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1 SPRING 2014 SUNDAY SCHOOL PRESCHOOL TEACHER GUIDE

2 group.com/suday-school We kow you care about kids We do, too! That s why we attempt to esure that all crafts, toys, ad gizmos meet or exceed atioal safety stadards ad are produced by maufacturers that do t use child labor or abuse their labor force. You ca order Group resources kowig that i additio to carig for your kids, you re also carig for childre elsewhere. Let s keep kids safe! We strive to provide products that are mechaically reliable ad hold together durig ormal, iteded usage. Items are also checked for flammability, ad both pait ad surface coatigs are checked for heavy metals icludig lead. You ca help your childre stay safe by seeig that toys ad gizmos are used as desiged, for the purposes desiged, ad that ay broke pieces are disposed of promptly ad properly. We value your feedback. If you become aware of a problem affectig the safety of ay of our products, please iform us immediately. FaithWeaver NOW Bible Curriculum, Preschool/Ages 3 & 4, Sprig 2014 Copyright 2002 ad 2014 Group Publishig, Ic editio All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced i ay maer whatsoever without prior writte permissio from the publisher, except where oted i the text ad i the case of brief quotatios embodied i critical articles ad reviews. For iformatio, visit group.com/permissios.! OK TO COPY Whe you see the OK TO COPY ico, this meas permissio to photocopy the page from FaithWeaver NOW Bible Curriculum for Preschool, Sprig, is grated for local church use. Copyright Group Publishig, Ic. group.com Credits Cotributig Authors: Jacqui Baker, Sharo Carey, Teryl Cartwright, Ruthie Daiels, Elaie Erst Scheider, Eelle G. Eder, Sheila Halasz, Marsha Hall, Ja Kersher, Carol Mader, Boie Temple Editors: Rob Cuigham, Jeifer Hooks, David Jeigs, Jessica Sausto, Lee Sparks, Ali Thompso, Christie Yout Joes Copy Editors: Erica L. Feucht, Deborah Helmers, Becky Helzer, Adrea Zimmerma Chief Creative Officer: Joai Schultz Cover Desig ad Art Directio: Jeff Specer Iterior Desig Team: Jeff Bruacci, Rady Kady, Rebecca Swai Cover Photography: istockphoto.com/grafvisio Productio Maager: Pam Clifford All Scripture quotatios, uless otherwise idicated, are take from the Holy Bible, New Iteratioal Versio, NIV. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica, Ic. Used by permissio of Zoderva. All rights reserved worldwide. ISBN Prited i the Uited States of America.

3 3 Cotets Itroductio... 4 The Lessos Lesso 1: Jesus Teaches His Disciples to Pray Matthew 6:5-13 Week of March 2, Lesso 2: Jesus Feeds Thousads Joh 6:1-15 Week of March 9, Lesso 3: Jesus Explais Eteral Life to Nicodemus Joh 3:1-17 Week of March 16, Lesso 4: Jesus Talks With the Samarita Woma Joh 4:5-42 Week of March 23, Lesso 5: Jesus Tells About the Good Samarita Luke 10:25-37 Week of March 30, Lesso 6: Jesus Raises Lazarus From the Dead Joh 11:1-45 Week of April 6, Lesso 7: Crowds Welcome Jesus to Jerusalem Psalm 118:19-29; Matthew 21:1-11 Week of April 13, Lesso 8: Jesus Comes Back to Life Matthew 27:27-56; 28:1-10 Week of April 20, Lesso 9: Peter Explais Belief i Jesus 1 Peter 1:3-9 Week of April 27, Lesso 10: Jesus Returs to Heave Matthew 28:16-20; Acts 1:1-11 Week of May 4, Lesso 11: Christias Care for Oe Aother Psalm 23; Acts 2:42-47 Week of May 11, Lesso 12: Stephe Forgives His Accusers as They Stoe Him Acts 6:8 7:60 Week of May 18, Lesso 13: Paul Teaches i Athes Acts 17:16-31 Week of May 25, Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Table of Cotets Sprig Quarter

4 4 The future of Suday school + family miistry is NOW. No doubt about it, the world is chagig. Families used to go to church every week. Kids used to have loger attetio spas. Teachers used to have more time to prepare. Ad did t our budgets used to be bigger? Eve the Suday school Bible curriculum you used just a couple of years ago is already out of date. But there s oe thig that s ever chaged: the eed to grow families closer to Jesus. That s why we created FaithWeaver NOW TM, ad it s differet from aythig you ve ever see before! It combies Suday school with family miistry. Sure, you ve see Suday school aimed at families. But FaithWeaver NOW actually hits the target by havig everyoe i the family learig about the same Scripture each week. It s simpler ad easier. Sometimes chage is a woderful thig. Goe are the days whe you eeded to sped hours preparig your lessos ad hutig for supplies. FaithWeaver NOW will have you ad your team ready to go i a sap. It s made for NOW. Life is complicated ad full of distractios. FaithWeaver NOW keeps faith o track through eve the most frezied lifestyles. What makes FaithWeaver NOW the perfect curriculum for TODAY s church? Families lear the same Bible passage i age-appropriate ways. Kids do t just hear the Word. They experiece it. Simple ad easy lessos fit eve the busiest lives. Kids see God i their everyday world. The Scope & Sequece goes through the Bible every three years. You ca customize it however you like, with both prit ad digital versios. Plus, FaithWeaver NOW stays up to date. New cotet, ew tools, ew mobile apps, ad more every year all to keep the Bible fresh, relevat, ad effective. Create a vibrat family miistry that s ew that s wow that s NOW. FaithWeaver NOW gives you a fresh strategy for beig more successful tha ever i brigig families closer to Jesus. Thom ad Joai Schultz Chairma ad Chief Creative Officer Group Publishig, Ic. Sprig Quarter Itroductio Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

5 Lesso 1 5 Jesus Teaches His Disciples to Pray Matthew 6:5-13 Preschool-age childre love to talk to family members, frieds, stuffed aimals, ad other toys. They ofte repeat words ad phrases they hear others use. This ethusiasm for speech ca be applied to prayer. Preschoolers ca repeat words ad phrases that Jesus used to teach us how to pray. Preschoolers ca lear that just as they talk with others, they ca talk with God. Use this lesso to help preschoolers lear that God loves for them to talk with him. LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP 1 Gettig Started about 5 mi. 2 Key Verse Activity about 10 mi. 3 Bible Exploratio about 15 mi. Welcome ad Celebrate Welcome each other, ad praise God through music. Little Helpers Lear the Key Verse, ad take turs thakig God for Jesus. Puppy Poiters Watch how Theo helps the leader to lear how we ca talk to God. Bible Time: Dear God Pray alog with Jesus as he teaches what the Lord s Prayer meas. CD player Teacher Pack: CD Bible CD player, Theo puppet, cellphoe or toy phoe Teacher Pack: CD Bible, CD player Teacher Pack: CD Bible Poit We pray to God. Key Verse For God so loved the world that he gave his oe ad oly So, that whoever believes i him shall ot perish but have eteral life (Joh 3:16). Weavig Faith Ito Life Childre will lear what it meas to pray. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 1 Sprig Quarter

6 6 LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP Ceter 1: Whe to Pray Create a picture showig examples of whe we pray. My Bible Hugs, cady hearts, cereal, roud stickers, yellow crayos Remove the Lesso 1 pages from each My Bible Hugs studet book, ad write childre s ames o them. 4 Weavig Faith Ito Life about 20 mi. (Choose 2 ceters.) Ceter 2: Mouth Muchies Eat sacks that look like smilig mouths, ad say what makes them happy about talkig to God. Ceter 3: Talkig to Jesus Talk to Jesus about their weeks. 2 orage slices per child, apkis, atibacterial gel (optioal) Teacher Pack: Jesus figures Cut out ad assemble the Jesus figures as idicated o the page. Ceter 4: Does t Matter Where or Whe Role-play differet daily activities, ad sig a sog about how we ca pray aytime. variety of dress-up clothes or items related to jobs or activities i life (for example, facy, casual, work, ad sleep clothes ad/or toys such as books, cars, blocks, ad balls) (optioal) Daily Challeges Choose a Daily Challege to apply God s Word. My Bible Hugs 5 Lastig Impressios about 10 mi. Actio Prayer Preted to be popcor kerels ad pop up to say a prayer to God. Weavig Faith at Home Talk about how to share what they leared with their families. My Bible Hugs Tear out the Paret Letter i the back of each My Bible Hugs studet book to give to parets whe they pick up their childre. Sprig Quarter Lesso 1 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

7 7 Jesus Teaches His Disciples to Pray Matthew 6:5-13 BIBLe BACKGROUND FOR LEADERS How Not to Pray The Jesus Coectio This passage begis with Jesus istructig his followers how ot to pray. The religious leaders of that time were accustomed to prayig loudly o the street corers so that the people would see them as holy ad religious. Istead, Jesus says, prayer is to be betwee the idividual ad God sicere commuicatio that is a direct result of oe s relatioship with God. Two Basic Parts Jesus gives this prayer as a patter or a form a outlie for prayer. Oe way to uderstad it better is to break his prayer ito two basic parts: adoratio ad petitio. The first verse of the Lord s Prayer expresses praise for God s majesty ad ackowledges God s love for us. The sigle word we traslate as our father is a itimate word that ca be traslated as daddy or dearest father. Jesus lets his followers kow that they ca share i his close relatioship with God. Jesus showed us how to pray, but more importatly, he also set the example of puttig God first. Everythig Jesus did was for God, so it was oly atural for his prayer to be focused o praisig God ad seekig God s will. Thik of the last prayer you prayed. Maybe it was a quick God, help me impress my boss or Lord, give me patiece with my child. There s othig wrog with quick prayers seekig God s help. But these quick prayers ca reveal our real view of God. Cosider the motivatios behid your last prayer. Did you wat to impress your boss or have patiece with your child so the other perso could see Jesus livig i you? Stop ad pray ow for God to be the ceter of your life ad your prayers. You ca write your prayer here. The first petitio i the prayer is ot related to persoal eeds. Rather, it addresses seekig what God wats. After we seek God s will, we tur to askig God to fulfill persoal, daily eeds for food, forgiveess, ad freedom from temptatio. Without God workig i our lives ad our world, there would be o food or forgiveess. Ad if Sata were ot restricted from temptig us, our lives would be early ubearable. Puttig God First Remember that Jesus isisted o puttig God first. If God is t first i our lives, as well as i our prayers, God will ot be hoored, o matter how eloquetly we pray. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 1 Sprig Quarter

8 8 GETTING STARTED Welcome ad Celebrate CD player Teacher Pack CD: Welcome, frieds! (track 21), How You Should Pray (Matthew 6:9-13) (track 25) Welcome ad Celebrate Tip Cosistetly use the same sigal to aouce a trasitio to the ext activity. You could flip the lights off ad o, use a trai whistle, have a puppet rustlig iside a bag, or sig cleaup sogs. Keep it simple, cosistet, ad fu. As the childre arrive, greet each oe with a smile. Whe it s time to begi, use your sigal to gather the childre together i a circle. Lead childre i sigig Welcome, Frieds! (track 21 o the CD) to the tue of Are You Sleepig? Ecourage childre to follow the motios i paretheses. Welcome, frieds! Welcome, frieds! (motio come twice.) To God s house, to God s house. (put hads together above head to make a house) We will lear from God above (poit up) How Jesus came to share his love. (hug self) Joi the fu! Joi the fu! (jump up ad dow) (Repeat.) Say: I m glad you ve all come to God s house our church. Let s sig ad praise God. We praise God because he hears us whe we pray. Lead childre i sigig How You Should Pray (Matthew 6:9-13) (track 25 o the CD). Ecourage childre to follow the motios i paretheses. Yo oh, (put arms up i the air) Yo-oh-oh-oh, (wave hads above your head) This the is how you should pray. (put hads together as i prayer) (Repeat.) Our Father i heave, (raise hads toward heave) (This the is how you should pray.) (put hads together as i prayer) Hallowed be your ame, (raise hads toward heave) (This the is how you should pray.) (put hads together as i prayer) Your kigdom come o the earth, (brig hads dow ad spread them out) (This the is how you should pray.) (put hads together as i prayer) Your will be doe o earth as i heave. (raise hads toward heave) (This the is how you should pray.) (put hads together as i prayer) Yo oh, (put arms up i the air) Sprig Quarter Lesso 1 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

9 9 Yo-oh-oh-oh, (wave hads above your head) This the is how you should pray. (put hads together as i prayer) (Repeat.) Give us today our daily bread. (rub tummy) Ad forgive us our debts, (rub hads together) As we forgive our debtors. Hey! (spread arms out) Ad lead us ot ito temptatio, (cover eyes; cover ears; cover mouth) (This the is how you should pray.) (put hads together as i prayer) But deliver us from the evil oe. (brig left arm up ad to your side) (This the is how you should pray.) (put hads together as i prayer) Ad lead us ot ito temptatio, (cover eyes; cover ears; cover mouth) (This the is how you should pray.) (put hads together as i prayer) But deliver us from the evil oe. (brig left arm up ad to your side) (This the is how you should pray.) (put hads together as i prayer) This the is how you should pray. (put hads together as i prayer) This the is how you should pray. (put hads together as i prayer) How You Should Pray (Matthew 6:9-13) by Uelese Fa'agutu ad Jay Stocker Group Publishig, Ic. All rights reserved. Say: It s good to praise God for all the woderful thigs he does. It was eat to sig about how WE PRAY TO GOD. 2 KEY VERSE ACTIVITY Little Helpers Have the childre form a circle ad sit dow. Ope your Bible to Joh 3:16, ad show childre the words. Little Helpers Bible Say: Today we re learig that WE PRAY TO GOD. Whe we talk to God, we call that prayig. What do you talk to God about? Say: We ca pray about aythig. Oe thig we ca pray about is thakig God for Jesus. Our Key Verse from the Bible says, For God so loved the world that he gave his oe ad oly So, that whoever believes i him shall ot perish but have eteral Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 1 Sprig Quarter

10 10 life. That meas that God loved the world so much that he gave his So, Jesus, so we ca live forever i heave. Let s say it together. Lead the childre i repeatig the simplified Key Verse: God loved the world so much that he gave his So, Jesus, so we ca live forever i heave (Joh 3:16). Say: Let s practice prayig to God. We ca start by tellig him thak you for sedig your So, Jesus, so we ca live forever i heave. Give each child a chace to pray. If a child has difficulty formig a prayer, ask the child if he or she wats to tell God thak you or I love you or somethig simple. You ca also help childre by havig them repeat after you; pray simple prayers such as, Dear God, thak you for lovig us, or Dear God, thak you for Jesus. Lead childre i this discussio. What do you like about prayig? Tell about a time you prayed. Say: God loves for us to talk to him. God is ever too busy to liste to our prayers. WE PRAY TO GOD o matter where we are or what we re doig. 3 BIBLE EXPLORATION Puppy Poiters CD player Theo puppet cellphoe or toy phoe Teacher Pack CD: Here, Theo (track 4) Puppy Poiters Say: Liste everyoe, Theo s comig! He has somethig to show us. Let s fid out what it is. Play Here, Theo (track 4 o the CD), ad brig out Theophilus the FaithRetriever as you hold a cellphoe. Theo: Hi, everybody! Teacher: Hello, Theo! Ca you hold o a momet? I m tryig to call God. Theo: You re callig God o the phoe? Teacher: Yes, I had a few thigs to talk to God about I was goig to thak him for somethig ad ask him a questio. By the way, do you happe to have his umber? Theo: Um, I do t kow if he has a umber. But you kow you do t have to use a phoe, right? If you wat to talk to God, all you have to do is pray! Teacher: Oh. (Pause to show thikig) You re right! I do t kow what I was thikig! Theo: (Laughs) That s okay! But I do have oe questio for you. (Pauses ad the whispers i teacher s ear) Teacher: Oh, I see. Frieds, Theo says he does t kow what we would talk to God Sprig Quarter Lesso 1 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

