The Gospel According to Bob the Builder

The Gospel According to Bob the Builder (1 Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23)

Bob the Builder:  hi kids!  I’m so glad you could join me and the machines and tools today. We have a big project today—we’ve been asked to build a temple! Can we build it?

Kids (and adults familiar with the show)  YES WE CAN!

Bob the Builder:  First we need help from scoop, muck and Dizzy.  Do you know what they do?  (fingers crossed, maybe you’ll get some answers.  If not) I’ll tell you!  Scoop and muck are our diggers.  They clear out an area, and Dizzy pours our cement. What are we making when we clear an area and fill it with cement?  A foundation!  Did you know that God even tells us all buildings with wise builders need a foundation? He does!  In our building here, it’s cement—but he also talks about our relationship with him like a temple  with a foundation. In 1 Corinthians, the bible tells us today that Jesus is the foundation for our temple.  Knowing Jesus is like the cement for our relationship with God—it helps us stick (clap hands) together when things are rough and we are sad.  Jesus is the foundation.  Let’s build a foundation now together! (scoop with plastic tools, pretend to pour cement).

Now, though the foundation is very, very important, it’s not the only part of building our temple together.  Lofty can help us next.  What does Lofty do?  (see if they have any ideas).  Lofty helps us put walls in place, and helps us stack the bricks, and we follow our blueprints.  How do we build our relationship with God?  (read your bible which is like the blueprint, pray, spend time in worship).  Can we build it?  YES, WE CAN!  Lofty sometimes says “uh yeah, I think so!”  It’s not always so easy, right?  It takes a lot of hard work and sometimes we make mistakes—we fall asleep before we remember to pray at bedtime or we get so busy we forget to read our bible.  But our relationship with God is like a temple and it’s really important to him, so let’s build it together, okay?  Let’s pray together and then we’ll working on building up the temple through our song of the day!