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St Bart’s Kids on Sundays Children’s Ministry Package • WEEK 11
of 12
Explanation of Resources This material has been developed to
resource the St Bart’s Kids on Sundays program. Included within
this package are resources for crèche (children aged 1-2 years
old), preschool (children aged 3 years old), and Sunday school
(children in Years Kindy to Year 6).
Our Sunday School curriculum focuses upon Biblical literacy and
provides opportunities for both multi-age engagement (all-in
teaching, games, worship) and small group learning (discussion,
prayer, activity).
Both our Crèche and Preschool curriculums are play-based in
nature and allow children to learn about the focus Bible passage in
a variety of modes - be it role play, discovery, games, art, music,
and more.
How to structure a Kids Program Having a clear and consistent
structure each week, will help your children get the most out of
this curriculum. We have found it necessary to structure in
elements such as settling in time (for early years) and small group
discussions (Sunday School) to help children build connections with
each other and the team.
Games (Sunday School) have been strategically placed before the
small group time so that children have an opportunity to run and
move before being asked to sit in a circle, listen, and participate
in discussions.
Similarly, we use morning tea (Crèche and Preschool only) as a
great way to focus the children so they can listen to the story and
main message of the day (little people generally love to eat quite
frequently so it also helps keep them happy!).
The songs we use for worship are linked directly to the day’s
topic, but are different in style to those used in Church. We have
found the children love to use their whole body when their worship,
so we dance, do actions, and have a wonderful time singing.
Sermon Series The King in Jerusalem • Matthew 21-28
Bible Focus this Week Matthew 26:1-16
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Early Years (Crèche and Preschool)
Together, in Church: Family Worship (2 songs) (10mins)
Kids Talk (5mins)
In Rooms: Settling in time (5mins)
Free play (10mins)
Wash hands and Grace (5mins)
Morning Tea + Bible Story +Teaching (15mins)
Activities (20mins)
Pack up (10mins)
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Sunday School (Kindy - Year 6)
Together, in Church: Family Worship (2 songs) (10mins)
Kids Talk (5mins)
In Hall: Welcome
All in Teaching (5mins)
Games (10mins)
Small Group Discussion (incl. prayer) (20mins)
Activity (15mins)
Worship (10mins)
Together, in church: Worship (enter during last song)
(5mins)
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How to Use We would love to see children and families growing as
disciples of Jesus - so please feel free to use any of these
resources at your church, school or at home. To use these
materials,
• Think about the age ranges of your children, and how you could
best arrange groups for discussion and activities.
• Download the year level required. If you are a family or from
a smaller children’s ministry setting, we would advise you look
through this week’s resources and aim for a year level roughly in
the middle of the ages present in your family/church. There is a
summary Teaching Table at the end of this document that may help
guide your choice.
You will find most of these resources can be adapted to groups
of varied sizes, albeit with some creativity!
This is a free, printable resource, available via download.
Multiple copies can be made to resource your family or church. We
do ask however, that you don’t upload these resources on your own
webpage.
For further information Please contact us on
[email protected] if you require any more information regarding
our Children’s Ministry resources.
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St Bart’s Kids Sunday Worship SUNDAY April 5, 2020 • WEEK 10
Bible Focus Matthew 26:1-16
Theme Focus Study of Contrasts
All-in Teaching Questions to ponder:
How is my heart positioned towards Jesus? How can my love for
Jesus (and others) be more extravagant?
Songs 1. I’ve got the Joy Joy Joy (Kids Praise and
Worship) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imK7pAMf61E
2. Trust in the Lord with all Your Heart (Scripture Rock)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecUaEAOwiCE
3. Praise the Lord Every Day (Yancy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSXMqFCVHfA
Multimedia The Story of Easter (The Last Supper)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SigoALSS1R8
Family Games Stand or Sit (True or False):
For each of the following statements ask the children to stand
for true and sit for false.
1. Jesus knew that he was going to die on the cross. (TRUE –
STAND UP) 2. The leaders wanted Jesus dead because he was too rich.
(FALSE – SIT DOWN) 3. The leaders knew that Jesus would rise from
the dead. (FALSE – SIT DOWN) 4. The people might have started a
riot if Jesus was arrested publicly. (TRUE – STAND UP) 5. Jesus
went to visit Simon the Leeper. (TRUE – STAND UP) 6. The lady
poured dollar tree perfume on Jesus, to save money. (FALSE – SIT
DOWN) 7. The disciples were happy the lady loved Jesus so much.