11 11 about. I have a idea! Let s tell Theo that we ca start by tellig God thak you for sedig us Jesus! (Lead kids i repeatig the Key Verse: God loved the world so much that he gave his So, Jesus, so we ca live forever i heave Joh 3:16) Theo: That s a great idea, frieds! It s so cool that you ca talk to God ad tell him thak you for sedig his So, Jesus, so you ca live forever i heave! Teacher: Frieds, let s say goodbye to Theo. Ecourage the childre to wave or say goodbye to Theo. The put Theo away i a safe place for ext week s use. Lead childre i this discussio. What did you lear from Theo today? What are all the ways you like to pray to God? Say: Is t it great that we do t eed a phoe or aythig else to pray? We ca pray aytime we wat by talkig out loud or i our heads. It s simple: WE PRAY TO GOD just by talkig to God. Let s hear how Jesus taught us to pray. Bible Time: Dear God Ope your Bible to Matthew 6:5-13, ad show the childre the words. Tell childre that the Bible is God s special book. Say: The Bible tells us that WE PRAY TO GOD. Let s liste to what Jesus said about how to pray. Liste carefully so you ca pause the CD ad practice prayig each time Jesus says, Go ahead ad try that. Bible Time: Dear God Bible CD player Teacher Pack CD: Dear Father (track 26) Cue the CD to Dear Father (track 26 o the CD) ad begi. The track eds after Jesus has kids practice prayig to keep safe. Say: Let s fiish our prayers by sayig, I Jesus ame, ame. Pause while childre fiish. Jesus said that whe WE PRAY TO GOD, we ca praise ad thak God. We ca ask God for what we eed. We ca tell God we re sorry. Ad we ca ask for God s help. Lead childre i this discussio. Which part of Jesus prayer do you like best? What do you like to say to God? Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 1 Sprig Quarter

12 12 Say: Jesus tells us that we do t have to use big words to talk to God. WE PRAY TO GOD the same way we talk to a fried. 4 WEAVING FAITH INTO LIFE Choose at least two of the learig ceters to help reiforce today s Bible lesso. Gather the eeded materials, ad put the supplies i a out-of-sight area util you re ready for them. Allow the childre to choose which ceter they d like to explore first. The circulate amog the childre as they create ad explore. Ecourage them to make coectios betwee their activities ad the Bible by askig them the questios icluded with each ceter s descriptio. Ceter 1: Whe to Pray My Bible Hugs cady hearts cereal roud stickers yellow crayos! ALLERGY ALERT Ceter 1: Whe to Pray Easy Prep Remove the Lesso 1 pages from each My Bible Hugs studet book, ad write childre s ames o them. CENTER 1: Whe to Pray Give each child a Lesso 1 page from My Bible Hugs. Place cady hearts, cereal, roud stickers, ad yellow crayos o a table. Say: Jesus taught us that WE PRAY TO GOD just by talkig to him. Jesus taught us to tell God we love him. Jesus also taught us to tell God thigs we eed, such as food. We ca tell God we re sorry for the wrog thigs we do, too. We ca always ask God to help us. Have childre place the cady hearts ad cereal o their pages to cover up the missig pictures. Also help childre place a sticker where the ball would be. The childre ca use yellow crayos to color the light beam. Lead childre i this discussio. Tell about a time you prayed like oe of the childre i the picture. What did you talk to God about? Let kids eat their cady hearts ad cereal. Say: WE PRAY TO GOD ad tell him how much we love him. We ask him what to do, or we ask him to help us. We ca pray before we eat, whe we re i bed, ad whe we re playig aytime ad aywhere, we ca talk to God. Sprig Quarter Lesso 1 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

13 13 CENTER 2: Mouth Muchies Have childre clea their hads ad the sit dow for the sack. Give each child several orage slices ad a apki. Show childre how a orage slice looks like a smilig mouth. Say: WE PRAY TO GOD just by talkig to God with our mouths. Lead childre i this discussio. What makes you happy about talkig to God? What ca you tell God that you re happy about today? Ceter 2: Mouth Muchies 2 orage slices per child apkis atibacterial gel (optioal)! ALLERGY ALERT Say: Let s thak God for listeig to our prayers ad for providig our sack. Ivite oe child to pray ad thak God for the sack. The let childre ejoy their sack. CENTER 3: Talkig to Jesus Set the assembled Jesus figures o a table. Ecourage the childre to take turs tellig the Jesus figures what differet thigs they did that week. Remid kids that whe we talk to Jesus, we re prayig. Say: Jesus loves it whe WE PRAY TO GOD. Jesus is ever too busy to liste to what we have to say. Say: WE PRAY TO GOD aytime ad aywhere. God is always listeig, ad God hears us. Ceter 3: Talkig to Jesus Teacher Pack Jesus figures Ceter 3: Talkig to Jesus Easy Prep Cut out ad assemble the Jesus figures as idicated o the page. CENTER 4: Does t Matter Where or Whe Say: What do you like to do durig your day? Allow time. What do your parets ad other people you kow like to do? Allow time. Let s preted! Have kids preted to do somethig they love to do. If you have supplies, childre ca use the dress-up clothes or items to preted. The say: We ca pray before, durig, or after all these fu Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 1 Sprig Quarter

14 14 Ceter 4: Does t Matter Where or Whe variety of dress-up clothes or items related to jobs or activities i life (for example, facy, casual, work, ad sleep clothes ad/or toys such as books, cars, blocks, ad balls) (optioal) activities! Poit out specific activities kids chose. For example, say: We ca pray while we re playig a sport or before we go to bed. Let s lear a sog about whe ad where we ca pray. If you ve used the supplies for this activity, let kids keep them while you sig. Have childre get i a circle ad teach them the followig sog to the tue of I ve Bee Workig o the Railroad. (This sog is ot o the CD.) They ca each take turs comig to the middle to bow their heads ad clasp their hads i prayer. If time allows, as they sig have kids preted to be doig the activities as before ad the stop to clasp their hads each time they say pray. It does t matter where I am. I ca always pray. It does t matter what time it is. I ca always pray. Whe I wat to talk to God, At ight or early i the mor, God will liste ad will hear me. I ca always pray. Lead childre i this discussio. What are some thigs you do where it s hard to pray at the same time? Tell about somethig you ca do this week while you pray. Say: Whe WE PRAY TO GOD, we ca do it aytime ad aywhere. We do t have to get all dressed up, ad we do t have to pray out loud. God is always listeig, ad God will hear you. 5 LASTING IMPRESSIONS Daily Challeges My Bible Hugs Daily Challeges After the childre have cleaed up their ceters, brig everyoe back to a circle area o the floor. Review the lesso activities ad the Bible Poit, ad the ecourage the childre to share what they remember about what they leared from the Bible today. Also use this time to challege kids i their faith. Ecourage them to choose a Daily Challege for applyig today s lesso to their lives this week. Use this challege for ecouragig your childre s growig relatioships with Jesus. Sprig Quarter Lesso 1 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

15 15 Say: Today we leared that WE PRAY TO GOD. I would like each of you to choose a way this week that you ca pray to God. Read the three Daily Challege ideas for childre to choose from: Go to each bedroom of your house ad pray for the people who sleep there. Every time you see a baby this week, pray ad thak God for sedig us his So, Jesus. Make a poster of all the thigs you ca say thak you to God for. You could iclude pictures of Jesus, your family ad frieds, food, your home, the su ad flowers, ad aythig else. Have kids each whisper i your ear or tell you which idea they ve chose, ad the circle it o each child s My Bible Hugs page. Make sure you tell kids the challege you choose. Your commitmet will ispire childre ad will give them a opportuity to see God at work i your life as well as i theirs! Actio Prayer Have childre stad i a circle. The show them how to preted to be kerels of popcor by squattig dow ad wrappig their arms aroud their kees. Have childre thik of thigs they d like to ask or tell God about. Go aroud the circle ad give each child a tur to pop up ad say his or her prayer. The close the prayer sayig, I Jesus ame, ame. Weavig Faith at Home Sed the letter to parets home with your kids or give it to parets whe they pick up their childre. This is a great way to show families they re importat to your church ad to support their role as spiritual leaders to their childre. Have childre take home their My Bible Hugs pages whether they worked o them or ot. Have the childre tell their parets the challege they committed to i the Daily Challeges activity. Ecourage the parets to help their kids fulfill this commitmet throughout the week. By workig together ad focusig o the same goals, you ad parets ca help childre weave faith ito their lives! Talk to your Director about ig the FREE FamilyCoect to all your church s families. Available at group.com/digital. Weavig Faith at Home My Bible Hugs Weavig Faith at Home Easy Prep Tear out the Paret Letter i the back of each My Bible Hugs studet book to give to parets whe they pick up their childre. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 1 Sprig Quarter

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17 Lesso 2 17 Jesus Feeds Thousads Joh 6:1-15 Preschool-age childre are startig to become idepedet, but they re still extremely reliat o their parets ad other adults to meet their eeds. Preschoolers will lear who ll always meet their eeds based o what they experiece. Use this lesso to help preschoolers lear that they ca always trust God to meet their eeds. LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP 1 Gettig Started about 5 mi. 2 Key Verse Activity about 10 mi. 3 Bible Exploratio about 15 mi. Welcome ad Celebrate Welcome each other, ad praise God through music. Breathig for Life Celebrate breathig after exercisig. Puppy Poiters Lear with Theo that God meets our eeds. Bible Time: Jesus Feeds Thousads Do motios for a rhymig versio of the Scripture. CD player Teacher Pack: CD Bible CD player, Theo puppet, fish-shaped crackers, pretzel uggets, resealable plastic bag, tape Teacher Pack: CD Bible, CD player Teacher Pack: CD, A Little Boy s Luch script Put 2 fish-shaped crackers ad 5 pretzel uggets ito a resealable plastic bag, ad tape it to Theo s paw. Bible Poit God meets our eeds. Key Verse For God so loved the world that he gave his oe ad oly So, that whoever believes i him shall ot perish but have eteral life (Joh 3:16). Weavig Faith Ito Life Childre will lear that they ca trust Jesus with their eeds. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 2 Sprig Quarter

18 18 LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP Ceter 1: Jesus Multiplies What We Have Place fish-shaped crackers ad pretzel uggets o dots. My Bible Hugs, fish-shaped crackers, pretzel uggets, resealable plastic bags, atibacterial gel (optioal) Remove the Lesso 2 pages from each My Bible Hugs studet book, ad write childre s ames o them. Put 3 fish-shaped crackers ad 15 pretzel uggets i a resealable plastic bag for each child. 4 Weavig Faith Ito Life about 20 mi. (Choose 2 ceters.) Ceter 2: Fish ad Bread Sack Eat fish-shaped crackers ad breadsticks. Ceter 3: Meet My Needs Choose frieds ad watch multiplicatio. Fish-shaped crackers, pretzel uggets, cups, water, apkis, atibacterial gel (optioal) Teacher Pack: All I Need cards Separate the All I Need cards. Ceter 4: A Trustworthy Basket Fill a basket with thigs God provides. scissors, basket or bowl Teacher Pack: All I Need cards Make copies of the All I Need cards if there are t eough items for each child to have about 3. The cut out the pictures. Daily Challeges Choose a Daily Challege to apply God s Word. My Bible Hugs 5 Lastig Impressios about 10 mi. Actio Prayer Thak God for meetig eeds. Weavig Faith at Home Talk about how to share what they leared with their families. Sprig Quarter Lesso 2 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

19 19 Jesus Feeds Thousads Joh 6:1-15 BIBLe BACKGROUND FOR LEADERS A Great Crowd The evets i this passage took place at the height of Jesus miistry. The people followig Jesus aroud the lake o foot after Jesus ad the disciples had crossed i boats were ow a great crowd of te to fiftee thousad if wome ad childre had bee icluded i the cout. Jesus apparetly had crossed the sea to be aloe with his disciples. From Matthew 14:13, we lear that Jesus had just leared of Joh the Baptist s executio, ad he may have bee thikig about what was to come i his ow life. However, oce the crowd arrived, Jesus focused o the people s eeds. Feedig the Crowds The Jesus Coectio Whe hope seems impossible, Jesus sees a opportuity to grow our faith ad eable us to do his good work. Just as he did with Philip, Jesus ivites us to thik bigger ad cosider how God ca make the impossible possible. What s the large, hugry crowd i your life right ow? Are you strugglig with your fiaces? your marriage? your job? your health? What if Jesus respoded as he did to Philip ad asked, What should we do to pay your bills this moth? What would it mea to trust Jesus to respod that way? Trust him ow as you ask him to provide you with just what you eed maybe he ll eve surprise you with abudat leftovers. You ca write your prayer here. This miracle is recorded i each of the Gospels, but the dialogue betwee Jesus ad Philip is foud oly i Joh. Jesus likely directed his questio to Philip because Philip was from Bethsaida, which was i the area. Jesus simply had people sit dow, thaked God for the food, ad the bega to distribute it. Oly those who were earby would ve see what was happeig at first. But the disciples kew ad the word certaily spread quickly through the crowd. Jesus abudatly met the eeds of those who came to him. The Lesso of the Miracle I the ed, Jesus slipped away agai. He was t there to build a earthly kigdom or to begi a revolt. His priority was to build the kigdom of God. Jesus was costatly tryig to show his disciples that they could trust him to take care of them. It was a lesso that the disciples leared slowly ad that we eed to lear, too! Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 2 Sprig Quarter

20 20 GETTING STARTED Welcome ad Celebrate CD player Teacher Pack CD: Welcome, Frieds! (track 21), How You Should Pray (Matthew 6:9-13) (track 25) Welcome ad Celebrate Tip Cosistetly use the same sigal to aouce a trasitio to the ext activity. You could flip the lights off ad o, use a trai whistle, have a puppet rustlig iside a bag, or sig cleaup sogs. Keep it simple, cosistet, ad fu. As the childre arrive, greet each oe with a smile. Whe it s time to begi, use your sigal to gather the childre together i a circle. Lead childre i sigig Welcome, Frieds! (track 21 o the CD) to the tue of Are You Sleepig? Ecourage childre to follow the motios i paretheses. Welcome, frieds! Welcome, frieds! (motio come twice) To God s house, to God s house. (put hads together above head to make a house) We will lear from God above (poit up) How Jesus came to share his love. (hug self) Joi the fu! Joi the fu! (jump up ad dow) (Repeat.) Say: I m so glad you re all here today! We re goig to lear about our great God today. Oe thig I kow is that GOD MEETS OUR NEEDS whe we pray. Let s sig about how we ca pray. Lead childre i sigig How You Should Pray (Matthew 6:9-13) (track 25 o the CD). Ecourage childre to follow the motios i paretheses. Yo oh, (put arms up i the air) Yo-oh-oh-oh, (wave hads above your head) This the is how you should pray. (put hads together as i prayer) (Repeat.) Our Father i heave, (raise hads toward heave) (This the is how you should pray.) (put hads together as i prayer) Hallowed be your ame, (raise hads toward heave) (This the is how you should pray.) (put hads together as i prayer) Your kigdom come o the earth, (brig hads dow ad spread them out) (This the is how you should pray.) (put hads together as i prayer) Your will be doe o earth as i heave. (raise hads toward heave) (This the is how you should pray.) (put hads together as i prayer) Yo oh, (put arms up i the air) Sprig Quarter Lesso 2 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

