Beautiful Feet Sunday – Teacher’s Outline
LESSON 1
Objective: To encourage children to pray for people in France and for friends in Australia to hear about Jesus
and know that he loves them.
TIME –
45min
2 min
LESSON
OPENING & WELCOME
TEACHER PREPARES IN ADVANCE & EXTRA
RESOURCES
Words and music of song
Song – Jesus Rocks the World (Colin Buchanan)
3 min
FUN FACTS ABOUT FRANCE
Teacher shows 4 things on paper/white board and
explains the 4 Fun Facts About France
1. Baguette – 25 million baguettes eaten daily
2. Cafés – 7,000 cafés in Paris city. People walk
only 20 metres to a café.
3. Cheese –350 different kinds of cheeses.
4. Bridges – 37 bridges in Paris, thousands in
France many that are very old.
Fun Fact cards
Beautiful Feet Sunday France Actvity Sheet
– FUN FACTS asks these questions:
How many baguettes do people eat each
day?
How far do you have to walk to the nearest
café?
How many kinds of cheese?
How many bridges to cross the river in Paris?
How many people know Jesus in France?
EXTRA FACT:
– Only 1 person in every 100 in France knows Jesus.
CMS has missionaries in France so that more people can
know Jesus. Many children don’t even hear about Jesus
in Sunday School.
10 min
SCAVENGER HUNT MEMORY VERSE
Teacher places the words to Romans 10:8 around the
classroom.
Students have to find a word and then decide together
what order it goes in.
5 min
DISCUSS THE MEMORY VERSE
Remind children that many people in France do not
know Jesus. Many people who do know Jesus keep it
secret and don’t tell anyone else that they follow Him.
Use actions to present verse.
Romans 10:8 ‘But what does it say? “The word is near
you, in your mouth and in your heart. That is the word
of faith that we tell.”’
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‘The word is near you’ – what is the word? The
good news about Jesus – that Jesus loves them!
‘In your mouth and in your heart’ – how do
people hear about Jesus? By people telling
them and living God’s way.
Memory verse cards
Need 1 card/paper with each word from
Romans 10:8 (with pictures of baguette, café,
cheese & bridge on the back)
Practise actions to teach memory verse
Present the challenge to the children that Christians in
Paris and France need to be willing to share Jesus. Why?
God wants people to know how much he loves them,
including all people in France. People in Australia need
to hear about Jesus, too. God wants people to:
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HEAR about Jesus so they can know him.
ACCEPT Jesus as Lord of life.
OBEY God and follow him.
A good thing to do first is to PRAY!
5 min
5 min
PRAYER TIME
God loves France.
God wants the French to know Him.
Let’s pray for people to know Jesus in France and
Australia.
France Activity Sheet – Pray for France
1. For people far from God to come near to
Him by hearing about Jesus and how much
he loves them.
2. For Christians to tell friends and family
about Jesus.
STORY TIME
Lesson 1 Story
Read “Caroline prays for people in France to know
Jesus”
Ask children questions in story to encourage them to
think of people they can pray for to know Jesus.
15 min
EXTRA
TIME
SEND
HOME
CRAFT/ACTIVITY TIME – 3 options
1. Eiffel Tower and Paris – templates at:
http://madebyjoel.com/2012/01/travel1. Eiffel Tower & Paris building crafts – with ‘Pray for
size-paper-city-paris.html
people in France to know Jesus’ stand
http://www.papertoys.com/eiffel.htm
2. Memory verse colouring page – with picture of Paris
‘Pray for people in France to know
on back
Jesus’ cut-out stand (attached)
3. A Trip Around Paris
2. Memory verse sheet (attached)
Paris colouring page – see:
http://coloringpanda.com/page/2539402
Practise speaking in French
Mission money box – Ask children to make it at home &
start their gift for helping people in France and other
countries to hear about Jesus.
3. France Activity Sheet – A Trip Around
Paris – more information on tourist
locations at
https://au.pinterest.com/explore/parismap/
https://www.freetranslations.org/voicetranslator.html#
Mission money box – template (attached)
Lesson 1 - STORY: CAROLINE PRAYS FOR PEOPLE IN FRANCE TO KNOW JESUS
Paris is a large city the about the size of Brisbane, but France is a country with nearly 3 times the
number of people as Australia. And not many people know Jesus – do you remember how many? (Less than 1
person out of every 100. How many children are at your school? How many do you think know Jesus?)
Today we are praying that people in France hear about Jesus, and that Christians are willing to share
Jesus with their friends, family and those they meet.
