How it works
The Bible tells us about a day when a huge crowd came to Jesus on a grassy hillside. The afternoon went by, and the people were hungry, far from home, with no shop nearby.
Philip said they did not have enough money. Andrew found a boy with a little basket of lunch, five small loaves of barley bread and two little fish.
Jesus asked everyone to sit down on the grass. He took the loaves and fish, said thank you to God for the food, and broke the bread. His friends passed it along.
There was enough for every single person. The friends picked up every piece and filled twelve baskets with the food that was left over. The boy had shared his lunch.
Worked examples
Count the lunch
- Set out five paper loaves and two paper fish.
- Count the loaves, then count the fish.
- Andrew said it was not much for so many, but the boy shared it all.
Say thank you first
- Before a snack, stop and say thank you for the food.
- Jesus looked up and said thank you to God for the food.
- Then pass the snack round, as the friends passed the bread.