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Water That Never Runs Out

A mystery visitor at night, a woman at a well, and the living water only Jesus can give

  • 💧 Valiant 7–8
  • Week 6
  • 📅 Sunday, February 7, 2027
🤔 Forehead Guess🏆 Showdown
💡 The big idea

Jesus is the living water: when I keep coming to Him, He fills me with His love and a fresh start that never runs out.

I can come to Jesus again and again through prayer, the scriptures and the sacrament, and He will fill me with living water.

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

John 2–4 packs in four scenes. At a wedding in Cana, Jesus turned water into wine, His first miracle. His mother, Mary, told the servants, “Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.” That’s John 2:5, and it’s great advice for eight-year-olds. Then at Passover, Jesus found people selling animals and changing money inside the temple. He drove them out and said, “Make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise,” in John 2:16. The temple is sacred, and Jesus protected it.

In John 3, a Jewish leader named Nicodemus came to Jesus by night. Jesus told him a person must be “born again,” born “of water and of the Spirit,” to enter God’s kingdom. Nicodemus was confused. He asked how a grown man could be born again. For your class this is exciting. Being born of water is baptism, and being born of the Spirit is receiving the Holy Ghost. Most of them have just done both! In the same talk Jesus taught John 3:16. Heavenly Father loves the world so much that He gave His Son.

John 4 is today’s story. Jews and Samaritans usually didn’t get along or even speak to each other. Jesus was tired from walking. He sat at Jacob’s well at about noon, “the sixth hour” in John 4:6. He kindly asked a Samaritan woman for a drink. He offered her “living water.” Water from a well leaves you thirsty again. But what He gives becomes “a well of water springing up into everlasting life,” in John 4:14. He showed He knew all about her life. Keep that simple for kids. He knew things no stranger could know. And He told her plainly that He’s the Messiah. She left her waterpot and ran to town. Many Samaritans came to believe He’s “the Saviour of the world.”

Here are two big ideas for eight-year-olds. First, Jesus knows each of them completely and loves them anyway. Second, the good feelings the world offers run out, like a new toy, winning, or screen time. But Jesus keeps filling us as we keep coming to Him. We come through prayer, scriptures, the sacrament and the temple.

Only have 5 minutes?

Read John 3:1–5 and John 4:5–30. Grab two paper cups, a pencil, water and a bowl. Do the whispery night-visitor hook and tell the story from Teach Mode, with a few sounds from the class. Say John 4:14 with motions, do the Leaky Cup, and close with your testimony. Brought nothing? Tap “I brought nothing.” The kids become a bubbling spring.

What to bring3 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 3:1–5 and John 4:5–30.
  2. Set the cups, pencil, pitcher, bowl and towel on a tray by your chair.

If your class is wild

  • Dim lights make wild kids quiet, not louder, as long as YOU whisper first. Never leave the room fully dark.
  • Sound effects need an off switch. Hold up your hand, and the spring goes still.
  • Make your wiggliest kid the Spring Leader. Now their energy starts the bubbling for everyone.
  • Put your most splash-prone kid in charge of the towel for the Leaky Cup. A job beats a warning every time.
  • At scene 4, drop your voice to a whisper. Kids almost always match your volume.

The 25-minute plan23 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

The Mystery Night Visitor

3 min

Whispers in a dim room turn a wild class quiet and curious.

  1. SAY“Shhh… someone is coming to see Jesus at night!”
  2. Dim the lights and tap the knock sound on the Sound Board.
  3. Whisper, “His name was Nicodemus. Jesus told him he must be born again.” Ask, “Born AGAIN? Like a baby?”
  4. Lights on. Say: “Jesus meant born of water and of the Spirit. That’s baptism and the Holy Ghost. Today Jesus offers a woman something even better than water.”
🌪️ Only kids who are whispering get to answer. Loud voices wait for the next question.

Class screen: 🌙 Shhh… a mystery visitor comes at night! · 🚪 Knock, knock…

2. Story

Story: The Woman at the Well

7 min

A true story shows Jesus knowing and loving someone others ignored, and offering her living water.

  1. SAY“This is a true story from the Bible. You get to make a few of the sounds.”
  2. Open the story in Teach Mode. When a sound shows on the screen, everyone makes it. Then it’s quiet for the next part.
  3. After scene 2, point out that Jesus was kind to someone others ignored. Ask who they could be kind to this week.
  4. After scene 7, ask what the woman did as soon as she found Jesus. She invited everyone to come and see!
🌪️ If the room drifts, hold up your hand. Wait for silence, then whisper the next scene.

