King Jesus
Children's Activity
Teachers or Parents: If you have a Palm Sunday processional in your worship service, talk about it. "Why did we have a parade?" If your church does not have a Palm Sunday processional, have one in Sunday school. Perhaps you can parade around the church as part of your Sunday church school opening. Hand out palm branches.
* If you have live palm branches as part of your procession, experiment with folding the palm fronds into crosses. The simplest might be two placed crosswise and stapled in the middle. Have the children make and give these to worshippers if they have an opportunity.
* Learn a verse of that ancient Palm Sunday hymn, "All Glory, Laud, And Honor." Use it in your processional.
* Spend some time talking about the difference between "laughing with" another person and "laughing at" another. Ask: "Has anyone ever laughed at you?" What did it feel like to have someone make fun of you? Try to imagine what Jesus felt like when they laughed at him and made fun of him." ("By the way, if someone laughs at you, start laughing with them. You won't feel so bad because you are laughing with someone else.")
* (Related to the second lesson children's sermon) Gather as many dominoes as you can find and have the children arrange them into as large a domino fall as time and dominoes permit. Read the lesson (Philippians 2:5--11) and when finished, have one of the children start the domino effect. Relate this to "every knee should bend ... and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord ..." (vv. 10, 11) at the name of Jesus.
* Jesus is king -- but a different kind of king. How is Jesus like other kings? How is Jesus different from other kings?
* If you have live palm branches as part of your procession, experiment with folding the palm fronds into crosses. The simplest might be two placed crosswise and stapled in the middle. Have the children make and give these to worshippers if they have an opportunity.
* Learn a verse of that ancient Palm Sunday hymn, "All Glory, Laud, And Honor." Use it in your processional.
* Spend some time talking about the difference between "laughing with" another person and "laughing at" another. Ask: "Has anyone ever laughed at you?" What did it feel like to have someone make fun of you? Try to imagine what Jesus felt like when they laughed at him and made fun of him." ("By the way, if someone laughs at you, start laughing with them. You won't feel so bad because you are laughing with someone else.")
* (Related to the second lesson children's sermon) Gather as many dominoes as you can find and have the children arrange them into as large a domino fall as time and dominoes permit. Read the lesson (Philippians 2:5--11) and when finished, have one of the children start the domino effect. Relate this to "every knee should bend ... and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord ..." (vv. 10, 11) at the name of Jesus.
* Jesus is king -- but a different kind of king. How is Jesus like other kings? How is Jesus different from other kings?
