252 Grups Octber 2017, Week 5 Small Grup, K-1 Real Treasures f Heaven Bible Stry: Real Treasures f Heaven (Treasures in heaven) Matthew 6:19-24 Bttm Line: Live like yu knw what really matters. Memry Verse: Whever can be trusted with very little can als be trusted with much. Luke 16:10a, NIV Life App: Stewardship: taking care f what yu have because it all belngs t Gd. Basic Truth: I can trust Gd n matter what. Befre kids arrive, spend a few minutes praying that Gd wuld help make the abstract cncept f treasures in heaven very real and cncrete fr yur few. Pray that yu wuld be able t facilitate an envirnment in which kids learn hw t make wise chices with their time, mney, and talents. Pray that kids wuld leave tday with sme tangible ways t live like they knw what really matters. Arrival Activities As children arrive, they have the ptin f chsing ne f the fllwing activities t participate in until Small Grup Cnnect starts. They may mve frm carpet t carpet at any time during Arrival Activities. 1. Clring Sheets 2. Verses t Knw Kids will spin the wheel t find a verse t lk up. 3. Games t Play This is a statin with different fun bard games t play. 4. Rck City Mural We ll create different murals n butcher paper each week based n what we re learning abut. 5. Get Yur Head in the Game Kids have 5 minutes t see hw many wrds they can create with lucky charms. Small Grup Cnnect (5 minutes) This is a brief time fr yu t welcme and cnnect with the children in yur grup and t intrduce visitrs t the rest f the grup. Feel free t ask a fun questin r share smething interesting abut yurself. Belw are sme Ice-Breaker questins t get cnversatin ging. This time helps ur children knw yu are glad they came and that yu want t get t knw them better. We als encurage yu t sit with yur grup during large grup time. Icebreaker Activity: Name an item frm the list belw and let kids share hw they wuld feel if they n lnger had that item. They can indicate their answers by standing if they wuld be very upset and sitting if they wuld nt be upset at all. If their answer is smewhere in between they can scrunch dwn t whatever height expresses their answer. Items: Pet TV Candy 2017 The rethink Grup, Inc. All rights reserved. www.thinkorange.cm If yu change the cntent f this dcument, please add t the cpyright: Adapted by Crnerstne Church 2017. 1
252 Grups Octber 2017, Week 5 Small Grup, K-1 Schl bks Yur piggy bank and all yur mney Cmputer Tthbrush Crayns and markers 1 sck Yur favrite ty Brccli The shes yu re wearing right nw 2017 The rethink Grup, Inc. All rights reserved. www.thinkorange.cm If yu change the cntent f this dcument, please add t the cpyright: Adapted by Crnerstne Church 2017. 2
252 Grups Octber 2017, Week 5 Small Grup, K-1 Grups: Creating a Safe Place t Cnnect (Small Grups, 25 minutes) Create a safe place t cnnect and learn hw the Bible stry applies t real life experiences, thrugh interactive activities and discussin questins. 1. Tw Masters [Talk abut Gd Bible Stry Review Applicatin Activity] Made t Explre: an activity that extends learning thrugh hands n experimentatin and discvery What Yu Need: Bible, 2 beach balls What Yu D: Give each f the kids a turn at picking up bth beach balls at the same time and carrying them acrss the rm. It s essentially an impssible task, but let them give it their best try. Read Matthew 6:24 and talk t the children abut the meaning f the verse. Pint ut that Gd says it s impssible fr mney t be ur favrite thing and Him t. Like the beach balls, we can nly hld nt ne at a time. [Make It Persnal] Kids treasures lk different than thse f an adult, but the chice t lve Gd r ur stuff is still the same. Tell the kids what yu d t make sure yu re living like yu knw what matters. Hw d yu put Gd first in ways that they can t? Then ask kids hw they can put Gd first t. (By making sure they d their GdTimes and read new stries in the Bible, by using the stuff they have t help thers and shw kindness t them, by frgiving friends and siblings when they break r lse smething f urs.) What Yu Say: Gd has given each f us s much, and it s kay t enjy all the great stuff yu have. But when yu begin t lve yur stuff mre than yu lve Gd, it s like trying t hld nt tw beach balls at the same time. Yu will have t chse ne r the ther. Gd wants t be the ne yu pick. He wants yu t remember that everything yu have belngs t Him. Thank Him fr giving s much t yu. [Bttm Line] Live like yu knw what really matters. One f the ways t d that is by making Gd yur NUMBER ONE and lving Him FIRST and MOST. Appreciate and take care f the stuff Gd s given yu, but LOVE Him mre than all thse things. 