Class screen: 🏺 The Woman at the Well · 🥵 So thirsty! · ⛲ Bloop, bloop! · 🏃‍♀️ Run to town!

3. Scripture

Key Verse: John 4:14

4 min

Motions help kids remember Jesus’s promise of living water.

  1. SAY“Here is Jesus’s promise about living water.”
  2. Show the verse on your phone or tablet and read it slowly.
  3. SAY“‘Thirst’ means being thirsty. Jesus’s living water is His love and help, and it never runs out.”
  4. Teach the motions one phrase at a time. Say it twice, first in a thirsty desert voice, then with a happy “Ahhh!”
  5. Ask how we can drink Jesus’s living water every week. We pray, read scriptures, and take the sacrament.

Class screen: 💧 “The water that I shall give him… shall never thirst”

4. Object lesson

The Leaky Cup

6 min

A cup with holes shows why we keep coming back to Jesus, the living water that never runs out.

  1. SAY“Watch this cup.”
  2. Poke 4 or 5 holes in one cup with the pencil. Hold it over the bowl, pour water in, and watch it drain.
  3. Ask what makes us happy for a little while, then runs out. Maybe a new toy or screen time. Pour again for each answer.
  4. Set the leaky cup in the bowl and keep pouring. It stays full! Ask how we keep coming to Jesus.
  5. SAY“As long as the water keeps coming, the cup stays full. Jesus’s living water never runs out. When we keep coming to Him, He keeps filling us up.”
🌪️ One helper holds the bowl, one holds the towel. Everyone else sits on their hands until the cup is full.

Class screen: 🥤💧 Why does the cup keep running dry? · Pour… · Drain… · Keep coming back!

No supplies? Do this instead

Instead of: Two paper cups and a pencil, A pitcher or big water bottle full of water, A bowl or dish tub and a towel

The Bubbling Spring

  1. SAY“Cup your hands like a cup.”
  2. Tap splash on the Sound Board and pour pretend water in. “Uh-oh, your hands have holes! Drip… drip… gone!”
  3. Ask what makes us happy for a little while, then runs out. Maybe a new toy or screen time. Pour and drip for each answer.
  4. SAY“Jesus said His water is like a spring that bubbles up forever. It never runs out! When we keep coming to Him, He keeps filling us up.”
  5. On “bloop,” everyone bursts their hands up like a fountain. Bloop, bloop, bloop! Ask how we keep coming to Jesus.

Class screen: ⛲ Be a bubbling spring that never runs out! · Drip… drip… gone · Bloop! Bloop! Bloop!

5. Testimony

Testimony & Living Water Refill

3 min

End calm and reverent, with something to do at home.

  1. SAY“Let’s be as still as a quiet pond.”
  2. Wait until the room is calm.
  3. Briefly share how Jesus has filled you up when you felt empty. Or share how you know He knows you.
  4. Show the Living Water Refill challenge on the screen. Then invite a child to say the closing prayer.

Class screen: 💧 This week: Living Water Refill! · Pray · Read a scripture story · Sing a Primary song

6. Game

Forehead Guess: Living Water Edition

4 minBONUS

A quick Heads Up–style review of every person and place from John 2–4.

  1. SAY“Let’s see what you remember! Give clues, but don’t say the word.”
  2. Tap Forehead Guess.
  3. One kid holds your phone or tablet on their forehead, screen facing the class. Everyone else gives clues from their seats.
  4. Tilt down for “got it” and up to pass. Each turn is 45 seconds. Then pass your phone or tablet to the next kid.
🌪️ Go around the room one clue at a time. That way nobody shouts over anybody.
▶ Play Forehead Guess on the web

Class screen: 🤔 Forehead Guess! · Give clues, don’t say the word!

7. Game

Scripture Showdown

5 minBONUS

A fast team quiz reviews everything they learned.

  1. SAY“Team Well versus Team Waterpot!”
  2. Split the class in two and tap Scripture Showdown.
  3. Read each question out loud. Teams whisper together, then point to an answer.
  4. Tap the team that got it right to give them a point.
▶ Play Scripture Showdown on the web

Class screen: 🏆 Scripture Showdown!

