I L VE MY BIBLE! 6 All Staff Pre-Class Gd s Wrd is a MAP Arrange tables and chairs. Pray fr tday s class. Have music playing. Welcme kids as they arrive and begin taking attendance. MEMY WK LARGE GROUP Chse activities t help students begin learning the bks f the Bible. T aid in memrizatin, use the Bks f the Bible Demnstratin Bard. Several f the fllwing activities use Bks f the Bible Cards. Bk Order Races Frm teams and have them race using the Old r New Testament bk cards t see which team can put them in rder mre quickly. Deal ut the Old r New Testament bk cards t all the students. Time the class t see hw lng it takes them t put the cards in rder (n the flr at the frnt f the rm). Repeat and have them try t beat the previus time. (Recrd their best time s that they can try t beat it next week.) Old r New Have a student draw a randm card frm the deck and call ut the name f the bk. Then chse a student t say whether the bk is in the Old r New Testament. If crrect, he/she gets t draw the next card. Display the Bks f the Bible Demnstratin Bard at the frnt f the classrm. Have students stand in a line (r if yu have a larger class, just have them stand at their seats) facing the bard. Make sure cards are mixed up, and then have a student begin turning cards and calling ut their names. If the bk called is frm the Old Testament, students take a step tward their left; if it is frm the New Testament, they take a step tward their right (since, as they are facing the Bks f the Bible Demnstratin Bard, the Old Testament is n their left and the New n their right). Let the student-caller draw and call several cards; then chse a new caller. Cntinue in this manner as yu have time r until yu have gne thrugh all the Bible bk cards. Frm tw teams. Have a member f each team cme t the frnt f the class. Randmly chse a card frm the deck and call ut the name f the bk. As quickly as pssible, each team member calls ut Old r New. Award a pint fr the speediest crrect answer (r award each crrect answer a pint). Cntinue, having a new player frm each team cme t the frnt. Musical Bks Seat kids in a circle. Chse cards f cnsecutive bks f the Bible equal t the number f players. Mix up the cards and give ne t each player. As the music plays, players pass the cards arund the circle. When the music stps, whever has the first bk in the series places his card in the center f the circle and is ut f the game. Play resumes until all the cards have been placed in rder. The last persn t place a card gets t chse the next cards used in the game.
Callut-Repeat Call ut 3-5 bks (e.g., Genesis, Exdus, Leviticus ) at a time and have students repeat them. Repeat the callut-respnse several times. Then call ut the next 3-5 bks and have them repeat thse. VARIATION: Have a student lead the callut. Pass the Beanbag (r Ball) Have students stand r sit in a circle. Pass a beanbag (it can t rll away like a ball). As each persn receives the beanbag, he/she names the next bk f the Bible (start wherever yu d like). Have the entire grup call ut the next bk as each persn receives the beanbag. VARIATION: Frm time t time call ut Freeze. The persn hlding the beanbag must name the next three bks in rder. Befre r After Randmly chse a card frm either the Old r New Testament deck. Dn t let the students see the card. Have them try t guess the name f the bk n the card by randmly naming a bk. If the card yu re hlding cmes befre the bk guessed, say Befre. If it cmes after the bk guessed, say After. Keep narrwing it dwn until smene guesses the crrect bk. Memry (Cncentratin) Game Chse several pairs f identical bk cards frm tw Old r New Testament decks. Mix the cards and lay them ut in a grid n the flr r a table. Have students take turns turning ver tw cards at a time, trying t find matches. If a match is fund, the student gets t hld the cards. (Althugh in nrmal memry game rules the player gets anther turn after finding a match, we usually have play pass t the next player.) The player with the mst pairs at the end