Here are some ideas that you could do with your children at home, that link the children’s everyday experiences to the Bible. As you play or create, you can talk about what happened in the Easter story during the last supper.

You could watch this video of the story:

TEACHING POINT

The Holy Spirit is with us too

PROGRAMME

Game - Pentecost Pass The Parcel

I love this idea of how to explain the Holy Spirit being a gift and being for everyone not just the disciples all through a pass the parcel… follow this link for more details.

Playdough

Playdough fun! Use playdough to make fire and talk about how the Holy Spirit first came like fire. And how it can look different to different people… How do you sense the Holy Spirit? Like a whisper? Do you feel something- joy, peace, love, warmth, tingles, shakey? Does the Holy Spirit show you pictures or tell you kind things to say to other people?

Craft

Make a fire craft… as you do, talk about how the Holy Spirit came like tongues of fire on the disciples.

MESSAGE AND PRAYER

The Holy Spirit was sent to us as a special helper for us. If you need help you can ask the Holy Spirit to help you.

The Holy Spirit can talk to us in lots of different ways. When you ask the Holy Spirit to talk to you, you might see it (a mental picture), you might hear it (audibly or in your mind), you might feel it (a sensation or pain which may show how God feels about a certain situation or indeed highlight a need for healing), you might know it (an overwhelming certainty about something), or you might say it (it comes out of your mouth before even thought about it).

The Holy Spirit is always encouraging and kind. And He loves it when we listen to Him. We are like His postmen, he tells or shows us things for people and then we can tell them. It might be something for now or it might be something for another time but it is our job to tell the message. We deliver the message and then it’s up to God to do the rest.

What is the Holy Spirit telling you today?

Pray for your week together!