Kingdom Quest Lesson Tour
Walk Through a Lesson
Kingdom Quest Grades 1-4
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Small Group Warm-up (15 minutes) Kids build relationships while doing a learning readiness activity. This might mean they play an interactive game or solve a brain teaser. They might begin a craft or make a snack. Whatever the activity, they connect with the lesson, each other, and their Shepherd. |
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Here, the kids are examining beans that have germinated. Each child has a baggie with a few beans that are sprouting. They are discussing questions that help them understand how they are individually growing physically, mentally, and spiritually. | |
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Large Group (20-30 minutes) Opening with brief singing, mission announcements, and prayer, it quickly moves to the Bible event. |
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The Bible event is presented using
combinations of costumed characters, puppets, game shows, drama,
mime, video, or interactive storytelling. |
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For example, this Bible event begins
with “Meet the God/Man” Game Show. They are in a series
studying the Gospel of Mark. Kids are guessing the hidden word, “teacher”. They will learn "Jesus is our teacher and shows us the kingdom of God". Each lesson has one simple take home point repeated throughout the lesson. |
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The Bible event is then presented. In this case a creative storytelling technique is used. The presenter is dressed as a farmer and has one sleeve of his coat stuffed with paper and pinned to the pocket. This leaves that hand free to become a plant growing out of his coat. This happens as he reads Jesus’ parable of the growing seed and explains how God causes the kingdom of God to grow in our lives. The “plant” ends up producing a harvest and in this case it means the hand throws sunflower seeds into the audience! | |
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Gordy is the third grade puppet character with a sense of humor. He is a weekly favorite and helps the main point sink in. He closes large group with prayer. | |
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Small Group Application (20-25 minutes) Children go back to their small group(s) to review their Bibles and make personal applications. Kids discuss how the lesson applies as they continue their learning activities. This might mean making a craft or group art project. They might enjoy a snack or perform a role-play. Whatever they do, the application is personal, and Jesus is encountered as one who personally enters our lives and transforms us. For example, here the kids have filled out “Growth Capsule” sheets that record some of their simple goals for future spiritual growth. These will be mailed back to them a month later to remind them of some of their goals to grow spiritually. |
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The group closes with prayer as each child is encouraged to pray. | |
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Kids leave with a take-home sheet for their family’s home devotions: “God Talk at Home.” This will tie into what they have learned for the day. | |
