Kids Service

      CALL TO WORSHIP

               2 Songs

Here I am to Worship

Waymaker

Warm Up

Jesus, not Jesus, game

Bible Reading

Video Moses and the ten commandments

Song

Go tell it on the mountain

 Link

Follow the leader

Reading 2

Video the Transfiguration

Crossword

Across

1. Clothes 4. Moses 6. John 7. Peter 8. James 9. Sun 10. Voice

Down

2. Shelter 3. Elijah 4. Mountains 5. Terrified

Talk

Have you ever had a toy or something else that glows in the dark? I am not talking about a battery-powered light-up toy or a glow stick that you must snap and shake to get it to glow.

I am talking about a ball that glows due to the light that shines on it before you place it in the dark.

Have you ever had a sticker on the wall of your room that glows like that? (Allow children to answer.)

If you have, you know that it will glow much brighter if you hold it close to a light bulb for a few moments before you turn off the lights.

The toy is made of a special material that soaks up energy from the light and then gives off its own light.

Today, we have two passages of scripture, one from the Old Testament and one from the New Testament. The first passage teaches us that whenever Moses talked to God, his face would shine afterward.

Moses had come down from the mountain after he received the Ten Commandments from God. When he came off the mountain, his face shone because he had been standing in God's presence. Being so close to God and talking to God made Moses shine because of the reflection of God.

His face glowed with the light of heaven. Other people noticed it before Moses did.

In today’s second scripture passage, we heard how Jesus took three of his closest friends, James, Peter, and John, up to the top of a mountain with him.

 While they were up there, something amazing happened! Jesus changed right before their eyes. He changed from an ordinary-looking man into someone with shining clothes, like an angel. It was as if a light had begun to shine brightly inside Jesus. His face and body and even his clothes began to shine brightly.

The event we are talking about is called “Transfiguration.” That’s a big word isn’t it

Jesus was suddenly shining as bright as the sun. He was full of light!

Then they saw two other people in the light. There beside Jesus stood Moses and Elijah. You earlier heard about Moses’s experience on the mountaintop. A bright cloud covered Jesus and the disciples, and the disciples heard a voice. It wasn’t just anyone’s voice; it was the voice of God coming from the cloud. God’s voice said, “This is my Son, and I love him. I am very pleased with him. Listen to him!”

The disciples realized they were in God’s presence and fell flat on their faces in fear.

Jesus comforted them and encouraged them to get back up. At that moment, the disciples had caught a glimpse of who Christ was. When Jesus came to Earth, he was both one hundred percent human and one hundred percent God. People had been waiting for a Savior for a long time and wondered what he would be like. Peter, James, and John wondered too! They thought Jesus was the one they had been waiting for, and this “transfiguration” on the mountain made them completely positive. Seeing Jesus transformed and shining so brightly and hearing God’s voice made them certain of who they were following. Jesus was truly God.

We can learn something from both passages of Moses’s encounter with God and the disciples’ encounter with Jesus. We don’t speak to God face-to-face the way Moses did or hear God’s voice aloud as the disciples did, but whenever we pray, we spend time with God. This time alone with God prepares us to be faithful to God. Whenever we worship, we are showing our honest selves to God. Whenever we accept God’s forgiveness for something we have done wrong or enjoy the love and kindness of others, we are soaking up the love that God has for us. That proves that God wants to have a relationship with us.

Just like the glow-in-the-dark toy that gets energy from light, we get energy and power from the love God offers us. Then we give off a light that shines brightly! Our faces may not glow as Moses’s face did. We may not be as shiny as Jesus appeared, but we can still pass on that light and love of God to others. When we do that, we may not see God’s glow on our faces, but others will notice it.

That reminds me of a song that we all should know.

When you have God’s love in your life, your face will show it. People will feel God’s love through a shared smile.

I think there is only one song we can sing after that so let’s sing and dance don’t be shy it’s not just for the children.

Song

This little light of mine

Prayer

God, thank you for listening to my prayers and for being present with me wherever I go. Thank you for your light and love. Help me to reflect light and love in my life so that others will feel your presence and love. Amen.

        Song

The trees of the field

The Grace