Big Idea: Jesus is better than anyone or anything, so we can worship Him together.

Bible Passage: Colossians 1:15-2:3

On Sunday the children heard more about the letters of Paul. They learned that Paul wrote a letter from prison to the Christians living in Colossae, telling them about the joy he had in Jesus, even in prison. He told them about Jesus and said that Jesus was better than anything else or anyone else the people could give their lives to. He told them 3 things about Jesus:

1. Paul said that Jesus is the image of the invisible God. If we want to know what God is like, we can look at the life of Jesus and know Him.

2. Jesus made all things and holds them together. Jesus is creator of the world and all things were made by and through and for Him – and He holds our universe together!

3. Jesus is King. Paul told how Jesus is in charge of all things, and that He is the head of the church. Paul also said that it is because of King Jesus saving us that we can have a relationship with God and that we are saved because of His death and resurrection.

Because of all these things, we can say 'thank you, I love you' to Jesus with our whole lives and our whole family. We call this worship. Living a life that says 'thank you, I love you' to Jesus is a life of worship.

Family Activity

There are three small activities this week to help us remember the three things about Jesus that Paul talked about.

1. 'The Image'. Play a version of 'pictionary' where you or another family member draw a picture of something you can see around you. The first person to guess what you are drawing is the winner. Say to children that we can see what God is like by looking at the life of Jesus in the Bible.

2. 'The Creator'. Take a walk outside, or as you are walking next time, collect some items from your walk. Choose simple items from nature, or point out things you can see -such as leaves, the lake, the clouds, stones, flowers etc and talk about how all things were made by and through and for Jesus, and He holds everything together.

3. 'The King'. Choose one child to be the 'king' and have them order the family around and do whatever actions the 'king' says. Eg – running on the spot, jumping up and down, hopping on one foot etc. Tell children that Jesus is not the kind of king who just tells us what to do and bosses us around to make him happy, but He is the king who laid is life down to pay for our sins and to save us. Jesus is a good King, and it is good to trust Him and obey Him.

See you Sunday!