Series 2 • Walking with God • Lesson 2Exploring God’s Nature
Key Verses: John 14:9 • Colossians 1:15
Session: ~60 Mins
Trek Mission: What Trekkers Will Discover
Along this trail expedition, young trekkers will discover that:
🎵 1. Worship Time
Begin with worship, actions, and singing aloud to Jesus. Help children follow actions, pick a beat, clap their hands, or just follow along.
🐜 2. Story Time: The Ant Story
Once upon a sunny day, Ken and Amy spotted a bunch of busy ants marching across a sidewalk toward an old piece of cake in the street. “Wow, look at those ants go!” they exclaimed, amazed by the little critters. Suddenly, they heard a big truck approaching. The driver hopped out and started a water hydrant at the corner. Ken and Amy knew that water would soon rush down the street and carry everything away.
Amy got really worried and shouted, “Ken, all the ants will be drowned! What can we do?” Amy didn’t want the ants to get hurt, so she tried to warn them. “Hurry, little ants, or you’ll get washed away!” she shouted. But oh no, the ants got scared and started running around, thinking Amy might be a danger to them.
No matter how hard Amy tried, the water from the truck came rushing down, and sadly, the ants got swept away by the water. Amy felt so sad that she couldn’t help them, and she started to cry.
They ran to their mother and told her what had happened. “I yelled at them to move,” cried Amy, “but they didn’t listen.” Their mother gently explained, “Amy, you and Ken are people, and ants are tiny creatures with their own way of understanding things. It’s like they speak ‘ant language,’ and you speak ‘human language.’ The only way they’d understand you is if you turned into… what, do you think?” (Ask the kids and wait for response) “Yes, an ant! But that’s impossible.”
Then their mother continued, “But here’s something amazing: God loves us so much that He did something incredible. When we were stuck in our mistakes and couldn’t quite get to know God, He sent His Son into the world for us, just like how you tried to help the ants. Jesus came to help us and show us exactly what God is like because He could speak our ‘human language.’”
Ken and Amy felt happy knowing that, even though they couldn’t rescue the ants, God had done something amazing to help us learn more about Him through Jesus. Since that day, the ants always reminded them of the special story about how God sent His Son, Jesus, to save us and help us get to know Him better.
Today, we’re going to explore some cool stories from Jesus’ time that will help us get to know God better. Are you excited?
🪞 3. Craftivity: Paper Plate Mirror Craft
Materials Needed:
- Printouts of
S2L2 – Beginners – Craftivity.PDF - Glue, scissors, paper plates, ice cream sticks
- Gather the kids. Give each child a copy of
S2L2 – Beginners – Craftivity.PDFand a paper plate. - Guide the kids to carefully cut out the cross and the memory verse from the printout.
- Instruct them to fold the sides of the paper plate to create a frame that resembles a mirror.
- Have them stick the cross cutout in the center portion of the “mirror,” and the memory verse cutout on one side of the frame.
- Briefly explain the events depicted in the pictures on the cross and encourage the kids to think about what characteristic of God is being demonstrated in each picture. For example, Jesus feeding 5,000 shows that God provides!
- Attach an ice cream stick to make a handle for the mirror.
- Your mirror craft is ready!
💡 Teacher’s Explanation:
Whether Jesus was healing the sick, forgiving sinners, or feeding the hungry, Jesus revealed the character of God and helped us better understand our Heavenly Father. Jesus helps us see the true nature of God!
📖 4. Memory Verse Time
🙏 5. Prayer Time:
“Father, thank You for sending Jesus so we can see You more clearly. Help us to know You and walk with You every day. We love You. In Jesus’ Name we pray. Amen.”
📝 6. Summary and Takeaway
Main Points:
- God sent His Son, Jesus, to help us and show us exactly what He is like.
- When we look at Jesus, we see God.
- We can know God through Jesus.
🏠 Take-Home Craft Reminders
Kindly remind the kids to finish their paper plate mirror craft if they haven’t already. They can have fun decorating the border with stickers and colors at home!
🎵 1. Worship Time
Begin with worship, actions, and singing aloud to Jesus. Help children follow actions, pick a beat, clap their hands, or just follow along.
