Congregation Participation

For Sharing Time this week we discussed the miracles of Jesus. For the 1st week in August we were to discuss the calling of the disciples in Luke 5, and the calming of the sea found in Luke 8. For Junior Primary the children acted out the calming of the sea. Four children were put at each corner of a blue sheet. When the signal was given they raised it up and down to make big waves. Two children were given cake pans and a wooden spoon to bang to make thunder. The rest of the children were divided into the wind and slapping waves. One group blew with big puffy checks, and the other group rubbed their hands back and forth. I cued in each group as the story was told, and cued then when to stop at the appropriate time in the story. We repeated this three times, so the children could do different parts. They loved it! I then told them the story of Jesus calling his disciples. This is the story where the men had been fishing all night without any luck, but when Jesus instructs them to cast in their nets they pull up so many fish their nets begin to break. I then asked the children questions about the two miracles and they were able to answer correctly. I had prepared a coloring page for them. They colored them and I suggested that they share their picture with their families, and tell them about these two miracles of Jesus. The children were all engaged, and it seemed to be a success.