Children and Family Ministry at Trinity
Denise Phillippe, Director of Christian Education
dphillippe@trinityhayfield.com
Distance Sunday School
November 22
THANKSGIVING
1. Bible Verse
“I will bring [God] glory by giving him thanks.“ Psalm 69:30 (NIrV)
("glory" expresses the ideas of importance, greatness, honor, splendor, power, etc.)
Repeat several times in a normal voice, then a very slow voice, then a fast voice, then in a gobbly turkey voice.
2. Slow down to say thanks.
Life sure is busy! Talk as a family about how life is busy. Talk also about how life is busy right before and right after Thanksgiving Day.
Life is busy. There’s no changing that. But there’s no time like Thanksgiving to remind ourselves it’s on us to slow down and be thankful. When we’re caught up in the day-to-day craziness, it’s easy to forget all the ways God blesses us each day. We’re so busy racing from school to practice that we forget to look outside, to see the sun and the falling leaves and the beauty around us. We forget to thank God for His goodness.
3. Bible Story
The Ten Lepers: Jesus heals ten men with a skin disease and one says thank you
Luke 17:11-19
There’s a story in the gospel that reminds us of the importance of saying thank you. It’s the story of ten men who needed a miracle and to their surprise, received one. But only one of the ten was able to slow himself down, to step back, and say thank you.
Watch a video that tells the story.
Younger children: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzZUDRrKgI8
Older children: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_QOhNJ1Zuc
For preschoolers, here is a long version aimed at them that teaches additional material:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx8cIWho1-E
4. Thankfulness Calendar
Let’s become people who know how to slow down and say thanks. Let’s show our gratitude to God and to other people and make the giving of thanks something we do all year long. EVERY DAY between now and Christmas, let’s take a pause to write down or draw a picture of one thing we are thankful for. (As a family, locate a calendar to do this.) You can also say a prayer of thanks every day or write a note of thanks or say thank you right to a person. Let’s accept the challenge of pausing to be thankful every day between now and Christmas.
THANKSGIVING
1. Bible Verse
“I will bring [God] glory by giving him thanks.“ Psalm 69:30 (NIrV)
("glory" expresses the ideas of importance, greatness, honor, splendor, power, etc.)
Repeat several times in a normal voice, then a very slow voice, then a fast voice, then in a gobbly turkey voice.
2. Slow down to say thanks.
Life sure is busy! Talk as a family about how life is busy. Talk also about how life is busy right before and right after Thanksgiving Day.
Life is busy. There’s no changing that. But there’s no time like Thanksgiving to remind ourselves it’s on us to slow down and be thankful. When we’re caught up in the day-to-day craziness, it’s easy to forget all the ways God blesses us each day. We’re so busy racing from school to practice that we forget to look outside, to see the sun and the falling leaves and the beauty around us. We forget to thank God for His goodness.
3. Bible Story
The Ten Lepers: Jesus heals ten men with a skin disease and one says thank you
Luke 17:11-19
There’s a story in the gospel that reminds us of the importance of saying thank you. It’s the story of ten men who needed a miracle and to their surprise, received one. But only one of the ten was able to slow himself down, to step back, and say thank you.
Watch a video that tells the story.
Younger children: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzZUDRrKgI8
Older children: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_QOhNJ1Zuc
For preschoolers, here is a long version aimed at them that teaches additional material:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx8cIWho1-E
4. Thankfulness Calendar
Let’s become people who know how to slow down and say thanks. Let’s show our gratitude to God and to other people and make the giving of thanks something we do all year long. EVERY DAY between now and Christmas, let’s take a pause to write down or draw a picture of one thing we are thankful for. (As a family, locate a calendar to do this.) You can also say a prayer of thanks every day or write a note of thanks or say thank you right to a person. Let’s accept the challenge of pausing to be thankful every day between now and Christmas.