Resources needed:
3–6 year olds
 Laptop or computer tablet to show media clip
 Craft resources for spoon puppet – wooden spoons (or ice lolly sticks), pens, fabric, cord and small round stickers
Title
TRANSFORMED Life: Alive for a Purpose
Learning
Jesus fills us with His power and gives us a reason
Objectives to live
We are halfway through the whole church ‘TRANSFORMED
Life’ teaching series, based on Ephesians Chapters 1–3.
These chapters of the Bible help us find the answers to three
of life’s biggest questions:
This is the Bible verse for the whole series:
Ephesians 1:11
‘It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we
are living for’ (The Message)
‘Who am I? Where do I fit? What am I living for?’
Each week we have been looking at a New Testament
character who was transformed in a special way through
knowing Jesus.
Session
Overview
Throughout this series we will be building a firm foundation in
the children’s lives of how our God has transformed us in
Christ.
Let’s be TRANSFORMED by Jesus as we find out how the
answers to the life questions above affect how we live each
day for Jesus!
In this session, we learn that God very specially and lovingly
made us and that He has given us special gifts to show His
love to other people. God wants us to discover and experience
more and more of His amazing love for us and experience His
power in our lives EVERY day so that we can show this to
other people.
Please read and encourage the children to repeat this
verse each time you are leading one of the Transformed
Life sessions.
Key Bible
Verses
This week’s verse:
Ephesians 2:10 ‘We are His work. He has made us
to belong to Christ Jesus so we can work for Him.
He planned that we should do this.’ (NLV)
This week’s character: The healed leper
Luke 17:11–19 The man who was healed from
leprosy and came back to thank Jesus.
Timing
20
mins
Activity
Instructions
Free Play
Craft – Wooden Spoon
10mins Healed Man
(during
freeplay
time)
[Wording on tag:
Jesus showed love to the
leper and healed him. Jesus
made him alive to serve Him]
5–10
mins
Refreshments and catch up
on the week
Draw an unhappy face on one side of a wooden spoon or ice lolly stick and a happy face on
the other. Shape a tunic out of pieces of fabric (fold, tape or tie it together rather than using
pins). Push through hole through the fabric and tie to create a man wearing a tunic. Stick
stickers on the fabric of the unhappy man to represent leprous sores. Turn over and see that
the man has been made well by Jesus! Now tie a piece of cord around then man to form a belt.
It might be nice to write each child’s name somewhere, such as on a tag attached to the cord
belt.
Sit the children down and give out drinks and snacks.
Ask the children about how they are doing with their parents at home doing the ‘Transformed
Life’ activities in their Activity Books during the week (based on the story of Mary sitting at
Jesus’ feet, listening).
Begin with the series memory verse and encourage them to repeat the words:
Ephesians 1:11 “It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for”
(The Message )
Now introduce this week’s character, The healed Leper, using this counting rhyme:
Teaching – Counting rhyme
Ten sick men all walking in a line,
(The story of the ten lepers)
5 mins
Use your fingers and thumbs to
be the ten men, plus allow
plenty of time for sorting out
fingers and keep this a fun
activity, rather than a test of
maths skills!!
One saw Jesus, so did the other nine.
Ten men, scared that Jesus wouldn’t wait,
Two ran forward, so did the other eight.
Five called, ‘Jesus!’ ‘We want to stay alive!’
‘Please help us!’ called out the other five.
Ten men limping, leaning on their sticks.
Four saw Jesus stop! So did the other six.
Ten men knocked on the synagogue door,
Six found the priest, so did the other four.
Ten men laughing, shouting ‘Look at me!’
Seven said, ‘I’m well again!’ So did the other three.
Ten men wondering, ‘Now what shall we do?’
Eight said, ‘I’m going home!’ So did the other two.
Ten men leaping and dancing in the sun,
Nine ran into town, but not the other one.
One man remembered who had helped all ten,
He ran back to Jesus, thanked Him and then …
Jesus blessed him; ‘Your faith has made you well’
‘Now keep on praising and loving God every day!’
Follow Up:
Let’s talk about it:
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5 mins
How many men came back to Jesus? (one)
What do you think the man said to Jesus?
(thank You)
Was Jesus pleased? (yes!)
Say: ‘The man wanted to please Jesus for the rest of his life. And so do we, don’t we?’
Ask if any of the children want to say ‘thank You’ to Jesus, right now. Stop and pray. Thank Jesus
together.
Worship – ‘You are shaped for
serving God’ by Doug Horley.
Encourage the children to join in
and sing the highlighted words.
5 mins
Familiarise yourself with the song
at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=a5-mowIR1OU
You might like to introduce new
actions to learn for each part. You
could ask the children to come up
with a few new actions.
By now, the children will probably
remember the ‘verse’ parts as well
as the chorus, so encourage them
If you walk like a model or walk with a waddle;
You are, you are, you're God's indeed
If you're very, very funny or good at making money;
You are, you are, you're God's indeed
God had a brilliant plan when He created man;
He knew just how each one would serve Him
Wonderful indeed, gave you gifts you need;
To work on earth for Him
You are shaped for serving God x3;
Holy, holy is His name
If you laugh like a donkey or your hair's a little wonky;
You are, you are, you're God's indeed
If you're really good at caring or a little brave and daring;
You are, you are, you're God's indeed
If you're good at origami or can make a great salami;
You are, you are, you're God's indeed
to join in with the whole song if
they know the words.
Prayer Time – Praying
Fingers
5 mins
This would work best in small
groups
Encourage the children to talk to
Jesus to thank Him – not just
about Him making us well, but
about anything and everything!
If you're fast like a whippet or really good at cricket;
You are, you are, you're God's indeed
Hold one hand out in front of you, with fingers spread.
Touch each of the five fingers in turn, starting with the little finger, and say one word for each finger:
‘Thank–You–Thank–You–Jesus.’
Practise this together. (‘Thank–You–Thank–You–Jesus.’)
Invite the children to use these words to talk to Jesus now. (They could do this individually or as a
group prayer).
Extend the prayers, if you wish. For instance, ‘Thank You, thank You, Jesus, for…’
Explain to the children that they are going to act out the Bible story and are going to pretend to be
the men who Jesus healed.
5 mins
Action game – Ten men
came to Jesus one day
Use this rhyme (which can be sung to the tune of ‘Five little ducks’), starting with everyone in the
centre of the room.
Ten men came to Jesus one day, (Children move from the centre of the room, towards you.)
Jesus healed them all – hurray! (All jump and cheer!)
Ten men ran off to the town – (Children run off to the edge of the room.)
But one man came back and kneeled down. (Call one child’s name to come back, kneel down and
say ‘thank you’.)
Repeat until everyone has had a turn at ‘coming back’.
Fun Game – ‘Sick, Sick,
Healed’
5 mins
Sit the children in a circle, facing inwards, with a volunteer child on the outside of the circle (the
leader).
Play exactly as you would ’duck, duck, goose’; the ‘leader’ walks around the circle and calls out
“sick” each time they touch the head.
(based on the game ‘duck, duck,
But when they touch a head and call out “healed”, that child must stand up quickly and chase the
goose’)
leader, trying to ‘tag’ them before they reach the gap in the circle and sits down.
If the leader does ‘tag’ the other child, the ‘tagged’ child becomes the new ‘leader’.
Partnering with parents
Encourage the children to do the activities with an adult in their family and find out more
about the leper who was healed by Jesus that we learnt about today.