Week 1 – Travel Sites – Knowing the Great “I Am”
Here are the instructions for the six travel site stations for this week. Take a few minutes to cut apart the sections and place at the appropriate travel site. Add your own creativity by gluing each to construction paper or by printing them in color. Depending on the number of children, consider printing a few copies for each travel site.
Passport Office
Glue your photograph into your Passport Journal. Or draw a picture of yourself. Write your name under your picture.
Cut out a Passport stamp, write “I Am” on your stamp, and glue it into your Passport. Color and decorate your page.
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Travel Agent
Study the maps and think about the story for this session.
Where did it take place? Imagine what the land looked like. What do you see?
Draw these things on the map. Glue your map into your Passport.
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Pray and Reflect
Ask one of the leaders to light the candle.
As you look at the candle, take a deep breath in through your nose, and as you breathe in say to yourself, “God says.” As you breathe out, say
“I Am.”
Do this a few times, noticing how you are feeling or what you are thinking.
When it feels like your prayer is over, carefully blow out the candle.
You can write about your prayer, doodle, or draw a picture in your
Passport Journal.

Souvenir Shop
Use the tissue paper and glue sticks to create a burning bush in your
Passport Journal.
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Scenic Overlook
Look at your reflection in the mirror. In your Passport Journal write positive words that describe you, beginning each with “I am….”
Draw a quick picture of yourself in your Passport, and write around your portrait: God Loves Me.
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Snack Shop
No written instructions are needed.
Put out crackers, grapes, and cheese for the children to enjoy a snack.
The God We Can Know: Exploring the “I Am” Sayings of Jesus. Children’s Session Guide.
©2014 Upper Room Books. All rights reserved.

Week 2 – Travel Sites – “I Am the Bread of Life”
Here are the instructions for the six travel site stations for this week. Take a few minutes to cut apart the sections and place at the appropriate travel site. Add your own creativity by gluing each to construction paper or by printing them in color. Depending on the number of children, consider printing a few copies for each travel site.
Passport Office
Cut out a Passport stamp, write “I Am the Bread of Life.” on your stamp, and glue it into your Passport. Color and decorate your page.
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Travel Agent
Study the maps and think about the story for this session.
Where did it take place? Imagine what the land looked like. What do you see?
Draw these things on the map. Glue your map into your Passport.
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Pray and Reflect
Ask one of the leaders to light the candle.
As you look at the candle, take a deep breath in through your nose, and as you breathe in say to yourself, “Jesus says.” As you breathe out, say
“I Am the Bread of Life.”
Do this a few times, noticing how you are feeling or what you are thinking.
When it feels like your prayer is over, carefully blow out the candle.
You can write about your prayer, doodle, or draw a picture in your
Passport Journal.

Souvenir Shop
Make an “Enough Box.” Decorate your matchbox. We don’t need to have a lot to have enough. You can write “Jesus loves me” on a small piece of paper and put it in the matchbox.
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Scenic Overlook
Write the word “Enough” on a page in your Passport Journal. What does
“enough” feel like? Write any words that come to your mind around the page. Remember times when you had enough. Write down a word or make a symbol that reminds you of times when you had enough. Doodle around these words.
Or
Put some flour on your hands and lift the dough out of the bowl, place it on the parchment paper and knead it a few times. As you are kneading, pray to yourself: Jesus is enough. Flatten out the dough and use the cookie cutter to see how many pieces you can get out of this one piece of dough. When you are finished, knead the dough all back into one piece and place back in the bowl.
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Snack Shop
Make some “Enough” Trail Mix! Make a bag for yourself and a second bag to share with someone else
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The God We Can Know: Exploring the “I Am” Sayings of Jesus. Children’s Session Guide.
©2014 Upper Room Books. All rights reserved.

Week 3 – Travel Sites – “I Am the Light of the World”
Here are the instructions for the six travel site stations for this week. Take a few minutes to cut apart the sections and place at the appropriate travel site. Add your own creativity by gluing each to construction paper or by printing them in color. Depending on the number of children, consider printing a few copies for each travel site.
Passport Office
Cut out a Passport stamp, write “I Am the Light of the World.” on your stamp, and glue it into your Passport. Color and decorate your page.
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Travel Agent
Study the maps and think about the story for this session.
Where did it take place? Imagine what the land looked like. What do you see?
Draw these things on the map. Glue your map into your Passport.
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Pray and Reflect
Ask one of the leaders to light the candle.
As you look at the candle, take a deep breath in through your nose, and as you breathe in say to yourself, “Jesus says.” As you breathe out, say
“I Am the Light of the World.”
Do this a few times, noticing how you are feeling or what you are thinking.
When it feels like your prayer is over, carefully blow out the candle.
You can write about your prayer, doodle, or draw a picture in your
Passport Journal.

