A Treasure Hunt
Children's sermon
The Giant Book Of Children's Sermons
Matthew To Revelation
Object: a jewelry box hidden somewhere in the chancel
Good morning, boys and girls. Today I need your help to find something which seems to be missing and is a really great treasure. I know that you will be a great help to me since it is somewhere in the front of the church. It isn't lost, but it is hidden and I can tell you that it is very valuable.
How many of you like to look for things which are hidden? (let them answer) Good. Now let me tell you what it looks like. (describe your jewelry box and make it sound as valuable as you possibly can) Remember, we are looking not only for the box, but the most gorgeous jewels that you can imagine. Take good care and hunt quietly until you have found it. (when someone has found it, have him bring it back and look through the box to make sure that nothing is missing)
That was good work and you did it so quickly. I am proud of you for both finding and box and also for making all the people who use it happy again. Finding that jewelry box reminds me of the time when needed some rest after a very hard day of teaching people and healing them of their many diseases.
Jesus was just exhausted and needed to be by himself for a little while, so he got up very early one morning and went out to a very lonely place where he could pray. But while he was gone, other people came to where he was staying and they brought other people who were sick and crippled and asked for Jesus.
The disciples were also tired but they thought that Jesus was close by. However they could not find him. Peter, John, James, and all the others, looked here and looked there, but they could not find Jesus anywhere. The people were going crazy because they wanted to see Jesus very much and no one seemed to know where he was. Finally, the disciples started a search, just as you did this morning. They began to hunt everywhere until they found him.
Jesus was more valuable to the people than a jewelry box. He was as important to them as life itself. They wanted Jesus, and they were willing to hunt for him as long as it took to find him. They searched and searched until they saw Jesus in his lonely spot praying. Quickly they ran up to him and told him how much the people were looking for him and how glad they were to discover him when they thought that he was lost. Jesus was glad to see his disciples but he told them that he must move on now to other places where there were other people who needed him as much as the people did in this village.
The next time you see a jewelry box or something very valuable, I hope you remember the day you searched for one in the front of the church and how you found it. Then you will also remember the day the disciples searched for Jesus and found him praying to his heavenly Father. How many of you will remember? That's wonderful.
Good morning, boys and girls. Today I need your help to find something which seems to be missing and is a really great treasure. I know that you will be a great help to me since it is somewhere in the front of the church. It isn't lost, but it is hidden and I can tell you that it is very valuable.
How many of you like to look for things which are hidden? (let them answer) Good. Now let me tell you what it looks like. (describe your jewelry box and make it sound as valuable as you possibly can) Remember, we are looking not only for the box, but the most gorgeous jewels that you can imagine. Take good care and hunt quietly until you have found it. (when someone has found it, have him bring it back and look through the box to make sure that nothing is missing)
That was good work and you did it so quickly. I am proud of you for both finding and box and also for making all the people who use it happy again. Finding that jewelry box reminds me of the time when needed some rest after a very hard day of teaching people and healing them of their many diseases.
Jesus was just exhausted and needed to be by himself for a little while, so he got up very early one morning and went out to a very lonely place where he could pray. But while he was gone, other people came to where he was staying and they brought other people who were sick and crippled and asked for Jesus.
The disciples were also tired but they thought that Jesus was close by. However they could not find him. Peter, John, James, and all the others, looked here and looked there, but they could not find Jesus anywhere. The people were going crazy because they wanted to see Jesus very much and no one seemed to know where he was. Finally, the disciples started a search, just as you did this morning. They began to hunt everywhere until they found him.
Jesus was more valuable to the people than a jewelry box. He was as important to them as life itself. They wanted Jesus, and they were willing to hunt for him as long as it took to find him. They searched and searched until they saw Jesus in his lonely spot praying. Quickly they ran up to him and told him how much the people were looking for him and how glad they were to discover him when they thought that he was lost. Jesus was glad to see his disciples but he told them that he must move on now to other places where there were other people who needed him as much as the people did in this village.
The next time you see a jewelry box or something very valuable, I hope you remember the day you searched for one in the front of the church and how you found it. Then you will also remember the day the disciples searched for Jesus and found him praying to his heavenly Father. How many of you will remember? That's wonderful.
