His parents came to church the next Sunday. Listed below are 21 outreach ideas to help your churched kids reach out to their unchurched friends and families.
Take the time and effort to plan and organize well. Make sure kids understand that they can invite their unchurched friends. When you provide fun events, kids will eagerly let their friends know. Invite a local artist to teach cartooning, color and line, and perspective. Have kids make masks or learn how to mix colors. Invite a local sports figure to offer a clinic for your kids. Have kids bring their favorite table games.
Hold a tournament and give prizes in each age category. Or make your own games. How about a huge Twister using various colored paper plates taped to the floor? Have children make puppets and create a puppet show. Take your puppet team to the city park and hold a sidewalk circus. You can also have circus-type acts, clowns, and balloons. Invite visiting children to come to your church on Sunday. Teach about reuse, reduce, and recycle.
Have kids plant trees in your community or coordinate a paper drive. Communicate the ecology message from the standpoint that God created the world and gave us authority over it.
Fly high in the spring. After morning worship, supply kite-making materials. Serve families pizza or hot dogs for lunch. After everyone has eaten and made a kite, enjoy flying the kites.
Encourage each child to bring a friend to Sunday school. To tape the balloon to the straw, fold up a piece of masking tape and place it on the side of the blown up balloon, being careful not to let the air out of the balloon until ready. The air pressure will make the balloon travel up the string. Let teams race their balloons.
Two to four kids stand back to back in the center of a duck tape circle. They are each given a balloon to blow up and release. They move to where their balloon is and blow it up and release it again. Object is to be the first to get outside the circle. Have kids turn to a partner and discuss these questions: Which thing made you put the most pressure on your balloon? How did you feel as you pressed on your balloon? Read aloud Philippians Form groups of four, and have one person from each group leave the room.
Have the remaining three people in each group do an action of their choosing, such as waving their arms, jogging in place, or clapping. Ask them to continue their action and not say anything when the person from their group comes back in.
Tell them the goal is to get the person who comes back in to join them in performing their action. Let the groups continue their actions for a minute and then stop. What did you group members do that did or did not work?
Read aloud 3 John Ask: When is a time someone influenced you to do something good? Were any of their influential strategies similar to what our groups used today, such as enthusiasm?
Form groups of four to six. Have the people in each group link arms. Then choose one person in each group to face the opposite way from the others. The one person facing the opposite direction tries to pull the group his or her way. Afterward, ask: How did you feel during this game? Read aloud Ephesians Say: Peer pressure is when friends — or peers — pressure us to do something.
What does this verse say about peer pressure? How can we live out this verse in our lives this week? Form groups of four, and give each group a can of a diet lemon-lime soft drink. Have groups each pass around their can as each person shares an example of something that makes them really angry-and shake the can a couple of times. Then have each group toss the can quickly from person to person as they tell what they do when they get mad.
The person who first drops the can must open it. Ask: How was what happened to the insides of the can like or unlike what happens to our insides when we get angry? What does this verse say to do with our anger? Have one person in your group quickly say a string of one-digit numbers while another adds the numbers in his or her head.
The entire time, have other kids say random numbers aloud to distract the adding person. Read aloud Psalm Ask: According to this verse, what does the psalmist concentrate on? Have one person stand on one foot in the middle of each group and try to balance as the other people in the group help the person balance.
Then have the people in the group try to stop the person from balancing on one foot. Afterward, ask: Which way was easier to balance-the first time or the second time?
What did the people in the group do to help with balance? Ask: What are some ways that people lose balance? Jerusalem Walk The children will explore different parts of the city that Jesus often visited. How does a child's life today compare to when Jesus was born? Jesus Is The children will consider the truth of their knowledge about Jesus.
Jesus Word Scramble The children will find the words and discover a secret message about Jesus. Lazy Or Wise Ways? A challenging activity illustrating the consequences of laziness.
Lego Strength Challenge The children will test the strength of their constructed buildings. Letter Of Encouragement The children will write a letter to a friend or classmate encouraging them to live passionately and purposefully for Christ. Letters Of Encouragement Children find joy in encouraging others. Listen, Think, Speak The children will practice listening and thinking before they speak.
Lord Of Life The children will come up with as many words as they can by using the phrase "Lord of Life. Love Of Scripture I delight in your commands because I love them.
Some have much more meaning than others. Lunch Sack Surprise The children will participate in an activity concerning the contents of our hearts. Made By God Experience the wonder and awe of God's creation. Magnet Discovery Bin The children will discover a similarity between magnetism and believing in Jesus Christ.
