Lesson 9: Peter Explains Belief in Jesus. May 1

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1 Lesson 9: Peter Explains Belief in Jesus May 1 Bible Point: Believe in Jesus Key Verse: Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. Matthew 18:19-20 Getting Started 10 min Getting Started: Welcome As the children arrive, greet each one and welcome him or her with a smile. Allow the children to choose a free play station for the first ten minutes. At 10 minutes after service start let the children know in 1 minute you will start cleaning up. Free Play Stations: 1. Toys 2. Books 3. Paper/ Crayons Start clean up time with the clean up song: Say, I Am! (tune of If You re Happy and You Know it ) If you are cleaning up, say, I am. If you are cleaning up, say, I am. If you are cleaning up, If you are cleaning up, If you are cleaning up, say, I am. Teachers: Prepare you class for Community Time. Worship 8-10 Minut es Community Time: Worship Lead the kids in 2-3 of the following songs (see attached song sheet for direction if needed) Jesus Loves Me Jesus Loves the Little Children This Little Light of Mine I ve Got the Joy Song Sheet

2 Lesson min Community Time: Lesson Place the puppet (Theo) somewhere near where you will be sitting so the children can easily see him. Open your Bible to 1 Peter 1and show the children the words. LL: Welcome everyone! Hello, Theo. It is good to see you all at church today. Theo: Good morning, everyone. It is great to be here. LL: Theo, what do you have around your neck? Theo: This is my new medal. LL: Wow. How did you get that medal? Theo: I got it at the puppy races. LL: That s great, Theo! Theo. Yeah. I almost didn t make it though. I wanted to quit because my paws were hurting from running so much. LL: How did you make it to the end? Theo: I prayed and asked God to help me, and He did! LL: That s great. You prayed and believes that Jesus would help you in your race, and he did! That reminds me of our Bible story today. Our lesson today tells us to believe in Jesus. Raise your hand if you have every had a hard day. (have Theo raise his hand too) I have had hard days too. Theo, how do you feel when you have had a hard day? Theo: Well, sometimes I get really mad or sad. Sometimes I even cry and just give up. LL: I think that is normal, Theo. It is no fun to have a hard time. In our Bible story today, we are going to hear about a letter Jesus friend wrote to some people who were have a lot of bad days. Life was really hard for them everyday, but they had a secret joy that kept them happy even through their hard times. We are going to listen to this story on a CD, but first we all need to put on our imagination caps. Make a motion to put a make believe hat on your head and invite the children to do the same. We are going to pretend that we are all in our very own houses. Let s make our own houses now. With both hands, draw a pretend house around your body and encourage kids to do the same. Great job. Now we all have our own space. Bible Bookmarked to 1 Peter 1 *Theo Puppet *A medal for Theo to wear around his neck *Roll up sheet of paper to look like a scroll * A few coins *Curriculum CD

3 Play the What is it? segment on the CD (track 11) and show the scroll to the children on the part in the story where the letter is unrolled. LL: How do you feel when you get a special gift? LL: I love getting special gifts. The most special gift we could ever receive comes from Jesus. He gives us the gift of life! He, himself, is the best gift ever! Theo: Wow. Jesus IS the best gift! I can t wait to go tell my friends about our story today! Bye everyone! Let the kids say goodbye to Theo and then dismiss classes one at a time to go back to their rooms. Circle Time min Circle Time: Key Verse Activity Have the children form a circle and sit down. Open your Bible to John 3:16 Lead the children in singing The B-I-B-L-E. This will be sung each week right before the Key Verse activity. Our Key Verse from the Bible says, Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. That means we can teach the world about Jesus. Let s say that together. Lead the children in repeating the age appropriate key verse with you: We can teach the world about Jesus. Bible: Bookmarked to John 11:25 *Curriculum CD, track 13 *Picture of Jesus Jesus isn t just for you and me he s for everyone from everywhere! Jesus wants us to tell everyone the whole world about him. We re going to sing a song about telling the whole world about Jesus. I have a picture of Jesus that each of you will get to take to a class friend. You will ell your friend about Jesus as we sing. Have the children stand in a large circle as they sing. Choose one child to take the picture of Jesus to a friend in the circle and show it to him or her. Let that child take

