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Jesus Gives Living Water

A tired Savior at a well, water that never runs out, and a cup we fill again and again

  • 🛡️ CTR 4–6
  • Week 6
  • 📅 Sunday, February 7, 2027
🤔 Forehead Guess🏆 Showdown
💡 The big idea

Jesus is like living water: when I keep coming to Him, He fills me up with His love again and again.

I can come to Jesus again and again by praying, learning about Him, and taking the sacrament.

Study it yourself firstRead John 2–4 in Gospel LibraryCome, Follow Me manualOpen this week (John 2–4)
Know the chapters

John 2–4 has four stories. At a wedding in Cana, Jesus turned water into wine, His first miracle. His mother had told the servants to do whatever He said. That’s John 2:1–11. At the temple in Jerusalem, Jesus found people buying and selling animals and changing money. He drove them out and taught that the temple is His Father’s house, in John 2:13–17. Kids understand this well. The temple is a special, quiet, holy place.

In John 3, a leader named Nicodemus came to Jesus at night. In John 3:5, Jesus taught him that everyone must be born again, “of water and of the Spirit.” For children, being born of water means being baptized. Being born of the Spirit means receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost. It’s like a brand-new start, and your 7-year-olds are getting close! In John 3:16, Jesus also taught Nicodemus that Heavenly Father loves the world so much that He gave His Son.

Today’s story is John 4. Jesus was tired and thirsty and sat by a well. A Samaritan woman came for water, and Jesus asked her for a drink. She was surprised, because Jews and Samaritans usually didn’t talk to each other. Jesus offered her “living water” that would keep filling her forever. He showed He knew all about her, and He told her He was the promised Savior. She left her waterpot and ran to tell her whole town. You tell the story and read Jesus’s words. The class joins in from their seats.

For ages 4–7, keep the water idea concrete. We get thirsty every day and have to keep drinking. We need Jesus every day too. Praying, reading or hearing scriptures, singing and taking the sacrament are how we keep coming back to Him. If you teach on fast Sunday, show the water, but don’t let anyone drink.

Only have 5 minutes?

Fill a clear cup with water. Play the Mystery Water Sound, then tell the story in Teach Mode while kids listen for the word “water.” Teach John 4:14 with motions and do The Refill Cup. Brought nothing? Tap “I brought nothing.” Everyone drinks from a pretend cup, then refills it.

What to bring2 items

Tick what you have. Forgot something? Every step that needs a supply has a no-supplies version in the plan below.

Before class

  1. Read John 4:5–42 and John 3:1–5.
  2. Fill the water bottle. Set the clear cup and a towel by your chair.

If your class is wild

  • Fountain hands are your reset button. Crouch your hands low and wait for quiet. Then burst them up together: “Living water!”
  • Give your wiggliest 6- or 7-year-old the Sound Helper job. Now their energy has a job.
  • Keep the water cup in your own hands. Say, “Water stays with the teacher,” and nobody spills.
  • Teaching on fast Sunday? Show the water, but nobody drinks. Some children may be fasting.

The 25-minute plan24 min + bonus

Bonus steps are for when you have extra time. Steps that mention Teach Mode, the Sound Board or other class games refer to the Gospel Sparks app; on the web you can play Forehead Guess and Scripture Showdown from this page.

1. Hook

Mystery Water Sound

3 min

A mystery sound gets everyone thinking about water.

  1. SAY“Close your eyes and listen. What is this sound?”
  2. Tap splash on the Sound Board. When they guess water, ask, “What do we need water for?” Drinking, baths, plants, pets and baptism!
  3. Ask, “If you drink water today, will you be thirsty again?” Yes!
  4. SAY“Today Jesus talks about a special kind of water that never runs out. Let’s find out what it is!”
🌪️ Guessers raise a hand with eyes still closed. Peekers get a turn next round if they keep their eyes shut.
🔊 Sound Board (a class game in the Gospel Sparks app)

Class screen: 💧 Listen… what’s that sound? · Splish! Splash!

2. Story

Story: The Woman at the Well

7 min

You tell a true scripture story with pictures. The whole class joins in from their seats.

  1. SAY“This is a true story from the scriptures. Listen for the word ‘water.’ Wiggle your fingers each time you hear it.”
  2. Open the story in Teach Mode. Read each scene, and watch for wiggling fingers. Big kids can read the caption first.
  3. At scene 2, ask, “Jesus was kind to someone other people wouldn’t talk to. Who can we be kind to?”
  4. Slow down at scene 4 and speak softly.
  5. SAY“Jesus knows everything about you. And He loves you anyway.”
🌪️ If the room drifts, crouch your fountain hands low and wait. When it’s quiet, burst them up together.

