New Testament Bible Stories Archives - Let their light shine!

The Philippian Jailer

June 5, 2026August 28, 2026 Rachel Ball No Comments

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The Philippian Jailer Bible story is found in Acts 16:25-34. Paul and Silas are in prison at midnight at the beginning of our story. By the end they are having a meal with the jailer and his family. For young children a few details have been ommitted or simplified. The Philippian Jailer Bible story idea … Read More “The Philippian Jailer” »

Philip and the Ethiopian Treasurer

April 24, 2024April 24, 2024 Rachel Ball No Comments

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Philip and the Ethiopian Treasurer Bible Story for young children based on Acts 8:26-40. To tell the Story have some items in a story bag – Philip, The Treasurer, chariot, horse, scroll. The Chariot is made from a shoe box. I turned the box inside out and put it back together and then cut the … Read More “Philip and the Ethiopian Treasurer” »

Jesus calls the First Disciples

January 23, 2023January 23, 2023 Rachel Ball 2 Comments

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In Mark 1:16-20 we read about Jesus calling his first disciples. Jesus calls his first disciples – Bible Story Idea To tell the Story you will need the different characters, a boat, a net and a fish in the Story Bag. Take them out as you need them. One day Jesus was walking along near … Read More “Jesus calls the First Disciples” »

The Lost Sheep – Stories Jesus Told

April 19, 2022February 26, 2025 Rachel Ball 2 Comments

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Lost Sheep Bible Stories with two craft ideas for different age groups.

The Man with Four Friends – A Bible Number Story

February 2, 2022January 13, 2025 Rachel Ball No Comments

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The Man with Four Friends is our next Bible number story in the series. We are up to the number four! For the other numbers we have told stories about have a look at these links – Number One, Number Two, Number Three This week the Bible Story is from Mark 2:1-22. The Bible Truth … Read More “The Man with Four Friends – A Bible Number Story” »

Jesus is Baptised – story video

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 Rachel Ball No Comments

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Zacchaeus story, video, and craft

July 8, 2020August 18, 2025 Rachel Ball 6 Comments

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Zacchaeus story video and craft idea

We’ve arrived at Easter!

April 2, 2020April 27, 2026 Rachel Ball 1 Comment

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We’ve arrived at Easter! We have traveled along the road to Jerusalem to reach the first Easter. Each week we’ve met different people that Jesus met on his journey and now we are at the end of our journey. This weeks story is the Easter Story .. to tell it you need puppets or dolls … Read More “We’ve arrived at Easter!” »

On the Way to Easter…Palm Sunday Story

March 25, 2020February 28, 2024 Rachel Ball 2 Comments

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Jesus rides into Jerusalem

On the Way to Easter…Mary

March 18, 2020June 29, 2020 Rachel Ball 7 Comments

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The story is from John 12:1-8 Jesus had almost arrived at Jerusalem! He had travelled a long way. How lovely that he was able to go to his friends house. Lazarus and his sisters Mary and Martha were good friends of Jesus. They wanted to do something special for him so they had a dinner … Read More “On the Way to Easter…Mary” »

On the Way to Easter…Bartimaeus

March 4, 2020March 6, 2024 Rachel Ball 1 Comment

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On the Way to Easter Bartimaeus. We are beginning to get ready for Easter at toddler group. This year we are going on the last journey that Jesus made into Jerusalem, meeting some of the people that Jesus met. Last week we met the Rich Young Man. This time on the Way to Easter we … Read More “On the Way to Easter…Bartimaeus” »

On the Way to Easter.. the Rich Young Man

February 26, 2020June 29, 2020 Rachel Ball 2 Comments

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We are beginning to get ready for Easter at toddler group. This year we are going on the last journey that Jesus made into Jerusalem, meeting some of the people that Jesus met. Our first story is from Luke 18:18-23 and Mark 10:17-22. A rich young man comes to find Jesus as he is travelling … Read More “On the Way to Easter.. the Rich Young Man” »

Jesus stops the Storm

October 29, 2019June 5, 2026 Rachel Ball 1 Comment

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‘Jesus stops the Storm’ was another of our weather themed stories at toddler group. It’s from Luke 8. It’s a great story to tell – lots of drama with the wind blowing and waves crashing, frightened disciples, dark skies and Jesus sleeping! Craft Idea This craft is in two parts; the lake made from a … Read More “Jesus stops the Storm” »

