The Parable of the Lost Coin (Luke 15:8-10) offers a powerful lesson about God’s relentless pursuit of the lost and the joy that accompanies their repentance. Here are some activities to help children engage with and understand this parable:
- Lost Coin Purse/Pouch: Provide foam sheets, fabric scraps, or felt for children to create a small purse or pouch. They can decorate it with stickers, markers, or glitter. You can encourage them to lace yarn through holes punched along the edges to resemble a drawstring bag.
- Coin Rubbings: Using paper and crayons, children can make rubbings of real coins. Encourage them to make nine rubbings inside the purse shape they made earlier and one outside to represent the lost coin. This visual helps reinforce the idea of a missing item.
- Lost Coin Diorama: Create a shoebox diorama depicting the woman sweeping and searching for the coin. Children can cut out a window in the box, cover the inside with decorative paper, add a rug, and place a cutout of the woman, a lamp, and a broom inside. They can hide a small paper coin in the diorama for others to find.
- Lost Coin Hide-and-Seek: Hide several real or chocolate coins around the room. Divide children into teams and have them search for the hidden coins. The first team to find a set number of coins wins. To deepen the connection to the parable, whoever finds a coin can keep it if they can recite a Bible verse related to the parable.
- Blindfolded Coin Search: Blindfold one child at a time. The rest of the group claps louder as the child gets closer to a hidden coin and softer as they move away.
- Lost Coin Relay Race: Hide dimes or small objects in a bin of rice or sand. Players on teams take turns digging for a coin, running to place it in a bucket across the room, and tagging the next player to continue. The first team to collect a designated number of coins wins.
- Read the parable of the lost coin from Luke 15:8-10.
- Questions for discussion:
– Have you ever lost something important to you? How did you feel when you lost it? How did you feel when you found it?
– Why was the coin so important to the woman in the story?
– What actions did the woman take to find the coin?
– What does this parable teach us about God? (Emphasize that like the woman, God actively seeks out those who are lost and rejoices when they are found).
Important Note: The parable of the lost coin, alongside the parables of the lost sheep and the prodigal son, forms a trilogy illustrating God’s love and desire for reconciliation with humanity. These activities can be adapted for various ages and group sizes. Remember to focus on the key takeaway: every individual is precious to God, and there’s rejoicing in heaven when a lost soul turns back to Him.
What are the activities for the lost coin parable?
Thanks for asking. We can demonstrate this truth to kids by teaching them the parable of the lost coin. To start the lesson, play a game of object hide-and-seek with the children. Have a list of ten toys or stuffed animals for them to find. After they have found nine of them, tell them to come back to their spot for the lesson.
What is the moral lesson in the parable of the lost coin?
Jesus reminds us in this parable that every one of us is so precious to Him ! He loves us so much and will never give up on us, no matter what! He talks about a woman who loses one of her precious ten silver coins and she looks everywhere, she even sweeps the house, until she finds that one lost coin!
What do the 10 coins represent in the parable of the lost coin?
Interpretation. Joel B. Green notes that “the woman described is a poor peasant”, and the ten silver coins, corresponding to ten days’ wages, “likely represent the family savings “. The coins may also have been the woman’s dowry, worn as an ornament.
What does the woman represent in the lost coin?
But who does the woman represent in the parable of the lost silver coin? She could well represent the church. The church is the bride of Christ and Christ certainly has commissioned us to go and search for the “lost”.