Father's Day Activities for a Children's Church
On Father's Day, your children's church class members can learn to appreciate their own fathers and also to see the connection between the daddy who tucks them in at night and the Father who is in heaven. Be sensitive to the fact that there may be some children in the class who do not have fathers at home. For those children, emphasize the love that the heavenly father has for them.
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Lesson
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Teach the children about several fathers in the Bible. Discuss Jacob's love for Joseph. Talk about David and Solomon. Remind the children that God is also their heavenly father.
Memory Verse
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Teach the children Proverbs 23:24 as their memory verse for the week. The verse says, "The father of a righteous man has great joy; he who has a wise son delights in him." Explain to the kids that pleasing God is pleasing to their fathers as well.
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Discussion
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Go around the room, asking each child to list one or two ways his father shows him love. Write down all of the answers on a chalkboard or large piece of poster board. When the parents come to pick the children up, invite them to read all of the answers.
Craft
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Help the kids make necktie-shaped cards. Cut white card stock in the shape of neckties. Purchase some old neckties from a secondhand store; cut the ties into pieces. The kids can use fabric glue to create a tie-shaped collage of ugly fabrics. On the back, add the memory verse about fathers and a message from the child.
Game Time
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The class can be broken into two teams for a quiz competition of father-son Bible trivia. Give the name of a well-known son in the Bible; call on the teams to remember the father's name
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References
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