Obey Your Parents (Sharing Time)

 Theme: Obey Your Parents

Introduce theme and scripture - “Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.” (Colossians 3:20)

Choose two children to play game—one who is able to read well.

Before Primary, write the scripture on a banner or poster and roll up as a scroll—hide it in a place where the children would not look, such as the piano bench. Make up five or six cards with directions on how to find the scripture. (Ex: “Go to pulpit and look in drawer,” “Go to closet and look on second shelf,” etc.) Tell the children that in the room there is a scroll hidden with a scripture on it and they are to find it—one will obey your instructions written on cards and the other will go his own way. See which child gets to the goal faster. After the scrolls is found, hang it on the wall and then explain to the children that when they obey their teachers, leaders, or parents and follow their instructions, they will never be led astray. However, the child who chooses not to obey, and is determined to go his own way may never reach the important goals in life.