21 21 Yo-oh-oh-oh, (wave hads above your head) This the is how you should pray. (put hads together as i prayer) (Repeat.) Give us today our daily bread. (rub tummy) Ad forgive us our debts, (rub hads together) As we forgive our debtors. Hey! (spread arms out) Ad lead us ot ito temptatio, (cover eyes; cover ears; cover mouth) (This the is how you should pray.) (put hads together as i prayer) But deliver us from the evil oe. (brig left arm up ad to your side) (This the is how you should pray.) (put hads together as i prayer) Ad lead us ot ito temptatio, (cover eyes; cover ears; cover mouth) (This the is how you should pray.) (put hads together as i prayer) But deliver us from the evil oe. (brig left arm up ad to your side) (This the is how you should pray.) (put hads together as i prayer) This the is how you should pray. (put hads together as i prayer) This the is how you should pray. (put hads together as i prayer) How You Should Pray (Matthew 6:9-13) by Uelese Fa'agutu ad Jay Stocker Group Publishig, Ic. All rights reserved. Say: GOD MEETS OUR NEEDS. Ad he s glad you re here to lear more about him. 2 KEY VERSE ACTIVITY Breathig for Life Have the childre form a circle ad sit dow. Ope your Bible to Joh 3:16, ad show childre the words. Breathig for Life Bible Say: Our Key Verse from the Bible says, For God so loved the world that he gave his oe ad oly So, that whoever believes i him shall ot perish but have eteral life. That meas that God loved the world so much that he gave his So, Jesus, so we ca live forever i heave. Let s say it together. Lead the childre i repeatig the simplified Key Verse after you: God loved the world so much that he gave his So, Jesus, so we ca live forever i heave (Joh 3:16). Say: Let s do a little exercise! Everybody stad up ad ru i place with me. Lead childre i ruig i place. Now let s touch our toes ad say the verse as we exercise! Lead the group i toe touches, repeatig the age-appropriate versio of the Key Verse to the rhythm of the exercise. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 2 Sprig Quarter

22 22 Lead childre i this discussio. What was it like to do all that exercise? Which parts of your body worked the hardest? Why? Say: A lot of body parts work together whe we exercise eve body parts we ca t see, like our lugs which help us breathe. Ad it s good that our lugs help us breathe because we eed to breathe to stay alive. GOD MEETS OUR NEEDS to give us all thigs i life, eve air to breathe! Jesus gives us life o earth ad life i heave with him, too! Let s say our Key Verse together oe more time: God loved the world so much that he gave his So, Jesus, so we ca live forever i heave (Joh 3:16). 3 BIBLE EXPLORATION Puppy Poiters CD player Theo puppet fish-shaped crackers pretzel uggets resealable plastic bag tape Teacher Pack CD: Here, Theo (track 4) Puppy Poiters Easy Prep Put 2 fish-shaped crackers ad 5 pretzel uggets ito a resealable plastic bag, ad tape it to Theo s paw. Puppy Poiters Say: Liste everyoe, Theo s comig! He has somethig to show us. Let s fid out what it is. Play Here, Theo (track 4 o the CD), ad brig out Theophilus the FaithRetriever. Theo: Hi, everybody! Teacher: Hello, Theo! It s so good to see you at church with us today. What did you brig with you? Theo: I brought a sack. Teacher: What kid of sack? Theo: It s yummy pretzels ad fish crackers. It s my favorite! Teacher: That looks like somethig we d all like, Theo! Theo: I m sorry it s ot eough to share. It s just eough for me. I guess I should ve brought more. Teacher: That s okay, Theo. Today we re learig that GOD MEETS OUR NEEDS. I kow that Jesus will provide eough for all our frieds to have a sack later. Theo: Whew, that s a relief! I m glad you ca trust God to provide the thigs you eed. Teacher: That s right, Theo. Today we ll read i the Bible about a youg boy who gave his luch to Jesus. He trusted that Jesus had a good pla. Let s fid out what was left for the little boy to eat. Frieds, let s say goodbye to Theo. Ecourage the childre to wave or say goodbye to Theo. The put Theo away i a safe place for ext week s use. Sprig Quarter Lesso 2 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

23 23 Lead childre i this discussio. Tell about a time you were really hugry. What s your favorite sack to share with others? Say: I the Bible, there was a group of people who were hugry ad they did t kow how they d be able to eat because there was t early eough food for everyoe. But Jesus met their eeds. We kow GOD MEETS OUR NEEDS whe we re hugry. Let s hear about the people i the Bible who Jesus fed! Bible Time: Jesus Feeds Thousads Ope your Bible to Joh 6:1-15, ad show childre the words. Tell childre that the Bible is God s special book. Read the script for A Little Boy s Luch ad show the childre how to do the motios with the words. The play the CD versio of the script (track 27 o the CD), ad help the childre do the motios agai. Say: GOD MEETS OUR NEEDS we ca trust him to provide what we eed. Just as Jesus gave food to all those people that day, he will give you what you eed, too. Bible Time: Jesus Feeds Thousads Bible CD player Teacher Pack CD: A Little Boy s Luch (track 27) A Little Boy s Luch script Lead childre i this discussio. What surprised you i the Bible passage today? Tell about a time God gave you somethig you eeded. What thigs do you eed from God today? Say: All that little boy had was a little bit of bread ad fish but he gave it to Jesus. Jesus prayed to God ad the did a miracle to feed everyoe. We ca pray to God ad ask him to meet our eeds, too. I m so glad that GOD MEETS OUR NEEDS. 4 WEAVING FAITH INTO LIFE Choose at least two of the learig ceters to help reiforce today s Bible lesso. Gather the eeded materials, ad put the supplies i a out-of-sight area util you re ready for them. Allow the childre to choose which ceter they d like to explore first. The circulate amog the childre as they create ad explore. Ecourage them to Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 2 Sprig Quarter

24 24 make coectios betwee their activities ad the Bible by askig them the questios icluded with each ceter s descriptio. Ceter 1: Jesus Multiplies What We Have My Bible Hugs fish-shaped crackers pretzel uggets resealable plastic bags atibacterial gel (optioal)! ALLERGY ALERT Ceter 1: Jesus Multiplies What We Have Easy Prep Remove the Lesso 2 pages from each My Bible Hugs studet book, ad write childre s ames o them. Put 3 fish-shaped crackers ad 15 pretzel uggets i a resealable plastic bag for each child. Ceter 2: Fish ad Bread Sack fish-shaped crackers pretzel uggets cups water apkis atibacterial gel (optioal) CENTER 1: Jesus Multiplies What We Have Have childre clea their hads, the sit dow. Give each child a Lesso 2 page from My Bible Hugs ad a bag of sacks that you prepared beforehad. Show childre how to match the fish-shaped crackers ad pretzel uggets to the dots o their pages. Say: Look! You have more fish ad bread tha the little boy i the Bible had; he oly had two fish ad five loaves of bread. But Jesus used the boy s fish ad bread to feed may, may people. GOD MEETS OUR NEEDS, too. Lead childre i this discussio. What s amazig about what Jesus did with the boy s luch? What other thigs do you kow about Jesus that are amazig? Tell about a time God did somethig amazig to meet your eeds. Say: GOD MEETS OUR NEEDS always. It seemed impossible for Jesus to feed all those people. But he did it! God ca do miracles to meet our eeds eve whe we thik it s impossible. CENTER 2: Fish ad Bread Sack Have childre clea their hads ad the sit dow for the sack. Give childre cups of water ad fish-shaped crackers ad pretzel uggets. Before kids begi eatig, lead the childre i prayer, thakig God for the sack. Let the childre tell you which details they remember about the little boy, his luch, ad what Jesus did with it. Lead childre i this discussio. What are your favorite foods that God provides? What other eeds does God meet for you ad your family? Sprig Quarter Lesso 2 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

25 25 Say: No matter what, we kow that GOD MEETS OUR NEEDS. Like Jesus did with the people who were hugry, he will always give us the thigs we eed. CENTER 3: Meet My Needs Say: Jesus had oly two fish ad five loaves of bread. He multiplied or made more, so everyoe could have somethig to eat. Let s play a game where everyoe ca get what they eed. Have childre form a large circle, ad desigate oe child to stad i the ceter. Give each child formig the circle a picture of food, drik, or clothes. Have each child look at his or her picture without showig it to ayoe else. Ceter 3: Meet My Needs Teacher Pack All I Need cards Ceter 3: Meet My Needs Easy Prep Separate the All I Need cards. Teach kids the followig chat: Everyoe: [Child s ame i the ceter], [repeat ame], what do you eed? Child i ceter: I eed, I eed [somethig to eat, somethig to drik, or somethig to wear]. Have childre say the first lie of the chat, ad the ecourage the child i the ceter to reply, choosig oe of the phrases. The have the childre holdig a picture i that category give their pictures to the child i the ceter. Have everyoe cheer for the kids sharig their items. The collect ad pass out the items agai. Cotiue util all kids have bee i the ceter. Tell about a time you met someoe s eed. What s it like whe God uses you to meet someoe s eed? Tell about someoe you kow who has a eed ad how you ca meet it. Say: We were able to meet our frieds eeds i our game. Sometimes GOD MEETS OUR NEEDS by usig our frieds, family, or others. CENTER 4: A Trustworthy Basket Gather childre aroud the All I Need pictures ad the basket. Say: GOD MEETS OUR NEEDS. Look through the pictures ad fid two or three pictures that show thigs you have at home. Have childre choose pictures ad put them i the basket. Ceter 4: A Trustworthy Basket scissors basket or bowl Teacher Pack All I Need cards Ceter 4: A Trustworthy Basket Easy Prep Make copies of the All I Need cards if there are t eough items for each child to have about 3. The cut out the pictures. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 2 Sprig Quarter

26 26 The poit to the basket ad say: God gives us everythig we have. Our basket is so full because God has give each of us the thigs we eed. Lead childre i this discussio. Tell about somethig God gives you every day that you see i these pictures. What ca you do to thak God whe he s meetig that eed this week? Say: Our full basket shows ways GOD MEETS OUR NEEDS. We kow God has take care of us before ad we ca trust him to take care of us today ad tomorrow, too. 5 LASTING IMPRESSIONS Daily Challeges My Bible Hugs Daily Challeges After the childre have cleaed up their ceters, brig everyoe back to a circle area o the floor. Review the lesso activities ad the Bible Poit, ad the ecourage the childre to share what they remember about what they leared from the Bible today. Also use this time to challege kids i their faith. Ecourage them to choose a Daily Challege for applyig today s lesso to their lives this week. Use this challege for ecouragig your childre s growig relatioships with Jesus. Say: Today we leared that GOD MEETS OUR NEEDS. I would like each of you to choose a way you ca show this week that you trust God to meet your eeds. Read the three Daily Challege ideas for childre to choose from: Ask God for somethig you eed. The trust God to meet your eed. Give a sack to someoe, ad tell about how Jesus made it so a whole crowd of people would have food whe they were hugry. Chat God meets my eeds! God meets my eeds! Ad he meets yours! ad the poit to a family member. Have the family member tell a eed God has met ad the cotiue the chat. Have kids each whisper i your ear or tell you which idea they ve chose, ad the circle it o each child s My Bible Hugs page. Make sure you tell kids the challege you choose. Sprig Quarter Lesso 2 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

27 27 Your commitmet will ispire childre ad will give them a opportuity to see God at work i your life as well as i theirs! Actio Prayer Have the childre sit i a circle. Have childre each share oe thig God has give them. The pray with the childre to thak God for those thigs. Let kids pray if they wat to. Next, have each child share somethig he or she eeds. Pray with the childre to ask God for those thigs. Say: It was great hearig all the thigs God has give each of you. Remember that GOD MEETS OUR NEEDS so we ca trust God whe we tell him what we eed. Weavig Faith at Home Have childre take home their My Bible Hugs pages whether they worked o them or ot. Have the childre tell their parets the challege they committed to i the Daily Challeges activity. Ecourage the parets to help their kids fulfill this commitmet throughout the week. By workig together ad focusig o the same goals, you ad parets ca help childre weave faith ito their lives! Talk to your Director about ig the FREE FamilyCoect to all your church s families. Available at group.com/digital. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 2 Sprig Quarter

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29 Lesso 3 29 Jesus Explais Eteral Life to Nicodemus Joh 3:1-17 Preschoolers are startig to make sese out of their cocrete, everyday world, but they do t thik much beyod today. Heave, forever, ad beig bor agai are huge ew cocepts. Like Nicodemus, your childre have may questios about the world, Jesus, ad God, ad a ew fasciatio with heave. Jesus took the time to explai the truth to this earest seeker. Use this lesso to explai the truth i simple ways to your little oes ad model Jesus love to each child! LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP 1 Gettig Started about 5 mi. 2 Key Verse Activity about 10 mi. Welcome ad Celebrate Welcome each other, ad praise God through music. Heavely Have Travel ito heave with Jesus. CD player Teacher Pack: CD Bible, large marker, poster board, tape, chair Teacher Pack: God s Kigdom picture Draw a cross o poster board. Tape the God s Kigdom picture to a chair at oe ed of your room. Bible Poit Jesus gives us life i heave. Key Verse For God so loved the world that he gave his oe ad oly So, that whoever believes i him shall ot perish but have eteral life (Joh 3:16). Weavig Faith Ito Life Childre will thak Jesus for comig to give them life i heave. 3 Bible Exploratio about 15 mi. Puppy Poiters Lear with Theo about how people go to heave. CD player, Theo puppet, cross, tape, Teacher Pack: CD Tape the cross to Theo s paw. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 3 Sprig Quarter

30 30 LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP 3 Bible Exploratio (cotiued) Bible Time: Night to Light Watch puppets re-eact what happeed with Nicodemus. Bible, 11 paper fasteers, thi strig (such as detal floss), scissors, tape, idex card, toothpicks Teacher Pack: marioette Cut out ad assemble the marioette. Tie the marioette strigs to toothpicks, ad poke the toothpicks through a idex card so you have more cotrol of the strigs. Practice holdig the card ad pullig o oe strig at a time. Ceter 1: Life i Heave Make thumbprits i heave for everyoe they kow who believes i Jesus. My Bible Hugs, ik pads, wet wipes Remove the Lesso 3 pages from each My Bible Hugs studet book, ad write childre s ames o them. 4 Weavig Faith Ito Life about 20 mi. (Choose 2 ceters.) Ceter 2: Newbor Food Eat like babies as they lear about beig bor agai. Ceter 3: Heavely Birth Make baby footprits. jars of baby food, spoos, atibacterial gel (optioal) pe, ik pads, wet wipes Teacher Pack: 1 copy per child of the Heavely Birth Certificate Ceter 4: A Gift From God Decorate a T-shape, ad fold it to become a gift. scissors, crayos or markers, tape Teacher Pack: Jesus stickers, Foldable Cube page Copy ad cut out 1 Foldable Cube per child. Daily Challeges Choose a Daily Challege to apply God s Word. My Bible Hugs 5 Lastig Impressios about 10 mi. Actio Prayer Sig a simple sog askig God to give them life i heave. tape CD player Teacher Pack: CD, Jesus ad Nicodemus poster (from the Big Bible Poster Pack) Weavig Faith at Home Talk about how to share what they leared with their families. Sprig Quarter Lesso 3 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

