Bible values for children
Different gifts. One shared job.
Working together and valuing different gifts.
A team does not need everyone to do exactly the same thing.
Put it into practice
What does cooperation look like?
Cooperation means working together and making room for different abilities. We can listen, share jobs and ask for help. A team does not need everyone to do exactly the same thing.
When making a class poster, one person can draw, another can choose colours and another can help arrange the pieces.
Talk about it
What can each person bring to a shared task?
Stories that show cooperation
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Seven Helpers Are Chosen
Acts 6:1–7
The church chose seven people to care for a practical need while the apostles continued their work of prayer and teaching. Different responsibilities helped the community.
Read storyVerses to remember
For as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.
A little context
1 Corinthians 12 compares the church with a body whose parts need one another. A classroom teamwork activity is an application of this picture, not its original setting.
Keep exploring
A little paper. A little learning.
Make something together.
Find an activity to go with your conversation.