Lydia hears about Jesus

July 8, 2019June 10, 2024 Rachel Ball 1 Comment

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Lydia hears about Jesus when Paul and Silas visit the town of Philippi where she lived. The story of Lydia is from Acts 16:11-15. Here are Lydia (with her purple cloth) and Paul and Silas. Lydia hears about Jesus Bible Story Bible Truth for toddlers – Jesus is for everyone Say hello to Paul and … Read More “Lydia hears about Jesus” »

Mary and Martha

February 26, 2019February 4, 2025 Rachel Ball 1 Comment

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Mary and Martha are two grown up sisters that we meet in Luke 10:38-42 . They live in Bethany. They are mentioned three times in the Life of Jesus. You can also read about them in John 11 – when their brother Lazarus is bought back to life – and in John 12 – when … Read More “Mary and Martha” »

Journey to Bethlehem – week 5 – Jesus is born

December 5, 2018June 30, 2020 Rachel Ball 4 Comments

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This week we arrive in Bethlehem! The story is from Luke 2:1-7. I often start story time by introducing the characters – in this story we’ll all say hello to Mary and then to Joseph as I take them out of the story bag. (The knitted characters are from an Alan Dart pattern – available … Read More “Journey to Bethlehem – week 5 – Jesus is born” »

The Wise Builder craft idea

September 19, 2018September 19, 2018 Rachel Ball No Comments

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Jesus told the story about the Wise and Foolish Builders as part of his Sermon on the Mount. You can read it in Matthew 7:24 – 27. It’s a great story for using actions as you tell it. And of course there is the song. If you search youtube for ‘the Wise Man built his … Read More “The Wise Builder craft idea” »

The Man by the Pool – John 5

February 28, 2018 Rachel Ball No Comments

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Bible reference John 5:1-9 ‘One day Jesus was in the big, important city of Jerusalem (ask children to repeat name) In Jerusalem there was a special pool of water. The people believed that when the water started to move that the first person to get into the water would be made better. So every day … Read More “The Man by the Pool – John 5” »

Q is for question

January 16, 2018May 10, 2023 Rachel Ball No Comments

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Q is for Question is part of our Bible Alphabet series. Starting at A we have told a Bible Story for each letter of the alphabet. It can be anything – a person, place or object – so long as the letter we are doing comes somewhere. Q was a bit tricky! There are names … Read More “Q is for question” »

The Wise Men visit Jesus

January 10, 2018January 4, 2021 Rachel Ball No Comments

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The story of the Wise Men is from Matthew 2:1-15. As this story is being told to toddlers I don’t mention Herod’s plan to kill the baby boys. It is a very dark part of the story and reminds us the Birth of Jesus took place in a world where many people had rejected God. … Read More “The Wise Men visit Jesus” »

The Angel visits Mary

November 17, 2017November 25, 2024 Rachel Ball 1 Comment

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The Angel visits Mary Bible story – from Luke 1:26-38. (Include actions in the story if you can – ask the children and adults to join in) ‘One day Mary was at home. It was just an ordinary day. Mary was cleaning the house (some actions here – maybe dusting or sweeping). But then something … Read More “The Angel visits Mary” »

Holiday Bible Club Craft (2)

November 2, 2017November 6, 2017 Rachel Ball No Comments

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We used a wooden spoon based craft for the bible story about Jesus healing a man who had leprosy. You can read the story in Matthew 8. The children drew a sad face one side of the spoon and a happy face the other. We used kitchen roll for the clothes – a fairly good … Read More “Holiday Bible Club Craft (2)” »

Bartimaeus Bible Story

July 10, 2017February 15, 2021 Rachel Ball No Comments

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Mark 10:32,33, 46-52. This is one of my favourite Bible stories. Jesus is on his way to Jerusalem to celebrate Passover and to face arrest and death when he stops to help a blind man who has to beg to be able to survive. Jesus isn’t too distracted or busy. He stops for a man … Read More “Bartimaeus Bible Story” »

God has made a way for us to know him

February 28, 2017July 9, 2020 Rachel Ball No Comments

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Story from Luke 2 Bible truth for toddlers – God has made a way for us to know him ‘We have heard about how God is everywhere.God knows everything. God is powerful. God is holy. God is faithful. Today we find out that God has made a way for us to know him. Mary and … Read More “God has made a way for us to know him” »

God is faithful – Zechariah and Elisabeth

February 21, 2017July 9, 2020 Rachel Ball No Comments

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Story from Luke 1:5-24 Bible truth for toddlers – God is faithful One day a man called Zechariah was in the temple. It was a very special place where people went to worship God. Zechariah had a special job to do there – just once in his life! He was a priest and he had … Read More “God is faithful – Zechariah and Elisabeth” »

Thank you God for my feet..

November 16, 2016September 7, 2021 Rachel Ball 1 Comment

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Acts 3:1-10 is a great story for thanking God for our feet. The children will enjoy jumping and walking. To tell the story use actions – these are in italics. Use as many or as few as suits your group. Bible story from Acts 3:1-10. The lame man is healed Bible truth for toddlers – … Read More “Thank you God for my feet..” »

Thank you God for my mouth..

November 15, 2016November 14, 2016 Rachel Ball 3 Comments

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I was wondering what to do for thanking God for our mouths – a story that had food in it perhaps? But then remembered the man who came back to Jesus to say ‘thank you’. The story is from Luke 17:11-19. To tell the story I made ten men from wooden spoons. On one side … Read More “Thank you God for my mouth..” »

Jesus feeds five thousand people

June 6, 2016June 6, 2016 Rachel Ball No Comments

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This story is from John 6 ( and the other gospels too). In the story basket we had Jesus, Andrew, the young boy, a paper chain of people to represent the crowd and the lunch of two fish and five loaves. In John 6 Philip is also mentioned by name but we kept to just … Read More “Jesus feeds five thousand people” »

all about me – I can smell!

September 16, 2015 Rachel Ball No Comments

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Young children have lots of discoveries to make. It’s fun to help them discover their senses. There are different activities that can show them that they can smell. Of course they already knew that! We can help them know what the smells are that they like or dislike. Sometimes a smell gives us a warning – the toast … Read More “all about me – I can smell!” »

Y is for the rich young man

March 3, 2015May 10, 2023 Rachel Ball No Comments

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The story of the Rich Young Man (Mark 10:17-22) has a sad ending. He loves his money more than Jesus. With older children you could talk about things that get in the way of them following Jesus. You could also add a question mark symbol and talk more about why the young man asked the … Read More “Y is for the rich young man” »

Simon’s mother in law – homes Jesus visited

January 27, 2015January 29, 2024 Rachel Ball No Comments

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Simon’s Mother in Law was ill in bed with a fever. This is a simple craft/story telling prop idea for the story of her being healed from Mark 1:29-31. The bed is made from an egg box and the people from cardboard rolls. If you wanted to make larger people you could easily use Pringle … Read More “Simon’s mother in law – homes Jesus visited” »

Calling of the first disciples – Mark 2

January 20, 2015January 27, 2022 Rachel Ball No Comments

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Last week at toddler group we told the story about the Baptism of Jesus. This week we move on to the calling of Simon and Andrew to follow Jesus. To help the children picture what is happening in the story I have made a boat and two disciples using an egg box and cardboard rolls. … Read More “Calling of the first disciples – Mark 2” »

Jesus is baptised

January 14, 2015July 1, 2026 Rachel Ball 2 Comments

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We are planning on telling Bible stories from Mark’s gospel at toddler group from now till Easter. The idea is to link the stories about Christmas with Easter. For the children each story will be complete on it’s own but the adults will be able to follow the chronology. The first story will be from … Read More “Jesus is baptised” »

wise and foolish builders – Matthew 7

January 13, 2015January 22, 2015 Rachel Ball No Comments

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In Matthew 7 we have recorded for us one of the stories that Jesus told. It is a very simple parable about house building. There was the wise man who built on the rock and the foolish man who built on the sand. The storm came and only one house remained – the house on … Read More “wise and foolish builders – Matthew 7” »

The Visit of The Magi – Epiphany

January 6, 2015January 8, 2026 Rachel Ball No Comments

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The arrival of The Magi, or Wise men or Three Kings is traditionally celebrated twelve days after Christmas day on the 6 December. The story is recorded in Matthew’s Gospel chapter 2. These men came from the east and having seen a new star in the sky they decided that the new star signified the … Read More “The Visit of The Magi – Epiphany” »

Make a Paper Plate Boat

September 11, 2014January 25, 2023 Rachel Ball No Comments

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Paper plates are great for crafts. They are cheap to buy and can be recycled when no longer needed. If you are telling a Bible Story with a boat in then this is an easy make to add to your Story Bag. All you need: Paper plate, tissue paper squares or pens/crayons, card or a … Read More “Make a Paper Plate Boat” »

Z is for Zacchaeus

May 14, 2014May 10, 2023 Rachel Ball 2 Comments

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I made this to use with under fives to tell the story of Zacchaeus. He moves up the tree which is great for keeping the young children interested. We are doing the story as part of our Bible Alphabet series. It’s from Luke 19:1-10. The tree is a Pringles container covered in brown construction paper … Read More “Z is for Zacchaeus” »

L is for lost sheep

February 25, 2014May 10, 2023 Rachel Ball 1 Comment

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L is for lost sheep – a parable that Jesus told (Luke 15:1-7) To tell the story to young children Very young children will probably benefit from using smaller numbers – maybe just up to ten with the number ten sheep missing. Before you begin hide a sheep but unless you have a small group … Read More “L is for lost sheep” »

Bible alphabet – C is for carpenter

October 2, 2013 Rachel Ball 1 Comment

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Following on from where Jesus was born – Bethlehem – who took care of him? Mary and Joseph. In this story we concentrated on Joseph and the job he did. With young children I sometimes like to have some objects in a bag – it keeps them interested and watching what is going on and … Read More “Bible alphabet – C is for carpenter” »

Bible Alphabet – Bethlehem

October 1, 2013 Rachel Ball 2 Comments

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B is for Bethlehem where Jesus was born. Although it isn’t Christmas it seemed a good idea to do the story of Jesus’ birth for B. In our craft we made pictures of Bethlehem and for the story we used visuals from a book called ‘A Saviour for you’. The pictures are fantastic. Available here http://cefresources.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=95_97_101&products_id=423 … Read More “Bible Alphabet – Bethlehem” »

The man with four friends – duplo storytelling – homes Jesus visited

April 25, 2013July 7, 2020 Rachel Ball No Comments

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One of the homes Jesus visited was the place where the paralysed man was healed. Luke 5:17- 26. If you look very closely you can just see crowds of people in the model of the house. To tell the story to young children you could use lego duplo figures.( Of course avoid the clearly identifiable charcters such … Read More “The man with four friends – duplo storytelling – homes Jesus visited” »

Homes Jesus visited

April 18, 2013April 22, 2013 Rachel Ball No Comments

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At toddler group this half term each bible story will be about a house that Jesus visited. Today I talked about the homes where we live. The craft was a collage of different types of homes and the collage I had made was my introduction. I talked about how Jesus didn’t stay a baby in a manger … Read More “Homes Jesus visited” »

Thank you God book – for toddler group

April 5, 2013March 9, 2016 Rachel Ball No Comments

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Over the past term at our Toddler Group we have made a ‘thank you God book’ – this is an overview of what we did Title page ‘our thank you God book’ Then the following pages – with pictures added from google images. Each page was A3 and was laminated. ‘I am wonderfully made’ Psalm 139 … Read More “Thank you God book – for toddler group” »

Easter decorations – eggs and more eggs

March 28, 2013July 1, 2026 Rachel Ball 3 Comments

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Easter decorations – eggs and more eggs, some to decorate and some to eat! It’s very straightforward to make salt dough eggs but you do need to do this ahead as the dough shapes need to dry out. To make them you need to start with a salt dough. This is very easy. You need … Read More “Easter decorations – eggs and more eggs” »

Palm Sunday – Palm leaf craft

March 20, 2013October 11, 2019 Rachel Ball 2 Comments

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Easter is nearly here! In toddler group we have been learning about being ‘Wonderfully made’ and have already talkied about our mouths that shout, whisper and taste’ and our ears that can ‘hear shouts and whispers’. The Bible story that we are using to develop this is the Palm Sunday story that we read in … Read More “Palm Sunday – Palm leaf craft” »

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