252 Groups
April 30, 2017, Week 5
Small Group, K-1
Team Player
Bible Story: Team Player (Humility of Jesus) • Philippians 2:3-8
Bottom Line: Put others first.
Memory Verse: “Don’t do anything only to get ahead. Don’t do it because you are proud.
Instead, be humble. Value others more than yourself.” Philippians 2:3, NIrV
Life App: Humility—putting others first by giving up what you think you deserve.
Basic Truth: I should treat others the way I want to be treated.
Social: Providing Time for Fun Interaction (Small Groups, 15 minutes)
Plug In
What You Do:
• Ask kids about bosses. Who is the boss of them? Who is their teachers’ boss? Who is their
parents’ boss? What do bosses do?
What You Say:
“People who are in charge can sometimes be bossy and think they are more important than everyone
else. [Transition] Today in Large Group, we are going to hear about someone who put himself
last, even though He was the boss over everyone.”
Lead your group to the Large Group area.
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252 Groups
April 30, 2017, Week 5
Small Group, K-1
Groups: Creating a Safe Place to Connect (Small Groups, 25 minutes)
* 1. On Thin Ice (application activity / review the Bible story)
(This wil be an activity station in the K-1 activity area.)
What You Need: “On Thin Ice” Activity Page, paper plates; two for each kid, masking tape
What You Do:
• Make a starting line on the floor with masking tape on one end of the room.
• Approximately 10-15 feet away, make another line for the finish.
• Give each kid two paper plates.
• Tell kids to put one plate under each foot and stand at the starting line.
• Read Philippians 2:3-8 out loud to the group.
• Ask kids one of the questions from the Activity Page and encourage them to raise their hands to
answer.
• If they answer the question correctly, instruct kids to use the paper plates like ice skates to slide
forward based on the number of steps they earned by answering the question correctly.
• You may need to accept answers that are close, but not quite exact, for younger kids.
• Continue asking questions until someone reaches the finish line. (Questions 8 and 9 have
multiple answers, so you can ask those a few times and instruct kids to answer in a way that
hasn’t already been answered.)
• Try to call on a variety of kids throughout the game.
• If you run out of questions, repeat questions starting from the top of the list or add in your own.
What You Say:
“Today’s story told us that we should put others ahead of ourselves. Jesus showed us many examples
of times He put others first. We can put others first in our own lives by keeping an eye out all week for
ways to [Bottom Line] put others first. We can put others first at home, at church, or at school this
week—it’s just a matter of thinking about how we can do what other people need us to do rather than
what we want to do. [Make It Personal] (Tell kids about a time when someone put you first.)
Putting others first helps us to be more like Jesus.”
2. Spell It Out (application activity)
What You Need: “Spell It Out” Activity Pages, construction paper, paperclips, toothpicks, towels (or
other soft surfaces)
What You Do:
• Give each kid a piece of construction paper, an Activity Page, and a toothpick.
• Help kids put their Activity Page on top of the construction paper and put a paperclip on all four
sides to hold it in place. You may need to help younger kids put their paperclips on.
• Instruct kids to place their paper on top of the soft surface.
• Show kids how to poke holes in the letters using their toothpick.
• Encourage them to poke holes in all the letters to trace them completely.
• When they are done poking holes on all the letters, take off the paper clips and lift up the
Activity Page to show them that they have written the words with tiny holes on their construction
paper.
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252 Groups
April 30, 2017, Week 5
Small Group, K-1
What You Say:
“You guys did a great job of making these signs! We have heard all month about ways we can put
others first—from letting other people go first in line to giving up what you want to do to let someone
else choose. This week, hang these signs on the window of your room so the light can shine through
these little holes and remind you to [Bottom Line] put others first. Putting others first shows them
that you care about them and lets people see that you are trying to be like Jesus.”
3. Memory Verse Toss (memory verse activity)
What You Need: Bibles, bean bag
What You Do:
• Look up the verse and say it together.
• Then, repeat the verse as a group
• Give a child the bean bag as they say the first word of the verse.
• Have that child toss the bean bag to another child to say the second word of the verse.
• Continue tossing the beanbag, saying a word at a time, until the verse is complete.
• Continue to play encouraging the kids to toss more quickly or time them to see if they can
complete the verse faster in future rounds.
