Lesson 1 Treasure Quest...
Lesson Goal:
The children will understand that everyone has sinned and that God has a plan to help us with our sin.
Main Point:
Sin Separates us From God!
Bible Verse:
For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.
Romans 3:23 (NLT)
This week your children helped us kick off a brand new series called Treasure Quest. They were also introduced to two characters on a mission to find the greatest treasure ever: Kit Windswept and Andi Bennett. Kit is used to the jungle and loves a challenge. Andi, on the other hand, is more comfortable back home researching. Kit called Andi to help decipher clues to find the treasure. They know that to find the treasure they must follow some special stones that they find in the jungle. However, each stone is a clue and in order to understand each clue they must study stories from the Bible. This first week, Kit and Andi found the sin stone and despite Andi’s warning, Kit attempted to simply grab it. This sprung a trap and Kit’s hand was stuck to the stone. Andi went on to explain that in order to free the stone, and Kit’s hand, they would have to understand where sin came from.
Want some super fun activities to bring the point home? Check out the "Chad's Bad Day" helpsheet to take your kids through a story to help them understand sin.
Also! Check out the "Nobody's Perfect" activity! It's a great one for showing how none of us are perfect!
A side note: Lesson One is an important one for establishing that we've all sinned, even if we are good kids or people, none of us fit God's glorious standard. While that was the main emphasis of this lesson, we made sure the kids understood that the next lesson would be about how much God cares about us and wants to be near to us so he sent his son Jesus. See lesson two for the super conclusion to the problem of sin!