Use Your Gifts!

Host Welcome to the Train Station, Jr. Conductors! We are so glad that you visited us today at the Train Station. Jr. Conductors are helpful to have around when there’s a Big Point to discover.

Co-Host Ta-da!

Host Wow, you tossed them around at the same time. What is that called?

Co-Host It’s called juggling. That’s when you toss several items in the air and catch them without dropping any. I’ve practiced juggling for a long time.

Host Could you show the Jr. Conductors how to juggle?

Co-Host Sure! Jr. Conductors, pretend that you are holding one ball. Toss it up in the air and catch it with other hand. Good job. Now pretend you are holding two. Toss them both in the air and catch them with the other hand like this.

Host That was great. Can you try that again, Jr. Conductors? (Practice a couple of times) Maybe you could use your juggling, (Co-Host), to cheer up some kids in the hospital.

Co-Host No, I’m not good enough to do that.

Host Sure you are. You have something you could use in God’s big plan. Today we get to discover the gift that Joseph, in the Bible, used to help people. Let’s all say a big, “Choo-choo!”

Host and Co-Host enter.

Co-Host I’m glad that Conductor Carl put out the fire at Farmer Faith’s farm.

Host Were you surprised to learn that Farmer Faith doesn’t think she has any gifts to share with other people? God has given her lots of good gifts. She needs to listen and believe the Big Point. Let’s practice it now,

Host Use Your Gifts!

Co-Host What are gifts? Everyone has them? Even me and the Jr. Conductors?

Host Sure, we all have gifts to use. The gifts we talk about in our Big Point are things that God gives us to share with other people. I’ll show you some pictures and we’ll talk about the gift we can share.

Co-Host Are those the only gifts people can share?

Host No, there are many, many gifts God gives. Everyone has a gift that you can use to be God’s big helper.

Co-Host I like knowing that God wants to use my gifts to help.

Host Let’s help Farmer Faith learn about the gifts God has given her so she can help in His big plan, too.

Co-Host Farmer Faith learned that God’s gifts are inside her.

 Host That means she has something to use to help other people in God’s big plan. All she has to do now is follow the Big Point. Let’s practice it again,

Host Use Your Gifts!

Co-Host The verse Inspector Nigel shared helped her believe the Big Point.

Co-Host Corinthians 12:7 (NIrV), “The Holy Spirit is given to each of us in a special way. That is for the good of all.”

Host That means God has good gifts for every person to use. They come from God. I’m going to show you what this means by having some musical fun. Do you like to play instruments? Let’s choose some friends to help show some instruments.

Co-Host Let’s see if we can name the different instruments and hear their sounds.

Host Each of these instruments are nice on their own, but when you use them all together you create a song. They sound so nice when you play them all at once. We’ll play them and have our friends pretend to play their instruments.

Co-Host Each instrument makes a special sound that works together with the other instruments to make a beautiful song. That’s like us. We use our gifts with everyone else’s gifts to be God’s big helpers. Let’s use our different voices to sing a song to God.

When someone gives you a gift what two words do you say to them? (Pause) That’s right, you say “Thank you.” God has given each of us gifts to use in His big plan. Let’s take a moment to pray and thank God for His good gifts. You can tell Him thank you right there at your seat. Close your eyes and talk to Jesus for just a moment. (Pause) Now I’ll pray for all of us.

Co-Host I’m glad Farmer Faith believes that she has gifts, too.

Host Everyone can be part of God’s big plan. I’m glad you helped her discover our Big Point,

Host Use Your Gifts!

Co-Host Joseph wasn’t afraid to speak up and use the gifts God gave him. He told the king of Egypt the truth, and Joseph became an important leader.

Host You can tell your family about how Joseph became a leader when you do the Big Do this week. Conductor Carl gave us a fun idea.

Host Talk to your family and think of someone that you can say an encouraging word to.

Co-Host You could tell that person, “God loves you” or “God has a big plan for you.” You could encourage someone with a smile or a friendly wave.

Host Let’s practice using our gifts to encourage our friends now. I’ll name someone, and I want you to look at them, smile, and wave. Then I’ll choose someone else.

Co-Host Great job using your gifts!

Host When you come back next week, tell us how you used your gifts this week. Let’s say our Big Point once more.

Host Use Your Gifts!

• Did our Big Point say Don’t Use Your Gifts or Use Your Gifts?

• Let’s pretend to be firefighters who put out a fire. What would you spray on the fire? Jelly? Juice? Water! Who used his gift to help put out a fire at the Train Station today? Conductor Carl

• When I say, “Go,” point to as many people in the room as you can. Go! What does our Big Verse say? 1 Corinthians 12:7 (NIrV) says, “The Holy Spirit is given to ____ of us in a special way. That is for the good of all.”

  • Each
  • Some

• Pretend to quack like a cow. Is that right? What does a cow say? Who, in our Big Story, had a dream about sick cows? Pharoah or King Did he understand the dream? No

• Let’s pretend to get ready to meet someone important. What should we do first? Let’s wash our faces. Brush your hair. Put on clean clothes. Who visited the king to explain the dream? Joseph Did God help Joseph understand what the dream meant? Yes

• What did Conductor Carl remind us to do in this week’s Big Do? Encourage someone