2. What s Missing? [Live fr Gd Applicatin Activity] Made t Cnnect: an activity that invites kids t share with thers and build n their understanding What Yu Need: Bible, hula-hp, Stuff Cards Activity Pages What Yu D: Set the hula-hp n the flr and have kids gather arund. Place the Stuff Cards ne at a time inside the circle f the Hula-Hp. As yu add each card, let kids hld up 1-10 fingers t indicate hw big f a deal that item is t them. 1 finger = meh, n biggie 10 fingers = can t live withut it Read Matthew 24:19-21. Mst kids dn t have a lt f mney, s help them see their pssessins/tys/favrite clthes as their mney r treasure. 2017 The rethink Grup, Inc. All rights reserved. www.thinkorange.cm If yu change the cntent f this dcument, please add t the cpyright: Adapted by Crnerstne Church 2017. 3
252 Grups Octber 2017, Week 5 Small Grup, K-1 Let kids lk at the treasures in the hp and decide if they are earthly treasures r heavenly treasures. Explain that if smething can be brken, stlen, lst, r end up in the trash, it s nt a heavenly treasure. Heavenly treasures are given t us when we use what we have fr Gd. Tell the kids t take a clse lk at the cards, and then have them clse their eyes. Remve ne r tw cards and let kids pen their eyes and guess what s missing. Dn t replace the cards after yu remve them. Play until all the cards are gne. What Yu Say: Eventually everything that was inside this hp will be gne. It will break, get lst, r n lnger be imprtant t us. S, [Bttm Line] live like yu knw what really matters. When yu give away stuff yu dn t need t smene wh des, that becmes a heavenly treasure. When yu dn t hld n t yur stuff but are willing t share, that becmes a heavenly treasure. When yu use yur stuff in ways that please Gd and help thers, yu re string up the kind f treasure that lasts frever. That s a heavenly treasure. 3. Mney Hp [Hear frm Gd Memry Verse Activity] Made t Mve: an activity that increases the xygen in the brain and taps int the energy in the bdy What Yu Need: Bible, pennies, quarters What Yu D: See if anyne has the memry verse memrized and then g ver the Verse Mtins (Fund here: https://crnerstnebuzz.rg/lessns/) Give each f the kids a quarter and a penny. Tell them t place the cins n the flr a few inches apart. Lead the grup in reciting the memry verse by standing n the penny as they say the first part. Then have them hp nt the quarter as they say the secnd part. After they finish the verse, ask everyne t mve their cins a little farther apart and say the verse again, hpping frm ne cin t the ther. Cntinue several mre times, each time letting kids mve their cins farther apart. What Yu Say: When yu [Bttm Line] live like yu knw what really matters, yu spend time learning Gd s Wrd. Great jb remembering this mnth s memry verse. Take yur penny and quarter hme t help yu remember Luke 16:10a. The penny will remind yu t d little jbs well, and the quarter will remind yu that little jbs dne well can lead t even bigger and better things. Pray and Dismiss [Pray t Gd Prayer Activity] Made t Reflect: an activity that creates space fr persnal understanding and applicatin What Yu Need: Hula-hp What Yu D: 2017 The rethink Grup, Inc. All rights reserved. www.thinkorange.cm If yu change the cntent f this dcument, please add t the cpyright: Adapted by Crnerstne Church 2017. 4
252 Grups Octber 2017, Week 5 Small Grup, K-1 Place the hula-hp n the flr and have everyne circle arund it. Give each f the kids a chance t stand r kneel inside the hp as the remaining kids place a hand n his shulder and yu pray a prayer similar t the ne belw fr each child. What Yu Say: [Child s name], I pray that yu will [Bttm Line] live like yu knw what really matters. Dear Gd, help [child s name] t use his time, mney, and treasures t please Yu. Help him t lve YOU mre than anything else. Amen. Parent Cnnect: As adults arrive t pick up, let kids shw them their cins and recite Luke 16:10a. *** Give each child a GdTime card and remind parents that this is a great way fr them t help their child learn hw t spend time with Gd. Parent Cue cards will be passed ut at the dr. 2017 The rethink Grup, Inc. All rights reserved. www.thinkorange.cm If yu change the cntent f this dcument, please add t the cpyright: Adapted by Crnerstne Church 2017. 5