Here are some ideas that you could do with your children at home, that link the children’s everyday experiences to the Bible. As you play or create, you can talk about what happened in the story of Elijah.

You could watch this video of the story:

TEACHING POINT

When we pray God listens.

PROGRAMME

Let’s Pretend

Find some sticks and stones. Can you build your own fire? Maybe if you’d like to light your fire with your grown up you could toast some marshmallows on it too.

Fire Snack

What food items could you use to make a fire snack- crackers and breadsticks or perhaps try grapes and carrot sticks or maybe you could try baking a red fire cake.

Fire Craft

Game

Put the fires out with a water hose or water pistol.

MESSAGE AND PRAYER TIME

When we pray God listens.

Up to 3 years old (Fruitshoots)

God listens to us, always. We just have to speak to Him and He will always listen to us because He is our daddy in heaven and He loves us so much. What do you want to tell Him today?

From 3 years to Reception age (Acorns)

God listens to us, always. We just have to speak to Him like we do to our friends. He will always listen to us because He is our daddy in heaven and He loves us so much. What do you want to tell Him today? He loves to listen.

School years 1-6 (Hive)

A thought: Do you believe prayer works? Has God ever answered your prayer?

God listens to us, always. We just have to speak to Him like we do to our friends. He will always listen to us because He is our Dad in heaven and He loves us so much. What do you want to tell Him today? He might not always answer in the way that we think it should be answered but He loves to listen and He will always listen. And remember God always has the best for us.

Pray!