Kids Church (60 Minutes)

God’s Holiness and Human Sin

CONNECT — 0–10 Minutes

Game: “Follow the Leader… or Not?”
Have one leader give instructions that help the group succeed (walk slowly, stop together).
Then give instructions that confuse things (go different directions).

Leader Transition:
“Today we’re learning what happened when people chose not to listen to God.”

ENCOUNTER — 10–20 Minutes

Leader Setup:
“As we listen to the Bible, listen for what God told Adam and Eve to do and what choice they made.”

Scripture Reading

The Temptation

Scripture (BSB): Genesis 3:1-5

1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”

2 The woman answered the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden,

3 but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’”

4 “You will not surely die,” the serpent told her.

5 “For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

ANCHOR — 20–35 Minutes

Tell the Story (Kid-Friendly):
God gave Adam and Eve a good rule because He loved them. The serpent tried to make God seem untrustworthy. Adam and Eve chose not to listen to God.

When they disobeyed, sin entered the world. Everything changed — not because God stopped being good, but because sin brings brokenness.

Scripture Connection:

Scripture (BSB): Genesis 3:6-7

6 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

7 And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.

Ask:

• What choice did Adam and Eve make?
• How did they feel afterward?
• Why does God want us to listen to Him?

RESPOND — 35–50 Minutes

Activity: “Good Choice / Wrong Choice”
Give kids scenario cards (sharing, lying, obeying parents, sneaking candy).
Have them sort into “Trust God” or “Don’t Trust God.”

Explain:
“God’s rules help us live well. Sin hurts us and others.”

SEND — 50–60 Minutes

Memory Verse Motions

Scripture (BSB): Genesis 3:6

6 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

Use simple motions to help remember the verse.

Blessing

“Even when we make wrong choices, God still loves us and wants to help us.”