Enoch Sunday School Lesson for Kids

This free Enoch Sunday school lesson teaches kids that we can walk with God every day, like Enoch did. "Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him" (Genesis 5:24), and Hebrews 11:5 says that before God took him, "he had this testimony, that he pleased God." It comes in four age levels, each a separate printable teacher lesson, plus one take-home sheet for families. Everything is in the order you teach it.

Choose your age level

• Preschool (ages 3–5), 20–30 minutes, 2 pages: a follow-my-feet path game, a short story with hand motions and repeat-after-me lines, three simple questions, a shortened memory verse ("Enoch walked with God") with a motion, and a path-drawing activity.
• Kindergarten to 2nd grade, 45 minutes, 3 pages: the Walk with Me game, the story in simple words, five recall questions with answers, the Footstep Verse game with four paper footprints, and a Footprint Path game.
• 3rd to 5th grade, 45–60 minutes, 3 pages: a walk-together game with Amos 3:3, kids look up verses in their own Bibles during a fuller story (counting seven from Adam, the "and he died" that Enoch's part doesn't have, Hebrews 11:5–6, and Enoch's great-grandson Noah), five thinking questions and three recall questions, and a Bible look-up race.
• Preteens (ages 11–12), 45–60 minutes, 3 pages: students read Genesis 5:18–27 and Hebrews 11:5–6 out loud themselves, then discuss what walking with God looks like every day, a life that pleases God, and faith that comes to God. Six discussion questions, a journal page, and two memory verses (Genesis 5:24 and Hebrews 11:6).

Lesson at a glance

• Bible passage: Genesis 5:21–24; Hebrews 11:5
• Main point: Enoch walked with God and pleased God, and we can walk with God every day too.
• Memory verse: Genesis 5:24 (KJV), with Hebrews 11:6 added for preteens
• Ages: preschool to preteen, in four versions

Lesson outline (the same in every version)

1. Opening game: a short game about walking together, staying close and going the same way.
2. Bible story: Enoch has a son, Methuselah (Genesis 5:21), walks with God 300 years (5:22), lives 365 years (5:23), and "he was not; for God took him" (5:24). Hebrews 11:5 adds that he did not see death and that "he pleased God." Every fact has its verse reference so you can check it.
3. Questions to ask: with answers, at the right level for each age.
4. Memory verse: a game or motion to help kids learn Genesis 5:24.
5. What this means for us: walk with God every day, the gospel (Acts 2:38), and a challenge for the week.
6. Activity: the word search, crossword, maze, worksheet, the Enoch craft, a footprint path game, a Bible look-up race or a journal page, depending on the age.
7. Prayer.

Tips for teaching Enoch

• Read Genesis 5:24 straight from your Bible, then Hebrews 11:5. Hebrews is the Bible's own explanation of "God took him."
• The Bible does not say how or where God took Enoch. The lessons don't add a chariot, a whirlwind or anything else.
• Older kids love finding that every other father in Genesis 5, from Adam to Lamech, ends "and he died," but Enoch's part doesn't.
• Short on time? Do the story, three questions and the memory verse. That is a solid 25-minute lesson.