Souvenir Shop
Make a candle holder.
For younger children: use Play-Doh or modeling clay to make a holder for a votive candle, and put the candle in the holder.
For older children: Mason jar, maps, scissors, glue, markers.
Step 1—Measure and cut the map so that it fits around the Mason jar.
Step 2—Fold the map in half and cut out a heart.
Step 3—Write “I am the Light of the World.” on the map.
Step 4—Wrap the map around the Mason jar and glue it in place.
Step 5—Place a votive candle in the jar.
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Scenic Overlook
Use the supplies to make a booth. Once you have made your booth, you can sit in it with your glow stick or flashlight. (An example is putting a blanket over a table and gathering under the covered table.)
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Snack Shop
For this session, pretend you are in your booth with your family, you have a campfire, and you are going to make s’mores by roasting a marshmallow and then mashing it between two graham crackers and a chocolate bar. Help yourself to a small scoop of each item to make s’mores snack mix.
The God We Can Know: Exploring the “I Am” Sayings of Jesus. Children’s Session Guide.
©2014 Upper Room Books. All rights reserved.

Week 4 – Travel Sites – “I Am the Good Shepherd”
Here are the instructions for the six travel site stations for this week. Take a few minutes to cut apart the sections and place at the appropriate travel site. Add your own creativity by gluing each to construction paper or by printing them in color. Depending on the number of children, consider printing a few copies for each travel site.
Passport Office
Cut out a Passport stamp, write “I Am the Good Shepherd.” on your stamp, and glue it into your Passport. Color and decorate your page.
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Travel Agent
Study the maps and think about the story for this session.
Where did it take place? Imagine what the land looked like. What do you see?
Draw these things on the map. Glue your map into your Passport.
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Pray and Reflect
Ask one of the leaders to light the candle.
As you look at the candle, take a deep breath in through your nose, and as you breathe in say to yourself, “Jesus says.” As you breathe out, say
“I Am the Good Shepherd.”
Do this a few times, noticing how you are feeling or what you are thinking.
When it feels like your prayer is over, carefully blow out the candle.
You can write about your prayer, doodle, or draw a picture in your
Passport Journal.

Souvenir Shop
Make a sheep to remind you that when you are lost, Jesus is already searching to find you. Hold the small sheep shape in one hand. Hold the end of the yarn on the sheep with the other hand and begin to wrap the yarn around and around the sheep. Glue the end of the yarn to the sheep.
Now use the glue to give your sheep eyes to see.
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Scenic Overlook
Imagine you are looking out at a green pasture; use the green construction paper and the sticks to make a pen for your sheep. You can glue wiggly eyes on the cotton balls to make your sheep. You can glue your pasture into your Passport Journal.
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Snack Shop
Sheepherders would carry snacks with them that were easy to eat while they were herding their sheep.
The God We Can Know: Exploring the “I Am” Sayings of Jesus. Children’s Session Guide.
©2014 Upper Room Books. All rights reserved.

Week 5 – Travel Sites – “I Am the True Vine”
Here are the instructions for the six travel site stations for this week. Take a few minutes to cut apart the sections and place at the appropriate travel site. Add your own creativity by gluing each to construction paper or by printing them in color. Depending on the number of children, consider printing a few copies for each travel site.
Passport Office
Cut out a Passport stamp, write “I Am the True Vine.” on your stamp, and glue it into your Passport. Color and decorate your page.
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Travel Agent
Study the maps and think about the story for this session.
Where did it take place? Imagine what the land looked like. What do you see?
Draw these things on the map. Glue your map into your Passport.
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Pray and Reflect
Ask one of the leaders to light the candle.
As you look at the candle, take a deep breath in through your nose, and as you breathe in say to yourself, “Jesus says.” As you breathe out, say
“I Am the True Vine.”
Do this a few times, noticing how you are feeling or what you are thinking.
When it feels like your prayer is over, carefully blow out the candle.
You can write about your prayer, doodle, or draw a picture in your
Passport Journal.

