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LEADER DEVOTIONAL “We love because he first loved us.” (1 John 4:9 NIV) Our ability to love others flows out of what we’ve experienced of God’s love toward us. If you’ve been feeling a distinct lack of love toward others lately, you may just need to spend time getting filled up with God’s love for you! The Bible tells us that his love is unfailing. It’s unfailing in delivering us from hardships. (Psalm 6:4), unfailingly trustworthy (Psalm 13:5), and so completely unfailing, it can’t be shaken (Psalm 21:7). Our hope is grounded in God’s unfailing love (Psalm 33:18). Whatever your need is today, because of God’s great love, he is right with you. He promises to never leave you and never forsake you (Hebrews 13:5). Reach out to him. Tell him what you need and ask him to fill you generously with his unfailing love. He can do that! You’ll have a blessing to pass along from God to the kids you serve. LESSON FIVE CONTENTS, SUPPLIES, AND PREP LOVE FIVE WELCOME • 1 red, green, blue, or yellow color dot sticker per kid (purchase HERE) LOW ENERGY ACTIVITY • 1 soft pillow (a small pillow works best) SMALL GROUP LESSON • 1 roll of red masking tape (purchase HERE) • 1 half-sheet of paper per kid • Large wall space • Markers • Scissors CRAFT ACTIVITY • 8 craft sticks (4.5”), natural per kid (purchase HERE) • Ribbon (purchase HERE) PREP: Cut ribbon into 6” pieces, one for each kid. • 1 roll of 1” masking tape • Colorful permanent markers • Scissors HIGH ENERGY GAME • Energetic music SKIT • 1 Bible or Bible App on tablet or phone • 1 bag of measuring tools: • 1 large measuring cup • 1 tape measure • 1 funny clock or hourglass LARGE GROUP LESSON • 1 small container of ice cream (Haagen Dazs has sample sizes) MINISTRY TIME • 1 small mirror per kid (purchase HERE... can be reused for the craft in lesson seven) WORSHIP CHALLENGE PAPER • 1 Challenge Paper per kid Find this week’s unique items on our Amazon Shopping List. All items are available for Prime shipping! FIVE WELCOME LESSON 5 min THE VERSE And may you have the power to understand . how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ. Ephesians 3:18–19 (NLT) THE POINT God’s amazing love can fill me so I can love others. ICE BREAKER RULES SUPPLIES: We’ve only got THREE RULES. • 1 red, green, blue, or yellow color dot sticker per 1 Listen to your group leader. kid (purchase HERE) 2 Be a good friend. Each kid chooses a color and sticks the dot on the palm 3 Have fun! of their hand. If you follow these rules, you’ll have a great time One at a time, each kid raises his or her hand with the and learn something new. dot, waves at the others kids, says his or her name, and answers the question that matches his or her dot. If the group is larger than ten kids, all the kids with the OFFERING same color wave and share the answer with the kids It’s so great to GIVE BACK TO GOD. next to them. Continue for each color. When we give God back a small piece of Blue = tell something about your family; yellow = tell what he’s given us, we show how much something about school; red = talk about your favorite we trust him. food; green = talk about a favorite activity. Pray aloud that God would bless the offering and the church’s mission in the community and world. INTRO Turn to your neighbor and share... ANNOUNCEMENTS Add your announcements below: What is one thing you love best about your favorite grown-up? Today we’ll discover where to look for the perfect picture of love! Anybody have an idea about that? = Show slide for this point. (Download HERE.) Welcome - Love LOW ENERGY ACTIVITY LESSON FIVE 10 min NAME BOP SUPPLIES: • 1 soft pillow (a small pillow works best) 1 All of the kids sit in a circle. 2 One kid sits in the middle of the circle as “it.” 3 “It” holds the pillow. 4 The leader begins by saying the name of a kid in the group. 5 The kid who was named responds by saying his or her own name and the name of someone else in the group. 