Class screen: 🏺 The Woman at the Well · 👂 Listen for “water” · 💧 Wiggle your fingers!

3. Wiggle break

Thirsty, Fountain, Freeze

2 min

The story’s motions become a quick stand-up wiggle.

  1. SAY“Stand up! When I call a move, do it big.”
  2. Call “So thirsty!” and fan and pant. Call “Living water!” and crouch, then burst up like a fountain. Speed up, then slow down.
  3. End on “Come, see!” with a wave, then freeze. Sit down softly and fold your arms.
🌪️ Fountains go up, not out, so nobody bonks a neighbor.

Class screen: ⛲ Thirsty! Fountain! Freeze! · 🥵 ⛲ 👋

4. Scripture

Key Verse: John 4:14

3 min

Drinking and fountain motions help kids remember Jesus’s promise of living water.

  1. SAY“Here’s what Jesus told the woman at the well.”
  2. Show the verse on your phone or tablet. Ask a reader to read it out loud.
  3. SAY“Whosoever means anyone. Thirst means being thirsty. Jesus is talking about His love and His gospel. They fill us up forever.”
  4. Teach the motions one phrase at a time. Say it three ways: a whisper, a bubbly voice, then a strong, happy voice.
  5. Ask, “Who can have Jesus’s living water?” Anyone! Everyone! Then ask, “How do we get it?” We come to Him.

Class screen: 💧 “…shall never thirst” · John 4:14

5. Object lesson

The Refill Cup

6 min

A cup that empties and fills shows why we come back to Jesus every day, and kids name real ways to do it.

  1. SAY“This water helps us when we’re thirsty. But soon we’re thirsty again!”
  2. Pour water into the clear cup, then back into the bottle.
  3. SAY“Jesus is like living water. We need Him every day. How can we come back to Him again and again?”
  4. Ask for ideas, like praying, scriptures, the sacrament or being kind. Pour in a little water for each one. Everyone does fountain hands: “Living water!”
  5. SAY“Jesus said we must be born of water and of the Spirit. That’s baptism and the Holy Ghost. And the sacrament fills us up again every week.”
🌪️ Pick a helper who’s sitting still to hold the towel under the cup. Only the teacher pours.

Class screen: 🥛 Empty… then full again! · 🙏 Pray · 📖 Scriptures · 🍞 Sacrament · 💧 Baptism

No supplies? Do this instead

Instead of: A clear cup and a water bottle of water (for showing, not drinking), plus a towel for drips

The Pretend Refill Cup

  1. SAY“Everyone hold out a pretend cup.”
  2. Pour pretend water into each cup: “Glug, glug!” Everyone gulps. Ask, “Will you be thirsty again?” Yes!
  3. SAY“Jesus is like living water. We need Him every day. How can we come back to Him again and again?”
  4. Ask for ideas, like praying, scriptures, the sacrament or being kind. For each one, everyone refills their cup. Then fountain hands: “Living water!”
  5. SAY“Jesus said we must be born of water and of the Spirit. That’s baptism and the Holy Ghost. And the sacrament fills us up again every week.”
6. Testimony

Filled Up with His Love

3 min

End quiet, with a daily way to come back to Jesus.

  1. SAY“Let’s fold our arms and take one slow breath.”
  2. Share a sentence or two about how praying or the sacrament fills you with Jesus’s love.
  3. SAY“Heavenly Father loved us so much that He gave us Jesus. Every day, we can come to Him and be filled again.”
  4. Show the Daily Refill challenge on the screen. Then ask a child to say the closing prayer.

Class screen: 💛 Jesus fills me up with His love. · Every day · Again and again

7. Game

Forehead Guess: At the Well

4 minBONUS

A Heads Up–style review of today’s story. The picture shows with each word, so pre-readers can play too.

  1. SAY“Let’s see what you remember! Give clues, but don’t say the word.”
  2. Tap Forehead Guess. One kid holds your phone or tablet on their forehead, screen facing the class. Everyone else gives clues from their seats.
  3. Motions make great clues. Fan yourself for Thirsty, fountain hands for Water, a wave for Town. Tilt down for “got it” and up to pass.
  4. Give each turn about 30 seconds. Pair a 4- or 5-year-old guesser with an older buddy who whispers help.
🌪️ Go around the circle with one clue each, so nobody shouts over anybody.
▶ Play Forehead Guess on the web

Class screen: 🤔 Forehead Guess! · Give clues. Don’t say the word!

8. Game

Scripture Showdown

5 minBONUS

A fast team quiz reviews everything they learned.

