Children’s Church Summer Holiday Programme

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During the Summer holidays we will be running a fun and exciting programme for the Children using the Jesus Storybook Bible videos for the main teaching as the leader take a well earned break.
Below is the what will be happening at Church each week, which you can adapt to use at home. A PDF version is downloadable here.

  1. Children’s News in Groups – Ask them to share news of their week gone or coming up. This may be good news or bad news so be ready to celebrate or empathise. (5-6mins)
  2. Pray – Pray for the news broadly and the session. (1min)
  3. Game all together – You can see instructions for your game on the Excel attached document or on the computer door in the hall. (5-10mins)
  4. Song – You can choose a song from the file on the desktop “JBC Childrens Church Songs”. Then go to the Spotify icon at the bottom of the desktop. Then go to the playlist on the left of window “Children’s Church” and find the song that you want. (5mins)
  5. Video – DVD is in the computer – open the Windows Media Player icon at the bottom of the desktop screen. Explain to the children that they need to watch the video carefully because they will need to put what they learnt into 3 stations (if time for all 3).

(If doing church at home – please go to this link to pay(1dollar) and watch the video for this week – See additional document with Summer Programme)

  1.  Stations:

PLEASE ENSURE THE CHILDREN HAND SANITISE BETWEEN EACH STATION!

Here are 3 stations that you can use. All the items for this will be left on the Pool table each week. You can split the group into 2/3 groups depending on numbers. Best to mix up the ages so that each team has equal young and old in the team. You can then rotate the teams on the stations – 5mins on each perhaps – so that they are spaced out and not all crammed on one station. Leaders to help them think through teaching points and to remind them to keep distance from each other. If they need to watch the video again to remember the teaching then play it again. Each video is about 4/5mins long. To get the children motivated make the stations a competition with a winning (edible) prize!

Chalkboard impressions – Tub of chalk in the cupboard. A damp cloth cleans the chalk off best. Divide the chalkboard into 2/3 sections for each team to do their impression. More points for colour, creativity, pictures and words allowed.

Letter Scramble – use all the little letters to put together some of the keys word/phrase/ main teaching point from main teaching in video.

Pasta Art – Use the coloured pasta pieces to make up pasta art which summarises the teaching. More points for creativity and words allowed.

  1. Video 2  – Watch again if needed
  2. Recap Questions – When watching the video – take note of main points and how they apply to us and then recap this with the children by asking them:
    What did we learn about Jesus?
    What does this mean for us?

PRAY

  1.  Free play time if need to fill the time.

Below is the session schedule full details here

26th JulySon of laughter (God’s promise to Abraham)What was God’s desire for humanity?
God’s world and humanity were in a mess, rebelling.
God announces a rescue plan through Abraham and his family as a promise.
MAIN POINT: From his family would come the ultimate rescuer – Jesus. It would be a miracle from start (Sarah giving birth to Isaac in old age) to end (virgin birth of Jesus)
2nd AugThe Present (Abraham and Isaac)Do you really trust God?
Abraham had to trust God and his word.
Abraham had to show that he loved God more than his son, Isaac.
Isaac trusted his father and was fully obedient.
MAIN POINT: Like Isaac/the ram, Jesus would be obedient and lay down his life as a provision for sin- to bring life.
9th AugThe girl no one wanted (Jacob, Leah, and Rachel)Did God need special talented people to carry out his rescue plan?
God uses the least important, least special people to fulfil his great rescue plan.
This way, God would always get the glory and recognition – not ‘talented’ or ‘special’ humans.
MAIN POINT: God chose the unwanted Leah to carry out the rescue plan. She was chosen because of God’s love
16th AugThe forgiving prince (Joseph and his brothers)How is Joseph like Jesus?
God chose the youngest Joseph to carry out God’s special plan.
Everything seemed to be going wrong but God was using these events for the good of the world.
Joseph is elevated from prisoner to prime minister of Egypt to save God’s people and the world from Famine.
MAIN POINT: Joseph’s life points to Jesus – many bad things would happen to Jesus but this would all be so that the whole world could be saved from sin.
23rd AugGod to the rescue (Moses and the great escape from Egypt)Do you believe God’s judgement is real and that God can save you?
The 12 brothers of Jacob would become God’s people but they would be oppressed by the new king of Egypt.
God, through Moses, hears the cry of his people and promises to rescue his people.
God brings judgement on evil/Pharaoh and rescues his people through the lamb(blood).
MAIN POINT: The rescue through the sacrificial lamb blood on door posts points forward to the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus the lamb of God.
30th AugGod makes a way (Moses and the red sea)How can you be set free from doing, saying and thinking the bad things(sin) in your life?
God’s people are chased by pharaoh and his army.
This is like us being chased by sin and evil in our lives – can we be set free from sin?
The people cannot save themselves(the sea). So God performs a miracle to split the sea which frees them from army (sin, evil).
This is a foretaste to how Jesus would be the only way we could be set free from sin in our lives.
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Jersey Baptist Church is now meeting in our building in Vauxhall Street, St Helier, as well as remote access being available.

