Fishermen Who Became Fishers of Men

Fishermen to Fishers of Men

I've included here not only Jesus calling his disciples but any story relating to Jesus and fishing!

Illustrating the Story

Use MSSS Bible Character Crafts to create characters for story-telling.
Bible Story Concepts Jesus and the Fishermen
Children Desiring God (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
- The Call of God (a lesson on Jesus calling the disciples)
ChildrenSermons.com
- Casting a Net
- Jesus & the IRS
Church of God, International (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) Come Peter, Let's Go Fishin'
Danielle's Place Fisher’s of Men
Eldrbarry's VBS Curriculum The Fishermen who were Caught
- Lesson Study Guide
- The Story
Group Publishing
- Game - Peter, James, and John in a Sailboat
- Come Follow Me
Group Publishing Interactive Stories (see Introduction for tips for telling story) Fish: The Great Catch
In Touch Ministries
- Andrew
- James
- John
- Judas
- Matthew
- Peter
- Philip
- Thomas
Kids Sunday School Place
- Christian's Quest Part 2 - The Apostles
- Lured to learn
- Got Fish?
- Fishers of Men Bulletin Board
- Follow Jesus Bulletin Board
Mission Arlington (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
- Life of Christ 2002
  - Philip and Nathaniel
  - Matthew the Tax Collector
- Life of Christ 2003
  - Jesus Chooses Four Friends
  - Matthew Follows Jesus
  - Jesus Keeps a Promise (temple tax from a fish)
NAD Kindergarten/Primary SS Program Helps
Sunday School Resources Jesus Called the Apostles
Sunday School Sources Jesus Calls His Disciples
WoRM (The Official Site of the Workshop Rotation Model) Lesson and Ideas Exchange

Don't forget to check out MSSS Bible Craft and Activities for Any Story for more ideas.

Colouring Pages/Activity Sheets

All God's Children Bible Coloring Page - Throw out the net
Bible Activity Sheets
- Jesus Chooses 12 Apostles

Bible Times Colouring Pages - Cast Your Nets on the Other Side

From Calvary Chapel New Testament (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).

Childfun.com Jesus - a number of useful colouring pages for this story.

Christian Fish

Fish

Fishing With Nets

Jesus calls two fishermen

Kid's Explorer (Maze) "Fishing for Money"

Kids Sunday School Place Fishers of Men

maxiPraise Kids Club Colouring - Come Follow Me

Friendship Baptist Church Q & A - The 12 Apostles (If this link does not take you directly to the page, choose "Children's Department")

"The Calling of Levi"

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Crafts

Covenant People Resource Cards (no longer available - but idea left here to help out!)
- bubble print picture with sail boat and fish.
DLTK-Kids Halves Boat Craft and Triangle Fish Craft - create a collage of the Sea of Galilee using this boat and fish. Use pinking shears or wave scissors to cut out strips of blue paper for waves and add cotton wool clouds.
Enchanted Learning Simple Sailboat Craft
Forever Floating - make a small boat
Group Publishing
- Sailboats
- Fish-Net Pictures
Kids Sunday School Place
- Foam Fish
- Got Fish?
Magnetic Fishing Game
MSSS Paper Fish Craft
Ocean in a Bottle - make a small boat and fish from plastic (old margarine/butter container) to illustrate this story.
Sunday School Crafts Let's go Fishing
See also MSSS - Fish and Other Sea Creatures for more craft ideas.

Songs

Apostles song
The Apostles
DLTK-Bible
- Twelve Disciples 1
- Twelve Disciples 2
Maynard's Groovy Bible Tunes "If I Was Peter" - includes a verse on Thomas (Click on Juke Box and scroll through the songs - use the other scroll bars to discover links to sheet music and midi files.)