D/G CIRCUS SPECTACULAR: A DESIGN
SESSION 56: “QUIET CONVERSATIONS &SPOKEN PROMISES” (a tableau on walking with God
in prayer)
BIBLICAL BASIS: Luke 16:19-31 – [parable of the rich man and Lazarus]
Psalm 145:18 – “The Lord is near to all who call on him.”
MEMORY VERSE: Psalm 145:18 – “The Lord is near to all who call on him.”
RESOURCES: D/G Devotions, v.6, no3, Autumn, 2010, p. 18; sermons4kids.com;
kidssundayschool.com; “Pockets,” v.30, no.9, Oct, 2010, pp.5, 8, 9,
13, 20, 22, 34, 38.
PROJECT: Alarm clock, 2 cans connected with string, Lord’s Prayer bookmark.
AVAILABLE TIME: @30 minutes.
PURPOSE: to encourage children to stay in touch with God through prayer.
1. Calliope plays 1 verse of “God Will Take Care of You.”
2. Kids dismissed to the circus room with the “big ticket.”
3. All kids welcomed and admitted.
4. 3-ring action including:
Ring 1
D/G VIDEO PLAYING:
“On the Line”
Center Ring
Ring 2
[DO CHOICE FIDGET BUSTER]
[TELL PARABLE OF RICH MAN
AND LAZARUS
INTERACTIVELY]
[DEFINE PARABLE: a parable is
story that tells of the eternal and
everliving truth of God.]
[DEFINE HELL: the concept of
“hell” is based on Iranian/Persian
thought to which was added
“flames, punishment, torment”
that people saw daily in the
continual burning of their
garbage dump outside of
Jerusalem they called “gehenna.”
Today “hell” is used descriptively
to communicate a person’s
separation, awayness from
God; one who is without God.]
SAY: And so, this parable,
…this story that Jesus
once told of the eternal
and everliving truth of
God, is to remind us of
staying in contact with
God through that
which we call prayer.
[MOVE TO CENTER RING]
SAY: Prayer, it is a way of staying in contact,
…in touch,
…”walking” with God.
It’s like 2 tin cans connected by a string.
[DO TIN CAN/STRING PROJECT]
…OR…
…using a cell phone [TALK ABOUT OUR
CELL PHONE MINISTRY]
[DO: “GOD CAN HEAR ME,” kidssundayschool.com,
WHILE TALKING MORE OF WHAT PRAYER IS,
THAT IT IS TALKING WITH GOD THAT BRINGS:
…CONFIDENCE AND COMFORT,
…PEACE AND STRENGTH,
…A SENSE OF BELONGING,
…OF BEING LOVED.]
[DO: “PRAYER TIME,” “POCKETS,” p.9;
“10 WAYS TO PRAY FOR OTHERS,”
“Pockets,” p.8.]
[MAKE: LORD’S PRAYER CRAFT WHILE
SHARING THE “FIVE-FINGER
PRAYER,” cf sermons4kids.com:
…THUMB – PRAY FOR THOSE
CLOSEST TO YOU,
…INDEX – THE “POINTER,”
PRAY FOR THOSE WHO
POINT YOU IN A POSITIVE
DIRECTION,
…TALLEST FINGER – PRAY FOR
LEADERS,
…RING FINGER – KNOWN AS
WEAKEST OF ALL
FINGERS, REMINDS US
TO PRAY FOR THE
…WEAK,
…POOR,
…POWERLESS,
…”PINKIE” – SMALLEST FINGER,
REMINDER TO PRAY
FOR ONESELF
[CLOSE WITH ECHO PRAYER:
Heavenly Father, thank you for letting me
talk to you in prayer. Amen.]