The story

The Woman at the Well

John 4:5–42 ↗

Optional helpers

  • Spring LeaderStarts the “Bloop, bloop!” spring sound from their seat.
  • 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 way through a land called Samaria. It was about noon, and hot. Jesus was tired, so He sat down by an old well called Jacob’s Well. His disciples went to town for food.

    🙌 Fan yourself and pant: “So thirsty!”

  2. 🏺👩 A woman comes to draw water

    A Samaritan woman came to fill her waterpot. Back then, Jews and Samaritans usually didn’t get along. But Jesus kindly asked her, “Give me to drink.” She was so surprised! He was even talking to her!

    🙌

  3. ⛲✨ Water that never runs out

    Jesus told her about living water. Anyone who drinks from this well gets thirsty again. But the water He gives becomes like a spring bubbling up inside you forever. She said, “Sir, give me this water!”

    🙌 Make the spring bubble up: “Bloop, bloop, bloop!”

  4. 🙏💭 He knew everything about her

    Then Jesus told her things about her life that no stranger could know. He knew everything about her, and He still cared about her. She said, “Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.”

    🙌

  5. 👑❤️ “I that speak unto thee am he”

    The woman said the Messiah would come someday. He’s called the Christ. Jesus told her, “I that speak unto thee am he.” It was Him! The Savior she’d waited for was right in front of her!

    🙌

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

    The woman left her waterpot and hurried into town. She called to everyone. “Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?”

    🙌 Pat your knees fast. She’s running into town!

  7. 🏘️🙌 “The Saviour of the world”

    The people came to meet Jesus, and He stayed with them two more days. Many believed. They said, “This is indeed the Christ, 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 again.”
🙌 “whosoever drinketh” = pretend to take a big gulp from a cup · “of the water that I shall give him” = hands open like you’re receiving a gift · “shall never thirst” = shake your head “no” and wipe your mouth: “Ahhh!”

More verses

John 3:16 ↗
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
In kid words: Heavenly Father loves everyone so much that He sent Jesus, so we can live with Them forever.
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: To get to God’s kingdom, we need to be baptized in water and receive the Holy Ghost.
John 2:5 ↗
“Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.”
In kid words: Mary said, “Whatever Jesus tells you, do it!”
John 2:16 ↗
“make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise”
In kid words: Jesus said, “Don’t turn My Father’s house into a store.”

Forehead Guess words17 words

  • 🌙 Nicodemus
  • 👶 Born Again
  • 💒 Wedding
  • 🏺 Waterpot
  • 🪣 Well
  • 💧 Living Water
  • 👩 Samaritan Woman
  • 🥵 Thirsty
  • 🏛️ Temple
  • 🐑 Sheep
  • 🕊️ Doves
  • 💦 Baptism
  • 🌬️ Wind
  • 🌃 Night
  • 👩‍🦱 Mary
  • 👑 Messiah
  • ☀️ Noon
Clues for each word
  • Nicodemus: Came to see Jesus at night
  • Born Again: Jesus said we must be, by water and the Spirit
  • Wedding: Where Jesus did His first miracle, in Cana
  • Waterpot: The woman left it behind and ran to town
  • Well: A deep hole you lower a bucket into
  • Living Water: What Jesus gives; you never thirst again
  • Samaritan Woman: Talked with Jesus at Jacob’s well
  • Thirsty: How you feel on a hot day with no drink
  • Temple: Jesus called it His Father’s house
  • Sheep: Jesus drove them out of the temple. Baa!
  • Doves: Jesus said, “Take these things hence”
  • Baptism: Being born of water
  • Wind: You can’t see it, but you can feel it, like the Spirit
  • Night: When Nicodemus came to Jesus
  • Mary: Jesus’s mother said, “Whatever He says, do it”
  • Messiah: Another name for the Christ, the promised Savior
  • Noon: The hot time of day Jesus sat at the well
▶ Play Forehead GuessFull screen, 60-second timer, works on any phone.

Scripture Showdown8 questions

  1. Where did Jesus do His very first miracle?
    • A. A wedding in Cana
    • B. On a boat
    • C. On a mountain
    Show answer

    ✅ A. A wedding in Cana He turned water into wine so the wedding celebration could go on.

  2. What did Mary tell the servants at the wedding?
    • A. “Go home early.”
    • B. “Whatever He says, do it.”
    • C. “Hide the water.”
    Show answer

    ✅ B. “Whatever He says, do it.” John 2:5: “Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.” Great advice for us too!

  3. When did Nicodemus come to visit Jesus?
    • A. At breakfast
    • B. At noon
    • C. At night
    Show answer

    ✅ C. At night He came by night with a big question (John 3:2).

