Prayer chains are positive activities for children that not only promote prayer and fellowship, they open a doorway for Christ's blessings to flow and for prayers to be answered. Gather a prayer team together of children who will commit to praying for the prayer requests that are needed when the prayer chain receives a call. Don't underestimate the power of prayer in children, so don't set an age limit. Any child who can use a telephone, who can understand what a prayer chain is and what their responsibility is within it, is a perfect candidate for a prayer chain. Make a list of prayer chain callers on the computer and print out copies to hand out to each prayer chain member. Instruct an adult to be in charge of the prayer chain. The adult will receive the first prayer request call. The adult will call the first child on the list, who will then call the second number. The second child will then call the third, and so on. Each person will stop whatever they are doing and pray for the request. Keep a notebook of prayer requests and praise reports.
Schedule Bible study groups for children and teens of all ages. Schedule outings, such as camp outs, canoe trips, sporting events and go to christian concerts as a Bible study group. Bible study groups help children and teens grow closer to God and to learn how to follow Peter's example, under the guidance of a seasoned Christian adult leader.
Discipleship is a large part of Peter's message. Schedule activities that challenge children to be aware of what they are doing with their spare time. The early church was "on fire" for God, according to Sure Word Ministries. Children can set their free time "on fire" for Christ by volunteering in their church and communities. By helping others, they, too, are "preaching to the multitudes." Children can help hand out food to the church shut-ins, shovel snow, plant flowers in yards of the elderly or pass out Bibles to those in a community that was recently destroyed by a tornado. Connect with situations that are going on in your area and plug children in to activities where they can use their time to make a difference.
Peter spoke of the parable of the fruitless fig tree. Bearing Good Fruit and Living a Fruitful Life activities can be found at Sermons 4 Kids Online. Printable coloring pages, dot-to-dot puzzles, fill in the blank puzzles and word searches offer entertaining activity challenges to follow-up with a fruitless fig tree parable sermon lesson. A worship bulletin and decoder puzzle is also included and can be printed for free.