6 “It” tries to “bop” him or her on the leg with the pillow (gently!) before he or she can complete their task. 7 If “It” gets the “bop” in time, the two kids trade places and play continues with the new “It”. Otherwise, “It” keeps going until he or she successfully bops another kid. Low Energy Activity - Love SMALL GROUP LESSON FIVE 15 min THE VERSE And may you have the power to understand . how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ. Ephesians 3:18–19 (NLT) THE POINT God’s amazing love can fill me so I can love others. Introduce yourself and welcome each kid by name. Give each kid a piece of paper. Show the kids how to fold it in half and cut a heart shape. Have the kids use Check up on previous prayer requests or events. markers on the heart to create a love note to God. Instruct the kids to tape their love notes inside the big heart when they’re finished. ACTIVITY Discussion: SUPPLIES: • 1 roll of red masking tape (purchase HERE) Why do you love God? What do you love about him? • 1 piece of paper per kid • Large wall space Look at our love notes inside the big heart. How does our love compare to • Markers God’s love? • Scissors How has God shown that he loves you? Read the Bible verse aloud (Ephesians 3:18–19, above). How does God help you love Jesus more? Do you think we could draw a heart big enough to show how great God’s love is? What is a way God helps you love someone else? If we tried to outline a heart with tape on the wall to show how big God’s love is, how big should we Who does God want you to show his love make it? to today? Begin creating a heart shape on the wall with the red tape. Try to use the entire wall space—as much as is possible. PRAY Does that help us see that God’s love for us is Pray that each child would be filled with God’s gigantic? amazing love so he or she can love Jesus and others more. Small Group Lesson - Love CRAFT ACTIVITY LESSON FIVE 15 min THE VERSE And may you have the power to understand . how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ. Ephesians 3:18–19 (NLT) THE POINT God’s amazing love can fill me so I can love others. LOVE IS... SUPPLIES: • 8 craft sticks (4.5”), natural per kid (purchase HERE) • 1 ribbon piece (6”) per kid (purchase HERE) • 1 roll of 1” masking tape • Colorful permanent markers • Scissors 1 Each kid is given eight craft sticks and access to masking tape, markers, ribbons, and scissors. 2 Cut the masking tape into 4” pieces. DISCUSS DURING THE ACTIVITY: 3 Place two craft sticks together, side by side, and • What’s the biggest thing God did to show tape them together along the length of the stick. us that he loves us? 4 Repeat 3 times for a total of 4 sets of sticks. • What’s your favorite thing to do to show love to someone? To God? 5 Flip the sets over and line them up. Tape between the joints on the back. • Which means more to you—for someone to tell you that they love you or for them 6 Use permanent markers to decorate the front to show you that they love you by what side with designs that show what love is. they do? 7 Surprise! The canvas folds up accordion-style. • Where can you get help to show God’s love to a person who is hard to love 8 Tape a piece of ribbon to the back to hang up for sometimes? display. • Why do you think God might want you to show his love to that person? Craft Activity -Love HIGH ENERGY GAME LESSON FIVE 15 min 4 Kids turn to the person on their left or right WET NOODLE and wiggle their fingers at each other, touching fingers—this is the “wet noodle handshake”. DANCE Leader should be prepared to demonstrate. SUPPLIES: 5 Repeat the entire game two or three times. • Energetic music Once the kids have the Wet Noodle Dance down, be creative and change up the type of dance and 1 All of the kids form a circle. handshake. Depending on how much time there is, try a baby crawl, space walk, chicken dance, or robot 2 When the music starts, the kids move around dance—any type of fun actions can be put into play the room in a clockwise direction, wiggling and here. The variations are especially fun with the right jiggling like a wet noodle. (Of course, the leader musical accompaniment. should demonstrate what a wiggling, jiggling noodle looks like!) 3 When the music stops, the kids move to stand in a different spot in the circle, between two new people.