February 27
Hey Kids
This week is all about - being kind to someone who has been mean to you. When you have the option to be mean to them you choose to be kind instead. This is called Mercy.
Let’s explore what Mercy is.
Bible Texts - Matthew 5:7
Jars of Oil-2 Kings 4:1-7-The beginners Bible
Joseph and his brothers - Genesis chapters 37,39-45
Playhouse
God blesses those who are merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Matt 5:7 NLT
Treehouse
Those who give mercy to others are happy. Mercy will be given to them. Matt 5:7 ICB
Here are the Beatitudes taken from Matthew chapter 5 (ICB)
TreeHouse Kids Connect -What does it mean to be merciful?
In the book of Genesis we read that Joseph was merciful when he had every reason to be extremely mean. How can we be like Joseph? Share these questions with your family or friends and find ways that you can choose mercy.
Let’s make an oil jug.
Click here for your Jug picture
Instructions:
1. Print the document (duplexed)
2. Colour with bright textas on the side with writing (mirrored text)
3. Glue a thick sheet of paper on to the coloured side to prevent oil seeping through onto the table in step 4 (optional)
4. Use a small amount of vegetable or baby oil on a paintbrush on the opposite (uncoloured) side of the paper. Watch the writing and colour appear on the page.
Kids colour in on the reversed text side then turn over the picture and use baby oil with a cotton tip, paint oil over the jug and the writing magically appears right way around.
Make these butterflies and see how the colours merge together to make a beautiful pattern.
When we choose to be kind all the time, just like the water on the paper, kindness brings people together in the best way, and that is beautiful!
Make - Marshmallow Guy
This video is kind of corny and very sweet, especially if you like Marshmallows. Check out the lesson we can learn from a marshmallow. It’s pretty cool!
Try being a superhero this week (you might like to make a superhero mask & cape) & help out a friend who is being dealt with unjustly. Like Natalia in this week's Words to Remember video, your friend might have had a toy snatched from them and is sad they no longer have their toy. Talk to the child that has snatched your friend's toy. Ask them to kindly to give the toy back, because what they did is not right, and ask them to say sorry. You might like to give yourself a superhero name, like Justice Kid!
If another person does something bad to you this week, show them mercy!
Tell them you don't like what they did, and that it was the wrong thing to do, but like Jesus does & wants us to do, forgive them & continue to be their friend.
Build an obstacle course.
Get some ideas on what to use from this video. Time how fast you can successfully complete your course.
to build an obstacle course. Get some ideas on what to use from this video. Time how fast you can successfully complete your course.
Are you ever tempted to take short cuts, skip a difficult part of the race or peak through your blindfold when you are playing a game?
When someone makes it hard for you to play or even worse cheats during the game. What do you do?
Jesus tells us in the Beatitudes how to play like him. Whatever game you are playing today, play your best and encourage others to do the same. If they don’t, be merciful towards them. Remember all the times that you have not done your best, or you cheated, or you were a bad sport and then choose to be kind and get on with the game.
Play the Mercy Game.
To play this game you will need a large open safe space for kids to run.
Make one Mercy Label and two Mean labels. These are to be worn by the kids.
The mercy label is taped to a child who is at one end of the playground.
The mean labels are taped to two other kids who are in between the mercy child and everyone else.
The rest of the children line up at the opposite end from the Mercy child.
To begin the game the mercy child calls out “Mercy Me”
The children who are lined up are to run toward the Mercy child as the safe place is when you are standing behind the Mercy child.
While the kids are running, the mean kids role is to tag as many kids as possible.
If you get tagged you get to sit out for the rest of the game. ( You could add these kids as taggers if the kids are old enough)
There is a safe option where the kids who are running can yell “have mercy on me” if they are about to be tagged. They can only yell this once while they are running.
Have fun with this game. Get as many people as you can to play no matter what age they are. We can all do with a lot more mercy in our day.
Play your favourite games with your family and friends. How does it feel to play with people who you can count on to do the right thing. to not hide the last piece of the jigsaw puzzle or to cheat in monopoly.
This weeks words to remember remind us always to want to do the right thing, to think about what the right thing is and how we can do that.
How much would our day change if every one wanted to do the right thing by each other?
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