Children's Church: Sermon on the Mount: Giving

Opening:

Welcome

Talk about the Sermon on the Mount

God loves a giving heart

Add dollar signs to hill

Would you rather have someone give you...

A cupcake factory

Unlimited trips to Disney World

Open Bible to Matthew 6.

Talk about the importance of giving

PRAY

Core Bible Discovery

Q. If you could be famous, what would you want to be famous for?

Imagine being famous for giving

Generosity billboard activity (Heart of Giving handouts)

Draw billboard on the backs of handouts

Transition into talking about the sermon on the mount

Matthew 6:1–4 NLT

1 “Watch out! Don’t do your good deeds publicly, to be admired by others, for you will lose the reward from your Father in heaven. 2 When you give to someone in need, don’t do as the hypocrites do—blowing trumpets in the synagogues and streets to call attention to their acts of charity! I tell you the truth, they have received all the reward they will ever get. 3 But when you give to someone in need, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. 4 Give your gifts in private, and your Father, who sees everything, will reward you.

Relate back to our billboards

God loves a giving heart

Private billboards

Set out scissors

Follow directions on handout

Lay hearts at cross

Q. Why do you think God cares about why and how we give?

Q. What would giving with a giving heart look like compared to giving to get attention?

God loves a giving heart

Write encouraging messages on 5 sticky notes

Leave for others to find

Go back to classroom

Talk about the activity

God loves a giving heart

Challenge kids to give this week

Life Application Wrap-Up

Talk about the difficulty of giving

Stick heart stickers on green slips of paper

Write a one sentenced prayer on heart sticker

Collect the paper slips

PRAY