Jesus' first miracle- He
Turns the Water into Wine at the Wedding in Cana.
Aim: Performing
miracles is something only God can do, and turning the water into wine is no
exception!
Opening
game:
As we are thinking about Jesus and his mother at a wedding we began by designing wedding dresses from crepe paper and masking tape. With three in each group someone was the bride and the other two designed and made the dress on the bride.
Story:
Jesus and
His Disciples were invited to a Wedding
• How
many of you have ever been to a wedding? (Wait for answers; some of them may
have even been IN a wedding – flower girl, ring bearer, etc.
Allow the
children to tell you a little about weddings.)
• During
a wedding a bride and a groom come together and are married.
• They
invite their friends and family to be there.
• They
used to have weddings a long time ago (during Jesus’ time) too.
• Jesus
and His Disciples were invited to a wedding at Cana in Galilee.
Jesus’
mother, Mary, was there too!
• You
remember Mary, Jesus’ mother.
Review
who Mary is.
Talk
about the Christmas story some, if necessary.
• Mary
was invited to the wedding as well.
• She was
there along with Jesus and His Disciples.
• Mary is
an important part of this story.
During
the Wedding Feast, they ran out of wine.
• Wedding
feasts back then usually lasted several days.
• During
the feasts, the families of the bride and groom would stay together and eat and
drink together.
• It was
considered very important to have enough food and drink for everyone who was at
the celebration for all those days.
• But at
this celebration, they ran out of wine! (Uh oh!)
• Mary
came to Jesus and told Him.
• Jesus
said to her “Woman, why do you involve me? My hour has not yet come.”
• But Mary
told the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”
Jesus
performed a miracle: He turned water into wine.
• There
were 6 big stone water containers sitting there.
• Jesus
told the servants to fill them all up with water.
• They
filled them all the way up (20-30 gallons each!)
• Then He
told them to dip out of one of the containers and take it to the Master of the
Feast.
Help the
children visualise what happened. Put a few drops of red food colouring in the bottom of 6 large glasses. From a jug of water, pour water into each glass. The kids were amazed as they hadn't seen the red food colouring in the glass beforehand.
• When
the servants took him the cup, it was full of wine!
• It was
the best wine of all!
His
Disciples believed in Him!
• Jesus
would do other miracles later, but this was the first one He did.
• The
only reason He could do a miracle like this was that He was he
Son of
God!
• Jesus’
Disciples were there and they saw what happened.
• His
Disciples believed in Jesus!
Memory
Verse:
Acts 16v31 'Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be Saved'.
The kids learnt the memory verse by playing hopscotch. Each child took it in turn to hop along each word of the verse. They repeated it many times and were so excited to keep having more turns. Once I thought they knew the verse I started one at a time turning words over so by the end they were hopping down the line saying the verse without having to read it.
Activity:
Clay pots using air dry clay. We used the coil method. Each child rolled out their clay and wrapped it around a plastic drinking tumbler. The younger kids 4/5 struggled a little and needed help but the 6/7's were more than able and in turn helped the little ones.
A large part of today's club was
taken from: Just Us Little Guys- Sunday School Center - www.SundaySchoolCenter.com ©2012,
Sharon Kay Chatwell