31 31 Jesus Explais Eteral Life to Nicodemus Joh 3:1-17 BIBLe BACKGROUND FOR LEADERS A Night Visit This passage tells of Nicodemus ighttime visit to Jesus. Why did Nicodemus come at ight? It may have bee difficult to get time aloe with Jesus durig the day because of all the people followig him. Or Nicodemus may have come at ight because as a member of the Sahedri, the rulig coucil of the Jews, he did t wat to be see. Nicodemus opeig commets idicated respect for Jesus, but he stopped short of sayig that Jesus was the log-awaited Messiah. Nicodemus was curious because of the miracles Jesus had performed ad ackowledged that Jesus could have doe them oly through God s power. Rescued From Death Jesus referred to Numbers 21, where poisoous sakes ivaded the Hebrews camp as a puishmet for their complaiig. Whe the people cried out i aguish ad repetace, God told Moses to make a sake of broze ad lift it high o a pole. All who looked upo the sake would be saved from death. Jesus explaied that, i the same way, he would be lifted up so that all could look o him ad be saved from eteral sufferig ad death. 7:50). Ad he helped take Jesus dow from the cross ad bury him (Joh 19:39). At some poit, Nicodemus apparetly looked o the oe who was lifted up o the cross ad believed. The Jesus Coectio Jesus did t come to make you a more religious perso, but rather a ew perso oe capable of respodig to a life-givig friedship with him. Reread Joh 3:1-17 ad imagie how disorietig Jesus words soud. Nicodemus was a professioally religious perso with a early perfect spiritual pedigree. However, that was t importat to Jesus. Take a quick persoal ivetory. Whe evaluatig yourself spiritually, do you rely o beig religious or o beig i a relatioship with a lovig God? Talk to God about what really matters i your relatioship with him. You ca write your prayer here. Believig i Jesus Joh 3:16 is probably the most frequetly quoted verse i the Bible, ad for good reaso: It s a cocise statemet of the good ews of Jesus Christ. But the verse that follows is early as importat. Jesus missio is ot to codem the siful world but to provide eteral life for all who believe i him. We do t kow if Nicodemus chose to accept Jesus teachigs that ight. We do kow that he later stood up for Jesus i a meetig of the Sahedri (Joh Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 3 Sprig Quarter

32 32 GETTING STARTED Welcome ad Celebrate CD player Teacher Pack CD: Welcome, frieds! (track 21), Whe You re Scared or Afraid (track 22) Welcome ad Celebrate Tip Cosistetly use the same sigal to aouce a trasitio to the ext activity. You could flip the lights off ad o, use a trai whistle, have a puppet rustlig iside a bag, or sig cleaup sogs. Keep it simple, cosistet, ad fu. As the childre arrive, greet each oe with a smile. Whe it s time to begi, use your sigal to gather the childre together i a circle. Lead childre i sigig Welcome, Frieds! (track 21 o the CD) to the tue of Are You Sleepig? Ecourage childre to follow the motios i paretheses. Welcome, frieds! Welcome, frieds! (motio come twice) To God s house, to God s house. (put hads together above head to make a house) We will lear from God above (poit up) How Jesus came to share his love. (hug self) Joi the fu! Joi the fu! (jump up ad dow) (Repeat.) Say: Welcome, everyoe! Let s sig aother sog about faith. Begi the CD ad sig Whe You re Scared or Afraid (track 22 o the CD) to the tue of If You re Happy ad You Kow It. Ecourage childre to follow the motios i paretheses. Whe you re scared or afraid, have faith! (cover eyes; the make prayig hads) Whe you re scared or afraid, have faith! (cover eyes; the make prayig hads) Whe you re scared or afraid, have faith i Jesus Christ! (cover eyes; the stretch hads up to God) Whe you re scared or afraid, have faith! (cover eyes; the make prayig hads) Whe it s raiig or dark, have faith! (cover eyes; the make prayig hads) Whe it s raiig or dark, have faith! (cover eyes; the make prayig hads) Whe it s raiig or dark, have faith i Jesus Christ! (cover eyes; the stretch hads up to God) Whe it s raiig or dark, have faith! (cover eyes; the make prayig hads) Whe you re sad or aloe, have faith! (cover eyes; the make prayig hads) Whe you re sad or aloe, have faith! (cover eyes; the make prayig hads) Sprig Quarter Lesso 3 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

33 33 Whe you re sad or aloe, have faith i Jesus Christ! (cover eyes; the stretch hads up to God.) Whe you re sad or aloe, have faith! (cover eyes; the make prayig hads) Say: We ever have to be scared or afraid because Jesus is always here with us. Whe we believe i him, we ca live with him forever! Let s lear about how JESUS GIVES US LIFE IN HEAVEN. 2 KEY VERSE ACTIVITY Heavely Have Have the childre form a circle ad sit dow opposite the chair with the God s Kigdom picture taped to it. Ope your Bible to Joh 3:16, ad show childre the words. Say: Our Key Verse from the Bible says, For God so loved the world that he gave his oe ad oly So, that whoever believes i him shall ot perish but have eteral life. That meas that God loved the world so much that he gave his So, Jesus, so we ca live forever i heave. Let s say the verse together. Lead the childre i repeatig the simplified Key Verse after you: God loved the world so much that he gave his So, Jesus, so we ca live forever i heave (Joh 3:16). Say: JESUS GIVES US LIFE IN HEAVEN whe we believe i him. Someday Jesus will take us to heave to live forever ad ever with him. Heave is a woderful place, full of light ad agels ad other people who believe i Jesus. Poit to the God s Kigdom picture o the other side of the room, ad call it heave. Let s play a fu game that ll help us uderstad why we ca live forever with Jesus i heave. Heavely Have Bible large marker poster board tape chair Teacher Pack God s Kigdom picture Heavely Have Easy Prep Draw a cross o poster board. Tape the God s Kigdom picture to a chair at oe ed of your room. Choose two childre to stad i heave (ear the poster o the chair), ad have the rest of the group lie up as if for a relay, about 5 to 10 feet away. Give the poster board with the cross draw o it to the childre i heave to hold up. The have the childre act out the followig paraphrase of the Key Verse. Say: Because God loved the world (Have the heave childre take the cross ad lay it dow i frot of the lie of kids ad wait.) he gave his So, Jesus. (Have the first child i lie lie dow o the poster board ad preted to be Jesus with his or her arms stretched out o the cross.) If we believe i him (Have the ext child i lie show his or her belief i Jesus by keelig dow ear the foot of the cross.) Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 3 Sprig Quarter

34 34 we ca live forever i heave. (Have the heave childre pull the poster board across the floor to heave ad the joi the back of the lie of kids. The keelig child will walk to heave followig the cross ad Jesus. These two childre are ow the heave childre ad will pull the poster board the ext roud.) Cotiue repeatig the words ad havig the childre act out the words util all the childre have a chace to participate. Lead childre i this discussio. What do you thik heave will be like? Why do you wat to go to heave? Say: God loved the world so much that he gave his So, Jesus, so we ca live forever i heave. Jesus is the oly oe who gives us life i heave. I m glad that God loved us eough to sed us his So, Jesus, ad that JESUS GIVES US LIFE IN HEAVEN. 3 BIBLE EXPLORATION Puppy Poiters CD player Theo puppet cross tape Teacher Pack CD: Here, Theo (track 4) Puppy Poiters Easy Prep Tape the cross to Theo s paw. Puppy Poiters Say: Liste everyoe, Theo s comig! He has somethig to show us. Let s fid out what it is. Play Here, Theo (track 4 o the CD), ad brig out Theophilus the FaithRetriever. Theo: Hi, everybody! Teacher: Hello, Theo! It s so good to see you at church with us today. What did you brig with you? Theo: I brought this cross. Teacher: Why did you brig a cross? Theo: Because I thought it might help you all get to heave some day. Teacher: Theo, a little cross wo t get us ito heave. It s oly believig that Jesus, God s So, died o the cross for our sis that gets us to heave. Frieds, ca you tell Theo what you kow about heave? (Pause for childre to help Theo.) Teacher: Let s tell Theo our Bible Poit for today. (Lead childre i sayig the Bible Poit for Theo: JESUS GIVES US LIFE IN HEAVEN.) Theo: I get it ow! Thak you for helpig me. I m goig to ru ad put this cross back i my house. Teacher: That s good. Frieds, let s say goodbye to Theo! Sprig Quarter Lesso 3 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

35 35 Ecourage the childre to wave or say goodbye to Theo. The put Theo away i a safe place for ext week s use. Lead childre i this discussio. Say: Theo was cofused about what it takes to get ito heave. What questios do you have about heave? What questios do you have about gettig ito heave? Say: JESUS GIVES US LIFE IN HEAVEN. It may seem cofusig to some people, but it s actually pretty simple. If we believe i Jesus, the we ca live i heave with him. The Bible tells us about a ma who was woderig how to get to heave, too. Let s see what he foud out. Bible Time: Night to Light Have the childre sit i a large semicircle so all the childre ca see. Ope your Bible to Joh 3:1-17, ad show childre the words. Tell childre that the Bible is God s special book. Say: How do you act whe you re afraid to meet someoe? Allow time. There was oce a very importat ma amed Nicodemus who was afraid to meet Jesus. Brig out the marioette. Let s preted that our marioette puppet is Nicodemus. Well, Nicodemus had heard about a ma amed Jesus who could walk o water, heal people, ad do all kids of amazig thigs! Use a sophisticated but humble voice for Nicodemus. Say: Is it true? Could Jesus really be the oe set by God to save us? Maybe Nicodemus thought about it. Brig Nicodemus had up ad rub his head. Maybe just maybe Jesus ca tell me how I ca have life i heave. Have Nicodemus poit up. Say: Nicodemus might have said to himself, I m afraid someoe will see me ad make fu of me if I talk to Jesus! I do t wat ayoe to see me. Move Nicodemus head side to side. Hmm, what ca I do so o oe will see me? What do you do whe you wat to hide from people? Allow time. Say: Aha! I kow! Pull Nicodemus had up to touch his head. I ll go out at ight so o oe will kow it s me. So late oe ight, Nicodemus waited util everyoe was asleep. He tiptoed ito the darkess. Walk Nicodemus back ad forth. Say: Whe Nicodemus foud Jesus, he told him, I kow you ve come from God. You ve doe such amazig thigs! Jesus said, Nicodemus, you eed to be bor agai if you wat to see God s kigdom. Oly God s Spirit ca give you life i Bible Time: Night to Light Bible 11 paper fasteers thi strig (such as detal floss) scissors tape idex card toothpicks Teacher Pack marioette Bible Time: Night to Light Easy Prep Cut out ad assemble the marioette. Tie the marioette strigs to toothpicks, ad poke the toothpicks through a idex card so you have more cotrol of the strigs. Practice holdig the card ad pullig o oe strig at a time. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 3 Sprig Quarter

36 36 heave. But Nicodemus did t uderstad. Lift Nicodemus had up. What? How ca a grow ma, like me, fit back ito my mother to be bor agai? Say: Jesus told Nicodemus that just like the wid moves without us seeig it (have Nicodemus sway back ad forth), God s Spirit moves quietly i us whe we believe i his So. He told Nicodemus that God loves all the people i the world so much that God set Jesus to earth so that Nicodemus, ad everyoe else who believes i Jesus, ca have life i heave some day. Lead childre i this discussio. What do you thik about what Jesus said to Nicodemus? What do you thik it meas to be bor agai? Say: Jesus told Nicodemus that he had to be bor agai to go to heave but he did t mea he had to be a baby agai. He just meat that we had to believe i Jesus because Jesus makes us ew, like a baby is ew. JESUS GIVES US LIFE IN HEAVEN. Ivite the childre to say goodbye to Nicodemus. The put him away. 4 WEAVING FAITH INTO LIFE Ceter 1: Life i Heave My Bible Hugs ik pads wet wipes Ceter 1: Life i Heave Easy Prep Remove the Lesso 3 pages from each My Bible Hugs studet book, ad write childre s ames o them. Choose at least two of the learig ceters to help reiforce today s Bible lesso. Gather the eeded materials, ad put the supplies i a out-of-sight area util you re ready for them. Allow the childre to choose which ceter they d like to explore first. The circulate amog the childre as they create ad explore. Ecourage them to make coectios betwee their activities ad the Bible by askig them the questios icluded with each ceter s descriptio. CENTER 1: Life i Heave Give each child a Lesso 3 page from My Bible Hugs ad show them how to make a thumbprit usig the ik pads. The say: Life i heave with Jesus will be a woderful place filled with your frieds ad family who believe i Jesus. Make thumbprits ext to Jesus i heave o your paper for every perso you kow who believes i Jesus. Allow time. The have kids clea their hads with wet wipes. Lead childre i this discussio. Sprig Quarter Lesso 3 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

37 37 Tell about the people you put i heave. What do you hope you ca do with these people i heave? Say: JESUS GIVES US LIFE IN HEAVEN. God set him to earth so he could die for our sis. Everyoe who believes i him ca live i heave forever with him. Ad we ca be sure that it ll be the most woderful place ever. After all, Jesus ad God will be there! CENTER 2: Newbor Food Have childre clea their hads ad the sit dow for the sack. Serve the childre baby food. Say: Jesus told Nicodemus i our Bible passage that to go to heave he d have to be bor all over agai. Jesus did t really mea that Nicodemus would have to become a baby agai. He just meat that Nicodemus would have to be made ew by believig i Jesus. Choose a child to pray ad thak Jesus for providig this fu sack. Tell kids about what it was like for you whe you first believed i Jesus, focusig o thigs that ca be related to a ew baby. For example, you could say that just as a baby eeds milk, you eeded the Bible to grow. Or just as a baby lears to walk, you eeded to lear how to walk with Jesus. Ceter 2: Newbor Food jars of baby food spoos atibacterial gel (optioal)! ALLERGY ALERT What thigs did you hear that made me seem like a ew baby? What are some thigs you ca do to be frieds with Jesus? Say: JESUS GIVES US LIFE IN HEAVEN without havig to be a baby agai. Whe we believe i him, he makes us ew like a baby. Whe we believe i him, he forgives the wrog thigs we do, too. CENTER 3: Heavely Birth Set out ik pads. Say: Jesus told Nicodemus that to go to heave, he had to be bor agai. Give each child a Heavely Birth Certificate, ad write childre s ames o their certificates. Ceter 3: Heavely Birth pe ik pads wet wipes Teacher Pack 1 copy per child of the Heavely Birth Certificate Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 3 Sprig Quarter

38 38 Say: Whe you were bor, the hospital gave you a birth certificate like this. It told your ame ad some other thigs about you ad your family. The urses also took your footprit whe you were a baby. Let s make baby footprits o these birth certificates. Show kids how to use the sides of their hads to make footprits with the ik. The have them use their piky figers to add the toes. Say: Jesus says that whe we believe i him, we re bor agai. He meas that we re made ew. Poit to the Key Verse o the Heavely Birth Certificate. Say: Our Heavely Birth Certificates say our Key Verse to remid us of this. Have kids say the simplified Key Verse alog with you: God loved the world so much that he gave his So, Jesus, so we ca live forever i heave (Joh 3:16). The say: Whe you believe i Jesus, you re made ew, like a baby. Lead childre i this discussio. Ceter 4: A Gift From God scissors crayos or markers tape Teacher Pack: Jesus stickers Foldable Cube page Ceter 4: A Gift From God Easy Prep Copy ad cut out 1 Foldable Cube per child. What kid of help does a baby eed? What kid of help do you eed from Jesus today? Say: Jesus makes us ew whe we believe i him. He makes us ew like babies are ew. Ad Jesus takes care of us the same way our parets took care of us whe we were babies. Whe we believe i him, Jesus forgives us for the wrog thigs we do ad JESUS GIVES US LIFE IN HEAVEN. CENTER 4: A Gift From God Say: JESUS GIVES US LIFE IN HEAVEN, frieds! Ad that s because God loved the world so much that he gave his So, Jesus, so we ca live forever i heave. (Joh 3:16). Have kids repeat the verse with you, the give each child a Foldable Cube. Sprig Quarter Lesso 3 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

39 39 Ecourage kids to put a Jesus sticker o oe side ad to decorate the other side to look like a gift. The show the childre how to fold the cube. Check that the side decorated as a gift is o the outside of each child s gift. Use tape where eeded to help the cube stay folded, but make sure oe side stays loose so kids ca ope it to see the Jesus sticker. Have childre hold their gifts ad say together: Jesus wats to give us life i heave. Lead childre i this discussio. What s great about gettig a gift? What s great about the gift of life i heave that Jesus gives us? Say: God loved us so much that he gave us a special gift, his So, Jesus. Ad it s because of Jesus that we re forgive for our sis. JESUS GIVES US LIFE IN HEAVEN. Tell the childre to take their small gifts home to show their parets. Say: Tell your parets that God loved the world so much that he set Jesus as a gift for everyoe. 5 LASTING IMPRESSIONS Daily Challeges After the childre have cleaed up their ceters, brig everyoe back to a circle area o the floor. Review the lesso activities ad the Bible Poit, ad the ecourage the childre to share what they remember about what they leared from the Bible today. Daily Challeges My Bible Hugs Also use this time to challege kids i their faith. Ecourage them to choose a Daily Challege for applyig today s lesso to their lives this week. Use this challege for ecouragig your childre s growig relatioships with Jesus. Say: Today we leared that JESUS GIVES US LIFE IN HEAVEN. I would like each of you to choose a way this week that you ca show that you believe i Jesus. Read the three Daily Challege ideas for childre to choose from: Color a picture of what you thik heave will look like. Hag this picture i your room to remid you that whe you believe i Jesus he gives you life i heave. Help your parets make your family s favorite dessert. While you re eatig it, talk about how heave will be eve better tha eatig the dessert. Have your parets tell you what they thik heave will be like. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 3 Sprig Quarter

40 40 Have kids each whisper i your ear or tell you which idea they ve chose, ad the circle it o each child s My Bible Hugs page. Make sure you tell kids the challege you choose. Your commitmet will ispire childre ad will give them a opportuity to see God at work i your life as well as i theirs! Actio Prayer tape CD player Teacher Pack CD: Life i Heave (track 24) Jesus ad Nicodemus poster (from the Big Bible Poster Pack) Actio Prayer Have the childre sit i a circle as you tape the Jesus ad Nicodemus to a wall. Poit to the poster ad say: Jesus told Nicodemus that if you believe i him, you ca go to heave. Let s sig a sog about heave! Sig Life i Heave (track 24 o the CD) to the tue of Oh, Dear! What Ca the Matter Be? Dear God, give us life i heave! (fold hads ad bow heads) Dear God, give us life i heave! (fold hads ad bow heads) Dear God, give us life i heave! (fold hads ad bow heads) I Jesus ame, ame! (throw your hads up i the air) (Repeat 2x.) Say: That was a great prayer! I m so glad that JESUS GIVES US LIFE IN HEAVEN! Weavig Faith at Home Have childre take home their My Bible Hugs pages whether they worked o them or ot. Have the childre tell their parets the challege they committed to i the Daily Challeges activity. Ecourage the parets to help their kids fulfill this commitmet throughout the week. By workig together ad focusig o the same goals, you ad parets ca help childre weave faith ito their lives! Talk to your Director about ig the FREE FamilyCoect to all your church s families. Available at group.com/digital. Sprig Quarter Lesso 3 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

41 Lesso 4 41 Jesus Talks With the Samarita Woma Joh 4:5-42 Preschoolers may ot completely uderstad what love is sice it s a abstract cocept. But they ve leared who loves them, such as their parets or other family members, ad they defiitely kow how to show love. Childre this age are learig how people act whe they love someoe for example, mom takes care of me because she loves me. Use this lesso to help preschoolers lear that Jesus loves everyoe. LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP 1 Gettig Started about 5 mi. 2 Key Verse Activity about 10 mi. Welcome ad Celebrate Welcome each other, ad praise God through music. Never-edig Game Play a game that ever eds as they sig a sog about believig. Puppy Poiters Hear why Theo is carryig a empty cup. CD player Teacher Pack: CD Bible, CD player Teacher Pack: CD CD player, Theo puppet, empty cup, strig Teacher Pack: CD Tie the cup to Theo s paw. Bible Poit Jesus loves everyoe. Key Verse Jesus said to her, I am the resurrectio ad the life. He who believes i me will live, eve though he dies (Joh 11:25). Weavig Faith Ito Life Childre will lear that Jesus loves everyoe. 3 Bible Exploratio about 15 mi. Bible Time: A Bucket of Life Decide what they ca drik that ll fill them up. Bible, scissors, yar, bucket Teacher Pack: Well teachig picture Cut out the Well teachig picture as the directios suggest. Slip the tabs o the well through the cut lies o the well i the picture. Tie a piece of yar to the top of the bucket, ad slip the bucket betwee the two wells, leavig the yar hagig over the edge. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 4 Sprig Quarter

42 42 LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP Ceter 1: Jesus Drops Create water drops with Jesus i the ceter. My Bible Hugs, scissors, glue sticks, bowls of water, blue chalk Remove the Lesso 4 pages from each My Bible Hugs studet book. Cut out the Jesus picture from each page. The write childre s ames o the page. 4 Weavig Faith Ito Life about 20 mi. (Choose 2 ceters.) Ceter 2: Wells of Life Mix together a o-bake recipe, ad make wells. 12-ouce box of vailla wafers, 6-ouce ca of thawed orage juice cocetrate, 16 ouces of powdered sugar, ½ cup of margarie, large bowl, wax paper, resealable quart-size bag, large spoo, atibacterial gel (optioal) Teacher Pack: assembled Well teachig picture from the Bible Time: A Bucket of Life activity Ceter 3: Water Taste Test Experiece which water is extra-special. Ceter 4: Jesus Fills Me Decorate water cups to show how Jesus love fills them up. Daily Challeges Choose a Daily Challege to apply God s Word. cups, water, sugar-free flavored water white paper cups, markers My Bible Hugs For each child, put a sip of plai water i oe cup ad a sip of flavored water i a separate cup. 5 Lastig Impressios about 10 mi. Actio Prayer Pop up with a prayer of thaks for Jesus friedship. Weavig Faith at Home Talk about how to share what they leared with their families. Sprig Quarter Lesso 4 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

43 43 Jesus Talks With the Samarita Woma Joh 4:5-42 BIBLe BACKGROUND FOR LEADERS The Outcast The Real Worship At the start of today s passage, we fid Jesus stoppig at a well to sit dow ad have a drik. It was i the heat of the day a good time for a drik of water, but ot the ormal time for someoe to come to draw water. The time of day idicates that the woma Jesus spoke with was t welcome whe other wome came i the morig or the eveig. She must have kow that Jesus realized her outcast status, addig to her astoishmet whe he asked her for a drik. As a woma ad a Samarita, she ever would have spoke to a Jewish ma. The Divisio The divisio betwee Jews ad Samaritas wet back to the time the Jews retured from captivity i Babylo. The Samaritas were the descedats of Jews who had stayed i Palestie ad had itermarried with people of other groups. Such marriages were forbidde by Hebrew law, ad thus the Jews chose to have o associatio with Samaritas. A key poit for us to take from this passage is the oe Jesus makes i Joh 4: Samaritas ad Jews disagreed about where God should be worshipped, but Jesus kew that God is ot cotaied by buildigs or locatios. It does t matter where oe worships God; what matters is that people worship God i spirit ad i truth. The Jesus Coectio Your coectio with Jesus is your livig water. As you cultivate your friedship with Jesus through prayer ad time i the Bible, you ll discover refreshmet eve durig parched times. The Samarita woma eeded to experiece Jesus love. I what ways do you feel thirsty for love? I what ways have you bee able to drik it up? With whom are you sharig livig water? Ask God to give you the ames of two people with whom you ca share Jesus. You ca write your prayer here. The Real Need Jesus seemed more cocered about the woma s relatioship with God tha about his ow thirst. He kew that the woma eeded the livig water he could offer more tha he eeded to quech his physical thirst. Although the woma clearly did t uderstad exactly what Jesus was talkig about, she cotiued the dialogue ad questioed him further. Evetually she uderstood. Because of the spiritual eed i that tow, Jesus prologed his trip by two days. Ad i additio to the woma, may others tured to him as well. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 4 Sprig Quarter

44 44 GETTING STARTED Welcome ad Celebrate CD player Teacher Pack CD: Welcome, frieds! (track 21), Life i Heave (track 24) Welcome ad Celebrate Tip Cosistetly use the same sigal to aouce a trasitio to the ext activity. You could flip the lights off ad o, use a trai whistle, have a puppet rustlig iside a bag, or sig cleaup sogs. Keep it simple, cosistet, ad fu. As the childre arrive, greet each oe with a smile. Whe it s time to begi, use your sigal to gather the childre together i a circle. Lead childre i sigig Welcome, Frieds! (track 21 o the CD) to the tue of Are You Sleepig? Ecourage childre to follow the motios i paretheses. Welcome, frieds! Welcome, frieds! (motio come twice) To God s house, to God s house. (put hads together above head to make a house) We will lear from God above (poit up) How Jesus came to share his love. (hug self) Joi the fu! Joi the fu! (jump up ad dow) (Repeat.) Say: I m so glad you re here to joi the fu! Let s sig aother sog! Sig Life i Heave (track 24 o the CD) to the tue of Oh, Dear! What Ca the Matter Be? Ecourage childre to follow the motios i paretheses. Dear God, give us life i heave! (fold hads ad bow heads) Dear God, give us life i heave! (fold hads ad bow heads) Dear God, give us life i heave! (fold hads ad bow heads) I Jesus ame, ame! (throw your hads up i the air) (Repeat 2x.) Say: JESUS LOVES EVERYONE. He wats every perso to live with him i heave. Sprig Quarter Lesso 4 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

45 45 2 KEY VERSE ACTIVITY Never-edig Game Have the childre sit i a circle. Ope your Bible to Joh 11:25, ad show childre the words. Say: Our Key Verse from the Bible says, Jesus said to her, I am the resurrectio ad the life. He who believes i me will live, eve though he dies. That meas that people who believe i Jesus will live forever. Let s say our Key Verse together. Lead the childre i repeatig the simplified Key Verse after you: People who believe i Jesus will live forever (Joh 11:25). Never-edig Game Bible CD player Teacher Pack CD: I Believe i You (track 12) Say: Let s play a game that ll seem like it goes o forever like it ever eds! We ll sig a sog about believig i Jesus as we play the game that might go o forever. Stay i our circle, ad every time you hear the word Jesus i our sog, pop up! Demostrate. The say: Oe perso will go aroud the circle ad ca tap ayoe o the shoulder who is stadig up. Demostrate. The cotiue: The perso who was tapped will go aroud the circle ad the other perso will sit i that perso s place as everyoe else sits, too. Demostrate. The say: You have to go all the way aroud the circle oce before you ca tap someoe. Check for uderstadig. The play I Believe i You (track 12 o the CD). The track lasts for more tha four miutes; play util kids are tired of the activity. Lead childre i this discussio. What was this game like for you? What s good about livig forever? Say: Let s say our Key Verse together oe more time: People who believe i Jesus will live forever (Joh 11:25). JESUS LOVES EVERYONE he wats everyoe to believe i him so they ca live forever with him i heave. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 4 Sprig Quarter

46 46 3 BIBLE EXPLORATION Puppy Poiters CD player Theo puppet empty cup strig Teacher Pack CD: Here, Theo (track 4) Puppy Poiters Easy Prep Tie the cup to Theo s paw. Puppy Poiters Say: Liste everyoe, Theo s comig! He has somethig to show us. Let s fid out what it is. Play Here, Theo (track 4 o the CD), ad brig out Theophilus the FaithRetriever. Theo: Hi, everybody! Teacher: Hello, Theo! It s so good to see you at church with us today. What did you brig with you? Theo: I brought a empty cup Teacher: Why did you brig a empty cup? Theo: I heard Jesus was at the well I wated to go there ad meet him. So I brought a cup to get some water while I m there. Teacher: Theo, Jesus was at the well a log time ago but you re right, Jesus does wat to meet all of us because he loves us. Theo: Oh, so I m too late, the? Teacher: Jesus may ot be at that well aymore, but everyoe who believes i him ca meet Jesus. Theo: Really everyoe? Teacher: Yes frieds, let s tell Theo our Bible Poit for today. (Lead childre i sayig the Bible Poit for Theo: JESUS LOVES EVERYONE.) Teacher: Jesus loves everyoe. Ayoe who believes i him ca live with Jesus forever. Theo: Wow, it souds like Jesus love is really great! I guess I ll take my cup with me. I have to go ow. Have fu, boys ad girls! Teacher: Frieds, let s say goodbye to Theo! Ecourage the childre to wave or say goodbye to Theo. The put Theo away i a safe place for ext week s use. Lead childre i this discussio. What did Theo lear today? What does Jesus do that shows that he loves everyoe? Say: JESUS LOVES EVERYONE he wats every sigle perso to be his fried. Whe Jesus was at the well that Theo metioed, he met a woma there. Let s hear about that ow. Sprig Quarter Lesso 4 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

47 47 Bible Time: A Bucket of Life Ope your Bible to Joh 4:5-42, ad show the childre the words. Tell childre that the Bible is God s special book. Show the Well teachig picture, ad say: The Bible tells us that Jesus gives us life. There was oce a woma who was very thirsty. She wet to a well to get some water. Poit to the well i the picture. A well is a deep hole that people put buckets ito so they ca brig water up to drik. The well may have looked somethig like this oe. Jesus was stadig by the well, ad he kew the woma was thirsty. What do you drik whe you re thirsty? Allow time. Say: Jesus kew that the woma at the well was sad ad that she eeded more tha a drik. I woder what the woma at the well foud. Choose a child to pull the bucket from the teachig picture out of the well to reveal the picture of Jesus o the bucket. The woma eeded more tha water. She eeded a friedship with Jesus that would last forever. Lead childre i this discussio. Tell about a time you eeded a fried. Why do you thik Jesus is a really good fried? Say: Jesus loved the woma at the well JESUS LOVES EVERYONE. He wated her to kow that he could be her fried forever, ad he wats each of you to kow that, too. The woma was so happy to kow Jesus that she wet to tell everyoe she kew! Bible Time: A Bucket of Life Bible scissors yar bucket Teacher Pack Well teachig picture Bible Time: A Bucket of Life Easy Prep Cut out the Well teachig picture as the directios suggest. Slip the tabs o the well through the cut lies o the well i the picture. Tie a piece of yar to the top of the bucket, ad slip the bucket betwee the two wells, leavig the yar hagig over the edge. 4 WEAVING FAITH INTO LIFE Choose at least two of the learig ceters to help reiforce today s Bible lesso. Gather the eeded materials, ad put the supplies i a out-of-sight area util you re ready for them. Allow the childre to choose which ceter they d like to explore first. The circulate amog the childre as they create ad explore. Ecourage them to make coectios betwee their activities ad the Bible by askig them the questios icluded with each ceter s descriptio. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 4 Sprig Quarter

