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Body of Believers (1 Corinthians 12) | Craft 2

Kate — Thu, 20 Jan 2022 21:34:18 +0000

This is a super simple craft idea, but it takes a little concentration to pull off. Like so many things about the Body of Christ, the best picture is only revealed when every part is precisely where it should be.

This is part of a single lesson pack, all ready to print and go.

To make this craft, you will need the 2-page template printout, scissors, and glue (optional, but it makes it much easier).

Cut out each of the seven hand shapes.
If using page 2, remove the top.

Stick a single hand down on page 2 or blank paper, as a starting point.
(It can work without sticking, but you still need to start from one.)

Layer the other hands on-top to form the full church building.
Add extra decoration if you have time.

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A4 size
(210 x 297 mm)

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Body of Believers (1 Corinthians 12)

Kate — Thu, 20 Jan 2022 10:00:24 +0000

Body of Believers (1 Corinthians 12)

Gift= BODY OF BELIEVERS

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Body of Believers (1 Corinthians 12) | Craft

Kate — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 10:00:11 +0000

This is probably the most traditional of crafts for making a moving body – using split pins!

This is part of a single lesson pack, all ready to print and go.

To make this craft, you will need the 1-page template printout, scissors, and 5 split pins (or 4+ glue if gluing the head).
Cut out all the shapes along the black lines.

Find the stars on the ends of the limbs and edges of the body. Line up the stars with a standard size hole punch.
You may need to remove the tray to see.

Staring with the neck and head, line up the two holes and attach with a split pin. Bending the arms of the pin out as flat as possible. Continue round the body. You may want to attach one end of the pin to each limb with a little tape.

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A4 size
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The Body (1 Corinthians 12) | Character Images

Kate — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 09:49:28 +0000

These are the Character resources provided for: The Body (1 Corinthians 12).

This is part of a single lesson pack, all ready to print and go.

For each passage, there is a collectable card alongside high-quality character images and a colouring page. All other graphics are extra’s!

Click on the images below to see a larger version. Save the images by right click + ‘save image as’ (computers) OR long press + ‘save image’ (mobile).

These images are NOT copyright free.

These resources are provided for personal/classroom use only.
Use can use them for teaching, games, publicity, decor, big screen presentations, flannelgraphs, stickers, or any other non-commercial activity in your church, school, home, or organised group.
You may not use them in products you are going to sell – both printed and digital, or to upload the original images online, on websites, social media or in YouTube videos.
Any questions, please reach out to me using the contact page link at the end of the page.

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The Body (1 Corinthians 12) | Story

Kate — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 17:56:24 +0000

It’s easy to get lost in feeling you aren’t an important part of a congregation, that’s even more true for kids who often don’t have numerous hands-on skills they can offer. Paul’s passage on the body of believers is a great way of reminding everyone that not all jobs are glamorous and that each part, whether it’s a leading or supporting or a needing support role, is an essential part.

This retold version of the Bible passage is supplied for inspiration, feel free to omit or embellish to give it your personal voice.

Main Passage :1 Corinthians 12

This is part of a single lesson pack, all ready to print and go.

Paul stared at the passage of writing. The letter to the Corinthians was getting long, but it was all important stuff they needed to hear. He had just finished the bit about how God gives us different gifts, and now he had to find a way of explaining how those gifts worked together.

Paul looked around for something he could use as a symbol. The curtains needed the window. The lamp needed the oil. The plants needed the rain and sun and soil… nothing was quite working. He tried again. His pen needed ink and a hand to hold it and an arm to move it and eyes to see… wait this could work! He put the pen down and looked at his reflection in the basin. Then, he rushed to the table to start writing…

The body has many parts, but it’s still one body, just like the Church has many members but is still one church.

Imagine if a foot said it didn’t belong to the body because it wasn’t a hand! Doesn’t that sound silly? How would we walk without feet?

Imagine if an ear said it wasn’t part of the body because it wasn’t an eye! How would we hear?
If the whole body was nothing but ears, how would we smell? If the whole body was eyes, how would we hear? The body needs many different parts.

God has arranged the body so that we can all work together. The eyes can’t say they don’t need the ears. The hands can’t say to the feet that they don’t need them. Our churches are not places for being exclusive and only gathering people who are the same, but inclusive where we love the differences that others bring. We need each other to be the whole body.

When we work together, it changes how we treat each other too. If one person suffers, we all suffer. It’s the same when we get hurt. If you cut your foot, then the body is hurt even if your arm is fine. If you win an award for your drawing, your whole body is honoured and rejoices, not just your hands.

God has put the body together so that there would be no division in the body and that the members would all value each other. We all have different roles to play. Some roles are more important than others, but that doesn’t mean that the smaller roles aren’t important too. Without them, the body, as God designed it to be, would be incomplete.

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The Body – 1 Corinthians 12 | Games

Kate — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 10:01:28 +0000

The body of believers is a great lesson in including all, valuing all, accepting all, and working together to build a community that reflects God’s heart. These lessons all tie into the passage found in 1 Corinthians 12 in slightly different ways, allowing kids to move and experience the power of Paul’s words.

This is part of a single lesson pack, all ready to print and go.