wins. Variatin: Break int several smaller grups instead f playing with the whle grup. Sing the Bks Sing the Old Testament Sng and/r the New Testament Sng. Have a student pint (with a pinter r play swrd) t the names f the bks as the grup sings. Repeat several times with different students pinting. Sing Memry Wrk Sngs Several f the verses students are memrizing (during small-grup memry wrk time) have been set t music. Frm time t time, sing these sngs during largegrup time. (Visuals can be fund in the tubs with the students memry wrk flders.) Memrize Psalm 1 by repeating it tgether each week befre ging t small-grup time. Display a psterbard with the wrds. Use actins t aid in memrizatin (see back f Psalm 1 psterbard). Frm time t time discuss the verall meaning f the passage and what specific wrds mean, such as: blessed (happy), cunsel (advice), ungdly (withut Gd, sinful), scrnful (thse wh mck and are disrespectful), delight (enjyment, happiness), meditate (think abut, pnder), wither (dry up, die), whatsever (whatever), prsper (succeed, d well), chaff (dry uter cvering that is separated frm grain), judgment (time when Gd judges), cngregatin (gathering f peple), righteus (right with Gd), and perish (die, cme t nthing). Lessn 6 Gd s Wrd is a MAP Annette R. Evans. All rights reserved. Page 2 www.creative-sunday-schl-ideas.cm
MEMY WK SMALL GROUP All Staff Break int smaller grups, ne teacher with each grup, and wrk with students n individualized memry wrk. Fr ur class, we divide int fur grups: tw each fr 5- t 7-year-lds and 8- t 10-year-lds. (T cut dwn n nise and cnfusin, tw grups may leave the rm t practice verses in anther classrm, the hallway, etc.) Wrk with each student n a list f Bible verses that yu wuld like him/her t memrize. Allw students t wrk at their wn pace (e.g., lder kids nt held back by yunger), keeping track f their prgress n charts r in wrkbks. We use wrkbks entitled Quick and Pwerful Scriptural Cncepts fr Children by Valda Jhnsn and Ilene Sargeant, rdered thrugh Pentecstal Publishing Huse. In these, students memrize a set f six verses at a time, quting them ne at a time, then tw at a time, then three at a time, etc., until they are ready t test n all six at nce. Als allw time fr the kids t qute the names f the bks f the Old and Testaments in rder as they learn them, as well as Psalm 1. Remind students that there will be prizes fr thse wh memrize. Students must pass with a scre f 80 percent r better when wrking in their Quick and Pwerful wrkbks. Remind students that during Bible Memry Wrk time, everyne must be wrking! Encurage them t wrk tgether t memrize verses, as ppsed t distracting each ther. Clring pages are available t help ccupy visitrs (r yunger/distracted students) while their classmates are quting verses. As students achieve memry wrk gals, reward them during a large-grup time s that everyne can cngratulate them n their accmplishments. REVIEW (10 min.) Ask review questins frm previus lessns. See I LOVE MY BIBLE! Review Questins. Ideas (keep in mind that yu nly have abut 10 minutes): Tss ut candy fr crrect answers. Frm teams and play Bible baseball. Frm teams and play tic-tac-te. (A crrect answer allws a team t place its X r O. ) Lessn 6 Gd s Wrd is a MAP Annette R. Evans. All rights reserved. Page 3 www.creative-sunday-schl-ideas.cm
RULES & PRAYER (5 min.) Play musical chairs. If student answers a questin crrectly, he/she is NOT ut. G ver rules (Pwer Hur Prmises) by calling n students t read/remember the rules. Pray tgether fr the class. (Take individual requests frm students nly as time allws.) BIBLE LESSON Teacher Prep: Read Rmans 6:23, Rmans 3:23, Rmans 5:8, Acts 2:36-38, and Psalm 18:30. Pray fr aninting. Items Needed: Varius maps (including a lcal city r state map) and GPS devices; Me n the Map by Jan Sweeney (check library); Bible; Map visual. Shw students the maps and discuss the fllwing questins. Can yu shw me where yu live n this map? (allw time fr the students t shw yu things n the map, as well as fr yu t pint