Theme: Remember
Sunday 9th November 2025
Storytelling
Aim: to discover why we need to remember what God has done for us.
Bible passage: Joshua 3–4
We have got slightly out of step with the adults, so on this Remembrance Sunday, we’re going to pause and remember what God has done for us.
In this passage God holds back the water so that his people can cross through the river on dry land. Not only did they need this miracle to get to their destination, it would have also reminded them of the time when God parted the Red Sea to rescue the Israelites from Egypt. In this passage we see God instruct his people to build a memorial to help them and their ancestors remember the amazing way He had guided them; it’s as if he knew how quickly they would forget his goodness. We so easily forget the ways God has provided for us, looked after us and answered our prayers. Today’s session provides the opportunity to think about how important it is to remind ourselves of God’s faithfulness.
Sunday Kids Work Video
Things You May Need
rock shapes cut from white paper
pens/pencils
worship music and the means to play it
blue paper or fabric
notebook to use as prayer scrapbook, glue
Questions & Thoughts
Crossing the river in this way would have probably reminded the people of the time God used Moses to part the Red Sea and helped the Israelites escape Egypt. In today’s passage God asked the Israelites to build a memorial of rocks from the river to remind themselves and future generations, of the wonderful thing God had done.
Provide the rock shapes or cut some out from paper to decorate using the art materials. Encourage each other to reflect on ways that God has been faithful to them in the past and use this rock as reminder of that when you find yourselves facing something difficult. You might like to gently play worship music in the background which speaks of God’s faithfulness, for example ‘Do it again’ by Elevation Worship. As you work think more about the last question above.
Chat & create
Share out some refreshments and enjoy eating and drinking together. Start to talk about the Bible story using these questions:
• Which is your favourite part of the story? Why?
• What is important about this story? Why?
• How do you think the Israelites felt crossing the river?
• Are there other stories in the Bible that this reminds you of?
• What might God be teaching us in this story?
• What kind of things would you like to remember about what God has done for you?
Worship
These are the worship songs being played in our kids groups this morning, if you wish to listen to the same:
Under 5s
Count on Jesus
Deep Deep Deep
Every Move I make
Over 5s
Through you I can do anything
This is amazing grace
Encounter
Lay out the blue paper or fabric to make a river and stand either side of it. Encourage each other to place the decorated rocks into the river. Ask if anyone would like to share what God has done for them – perhaps something they wrote or drew on their rock. Say that sharing stories like this encourages everyone else.
After everyone has had chance to share, say a prayer thanking God for everything he has done for you.
Finally, if you have time, turn to your scrapbook. Look at the prayers already in the book and ask if and how God has answered their prayers. Use this section as a time of testimony.
Give out paper and felt-tip pens and write or draw a prayer. When you have finished, stick the prayers into the scrapbook (you can use the scissors to trim the paper down, so that you can fit more prayers on one page)
Growing faith at home
This week, we discovered the story of Joshua and the people of God crossing the River Jordan into the promised land from Joshua 3–4. We heard how they collected stones from the riverbed and created a memorial to what God had done from them. We then thought about what God had done for us.
For All Children
For all children
• Read or listen to the story together. You can use the video retelling the children watched in the session: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgZawfrPSn8. Or read it in the Bible or a Bible storybook.
• Explore the idea of remembering by using these craft ideas: https://flamecreativekids.blogspot.com/search/label/remembering. Don’t forget to talk around the story as well as do the craft!
• When you’re out and about – in the car, walking to the shops, playing at the park – take it in turns to name something that God has done for you. Perhaps it’s “God was with me when I was sad that the guinea pig died” or “God provided a new car when ours stopped working”. Naming things that God has done for your family and your child(ren) will help all of you build faith and be sure that God will be with you in the future.
• If you started a prayer scrapbook, then add new prayers to it this week and look back to see how God has answered your prayers and how is faithful.
