Supplies:
Index cards
Large graph (on bulletin board or on
the floor with two columns: “Believe” and “Don’t Believe”
List of things to write on cards
“I believe” pattern copied on
cardstock for each child
1 craft needle for each child
Various colors of yarn
Activity Before Story:
Have
kids arrange index cards on the large graph based on whether or not they
believe the object/creature on the card exists. Discuss how some things are
hard to know, some things we’ve never heard of, and still others are easy to
figure out.
Story:
Although
Jesus performed many miracles, many people did not believe in Him. Other people
believed that He was God’s Son, but they would not admit it because they were
afraid of the Jewish leaders. Jesus told the people that if they believed in
Him, then they believe in God.
He said, “I have come as a light to shine in this dark world.
Everyone who trusts Me will no longer remain in the darkness.”
Jesus
did not come to earth to be angry and force everyone to believe. God wants us
to have a choice. He said, “If anyone hears Me and does not obey, you will one
day be judged by God.”
Summary & Questions:
Jesus
said that if the people believed in Him, then they believed in God. Not
everyone believed in Him, and some did but wouldn’t admit it. What did he say that He was like? By
“shining” in this dark world, Jesus said that we would no longer be in the
darkness. Darkness is like sin and unbelief. Would you rather be on God’s “good” side or “bad”? Did Jesus come to be
angry and force everyone to believe in Him? God wants us to have a choice. What will happen to the people that hear
Him and don’t believe? What about the people who wouldn’t admit they believed?
Activity After Story:
Allow
students to use craft needles and yarn to sew “I believe” onto the cardstock
pattern. Allow students to color their pictures when finished.
Here are some suggestions:
Yes, they
exist or did at one time
Mummies (Ancient Egypt and other civilizations mummified
dead bodies)
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Buffalo (Animals once hunted in the wild-west, they are now
endangered but can sometimes be found in zoos or in the plains states.)
Quagga (an African zebra-hybid which became extinct in the
1880s)
Vegetarians (the word for people who do not eat meat)
Thylacine (Another name for the Tazmanian Tiger which became
extinct in the early 20th century)
Wooly Mammoth
Smilodon (Also called a Sabre-Toothed Tiger)
Dodo Bird
Samoyed (A breed of dogs with big white fluffy coats)
No such
thing exists
Leprechauns
Vampires
Hefalumps (As seen on Winnie the Pooh)
BigFoot
Unicorns
Pokemon
Yeti
Sasquatch
El Chupacabra (A pretend animal in Mexico that eats goats)
Trolls
Mermaids
Elves
Cat-in-the-Hat
Godzilla
Frankenstein
Fairies
Klingons (From
the tv show Star Trek)
Loch-Ness Monster
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