ut things t them) Why d we need maps? (t figure ut hw t get where we want t g, t keep frm getting lst, t help us get back n track after we get lst, etc.) Read Me n the Map by Jan Sweeney t the class, shwing them the pictures. Culd yu make a map t shw smene the way frm the church t yur huse? (discuss) What if yu made a mistake n yur map and drew yur huse suth f the church when it was really nrth? What wuld happen t me if I tried t fllw yur map t get t yur huse? (I wuld get lst) Have yu ever been lst? Hw did it make yu feel? It s imprtant fr maps t be accurate. If they re nt, we can t trust them t get us where we want t g. Hw is the Bible like a map? (Allw respnses and then discuss the fllwing.) Gd s Wrd shws us that there are tw destinatins: death and eternal life. Lessn 6 Gd s Wrd is a MAP Annette R. Evans. All rights reserved. Page 4 www.creative-sunday-schl-ideas.cm
Read frm yur Bible r have a student qute Rmans 6:23. Gd s Wrd shws us where we are: sin has separated us frm Gd. Read frm yur Bible r have a student qute Rmans 3:23. Gd s Wrd shws us the way Gd made fr us t get t ur desired destinatin: eternal life Heaven: Read Rmans 5:8 frm yur Bible. Read Acts 2:36-37 frm yur Bible and then have students qute verse 38 with yu. We can trust that the Bible is an accurate map. We will nt be lst if we read and fllw it. Read Psalm 18:30 frm yur Bible. What des it mean when it says, the wrd f the LD is tried? (Gd s Wrd has been tested and fund t be true and accurate) Have a student attach the Map visual t bard. Are yu fllwing Gd s map t eternal life? If yu need t repent, let s d s right nw. If yu need t be baptized in the name f Jesus Christ, let s discuss it with yur parents as sn as pssible. If yu need t receive the gift f the Hly Ghst, let s ask Jesus fr it as we pray right nw. Lead the kids in prayer respnse t lessn. BIBLE SKILLS Familiarize students with the structure f the Bible and the names f all the bks, using the Bks f the Bible Demnstratin Bard. Hw many bks are in the Old Testament? (39 3 letters in OLD and 9 letters in TESTAMENT ) Hw many bks are in the New Testament? (27 = 3 letters in NEW x 9 letters in TESTAMENT ) Hw many bks are in the entire Bible? (66) What are the divisins f the Old Testament? (Law, Histry, Petry, Prphecy) What are the bks f Petry? (Jb, Psalms, Prverbs, Ecclesiastes, Sng f Slmn) Lessn 6 Gd s Wrd is a MAP Annette R. Evans. All rights reserved. Page 5 www.creative-sunday-schl-ideas.cm
Hand ut Bibles. Remind students t handle Bibles carefully and t help yunger students find verses. Teachers will need t assist students until they becme familiar with finding verses in the Bible. The bks f Petry are in the middle f yur Bible. Open yur Bible in the middle and find Prverbs 14:12. Have a student read Prverbs 14:12 t the class. Smetimes we think we knw the right way, but then it leads t death. We can t trust urselves t knw the way. T find ut whm we can trust, turn back 11 chapters t Prverbs 3:5-6. Have a student(s) read Prverbs 3:5-6 t the class. Wh is the nly ne we can we trust t knw and shw us the right way? (the LD) Chse a cuple f students t carefully cllect the Bibles. ACTIVITY/SNACK Supplies: A Map Drawing Page fr each student Pencils, crayns, etc. Me n the Map by Jan Sweeney Snacks and/r drinks, if desired Cups, plates/bwls, and napkins as necessary (Befre class, make cpies f Map Drawing Page. Als, draw a map f yur wn t serve as an example fr the students.) Remind students: Gd s Wrd is a true and accurate map t shw us the way t eternal life. Briefly shw the students Me n the Map (which was read during the Bible Lessn). Using the examples in the bk, encurage each student t make as accurate a map as pssible f his/her rm, huse, street, twn, state, cuntry, r wrld. Shw students yur example map, and then give them Map Drawing Pages, pencils, crayns, etc., s they can draw. Serve snacks and/r drinks if desired. Lessn 6 Gd s Wrd is a MAP Annette R. Evans. All rights reserved. Page 6 www.creative-sunday-schl-ideas.cm