Interactive Group Activities
by Carol Williams

Sermon Title: "Believe It or Not!"

Scripture Reading:  John 20:19-31

FAITH MARCH: Give children some cardboard crosses to write FAITH in large letters with bright markers. Let children march around the room with their crosses held up high, and singing a cadence: I TRUST JESUS, YES I DO! I TRUST JESUS HOW ABOUT YOU! I BELIEVE GOD'S WORD IS TRUE, I BELIEVE, SO HOW ABOUT YOU. I HAVE FAITH IN WHAT GOD CAN-DO, I HAVE FAITH HIS LOVE IS TRUE. I BELIEVE THAT JESUS DIED, ROSE AGAIN AND LIVES ON HIGH! I ASKED JESUS IN MY HEART, HE-GAVE MY LIFE A BRAND NEW START. (Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, I have FAITH!!!!!)

BELIEVE IT TRICKS: The teacher can have several gospel "magic" tricks to show to the children and ask them if they believe that they can DO something unbelievable, such as a floating egg, moving items with a magnet, putting a yellow and blue crayon over the top of each other and see how the color changes, writing with lemon juice like invisible ink and then being able to hold it up to the light to read etc.

FAITH CROSSES: Give children construction paper, stickers and markers to make a cross and write and decorate the word FAITH on the cross, to be hung around their neck.

BELIEVE MOBILE: Let the class as a whole or each child separately, color the letters for B-E-L-I-E-V-E, using glitter and gel pens, etc. After the glue and glitter have dried, hang the letters from a hanger and hang in the classroom.

PRISM FAITH: The teacher can show the class a prism or a beveled glass or mirror. It will make a rainbow refraction. Tell children that this piece of glass is really made up of different colors (white is really made of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet).

SURPRISE TREATS: Make "pocket" cupcakes for the children to find a little pudding or another type of cake in the middle of their cupcake (or even a jelly bean, etc) and then frosted with white frosting. Ask children if they have faith to believe that there is something special inside each cupcake before they begin to enjoy their snack.

PIN THE NAILS ON THE HAND: The teacher can have two large hands taped to the wall and then blindfold the children and let them try to pin large black construction paper HOLES onto the middle of each hand! Children can be divided into teams for each hand, if desired.

HAND PRINTS: Let children trace each of their hands onto construction paper and then glue a large black dot/circle onto each hand. Let children trace or write I BELIEVE above the hands picture. Ask children if THEY BELIEVE in JESUS!

Song:  "Only Believe"

Words and Music (pdf)

MP3 Accompaniment Track (right click to save to your computer)

This song is in the public domain and may be freely downloaded and reproduced for religious or educational use by churches, schools, home schoolers, and other non-profit organizations.

About Carol Williams
Carol and her husband have been in the ministry for 35 years.  They have served churches in Illinois, Minnesota, Mississippi, Michigan, and for the last 14 years in Indiana.  Carol loves to work with children so you will find her teaching in Junior Church and children's Sunday School.  She also has clowning ministry in which she is known as Bubbles tc (the clown).
 
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