If you are worshipping on line and are unsure what to do with the “little ears” worshipping with their parents, please feel free to make these suggestions during your service so the young ones too can participate.
This is also a great resource for parents/careers and grandparents to use with their little ones during online or face to face worship, or to use as family devotions during the week.
If at home you might like to make a space for worship it can be permanent or bought out at times of sharing faith together. We are in the season of After Pentecost, the longest season, and it’s colour is green.
You might like to place a green tablecloth on the dinner table or coffee table, or a white one with green ribbons.
It need be no more complicated than that!
OR you could add a cross, or something that talks to you about faith, such as your Bible.
You can even add a candle (with young children around I like to use the battery operated kind.)
START WITH: THE LORDS PRAYER IN ACTIONS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOugEQpcc_k OR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMjm93ylL2w
Or slot it in when the congregation says The Lords Prayer, if you are in a face to face service, or zooming in from Home.
FIRST READING: Exodus 14:19-31
READ: The Beginner’s Bible The Red Sea, pp 111-114
OR The Jesus StoryBook Bible, pp.92-98
OR For the very Young, My First read a loud Bible OR The 5 Minute Bible By Batchelor and Boshoff, The Waves Roll Back, pp.48-49
WATCH: The Godly Play The exodus story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o09dkXo_jYU This video reccaps the last few weeks of the Exodus story as well as today, or you can start today’s narrative at 7″30′
CRAFT: VERY EASY CRAFT: https://youtu.be/iBVLtx1Jzi0https://youtu.be/iBVLtx1Jzi0
OR for mid primary try http://flamecreativekids.blogspot.com/2013/07/printable-parting-of-red-sea.html, a great story telling tool
OLDER Children and Adults, might like to think about/share or respond creatively, that shows the things they feel God may have helped them with?
DANCE: Put your favourite music on and Dance like Miriam did.
PSALM 114 or Exodus 15:1b-11, 20-21
Psalm 114: Skipping mountains
When the people of Israel escaped from Egypt (run on the spot)
God lead them out into freedom (shade eyes as if looking far away)
and gave them a new home. (Sit on the ground)
But on the way crazy things happened: (shake your head)
the sea took one look and ran away! (run on teh spot)
the mountains skipped like lambs, (skip on the spot)
jumping up and down! (jump up and down)
the rock split open and sweet water sprang out! (pretend to have a drink)
What an awesome God!(star jump)
Words by Rev Purdie http://www.conversations.net.nz/psalm-114-skipping-mountains.html, actions by me
COLOURING-IN: I have always recommended Illustrated Ministry’s work, though I prefer free stuff, I have found their work very reflective of how I find meaning in the passages, but more importantly I have noticed that chidlren of all ages love them and find meaning in them. Their FALL season starts today and will give you a colouring in sheet each week until the end of November. It is $US19 for the quarter, and if you have kids that love colouring in it is money well spent COLOURING-IN https://store.illustratedministry.com/products/bible-story-coloring-pages-fall-2020?variant=31882216570978
OR EXODUS 15:1B-11, 20-21
READ: The Beginner’s Bible, p.115
or The Early Reader’s Bible p.95
WATCH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FB9WSSucUY
SECOND READING: Romans 14:1-12
READ/WATCH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyfcGVh30ac, One Light One Sun, by Raffi.
SING: The song in the back of the video
PRAY
Thank you God
That we are all different
But you love us all
as we are
Amen
GOSPEL READING: Matthew 18:21-35
WATCH https://ctm.uca.edu.au/children-and-families/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2020/08/Matthew-18-21-35-The-unforgiving-servant.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2QbV_8z21l9zKeN335IatZS5MkH7SVuscW8mFYhSQN2ZQG9Nx50Gh2Kgo
SING: https://sovereigngracemusic.org/music/songs/lord-help-us-forgive/
PLAY: play with your toys. Practise being forgiving.
Older children, might like to make up their own example play, maybe even make a power point display of your story.
BLESSINGS
WENDY L.
The Cross in My Backyard 