Children’s Church will run concurrently with the 9am service, and if you would prefer not to attend physically you can access the session by Zoom:

  1. Please login at 8.45am as follows:

Click the following link: Children’s Church Zoom

or input the following Zoom meeting ID and password:
Meeting ID: 815 4517 6921
Password: Happy

  1. Printing:

Please would you print out the following, otherwise follow the activities on the pdfs. 

Dippers Worksheet
Divers and Surfers Worksheet
Craft



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Jersey Baptist Church is now meeting in our building in Vauxhall Street, St Helier, as well as remote access being available.

Children’s Church will run concurrently with the 9am service, and if you would prefer not to attend physically you can access the session by Zoom:

  1. Please login at 8.45am as follows:

Click the following link: Children’s Church Zoom

or input the following Zoom meeting ID and password:
Meeting ID: 815 4517 6921
Password: Happy

  1. Printing:

Please would you print out the following, otherwise follow the activities on the pdfs. 

Link to PDF for the above worksheets and craft



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Children’s Church will run concurrently with the 9am service, and if you would prefer not to attend physically you can access the session by Zoom:

  1. Please login at 8.45am as follows:

Click the following link: Children’s Church Zoom

or input the following Zoom meeting ID and password:
Meeting ID: 815 4517 6921
Password: Happy

  1. Printing:

Please would you print out the following according to which age-group your children are in, otherwise follow the activities on the pdfs. 

Links to PDFs for this weeks worksheets
Dippers | Divers/Surfers (Yr3-4 & Yr5-6)



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Exemple

Jersey Baptist Church is now meeting in our building in Vauxhall Street, St Helier, as well as remote access being available.

Children’s Church will run concurrently with the 9am service, and if you would prefer not to attend physically you can access the session by Zoom:

  1. Please login at 8.45am as follows:

Click the following link: Children’s Church Zoom

or input the following Zoom meeting ID and password:
Meeting ID: 815 4517 6921
Password: Happy

  1. Printing:

There are no associated activity sheets for using at home this week

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Exemple

Jersey Baptist Church is now meeting in our building in Vauxhall Street, St Helier, as well as remote access being available.

Children’s Church will run concurrently with the 9am service, and if you would prefer not to attend physically you can access the session by Zoom:

  1. Please login at 8.45am as follows:

Click the following link: Children’s Church Zoom

or input the following Zoom meeting ID and password:
Meeting ID: 815 4517 6921
Password: Happy

  1. Format:

The first part of our time together will be in one big group.  When we split into age specific groups we will take your child to a ‘break out room’ on Zoom, and place our laptop / tablet in the relevant children’s group in the room where we are meeting.

  1. Printing:

Please would you print out the following according to which age-group your children are in, otherwise follow the activities on the pdfs.  A balloon is also needed for this session. 

Links to PDFs for the above worksheets and craft
Dippers (Rec-Yr2) | Dippers Prayer Card | Divers/Surfers (Yr3-4 & Yr5-6) | Divers Prayer Card| Youth Discussion



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Below are some suggested activities and order of play to do with your children as you do Sunday Church together. Each week there will be activity sheets and also some things to watch or listen to.

You can print the below running order off here:

1. Follow the main service for songs, a Children’s talk and a song with actions.

2. During the sermon the children can follow any of the activities below whilst the sermon is on:

Links to PDFs for Splashers and the above worksheets and craft
Splashers | Dippers (Rec-Yr2) | Divers (Yr3-6) | Craft| Youth Discussion

3. Children can join for the songs at the end of the service

At the end of the service here are some ideas for you to follow as a family:

A. Ask some simple questions

  • What do we learn about God?
  • What do we learn about ourselves?
  • What do I need to do now I know that about God?

Big Idea: Jesus’ followers will make other people’s lives better as they live very differently, and this will cause others to love God too. 

