Ideas to use

Ruth 2

If you're looking story for harvest, why not use a harvest-time tale from the Bible as told in the book of Ruth? There are many elements of this harvest romance, which you could develop in conversation with the children or as part of a talk.

Harvest - The sower

Ruth's Harvest Surprise

If you're looking story for harvest, why not use a harvest-time tale from the Bible as told in the book of Ruth? There are many elements of this harvest romance, which you could develop in conversation with the children or as part of a talk.

This is The Harvest That God Made

Here is a simple idea for a presentation by your children's group for harvest. The truth that we are still dependent on the land for our food is becoming harder to realise for a generation that might be forgiven for believing that carrots grow in plastic bags on supermarket shelves. This piece connects the food we eat with God who made the world. It also makes visual the inter-connectedness of God's giving and the human effort needed in order to produce the food on our plates.

Harvest - Seed confession

An idea for saying sorry linked to seeds

God is a Faithful Gardener

An outline for all-age Harvest service

A, B, Seed

Some seed-related ideas for a Harvest activity with your children's group

Some Harvest craft ideas for use with under-5s

Crafts for the early years

A Thank You Line (for use with under-5s)

A prayer activity for early years groups

Seeds!

The Bible in Fruit

An idea for a Harvest service talk where children are present.

Thank You Day - Footsteps to the Feast for Harvest

A Footsteps to the Feast children and families event to celebrate Harvest.

Harvest Shelters

An all-age activity to use as part of a Harvest Thanksgiving Service

The big colourful thank-you

This is an all-age service outline for Harvest Thanksgiving, offering a number of interactive and inclusive ways to involve the whole congregation in saying a big thank-you to God. Using Psalm 67 and the story of Noah, the focus is on the many and varied gifts God gives, drawing on the colours of the rainbow as a way to explore God's blessings.

A harvest psalm

This is an all-age idea for a presentation of Psalm 67 as part of Harvest Thanksgiving at church. Needing no special props, it involves spoken responses and actions, and could be used as a form of blessing to end a service.

Weeds among the wheat

This is an outline for reflective storytelling using one of the seed parables of Jesus from Matthew's Gospel. It makes use of a PowerPoint presentation as well as wondering questions designed to get a group thinking more about what God is like and who they are meant to be. It is suitable for a session with 8 - 11 year olds or could be used as part of a Harvest Thanksgiving service.