Read the Story from the Bible together as a family.
After you have read it, watch the Bible Story Video during the Sunday Kids Service. Questions will include conversations about the Bible story to allow you and your children to reflect on the biblical truth and share your thoughts about the video with each other.
Included are coloring pages, activity sheets, games, additional questions and ideas to engage with the Bible story further at home with your child.
Deliver it
Provide each person with a piece of paper and some markers. Invite kids to draw a picture or write a few words that communicate ways a Christian can show they love God. For example, kids may draw a picture of sharing their toys or writing words such as do not lie. Allow a few minutes for kids to draw or write. Then collect the papers, fold them up, and randomly deliver them to the kids, making sure kids don’t receive their own paper.
Lead kids to unfold the paper and read it or observe the drawing. Invite kids to share what was on their papers and how it describes ways to love God.
Say “We can show we love God in lots of ways! Today, we will learn how a man in the early church took a letter to new believers to help them understand how they could show they love God. Let’s get ready to hear how our actions don’t make us saved but are a way to show we love God.”