(FALSE – SIT DOWN) 8. They said the money would be better spend
helping poor people. (TRUE – STAND UP) 9. Jesus said the perfume
would make the leaders like him better. (FALSE – SIT DOWN) 10.
Jesus said the woman did a beautiful thing. (TRUE – STAND UP) 11.
This lady thought Jesus would make her rich. (FALSE – SIT DOWN) 12.
Jesus was willing to do hard things to save us. (TRUE – STAND
UP)
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Additional Useful Family Resources:
Making Perfume:
If your kid loves being creative, why not get them to make their
own perfume?!
Simply gather a jar, a nice bottle, scissors, water, things to
decorate the bottle, and then head outside to forage in the garden
for some herbs and flowers. This website shows how creative some
kids have been in creating their own scents.
http://mericherry.com/2017/03/28/making-perfume-with-kids/
Activities: • Teach your kids how to flip a coin, using their
thumb.
• Hide 30 coins in your backyard. Send your children out to see
if they can find them all.
Worship:
Set aside some time this week where you can listen to a range of
worship together as a family. Listen carefully to the words - which
songs help reflect where your heart is with God? Sing along
(perhaps even dance!) and give God everything you have during this
moment.
Some great family friendly worship resources can be found on
Spotify. Check out some of these:
• Seeds Family Worship
• Maranatha! Kids
• iWorship Kids
• Go Fish
• Hillsong Kids
• Group Music
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Teaching Table - Summary of Activities
Main Focus Activities Resources Required
Crèche (1-2years)
Jesus is King. Jesus knows everything. We can show our love for
Jesus by singing songs, praying, and learning more about him.
1. Bible Reading 2. Coin Picture match
activity 3. Oil and Water 4. Smell Test 5. Song: Heads,
Shoulders, Knees, Toes
6. Money Box
• Bible Folder PDF • Coin picture match printout • Scissors • 2
bottles (with sealed lids) • Water • Cooking oil • Different types
of oils from home
(cooking, essential, garden, etc) • Money box (or empty
plastic
container with slit in lid) • Coins
Preschool (3 years)
Jesus is Lord. Jesus told his disciples what was about to
happen. Jesus was willing to die because he loves us so much.
1. Bible Reading 2. Counting - coins 3. Oil and Water 4. Smell
Test 5. Song: Heads,
Shoulders, Knees, Toes
6. Colour by Number/Colouring in
• Bible Folder PDF • Coin Matching Printout • 30 silver coins •
2 bottles (with sealed lids) • Water • Cooking oil • Different
types of oils from home
(cooking, essential, garden, etc) • Colour by number printout
or
colouring printout • pencils/colours
Kindy/Prep (4-5years)
If our heart loves Jesus, we should want to thank him with with
generous and joyful worship.
Jigsaw Puzzle - cut and piece together
• Activity_Matching ‘When I Was’ Statements to pictures
• Coloured pencils
Years 1-2
Knowing about Jesus and loving Jesus are two different things.
How can I show others that I love Jesus through my actions this
week?
Spot the Difference (version 1)
• Packet of smarties • Packet of skittles • Bowl per family
member • 2 additional containers (small) per
family member
Years 3-4
People respond to Jesus in lots of different ways. How do I
respond to Jesus - with love and worship? Or jealousy and
greed?
Spot the Difference (Version 2)
• Packet of smarties • Packet of skittles • Bowl per family
member • 2 additional containers (small) per
family member
Years 5-6
Where is my heart positioned towards Jesus? How can I respond
and follow Jesus better this week?
Find a word Activity • Printout - Find a Word • Coloured
pens/pencils
Family Activity (All Ages)
There are many ways to show Jesus that we know and understand
how special he is.
Choose from the following:
Make your Own Perfume! Flip a Coin Coin Hunt Worship
• Bottle • Nice jar • Flowers and herbs from garden • Citrus
(lemon or orange or similar) • Water • Pretty paper and things
to
decorate bottle • Coins • Computer and internet
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St Bart’s Kids Small Group Session Outline
Main Point: How our heart trusts Jesus is important. Today we
see two responses to Jesus - love and worship, and jealousy and
greed. Which side are you on?
Discussion Questions 1. We are getting closer and closer to
Easter! What the the one thing you are most excited by at Easter
time?
Read Matthew 26:1-5 in the Prep Bible folder (page 1)
2. Jesus talks to his disciples and warns about what is about to
happen. What does he say? ( Jesus warns the disciples that he will
be given/arrested and be nailed to a cross to die.)
