God's Gifts to us: Creation Day 3

Circle Time

            Opening prayer

            Hello song.

This will take longer in this class as we are just getting to know everyone. We will learn each other’s name and remember them by singing a special song each time we start our class.

                        Sing the “Hello” song

  Introduction to Bible Lesson

Each one of us is very special to God. Before we were created, God loved us so much that he created this special world for us. He thought about everything we would ever need and included it in the world he made. Last week we learned about the first and second day of creation.

What did God create on the first day? (light)

What did God create on the second day? (sky)

Did God see that it was good or bad? (God saw that it was good)

Let’s find out what happened on the third day of creation.

Bible Lesson

Our Bible lesson today comes from the very first book of the Bible. This book is called Genesis. Genesis chapter 1: 9- 13 says:

“God said let the water under the sky be gathered into one place. Let dry ground appear. And that is what happened. God called the dry ground land. He called the waters that were gathered together oceans. And God saw that it was good. Then God said Let the land produce plants. Let them bear their own seeds. And let there be trees on the land that bear fruit with seeds in it. Let each kind of plant or tree have its own kind of seeds. And that’s exactly what happened. The land produced plants. Each kind of plant had its own kind of seeds. The land produced trees that bore fruit with seeds in it. Each kind of tree had its own kind of seeds. God saw that it was good and there was evening and there was morning the third day.

“God loved us so much that he planned this special world for us. On day one he gave us light so that we could see. On day 2 he gave us air so that we could breath. On day three he gave us land to walk on and plants so we could eat. He was making this world specifically for you and for me. Without these special gifts, we would not be able to see or breathe walk or eat.

Bible Crafts

1.      Creation picture of flowers and seeds

Materials: assorted packages of dried beans, popcorn seeds, sunflower seeds, crayons, preprinted cardstock with picture of flowers and plants on it.

Have the children color the picture and then glue seeds and beans onto the picture to finish.

Snack Time

Circle Time

            Song 1 – Theme song “God Made Me Special”

            Song 2 – God Made Me

God Made Me Special Activity

1.      Page 2

Children draw a picture of the wonderful things they can see that God has made

2.      Page 3

Children color pictures of eyes to match their own color. Then they find out how many children in their class have each eye color.

Closing

                        Closing prayer

Act of service: Stewardship of the earth. Pick up litter that you see.