"Choosing God's Leaders"

Today's selected readings: – Acts 1: 15-17, 21-26

• Do you have captains at your school? (Discuss)
• How are they appointed? (Discuss)
• Sometimes when you are choosing a captain of a team or a class you may be asked to vote. Sometimes this is in secret (writing it on a slip of paper to be counted later) or it may be a show of hands.
• But captains are also like leaders, and they need to be people who have special abilities. What might some of these qualities be? (Discuss)
• Lets demonstrate. I am going to bring some people to the front that you know, and I want you to choose who would make the best leader. (Have children choose)
• But sometimes it is very hard when you have to choose between two people are as good as one another. That is when you might toss a coin (Demonstrate)
• In today's readings this is what happened when the Apostles has to make a replacement for Judas. They has two people who were excellent choices. So what they did was to throw a dice to see who got the highest number, and the one who won was (Do you know who it was?)
• Jesus wants good leaders or captains in our world. He wants people that others will look up to.
• You are only young in years, but today we need to remind you that you are the leaders of the future - A future Tomo's leader with God's help.

Kids Church Activity:
To make a card with a magnet on the back. Leave room for a photo of the child. Card can have the slogan "I’m a future ‘Tomo’ leader" (In other words a Saint Thomas’ leader) Children write on the card (half A5 size) the things they are good at. These to be laminated.

What you need to get ready:
Card, photos, glue, scissors, slogan, magnets, (The magnetic material can be obtained from off cuts at Sign writers). You may need super glue or a semi commercial glue to have them stick to the card. Suggest you test these prior to the Sunday.