Children's Church Bulletins about Good Friday

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But the flexibility of Children's Worship Bulletins doesn't end there, your educational staff can use our bulletins to create imaginative and fun classroom activities that will engage even the youngest child. In this short article, we'll show you how to use our children's church bulletins about Good Friday to create activities for ages 3-12.

Children's church bulletins about Good Friday for ages 3-6: Four Panel Bulletin Packet

1. Jesus and His disciples went into an olive grove to pray …
2. Peter drew his sword
3. What did Jesus say to Peter?
4. Jesus was arrested and taken away

Activity Preparation:

• Print a bulletin packet for each child
• Gather enough pencils for everyone

Activity Directions:

1. Give everyone a bulletin packet and pencil.
2. Explain the activity, "Today, we're going to learn about Jesus' arrest. First, we'll work to solve the puzzles in your bulletin. Then, once you've finished solving the puzzles, we'll retell the story about Jesus' arrest in our own words, by using the puzzles to help us remember the important details. Listen very carefully while I read the Scripture."
3. Read aloud John 18:1-27 while the children listen.
4. Continue, "Now, let's look at the first panel 'Jesus and His disciples went into an olive grove to pray ...' Think back to our Scripture reading. Who can tell me what happened first in the story?" (Accept answers summarizing John 18:1-8.)
5. Continue, "Good. Now, let's look at the second panel 'Peter drew his sword.' Think back to our Scripture reading. Who can tell me what happened next?" (Accept answers summarizing John 18:10-11.)
6. Continue asking the children about each panel in the bulletin, prompting them when necessary to remember important details from the Scripture.

Children's church bulletin about Good Friday for ages 7-12: Four Panel Bulletin Packet

1. Jesus and His disciples went to an olive grove
2. Jesus asked the soldiers who they wanted
3. The soldiers arrested Jesus…
4. Jesus told the disciples that one of them…

Activity Preparation:

• Print a bulletin packet for each child plus four additional bulletins
• Gather four pencils
• Have small prizes for the winning team

Activity Directions:

1. Divide the children into four teams.
2. Explain the activity, "Today, we'll learn about Jesus' arrest. Then, we'll see which team can complete their puzzle first."
3. Read aloud or have a volunteer read aloud John 18:1-27.
4. Divide the class into teams according to the class size; four groups of three, etc.
5. Give each team a bulletin packet and a pencil. Assign one of the bulletin's panels to each team.
6. Continue, "Now, choose a teammate to record the puzzle answers. You may start working together to solve the puzzle when I yell, 'GO!'"
7. When each team has chosen someone to record their puzzle answers, yell, "GO!" and wait for the first team to finish its assigned panel.
8. Have the winning team read aloud their puzzle answers to check their work.
9. Give small prizes to the winning team.
10. Have the other teams read aloud their puzzle answers.
11. Give each child a bulletin packet to take home.

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