Church School Lesson: What Kind Are You?

Psalm 119:11
I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.

Objective:
To teach the children that they must not only hear God's Word but also let it sink into their minds and hearts and believe it.

Lesson:
A farmer sowed seed in his field (the field were poorly prepared in those days). Seed were scattered by hand, not all seeds grow. The seed is the Word of God.
Some hearers have hard hearts - seeds fell on hard footpath
Some hearers have shallow hearts - seeds fell on thin layer of dirt over flat rock
Some hearers have crowded hearts - seeds fell among thorns
Some hearers have prepared hearts - seeds fell on good soil
Let God's Word sink into your heart.

I wanted to remind the children in order to grow, we must be in good soil. So, I use hand print to print a flower.

Craft:
1. Prepare stem and leaves, let the children colour in different green colour on the paper.
2. While waiting them to dry, paint the hand (any colour, choice of the children) and then print it on the paper then stick the stem and leaves on it.
3. Prepare a yellow circle as sun (optional), just to show the children we need sun to grow (sun = The Word of God)
4. Finally, paste a heart shape at the palm as centre of our life. This represent we have Christ in our growth.