Every Stone Speaks

Sunday school lesson 5 of 7

Jesus in your town

Jesus is alive and with His people today, in houses, schools and streets like ours.

Ages
5 to 12
Time
About 40 minutes
You need
A Bible, the chapter page on a screen or printed, and: Paper squares and crayons, with a yellow one for each child.

Memory verse

Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

John 8:12 (BSB)

It is also on the memory verse cards, ready to print and send home.

The lesson

  1. Welcome 5 minutes

    Draw a quick map of your town on the board together: homes, a school, a store, a park, your church. Ask: where is Jesus in our town?

  2. Read 5 minutes

    Read the chapter’s opening verse (Matthew 28:20) from the chapter page or your Bible. Before Jesus went back to heaven, He promised to be with His followers always. That includes your street and your town, today.

  3. Picture walk 15 minutes

    Show each picture. Let the children find things in it first, then read the verse and ask the question.

    1. A brick school with a clock above the door.

      The school

      Read: Mark 10:14

      Ask: If you could sit with Jesus, what would you ask Him?

    2. A family house with a porch and a front lawn.

      The family house

      Read: Joshua 24:15

      Ask: What is one way your family could serve God together?

    3. A white church with a tall steeple.

      The church

      Read: Hebrews 10:24-25

      Ask: Who could you encourage the next time you go to church?

  4. Lights in my town 10 minutes

    Each child draws their home on a paper square, with a yellow light in the window, and adds one way to shine for Jesus at home this week. Put the squares together on the wall as one town.

  5. Close 5 minutes

    Say the memory verse together two or three times. Then pray:

    Jesus, thank You for being with us at home, at school and in our town. Help us shine Your light this week. Amen.

Make it fit your class

Younger children

Walk around the room to “visit” the school, the house and the church pictures, and say one kind thing you could do in each place.

Older children

Read 1 Timothy 2:1–2 and pray together, by name, for the people who lead your town.

Take-home note

For parents · Lesson 5 of 7

Today in Sunday school: Jesus in your town

Jesus is alive and with His people today, in houses, schools and streets like ours.

Our memory verse:

Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

John 8:12 (BSB)

Ask your child: If you could sit with Jesus, what would you ask Him?

Look at the pictures together: everystonespeaks.com/your-town/

Copy it into your class email or newsletter, or print this page and cut the note off for each child.