Let’s hear how a CMS missionary named Caroline Evenden did that.
Caroline works with university students in the city of Toulouse. The lovely town is in southern France
and is sometimes called: “the city of pink”, because all the buildings are made by stone are ‘dusky-pink’ in
colour.
Caroline has lived in Toulouse for almost 4 years. This year, Caroline wanted to spend more time
praying for students – when she woke in the morning, when she went walking for exercise, before she met
students for Bible Studies and when she walked home in the evening.
She decided to ask others to pray also for 10 students who were asking questions about Jesus, but
hadn’t yet decided to follow Jesus. Caroline knew that God says in the Bible that we can pray to Him and he
will answer. God loves to answer when people, even boys and girls, pray that more people will know Him.
So Caroline and her friends prayed for the 10 students.
One of those students was Naomi. At first, Naomi didn’t understand about Jesus dying for her on the
cross so she could be friends with God, but Caroline kept praying and chatting with her. Naomi came to the
local church in Toulouse, she came to Bible Studies at the university, and she soon began to understand that
Jesus loves her, died for her and that He rose again.
This year, Naomi decided to follow Jesus!
She soon began to tell others about Jesus, too. Her friend, David, also decided to follow Jesus.
Pray for Naomi and David to keep following Jesus and telling friends about Jesus. Thank God for always
answering prayer and helping people to know Him.
Do you have friends who don’t know Jesus? Can you think of 5 friends that you can start to pray for
today?
Lesson 1 – FUN FACT CARDS
Baguette
Cheese
Baguette
Cheese
Café
Bridge
Café
Bridges
Lesson 1 – MEMORY VERSE SCAVENGER HUNT: Romans 10:8 (with Fun Fact pictures photocopied on reverse side)
The
word
is
near
you,
in
your
mouth
Lesson 1 – MEMORY VERSE SCAVENGER HUNT: Romans 10:8 (with Fun Fact pictures photocopied on reverse side)
and
in
your
heart.
That
is
the
word
Lesson 1 – MEMORY VERSE SCAVENGER HUNT: Romans 10:8 (with Fun Fact pictures photocopied on reverse side)
of
faith
that
we
tell.
Romans
10:
8
Lesson 1 – ACTIVITY/CRAFT 1: EIFFEL TOWER AND PARIS
Templates at:
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http://madebyjoel.com/2012/01/travel-size-paper-city-paris.html
http://www.papertoys.com/eiffel.htm
‘Pray for people in France to know Jesus’ cut-out stand:
Lesson 1 – ACTIVITY/CRAFT 2 LESSON 1: Memory verse colouring in sheet
To be printed on back of picture of Paris (Download from: http://coloringpanda.com/page/2539402)
Beautiful Feet Sunday – Teacher’s Outline LESSON 2
Objective: Who can we talk to about Jesus?
TIME –
45 min
2 min
LESSON
OPENING & WELCOME
TEACHER PREPARES IN ADVANCE
& EXTRA RESOURCES
Words and music for song
Song – Giving Everything to Follow (Hillsong for Kids)
5 min
REVIEW THE MEMORY VERSE – Romans 10:8
Put the cards of the memory verse
on the board (see Lesson 1)
Play the missing word game. Take a word away and see if the
children can remember the full verse.
Keep going until only 2 words are left.
5 min
FROM THE BIBLE
Introduce the idea that, throughout the Bible, Jesus and his
followers told all kinds of people the good news.
See Acts 10. One of those people was Cornelius, who was an
important man and not someone Jesus’ followers would normally
get to know. Cornelius was different from them. He was the head
of a big army unit, not a fisherman or tax collector like some of
Jesus’ disciples. He was Roman not Jewish and ate things that
many Jews thought were not good to eat.
But God told Peter in a vision to go Cornelius’ house and tell him
the good news about Jesus. And Cornelius and everyone in his
house decided to follow Jesus!
8 min
A STREET/APARTMENT BLOCK IN FRANCE
Explain that many different people live in France.
Here are some of the people of France.
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5 min
Street scene – Make or draw the
street on a large sheet of paper for
children to see – sample template
(attached)
House 1: Berber family (from North Africa). They run a
restaurant and all work very hard.
House 2: French Baker. He has a big bakery that is open
every day from early in the morning to late afternoon.
House 3: The music teacher who teaches piano, violin
and has many students.
House 4: A Turk family. The mother and father are tailors
and make beautiful suits for men and women.
House 5: An Arab family. The father is an engineer and
helps to build new roads and bridges.