Hindered movement

All Ages

Small group

Requires setup time

Noisy game

Space needed

Get the youngsters to complete a task while hindered. Tie their leg to a partner’s then walk across the room. Tie their arms together then get them to open a packet, have them tie a shoe blindfolded. Write their name in flour using their nose.
Link: When one part of our body is hindered, it has an effect on the rest.

Building a church

All Ages

Any size group

Requires setup time

Quiet game

Can be seated

Give the children a few wooden shapes used for building patterns. Ask them to make a person from just the shapes they have. Talk about how limiting it is to work with so few shapes. Now ask the children to put all their shapes together and repeat, discuss how much easier it was with more shapes.
Link: The church grows with diversity.

Musical identification

Ages 7+

Small group

Requires setup time

Noisy game

Can be seated

Play a piece of music for the children. Get them to identify the instruments used. If you can source real instruments for props or use photo’s.
Link: Talk about how the combination of instruments makes the piece sound good.

Clay men

All Ages

Small group

Requires setup time

Quiet game

Can be seated

Take some clay and shape it into a humanoid shape. Pass the man around, getting each child to break off a small piece. As each child takes a piece, get them to tell you what the man couldn’t do now that he’s missing the piece they took.
Link: We suffer when one part is missing.

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Body of Believers (old) – 1 Corinthians 12 | Worksheet

Kate — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:00:26 +0000

There is a teachers version of this Body of Believers sheet with this explanation of how to use the ‘I wonder’ statements, as well as a student version for use in small groups or alone.

I wonder statements are part of the ‘Godly play’ method of teaching. If you’ve not used it before, don’t panic, it’s just a way of having conversation. The statements are usually presented immediately after the story, or at a quiet point. You do not have to think about all the “I wonder” statements but it’s good to use some.

Remember that silence is an appropriate response to an “I wonder” statement and to allow time for children to wonder with you before answering. If you want to use this as a worksheet then use page 2 of this document – Asking the children to answer the questions they feel they can, or discuss it quietly with a partner.

Feel free to wonder out loud with the children, but resist the impulse to give the “right” answers. Children often have a black and white understanding of God, statements like “We are all in conversation with God’s word: sometimes the answer is the conversation.” can be a helpful answer to queries as to why there are no ‘right’ answers.

The PDF of both sheets can be downloaded by clicking HERE.

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Body of Believers (old) – 1 Corinthians 12 | Story

Kate — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 09:00:39 +0000

If you want the teacher sheet then click HERE

Today we are not looking at just one hero, but the Body of Believers and how individual heroes are part of a bigger picture.

Essential Teachers notes:
Teaching bible truths is always harder than a straightforward story. The time for reflection is more important, as children grapple with how this affects their faith. If you want to separate the time for reflection then use the worksheet.

This story is heavily inspired by an original Godly play lesson written by Tanja Rouintree for Faith Village at First Presbyterian Church, the original version can be found HERE.

For this story you will need a picture of a body and the overlay sheets of body parts. You’ll also need a bible. The story is told by making pictures on the floor, so make sure you have a flat space before you start and that all the children can see well. Encourage the children not to touch the story pieces until the story is over. Directions are in brackets, images are attached to the teachers sheet PDF. (I have made the images, the lesson symbol in the top left corner can be used to line up positions, remember to split sheet 2 across the middle).

Main Passage: 1 Corinthians 12:12-26
Please note this will not cover the spiritual gifts verses at the end of this chapter.
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tell this story or a similar one of your choice

I wonder where we learn about God?
(let the children answer, when the bible is mentioned bring one out from your bag flick through the pages as you speak)
The bible has lots of stories, stories of great adventures, but it also has words of wisdom too.
Today are going to hear some of those words of wisdom from the Bible, they can be found in 1 Corinthians 12.
(Show children where the passage is in the Bible, leaving it open place it slightly to one side.)

(As you speak slowly lay out the pieces of the body pages 1& 2, touch the parts of the body you mention)
The body is one whole thing, but it’s made up of many parts.
Feet and legs and knees…
Hands and arms and elbows…
Eyes, ears, nose mouth…

I wonder how many parts our bodies have, even though they are all different we still only have one body.
Like the body, In the church we are all different, but we are all part of one church.
We are each different, like the parts of a person’s body are all different, but they all work together to be one body.
(if the children are quiet, pause here for a second, sit back and think about it)

The foot might say, “I am not a hand. So I am not part of the body.” (Remove the foot)
But saying this would not stop the foot from being a part of the body. (Bring the foot back)

The ear might say, “I am not an eye. So I am not part of the body.” (Remove the ear)
But saying this would not make the ear stop being a part of the body. (Bring the ear back)

Imagine if the whole body were an eye, the body would not be able to hear.
If the whole body were an ear, the body would not be able to smell anything.

(Bring out the overlay covered in hands) I wonder, If each part of the body were the same part, would it still be a body?

(return to the normal picture)
God put the parts in the body, as he wanted them. He made a place for each one of them. There are many many parts, but just one body.

(Take out the picture of the children in the shape of a cross.) We are all together in the body of this church
(Place the cross in the centre of the body.) Each one of you is a part of this body.
(again, if the children are quiet, pause here for a second, sit back and think about it)
The body is not complete without each one of you.

(Finish with a time of reflection using the worksheet, either corporately or in small groups. or lead straight into a craft time)

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