48 48 CENTER 1: Jesus Drops Ceter 1: Jesus Drops My Bible Hugs scissors glue sticks bowls of water blue chalk Ceter 1: Jesus Drops Easy Prep Remove the Lesso 4 pages from each My Bible Hugs studet book. Cut out the Jesus picture from each page. The write childre s ames o the page. Ceter 2: Wells of Life 12-ouce box of vailla wafers 6-ouce ca of thawed orage juice cocetrate 16 ouces of powdered sugar ½ cup of margarie large bowl wax paper resealable quart-size bag large spoo atibacterial gel (optioal)! ALLERGY ALERT Give each child a Lesso 4 page from My Bible Hugs, cut apart. Have preschoolers use glue sticks to glue Jesus face i the water drop. Give each child a piece of blue chalk, ad let them dip their chalk i the water ad rub color oto the page. As childre color, remid them that Jesus told the woma at the well that she eeded more tha water; she eeded a friedship with Jesus. Lead childre i this discussio. Why do we eed water? Why do you thik we eed Jesus eve more tha water? Say: Jesus gave the woma at the well somethig better tha water he said he d be her fried. Jesus loved the woma at the well. JESUS LOVES EVERYONE. He wats everyoe to be his fried ad to live with him forever. CENTER 2: Wells of Life Have childre clea their hads, the sit dow for the sack. Set a large bowl o the table, ad ask the childre to gather aroud the table. Place the vailla wafers ito a resealable plastic bag. Pass the bag aroud the table, ad have kids lay the bag o the table ad poud o the cookies util they tur ito crumbs. Pour the crumbs ito the bowl. Help the childre measure ad mix the rest of the igrediets ito the bowl. Set a square piece of wax paper i frot of each child, ad place a glob of the cookie dough i frot of each child. Show childre the picture of the well used i the Bible Time: A Bucket of Life activity. Say: Jesus met the Samarita woma at the well ad told her how to have a friedship with him forever. Make a little well to remid you that JESUS LOVES EVERYONE. Have each child roll the dough ito a ball ad the push his or her thumb i the middle to make a well. Ivite oe child to pray before childre eat the sack. Lead childre i this discussio. Sprig Quarter Lesso 4 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

49 49 Tell about a fried you ve had for a log time. Why do you wat Jesus to be your forever fried? Say: Jesus told the Samarita woma that he would be her forever fried. Jesus loved her very much, ad he loves you, too. JESUS LOVES EVERYONE ad wats everyoe to be his fried. CENTER 3: Water Taste Test Ask kids to close their eyes, ad give them each a cup with plai water to taste. Have kids describe it ad tell whether they liked it. The say: Whe Jesus met the woma at the well, he told her he had somethig much more special tha the water she was there for. I have aother water for you to try. Have kids close their eyes ad give them each a flavored water to taste. The say: Tell whether you thought oe of the waters was better tha the other. Allow time. Oe water was better tha the other. The woma Jesus met at the well may have thought he meat a more tasty water, like what we tried. But he meat somethig eve better tha ay water we ca drik. Jesus wated to give the woma love ad a friedship somethig that would ever ru out. Lead childre i this discussio. Tell about your very favorite drik. Tell about your favorite fried. Why are you happy to have a friedship with Jesus? Ceter 3: Water Taste Test cups water sugar-free flavored water! ALLERGY ALERT Ceter 3: Water Taste Test Easy Prep For each child, put a sip of plai water i oe cup ad a sip of flavored water i a separate cup. Say: Jesus gave the woma at the well somethig extra-special. He gave her somethig more tha she imagied. He became her fried ad he said their friedship would ever ed. The woma was excited to have Jesus love ad friedship forever. She told everyoe she kew that JESUS LOVES EVERYONE! CENTER 4: Jesus Fills Me Give each child a white paper cup. Say: The woma at the well wet to fill her bucket with water. But Jesus told her he could give her somethig better. He said he could give her somethig that would fill her up forever. He was talkig about love ad Ceter 4: Jesus Fills Me white paper cups markers Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 4 Sprig Quarter

50 50 friedship. Ad he ca give you that, too, because JESUS LOVES EVERYONE. What are some reasos you kow Jesus loves you? Allow time, ad the have kids decorate the outsides of their paper cups. Challege them to fill the whole outside of the paper cup with color. The say: Whe we believe i Jesus, he ll fill our cups with love ad friedship. Ad he ll do that for ayoe who believes i him because he loves everyoe. Lead childre i this discussio. Tell about someoe you kow who might eed Jesus as a fried. What ca you do to help that perso kow that Jesus loves him or her? Say: Whe we believe i Jesus, we ca have a friedship with him ad his friedship will be so great that it ll fill us up forever. This week, share with someoe that JESUS LOVES EVERYONE. Give the perso you thought of your decorated cup ad tell about the woma at the well. 5 LASTING IMPRESSIONS Daily Challeges My Bible Hugs Daily Challeges After the childre have cleaed up their ceters, brig everyoe back to a circle area o the floor. Review the lesso activities ad the Bible Poit, ad the ecourage the childre to share what they remember about what they leared from the Bible today. Also use this time to challege kids i their faith. Ecourage them to choose a Daily Challege for applyig today s lesso to their lives this week. Use this challege for ecouragig your childre s growig relatioships with Jesus. Say: Today we leared that JESUS LOVES EVERYONE. I would like each of you to choose a way you ca show Jesus this week that you re thakful for his love ad that you love him, too. Read the three Daily Challege ideas for childre to choose from: Whe you drik water this week, remember the woma at the well ad thak Jesus for givig us a gift eve better tha water his love! Smile at people whe you go somewhere with your family. If they smile back, tell them Jesus loves you ad me! Have a tea party with your frieds ad family. At your party, tell why you love each other ad the explai that Jesus loves all of you. Sprig Quarter Lesso 4 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

51 51 Have kids each whisper i your ear or tell you which idea they ve chose, ad the circle it o each child s My Bible Hugs page. Make sure you tell kids the challege you choose. Your commitmet will ispire childre ad will give them a opportuity to see God at work i your life as well as i theirs! Actio Prayer Have the childre sit i a circle. Remid them that Jesus loves them. Have childre practice jumpig up to show excitemet about Jesus love ad friedship. The pray: Thak you, Jesus, for beig frieds with us. Have kids take turs poppig up ad sayig somethig they re thakful to Jesus for. Close by sayig: I your ame, ame. Weavig Faith at Home Have childre take home their My Bible Hugs pages whether they worked o them or ot. Have the childre tell their parets the challege they committed to i the Daily Challeges activity. Ecourage the parets to help their kids fulfill this commitmet throughout the week. By workig together ad focusig o the same goals, you ad parets ca help childre weave faith ito their lives! Talk to your Director about ig the FREE FamilyCoect to all your church s families. Available at group.com/digital. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 4 Sprig Quarter

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53 Lesso 5 53 Jesus Tells About the Good Samarita Luke 10:25-37 Three- ad four-year-olds are just begiig to grow out of the egocetrism of toddlerhood. Now is a good time to preset the idea of lovig ad carig for others. Emphasize that the good Samarita showed that he cared for the hurt ma by beig kid. Use this lesso to help kids see that they ca show Jesus love to each other through beig kid ad carig. LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP 1 Gettig Started about 5 mi. 2 Key Verse Activity about 10 mi. 3 Bible Exploratio about 15 mi. Welcome ad Celebrate Welcome each other, ad praise God through music. Forever Make a cross usig craft sticks. Puppy Poiters Hear how Theo is o his way to take food to a sick fried. Bible Time: People Aplety Preted to be each perso i the Bible passage about the good Samarita. CD player Teacher Pack: CD Bible, 2 craft sticks per child plus 2 extra, glue CD player, Theo puppet, resealable plastic bag, dry dog food, tape Teacher Pack: CD Bible, tissues, 1 adhesive badage per child Teacher Pack: gold cois, The Samarita Ma Helps His Neighbor poster (from the Big Bible Poster Pack) Make a sample cross with 2 craft sticks. Tape a resealable plastic bag of dry dog food to Theo s paw. Bible Poit God wats us to love others. Key Verse Jesus said to her, I am the resurrectio ad the life. He who believes i me will live, eve though he dies (Joh 11:25). Weavig Faith Ito Life Childre will be kid ad carig. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 5 Sprig Quarter

54 54 LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP Ceter 1: Makig It Better Preted to dress the hurt ma s wouds ad leave moey for the ikeeper. My Bible Hugs, badages, glue sticks Teacher Pack: paper moey Remove the Lesso 5 pages from each My Bible Hugs studet book, ad write childre s ames o them. 4 Weavig Faith Ito Life about 20 mi. (Choose 2 ceters.) Ceter 2: Put o a Happy Face Prepare a happy face sack for a fried. Ceter 3: A Two-Haded Task Attempt to put o a shoe with oly oe had. roud crackers, raisis, paper plates, soft cream cheese, plastic kives, atibacterial gel (optioal) maskig tape Set two roud crackers ad several raisis o a plate for each child. Ceter 4: Helpig Had Make a helpig had. card stock, crayos, cheille wire, tape Daily Challeges Choose a Daily Challege to apply God s Word. My Bible Hugs 5 Lastig Impressios about 10 mi. Actio Prayer Offer a rhymig prayer to Jesus about lovig others. Weavig Faith at Home Talk about how to share what they leared with their families. Sprig Quarter Lesso 5 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

55 55 Jesus Tells About the Good Samarita Luke 10:25-37 BIBLe BACKGROUND FOR LEADERS Two Questios, Oe Story Importat Coclusios Jesus told the story of the good Samarita i respose to a questio from a Jewish teacher of the Law. The trip from Jerusalem to Jericho was about 17 miles ad icluded a descet of more tha 3,000 feet. The rocky terrai provided may places for badits to hide ad ambush solitary travelers. I the story, the ma o this jourey was attacked by robbers ad left for dead. Because Jesus was speakig to a Jewish audiece, they would ve made the assumptio that the ma was a Jew. The idetities of the three me who came alog are sigificat. A priest was cosidered to be a represetative of God. A parallel today might be a pastor someoe ivolved i committed service to God. A Levite was someoe who assisted the priest still a spiritual perso, but i a layperso s role. Samaritas were despised by Jews because of their heritage. Differet Resposes This story reveals several truths: God expects us to treat all people with love ad compassio, o matter who they are, what race they are, or where they are from. Love requires actios, ot just words. Ad sometimes those actios will cost us, just as the Samarita s eighborly actios cost him. The Jesus Coectio Eve greater tha the good Samarita s kidess, Jesus kidess chages our lives forever. Thik about how God has show you mercy. How have those experieces affected you? God wats to save us through the sacrifice of his So, but he also wats us to show others his mercy through our acts of kidess. I prayer, cosider some ways you ca be a good eighbor by commuicatig God s message of mercy to others through your actios. You ca write your prayer here. The priest might have bee afraid of beig attacked by the same robbers. Or perhaps he did t wat to become uclea by touchig a bloody body. The Levite did essetially the same thig as the priest, likely for the same reasos. Fially, the Samarita stopped to help, ad he also made sure the ma would be take care of as he healed. The two silver cois the Samarita gave the ikeeper were about two days wages likely eough to pay for lodgig for several weeks. Plus, the Samarita promised to stop by o his retur trip ad take care of ay additioal expeses. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 5 Sprig Quarter

56 56 GETTING STARTED Welcome ad Celebrate CD player Teacher Pack CD: His Great Love (Romas 5:8) (track 3), Life i Heave (track 24) Welcome ad Celebrate Tip Cosistetly use the same sigal to aouce a trasitio to the ext activity. You could flip the lights off ad o, use a trai whistle, have a puppet rustlig iside a bag, or sig cleaup sogs. Keep it simple, cosistet, ad fu. As the childre arrive, greet each oe with a smile. Whe it s time to begi, use your sigal to gather the childre together i a circle. Lead childre i sigig His Great Love (Romas 5:8) (track 3 o the CD). Ecourage childre to follow the motios i paretheses. God loves us. (cross arms over chest) God set his So to die for us (raise both arms high ad lower them slowly) Because of his great love. (cross arms over chest ad sway) (Repeat.) His great love, (poit up) God showed his great big love (move hads side to side) By sedig Christ to die for us (lower arms ad march i place) While we were still siers. (Repeat.) (Repeat from the begiig.) His great love. His great love. (poit up) His great love. (poit up) His Great Love (Romas 5:8) by Be Glover Group Publishig, Ic. All rights reserved. Say: It s so awesome to kow how much God loves us, ad that he wats us to live forever i heave with him. Let s sig aother sog about heave. Sig Life i Heave (track 24 o the CD) to the tue of Oh, Dear! What Ca the Matter Be? Ecourage childre to follow the motios i paretheses. Dear God, give us life i heave! (fold hads ad bow heads) Dear God, give us life i heave! (fold hads ad bow heads) Sprig Quarter Lesso 5 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

57 57 Dear God, give us life i heave! (fold hads ad bow heads) I Jesus ame, ame! (throw your hads up i the air) (Repeat 2x.) Say: God has a great big love for us, ad he shows it i how he takes care of us ad how he set his So to die for us. GOD WANTS US TO LOVE OTHERS, too, by showig kidess to them. 2 KEY VERSE ACTIVITY Forever Have the childre sit i a circle. Ope your Bible to Joh 11:25, ad show childre the words. Say: Our Key Verse from the Bible says, Jesus said to her, I am the resurrectio ad the life. He who believes i me will live, eve though he dies. That meas that people who believe i Jesus will live forever. Let s say our Key Verse together. Lead the childre i sayig the simplified Key Verse with you: People who believe i Jesus will live forever (Joh 11:25). Hold up the sample craft stick cross ad say: Jesus died o a cross to forgive our sis ad become our way to God. People who believe i Jesus will live forever. Forever Bible 2 craft sticks per child, plus 2 extra glue Forever Easy Prep Make a sample cross with 2 craft sticks. Say: Tell about somethig you love doig. Allow several childre to share. Those are great examples I might wat to do some of those thigs forever. Sometimes it s hard to leave the thigs we love doig or people we love spedig time with. Our Key Verse from the Bible says that people who believe i Jesus will live forever. Ad that s a really great thig because we ll be so happy with Jesus i heave that we ll ever wat to leave we ll wat to stay forever. Forever is a log, log time. It s such a log time that it ll ever, ever ed! Show the sample cross agai, ad help each child make a cross usig the craft sticks ad glue. Say: Jesus died o the cross so we ca live with him forever. This cross ca help you remember how much God loves you Jesus died o the cross to forgive you from your sis so you ca live forever with him i heave! Let s say our Key Verse together oe more time. Lead the childre i repeatig the Key Verse with you: People who believe i Jesus will live forever (Joh 11:25). Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 5 Sprig Quarter

