eKIDZ JOURNAL AND MAIN POINT CARD
BEFORE THE ACTIVITY
What you need: eKidz eGroup prayer journal, pen, sample Wonder! Clubhouse
poster, main point cards (1 per child), glue, Sharpie marker
What you say: “God can do great things through us when we learn and live out what the Bible says! Today we learned we can protect others, just like Miriam protected her brother. Let’s think about some people in our families we can protect.”
DURING THE ACTIVITY
What you do: Take out your eGroup prayer journal and pen. Write down each child’s
name and what they say in the journal. Pray with the group.
What you say: “Let’s make a list of the people in our family. When we pray we can use our list to ask God to help us protect and do good things for our family, just like Miriam did. When I say your name, tell me one person in your family to write in our prayer journal.” (Write each child’s name and what they say in the journal.)
“Let’s pray together now! Dear God, thank You for giving us our families. We want to do what You want us to do and take care of our families. Please help [child’s name] protect [person’s name the child listed] and . . . (repeat for each child). God, thank You for each child here today. They rock because they want to do what You want them to do. We love You, God. In Jesus’ name, amen.”
What you do: Give each child a main point card. Encourage children to color their main point cards as you talk. Show the prizes on the back of the sample Wonder! Clubhouse poster.
What you say: “Each weekend you visit Wonder! Clubhouse you’ll get main point cards to add to your Wonder! Clubhouse poster. Collect six cards and bring your poster back to Quest to receive a special prize! We have some really special Quest animal prizes that we can’t wait to share with you once you bring back your filled poster!
Today’s main point card says, ‘I can protect others.’ I want you to color your main point card now. Add this card to your Wonder! Clubhouse poster at home.”
VIPs AND CHILDREN WHO NEED A NEW WONDER! CLUBHOUSE POSTER: Give the child a poster and glue the main point card on it. Write the child’s name on the front of the poster with the Sharpie marker.
AFTER THE ACTIVITY
What you say: “Make sure to keep your poster in a place you can see it every day to help you remember what we learn in Quest and to spend time with Jesus. Today we learned we can protect others!”
What you do: Take your journal home with you so you can pray for your eGroup children by name throughout the week.
LET’S ROCK THE MAIN POINT!
BEFORE THE ACTIVITY
What you need: rock band strips (1 per child), microphone (1) What you do: Give each child a rock band strip.
What you say: “It’s time for us to practice playing our rock band instruments again while we practice our main point for today! Let’s review our instruments one more time. What instrument do you see in the blue square? (guitar) What instrument do you see in the green square? (tambourine) What instrument do you see in the red square? (keyboard) What instrument do you see in the yellow square? (drums) Great job! Now let’s rock!”
DURING THE ACTIVITY
What you do: Explain you will call out different instruments one at a time, and children will race to “play” the instruments by patting the instrument on their rock band strip. As you call the instruments out faster and faster, watch out for kids who either pat the wrong instrument or don’t pat one at all before you call out the next one. If a child misses an instrument, they will stand and say the main point (“I can protect others.”) into the microphone.
Begin calling out instruments slowly at first. As children become comfortable with where the instruments are, call them out more quickly. Watch out for children who don’t tap the correct instrument and encourage them to stand and say the main point into the microphone. Repeat as long as time and interest remain.
DISMISSAL
I SPY
BEFORE THE ACTIVITY
What you need: giant coloring page set (from Kid Connect activities),
microphone (1)
What you do: Encourage children to help you arrange the pages from the giant coloring page set to form one large picture. Explain you will describe objects in the picture for children to find. When children find the picture you’re describing, they should stand and say the main point (“I can protect others.”) into the microphone.
DURING THE ACTIVITY
What you do: Describe characteristics of the objects listed below by saying, “I spy something ________.” Fill in the blank with any words that could describe the object, such as its color, size, what it’s near, or what it’s used for.
- swing
- Pink Pig
- slide
- butterfly
- drum
- Silver Squirrel
- tree
- gazebo
