Lesson Overview for ADULTS
In Genesis 1:20-23, we see God’s creativity displayed on the fifth day of creation. After preparing the perfect environment with sky, water, and plant life, God filled the waters with countless sea creatures and the skies with beautiful birds. This passage reveals God’s attention to detail and His infinite imagination as He created everything from the tiniest microscopic sea life to the largest whales, from delicate songbirds to mighty eagles.
The timing of creation shows God’s perfect planning. He made habitats before inhabitants, ensuring every creature would have what it needed to thrive. God didn’t create just one or two types of each animal, but filled the seas with teeming life and the skies with diverse birds. Each creature was made with the wonderful ability to reproduce “after their kind,” continuing God’s blessing of life throughout generations. When God saw everything He had made on this day, He declared it good, showing His pleasure in the beauty and diversity of His creation.
WELCOME SENSORY BINS 6:00-6:15 p.m.
Game Stations & Playdoh
Items Needed
Allow kids to play the Let’s Go Fishing or the Duck Game. Also have the Playdoh station setup. As they play, talk to them about how on Day 5, God created fish and birds.
WORSHIP JESUS THRU MUSIC: 6:20-6:30 p.m.
ITEMS NEEDED
- Globe Beach Ball
- Music on TV
SONGS
Note: We will do these two songs for the entire Creation story. For the first one, we will throw the Globe Beach Ball as we sing it. For the second one, we will learn the motions.
WORSHIP JESUS THRU PRAYER: 6:30-6:40 p.m.
WHISPER A PRAYER SONG & FORM CIRCLE
Transition kids to the floor for prayer time.
BIBLE GAME, STORY, & CRAFT 6:40-6:50 p.m.
BIBLE GAME: Feather Float Game
Materials als Needed:
- Large craft feathers (one per child)
- Masking tape
Instructions:
- Create a start line and finish line on the floor with masking tape (about 6 feet apart)
- Give each child a feather
- Children must blow their feather across the room without touching it with their hands
- They can only use their breath to move the feather forward
- First feather to cross the finish line wins!
- Play multiple rounds so everyone gets a chance to win
Connection: “Just like you’re blowing the feathers, God breathed life into the birds He created!”
BIBLE STORY 6:50-7:00
Question 1: Where is this found in the Bible? (Genesis)
Question 2: Is this in the Old Testament or New Testament? (Old Testament)
God was making something very special – the whole world! He had already made light and dark, the sky and water, and dry land with beautiful plants. Everything was ready for day five!
On day five, God said, “Let the water be filled with living things!”
God made SO many different fish – big fish, little fish, colorful fish, and plain fish. He made whales that are as big as school buses and tiny fish smaller than your thumb! God filled the oceans, rivers, and lakes with swimming creatures.
But God wasn’t done yet! He also said, “Let birds fly in the air!”
God made birds with beautiful feathers, strong wings, and different shaped beaks. Some birds sing pretty songs, some birds are tiny like hummingbirds, and some birds are big like eagles!
God made sure every fish could swim perfectly and every bird could fly just right. He gave them everything they needed – fish got fins and gills, birds got wings and feathers. And guess what? God told all the fish and birds to have babies so there would always be more fish swimming and more birds flying!
When God looked at all the fish and birds He had made, He said, “This is very good!”
Theological Questions:
- Who made all the fish and birds? (God did!)
- What day did God make the fish and birds? (Day five)
Life Application Questions:
- How do you think God felt when He made all these beautiful creatures? (Happy and proud)
- What’s your favorite fish or bird that God made? (Allow various answers)
Prayer: Dear God, thank You for making so many wonderful fish and birds. Help us remember that You created everything beautiful around us. Amen.
Craft: Feathered Paper Birds (7:00-7:15 p.m.)
Items Needed:
- Paper tubes
- Construction paper (Cut out bird beaks)
- Real craft feathers (various colors)
- Glue
- Crayons/markers
- Googly Eyes
Instructions:
- Let children color the bird with crayons
- Have children glue colorful craft feathers all over their bird’s body
- Add googly eyes or draw eyes with markers
This tactile craft lets children feel the softness God gave to birds.
Craft: Dot Marker Fish
- Dot Markers
- Paper Plate (Cut the “mouth” out and use as tail)
- Googly Eyes
- Glue (if Googly Eyes aren’t stickers)
Instructions:
- Let children color the bird with crayons
- Have children glue colorful craft feathers all over their bird’s body
- Add googly eyes or draw eyes with markers
SNACK TIME & CENTERS: 7:10-7:25 p.m.
ITEMS NEEDED
Coloring Page
Crayons
Snack
Pass out snacks and allow kids time to eat snacks.
A coloring sheet will be available for kids to color while they eat their snack.
DISMISSAL 7:25-7:30 p.m.
Prepare for dismissal.
Scripture Reference
Genesis 1:20-23 (KJV)
20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.