Passage: John 4:46-54 - Once when Jesus was visiting Cana in Galilee, there was a royal official who’s son was very sick. He heard that Jesus was in town and went to him to beg him to heal his son. Jesus simply said, “Go, your son will be healed.” The man took Jesus at his word and left. While he was still on his way, his servants met him and told him the news that his son was healed. When he asked about what time his son was healed, he learned that it was at the exact time that Jesus said, “your son will be healed.” So he and his whole household believed.
Big Idea: Jesus’ words have power and authority.
For Teachers:
Lesson plan.
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Welcome:
Greet the children, check-in the children on the tablet as soon as they arrive in the classroom. Invite them to sit on the carpet.
Introduce yourself, get to know the kids’ names.
Warm Up Activity: Charades
Kids can take turns drawing a card from a basket and acting out the prompt for others to guess.
Prayer: Before our lesson time, we’re going to do a Breath Prayer together! A Breath Prayer is when you have a really short prayer that you pray while slowly breathing in and out. You can do it anytime, anywhere, and it can help you feel more calm. Our prayer today is “Loving God, bring me joy.” We’ll slowly breathe in together while I say “Loving God”, and slowly breathe out while I say “bring me joy”, and you can think the words in your own head while we breathe. So let’s quiet our bodies, close our eyes, and we’ll try it a few times. “Breathe in, Loving God, breathe out, bring me joy” etc. [do it a few times]
Preliminary Discussion:
Today we’re going to be learning about another one of Jesus miracles and solving the mystery of what the miracle means for us.
Last Sunday we learned about a miracle where Jesus was able to make coins come out of the mouth of a fish.
Today we’re going to learn about a time when Jesus healed a little boy who was very sick.
If you would like a fidget to help you focus our leaders will pass around a basket of fidgets to use. Can you give a thumbs up when you are ready for the video?
Video Lesson — Select Mystery Miracles: Healing of the Royal’s son from lesson plan playlist.
Follow Up Discussion: (don’t have to do all the questions, choose a few)
Does anyone remember what was the job of the man who’s son was sick?
Do you think that royal officials are pretty powerful and important?
Why do you think this man went to Jesus to heal his son even though he had lots of money and could pay for all the best doctors in the palace?
How did Jesus end up healing this man’s son in the end?
Do you think we can also trust Jesus as much as this man did? Why do you think we can trust Jesus so much?
Have a leader collect the fidgets before moving to the tables.
Craft Activity — Autumn Leaves Craft
Show the kids how to make the 3D leaves, where you put a bit of glue onto the white paper, wrap a square of tissue paper onto the end of a pencil, then stick it down onto the glue. Kids can use this method to put leaves on their tree.
Note: it’s much easier to put the glue on a small section of the white paper and stick the tissue paper on, rather than try to put glue directly on the tissue paper.
Dismissal: As they leave, check-out children manually on the tablet and make sure each child leaves with their caregiver. Check parents’ pick-up stickers to see that they match with the code listed on the tablet.
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Welcome:
Welcome the kids to class, ask how their week was.
Use the tablet to manually check-in the kids who are in the classroom.
Use this time to get to know the kids’ names.
Warm Up Activity: Pictionary
Kids can take turns taking a card from a basket and drawing the prompt for others to guess.
Prayer: Before our lesson time, we’re going to do a Breath Prayer together! A Breath Prayer is when you have a really short prayer that you pray while slowly breathing in and out. You can do it anytime, anywhere, and it can help you feel more calm. Our prayer today is “Loving God, bring me joy.” We’ll slowly breathe in together while I say “Loving God”, and slowly breathe out while I say “bring me joy”, and you can think the words in your own head while we breathe. So let’s quiet our bodies, close our eyes, and we’ll try it a few times. “Breathe in, Loving God, breathe out, bring me joy” etc. [do it a few times]
Preliminary Discussion:
Today we’re going be learning about another one of Jesus miracles and solving the mystery of what the miracle means for us.
Last Sunday we learned about a miracle where Jesus was able to make coins come out of the mouth of a fish.
Today we’re going to learn about a time when Jesus healed a little boy who was very sick.
If you would like a fidget to help you focus our leaders will pass around a basket of fidgets to use.
Video Lesson — Select Mystery Miracles: Healing of the Royal’s son from lesson plan playlist.
Follow Up Discussion: (don’t have to do all the questions, choose a few)
Does anyone remember what was the job of the man who’s son was sick?
Do you think that royal officials are pretty powerful and important?
Why do you think this man went to Jesus to heal his son even though he had lots of money and could pay for all the best doctors in the palace?
How did Jesus end up healing this man’s son in the end?
Do you think we can also trust Jesus as much as this man did? Why do you think we can trust Jesus so much?