STORY – Read out while children are drawing on houses
Does God only love some people?
God loves everyone.
Lesson 2 Story
Let’s hear about a little girl who lives in House 1.
Ask questions at the end of the story to check what the children
understood.
5 min
15 min
PRAYER TIME
Show children prayer cards for different people groups in
France. Compare how many people know Jesus for each people
group.
1. Christians in France will share with their friends and
family about Jesus.
2. Berbers, Arabs and Turks in France will have open hearts
and minds to hear about Jesus.
3. Pray that many children come to know and follow Jesus
in France.
CRAFT/ACTIVITY TIME
Many buildings in Paris have beautiful windows.
Old buildings and new have stained glass windows.
STAIN GLASS WINDOWS by Kinder Art.com
http://www.kinderart.com/sculpture/paperscreen.shtml
TAKE
HOME
Prayer Cards for People of France:
https://joshuaproject.net/prayer_c
ards/ROG3/FR/PeopNameInCountr
y/Population/Y
Need:
Black construction paper
Coloured tissue paper in many
colours
Popsicle sticks for spreading glue
Glue that dries clear
Remind the children to fill their money box so that we can give
so people in France hear about Jesus.
Lesson 2 – STORY: THE GOOD NEWS IS FOR EVERYONE
A young Berber girl, Kella, was watching very carefully as she served coffee and breakfast to a young
couple who came into her father’s restaurant. Why was she surprised?
The couple smiled to her and thanked her for the food she brought to them. Then, smiling at each
other, they bowed their heads and prayed. She heard them thanking God for each other, for His great love for
them and for the good food. To her great surprise she heard them ask God to bless her and this café. But
why?
She was surprised. Why would complete strangers ask God to bless her? Before they left the café, she
wanted to ask them. And she did! They told her that God created her, loved her and had a very special plan
for her life. They were just asking God to do what He already wanted to do – bless her life with Himself.
After many talks with this couple, Kella is now a believer and a follower of Jesus Christ. She also looks
for ways every day to help other people to know about Jesus, too – even people who are different from her,
and especially people who might never hear about Jesus from anyone else!
Who do you know who you could tell about Jesus?
Lesson 2 – Street Scene:
Lesson 2 – Craft Idea: Stained Glass Window
Level: Junior, Middle School, High School
Grades: 3 and up | Age: 8yrs and up | Written by: Andrea Mulder-Slater
[Andrea is one of the creators of KinderArt.com]
What You Need:
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Black construction paper
Tissue paper in all colors
Glue that dries clear
Popsicle sticks for spreading the glue
Pencils
White Chalk
Scissors
Have an example or 2 ready to show younger students.
What You Do:
1. Provide each child with one large sheet of black construction paper, folded into 3 sections.
2. Children can decide what shape they want their screen - square top, triangle top, etc.
3. Using scrap paper and pencil, children can sketch a few ideas. These ideas can be based on actual stained glass
works but ideally the designs should be original to each child.
4. When ready, children can draw their design ideas on the black construction paper, remembering that they will
be cutting the middle sections out of their designs.
5. White chalk can be used to draw the outlines on the black paper.
6. Once the outlines are drawn, students can then cut away the middle areas, leaving a black line of paper.
7. Tissue paper which has been carefully torn into pieces, can be glued in the middle areas. Children should choose
colors that they think look good.
8. Let the screen dry and display on tables or hang from the ceiling in front of a window.
9. Attach the prayer requests written on cards below the window.
10. Remind the children to PRAY FOR FRANCE this week.
Beautiful Feet Sunday – Teacher’s Outline LESSON 3
Objective: Children would know how to share with a friend about Jesus.
TIME
45 min
2 min
LESSON
TEACHER PREPARES IN ADVANCE
OPENING & WELCOME
Lyrics of song
Song – Tell the World (Hillsong Kids)
Song – Jesus Saves (Colin Buchanan)
3 min
REVIEW THE MEMORY VERSE
Romans 10:8
Put the verse to actions
You’ll be learning verse 9 later in the lesson.
10 min
FRENCH FOOD & THE BREAD OF LIFE
Prepare a sheet showing different
foods.
Give children a sheet with different French foods.
Q: Which foods have you eaten?
Q: Which foods have you not eaten?
Q: Would you like to eat snails for breakfast?
Q: Would you take a frog legs sandwich to school
for lunch?
But snails and frog legs are not the main thing people
eat in France. Different countries have different main
foods. A lot of people in France eat meat, cheese and
desserts! In other countries people eat a lot of
potatoes or rice or chicken. What do we eat a lot of in
Australia? Bread?
JOHN 6:35
Jesus said, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to
me will never hunger and he who believes in me will
never thirst.”
Q: What do you think Jesus meant by being the bread
of life?
5 min
STORY:
We’ve heard the last 2 weeks about people in France
hearing about Jesus. Today let’s hear a story about a
young boy in France sharing Jesus with his friends.
Or bring some baguettes for children
to try with butter and jam.
Write John 6:35 on the board.
5 min
MEMORY VERSE:
10 min
Romans 10:8 and now 9
8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your
mouth and in your heart. That is the word of faith that
we tell.”; 9 because, if you confess with your mouth
that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God
raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
BRIDGE TO LIFE:
The Bridge to Life – you too can share Jesus with a
friend.
Link how Romans 10:9 is part of the bridge to life.
10 min
CRAFT:
Make a bridge – need 2 paper cups, ½ paper plate,
coloured markers, scissors and glue
SEND
HOME:
Crepes for Kids
http://www.kids-cooking-activities.com/crepes-kidscooking-party.html
Add the new verse to the board. Get
children to work out actions for the
verse with their hands.
See: Bridge Illustration for Kids
http://students.bedotell.com/gotjesus/
http://www.danyabanya.com/sydneyharbour-bridge-craft/
‘Jesus is the bridge to life’ cut-out to
stick on bridge (attached)
Send home recipe for crepes with
some prayer requests for FRANCE.
Popular French Food
Macaroons
Cheese
Crepes
Souffle
Baguette
Snails
Quiche
Omelette
Croissant
French Tarts
Chocolate French Cake
Frogs Legs
Lesson 3 – STORY:
I wonder what is worse than eating ‘frog’s legs’ for dinner? That is a special French meal! Perhaps to
me it would be talking to a French person about God. It seems that the word ‘God’ seems to embarrass
people in France and make them nervous, but not for Abel.
Abel is a Christian boy going to school in Paris. Sharing Jesus with his friends and family is as easy as
having a conversation. In fact, to Abel, that is exactly what talking about Jesus is – a conversation. His mum
and dad saw a big change in Abel’s life after he accepted Christ and kept asking him: “What is wrong with
you? You are so different.” He would always reply: “Nothing. I just don’t want to be angry anymore.” His
parents thought being a Christian was a trend for Abel and would pass, but it didn’t. This past Easter, his
mother and father came to church with him. They had never gone to church before and they actually enjoyed
it and listened to all that was shared.
Abel plays on a soccer team at his school. There are lots of times when he could become angry (like he
did in the past), but now, he prays with his team-mates before every game. He asks God to help them play
well, play fair and honour Him in all they do. His team-mates haven’t all accepted Christ, but many of them
are open to hear what Abel thinks.
Abel has learned that if you pray for those you love, if you listen to them, and if you respect them, God
will open a door for you to share with them about who He is and what Jesus did for us on the cross.
Who can you pray for today – for the opportunity to share the good news about Jesus?
Lesson 3 – Bridge to Life Picture:
Teacher draws this picture on the board as you explain the Gospel message.
Wipe away the words and now use the picture to explain the memory verse ROMANS 10:9
http://students.bedotell.com/got-jesus
Lesson 3 – CRAFT:
BUILDING A BRIDGE –
You will need:
 2 cups per child
 ½ a paper plate
 Coloured markers for drawing the parts of the bridge
 A card with the MEMORY VERSE on to paste on one side of the bridge
 Scissors
 Bring an example to show the children.
Directions:
1. Cut the cups with scissors up 1 side and 1 inch of the flat end of the cup.
2. Cut the paper plate in equal half.
3. Stick the MEMORY VERSE to the back of the bridge.
4. Have children draw parts of the bridge.
http://www.danyabanya.com/sydney-harbour-bridge-craft/
Lesson 3 – TAKE HOME RECEIPE:
How to make Crepes
Crepe is French for "pancake." They are different from traditional thick pancakes as they are
thinner, often times have a filling inside and can be rolled up.
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
Butter or stick margarine or shortening for cooking
1. In mixing bowl lightly beat eggs.
2. Add vanilla, milk, salt, sugar, and flour. Blend together.
3. Stir in baking powder. Let rest for 10 minutes.
4. Heat small fry pan to very hot. Melt butter and spread around to coat pan.
5. Add batter, just enough to cover the bottom of the pan.
6. When it bubbles turn to brown other side.
7. Set aside on a plate.
8. Heat pan again several seconds then pour batter into pan.
9. Stir batter before each crepe.
10. Serve with bananas in the middle and melted chocolate/cream on top!
http://www.kids-cooking-activities.com/crepes-kids-cooking-party.html
Beautiful Feet Sunday – Teacher’s Outline LESSON 4
Objective: Helping children to understand new life in Christ.
TIME LESSON
45 min
2 min OPENING & WELCOME
TEACHER PREPARES IN ADVANCE
Lyrics to Song
Songs – Practice being Godly (Colin Buchanan)
Or Mighty to Save (Colin Buchanan)
3 min
MEMORY VERSE: 2 Corinthians 5:17
MY PART IS COMING – idea for learning a verse
Children sit in a circle, and call out one name. First
child will say the first part of the verse.
Child to the left (clockwise) must say the second part
of the verse, and the child to the left (the third child)
must say the reference. The process involves at least
three children—one for each the first portion of the
verse, the second portion of the verse, and the
reference. Do this several times so everyone has a
chance to say part of the verse.
5 min
Words of the Verse on the board
See:
www.kidssundayschool.com
STORY:
People becoming Christians in France.
Let’s hear how this is happening…
5 min
PRAY FOR FRANCE:
1. Mark Drama to continue to help people
understand the life of Christ.
2. For churches to plan good ways to share
Christ in their areas.
3. For all French people to hear about Jesus.
4. For more French people to decide to follow
Jesus.
10 min FRENCH GAME:
Bilboquet
French children make their own ball and cup games
called bilboquet, or the familiar "catch the ball in a
cup" game, by stringing yarn around a ball knotting
the yarn around the handle of the cup. Mix it up &
have children link arms with a partner and catch their
ball in their own cup
20 min CRAFT:
Need:
Cups with handles
Ball with string tied around it and attached
to the cup.
See:
God’s Word says that when just 1 person comes to
Jesus there is much joy in Heaven.
This is a firework craft to celebrate that God is
working in France and will answer prayer.
EXTRA Children make their own Bilboquet set
TIME
http://www.happinessishomemade.net/?s
=fireworks+craft+for+kids
Lesson 4 – STORY:
There are so many ways that people can hear about Jesus. Let’s think of a few together:
(As children think of ways write up 1 word for them)
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Friends or family sharing
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Christian churches
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Concerts
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Giving a Bible
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Jesus film
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Christian radio
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Christian TV show or video
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Internet
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Showing love
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Sunday School
In France, by the time people finish school they often don’t believe in God or that He even exists. And
most don’t go to church or have never been to Sunday School. So some missionaries and Christians in France
put on a play that acts out the book of Mark in the Bible. It’s called the Mark Drama (or “Marc l’Experience” in
French). Students help to act it. The drama shows that Jesus was real and what he did on earth. It also shows
why Jesus had to die in our place so that we could be forgiven and made new.
Many Christian students invite their friends to the Mark Drama. Their friends often have questions
afterwards and there is time to sit and talk. This play is helping to open the hearts and minds of university
students to God’s plan to forgive all people who come to Him through Jesus.
Do you remember about the French student named Naomi whom we talked about a few weeks ago?
Acting in the Mark Drama helped Naomi to know more about Jesus, and helped her to decide to follow Him!
How can you let someone know about Jesus?
Let’s thank God for the ways we can let people know about Jesus. And let’s celebrate when people
decide to follow Jesus!
Lesson 4 – CRAFT: FIREWORKS CRAFT
http://www.happinessishomemade.net/?s=fireworks+craft+for+kids
Directions for the Fireworks Craft:
What you need in advance:
 Paper plates
 Toilet paper rolls
 Cut the toilet paper rolls about 2 inches all the way around
 Red, white & blue paint
 Coloured paper
Directions:
1. Put the paint onto paper plates in the middle of the table (easy reach)
2. Put one prepared toilet paper roll (cut & flattened at the end) on each colour plate
3. Let the children dip the roll from the paint and onto their sheet
4. They should try to get the effect of all 3 colours on their page.
Giving to Missions through the CMS Money Box:
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Encourage the children that although the topic of France is now finished, we want to continue to pray
and give to those working in France so that people can hear about Jesus.
Organise a time at your church when children can bring their money boxes to church and have a
special giving time during the service.
Perhaps at this service, there could also be pray for Christians working and sharing Jesus in France.
CMS Beautiful Feet Sunday resources will be sent to your church, including a DVD with many short
video clips. Perhaps one could be used on this special Sunday for giving.