Opening Activity – All About Love – Love Messages In this variation of Telephone, the kids will send messages 3 different ways. • Phone Call – Have the kids sit in a circle and very quietly whisper one of the following messages in one child’s ear. Instruct them to quietly pass that message along until it comes back to you. Invite the final recipient to say it out loud to see if the message changed. • I love to show love to the people I love. ![]() ![]() ![]() Free all about lovin you mp3 music download, easily listen and download all about lovin you mp3 files on Mp3Juices. • You love me and I love you, but who’s going to love the kangaroo? That spells love for you and me. • Text Message – Have kids line up in a single file line all facing the same direction (break up into groups of 5-8 if you have a large group). Give the last person in line one of the following words, and have them spell that word on the back of the person standing in front of them using their finger. See how long it takes to send out the correct message. • Heart • Love • Jesus • Kind • Hugs • No Words – Give a volunteer one of the following songs to hum or whistle and see if any of the kids can figure it out. • Jesus Loves the Little Children • I Love You, You Love Me (the “Barney” song) • Jesus Loves Me • His Banner Over Me is Love • Skidamarink Lesson – All About Love Before we get started, there are a few actions you need to know. When I say ‘LOVE’ I need you to cross your arms over your chest like your giving yourself a great big hug. When I say ‘HEART’ I need you to make a heart shape with your hands. When I say ‘SOUL’ I need you to point both thumbs at your chest. When I say ‘MIND’ I need you to put your hands on your head. And when I say ‘NEIGHBOR’ I need you to point at anyone else in the room. Now let’s get started. The Bible has a lot to say about LOVE. It tells you God LOVES you. It tells you that God wants you to LOVE him. It tells you to LOVE your NEIGHBOR. There is so much in the Bible about LOVE that some people call it a LOVE letter. A long time ago when Jesus was on earth, people thought the Bible was just about rules. Don’t do that. Worship there. Rule after rule after rule. There was a little bit about LOVE, but there were so many rules that was all people cared about. But LOVE was all Jesus cared about. He came here to show each one of us just how much He LOVES us. He LOVES us so much that even died for our sins so we can live with Him forever and always. There were a whole bunch of people who really liked Jesus’ message of LOVE, but there were also a bunch of people who really liked the rules. They thought following the rules was all that mattered, but they forgot that everyone makes mistakes sometimes and disobeys those rules. And then what?!? One broken rule and it’s all over? Jesus came so that even when we make mistakes, He can save us. It’s such an amazing way to show just how much He LOVES us. One day the rule followers wanted to know what Jesus thought was the most important one of all. If we could only ever follow one single rule, which one would it be? They expected Jesus to say one of the 10 Commandments; like obeying your parents, or keeping the Sabbath a day only for God. But Jesus had an even better one. The best rule of all, and it’s all bout LOVE. Jesus said, “ LOVE the Lord your God with all your HEART and with all your SOUL and with all your MIND. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: LOVE your NEIGHBOR as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” – Matthew 22:37-40 NIV Jesus turned all of those rules into just two simple ones.
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