• Play for as long as time and interest allow.
What You Say:
“You guys have done a great job learning the memory verse this month! When we think about this
verse, we should think about these important ideas—don’t be proud; be humble. Being humble means
we [Bottom Line] put others first. What are some ways you have put others first this month? (Pause
for answers) Those are some really great examples of putting others first. Let’s remember to keep up
the good work and keep putting others first like Jesus did!”
Pray and Dismiss
What You Need: No supplies needed
What You Do:
• Guide kids to kneel down if they are able.
• Pray while everyone is kneeling down.
What You Say:
“Today we learned that Jesus was the best example ever of someone who always [Bottom Line] put
others first. Jesus humbled himself by serving others every chance He got. Let’s kneel down and pray
that God would show us how to put others first. God, thank You for sending Your Son to be the perfect
example of putting others first. Help us to remember that Jesus put others first, so we can put others
first too. Show us times this week when we can do things for other people, even if we have to give up
what we want.”
Give each child a GodTime card as adults arrive to pick up.
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Adapted by (jpaganini/mbcloudoun/4.16).
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ON THIN ICE
1. What was the name of the book our story came from? (Philippians; Move
ahead five steps)
2. What number chapter was the story from? (2; Move ahead four steps)
3. Our Bible story told us that we should not do what? (Look out for ourselves;
Move ahead four steps)
4. What should we do? (Look out for the needs of others; Move ahead two
steps)
5. Who was Jesus equal to? (God; Move ahead one step)
6. Did Jesus act like a servant or like a king? (A servant; Move ahead one step)
7. Who should we think and act like? (Jesus; Move ahead two steps)
8. How did Jesus treat people? (He served them, listened to them, He put them
first, He was kind, He healed them, etc.; Move ahead two steps)
9. Name someone you should put first. (Kids can name anyone in the world;
Move ahead one step)
10. Who sent Jesus to us? (God; Move ahead one step)
What to Do:
Print one copy for every small group.
On Thin Ice
April 2017, Week 5, Small Group K-1
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PUT
OTHERS
FIRST
What to Do:
Print one copy for every kid.
Spell it Out
April 2017, Week 5, Small Group K-1
©2017 The reThink Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
W EEK
PUTTING OTHERS FIRST
BY GIVING UP WHAT YOU
THINK YOU DESERVE.
MEMORY VERSE
“Don’t do anything only to get ahead. Don’t do it because you
are proud. Instead, be humble. Value others more than yourselves.”
BOTTOM LINE
Put others first.
Philippians 2:3, NIrV
Invite A Friend Over
y date
Ask your parents if you can have a pla
are with
with one of your friends. While they
hatever they
you, let them choose what to do. W
to make sure
decide, enjoy it and have fun. Work
e.
your friend comes first the entire tim
king your
KNOW that by doing this you are ma
friend feel special.
Humility Teacher
, copy this
After you read Matthew 20:28
per. Or ask
verse on a separate sheet of pa
next part
your parents if you can do this
verse and
directly in your Bible. Look at the
of what
circle the words that remind you
nth. In order
we’ve been talking about this mo
ool or at
to serve others around us, at sch
lves.
home, we have to humble ourse
about the value
THANK God for teaching you
ability to
of humility and giving you the
be humble.
Read Matthew 20:28
Can I Be At The End?
Write or have an adult write
a note to your
teacher, or coach, or dance ins
tructor. Ask them
to allow you to spend the day
or week at the
end of the line. Your note shou
ld say that you
are working on putting others
first, but that
you do not wish to draw atten
tion to yourself.
Then spend the week at the
end of the line.
LOOK at your friends in front
of you and be
thankful God helped you put
them first.
Put Others Firs
t Prayer
It’s easy to w
alk a room and th
ink people are ther
to serve us. Think
e
about it, if anyone
on
Ea
rt
h was
worthy to be serv
ed it was Jesus, th
e
Son of Man.
Instead, He chose
to humble Himself
and serve us.
That’s huge! A lot
of times we don’t
know where
to start when it co
mes to serving. D
on’t let that
stop you. You can
pray about it.
ASK God to help
you show that yo
u are here to
serve others rath
er than be served
.
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