Creation

11/12/2024

God Creates the Heaven and Earth by Jennifer Tolbert

This is the story of Creation. It gives us a glimpse into the beautiful world God wanted to have before sin began deteriorating it. As people made in the image of God, we have inherited the ability to create and children are inherently dialed in to the joy of making new things! This story presents a wonderful opportunity to help children recognize that were purposefully designed by God and with the greatest of love.

Key Concepts:
1. God created you and loves you.
2. God reveals himself through his Creation.
3. We are created in the image of God.

Memory Verse

“In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth.”
Genesis 1:1

Songs

Books of the Old Testament
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
If I Were a Butterfly
The Creation Song
The Hippo Song
My God is So Big
Who's the King of the Jungle?

Story

Begin Class with Songs, Games, Table Activity, or Sharing Time

Open Class in Prayer

Introducing the Story Ideas
1. Play-dough: Give each child some playdough to begin class. Tell them to make something from their imagination. Allow each child to share what they made. SAY: The Bible tells us that God used his imagination to form or create the world we live in! In fact, he was able to create by just speaking it into existence! That is how powerful God is!

2. Making a Home: Supplies: Various pet supplies for a pet, use whatever you have access to!
SAY: Let's pretend that we were getting a new hamster! (can be any pet here, if you are brave, and it's appropriate, consider bringing a hamster, or fish, etc.) I love hamsters! They are so cute and cuddly! I want my hamster to have the very best home ever! So, first, I need a cage so it can be safe. Then, I am going to add shavings so it can have a nice soft place to sleep. It needs food, so I have a bowl here with some food. Etc.

Continue adding and explaining all of the things you would need to create the perfect home for your new pet! Explain to the kids that just like we create the perfect home for our pets because we love them and want them to be safe and have everything they need, God created the perfect world to make sure we have everything we need!

3. Food Webs: (better for older kids) Introduce or review the idea of food webs with your kids. Discuss how God has created everything to have a purpose. Talk about how God we can see the hand of God in the intricate design of the universe.

Story: Your favorite stories probably begin with "Once upon a time." Those are fairy tales, or make believe stories. God's story is different. God's story is a true account of the history of the world, so His story begins with, "In the beginning..." God wanted us to know how our world was made. He wanted to tell us what he WANTED his world to look like before sin entered the picture. He wanted us to know that what he created was good.

READ Genesis 1: 1-29 or show the power point God created the heavens and the earth.
EMPHASIZE that: