Keep these supplies on hand throughout the quarter. Supplies for Responding options are listed in each session.
Bibles (your own, open and accessible, as well as a set for the room)
Copy of Grow magazine for each child (include a few extras for visitors)
Classroom pack items: Teaching pictures, Bible memory poster, Books of the New Testament posters, Map of Paul’s journeys, “Mission Possible” storybook, “Show respect” card
Gather ’Round CD and CD player
Hymnals
Drama box with simple costumes and props
Story figures (plastic or wooden)
Pencils with erasers, colored pencils, markers, crayons, and oil pastels
Lined and unlined white paper
Colored construction paper and other colored paper
Easel paper, flipchart, chalkboard, or whiteboard (The sessions refer to easel paper. Use whatever is most accessible to you so that everyone can see what’s been written.)
Small index cards
Masking and transparent tape
Scissors
Glue
Hole punch
Stapler
String, yarn, and ribbon
Modeling clay, play dough, or a drying polymer clay
Candle and matches
Attendance chart (optional; click here to download.)
Session 1: Plastic lids from coffee cans or deli containers (for a Responding
activity)
Session 6: Globe or world map (used throughout the session); pictures and other materials about mission and outreach efforts (for a Responding activity)
Session 7: Iron, ironing board, old crayons, and wax paper (for a Responding activity)
Session 8: Canceled first-class stamps on envelopes (optional; for a Responding activity); washable ink pad (for a Responding activity)
Session 10: Old shoes or boots, flowering plants, potting soil, watering can, and trowels or scoops (for a Responding activity); calculators (for a Responding activity)
