God Is – Lessons for Younger Children – The Church in New York City

God Is...

Beginning September 21, 2025

ACTIVITY: Bring pictures of God’s creation and of things made by man. Have the children say which things were created by God and which were made by. Man.
CRAFT IDEAS: (1) Have the children color a picture of the earth, making the land and oceans different colors. (2) Use star stickers and stick them onto black colored paper. (3) Making a hanging mobile of sun, moon, earth, and stars
SONG SUGGESTIONS: 9014 God’s Design Song #14: God Put Them There; 9008 God’s Design Song #8: How About the Mountains? ; 60 THE CREATION; 9001 God’s Design Song #1: Let’s Open Up Our Eyes!; 9617 God Made the Universe, Genesis 1:1, 26-27, 31

CRAFT/ACTIVITY IDEAS: Paste different body parts on a picture of child (eyes, ears, nose, mouth, hands, feet)
SONG SUGGESTIONS: 2846 Jesus Loves the Little Children (alternate lyrics); 156 FOR I AM FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE Psalms 139:14; 74

SONG SUGGESTION: 54 God Knows Everything; 52 God is Always Near Me; 4611 My God is so Great; 2847 One God and Only One
CRAFT IDEAS: (1) Use a dark colored background and draw stars using white chalk, or use glow-in-the-dark star stickers. (2) Draw a self-portrait and glue on yarn hair.

SONG SUGGESTION: 4611 My God is so Great; 110 Jesus Can Do Anything; 9001 God’s Design Song #1: Let’s Open Up Our Eyes!; 45 How did Moses cross the Red Sea?; 24 He’s Able
ADDITIONAL BIBLE STORY IDEA: In addition to the lesson idea about plants growing, another alternate story idea is God parting the Red Sea for Moses and the children of Israel.
CRAFT IDEAS: (1) Picture of ocean with waves or picture of mountains with waterfalls (powerful things in nature that God created). (2) Bring dirt and cuts, and have the children plant a seed (preferably a seed that grows quickly), and they can see the growth during the week.

SONG SUGGESTIONS: 2842 God is Omnipresent; 50 Who did swallow Jonah?
ADDITIONAL BIBLE STORY IDEA: In addition to the lesson, an additional story idea is to tell a simple version of Jonah running away but God, but God knew where he was because of His omnipresence.
ACTIVITY: If the space allows, play hide and seek.
CRAFT IDEAS: (1) Color a map of the world and write that God is everywhere. (2) Make Jonah and the great fish out of construction paper, or allow the children to draw the scene themselves.

SONG SUGGESTIONS: 92 Jesus loves even me (first stanza only); 3738 Jesus loves me this I know; 2811 God is so good; 3716 JESUS LOVES YOU (Tune “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
CRAFT IDEAS: (1) Picture of many children from different parts of the world, (2) Make a fanfold cutout of hearts connected together (like the connected paper people)