Make It Right The children will learn that it takes action to make something right. Match The Word To The Definition The children will build their vocabulary by identifying the definition of words used in the fourth lesson of Nehemiah. Mini Roles Of Obedience What would you say to someone who wants you to join him or her in doing the wrong thing? Minor Prophet Summary Cards The children will be introduced to the 12 minor prophets and their messages. Missing Piece People try to fill the empty spot in their hearts with many things.
Mixed Up Attitudes Is it better to give or to receive? Generosity is a great attitude to have. Moving Time The children will discover that it is easier to move forward spiritually when they get rid of their old bad habits and live a life that is pleasing to the Lord.
My Firsts! The children will identify special places where something happened for the first time. My Fruit This activity will show that each of us is known by the type of fruit that we produce. My Gifts From God In this free Sunday school activity, the children will identify the gifts they have received from God. My Prayer Of Faith In this free Sunday school activity, children learn about the "Prayer of Faith," and then develop their own prayer for the appropriate time.
My Strengths The children will evaluate their own strengths and how God could use them to help others. Narrow Path Walking the narrow road may not be easy, but the reward is worth it. It leads to eternal life with Jesus. No Way! Food Challenge In this free Sunday school activity, children will try unusual food combinations to learn about spiritual maturity.
Not Really A Puzzle Living things come in many forms. People, animals, fish, trees and flowers are all different.
How this happened is no puzzle, God created everything. Obey The Master The children enjoy following detailed instructions and learn about personal obedience. Objects Of Refuge The children will identify examples of a refuge to learn about God. Old Enough To Know In this free Sunday school activity, children use colors and words to demonstrate the awareness of sin within their lives. Old Or New? A lesson on self-worth and love. Our Special Church The children will take home a picture of their church.
Palm Branch Or Nail The children will identify positive and negative responses to peer pressure. Patience, Please In this free Sunday school activity, children practice patience techniques and are rewarded for their skills.
Acts Perseverance Discovery Bin The children will learn that God has the answers even when we do not. Persistence Words The children will look up verses and complete an acrostic.
Planting Prayers The children will plant sunflower seeds to learn about prayer. Power Of The Tongue Through this activity, children will learn the power behind Jesus' words and their own words. Power Source There are many different sources of power in the world today; what is your power source? Prayer Balloons The children will compile prayer requests and create reminders to pray. Prayer Chain Kids have fun exchanging Dog Tags and praying for others.
Prayer Scrolls The children will create scrolls with prayer requests. Precious In God's Sight This activity teaches kids that we should show kindness to everyone in the world.
Protective Helpers The children will act out scenarios to practice being protective helpers. Psalm Five Pictures The children will draw pictures to complete the verses. Psalm Writers The children will create their own songs for worshiping God. Purpose Of Prayer In this free Sunday school activity, children learn the importance of communicating with God on a regular basis. Questions For God The children will learn that God has the answers even when we do not.
Rainbow Write Review A colorful way of repetitively writing a Bible verse that aids visual learners and helps students successfully memorize a verse. Resisting Fleshly Desires Children explore the difference between giving into their fleshly desires and acting out of love with mercy and humility.
Restore Me The children will view earthly examples of restoration to learn about spiritual restoration. Sacrifice Acrostic The children will unscramble words to discover the greatest sacrifice. Sacrificial Helpers The children will identify ways to help others with specific needs using common everyday objects. Salvation Balloons The children will identify true and false statements regarding salvation. Scripture Match-Up A quick search through the Bible to match up verses about God's peace and protection with their correct scripture reference.
Self-Reflection And Repentance The children learn the importance of self-reflection and its purpose in repentance. Selling God's Word In this free Sunday school activity, kids will discover and share the importance of God's Word by producing and recording a radio commercial announcement. Serve Like Jesus This activity will help children remember to serve others in humility, just as Jesus did. Shine Among Them Like Stars The children learn that out of hundreds of thousands of people they can shine and stand out for Jesus.
Snowball Or Avalanche? Kids discover that even little white lies can snowball into an avalanche. So Don't Worry In this free Sunday school activity, children learn that worrying tears away at being able to enjoy the many pleasures life brings.
Soft Or Hard Heart? God wants us to have soft hearts, which are ready to be used for His purposes. Sounds Of Nature In this free Sunday school activity, children will practice listening so they can also listen to God. Special Guest Anticipation of meeting Jesus should inspire us to live our lives for Him. Special Places Wall The children will write down the names of special places onto paper bricks.
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