Feb 29/March 1, 2020Kinder-2nd

NEED TO KNOW

LARGE GROUP | 20 minutes

Since we’re talking about the power Jesus has over life and death (and everything) today, think of a time you’ve seen God’s power. When kids come into the room, start asking them about what it means to be powerful or what power looks like to them. Be ready to share your story!

ACTIVITY 1 | 10 minutes

Start Large Group about 10 minutes into the service. Introduce the Big Idea, Jesus has power over everything, and tell the story of Lazarus. Find the Bible story in John 11.

ACTIVITY 2 | 10 minutes

Pretend to be Lazarus by wrapping each other up in toilet paper!

ACTIVITY 3 | 15+ minutes

Draw pictures of powerful things and discuss the story.

Create a Lazarus puppet.

● Video: 10 Second Countdown (1 minute)

SAY Welcome to Kids’ Club, I’m so glad you’re all here! We want Kids’ Club to be a fun, safe and welcoming place for everyone. Let’s watch a video to see how we can do that!

● Video: S.A.F.E / Super Fun! (30 seconds)

LARGE GROUP | 10 minutes

SAY Jesus can tell storms to stop, and they do. He can tell one lunch to become enough food for thousands of people, and it does. And today, we’re going to hear about something that shows how Jesus has power over anything, and everything. And that’s our big idea!

● Slide: Jesus has power over everything!

SAY This story starts with Jesus’s friend, Lazarus. One day, Jesus heard that Lazarus had gotten really, really sick. Jesus was in a whole different city, and back then they didn’t have cars or buses or planes, so he couldn’t go see him right away.

SAY But Jesus knew that even though Lazarus was sick, and even though everyone else was really worried….God was still in control, and has power over EVERYTHING. And because Jesus is God’s Son, he has power over everything too.

SAY When Jesus finally got to Lazarus’ house, he found out that Lazarus had been dead for four days! Mary and Martha were both so sad, and they wished Jesus had gotten there sooner, so he could have made Lazarus better.

SAY Let’s watch a video, and see what happens next! We’ll see how Jesus takes something really sad–like Lazarus dying–and uses it to show how powerful God is!

● Video: God’s Story / Lazarus (4 minutes)

SAY Can you believe it? Jesus brought his friend back to life! Imagine what that must have been like–what would you think if you saw that happen!? (Let kids respond.) When Lazarus came to life, people saw that Jesus had power over life AND death. It showed people that Jesus really was God’s Son. He did something that ONLY God could do!

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S.A.F.E. | 1 minute

Jesus has power over everything!

ACTIVITY 1 ACTIVITY 2 ACTIVITY 3LARGE GROUP

RESPONSE TIME | 5 minutes

SAY So what does this mean for us? Do you think Jesus can have power over OUR lives too? He sure does. Jesus has power over everything, and that includes all the hard things we go through. So when we need Jesus to show his power, and help us with something hard, or help us to not be angry, or to give us bravery and strength…..how can we ask him for help? (Let kids respond.) That’s right, we can just ask him ourselves! Anytime, anywhere.

SAY Jesus, thank you for having power over everything, no matter how big or small. Please help us with the things that make us stressed, or sad or angry. Amen!

SAY Now let’s do something to show how much we love Jesus: Worship! When we worship, that means we try and give ALL our attention to Jesus, and sometimes we do that through singing songs about him! Let’s stand up and try to do motions as we sing these songs to Jesus!

● Music Video: Good Good Father (3 minutes)

● Music Video: Open My Eyes (3 minutes)

ACTIVITY 1 ACTIVITY 2 ACTIVITY 3LARGE GROUP

SUPPLIES

PREPARE

● Toilet paper roll (1 per group of 6 kids)

WRAP IT UP! | 10 minutes

Split into small groups.

● Video: 10-Minute Countdown Timer

SAY Lazarus died, was wrapped up, and buried in a tomb. And then four days later, Jesus brought him back to life! Let’s play a game and wrap our own “Lazarus”!

● Have one kid on each team be “Lazarus”.