4 Center 20 Minut es Jesus to another child. Continue having the children share Jesus with everyone until everyone has had a turn to bring Jesus to a friend, re-cuing the CD if you have a large class. Play Go Tell on the CD (Track 13). Encourage children to join in when they learn the words, singing to the tune of When the Saints Go Marching In. Go tell the world That Jesus cares, That Jesus died and rose again. Don t be afraid.cause he is with you. So go tell the world today. After the game, have children return to the circle and sit down. You just showed each other Jesus. Another way we can show each other Jesus is by talking about him and telling people about the wonderful things he does. Who did you tell about Jesus? (Let kids answer) What can you tell people about Jesus? (Jesus is God; Jesus loves us; Jesus died for us.) Jesus wants us to teach other people about him. Let s tell everyone about Jesus! Center: Jesus Loves Me stickers LL: Because we believe in Jesus, we know he cares for us very much. Jesus loves you and me so much that he sent his son, Jesus, to die for our sins. All we have to do is believe! We are going to make stickers to remind of that Jesus loves us. When we have a bad day, all we have to do is put on a sticker to remind us that Jesus cares. On a table, put out the white stickers and markers. Encourage children to color pictures that make them think of Jesus a heart, a happy face, the letter J, the words Jesus, bright and happy colors. Place the verse sticker on the back of the sticker page. When they are finished, allow them to take off one sticker and wear it. Materials White circle or rectangle stickers that the children can draw on (like the ones for garage sale prices). Each child should receive their own page of stickers (or at least 20 stickers). Verse Sticker Snack *Can be a center if you prefer 10 minut es Snack Prepare the snack for the children. Take time to stop and pray before the children eat. This is also a good time to ask children if they need to go to the restroom. Graham Crackers Water/Cups Paper Towels/Napkin s

5 Closing 10 Minut es Start clean up time with the clean up song: Say, I Am! (tune of If You re Happy and You Know it ) If you are cleaning up, say, I am. If you are cleaning up, say, I am. If you are cleaning up, If you are cleaning up, If you are cleaning up, say, I am. Gather everyone for closing at your classrooms circle. Bring your center project to circle. LL: Who were the people in our story today? What did they do for God? Hold up the Jesus Loves Me Sticker project. When you have a bad day, use these stickers to remind you that Jesus loves you! We can live with him forever because we believe in Jesus! Let s pray together. Dear God, Thank you for giving us Jesus. We believe you! Amen.

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7 Song Sheet The BIBLE The B-I-B-L-E, yeah that's the book for me I stand alone on the word of God The B-I-B-L-E This Little Light of Mine This little light of mine, This little light of mine, This little light of mine, Let it shine. Hide it under a bushel? No! Hide it under a bushel? No! Hide it under a bushel? No! Let it shine. Don't let Satan blow it out, Don't let Satan blow it out, Don't let Satan blow it out, Let it shine. Jesus Loves Me Jesus loves me! This I know, For the Bible tells me so; Little ones to Him belong, They are weak but He is strong. Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tells me so. Jesus Loves the Little Children Jesus loves the little children All the children of the world Black and yellow, red and white They're all precious in His sight Jesus loves the little children of the world I ve Got the Joy I've got the joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart. I've got the joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart, down in my heart down in my heart to stay.

8 I ve got the peace that passes understanding, Down in my heart, I ve got the peace that passes understanding, down in my heart down in my heart to stay. I ve the got love of Jesus, love of Jesus Down in my heart, I ve the got love of Jesus, love of Jesus down in my heart, down in my heart to stay.