The Bible Tells Us To Share The Good News

Let’s get up and dance with your kids in praise! Play some worship music in your home, have fun with it! Raise your hands, jump, close your eyes – enjoy a time of worship as a family. To get you into a groove, here are some songs to choose from:

Jesus You’re My Superhero - https://youtu.be/1FY4C930M2Y

The Bible Tells Us To Share The Good News

Lesson: “I can share God’s true story”
Bible Passage: Acts 1:6-10, Jesus’ Final Instructions
Memory Verse: “All your words are true.” Psalm 119:160a (NIrV)

Today’s story comes to us from the Bible. (Hold up a Bible.) The Bible is God’s word to us, so we know that everything it says is true. (Open the Bible and set it down in front of you as you give the lesson.)

The Bible is God’s story. The Bible is one book, made up of 66 smaller books. The first book in the Bible is called Genesis.

Genesis tells us all about how the world began: Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, Noah and the Ark. And there was a man named Abram or Abraham.

God came to Abraham and said, “Leave this place and go to the place I will show you. You will have children, and your children will have children, and you will be a great nation. I will be your God and you will be my people.” So Abraham obeyed God, left his home and went to the land that God showed him.

And many years later, Abraham’s family became the people of Israel. They were a great nation. They were God’s people, just as God had promised. We have the story of many people in the Bible: Adam and Eve, Abraham, Daniel, Esther. Can you think of any other people whose stories are in the Bible? (Allow kids to answer) The Bible is all those people’s stories, but the Bible is really God’s story.

The Bible is the story of how God has loved people throughout history, and has wanted them to be his people. The Bible is God’s story. Can you say that with me? The Bible is God’s story. (Repeat several times with the kids.)

Simple Prayer:
Dear God, Thank you for your story, the Bible. Help us share your story with other people. Amen.

Discussion Questions:
Wiggle Tamer: Do the Hokey Pokey.

Small Group Memory Verse: Ask for little ones to raise their hands if they think they know the verse. Select several kids with raised hands to recite the verse.

Questions: What did Jesus tell his friends to do? What happened after Jesus told his friends to share God’s story? Complete this sentence: I can share _____ _______? (God’s story)

Game: Have kids stand up, and spread out. Slowly and deliberately, read to them the final books of the Bible: Acts through Revelation. Go through these several times. Have kids strike a new pose every time you read off another name. Explain to kids that these are all the books about the Church that Jesuscreated. Afterward, sit in a circle and ask kids if they can remember any of the names of the books that you named. (It’s okay if they can’t; we’re not going for memorization here, just exposure to the concept.)

Arts & Craft: Jesus Bracelets
Items Needed: Pipe cleaners, red and pink pony beads (or alternately, letter beads)

Advanced Prep: If using letter beads, set aside the letters to spell J-E-S-U-S for each bracelet.

Directions: Give each child a pipe cleaner and a selection of beads. Have kids string their beads onto the pipe cleaner to make a bracelet. (One end of the pipe cleaner can be knotted if kids have trouble keeping their beads on the pipe cleaner.)

Tie the completed bracelet around the child’s wrist.

Now, invite kids to make a second bracelet to share with someone else. When this bracelet is completed, tie each end of the pipe cleaner so that beads will not come off, but do not loop into a circle.

Ask kids who they are going to give this bracelet to. For those who want to keep it, challenge them to share their love with someone else, just like Jesus shared his love with us. Just like we should share God’s story with others.