and reinforce the big idea!
Verse of the Month
How wide (hold arms out wide)
and long (raise one hand high and hold one hand low)
and high (both arms up)
and deep (both arms toward floor)
is the love (hug yourself)
of Christ (point upward)
Ephesians 3:18 (hold hands like an open book)
God gave us the words of the Bible to show us who He is!
Practice the verse a few times! In Mission Kids, we often practice saying it different ways, like sqeaky, SUPER LOUD, or with a roar!
Talk It Out
What were Jesus’ friends doing at the beginning of the story? (They were fishing.)
Who did they see standing on the shore? (Jesus)
How do you think Jesus’ friends felt when they saw Jesus for the first time after He came back?
What did Jesus do with his friends when they got to shore? (They had breakfast together.)
What did Jesus want His friends to know? (Jesus wanted them to know that He would be their friend forever.)
How do you feel when you see someone you haven’t seen in a long time?
Who wants to be your friend forever? (Jesus wants to be my friend forever!)
Pray Together
Before you pray, make a list of your favorite breakfast foods. When you are done, pray together using the prompt below:
“Dear God, thank you for giving us Jesus. He is the best friend ever. Thank you for the Bible and all of the true stories that teach us how great a friend Jesus is. We love how Jesus made fish and bread for breakfast for His friends. We like to eat (say the list you made) for breakfast. Thanks for being our friend forever. We love You, God. In Jesus’ name, amen.”
MAKE IT // ART ACTIVITY
What you need: Story Kite activity pages (view/print below or grab from your April Church Kit), glue, crayons, and scissors.
What you do:
Color the kites
Cut them out
Glue them to the blank kites in the order of the story!
MOVE IT // ACTIVE ACTIVITY
What you need: Four fish cutouts, one piece of brown construction paper, and one piece of blue construction paper.
What you do:
Place the brown paper on one side of the room and the blue one on the other side.
Place the four fish on the blue paper.
Have your kiddo pick up the paper and hop (or skip, walk backward, crawl, etc.) to the “beach” brown paper without dropping the fish.
Put the fish back in the water and try it again doing another movement.
YOU DID IT!
Continue the conversation all week by reminding each other of all the ways Jesus shows that he loves us!
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See you next week at Mission Kids Church at Home!