🐜 2. Story Time: The Ant Story
Once upon a sunny day, Ken and Amy spotted a bunch of busy ants marching across a sidewalk toward an old piece of cake in the street. “Wow, look at those ants go!” they exclaimed, amazed by the little critters. Suddenly, they heard a big truck approaching. The driver hopped out and started a water hydrant at the corner. Ken and Amy knew that water would soon rush down the street and carry everything away.
Amy got really worried and shouted, “Ken, all the ants will be drowned! What can we do?” Amy didn’t want the ants to get hurt, so she tried to warn them. “Hurry, little ants, or you’ll get washed away!” she shouted. But oh no, the ants got scared and started running around, thinking Amy might be a danger to them.
No matter how hard Amy tried, the water from the truck came rushing down, and sadly, the ants got swept away by the water. Amy felt so sad that she couldn’t help them, and she started to cry.
They ran to their mother and told her what had happened. “I yelled at them to move,” cried Amy, “but they didn’t listen.” Their mother gently explained, “Amy, you and Ken are people, and ants are tiny creatures with their own way of understanding things. It’s like they speak ‘ant language,’ and you speak ‘human language.’ The only way they’d understand you is if you turned into… what, do you think?” (wait for response) “Yes, an ant!” (wait for response) “But that’s impossible.”
Then their mother continued, “But here’s something amazing: God loves us so much that He did something incredible. When we were stuck in our mistakes and couldn’t quite get to know God, He sent His Son into the world for us, just like how you tried to help the ants. Jesus came to help us and show us exactly what God is like because He could speak our ‘human language.’”
Ken and Amy felt happy knowing that, even though they couldn’t rescue the ants, God had done something amazing to help us learn more about Him through Jesus. Since that day, the ants always reminded them of the special story about how God sent His Son, Jesus, to save us and help us get to know Him better.
👓 3. Craftivity: The Jesus Lens
Materials Needed:
Printouts of Craftivity–TheJesusLens.pdf, pens/pencils, scissors, glue or tape
- Setup: Gather the kids and provide each child with a printout of
Craftivity–TheJesusLens.pdf. - Explain the Activity: Tell them they will look at different pictures of events from Jesus’ time and identify characteristics or qualities of God in each event. They should write these characteristics in the “lens” on the printout.
- Explore the Pictures: Show pictures of events from Jesus’ ministry one by one. Briefly describe the events and encourage the kids to think about the characteristics of God being shown:
- Jesus feeding the 5,000 — God provides!
- Jesus healing the blind man / leper — God heals and cares!
- Jesus forgiving the woman / Zacchaeus — God forgives and loves!
- Jesus calming the storm — God is all-powerful!
- Create the Jesus Lens: After identifying and writing down characteristics, instruct the kids to carefully cut out the glasses and the rim. Help younger children if needed. Then, have them stick the glasses and rim together to make their “Jesus Lens” spectacles using glue or tape.
- Discussion: Invite the children to put on their Jesus Lens spectacles and discuss what they’ve learned about God through Jesus. They can take turns sharing their thoughts.
- Take-Home Reminder: Allow the kids to take their Jesus Lens spectacles home as a special reminder of the activity and what they’ve learned about God!
💡 Teacher’s Explanation:
Whether Jesus was healing the sick, forgiving sinners, or feeding the hungry, Jesus revealed the character of God and helped us better understand our Heavenly Father. Jesus helps us see the true nature of God!
📖 4. Memory Verse Time
🙏 5. Prayer Time:
“Father, thank You for sending Jesus so we can see You more clearly. Help us to know You and walk with You every day. We love You. In Jesus’ Name we pray. Amen.”
📝 6. Summary and Takeaway
Main Points:
- God sent His Son, Jesus, to help us and show us exactly what He is like.
- When we look at Jesus, we see God.
- We can know God through Jesus.
🏠 The Jesus Lens Homework
As homework, kindly remind the kids to complete their Jesus Lens glasses if they haven’t already, and share with parents what qualities of God they wrote on the spectacles!
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