October 2016 – The Well Creative Children's ministry

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5 mins	Reflective colouring while waiting for all children to arrive. Click here for ideas to print out
5 mins	Game- 10 cup bowling Set out 10 cups in a ten pin bowling formation and throw a soft ball or beanbag at them. Can you knock down all 10 with 3 throws?
2 mins	Song (click for a Pinterest board of Children’s Ministry songs)
10 mins	Tell the story either from a book or interactively. The Lion Storyteller Bible is great! Get children thinking about what they are grateful for. Remind them that out of the 10 lepers, only one came back to say thank you. Why do you think that was? How do you feel when someone forgets to say thank you? What would you like to say thank you for?
10 mins	Prayer: balloon praise- blow up balloons and write/ draw thank you prayers on them with sharpies (or write on stickers and stick to the balloons) Play some music and bat the balloons around. When the music stops, everyone grab a balloon and say thank you to God for something on that balloon. Repeat. Make up a word search using words from the story or using word of things they would like to say thank you for. Click here to print out a blank word search sheet.
3 mins	End with a game! Click here for a Pinterest board full of ideas.

The Exodus story is a fabulously colourful and exciting one. Miracle after miracle happens to the Israelites as they journey through the Red Sea and across the desert to the promised land. This craft touches on the life bringing provision God brings to his people through manna, quail and water.

You will need: sandpaper (use quite fine sandpaper if finger painting as it is much less rough on fingers), paint.

The sandpaper is rough and reflects both the sand of the desert the Israelites are crossing and the hardship of life there. Adding colour helps to reflect the life that God’s proven brings to them.

Encourage children to use their fingers or brushes to paint on the sandpaper. They might want to paint something from the story they have heard or simply to create a colourful picture. Use the time to talk about how God provided for the Israelites in the desert, bringing them life and showing his love.