Object to GO!

Show the cookies/cookie bag or hold up the image.

Next, lead a discussion with the comments and questions below:

· Clap your hands if you know what I am holding. Children respond.

· Raise your hand if chocolate chip cookies are your favorite cookie. Children respond.

· What other kinds of cookies do you like? Children respond.

· In today’s video, someone at Quantum Labs bakes some chocolate chip cookies and they smell so good! Who do you think is the cookie baker? Professor Fern, Professor Quantum, Rig, Rodney, or Miss Tina? Children respond.

· I think some of you may have guessed correctly. Let’s visit Quantum Lab’s kitchen to see who the cookie baker is.

Leave the question unanswered until it after the video.

Play Video (Generosity Squared)

Generosity Squared

· Hold up the cookies or image. Raise your hand if you guessed that Miss Tina baked the cookies. Children respond.

· What two things happened when Gears smelled the cookies? His lightbulb lit up, he made a dinging sound.

· Who invited Gizmo to a tea party? Rig and Widget.

· Why was Gizmo in a hurry? He needed to bring a snack to the party and he didn’t have one.

· How was Miss Tina generous with Gizmo? She gave him her cookies to share at the party.

· What did Gears think about what Miss Tina did? He didn’t understand why she gave the cookies to Gizmo when she wanted to eat them herself.

· Who did Gears say would get the credit for being generous now? Gizmo.

· Was Miss Tina sad that Rig and Widget might not know she baked the cookies? No!

Optional Video Illustration

Miss Tina did not care who knew she generously gave the cookies to Gizmo. She could only be generous with Gizmo because God was first generous with her.

Choose two volunteer children or leaders to stand near you.

Here is a coin I want you to hold, please. Give a coin to Volunteer #1.

{Volunteer #1 name} Please give the coin to {Volunteer #2 name} Volunteer #1 gives the coin to Volunteer #2.

Thank you! {Volunteer #1 name}. Please give one more coin to {Volunteer #2 name}.

Pause a moment. Why can’t {Volunteer #1 name} give another coin to {Volunteer#2 name}? Children respond.

Yes, he/she doesn’t have a coin to give because I only gave one coin. {Volunteer #1 name} can only give if I give first, right?

Hand the second coin to Volunteer #1. {Volunteer #1 name} Please give the coin to {Volunteer #2 name}. Volunteer #1 gives the coin to volunteer #2.

{Volunteer #1 name} could only give to {Volunteer #2 name} when I gave the coin first.

When I didn’t do that, there was nothing to give.

Because God gives generously to us first, we have all we need and more to share with others. Without God, we have nothing!

God gave to us first. He first loved us and then gave His Son Jesus to die on the cross to save us from our sins. The Bible says: “Since He (God) did not spare even His own Son but gave Him up for us all, won’t He also give us everything else?” Romans 8:32 (NLT).

Living for God and telling others about Jesus is the best way to thank God for His wonderful gift!