Church School Lesson: Shine For Christ

Matthew 5:16

let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven

Objective:

To teach that by doing good things to others we can show them we belong to Jesus, and we might also lead them to trust in Jesus too.

Lesson:

I first get them to taste the salt. Every children get to taste it. I use organic salt. The children were excited. :) I then tell them the use of salt in olden days when they have no fridge, it helps to preserve food, it gives flavour to food. Just a little bit and the food will taste good. Salt is important; but it the salt is not salty, then it's no use already. Then I continue ask them about light. Is light important? Light to help us see, we can hide light, it shines in the darkness. I then get each child to hold a candle, off the light and light up the candle. Children were excited. When we're in darkness, the light shine, people around can see. (Story based on Matthew 5:13-16)

Craft:

Props/Materials:

For each child, two star shapes and a stick, different yellow poster colour, glittering decorative items, glue/double sided tape.

1. Before the class started, cut out all the stars and get your props ready.

2. First, let the children colour the two stars with different yellow colour. Brighter yellow, darker yellow, etc. (you may want to place some old newspaper on the table if you don't want the children to dirty it.) After finishing one let it dry then continue with the other. By the time you completed both, the first one should be dry by then. (tips: do not put too much of water, it will takes longer time to dry)

3. The children can start decorating the star with those glittering items. Put some glue on the star and start decorating. (tips: do not put too much glue, it will takes longer time to dry)

4. After decorating both stars, wait for it to dry. While waiting, you can usher the children to wash their hands.

5. After both stars are dried. You can either put double sided tape or glue behind the star, put the stick in between the stars and stick them together.

The children loves this. They feel they're like a fairy, some feel they're like a magician :) but I told them this one is to remind them to do good things for God and shine for Christ.

I find this craft is suitable for children from 2+ and above. Abigail was 2 years 9 months when she did this craft. She is able to colour the star by herself and put the decorative items herself. She only need help when she need to put the two stars together.