Jesus Christ Will Return: Revelation 19-22

Craft: New Jerusalem coaster

God is preparing an eternal home for all those who put their faith in Christ!

Supplies: cork squares, Sharpie, colored paper, rubber cement

Write Revelation 21:2 across the top of each cork square.  Cut brightly-colored patterned paper into rectangles, roof shapes, and leaf shapes.

Direct the children to arrange the paper shapes to make buildings, towers, and trees, adhering them to the cork square with rubber cement.  Let them draw doors and windows, if desired.

God's Warning to Seven Churches: Revelation 1-3

Craft: Alpha and Omega suncatcher

Jesus Christ was instrumental in the creation of the world, and He will usher in its ending!

Supplies: paper plate, Contac paper, plastic index dividers

Cut out the center of the paper plate, leaving the edge as a frame.  Cut a square of Contac paper large enough to fill the hole for each suncatcher.  Cut alpha and omega shapes from the transparent index dividers.  Cut smaller mosaic-type pieces in various shapes and sizes.  

Just before beginning the craft, peel the backing from the Contac paper square and press it into the frame from the concave side of the plate.  Give each child a plate-frame, an alpha, and an omega. Instruct them to place the alpha and omega on the sticky side of the Contac paper and fill in the empty spaces with mosaic pieces.  Punch a hole in the top of the plate to hang the suncatcher.

Christ's Return Is Anticipated: 2 Thessalonians 1-3

Church Responsibility: 1 Corinithians

Craft: Run to win! medals

Becoming a Christian is the beginning of the story, not the end: you're at the starting line, not the winner's circle!

Supplies: Gold glitter craft foam, markers, hole punch, ribbon, pony beads

Cut two approximately 3-in.-diameter circles from craft foam for each child. Use a permanent marker to write Run to Win! on one circle and 1 Corinthians 9:24 on the other one.  Cut one 36-in.-long ribbon for each child.

Have the children use a glue dot to glue the circles back to back, glitter side out. Punch a hole in the top, and thread the ribbon through.  Even the ends of the ribbon, fold them in thirds, and thread them through a pony bead; then slide it down to the top of the medal to hold it flat.  Tie the ends of the ribbon together so the child can wear it around his neck.

Paul's Ministry to Rome: Acts 21:17-28:31

Craft: Paper chains

Although Paul was put in chains for preaching the Gospel, the Gospel was not restrained!

Supplies: Cardstock, scissors, markers, tape

Cut cardstock into 8-1/2-in. by 1-in. strips.  Write the words of 2 Timothy 2:9 on the strips: "God's word is not held back by chains" (NIRV).

Give the children the strips and tape and show them how to make a paper chain.