3. Who wanted Jesus dead? (The Chief Priests and the elders
didn’t like Jesus at all - they want to get rid of him because
Jesus created trouble for them.)
Read Matthew 26:6-13 in the Prep Bible folder (pages 2-3)
4. What is your favourite toy? Would you give it away?
5. When Jesus was visiting the home of a man named Simon, a
woman came and gave an unusable gift to Jesus. What was it and what
did she do? (The woman came and brought a brand new, expensive
bottle of perfume to Jesus, of which she poured onto his head.)
6. Why do you think she did this? (The woman knew how important
Jesus was and pouring the perfume over him was one way to offer
something special to him. We don’t do this nowadays - but back in
Jesus’ time this was an amazing thing to do! It would be like
giving your favourite toy to someone else to show them how much you
love them.)
Date & Week April 5, 2020 (Wk 10)
Bible Focus Matthew 26:1-16
Theme Focus Study of Contrasts
Explanation of the Gospel of Matthew Series In this series
leading up to Easter, we’ll be exploring Jesus’ climatic final days
before going to the cross. Having finished his ministry in Galilee,
Jesus is welcomed into Jerusalem to the shouts of “Hosanna!”
(meaning - “save us”!) by some, whilst others oppose, resist, and
ultimately seek to kill him. But whilst many plot for his demise,
Jesus teaches of coming judgment, the danger of hypocrisy, and that
he is the only one in whom salvation is to be found.
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7. Why were the disciples so angry with what the woman did? (The
disciples thought what the woman did was wasteful. Normally
anointing someone with oil didn’t mean tipping the whole jar out.
Plus the oil she used would have cost A LOT of money. They thought
that money would have been better spent giving it to the poor).
Read Matthew 26:6-13 in the Prep Bible folder (pages 4)
8. What was the name of the disciple who betrayed Jesus? (
Judas)
9. What did he get for giving Jesus to the Chief Priests? (30
silver coins.)
10.Who did Judas love more - Jesus or money? (Money. This is so
sad, because Judas was one of Jesus’ disciples. He would have spent
a lot of time with Jesus - travelling, eating, seeing Jesus’
miracles, hearing his teaching and getting to talk directly to
Jesus. And yet, he was willing to betray Jesus for money.)
11.If we love Jesus, how should we act when …
• Our brother asks to borrow our toy? (Share it)
• Someone is sad? (Encourage them, give them a hug, ask if they
are ok)
• When we want to thank Jesus? (We can sing, dance or pray!)
• When we want to show how special Jesus is to us? (We can pray
to Jesus,
Group Activity Jigsaw Puzzle
Link: People respond to Jesus in lots of different ways. Talk
about the three groups of people - how did the Chief Priests, the
woman with perfume and Judas follow Jesus.
1. Print out both sheets of paper.
2. Cut out pieces on “Jigsaw Pieces”.
3. Fit them and glue them onto the base.
Prayer Dear God, thank you that Jesus came and was willing to be
the ultimate sacrifice for the sins of many. Help us to be
extravagant with our love for Jesus, just like the lady who poured
perfume on Jesus’ head. May we not just know about Jesus, but may
we grow in our love for him, everyday. Amen.
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The Plot to kill Jesus Jesus said to his disciples,
2 “The Passover Feast is two days away. The Son of Man
will be handed over to be nailed
to a cross.”
3-5 Then the chief priests met and made plans to arrest
Jesus
secretly. They wanted to kill him, but were afraid to do
anything during the feast as “the people might stir
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A Woman Pours Perfume on Jesus 6 Jesus was in Bethany, at the
home of Simon the
leper. 7 A woman came to Jesus with a special sealed jar of
very
expensive perfume and she poured it on his head.
8 The disciples saw this and became angry. “What waste!”
9“The
perfume could have been sold at a high price and
the money given to the poor.”
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10 Jesus knew what they were thinking. So he said to them,
“Leave this woman alone. She has done a beautiful thing. 11
You
will always have poor people with you, but you will not
always
have me.
12 She poured the perfume on my body to prepare me to be
buried. 13 What she has done will be shared, wherever
the good news is preached all
over the world.”
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Judas Betrays Jesus 14Judas, one of the 12 disciples,
went to the chief priests.
15 “What will you give me if I hand Jesus over to you?” he
asked
So they counted out 30 silver coins for him.
16 Then Judas watched for the right time to hand Jesus over
to them.ST BART’S KIDS SUNDAY \\ APRIL 5, 2020 4Matthew
25:31-46
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Jigsaw base Glue the pieces onto this page
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Jigsaw pieces Cut out these pieces