Childrens Sunday School Lessons

The childrens Sunday school lessons of Jonah inside the fish can be taught in so many ways.  Here are some activities and discussion ideas to use that your 9-11 year olds will enjoy. Learning about laws and rules is key to this lesson!

Bible Story:
Today’s bible reading is the story Jonah.
Jonah 1: 1-17
Jonah 2: 10

Discussion 1:
Why did God put Jonah inside the fish?  Why did he then release him after 3 days?

Activity 1: 
Give a sheet of paper to each student and ask them to fold it into three sections – you might have to demonstrate how to do this.

Provide art supplies and tell the students that they are to tell the story of Jonah in 3 parts – Jonah angering God, Jonah’s punishment, and Jonah’s release from the fish.  How they illustrate their 3 parts is up to each student, but they should be able to describe how their images tell the story.

Discussion 2: 
In our society we have laws.  Can the students find a similarity between what happened to Jonah and what happens to people who break the law?

Activity:
Break the code

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(Salvation comes from the Lord – Jonah 2: 9 …..the code is “letter +1″ for example a becomes b)

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