Jesus calms the storms
 

Today's selected readings: Mark 4: 35 - 41
 

Kids Church Talk:

* Are things always peaceful around your home? (Discuss)
* What sorts of things could be done to make the place a little more peaceful and how hard would they be to implement? (Discuss)
* Being scared is something that we all experience. Even when we feel fairly safe with our Mum or Dad or special friend, sometimes we still feel a little scared.
* This is also what happened to Jesus' special friends on day on a boat when the wind came up.
* (Explain the erratic way the water blows up in that part of the country and how high the waves were. It needs to be stressed these were very dangerous experiences and the boat could easily have toppled and they could have drowned)
* Even when Jesus was with the disciples, this storm still had them frightened. They know Jesus could still the storm, but panicked when he did nothing.
* I guess if it can happen to people when Jesus is present, it is no wonder at times we too can be scared.
* Still we are lucky as Christians. We too can call on Jesus when things are not going right, knowing he will help to calm the storm (situation) for us.
* Having a friend like Jesus makes us very special people.

What you need to get ready:
* Boat base (Obtainable from the Children for Christ stores in most states
* Scissors
* Glue
*Card to glue the picture of Jesus and disciples on
* Coloured pencils, texta's, paints etc
* Hair dryer
* Babies bath or large bath

Kids Church Activity:
* To make boats with sails
* To make a cutout of the disciples with Jesus standing. These are coloured in and then glued together to either side of the mast.
* Use a fan or hair dryer to rough up the water in a babies bath to give the choppy water effect.