Whether you are worshipping at church or at home, or if you are a parent or involved in paid Ministry here are some ideas to help you share the Revised Common Lectionary Readings for this week with children, even the very youngest.
START WITH: THE LORDS PRAYER IN ACTIONS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOugEQpcc_k OR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMjm93ylL2w
FIRST READING: Genesis 25:19-34
READ: My First Read aloud Bible and 5 minute Bible Stories by Batchelor and Boshoff Esau and Jacob, pp.28-29.
OR
The Lion Story Book The Cheat, p.32
OR
READ/WATCH:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tgoooFinNc&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR364JBtOGoykWsMw_ehRK0t5meeofR8gOYfPyjsKBNFH226g8kAys0bj10 The Brothers Quibble by Aaren Blamey a suggestion by https://www.facebook.com/groups/349878121763716/permalink/4070869836331174/?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARDcEk67-E9wQ6UDO_LwTfahTD01mVmk7IKoqlhSFHGSXQ5k-FbSPAHP4371WJciHYkMgA46YaT0x6BTuhQPkhZhZ_iUR287i0oOm58w1iMgZ74XLqQRRqB0BwIFb3cWKyEqc2LC0_fzTlz23eBbKW1se4ouCA_moxEoQ9i8yljVhHmvngLOfIGSzoB-NikLUSNePAKwzSmmMXImpXTNwzq_5nXd24NLiCJfXAqVmEWEiU62pNGPdUyBrbxn8Df03tZIFdSLs9VjdVsRjsUoLQ_wZoCGP6HqjKtKMhDQaswgPSwh6rkraXxQYRv8rB3nG60I2fYSHhvnvZS2b1TMvs4p3w&__tn__=CH-R
Colouring-In: https://coloringhome.com/coloring-page/1774399?album=free-coloring-pages-jacob-and-esau
Do: write or play out a story from your family and think about how God could work through it.
PSALM 119:105-112
READ: https://www.psalmsforkids.com/psalm-119/ starting at Nun, This is an alphabetical poem working through the Hebrew alphabet.
Colouring In https://store.illustratedministry.com/collections/illustrated-worship-resources/products/bible-story-coloring-pages-summer-2020?variant=31520646987874 The new Summer series starts this week and for $Aus 19, you will have colouring pages until the 30th of August.
SECOND READING: Romans 8:1-11
READ/WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB6S6ydRlnA MY MAMA HAD A DANCING HEART BY Libba Moore Gray as suggested by http://storypath.upsem.edu/lectionary-links-sunday-july-10-2011/
OR http://seedstuff.blogspot.com/2020/ Mustard Seed suggests the first bit of the movie Chicken Run, when they are discouraged but are told “the biggest fences are in their heads”
Do, play dress ups. Who do you become when you put on a new outfit?
Pray
Help me to listen to you (cup your hand around your ear)
and follow my heart (make a love heart with your hands)
when it’s full of you God (hold your arms out like holding a huge basket)
Amen (one clap)
GOSPEL READING: Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23.
READ: The Lion Picture Book, The Sower and the Seeds, pp.260-265
Colouring-In: For a $25 US subscription https://wordpress.com/read/blogs/2884399/posts/8930
DO: plant something, today you could plant seeds nicely in a flower pot. You could do that or grow a carrot top in a bit of wet cotton wool, or maybe you could start a vegetable patch.
Blessings
Wendy L.
The Cross in My Backyard 