58 58 Lead childre i this discussio. Tell about someoe you love so much you ever wat to leave him or her. Tell why you might wat to live with Jesus forever. Say: Jesus loves you so much that he did somethig really big so you ca live forever with him. He died o the cross so you ca be forgive from your sis whe you believe i him. GOD WANTS US TO LOVE OTHERS, too, i big ways he wats us to show kidess to others like Jesus has show kidess to us. 3 BIBLE EXPLORATION Puppy Poiters CD player Theo puppet resealable plastic bag dry dog food tape Teacher Pack CD: Here, Theo (track 4) Puppy Poiters Easy Prep Tape a resealable plastic bag of dry dog food to Theo s paw. Puppy Poiters Say: Liste everyoe, Theo s comig! He has somethig to show us. Let s fid out what it is. Play Here, Theo (track 4 o the CD), ad brig out Theophilus the FaithRetriever. Theo: Hi, everybody! Teacher: Hello, Theo! It s so good to see you at church with us today. Where are you goig? Theo: I m goig to see my sick fried. Teacher: Why do you have dog food with you? Are you hugry? Theo: I m takig dier to my fried. Teacher: What a kid thig for you to do! Your fried will really like that. Theo: I eed some help opeig the food. Ca you help me? Teacher: We d love to. (Pause for childre to help Theo ope the food.) Frieds, ca you tell Theo our Bible Poit for today? (Lead childre i sayig the Bible Poit for Theo: GOD WANTS US TO LOVE OTHERS.) Teacher: Theo, I m so glad that you re showig love to your fried. I kow that ll help him feel better because of how you re beig kid to him. Theo: Thaks for beig kid to me, too, by helpig me! I m goig to go over to my fried s house ow. Teacher: We were happy to help you, Theo. Please tell your fried that we hope he feels better really soo. Let s say goodbye to Theo. Ecourage the childre to wave or say goodbye to Theo. The put Theo away i a safe place for ext week s use. Sprig Quarter Lesso 5 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

59 59 Lead childre i this discussio. What did Theo do to show love to his fried? Tell about a way you ve show love to someoe. Say: GOD WANTS US TO LOVE OTHERS. Theo was showig love to his fried by brigig him food whe he was sick. Ad we showed love to Theo by helpig him ope his dog food. Today we ll hear about a ma i the Bible who showed love to a ma who was hurt. Let s fid out what the ma did. Bible Time: People Aplety Ope your Bible to Luke 10, ad show the childre the words. Tell childre that the Bible is God s special book. Have childre sit i a circle, ad lay The Good Samarita Ma Helps His Neighbor poster i the ceter of the circle. Say: Jesus loves everyoe. Ad the Bible shows us that God wats us to love others. You ll hear about a lot of people ad some aimals today. Help me preted to be them. First, let s practice beig a hurt ma. Groa or cry like you ve bee hurt. Ecourage childre to groa ad cry. Now let s be dokeys. Hold your hads beside your head to be dokey ears. Have childre do the same. The give each child a tissue ad some cois ad say: Great! I thik we re ready to hear what happeed. Set your tissue ad cois i frot of you we ll use them later. Bible Time: People Aplety Bible tissues 1 adhesive badage per child Teacher Pack gold cois The Samarita Ma Helps His Neighbor poster (from the Big Bible Poster Pack) Say: Oce there was a ma travelig o a road. Let s preted he s ridig his dokey. Lead childre i makig dokey ears. There were robbers hidig i the bushes alog the road. They were mea. Make a mea face with the childre. The robbers took the ma s moey ad his dokey ad hurt him. Groa or cry with the childre. Say: The hurt ma lay there for a log time, ad o oe helped him. Two people walked by the hurt ma ad did t help. They were afraid they d be hurt too, so they quickly walked by him o the other side of the road. Let s make two me with our figers. Show kids how to use their figers to make walkig legs. The have them use their figers to walk o the poster to show what happeed. Say: The a ma who was a good Samarita came by ad saw the hurt ma. Lead kids i usig a tissue to getly dab the ma s arms o the poster, as if cleaig a sore. The good Samarita wated to take care of the hurt ma, but he saw that the ma eeded more help tha he could give. So the good Samarita put the hurt ma o his dokey. Have the childre make dokey ears. He took the hurt ma to a hotel where he could get well. The good Samarita gave the hotel maager some moey so he could take care of the hurt ma util he came back. Have childre put the Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 5 Sprig Quarter

60 60 cois o the poster ext to the hurt ma. The say: The good Samarita ad the hotel maager helped the hurt ma get better. Lead childre i this discussio. What did the good Samarita do to show love to the hurt ma? Tell about a time you saw someoe help someoe else. Say: The good Samarita took care of the hurt ma ad helped him get better. He showed love to the hurt ma by what he did. GOD WANTS US TO LOVE OTHERS like that, too. 4 WEAVING FAITH INTO LIFE Choose at least two of the learig ceters to help reiforce today s Bible lesso. Gather the eeded materials, ad put the supplies i a out-of-sight area util you re ready for them. Allow the childre to choose which ceter they d like to explore first. The circulate amog the childre as they create ad explore. Ecourage them to make coectios betwee their activities ad the Bible by askig them the questios icluded with each ceter s descriptio. Ceter 1: Makig It Better My Bible Hugs badages glue sticks Teacher Pack paper moey Ceter 1: Makig It Better Easy Prep Remove the Lesso 5 pages from each My Bible Hugs studet book, ad write childre s ames o them. CENTER 1: Makig It Better Give each child a My Bible Hugs page. Set out badages, paper moey, ad glue sticks. Ecourage childre to put badages o the hurt ma s wouds as the good Samarita may have doe. Have childre glue the paper moey oto the side of the page to show the moey the good Samarita spet to take care of the hurt ma. Lead childre i this discussio. Tell about a time someoe took care of you whe you were hurt. How ca you take care of other people to show them love? Say: God wats us to be like the good Samarita. GOD WANTS US TO LOVE OTHERS ad take care of them. We ca be like the good Samarita who helped the hurt ma o the side of the road. Sprig Quarter Lesso 5 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

61 61 CENTER 2: Put o a Happy Face Have childre clea their hads ad the sit dow for the sack. Put kids i pairs. Have kids create sacks for each other by spreadig the cream cheese oto a cracker. Have them use raisis to make happy faces. Say: Today we re makig sacks for our frieds, istead of makig them for ourselves. Whe we care for each other, it makes us feel all happy, like the happy face sacks. Whe have you helped someoe? Allow time. What did you like about helpig that perso? Allow time. God likes it whe we help others, too. It s a way to show love to them. Lead childre i this discussio. What was it like to make a sack for a fried ad ot yourself? What s it like whe you do kid thigs for your family or frieds? Say: Whe we do ice thigs for others, it s a way to show them love like whe the good Samarita helped the ma who was hurt. Helpig someoe ca make you happy, too. GOD WANTS US TO LOVE OTHERS because he kows it s good for all of us. CENTER 3: A Two-Haded Task Have each child remove oe shoe. Tape oe of each child s arms to his or her side, tapig with the sticky side out so as ot to tape arm hair. Have kids try to put their shoes back o usig oly oe had. The help oe child put his or her shoe o. Take the tape off that child s arm ad have him or her help aother child put his or her shoe o. Take the tape off the secod child. Have those two childre help two other childre, ad so o. Ceter 2: Put o a Happy Face roud crackers raisis paper plates soft cream cheese plastic kives atibacterial gel (optioal)! ALLERGY ALERT Ceter 2: Put o a Happy Face Easy Prep Set two roud crackers ad several raisis o a plate for each child Ceter 3: A Two- Haded Task maskig tape Lead childre i this discussio. What was it like to try to put your shoe o with oly oe had? What was it like whe someoe helped you? Whe do our frieds or family eed us to help them? Say: Just as you may have eeded help to put your shoe back o, the hurt ma eeded help o the side of the road. The good Samarita helped the hurt ma ad Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 5 Sprig Quarter

62 62 took care of him. He showed him love i ways that GOD WANTS US TO LOVE OTHERS. CENTER 4: Helpig Had Ceter 4: Helpig Had card stock crayos cheille wire tape Put kids i pairs, ad show childre how oe child ca use a crayo to trace aroud the figers of the secod child. The have kids switch roles. Say: This is a helpig had. Have each child draw a badage o his or her helpig had. As they fiish, tape a cheille wire to the back of each had. Show kids how to raise their helpig hads by holdig the cheille wires. The say: The badage remids us of how the good Samarita showed love to the hurtig ma. Thik of a way you ve show someoe love. Raise your helpig had whe you have a idea. Let kids share. Lead childre i this discussio. What ways ca you show someoe love this week? Tell about someoe you ll show love to this week ad how. Say: GOD WANTS US TO LOVE OTHERS. Take your helpig had home ad tape it somewhere i your room as a remider to help others this week. Helpig others shows we love them. 5 LASTING IMPRESSIONS Daily Challeges My Bible Hugs Daily Challeges After the childre have cleaed up their ceters, brig everyoe back to a circle area o the floor. Review the lesso activities ad the Bible Poit, ad the ecourage the childre to share what they remember about what they leared from the Bible today. Also use this time to challege kids i their faith. Ecourage them to choose a Daily Challege for applyig today s lesso to their lives this week. Use this challege for ecouragig your childre s growig relatioships with Jesus. Sprig Quarter Lesso 5 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

63 63 Say: Today we leared that GOD WANTS US TO LOVE OTHERS. I would like each of you to choose a way to show love to others this week. Read the three Daily Challege ideas for childre to choose from: Give food ad water to your pet. Make a special card for someoe who eeds love. Ask your mom or dad to help you collect caed goods for people i eed. Have kids each whisper i your ear or tell you which idea they ve chose, ad the circle it o each child s My Bible Hugs page. Make sure you tell kids the challege you choose. Your commitmet will ispire childre ad will give them a opportuity to see God at work i your life as well as i theirs! Actio Prayer Have the childre sit i a circle. Remid childre that Jesus wats us to love others just as he loves all of us. Say the followig rhymig prayer. Ecourage childre to follow the motios i paretheses. Help me, Jesus, to be kid, (poit to heave o Jesus ) To care for others whe I fid (poit to others) That they eed your love ad prayers. (fold your hads i prayer) Help me be the oe who cares. (poit to yourself) I your ame, ame. Say: GOD WANTS US TO LOVE OTHERS, ad there are lots of ways we ca do that. We ca help them whe they re hurt or sick. We ca also say or do kid thigs for them. Let s try to show love to everyoe this week! Weavig Faith at Home Have childre take home their My Bible Hugs pages whether they worked o them or ot. Have the childre tell their parets the challege they committed to i the Daily Challeges activity. Ecourage the parets to help their kids fulfill this commitmet throughout the week. By workig together ad focusig o the same goals, you ad parets ca help childre weave faith ito their lives! Talk to your Director about ig the FREE FamilyCoect to all your church s families. Available at group.com/digital. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 5 Sprig Quarter

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65 Lesso 6 65 Jesus Raises Lazarus From the Dead Joh 11:1-45 Preschoolers do t yet uderstad the fiality of death. These youg childre are still i the process of sortig out what s real ad what s make-believe. Their uderstadig of death may very well iclude a variety of fatasies. However, Lazarus death ad resurrectio provides a good opportuity to help childre further their uderstadig of God s miraculous power. Remid them that this situatio was special because Jesus was there to raise Lazarus from the dead. Lazarus was really dead ad Jesus really brought him back from the dead it s ot preted. Use this lesso to help childre uderstad Jesus power ad compassio! LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP 1 Gettig Started about 5 mi. 2 Key Verse Activity about 10 mi. Welcome ad Celebrate Welcome each other, ad praise God through music. Livig Forever With Jesus Make steam with their breath o had mirrors. CD player Teacher Pack: CD Bible, large had mirror Bible Poit Jesus gives us hope. Key Verse Jesus said to her, I am the resurrectio ad the life. He who believes i me will live, eve though he dies (Joh 11:25). Weavig Faith Ito Life Childre will trust Jesus. Puppy Poiters Lear what Theo is hopig for. CD player, Theo puppet, suglasses, tape Teacher Pack: CD Tape a pair of suglasses to Theo s paw. 3 Bible Exploratio about 15 mi. Bible Time: Alive! Use their My Bible Hugs pages to tell what happeed to Lazarus. Bible, My Bible Hugs, craft kife, markers, tissues, 2 craft sticks per child Teacher Pack: Mary, Martha, ad Lazarus teachig picture Remove the Lesso 6 pages from each My Bible Hugs studet book, ad write childre s ames o them. Use a craft kife ad follow the istructios o the My Bible Hugs pages ad the Mary, Martha, ad Lazarus teachig picture. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 6 Sprig Quarter

66 66 LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP 4 Weavig Faith Ito Life about 20 mi. (Choose 2 ceters.) 5 Lastig Impressios about 10 mi. Ceter 1: Wrap Em Up! Are wrapped the way Lazarus might have bee wrapped. Ceter 2: Empty Tomb Create empty tomb sacks. Ceter 3: What Do You Hope For? Lear details about a prize ad tell what prize they hope for. Ceter 4: Hope Shows Through See how a smiley face appears through foil. Daily Challeges Choose a Daily Challege to apply God s Word. Actio Prayer Sig a sog about the hope Jesus gives. Weavig Faith at Home Talk about how to share what they leared with their families. roll of toilet paper CD player, two doughut holes per child, small bowls with melted butter, small bowls with ciamo ad sugar, plates, bear-shaped cookies, atibacterial gel (optioal) Teacher Pack: CD paper bag with 1 idividually wrapped cady per child oe 5-ich piece of cheille wire per child, oe 5-ich card stock circle per child, alumium foil, tape, paper My Bible Hugs CD player Teacher Pack: CD Sprig Quarter Lesso 6 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

67 67 Jesus Raises Lazarus From the Dead Joh 11:1-45 BIBLe BACKGROUND FOR LEADERS Who Was Jesus to Lazarus ad the Disciples? I the Bible, Lazarus is metioed oly i Joh 11 ad 12. However, his sisters, Mary ad Martha, are metioed several times, ad Jesus visited their house frequetly. I additio, Joh 11:3 speaks of Lazarus as the oe Jesus loved; Joh 11:5 shows that Jesus loved Mary ad Martha as well. So we ca assume that Lazarus was closer to Jesus tha the scarcity of refereces to him would show. Jesus had predicted the raisig of Lazarus i Joh 11:4, so it must ve surprised the disciples whe two days later Jesus said Lazarus was dead. Whe Jesus said they would the go to Lazarus i Bethay ear Jerusalem, eve though the religious leaders i Jerusalem were out to get Jesus, the disciples must ve suspected that somethig dramatic was goig to happe! The Jesus Coectio I this passage, Jesus utters words ofte repeated at a fueral: I am the resurrectio ad the life. Never are these words more comfortig for Jesus-followers tha at the loss of a family member. The hope these words ca brig! What about your life? Have you ever felt as if time was just passig by? That you re alive but ot really livig or thrivig? Those who have felt the slowess of the clock or caledar also uderstad the hopelessess of feelig dead iside. But Jesus has made it possible for people to fid ew life ad hope, eve i the midst of hopelessess. Cosider how Jesus gift of eteral life still chages you, ad take a momet to thak him for it. You ca write your prayer here. Who Is Jesus to Death ad to Us? Martha had trouble fully uderstadig what Jesus was capable of doig, despite her great faith i him. Jesus commet to her i Joh 11:25 reveals he was tryig to teach people that he was more tha a great teacher ad healer. Ideed, he has power over death! We do t kow why Jesus wept, kowig that Lazarus was goig to be raised. Some have suggested that he was agoizig over the ubelief of the crowd. But more likely he was hurtig with his frieds feelig the pai they were experiecig. After Lazarus was raised, some who were there put their faith i Jesus. But others were determied to cause trouble for Jesus ad reported to the Pharisees what Jesus had doe (Joh 11:46). Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 6 Sprig Quarter

