FOLLOW ME: Have the children trace their shoes and cut out of construction paper. All shoes can be placed - one ahead of another - and walked on to follow the leader. Lead the children in a discussion of how others may be following what WE do, so we are a SERMON in shoes! For extra fun, teacher can place the "shoes" at various places and spaces to make the following a little more tricky and harder to follow! If someone falls or tips over, this will make a good discussion of those who are following what WE DO!

SHOE SERMON CRAFT:

Option 1: Have the children trace their shoes on construction paper and cut out. Write I'M A SERMON IN SHOES and decorate with real glued-on shoe strings, glitter or sequins and hang on a wall at home with a shoe string!

Option 2: - The children will trace their shoes and decorate as above Option 1, but wear that shoe craft around their neck with a shoe string as the necklace. The initials at the bottom of the shoe of WWJD (what would Jesus do) might be added, because a GOOD SERMON would be to do what Jesus would do!

POSTER or CHALKBOARD ACTIVITY: Title -- SERMON IN SHOES
Sub Title on poster: DO YOU KNOW O CHRISTIAN YOU'RE A SERMON IN SHOES:

(Have the children fill in the missing letters below that teacher has prepared ahead of time):

So __ __ __ __ it (walk) and __ __ __ __ it (talk)

So __ __ __ __ it (live) and __ __ __ __ it (give)

So __ __ __ __ __ it (teach) and __ __ __ __ __ __ it (preach)

So __ __ __ __ it (know) and __ __ __ __ it (show)

* The teacher can give the first letter for a clue.... or for younger children, the teacher can make little dots for the letters for children to trace over.

SERMON IN SHOES SNACK: Teacher can have 2 shoes per child cut out and hole punched along the 2 narrow ends and the bottom of the shoe, for children to thread a shoe string through the shoe hole punch-outs along the edges. Children can decorate and write I'M A SERMON IN SHOES and fill with candy as they answer questions about today's lesson.

SHOE POEM: Teacher can have a SHOE cut out of construction paper for each child. Teacher can print off the poem in today's lesson entitled "Sermons We See", for child to paste on to the shoe and take home or put in Bible as a Bookmark!

POSTER OR CHALKBOARD comparison: MARY (column 1); JUDAS (column 2)
Teacher or older child can write what they know about each person. (Ex. MARY: loved Jesus, pour perfume on Jesus' feet, gave most prized possession, showed love by actions. JUDAS: Didn't care about the poor, keeper of money bag, stole from the money bag for his own use, betrayed Jesus.) End with discussion of SEEING a SERMON is better than HEARING one any day!!

End of Class: Children can draw a shoe on the chalkboard and write their own name in the shoe as a child who wants to be a GOOD SERMON to others - its NOT what we SAY, but what we DO!