● Each team must take the toilet paper roll and completely wrap Lazarus (they can wrap up the kid all together, or individually wrap the kid’s legs, arms, etc.)

● When finished, each team yells “Lazarus, Come Out!” Lazarus must then walk from one side of the room to the other, and then unwrap himself (or if it’s more fun, have kids help unwrap).

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SUPPLIES

PREPARE

● Markers ● Large sheet of paper (1 per small group)

POWERFUL THINGS | 10 minutes

● Split into small groups or stay in one large group.

○ Video: 10-Minute Countdown Timer.

● Lay out a large sheet of tear off paper and markers, and tell kids to draw pictures of things they think are really powerful. Encourage them to use their imagination. Vehicles, superheroes, real people, animals, lightning, etc.

● After giving them a few minutes to draw, ask:

○ Would you like to share what you drew and why it is powerful?

● Is Jesus more powerful than what you drew? Why? (Be prepared to help with suggestions.)

● Think for a minute before you answer this one. What do you hope that Jesus has power over? (Leader share your own thoughts to start.)

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SUPPLIES

KNOW IT

● Lazarus template (1 per kid)● Toilet paper roll (1 per group, reused)● Googly eyes (2 per kid)● Glue sticks

● Did Jesus go to Lazarus right away? Why not? Why do you think Jesus was sad when Lazarus died? What did Jesus do when he was sad? Have you ever been sad that someone died?

● What things does Jesus have power over?

● Share a personal example with kids of a way you’ve let Jesus have power/control over something in your life. (If kids can grasp the concept of Jesus having power over something in their own life, ask them to think of what that might be!)

● Give each kid a lazarus template and two googly eyes. Set out a roll of toilet paper, glue sticks and tape.

● Let kid decorate and color their Lazarus template. Show kids how to roll up their Lazarus template and tape it together into a cylinder shape, so that it looks like Lazarus is standing up.

● Next, tear off strips of toilet paper and glue or tape them around the Lazarus shape like he’s wrapped in cloth!

● Stick the two googly eyes onto Lazarus’ face so they “peak out” from the cloth wrapping! Or, kids can just stick the googly somewhere at the top, over the toilet paper.

● Give kids a coloring page, maze or word-search activity sheet.

● Scotch Tape (1 roll per group of 4 kids)● Markers

DO IT

Kinder-2ndFEB 29/MARCH 1, 2020

Big Idea: Jesus has power over everything. Tell me about Lazarus.

LARGE GROUPItem Usage Details Provided by

No supplies needed

ACTIVITY 1 | Played in small groups.Item Usage Details Provided by

Toilet paper roll 1 roll per group of 6 kidsKC Site Support

ACTIVITY 2 | Played in small groups or one large group.Item Usage Details Provided by

Markers 1 set per group, reused site

Large sheet of tear off paper 1 per small group site

ACTIVITY 3 | Played in small groups.Item Usage Details Provided by

Coloring/maze/word search sheet - Lazarus

Quantity determined by site.

8.5x11 paper, black & white, Page 8/9/10 site

Markers Quantity determined by site. site

Toilet paper roll 1 per small group, reused

*provide several extras for classrooms that have multiple services.

KC Site Support

Lazarus template 1 per kid 8.5x11 cardstock, cut into half sheets, black and white, Page 11 site

Googly eyes 2 per kid Oriental Trading (self adhesive) KC Site Support

Scotch Tape 1 per group of 4 kids, reused site

Glue sticks Quantity determined by site. site

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1. KC Logo Slide: for when kids enter the room (All that You Need instrumental; mp3 only; can be downloaded on website)

2. Video: 10 Second Countdown_030120

3. Video: S.A.F.E / Super Fun! (version 3)

4. Slide: Jesus has power over everything!

5. Video: God’s Story / Lazarus

6. Music Video: Good Good Father (3 minutes)

7. Music Video: Open My Eyes (3 minutes)

8. Video: 10-Minute Countdown Timer

9. Video: 10-Minute Countdown Timer

Kinder-2ndFEB 29/MARCH 1, 2020