Theme: Overseas Sunday - The Good Samaritan

Sunday 22nd February 2026

Aim: To remember that God doesn’t want us to forget the poor, the sick and to reach out to those who are different than us.

Bible Passage: Luke 10:25-37

Weekly Question: Who does God want us to care for? God wants us to go and love everyone.

Today we are looking at a parable Jesus told of the good Samaritan. God wants us to remember through this story how some people don’t always care for those who need help but God wants us to show love and care to everyone. Even those who are different from us.

We are introducing a weekly question to help the children to fully understand certain concepts. Our weekly question for this week is “Who does God want us to care for?”

And today we want the children to grasp the truth that ‘God wants us to go and love everyone’.

Kids Work Video

Storytelling

Things You May Need

  • Red paper, coloured paper

  • Scissors and glue

  • Holepunch and ribbon / wool

  • Memory verse code printout

Questions & Thoughts

Chat & create

Cut out a heart shape from their red paper or card. Then choose coloured paper or card to draw round your hand and cut out. On the hand – write Helping Hands Heal Hearts! They can then stick this onto the heart shape.

Around the outside of the hand, write down groups, communities or individuals that we could help care for. Some ideas could be: those who are homeless, the local community club, the local school or nurseries, your family, friends or the church itself.

Remind yourselves of the weekly question. Who does God want us to care for? The truth from God is: God wants us to go and love everyone.

This can now lead into the prayer slide: Using your creation, spend some quiet time with God asking him to give you a few ways or actions that you could do to help those around you. For example baking, or gift giving for the homeless. Volunteering or serving within the church, local clubs or the school. Visiting people or taking time out to pray about these groups. Write these ideas onto the fingers of the hand. Put on some quiet encounter music whilst you do this.

Share out some refreshments and enjoy eating and drinking together. Start to talk about the Bible story using these questions:

  • What is your favourite part of the story? Why?

  • What is important about this story? Why?

  • Who would you say is your neighbour?

  • How can we show them God’s love?

Who does God want us to care for? God wants us to go and love everyone.

Worship

These are the worship songs being played in our kids groups this morning, if you wish to listen to the same:

5s and Under

  • I will build

  • Jesus I love you

  • Jesus is alive

Detonate (school years 1-3):

  • Let your light shine

  • Good Good Father

Inferno (school years 4-6):

  • Goodbye Yesterday

  • The Stand

Encounter

Memory Verse: Isaiah 61:1 - The Spirit of the LORD is on me, He has anointed me, to bring good news to the poor.

Use the memory verse code printout to help the children learn this week’s memory verse.

Remind the group who God wants us to care for – He wants us to love and care for everyone.

Give the group the option of sharing their ideas from the activity earlier if they are happy to share.

Growing Faith at Home

This week, we explored the story of the Good Samaritan, answering our weekly question of: “Who does God want us to care for?” ‘God wants us to go and love everyone’.

For all children

• Read or listen to the story together. Read it in the Bible or a Bible storybook. You can find the story the children watched in the session above. Here is a simpler version for 5s and unders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqy9b9kB4Iw&t=6s

• Use some of these ideas to help you child(ren) explore the idea of worship and spending time with God: https://flamecreativekids.blogspot.com/2018/05/the-good-samaritan-messy-church-crafts.html

Don’t forget to talk around the ideas as well as do the craft!

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