A guide to the truth
Children's Activity
Object:
Teachers or Parents: Our Gospel reading focuses on the work
of the Holy Spirit as he leads us to understand the truth about
Jesus, the Son of God. This gives us the opportunity to give the
children some insight into this aspect of the Holy Spirit's work.
*Prepare a maze puzzle for the children to solve. Make it
difficult enough that it can't be solved too quickly, and set a
time limit for them to complete it. When the time is up, give
them a maze with the correct route drawn out and let them finish
their own maze puzzle using the guide. When they have all
finished, discuss how the Holy Spirit works with us as a guide to
truth just as the guide maze showed them how to complete the
puzzle.
*Prepare the Lord's Prayer in a foreign language and put it
up on the board or easel. Ask the children to tell you what it
says. When they give up, show them the Lord's Prayer in English
and explain that this is what the foreign words say. Use this as
a way to show them the work of the Holy Spirit in showing us the
truth and interpreting God's word for us. You can also tie it in
to the speaking in tongues that occurred on Pentecost.
Sunday school assembly opening:
*Explain to the children that Pentecost is the birthday of
the church and ask if anyone can say which birthday it is. Let
them guess how many years old the church is dating from the first
Pentecost. You can give a prize for the one who is closest.
(While we don't know the year of the first Pentecost exactly,
most feel it was 29 A.D. which would make the church 1971 years
old this year. This is based on Jesus being born in 4 B.C.)
of the Holy Spirit as he leads us to understand the truth about
Jesus, the Son of God. This gives us the opportunity to give the
children some insight into this aspect of the Holy Spirit's work.
*Prepare a maze puzzle for the children to solve. Make it
difficult enough that it can't be solved too quickly, and set a
time limit for them to complete it. When the time is up, give
them a maze with the correct route drawn out and let them finish
their own maze puzzle using the guide. When they have all
finished, discuss how the Holy Spirit works with us as a guide to
truth just as the guide maze showed them how to complete the
puzzle.
*Prepare the Lord's Prayer in a foreign language and put it
up on the board or easel. Ask the children to tell you what it
says. When they give up, show them the Lord's Prayer in English
and explain that this is what the foreign words say. Use this as
a way to show them the work of the Holy Spirit in showing us the
truth and interpreting God's word for us. You can also tie it in
to the speaking in tongues that occurred on Pentecost.
Sunday school assembly opening:
*Explain to the children that Pentecost is the birthday of
the church and ask if anyone can say which birthday it is. Let
them guess how many years old the church is dating from the first
Pentecost. You can give a prize for the one who is closest.
(While we don't know the year of the first Pentecost exactly,
most feel it was 29 A.D. which would make the church 1971 years
old this year. This is based on Jesus being born in 4 B.C.)