  1. SAY“It’s Team Well versus Team Waterpot!”
  2. Split the class in two, mixing big and little kids. Tap Scripture Showdown.
  3. Read each question and the picture choices out loud. Teams whisper together, then point to an answer.
  4. Tap the team that got it right to give them a point. Cheer for both teams.
▶ Play Scripture Showdown on the web

Class screen: 🏆 Scripture Showdown!

The story

The Woman at the Well

John 4:5–42 ↗

Optional helpers

  • Sound HelperSits next to you and taps each scene’s sound on your phone or tablet.

Scenes

  1. ☀️🚶 A long, hot walk

    Jesus and His disciples walked a long, long way. By lunchtime, Jesus was tired and thirsty. He sat down to rest by an old well in Samaria. The disciples went into town to buy food.

    🙌 Fan yourself: “So thirsty!”

  2. 👩🏺 A woman comes to get water

    A woman walked to the well with a big, empty waterpot. Jesus said, “Give me to drink.” She was surprised! His people and her people usually didn’t even talk. But Jesus was kind to her.

    🙌

  3. 💧✨ Water that never runs out

    Jesus said that anyone who drinks well water will get thirsty again. But the water He gives never runs out. It’s like a spring bubbling up inside you, forever. He called it living water.

    🙌 Burst your hands up like a fountain: “Living water!”

  4. 🙋‍♀️💧 “Sir, give me this water”

    The woman said, “Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not.” Then something amazing happened. Jesus told her things about her life no stranger could know. He knew all about her. And He still loved her.

    🙌

  5. ⭐💛 Jesus is the Savior!

    The woman said she knew the Savior would come someday. Jesus told her, “I that speak unto thee am he.” That means: I am the Savior!

    🙌

  6. 🏃‍♀️🏺 She leaves her pot and runs!

    The woman left her waterpot right there and ran into town. She was so excited! She told everyone, “Come, see!”

    🙌 Wave your hand in: “Come, see!”

  7. 🎉🌍 “The Saviour of the world”

    Lots of people came to meet Jesus. After they listened to Him, they said they knew He was “the Saviour of the world.”

    🙌

Key verse

John 4:14 ↗
“whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst”
In kid words: Jesus said, “Anyone who drinks the water I give will never be thirsty.”
🙌 “whosoever drinketh” = tip a pretend cup and gulp · “of the water” = wiggle fingers down like rain · “that I shall give him” = hands open like getting a present · “shall never thirst” = shake your head no, pat your tummy, and say, “Ahhh!”

More verses

John 3:16 ↗
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son”
In kid words: Heavenly Father loves everyone so much that He sent Jesus to us.
John 3:5 ↗
“Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.”
In kid words: We need to be baptized in water and receive the Holy Ghost to live with Heavenly Father again.
John 2:5 ↗
“Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.”
In kid words: Mary said, “Whatever Jesus tells you, do it!”

Forehead Guess words16 words

  • 🪣 Well
  • 💧 Water
  • 🏺 Waterpot
  • ☀️ Sun
  • 🥵 Thirsty
  • 🚶 Walk
  • 🍞 Bread
  • 🏘️ Town
  • 🏃 Run
  • 💒 Wedding
  • 🏛️ Temple
  • 🐑 Sheep
  • 🕊️ Dove
  • 🌙 Night
  • 👶 Baby
  • 🎁 Gift
Clues for each word
  • Well: A deep hole where you get water
  • Water: You drink it when you’re thirsty
  • Waterpot: The woman carried water in it
  • Sun: Hot and bright in the sky
  • Thirsty: How you feel when you need a drink
  • Walk: Jesus did this a long, long way
  • Bread: The disciples went to town to buy food like this
  • Town: Lots of houses close together
  • Run: The woman did this to tell everyone
  • Wedding: Jesus did His first miracle at one
  • Temple: Heavenly Father’s holy house
  • Sheep: Says “baa.” People sold them at the temple
  • Dove: A white bird that says “coo”
  • Night: When Nicodemus came to visit Jesus
  • Baby: Brand-new! Jesus said we need to be born again
  • Gift: A present. Heavenly Father gave us Jesus
▶ Play Forehead GuessFull screen, 60-second timer, works on any phone.

Scripture Showdown8 questions

  1. Where did Jesus sit to rest when He was tired?
    • A. By a well 🪣
    • B. On a camel 🐪
    • C. In a tree 🌳
    Show answer

    ✅ A. By a well 🪣 John 4:6. He sat by Jacob’s well at about noon.

  2. What did Jesus ask the woman for?
    • A. A cookie 🍪
    • B. A drink of water 💧
    • C. A hat 👒
    Show answer

    ✅ B. A drink of water 💧 John 4:7. He was kind to her, even though Jews and Samaritans usually didn’t talk.

