Use this Father’s Day children’s message to focus on fathers and other men who encourage the children in their lives.

Father’s Day Children’s Message: My Father, the Encourager

You’ll need:

• books (1 for every 2 kids)

Lead the activity:

• First, have the kids form pairs, and give each pair a book.
• Have one partner walk across the room and back with a book balanced on his or her head.
• Have the other partner walk along and encourage the balancing partner.
• Then have the children change roles.

Afterward, ask:

• How did it feel to have someone there all the time encouraging you?
• What might it feel like to not have someone there to encourage you?

Read aloud Acts 11:22-24.

Ask:

• How does your father or another male family member encourage you?
• What are some ways we can encourage our fathers?

Close in prayer, thanking God for the gift of fathers and father figures who encourage children.

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