Preschool Sunday School

2 Chronicles 34 A long time ago, there was a boy named Josiah. He became king when he was only eight years old! Even though Josiah was still young, he loved God and wanted to do what was right. As Josiah grew older, he prayed to God and learned more and more about what pleased God. He looked around and saw that some people were doing wrong things. They were worshiping statues instead of worshiping the one true God. That made Josiah very sad. So, Josiah told his helpers, “Let’s clean up our land. Let’s take down all the things that don’t make God happy.” And they did! They broke down the statues and took away the things that were not good. Josiah wanted everyone to love God and follow Him. Then one day, while people were fixing God’s temple, they found a very special book. It was God’s Word! They brought the book to Josiah and read it out loud. Josiah listened carefully. His eyes got big. He knew that some of the people had not been obeying what the book said. He wanted to help! So he c...

1 Samuel 1-2 Our story comes from the Bible. It is found in the part of the Bible called 1 Samuel ("First Samuel"). It is the first of two books in the Bible named after Samuel. A long time ago, there was a kind woman named Hannah. She really wanted to have a baby, but she didn’t have any children. This made Hannah very sad. One day, Hannah went to the temple, a special place where people talked to God. She prayed and prayed, and tears came to her eyes. She said, “Dear God, please help me. If You give me a baby, I will give him back to You to serve You his whole life.” A priest named Eli saw Hannah praying. At first, he didn’t understand what she was doing, but then Hannah told him she was talking to God. Eli said, “Go in peace. May God give you what you asked for.” Not long after that, God answered Hannah’s prayer—God gave her a baby boy! She named him Samuel, which means “God heard me.” Hannah loved her little boy so much. When Samuel was a little older, Hannah kept her pro...