Putting God First

Sunday School Projects & Activities

• Bible Character's Prayers - Draw the name of a Bible character, tell about them, and then write or say a prayer they might have prayed
• David and Goliath - (young children) A measuring and comparing exercise that helps children undertand the size of Goliath
• David and Goliath (LEGOs®) - Matthew tells the story of David and Goliath using LEGOs and PowerPoint
• Help in Goal Setting - How do we put God first in our lives?
• Hezekiah's Strengths and Weaknesses - Read facts about Hezekiah and select what you feel are the 10 most important parts of his life
• Learning How to Pray - (3 to 5 year olds) Young children teach a doll or stuffed animal to pray
• Psalm Writing - A Psalm is a prayer to God, telling Him about what's happening in your life.
• Students Interview Esther - Dress up as Esther and let the students interview you to better understand the story. This activity includes interview questions you can print out for your students.
• Trusting and Listening to God
• Twenty Questions with Bible Characters - Students are given the name of a Bible character. They research the character at home. The next week they answer questions about that character while other students try to guess who they are.
• A Video Story of Esther - Three 11-year-old girls wrote a script of a modern day reporter interviewing Esther and her husband, the King. They gathered information from the book of Esther, the Apocrypha version of Esther that includes her prayers, and other resource books on Esther and the customs in those days of King Ahasuerus, her husband.

Fun & Games

• Break the Code - Hezekiah - Which king turned to God for a way to protect his people
• Break the Code - Trust (younger children) - A message about trusting God
• Coloring Page - Daniel Praying
• Coloring Page - Elijah's Qualities
• Coloring Page - Job Talks with a Friend
• Coloring Page - Pray Daily
• Coloring Page - Put on the Whole Armor of God
• Coloring Page - Samuel Talking to God
• Coloring Page - Tower of Babel
• Create the Picture (Diggers Work Around the Clock) - Draw the picture to go with this news story about Hezekiah
• David Flees from Saul - Read the story and find your way through the maze to the cave where David is hiding
• Hannah Gives Her Child to God - Read the story of Hannah and Samuel and then find your way through the maze
• Important Message from Boaz - Add the missing vowels to uncover Boaz's message to Ruth
• Love God - Follow the coloring directions to uncover a message about loving God
• Missing Picture - Local Boy Defeats Giant - Draw the picture for a newspaper article called Local Boy Defeats Giant
• Old Testament People - Unscramble the names of people from the Old Testament
• Spot the Difference - Find ten differences between the two pictures of Boaz marrying Ruth
• Trust - Trace the quote from Proverbs 3:5. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
• Trust & Supply - Use the key to discover the lesson we learn from the story of Elijah and the widow woman who feeds him with the last of her flour and oil.
• The Wisest Man Who Ever Lived - Read the story of Solomon and then help Solomon find his way to the chariot at the end of the maze
• Word Build - Find the correct letters to discover what Hezekiah built to guide water through Jerusalem
• Word Jumble (Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego) - Answer questions about the three Hebrew boys. Letters in the shaded circle answer the final question.
• The Words of God's Law - King Josiah ordered the Temple of God be repaired. During the repairs workers found a scroll of God's law written by Moses many years ago. Use the word bank to fill in the blanks of God's law.

Read a Story

Three Hebrew Boys
Read Daniel 3

• The Fiery Furnace (younger children)
• A Very Hot Fire (younger children)
• What the King Saw in the Fiery Furnace (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

Daniel
Read Daniel 6

• Daniel and the Lions (younger children)
• Daniel and the Lions Rhyming (younger children)
• Daniel in the Lions' Den (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

Esther
Read Esther

• Esther... who helped her people (preschool children)
• Esther Saves the Day (younger children)
• The Beautiful Girl Who Became a Queen (older children/teens)
• How Queen Esther Saved the Lives of Her People (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

Tower of Babel
Read Genesis 11

• The Tower of Babel (younger children)
• The Tower of Babel (older children/teens)
• The Tower of Babel, and Why It Was Never Finished (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

Jabez
Read I Chronicles 4:9-10

• Shep and Lily Prayer of Jabez (younger children)
• Discussion Questions

Elijah
Read I Kings 17-II Kings 2

• Elijah Hears a Still Small Voice (younger children)
• Elijah Is Fed by Ravens (younger children)
• Elijah on Mount Carmel (younger children)
• Elijah Visits a Widow (younger children)
• A Little Cloud Produces Abundant Rain (younger children)
• Elijah and the Chariot of Fire (older children/teens)
• Elijah Comes Out of Hiding (older children/teens)
• Elijah Is Fed by Ravens (older children/teens)
• Elijah, the Little Cloud, and the Great Rain (older children/teens)
• How God Showed His Great Power on Mount Carmel (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

Solomon
Read I Kings 3

• Solomon (younger children)
• Solomon Asks to Be Wise (younger children)
• Solomon on David's Throne (older children/teens)
• The Wise Young King (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

Hannah
Read I Samuel 1-2

• Hannah Gives Samuel to the Lord (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

David
Read I Samuel 17-20

• David and Goliath (younger children)
• How David Killed the Giant Goliath (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

Samuel
Read I Samuel 3

• God Calls Samuel (younger children)
• Samuel Listens (younger children)
• God Speaks to Samuel (older children/teens)
• Samuel and Eli (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

Hezekiah
Read II Kings 18-20

• Hezekiah's Tunnel (younger children)
• Discussion Questions

Elisha
Read II Kings 2-13

• Elisha, a Messenger for God (preschool children)
• Can an Axe Head Float? (younger children)
• Naaman (younger children)
• Poison in the Kettle and Bread for Everyone (younger children)
• A Room on the Roof (younger children)
• The Chariots of Fire Around Elisha (older children/teens)
• Elisha and the Shunammite's Son (older children/teens)
• How a Little Girl Helped to Cure a Leper (older children/teens)
• The Little Boy at Shunem (older children/teens)
• The School of the Prophets (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

Job
Read Job

• Shep and Lily: Lessons from Job (younger children)
• The Story of Job (younger children)
• Egermeier's The Story of Job (older children/teens)
• Hurlbut's, The Story of Job (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

Jonah
Read Jonah

• Jonah Goes to Nineveh (younger children)
• The Prophet Who Tried to Run Away From God (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

Ruth
Read Ruth

• Ruth and Naomi (preschool children)
• Naomi and Ruth (younger children)
• Ruth (younger children)
• How Ruth Gleaned in the Field of Boaz (older children/teens)
• The Young Woman Who Forsook Idols to Serve God (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

Listen to a Story

• The Story of Jonah - (told by four-year-old Katie)

Holy Land Tours

• Below the City - King Hezekiah's tunnel, Jesus heals blind man, Jesus heals man at the pool of Bethesda
• Meteora - The monks of Meteora put their faith in God above all else and save Christianity for themselves and the Greeks.