Unit: Money, Money, Money

Session Title: The Parable of the Vineyard Workers

Life Point: People should thank God for His generous gifts.

Life Verse: “Your life should be free from the love of money. Be satisfied with what you have.” Hebrews 13:5

Weekly Bible Verse: “The one who pursues righteousness and faithful love will find life, righteousness, and honor.” Proverbs 21:21

Bible Passage: Matthew 20:1-16

Extras from LifeWay (GREAT Ideas Here): Click here

* * *

Game: That’s Not Fair Chairs
This game is played like musical chairs. The children walk around some chairs until the music stops. There will be one chair less than the number of children playing and when the music stops, the child without a chair is out of the game. When that happens, all of the children will all say, “THAT’S NOT FAIR!” and then the music will start once again. Continue playing until just one child is left standing with a chair and all the other children will say, THAT’S NOT FAIR! Then tell today’s Bible story to the children as they sit in the chairs in a circle today.
Click here for more info

Craft: God Gives Us A “Bunch” of Blessings
This is a cute craft. The picture is a just a drawing but you could do more with it to make it cut-er. I would suggest having purple circles to make a bunch of grapes on a piece of paper. Have the children draw or write things that they are thankful to God for.
Click here for more info

Story: Acting Out the Story
On this website they used pom-poms to show the difference of how much each person was paid in the story but you really could use any object, even using real money for older kids. This is just another simple but fun way to act out the story for the kids.
Click here for more info

Food: Grape Shish-kabobs
Basically just put grapes on sticks but a fun way for the kids to eat something related to the story. If you do this please but up an allergy alert.
Click here for more info