Sunday School Lessons – In the Beginning

Looking for Sunday school lessons for the story of creation?  Try the discussions and ideas below with your 9-11 year olds. The game creates some thoughtful conversation about creation and the order of how God created the world.

Bible Story:
Read the creation story from the Bible or go around the room having each student read a section.  Before continuing on to the next section, paraphrase what was just read and chart each day’s creation.

Genesis 1: 1 & 2  ex. Day one- heaven and earth, night and day
Genesis 1: 3-5
Genesis 1: 6-8
Genesis 1: 9-13
Genesis 1:14-19
Genesis 1: 20-23
Genesis 1: 24-27

Discussion: about why God made us
Why did God want to make the world, animals and people?  Does God want us on earth for a reason?  Why did he give us animals and the rest of creation?

Game:
From clip art or coloring book, find a picture representation of each day’s creation.  Make sure that there is a picture for each of the seven days.  Using the picture sequence of creation, change the order, and discuss what effects that would have.

Example:  world, water and land with plants, animals and man, night and day, sun and moon, birds and fish–the animals and man wouldn’t be able to see to eat the plants

Activity:
Challenge the students to create as many words as they can using only the letters found in the phrase “God’s creation”.
Example:   crate, sea

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