  3. Jesus’s living water is special because it…
    • A. Is purple 💜
    • B. Is very cold 🧊
    • C. Never runs out
    Show answer

    ✅ C. Never runs out John 4:14. His love and gospel fill us up forever.

  4. What did the woman leave behind when she ran to town?
    • A. Her waterpot 🏺
    • B. Her shoes 👟
    • C. Her dog 🐕
    Show answer

    ✅ A. Her waterpot 🏺 John 4:28. She hurried to tell everyone about Jesus!

  5. What did the townspeople say about Jesus?
    • A. He’s too tired
    • B. He is the Saviour of the world
    • C. He’s a fisherman
    Show answer

    ✅ B. He is the Saviour of the world John 4:42. They listened to Him and believed.

  6. What did Jesus turn water into at a wedding?
    • A. Ice 🧊
    • B. Juice boxes
    • C. Wine 🍇
    Show answer

    ✅ C. Wine 🍇 John 2:9. It was His very first miracle.

  7. The temple is Heavenly Father’s…
    • A. Store 🛒
    • B. Playground 🛝
    • C. Holy house 🏛️
    Show answer

    ✅ C. Holy house 🏛️ John 2:16. Jesus wanted it to be a sacred, quiet place.

  8. Being “born of water” means being…
    • A. Baptized 💧
    • B. Washed in the bath 🛁
    • C. Rained on 🌧️
    Show answer

    ✅ A. Baptized 💧 John 3:5. Then we receive the Holy Ghost, being born of the Spirit.

▶ Play Scripture ShowdownTeams take turns on one screen.

Songs

  • He Sent His Son Children’s Songbook, p. 34

    Goes with John 3:16: Heavenly Father loved us so much that He sent Jesus. Find it ↗

  • Baptism Children’s Songbook, p. 100

    Sing it after The Refill Cup. Jesus taught that we must be born of water and of the Spirit. Find it ↗

  • I Love to See the Temple Children’s Songbook, p. 95

    Pairs with the Market to Temple idea: the temple is Heavenly Father’s holy house. Find it ↗

This week’s challenge

Daily Refill

Every time you get a drink of water this week, remember Jesus’s living water. Then say a quick prayer or sing a Primary song to fill up with His love.

Text the parents

This week we heard the story of the woman at the well. Jesus asked her for a drink. Then He taught her about “living water” that never runs out, in John 4:14. We learned that we need Jesus every day, just like we need water. We also learned from John 3:5 that baptism is like a brand-new start. Ask your child, “Why did the woman leave her waterpot and run to town?”

📝 After class

What worked? Who needs a check-in this week? Jot it here on a printed copy, or in the app’s private class notes.

Got extra time?

💒 Do What He Says · 3 min

  1. Tell the wedding story. The wedding ran out of drinks, and Mary told the servants, “Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.” That’s John 2:5. It means, whatever Jesus tells you, do it!
  2. Play a quick game. When you say “Jesus says,” kids do the action, like filling the jars, carrying them or pouring. If you don’t say it, they freeze.
  3. SAY“The servants obeyed, and Jesus did a miracle. When we do what Jesus says, He blesses us.”

🌬️ Wind You Can’t See · 3 min

  1. Ask everyone to blow on their hand. Then ask, “Can you feel the wind?”
  2. Show John 3:8 on your phone or tablet.
  3. SAY“Jesus told Nicodemus the Spirit is like the wind. We can’t see the Holy Ghost. But we can feel Him help us.”
  4. Ask, “How does it feel when the Holy Ghost is near?” Listen for warm, peaceful, happy and safe.

🤝 Kind to Everyone · 3 min

  1. SAY“Jesus talked kindly to a woman other people wouldn’t talk to.”
  2. Name a situation, like a new kid at school or someone sitting alone. Kids show how they’d be kind: wave, share or sit by them.
  3. SAY“When we’re kind to everyone, we’re being like Jesus.”

🐑 Market to Temple · 3 min

  1. SAY“When Jesus went to the temple, people had turned it into a noisy market!”
  2. Everyone makes quick market noises. Moo! Baa! Coo!
  3. SAY“Jesus said the temple is His Father’s house.”
  4. Everyone freezes. Show John 2:16 and tap the Noise Meter. Can the class get as quiet as a mouse?
  5. SAY“Our church and the temple are special places. We’re reverent because we love Heavenly Father.”

Sources

Scripture quotations are from the King James Version, the Bible used by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Tap or click a reference to open it in Gospel Library. Start with the official Come, Follow Me manual; these ideas are here to help it come alive.

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