Aim: For the children to identify a way in their life that they can live very differently from others because of their faith in Jesus.  Pray that this would cause others would love God too.

B. Pray with your children about what you have discussed

Light prayers:  

  • In the craft the children will have written or drawn ways in which they would like their lives to be different to others because of their faith in Jesus. 
  • Stick the flames onto a board or wall and turn off the lights. 
  • Use a torch to point at each flame and pray about what has been written or drawn. 



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Below are some suggested activities and order of play to do with your children as you do Sunday Church together. Each week there will be activity sheets and also some things to watch or listen to.

You can print the below running order off here:

1. Follow the main service for songs, a Children’s talk and a song with actions.

  • Watch this video of the bible story if your children missed the children’s talk online.

2. During the sermon the children can follow any of the activities below whilst the sermon is on:

Links to PDFs for Splashers and the above worksheets and craft
Splashers | Dippers (Rec-Yr2) | Divers (Yr3-6) | Dippers Craft| Divers Craft | Youth Discussion

3. Children can join for the songs at the end of the service

At the end of the service here are some ideas for you to follow as a family:

A. Ask some simple questions

  • What do we learn about God?
  • What do we learn about ourselves?
  • What do I need to do now I know that about God?

Main Aim: To help the children see that true happiness is found in belonging to the kingdom of heaven. 

B. Pray with your children about what you have discussed

Prop prayers:  

  • Apple – say sorry to God for the wrong things we do all the time.  Admit that, as our natural selves, we are rotten as an apple that is rotten to the core and there is nothing we can do to please God.
  • Heart – destroy a black felt tip heart on a piece of paper and replace with a red heart.  Thank God that he gives us a new heart when we trust in Jesus.  Thank God for his Holy Spirit who helps us want to be and able to be good
  • Mirror – pray that as people belonging to God we might be able to reflect something of God’s goodness to the world.  



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Below are some suggested activities and order of play to do with your children as you do Sunday Church together. Each week there will be activity sheets and also some things to watch or listen to.

You can print the below running order off here:

1. Follow the main service for songs, a Children’s talk and a song with actions.

2. Read the Bible passage with your children , or listen to it being read in the live stream: Exodus 40.

3. During the sermon the children can follow any of the activities below whilst the sermon is on:

Links to PDFs for Splashers and the above worksheets and craft
Splashers | Dippers (Rec-Yr2) | Divers (Yr3-6) |Craft | Youth Discussion

3. Children can join for the songs at the end of the service

At the end of the service here are some ideas for you to follow as a family:

A. Ask some simple questions

  • What do we learn about God?
  • What do we learn about ourselves?
  • What do I need to do now I know that about God?

Main Aim: The children will know that living a righteous life by faith in Jesus is the best way to live.

B. Pray with your children about what you have discussed

Print the attached fruit picture templates onto paper/card and cut out the fruit. Encourage the children to write or draw what they have learnt about how we can be fruitful and blessed by God. They can then take turns to pray, asking for God’s help to do this and thanking God for making a way for us to be blessed by him and saved from destruction. You could then paste these on a large outline of a tree by a river and write ‘Psalm 1’ above it.

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Below are some suggested activities and order of play to do with your children as you do Sunday Church together. Each week there will be activity sheets and also some things to watch or listen to.

You can print the below running order off here:

1. Follow the main service for songs, a Children’s talk and a song with actions.

2. Read the Bible passage with your children , or listen to it being read in the live stream: Exodus 40.

3. During the sermon the children can follow any of the activities below whilst the sermon is on:

Links to PDFs for Splashers and the above worksheets and craft
Splashers | Dippers & Divers (Rec-Yr6) | Craft pg1 |Craft pg2 |Colouring Sheet| Youth Discussion

3. Children can join for the songs at the end of the service

At the end of the service here are some ideas for you to follow as a family:

A. Ask some simple questions

  • What do we learn about God?
  • What do we learn about ourselves?
  • What do I need to do now I know that about God?

Big Idea: God gave instructions to build a tabernacle where he would live with his people.

Aim: God now lives with is people, by his Holy Spirit, through Jesus.

B. Pray with your children about what you have discussed

Remind the children that when we pray, we are coming before God to talk to him. Help the children to understand that they do not need to go to a special place to pray. They can pray anywhere and about anything.  Praying is a wonderful privilege and we can do it with confidence.

Thinking about today’s lesson, what do the children want to say to God?



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