FREE Sunday School Lesson on Giving for Kids: The Widow's Offering

Enjoy this free sample lesson from Great Give Back, our 4-week Sunday School curriculum for kids on generosity and thankful giving. If you enjoy this teaching format, check out the complete four-week series.

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Week 1 Lesson: God Sees the Heart Behind Every Gift (The Widow's Offering, Mark 12:41–44)

• Bible Story: The Widow's Two Small Coins (Mark 12:41–44)
• Key Discovery: God sees the heart behind every gift, even the smallest one.
• Takeaway: I can give to God with my whole heart, even when my gift is small.
• Memory Verse: "It is more blessed to give than to receive." (Acts 20:35) BSB

🎵 Memory Verse Song: Sing Acts 20:35 with your kids every week. Watch the Great Give Back lyric video, free on YouTube →

What's Inside the Free Lesson on Giving PDF

• The complete, teach-ready Week 1 lesson for kids ages 6 to 12 (print-ready PDF)
• "Loud Gift, Quiet Gift" opening game and "What's Left?" object lesson
• Scripted Bible story teaching with stage directions and an illustrated teaching visual
• "Give Back Talk" discussion questions and a repeat-after-me prayer
• "Two Coins Card" craft: a coin rubbing with paper, crayons and a few coins, plus a tracing page for younger writers
• Coloring page, a color-by-code puzzle page in two levels (with answer key), and a Parent Take-Home page
• Memory verse poster and one supply list for the whole lesson
• Series overview for the teacher, with Prepare Your Heart: a short devotion for you before you teach

About the Great Give Back Series

Great Give Back is a four-week Sunday School curriculum for children's ministry on generosity and thankful giving. Kids hear a lot about getting: new stuff, more stuff, their turn. Over four weeks they meet people who gave. Jesus watches a poor widow put two small coins into the temple treasury and says she put in more than all the others (Mark 12); poor churches in Macedonia give with overflowing joy (2 Corinthians 8); a woman in Shunem and her husband make a room for Elisha (2 Kings 4); and the first church family shares what they have, as Barnabas sells a field and brings the money (Acts 4). Giving here is never a test. It grows out of grace, and every week points to Jesus, God's best gift.

The full series ships in two tracks, Kids (ages 6 to 12) and Preschool (ages 3 to 5). See the full series →

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