Souvenir Shop
Make a bracelet using the green pipe cleaners and the purple beads.
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Scenic Overlook
Plant the seeds, and as your vine grows, remember how you are growing with Jesus.
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Snack Shop
As people worked in the vineyard, they could snack on grapes. To grow the very best grapes, they would prune away some of the other branches.
The God We Can Know: Exploring the “I Am” Sayings of Jesus. Children’s Session Guide.
©2014 Upper Room Books. All rights reserved.

Week 6 – Travel Sites – “I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life.”
Here are the instructions for the six travel site stations for this week. Take a few minutes to cut apart the sections and place at the appropriate travel site. Add your own creativity by gluing each to construction paper or by printing them in color. Depending on the number of children, consider printing a few copies for each travel site.
Passport Office
Cut out a Passport stamp, write “I Am the Way.” on your stamp, and glue it into your Passport. Color and decorate your page.
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Travel Agent
Study the maps and think about the story for this session.
Where did it take place? Imagine what the land looked like. What do you see?
Draw these things on the map. Glue your map into your Passport.
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Pray and Reflect
Ask one of the leaders to light the candle.
As you look at the candle, take a deep breath in through your nose, and as you breathe in say to yourself, “Jesus says.” As you breathe out, say
“I Am the Way.”
Do this a few times, noticing how you are feeling or what you are thinking.
When it feels like your prayer is over, carefully blow out the candle.
You can write about your prayer, doodle, or draw a picture in your
Passport Journal.

Souvenir Shop
Jesus tells the disciples he is going to prepare a place for them. If you were preparing a place for Jesus, what would you include? Use Lego bricks to build something. Or use the graph paper to design a place. Glue your graph paper design into your Passport Journal.
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Scenic Overlook
Study the Labyrinth. Use your finger to trace your way in. When you get to the center, say to yourself, “Jesus, thank you for showing me the way.” Use your finger to trace your way back out. You can cut it out and add to your journal or draw one of your own.
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Snack Shop
No instructions this week. Put out fruit, cheese, or crackers for the children.
The God We Can Know: Exploring the “I Am” Sayings of Jesus. Children’s Session Guide.
©2014 Upper Room Books. All rights reserved.

Week 7 – Travel Sites – “I Am the Resurrection.”
Here are the instructions for the six travel site stations for this week. Take a few minutes to cut apart the sections and place at the appropriate travel site. Add your own creativity by gluing each to construction paper or by printing them in color. Depending on the number of children, consider printing a few copies for each travel site.
Passport Office
Cut out a Passport stamp, write “I Am the Resurrection.” on your stamp, and glue it into your Passport. Color and decorate your page.
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Travel Agent
Study the maps and think about the story for this session.
Where did it take place? Imagine what the land looked like. What do you see?
Draw these things on the map. Glue your map into your Passport.
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Pray and Reflect
Ask one of the leaders to light the candle.
As you look at the candle, take a deep breath in through your nose, and as you breathe in say to yourself, “Jesus says.” As you breathe out, say
“I Am the Resurrection.”
Do this a few times, noticing how you are feeling or what you are thinking.
When it feels like your prayer is over, carefully blow out the candle.
You can write about your prayer, doodle, or draw a picture in your
Passport Journal.

Souvenir Shop
A caterpillar becoming a butterfly reminds us of becoming a new creation in Christ.
Step 1: Flatten the coffee filter and place it on a plate or newspaper. The paint and water will soak through.
Step 2: Use the watercolors to paint beautiful wings for your butterfly.
Let it dry.
Step 3: Fold the coffee filter accordion style, in about 1/2-inch pleats, like you are making a fan.
Step 4: Twist the chenille stem around the middle of the filter.
Step 5: Bend the tips of the chenille stems over about 1/4 inch to create the antennae.
Step 6: Fan out the butterfly wings.
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Scenic Overlook
Enter into the cave, imagine Jesus saying, “Come Out!” and walk out.
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Snack Shop
No written instructions this week. Put out fruit, cheese, or crackers for the children.
The God We Can Know: Exploring the “I Am” Sayings of Jesus. Children’s Session Guide.
©2014 Upper Room Books. All rights reserved.