Story Idea: Watch It!

Have the kids watch the following youtube video about 'The Rich Fool':

Quiz Questions:

1. What did the rich man have lots of?

Grain

2. ALL of his grain wouldn't fit in his barns, what did he do with it?

He built bigger barns to fit it all

3. Did the man plan to share any of his riches with people who needed it?

No

3. What did the man plan to do once he had stored all of his grain?

Eat, drink and enjoy himself

4. What happened to the man that night?

He died

5. Can he take all of his money and grain to Heaven?

No

6. Do money and things last forever?

No

7. Does knowing Jesus last forever?

Yes

8. What should be most important to us... gathering money and things or knowing Jesus?

Knowing Jesus

Game Idea: Money Relay

- Use some plastic coins from the kids church cupboard and place it in a bowl in the middle of the room

- Split the kids into groups and give each group a bowl and spread the groups around the edge of the room, each group forming a line

- Kids should take turn relay style, running to the middle, collecting a coin and bringing it back to put in their teams bowl

- Once all the coins are gone from the middle, kids can take coins from other teams bowls

- Play for a while, then count the coins to see which team wins (they will probably all be about even)

Remind the kids that it is silly to focus all of our time gaining money and things for ourselves, because these can easily be lost or taken from us and they don't last forever. We should focus on knowing God - because that DOES last forever!

Craft Idea: Moneybag

- Download and print the moneybag template on coloured or white card, then cut out the shape

- Use a hole punch (ideally single punch with long handle) to punch holes around the inside of the shape

- Cut lengths of wool and wind some sticky tape around one end (to make threading easier)

- Tape the end of the strong to the back of the moneybag and have the kids thread the wool out through the hole, around and back out through the next hole to create a stitched effect

- If they have time, have them glue bent pieces of cut pipe cleaners on for dollar signs and golden sequins for coins

Remind the kids that we should focus on knowing God because that lasts, unlike money and things which are temporary!

Activity Idea: Mobius Strip

- Download and print the mobius strip template on coloured paper and cut along the dotted lines to separate

- Allow the kids to decorate their strip of paper front and back

- Have the kids take one end, turn it half way around and then staple it to the other end of the strip to form a mobius strip

Show the kids that if you trace your finger along the surface of the strip - you never reach the end... it goes on forever! Just like our relationship with God!