5. Let's follow Jesus

Sermon

Let’s see what is in today’s treasure chest! Who wants to know? Remember we only open the treasure chest when everyone is sitting down quietly. Now let’s open the chest!

Take out a figurine of Jesus Wow! I think this looks a bit like what Jesus might have looked like! Pass it around, and let each child touch it. Ask them to remind you of some of the miracles that Jesus did (last week we learned about the feeding of the 5000) Guess what? Jesus didn’t do everything alone. He had some friends, because he wanted to teach them to do the good things that he was doing. Pull disciple figurines out of the box. Talk about how Jesus called the first disciples to him – Matthew 4:18-22.)

 And now, he’s calling us to all follow him and be his disciples. Let’s see what kind of things a disciple of Jesus will do. Play a game of follow the leader with the little ones – dress up in a “Jesus” costume, and pretend to do things that Jesus would have done (pray, read the Bible, show kindness, worship) and have the kids copy you.  

Isn’t it cool that we can all follow Jesus, and do the things that he does?

Take time to pray for each child - that Jesus will help them to follow him all their lives.