Craft Activity — Autumn Leaves Craft
Show the kids how to do 3d leaves where you put a bit of glue onto the white paper, wrap a square of tissue paper onto the end of a pencil, then stick it down onto the glue. Kids can use this method to put leaves on their tree.
Note: it’s much easier to put the glue on a small section of the white paper and stick the tissue paper on, rather than try to put glue directly on the tissue paper.
Dismissal: As they leave, check-out children manually on the tablet and make sure each child leaves with their caregiver. Check parents’ pick-up stickers to see that they match with the code listed on the tablet.
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Welcome:
Welcome the kids to class, ask how their week was.
Use the tablet to manually check-in the kids who are in the classroom.
Use this time to get to know the kids’ names.
Warm Up Activity: Pictionary
Kids can take turns taking a card from a basket and drawing the prompt for others to guess.
Prayer: Before our lesson time, we’re going to do a Breath Prayer together! A Breath Prayer is when you have a really short prayer that you pray while slowly breathing in and out. You can do it anytime, anywhere, and it can help you feel more calm. Our prayer today is “Loving God, bring me joy.” We’ll slowly breathe in together while I say “Loving God”, and slowly breathe out while I say “bring me joy”, and you can think the words in your own head while we breathe. So let’s quiet our bodies, close our eyes, and we’ll try it a few times. “Breathe in, Loving God, breathe out, bring me joy” etc. [do it a few times]
Preliminary Discussion:
Today we’re going be learning about another one of Jesus miracles and solving the mystery of what the miracle means for us.
Last Sunday we learned about a miracle where Jesus was able to make coins come out of the mouth of a fish.
Today we’re going to learn about a time when Jesus healed a little boy who was very sick.
If you would like a fidget to help you focus our leaders will pass around a basket of fidgets to use.
Video Lesson — Select Mystery Miracles: Healing of the Royal’s son from lesson plan playlist.
Follow Up Discussion: (don’t have to do all the questions, choose a few)
Does anyone remember what was the job of the man who’s son was sick?
Do you think that royal officials are pretty powerful and important?
Why do you think this man went to Jesus to heal his son even though he had lots of money and could pay for all the best doctors in the palace?
How did Jesus end up healing this man’s son in the end?
Do you think we can also trust Jesus as much as this man did? Why do you think we can trust Jesus so much?
Craft Activity — Autumn Leaves Craft
Show the kids how to do the puffy tissue paper thingy (is there a name for that?) where you put a bit of glue onto the white paper, wrap a square of tissue paper onto the end of a pencil, then stick it down onto the glue. Kids can use this method to put leaves on their tree.
Note: it’s much easier to put the glue on a small section of the white paper and stick the tissue paper on, rather than try to put glue directly on the tissue paper.
Dismissal: As they leave, check-out children manually on the tablet and make sure each child leaves with their caregiver. Check parents’ pick-up stickers to see that they match with the code listed on the tablet.
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Welcome:
Greet the children, check-in the children on the tablet as soon as they arrive in the classroom.
Introduce yourself, get to know the kids’ names.
If a child is not interested in the activities, allow them to move to free play.
Activity: Choose a picture book from the shelf and read it to the kids (whoever is interested).
Body Break Activity: Sing/Dance
“Toddler Worship (Thank You)” from the Worship Kids 2025 playlist on YouTube
Activity: Autumn Leaf Craft
Kids draw leaves onto the tree and/or put stickers on as leaves
Dismissal: As they leave, check-out children manually on the tablet and make sure each child leaves with their caregiver. Check parents’ pick-up stickers to see that they match with the code listed on the tablet.
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Welcome:
Greet the children, check-in the children on the tablet as soon as they arrive in the classroom. Invite them to sit on the carpet.
Introduce yourself, get to know the kids’ names.
Warm Up Activity: Charades
Kids can take turns drawing a card from a basket and acting out the prompt for others to guess.
Prayer: Before our lesson time, we’re going to do a Breath Prayer together! A Breath Prayer is when you have a really short prayer that you pray while slowly breathing in and out. You can do it anytime, anywhere, and it can help you feel more calm. Our prayer today is “Loving God, bring me joy.” We’ll slowly breathe in together while I say “Loving God”, and slowly breathe out while I say “bring me joy”, and you can think the words in your own head while we breathe. So let’s quiet our bodies, close our eyes, and we’ll try it a few times. “Breathe in, Loving God, breathe out, bring me joy” etc. [do it a few times]
Preliminary Discussion:
Today we’re going to be learning about another one of Jesus miracles and solving the mystery of what the miracle means for us.
Last Sunday we learned about a miracle where Jesus was able to make coins come out of the mouth of a fish.
Today we’re going to learn about a time when Jesus healed a little boy who was very sick.
