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Work as Service

Jobs in Our Community

Day 165of 180
Week 33of 36
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that work can be a way to serve God and others

2

Connect personal future careers to serving community

3

Practice drawing and expressing career aspirations

📖 Scripture Connection

Colossians 3:23

“Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,”

— Colossians 3:23 (WEB)

Our work is a way to honor God and help others

📦 Materials Needed

  • Drawing paper
  • Colored pencils or crayons
  • Career dress-up items
  • Bible
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (5 min)

Gather children in a circle and ask them to think about what they might want to be when they grow up. Explain that all jobs can be ways to help people and serve God.

💭 Review Question: What job do you think might help people?
2Teaching (8 min)

Talk about how different jobs help our community. Doctors help people feel better, farmers grow food, teachers help children learn. God wants us to do our best in whatever job we choose.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Every job can be important
  • We can serve God through our work
  • Doing our best honors God
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • How can a doctor show God's love?
  • What might be a fun job that helps people?
3Activity: My Future Helper Job (10 min)
project

Children will draw a picture of themselves doing a job that helps people

📝 Instructions:
  1. Give each child drawing paper
  2. Ask them to draw themselves in a job they might want
  3. Encourage them to think about how that job helps others
  4. Let children share their drawings
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Provide career sticker or pre-drawn job outlines

Challenge: Write a short sentence about how their job helps people

4Closing (2 min)

Remind children that God loves them and wants them to use their talents to help others

📝 Review Questions:
  • What job did you draw?
  • How does that job help people?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear Jesus, thank you for giving us special talents. Help us use our future jobs to love and serve others. Amen.

Coming up: Next week, we'll learn more about how people in our community work together

💎 Memory Verse

Colossians 3:23

“Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,”

— Colossians 3:23 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Repeat verse while doing a simple work motion like sweeping or hammering

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

First graders are beginning to understand different careers and how work connects to helping others

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Encourage positive conversations about work
  • Avoid pressuring about specific careers
  • Highlight service over earnings
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might have unrealistic or changing career ideas

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Excitement about helping others, creativity in drawing

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Visit a local workplace with parent permission
  • Play dress-up with community helper costumes
  • Read children's books about different jobs

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