Children's Church lesson: The Ten Lepers

Story

Say: Raise your hand if you can remember a time when you were sick.  It’s not fun to be sick is it?  Today’s story is about ten men who were sick.  They had a sickness that wouldn’t go away.  They had a sickness called leprosy and no one knew how to make them better.  People with leprosy had to stay far away from other people, so no one else would get it.   In today’s story we are going to see what happens when Jesus meets these ten sick men.  

I need your help to read this story.  Every time someone peeks out from somewhere peek out form behind your hands and every time someone yells, you yell the same thing!

Read “Ten Lepers” any children's Bible. 

Lesson

Say:   What was the problem the men had in the story? (They were sick, had leprosy)  What did Jesus do for the men in our story? (He made theme well, healed them). 

Jesus helped all ten men, but only one of them remembered to thank Jesus.  God helps us just like he helped these ten men.  Sometimes it’s easy to forget about all the wonderful things God does for us, just like the 9 men forgot to thank Jesus for healing them.  It’s important to remember to be thankful for all that God has done for us! 

Big Idea

It’s important to remember to be thankful for all that God has done for us! 

Memory Verse

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! – Psalm 107:1a

Prayer

Take time to see if children have any prayer requests or prayer joys.  Say a short prayer thanking God for taking care of us and asking Him to help us to be thankful.

Craft

Children will make a leper sticky puppet.