The Call To Follow
Children's sermon
... Let the Children Come
Fifty-two Object Lessons For Children In Worship
Object:
Apostles' bookmarks or cards
Good morning, boys and girls. Do you know the names of the twelve men who were Jesus' closest friends? Do you know what they were called? (Response.) Yes, we call them the Twelve Apostles! Do you know what the work "apostle" means? (Responses -- Some guesses may be close; allow some expression.)
An apostle is a learner. It may also mean "a messenger." So the Twelve Apostles were persons who learned and were sent out with a message. What was the message that they were to tell? (Responses -- About God, about Jesus, and so forth.) The apostles went out to tell people the truths that they were learning from their teacher. And who was their teacher? (Response -- Jesus.) Yes, Jesus spent a lot of his time alone with these twelve friends, teaching them about his father, God, and of all the things that God wanted people to know about him. He taught them what the scriptures of the old Testament meant. Most of all, He showed his love to them and to others with whom He came into contact. He taught them a great deal about what love means.
After Jesus died on the cross, was buried, rose again, and went back to God, his learner/messengers went all over the country and even into many foreign countries to tell people what they had learned.
I'm going to give you each a card with the apostles' names on it and ask you to say them out loud with me. (After giving the cards, have the children stand and face the congregation as they read the names together.)
Thank you, boys and girls, for helping us remember the names of those twelve friends of Jesus.
Does what they did give you any ideas about what we ought to be doing? (Response -- Learning about God and Jesus from the Bible and then going out to tell others about him.)
(Prayer that we might be disciples who learn the truth and share it with others.)
An apostle is a learner. It may also mean "a messenger." So the Twelve Apostles were persons who learned and were sent out with a message. What was the message that they were to tell? (Responses -- About God, about Jesus, and so forth.) The apostles went out to tell people the truths that they were learning from their teacher. And who was their teacher? (Response -- Jesus.) Yes, Jesus spent a lot of his time alone with these twelve friends, teaching them about his father, God, and of all the things that God wanted people to know about him. He taught them what the scriptures of the old Testament meant. Most of all, He showed his love to them and to others with whom He came into contact. He taught them a great deal about what love means.
After Jesus died on the cross, was buried, rose again, and went back to God, his learner/messengers went all over the country and even into many foreign countries to tell people what they had learned.
I'm going to give you each a card with the apostles' names on it and ask you to say them out loud with me. (After giving the cards, have the children stand and face the congregation as they read the names together.)
Thank you, boys and girls, for helping us remember the names of those twelve friends of Jesus.
Does what they did give you any ideas about what we ought to be doing? (Response -- Learning about God and Jesus from the Bible and then going out to tell others about him.)
(Prayer that we might be disciples who learn the truth and share it with others.)
