Props:
Some fish
4 blankets
Jesus Story book bible DVD “Jesus calms
the storm”
Something
to say
We all tend to worry about different
stuff, some big stuff and some little stuff. What am I going to have for
dinner, will I make it into the football team, will my mum buy me that new
jumper/pair of trainers I want, what would I get for Christmas, will I pass my
exams, what if I get that question wrong?
Q: What are you worried about? Ask
the children and see what they say, encouraging them as they say it.
Now we’re going to watch a story
about when Jesus’s followers got REALLY scared. What do you think Jesus did?
Something
to show
Show the DVD “Jesus Calms the storm”
Something
to do:
Once the DVD is finished, act out the
scene by getting a blanket for the boat, three for the ‘lake’ ‘storm’. Ask for someone
to volunteer to be Jesus and for three volunteers to play the ‘friends’ in the
boat who were scared. Make swishy water noise for waves and (cant hear you!!!
Louder!!!), pop the fish in the blankets when the waves are high for fun effect
and ask Jesus to “calm the storm” when the swishy noises will get quieter and
quieter and quieter....
Something
to do:
Ask the children to split into 3 and
create a big picture of the boat, putting inside the boat all their fears such
as spiders, sharks, snakes etc.
Something
to pray Ask the children to sit and close their eyes. Ask them to think
about the things that worry them, all the things that bother them, no matter
how big or how small. Now ask them to picture God there with them, and ask them
to hand over all their worries and concerns to him and trust him to take them
away.
Memory Verse: "When I am afraid, I will trust
in you." Psalm 56:3
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