Year B Pentecost

Sunday 31st May B Pentecost
Today we will have the story of Pentecost.
Acts 2:1-21
2When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. 2And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. 4All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability.
5Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven living in Jerusalem. 6And at this sound the crowd gathered and was bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in the native language of each. 7Amazed and astonished, they asked, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? 8And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language? 9Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, 11Cretans and Arabs—in our own languages we hear them speaking about God’s deeds of power.” 12All were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” 13But others sneered and said, “They are filled with new wine.”
14But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, “Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say. 15Indeed, these are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine o”clock in the morning. 16No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel: 17‘In the last days it will be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. 18Even upon my slaves, both men and women, in those days I will pour out my Spirit; and they shall prophesy. 19And I will show portents in the heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and smoky mist. 20The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the coming of the Lord’s great and glorious day. 21Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.’
COLOURING IN
http://www.sermons4kids.com/pentecost-colorpg.htm
CRAFT
For craft we are making a kite. First fold an A4 piece of paper like the diagram below.
Then open out so you have a large triangle tab on one side (to attach string to) and a flat prism shape on the other.
Tape down the flat side with a straw (gives it stability to fly!)
Finally we are adding red and yellow crepe paper streamers as a tail.

Year B Easter 7

Sunday Club 24th May 2009

This Sunday we are telling the story of the Ascension.

The reading is Acts 1:1-11:
1In the first book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus did and taught from the beginning 2until the day when he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. 3After his suffering he presented himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. 4While staying with them, he ordered them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait there for the promise of the Father. “This,” he said, “is what you have heard from me; 5for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”
6So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?” 7He replied, “It is not for you to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority. 8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” 9When he had said this, as they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. 10While he was going and they were gazing up toward heaven, suddenly two men in white robes stood by them. 11They said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up toward heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”

The colouring page is from http://www.sermons4kids.com/ascension_colorpg.htm

Our craft is to make an Ascension Card – we made these last year and the kids loved them! First we have a picture of Jesus on cardboard to colour in and cut out. Then we sticky tape a tab on the back of ‘Jesus’. On another card we have a “background” picture of grass, hill, sky, and clouds. Cut a vertical slot in this picture, then place their ‘Jesus’ picture into this, so the cut-out can “ascend”.

Walk4Bibles

This Sunday one of the Team has organised for our Sunday Club to participate in "Walk4Bibles" a sponsored walk to raise money for the NSW Bible Society. The money goes towards Bibles for China.
We will be meeting at McDonald's at Lake Tuggeranong at Noon after Sunday Club.
Looking forward to the walk and hoping for fine weather!

Year B Easter 6

SUNDAY CLUB Sunday 17th May 2009 Year B Easter 6

John 15:9-17
9As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. 10If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. 11I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete. 12“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14You are my friends if you do what I command you. 15I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father. 16You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name. 17I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another.

God loves EVERYBODY and He asks us to love everybody too! How can we be welcoming? Who do we welcome?

Colouring page from http://www.sermons4kids.com/love-each-other-colorpg.htm

Craft
We will make “Welcome” door hangers. You can purchase wooden door hangers from Bunnings or make your own from cardboard. (These fit over door knobs).

Year B Easter 5 Sunday 10th May 2009

SUNDAY CLUB Sunday 10th May 2009 Year B Easter 5
John 15:1-8
”I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. 2He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit. 3You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you. 4Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. 5I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. 6Whoever does not abide in me is thrown away like a branch and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. 7If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples.

For the story we will talk about connections and God as the enabler.

Colouring page from http://www.sermons4kids.com/true_vine_colorpg.htm

Song – This little light of mine.

Craft
You will need: Scissors, Green paper, purple paper, a big sheet of white cardboard, and a green felt pen.
Each child will have a piece of green paper and trace their hand on it. We will then cut out two copies of the hand (just fold the piece of paper over so when you cut it out you get two). On a white cardboard poster we will glue down one hand. These become the leaves. We will then draw a green vine and stick purple ‘grapes’ onto the ‘branches’. The children can write their names on their “leaf”. We can explain the connection to the verse above.

For the children to keep: On the other ‘leaf’ we will write ‘Jesus said “I am the vine; you are the branches.”

We will also colour in Mother’s Day Cards.

Year B - Easter 4

SUNDAY CLUB 3RD MAY 2009 – Year B 4th Sunday of Easter
THE GOOD SHEPHERD
John 10:11-18
11“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12The hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away—and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13The hired hand runs away because a hired hand does not care for the sheep. 14I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, 15just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for the sheep. 16I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. 17For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again. 18No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it up again. I have received this command from my Father.”

Jesus is the good shepherd. In those days shepherds lived with their flock and would die to protect them. Jesus also has other “sheep” not in "this fold," he cares about everyone!

We played a game outside from http://www.sermons4kids.com/big_bad_wolf_group_activities.htm
WOLF CHASING: Let children scatter to HIDE from the WOLF as "It". If the WOLF sees a "sheep" and starts to run toward that sheep, the "sheep" can try to run away and touch and stand by the GOOD SHEPHERD who can be in the middle of the playing area. Children are SAFE if they reach the GOOD SHEPHERD before the wolf catches them.

Song – “He’s got the whole world in his hands”

Craft – We made sheep puppets. Draw the picture onto a piece of cardboard (the sheep picture was A4 sized). We decorated with cotton balls (the puppet works better if the sheep is heavier, so cotton balls are perfect!). Then when finished decorating, fold in half. You then thread string through the holes, so the children can use the sheep as a string puppet.

Colouring – We used “http://www.sermons4kids.com/good_shepherd_colorpg.htm”