If you would like a fidget to help you focus our leaders will pass around a basket of fidgets to use. Can you give a thumbs up when you are ready for the video?
Video Lesson — Select Mystery Miracles: Healing of the Royal’s son from lesson plan playlist.
Follow Up Discussion: (don’t have to do all the questions, choose a few)
Does anyone remember what was the job of the man who’s son was sick?
Do you think that royal officials are pretty powerful and important?
Why do you think this man went to Jesus to heal his son even though he had lots of money and could pay for all the best doctors in the palace?
How did Jesus end up healing this man’s son in the end?
Do you think we can also trust Jesus as much as this man did? Why do you think we can trust Jesus so much?
Have a leader collect the fidgets before moving to the tables.
Craft Activity — Autumn Leaves Craft
Show the kids how to do the puffy tissue paper thingy (is there a name for that?) where you put a bit of glue onto the white paper, wrap a square of tissue paper onto the end of a pencil, then stick it down onto the glue. Kids can use this method to put leaves on their tree.
Note: it’s much easier to put the glue on a small section of the white paper and stick the tissue paper on, rather than try to put glue directly on the tissue paper.
Dismissal: As they leave, check-out children manually on the tablet and make sure each child leaves with their caregiver. Check parents’ pick-up stickers to see that they match with the code listed on the tablet.
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Welcome:
Welcome the kids to class, ask how their week was.
Use the tablet to manually check-in the kids who are in the classroom.
Use this time to get to know the kids’ names.
Warm Up Activity: Pictionary
Kids can take turns taking a card from a basket and drawing the prompt for others to guess.
Prayer: Before our lesson time, we’re going to do a Breath Prayer together! A Breath Prayer is when you have a really short prayer that you pray while slowly breathing in and out. You can do it anytime, anywhere, and it can help you feel more calm. Our prayer today is “Loving God, bring me joy.” We’ll slowly breathe in together while I say “Loving God”, and slowly breathe out while I say “bring me joy”, and you can think the words in your own head while we breathe. So let’s quiet our bodies, close our eyes, and we’ll try it a few times. “Breathe in, Loving God, breathe out, bring me joy” etc. [do it a few times]
Preliminary Discussion:
Today we’re going be learning about another one of Jesus miracles and solving the mystery of what the miracle means for us.
Last Sunday we learned about a miracle where Jesus was able to make coins come out of the mouth of a fish.
Today we’re going to learn about a time when Jesus healed a little boy who was very sick.
If you would like a fidget to help you focus our leaders will pass around a basket of fidgets to use.
Video Lesson — Select Mystery Miracles: Healing of the Royal’s son from lesson plan playlist.
Follow Up Discussion: (don’t have to do all the questions, choose a few)
Does anyone remember what was the job of the man who’s son was sick?
Do you think that royal officials are pretty powerful and important?
Why do you think this man went to Jesus to heal his son even though he had lots of money and could pay for all the best doctors in the palace?
How did Jesus end up healing this man’s son in the end?
Do you think we can also trust Jesus as much as this man did? Why do you think we can trust Jesus so much?
Craft Activity — Autumn Leaves Craft (example craft is in the K-Gr2 room)
Show the kids how to do the puffy tissue paper thingy (is there a name for that?) where you put a bit of glue onto the white paper, wrap a square of tissue paper onto the end of a pencil, then stick it down onto the glue. Kids can use this method to put leaves on their tree.
Note: it’s much easier to put the glue on a small section of the white paper and stick the tissue paper on, rather than try to put glue directly on the tissue paper.
Dismissal: As they leave, check-out children manually on the tablet and make sure each child leaves with their caregiver. Check parents’ pick-up stickers to see that they match with the code listed on the tablet.
For Parents:
Follow-up questions.
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What was the story you learned about in class today?
What was the job of the man who’s son was sick?
Why do you think he went to Jesus for help when he had all the money to get the best doctors in the land?
Why do you think the royal official trusted Jesus so much?
Do you think that we can also trust Jesus when we need help? Why do you think Jesus can be trusted?
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What was the story you learned about in class today?
Who was the man who came to Jesus for help? What did he need help with?
Why do you think he came to Jesus even though he was rich and could afford all the best doctors in the land?
What do you think made him trust Jesus so much?
Do you think that we can also trust Jesus like this man did? Why is Jesus so trustworthy?
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What was the story you learned about in class today?
Who was the man who came to Jesus for help? What did he need help with?
Is it surprising to hear that a royal palace official would have turned to Jesus for help? Why or why not?
What do you think it was about this man’s life experiences that helped him to trust in Jesus?
Have there ever been times when you turned to God for help when you were in a difficult situation? Was it easy or hard for you to trust God at that time?
