The children’s 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 these Sunday school lessons!
Sunday School Lessons on “Jonah Inside The Fish”
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
Tbmwbujpo dpnft gspn uif Mpse
(Salvation comes from the Lord – Jonah 2: 9 “¦..the code is “letter +1” for example a becomes b)
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