Welcome to Sunday School Solutions!

by Debra HaneAs a parent, I love when my children want to spend time with me. I enjoy when they share what is on their minds or ask for help. And it warms my heart when they say thank you. Good communication pours the foundation for healthy relationships. That is also...

Have you taught your children memorized prayers? I remember praying the “God is great, God is good” prayer before meals and “Now I lay me down to sleep” at bedtime. But the prayer that took more effort to learn was the Lord’s Prayer.

Are you sad, happy, angry, thankful, or afraid? Everyone’s emotions can change based on their circumstances or moods. Sometimes our emotions can be hard to manage or understand. Children need help to understand and properly manage their emotions, too.

What comes to your mind when I say, “Come, let us worship God”? Did you think about going to church and singing praises to God? We often talk about church services as our time of worship. But are there other ways to worship?

Do the children you teach have a heart for God? How does King David’s heart for God help us have a heart of worship?

For many, it is easy to hear words in a church service and in our everyday language without knowing what they mean. Children could tend to lean into this mentality, which then leads to adults who don’t really know what these words mean that they’ve heard their entire lives, but there is always excitement when we get to learn the meaning of a new word! In this series, we will be looking at Scripture and how the writers defined worship.

Without prayer, we won’t grow in our walk with God. As adults, it can be hard to pray when we feel like we aren’t getting answers to our prayers. But we also know that God does answer prayer and walks through difficult situations with us.

The Lord’s Prayer in Luke 11 may sound familiar to the children in your Sunday school class since it is a common passage of Scripture. This doesn’t make it any less important. In fact, it is so common because of how important it is. In these few verses, Jesus tells us how to talk to God the Father! The final parable in our series follows Jesus’ model for prayer. Before the kids in your Sunday school can understand the parable, they should learn how to talk to the Father.

As believers, we are called to forgive those who have sinned against us. But this can be challenging, even for children. Maybe a friend lied to them or said hurtful things. Maybe someone at school stole one of their valuable possessions. How can you teach the importance of forgiveness to the kids in your Sunday school class?