  4. To enter God’s kingdom, we must be born of water and of the…
    • A. Spirit
    • B. Sea
    • C. Sun
    Show answer

    ✅ A. Spirit Water = baptism. Spirit = the gift of the Holy Ghost.

  5. What did Jesus ask the woman at the well?
    • A. For directions
    • B. For a drink
    • C. For her name
    Show answer

    ✅ B. For a drink “Give me to drink.” She was surprised He even talked to her!

  6. What kind of water did Jesus offer her?
    • A. Salt water
    • B. Bath water
    • C. Living water
    Show answer

    ✅ C. Living water His living water is like a spring that bubbles up forever.

  7. What did the woman leave behind when she ran to town?
    • A. Her shoes
    • B. Her waterpot
    • C. Her donkey
    Show answer

    ✅ B. Her waterpot She left it right there and hurried to tell people about Jesus!

  8. Why did Jesus clear the sellers out of the temple?
    • A. It was His Father’s house
    • B. It was too crowded to nap
    • C. He wanted to buy a sheep
    Show answer

    ✅ A. It was His Father’s house The temple is sacred. Jesus protected it.

▶ Play Scripture ShowdownTeams take turns on one screen.

Songs

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

    It goes perfectly with John 3:16. Sing it with God So Loved Me in the extras. Find it ↗

  • I Feel My Savior’s Love Children’s Songbook, p. 74

    Jesus knew the woman at the well and loved her. He knows and loves us too. Find it ↗

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

    Jesus called the temple His Father’s house and kept it sacred. Find it ↗

This week’s challenge

Living Water Refill

Every day this week, get a refill of living water. Say a prayer, read or listen to a scripture story about Jesus, and sing a Primary song. Draw a water drop on a paper each day you do all three.

Text the parents

Today in Primary we learned about Nicodemus, who came to Jesus at night. We also met the woman at the well. She learned that Jesus gives living water that never runs out. We talked about how baptism and the Holy Ghost help us be born again. Ask your child why the leaky cup kept running dry, and how we keep coming back to Jesus for more.

📝 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?

🍇 Water into Wine · 4 min

  1. Tell John 2:1–11. At a wedding in Cana, they ran out of drink. Mary told the servants, “Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.”
  2. Line up six chairs as big stone waterpots. Everyone pours pretend buckets into each one as you count to six. Up to the brim!
  3. Say, “Jesus turned the water into wine, His first miracle! The servants obeyed before they saw what would happen.”
  4. Ask, “What has Jesus asked you to do, even before you see how it’ll turn out?”

🌬️ The Wind You Can’t See · 3 min

  1. Read John 3:8. Jesus compared the Spirit to the wind. You can’t see it, but you hear it and see what it does.
  2. Everyone blows gently on their own hand. Ask, “Can you see it? Can you feel it?”
  3. Say, “You can’t see the Holy Ghost. But you can feel Him, like peace, warmth, or a nudge to be kind.”

🎁 God So Loved Me · 5 min

  1. Each kid draws the best gift they ever got on half a sheet of paper.
  2. On the other half, they draw Jesus, the greatest gift Heavenly Father ever gave.
  3. Across the bottom, write “For God so loved” and add your own name.

🏛️ My Father’s House · 4 min

  1. Tell John 2:13–16 simply. People turned the temple into a noisy market. Jesus drove them out to protect His Father’s house.
  2. Tap Noise Meter. From your seats, make the noisy market. Moo, baa, coo, and jingle pretend coins. Watch the meter go wild!
  3. Say, “Make it sacred!”
  4. Everyone freezes, folds arms, and pictures the temple. Can you get the meter down to mouse-quiet?
  5. Ask why Jesus cared so much about the temple. It’s His Father’s house! Then ask how they can get ready to go someday.

🏺 Waterpot Hot Potato · 4 min

  1. Sit in a circle. Tap Hot Potato and pass a cup while the music plays. No cup? Pass an invisible, very full waterpot.
  2. When it buzzes, whoever’s holding it answers a question. Friends can help.
  3. Ask, “Jesus was kind to someone from a group that didn’t get along with His. Who could you be kind to?”
  4. Ask, “Jesus knew everything about the woman and still loved her. How does it feel to know He knows YOU?”
  5. Ask, “Nicodemus learned about being born of water and the Spirit. What happened at your baptism and confirmation?”

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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