The Parable of the Lost Coin
Luke 15:8-10
Teaching Videos
Teaching Ideas
Idea 1
Read “Finding the Lost” on page 652 in The Action Bible
Questions
How many coins did the woman have and how many coins did she loose?
What did the woman do when she found her coin?
What will angels do when one sinner confesses their sins?
Idea 2
Put pictures from the story in order.
After telling the story to the kids put these 4 pictures in front of them.
Go through each picture (not in order) and talk about what is happening in each of them.
For young kids, put the pictures in order together. For kids around 6 years old ask for 4 volunteers, each to hold one of the pictures and ask them to put themselves into order. For older kids give them each a mini copy of the pictures and ask them to put them in order by themselves.
Idea 3
Hide some coins and let the kids find them.
Before you start the lesson hide some coins around the room. Let the kids know that there are 10 coins. Hide one of the coins in a really difficult spot that will take the kids a while to find.
Let the kids know there are 10 coins and ask them to find them.
Search really hard for the 10th coin and when you finally find it make sure everyone cheers and celebrates.
Relate it to people, when we turn away from God and he finds us again, then there is a celebration in heaven.
End the lesson by giving each kid a plastic coin. Let them write on in something like “celebrate when found”. Then give them a label sticker and let them write the same thing “celebrate when found” Let the kids put the labels on themselves.