Godly Play
What is Godly Play?
Godly Play™ is a hands-on, Montessori-based approach to Sunday school that invites children to explore Bible stories through wonder, play, and imagination. In a calm, sacred space, trained storytellers share Scripture using simple visuals and ask open-ended questions to help children reflect on God’s love and presence.
How Godly Play Works
In a Godly Play classroom, the atmosphere is calm and welcoming. Children gather in a sacred space where trained storytellers share Bible stories using simple, tactile materials. After the story, children are invited to wonder:
I wonder what part of the story you liked best?
I wonder where you are in this story?
I wonder what happens next?
This time of wondering encourages spiritual reflection and open-ended exploration. Afterward, children choose how to respond—through art, play, prayer, or quiet time—allowing space for God to speak to them in their own way.
Why We Use Godly Play
At Peace, we offer Godly Play because it honors the deep spiritual lives of children. It nurtures curiosity, creativity, and a sense of belonging in God's story. Children don’t just learn about faith—they experience it, respond to it, and grow in it, in ways that stay with them for a lifetime.
Godly Play Videos
Parable of the Deep Well
There was once a very deep well, so deep you could not see the bottom. People came from far and wide to this well, hoping to draw water. Some lowered their buckets quickly, others carefully, some gave up before reaching the water. But those who were patient—those who trusted and waited—drew up the cool, living water from deep within.
They shared what they found, and the water never ran dry.
Parable of the Parables
There once was a great treasure. It was so precious that people wanted to keep it safe, so they put it inside a box.
The box was plain on the outside—simple, sometimes even hard to open. But inside… inside was something more valuable than gold.
Parables are like that.
They are gifts given to us, long ago. They are old and mysterious. You can’t buy them or take them. You can only receive them.
Parables don’t open easily. Sometimes we try and the lid stays shut. Sometimes we open them and think, “That’s not what I expected.” But if we keep coming back—if we’re patient, if we wonder—the treasure inside begins to shine.
The Exodus
The people of God were slaves in the land of Egypt. They cried out, and God heard them. God sent Moses to lead them out of slavery, through water, into freedom.
It was a hard journey. They walked through the desert. They were hungry and thirsty. They were afraid. But God was with them—giving manna in the morning, water from a rock, and a promise.
God showed them the way to freedom. God gave them the Ten Best Ways to live. And even when they made mistakes, God stayed with them on the journey.
Noah and the Flood
The people forgot how to walk with God. But Noah remembered.
God told Noah to build an ark and bring his family—and two of every animal—because a great flood was coming to wash the world clean.
It rained for 40 days and 40 nights. But God kept them safe. When the rain stopped, the earth began again.
God made a promise—a covenant—with Noah and all creation. A rainbow was the sign: God will always remember.
