Bearing Fruit - Table Of Contents

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1 LESSONS 1. Vine and Branches 1 activities 2 2. Bearing Fruit In Every... 3 activities 4 3. Love 5 activities 6 4. Joy 7 activities 8 5. Peace 9 activities Patience 11 activities Kindness 13 activities Goodness 15 activities Faithfulness 17 activities Gentleness 19 activities Self-Control 21 activities 22 Bearing Fruit - Table Of Contents SONGS The Word Of God (Bible song) 23 The Holy Spirit Song 30 Sanctify Us (Bible song) 23 The Joy Of The Lord 31 Bearing Fruit In Every Good Work 24 Well Done 31 Gentleness Is A Fruit 24 God Is So Good 25 I Have the Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy 25 ACTIVITY PATTERNS I m A Branch 26 anchor 32 Jehovah-Shalom 26 clock 33 Jesus Has Unlimited Patience 27 crown 34 Jesus Is The Vine 27 footprints 35 Love Covers 28 heart and sin spots 35 Love Is Not A Choice 28 paper doll 36 Make Me Like You 29 smiling face 36 Patience Is Strong Waiting 29 The Fruit Of The Spirit 30 Copyright 1998, 2008 by Tamey Bomersbach. All rights reserved.

2 How To Use The Lesson Plans 1. Lesson plans are a page long. Each plan is followed by a page that explains the activities in more detail. After reading through the two pages a couple of times, you can just look at the activity name on the first page and remember what to say and do. The plans are not scripts to be read aloud. They are just your prompts as you talk to the children about their great God. It is understood that you will pray with the children during each class. Prayer is not specifically listed in the lesson plans. 2. Lessons include activities and songs. Children are encouraged to participate in each activity by playing with the visual aids. Babies participate in the songs by playing rhythm instruments (rattles, drums, small tambourines, etc.) or waving flags. Keep these items readily available in your room. They are not mentioned in the lesson plan material list. Although babies are encouraged to participate, they are not required to participate. Sleeping babies are always welcome in class. Spiritual truth is aimed at the spirit, not the mind. 3. Each lesson contains several items used to illustrate the teachings. Put these in a large box. It is too distracting to the children if your teaching aids are all out in plain view. Each plan has a Materials Needed section at the end. Use it as a checklist for packing your lesson box. Keep rhythm instruments or flags in your box for every lesson. They are not listed in the plan. 4. Most activities are illustrated using common household items and toys. Some activities require you to cut out the activity patterns included with each unit. Copy these patterns onto card stock, then laminate your finished products so they can be reused. They are not intended to be sent home with the children. 5. At some point during each lesson, Bibles will be handed out to the children. Bible songs are sung at this time, but no instruments are used. Purchase small New Testament Bibles that their little hands can manage. They can open the Bibles, and you can help them treat the Bibles respectfully. (You do not have to locate the correct page for each child. Some quotes are from the Old Testament. It s okay that the words are not on the page in front of them. They will hear the Word from you.) All Bible verses are taken from the New International version, unless otherwise noted. Copyright 1998, 2008 by Tamey Bomersbach. All rights reserved.

3 6. You will need to make a few purchases for this unit. Buy a set of small New Testament Bibles. You want something that little hands can manage. Also you need a Jesus doll. Usually Christian book stores sell these. If you wish to purchase a Jesus doll online, you might try (The entire two year curriculum uses these items repeatedly.) 7. You will also need to make (or possibly purchase) a cross that matches the size of your Jesus doll. Options include: glue or nail two wood scraps together; use a heavy cardboard cutout; use two wooden rulers cut to size and spray painted. When you make the clock (in the activity patterns section) attach the hands with a brad so they are moveable. Some lessons require the use of small dolls. You can use a doll house family, or the people that come with the large snap-together building blocks. Copyright 1998, 2008 by Tamey Bomersbach. All rights reserved.

4 Lesson 4 - Joy Song - I Have The Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy (p. 25) Activity 1 - smiling faces Today we will talk about the fruit of the Spirit, joy. Have you ever eaten fruit? It tastes good for awhile, but then it is gone. When God grows the fruit of the Spirit in your life, it will last forever! You did not choose me, but I chose you to go and bear fruit - fruit that will last. (John 15:16a) Activity 2 - overflowing cup God s joy lasts forever. It doesn t go away when troubles come. Paul said,...in all our troubles my joy knows no bounds. (2 Corinthians 7:4c) When troubles put us under pressure, it can make our joy overflow. Activity 3 - Bibles Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. (Hebrews 12:2) Activity 4 - anchor Jesus endured the cross because of the joy set before Him - the joy of a relationship with you! When troubles come, we don t enjoy them. We endure them. We look forward to the joy set before us. We, too, will be welcomed before the throne of God in heaven. This is the anchor of our faith. We will not drift away when the storms of life blow. Song - The Joy Of The Lord (p. 31) 7

5 Activities for lesson 4 - Joy Activity 1 - smiling faces Hand each child a smiling face (p. 36). Activity 2 - overflowing cup Put a styrofoam cup in a large dish. Fill it with water. This symbolizes the joy God grows in us. Squeeze the cup to illustrate the pressure of trouble in our lives. Watch the joy overflow! Activity 3 - Bibles Sing The Word Of God (p. 23) as you hand a small Bible to each child. Quote the Bible verse and reference twice. Collect the Bibles as you sing Sanctify Us (p. 23). Activity 4 - anchor Cut out several anchors (p. 32). Write FAITH on them. Let the children hold them as you make a storm of life by turning a fan on high speed. It inspires joy! Materials needed: smiling faces plastic cup dish and water small Bibles anchor fan 8

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