68 68 GETTING STARTED Welcome ad Celebrate CD player Teacher Pack CD: His Great Love (Romas 5:8) (track 3), Live i Heave (track 24) Welcome ad Celebrate Tip Cosistetly use the same sigal to aouce a trasitio to the ext activity. You could flip the lights off ad o, use a trai whistle, have a puppet rustlig iside a bag, or sig cleaup sogs. Keep it simple, cosistet, ad fu. As the childre arrive, greet each oe with a smile. Whe it s time to begi, use your sigal to gather the childre together i a circle. Lead childre i sigig His Great Love (Romas 5:8) (track 3 o the CD). Ecourage childre to follow the motios i paretheses. God loves us. (cross arms over chest) God set his So to die for us (raise both arms high ad lower them slowly) Because of his great love. (cross arms over chest ad sway) (Repeat.) His great love, (poit up) God showed his great big love (move hads side to side) By sedig Christ to die for us (lower arms ad march i place) While we were still siers. (Repeat.) (Repeat from the begiig.) His great love. His great love. (poit up) His great love. (poit up) His Great Love (Romas 5:8) by Be Glover Group Publishig, Ic. All rights reserved. Say: It s woderful to kow how much God loves us! It gives me hope. Because God loves us, we ca ask him for aythig. Let s ask God to give us life i heave. Sig Life i Heave (track 24 o the CD) to the tue of Oh, Dear! What Ca the Matter Be? Ecourage childre to follow the motios i paretheses. Dear God, give us life i heave! (fold hads ad bow heads) Dear God, give us life i heave! (fold hads ad bow heads) Sprig Quarter Lesso 6 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

69 69 Dear God, give us life i heave! (fold hads ad bow heads) I Jesus ame, ame! (throw your hads up i the air) (Repeat 2x.) Say: It s so eat to kow how much God loves us. Sice God set Jesus to die for us, JESUS GIVES US HOPE today ad forever. 2 KEY VERSE ACTIVITY Livig Forever With Jesus Have the childre sit i a circle. Ope your Bible to Joh 11:25, ad show childre the words. Livig Forever With Jesus Bible large had mirror Say: Our Key Verse from the Bible says, Jesus said to her, I am the resurrectio ad the life. He who believes i me will live, eve though he dies. That meas that people who believe i Jesus will live forever. Let s say our Key Verse together. Lead the childre i sayig the simplified Key Verse with you: People who believe i Jesus will live forever (Joh 11:25). Show kids the had mirror. Demostrate how to breathe o it to make steam. The pass aroud the mirror ad have kids take turs practicig. Say: It s cool to see our breath i the mirrors. We breathe all day log eve while we re sleepig! Ad that s oe way we kow we re alive. Lead childre i this discussio. What other thigs show that you re alive? What do you like about beig alive? What do you like about beig able to live forever? Say: God made each of us ad he keeps us alive. Our verse remids us that if we believe i God s So, Jesus, we ll live forever i heave. Because JESUS GIVES US HOPE, we ca look forward to all the good thigs God wats to give us. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 6 Sprig Quarter

70 70 3 BIBLE EXPLORATION Puppy Poiters CD player Theo puppet suglasses tape Teacher Pack CD: Here, Theo (track 4) Puppy Poiters Easy Prep Tape a pair of suglasses to Theo s paw. Puppy Poiters Say: Liste everyoe, Theo s comig! He has somethig to show us. Let s fid out what it is. Play Here, Theo (track 4 o the CD), ad brig out Theophilus the FaithRetriever. Theo: Hi, everybody! Teacher: Hello, Theo! It s so good to see you at church with us today. What do you have there? Theo: These are my suglasses. Teacher: But, Theo, it s ot very bright i here. Why did you brig your suglasses? Theo: I brought them because I hope the su will be shiig whe I go outside. Teacher: I hope the su will be shiig, too! Kids, do you kow what it meas to have hope? (Allow childre to aswer.) Teacher: Whe we hope for somethig to happe, it meas we have a good feelig that what we wat to happe will actually happe. Theo: I have a good feelig that it ll be bright ad shiy whe I go outside. I hope it is! Teacher: Childre, ca we help Theo put o his suglasses? We ca have hope that the su will shie, ad we also ca have hope for livig forever whe we believe i Jesus. Frieds, that s our Bible Poit for today. Let s say it together for Theo: JESUS GIVES US HOPE. (Have kids repeat the Bible Poit with you.) Theo, go o out ad ejoy the sushie! Theo: Thaks for sharig such great ews with me! Well, I m headig outside ow. Teacher: Let s say goodbye to Theo. Ecourage the childre to wave or say goodbye to Theo. The put Theo away i a safe place for ext week s use. Lead childre i this discussio. Theo hoped for su tell about somethig you hope for. Say: Like Theo, we ca hope for thigs like a bright suy day to play outside. We ca hope for all kids of thigs! Whe we believe i Jesus, we kow that JESUS GIVES US HOPE for woderful thigs i heave. Sprig Quarter Lesso 6 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

71 71 Bible Time: Alive! Give each child two craft sticks ad a marker. Demostrate how to draw a happy face o oe side of a craft stick ad a sad face o the other side of the same stick. Do the same with a secod stick ad have kids follow your lead. Have kids draw a cross o oe of the craft sticks to distiguish Jesus from Lazarus. Ope your Bible to Joh 11, ad show the childre the words. Tell childre that the Bible is God s special book. Say: The Bible tells us that Jesus showed love ad hope to oe ma ad his family. Whe you hope for somethig, it meas you wat that thig to happe. I the Bible, we ll hear how Lazarus ad his two sisters, Mary ad Martha, hoped Jesus would help them. Say: Jesus was good frieds with Lazarus, Mary, ad Martha. But oe day Lazarus got very sick. Mary ad Martha were very worried about him. Have the childre show the sad face o the Lazarus craft stick. Show the Mary, Martha, ad Lazarus teachig picture ad give each child his or her My Bible Hugs page. Poit out Mary ad Martha. Say: Mary ad Martha tried to take care of Lazarus ad make him feel better. Ope the bed o the teachig picture ad lay the Lazarus craft stick o it with the sad face up. Have kids do the same with their Lazarus craft sticks o their My Bible Hugs pages. Show them how to cover Lazarus with a tissue blaket. Say: Eve though Mary ad Martha tried to make Lazarus better, it did t work. Mary ad Martha set a message to Jesus ad asked him to come ad make Lazarus well. They hoped Jesus would help Lazarus. They kew that Jesus could. But Jesus did t come right away, ad Lazarus died. Mary ad Martha were very sad. They wrapped Lazarus i cloth ad put him i a tomb. A tomb is a kid of cave where they put dead people. Bible Time: Alive! Bible craft kife My Bible Hugs markers tissues 2 craft sticks per child Teacher Pack Mary, Martha, ad Lazarus teachig picture Bible Time: Alive! Easy Prep Remove the Lesso 6 pages from each My Bible Hugs studet book, ad write childre s ames o them. Use a craft kife ad follow the istructios o the My Bible Hugs pages ad o the Mary, Martha, ad Lazarus teachig picture. Take Lazarus off the bed, ad use the tissue to wrap him. Tur the teachig picture aroud. Ope the tomb ad place your wrapped craft-stick Lazarus, sad face up, iside. Close the tomb. The direct the childre to do the same with their craft stick ad My Bible Hugs page. Say: Whe Jesus got to their house, Lazarus had already bee dead for several days. Make your craft-stick Jesus walk, ad ecourage the childre to do the same. Jesus was sad, too. Poit to Jesus sad face, ad have kids show the sad face o their Jesus craft sticks. Jesus wet to the tomb ad asked the people there to ope the tomb. The people did t wat to ope the tomb. They did t kow that they could hope that Jesus would do somethig amazig. But they did what Jesus told them to do. Ope the tomb door. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 6 Sprig Quarter

72 72 Say: Whe they opeed the tomb, Jesus prayed to God ad the said, Lazarus, come out! Say that with me. Lead childre i sayig, Lazarus, come out! Ad guess what happeed? Lazarus got up ad walked out of the tomb! He was alive agai! Jesus told the people to remove the cloth ad let Lazarus go. Remove Lazarus from the tomb ad uwrap him, ad have kids do the same. Say: Lazarus was happy to be alive. Tur Lazarus aroud, show his happy face, ad have childre do the same. Mary ad Martha were happy that their brother was alive. Draw happy faces o Mary ad Martha, ad give childre markers to draw happy faces o their My Bible Hugs pages. Say: Jesus was happy that his special fried Lazarus was alive. Tur Jesus aroud, show his happy face, ad ecourage childre to do the same. Mary ad Martha hoped that Jesus could help their brother, ad Jesus made their brother come back to life. Lead childre i this discussio. What was your favorite part about this Bible passage? Tell about a time you hoped that God would help you with somethig. Say: Lazarus was so sick that he died, but Jesus made him better he brought Lazarus back to life. Mary ad Martha hoped Jesus could help them ad he did! He did a really amazig thig. JESUS GIVES US HOPE that he ca do amazig thigs for us, too. 4 WEAVING FAITH INTO LIFE Choose at least two of the learig ceters to help reiforce today s Bible lesso. Gather the eeded materials, ad put the supplies i a out-of-sight area util you re ready for them. Allow the childre to choose which ceter they d like to explore first. The circulate amog the childre as they create ad explore. Ecourage them to make coectios betwee their activities ad the Bible by askig them the questios icluded with each ceter s descriptio. Ceter 1: Wrap Em Up! roll of toilet paper CENTER 1: Wrap Em Up! Put kids i groups of three. Say: Lazarus died ad they put him i a tomb. But Jesus brought him back to life! Have oe group of three stad back-to-back with their arms at their sides. Wrap the group of three with the toilet paper, about three or four times aroud. Sprig Quarter Lesso 6 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

73 73 As you do, say: Lazarus family wrapped him i white cloth whe he died ad put him i a tomb. Whe Jesus brought him back to life, he broke free from the white cloth. Look to the group of three you wrapped. Break free like Lazarus! Repeat the process for each group of three, while the other kids joi i by sayig Break free, Lazarus! Lead childre i this discussio. What was it like to be wrapped up like Lazarus? What was it like to break free? What ca Jesus do for you? Say: Lazarus came back to life ad broke free from the cloth they d wrapped him i whe he was dead. Like that, it was great breakig out of the toilet paper you were wrapped i! Jesus gave hope to Lazarus, Mary, Martha, ad all the people who saw Lazarus come back to life. Ad JESUS GIVES US HOPE, too. CENTER 2: Empty Tomb Have childre clea their hads, the sit dow for the sack. Brig out the doughut holes. Make sure the melted butter is cool. Say: A tomb is a place where people bury dead people. I Jesus time, tombs were ofte caves cut out of rocks. Pass out the doughut holes o plates. Show kids how to roll their doughut holes i the butter ad the i the ciamo sugar mixture. Let kids push their thumbs ito the ceter of the doughut holes to create empty tombs. While kids are creatig, play Jesus Loves Me Rock (track 7 o the CD). Whe the tombs are fiished, poit out that they re empty because Jesus brought Lazarus back to life ad he came out of the tomb. Have a child pray before childre ejoy the sacks. The give childre bear-shaped cookies, ad let them act out the Bible passage for oe aother. Lead childre i this discussio. Ceter 2: Empty Tomb CD player two doughut holes per child small bowls with melted butter small bowls with ciamo ad sugar plates bear-shaped cookies atibacterial gel (optioal) Teacher Pack CD: Jesus Loves Me Rock (track 7)! ALLERGY ALERT Seeig the empty tomb must ve bee amazig tell about a amazig thig that s happeed to you. What s somethig amazig that Jesus has doe for you? Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 6 Sprig Quarter

74 74 Say: Jesus gave Mary ad Martha hope; they kew he could make Lazarus okay agai. Ad Jesus ca do amazig thigs i our lives, too. I m glad that JESUS GIVES US HOPE. CENTER 3: What Do You Hope For? Ceter 3: What Do You Hope For? paper bag with 1 idividually wrapped cady per child Show kids the paper bag ad do t tell childre that there s cady iside. Say: I have a special prize for you i this bag. It s somethig most kids love. What do you hope it is? Let oe or two kids aswer ecourage kids to say, I hope for. The cotiue. Great try! I ll give you aother clue. Tell the color of the cady. What do you hope it is? Let oe or two other kids aswer. The cotiue the process, givig kids more clues ad lettig oe or two childre aswer after each clue. Let each child have a chace to tell what he or she hopes the prize is. The show kids the cady ad let each child have a piece. Lead childre i this discussio. What was it like to wait ad hope for what you wated? What do you hope Jesus will give you or your family? Say: Mary ad Martha hoped Jesus could help Lazarus. Ad he did! He brought Lazarus back to life. JESUS GIVES US HOPE, too. We kow we ca ask him for thigs ad he ll liste to us. He wo t always give us everythig we wat like cady but he will give us everythig we eed. Ceter 4: Hope Shows Through oe 5-ich piece of cheille wire per child oe 5-ich card stock circle per child alumium foil tape paper CENTER 4: Hope Shows Through Give each child oe of the card stock circles. Give kids each two small pieces of paper ad have them wad them up ad tape them oto their circles to look like eyes. Say: Lazarus eyes were closed whe he died, but Jesus opeed his eyes whe he brought him back to life. JESUS GIVES US HOPE. Sprig Quarter Lesso 6 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

75 75 The give each child a cheille wire. Have kids shape the cheille wire ito a smile ad tape it to the circle. Say: Everyoe smiled whe Jesus brought Lazarus back to life. Jesus gave the people great hope, ad JESUS GIVES US HOPE. Give each child a 6x6-ich piece of alumium foil. Have kids ceter the circle uder the square of foil ad fold the foil edges aroud the back of the circle. The have them getly press the foil agaist the frot side of the smiley face util the eyes ad smiles appear. Say: Lazarus was dead i the tomb ad the people could t see his smilig face util Jesus brought him back to life the his face appeared whe he came out of the tomb. Jesus gave Lazarus ad his sisters hope they were sad whe Lazarus died, but they had hope ad were happy whe Jesus brought him back to life. Poit to the eyes ad mouth o the smiley face as you say the followig, havig childre follow the actios i paretheses. Jesus kows whe I m sad. He kows whe my eyes cry. (poit to eyes) He turs my frow ito a smile (poit to smile) Ad wipes my tears away. (wipe eyes) Lead childre i this discussio. Tell about a time you hoped somethig would happe ad it did. What are other thigs that put a smile o your face? Say: Jesus made Lazarus ad his sisters smile whe he brought Lazarus back to life. He gave them hope because he was there for them ad he took care of them. Jesus takes care of us, too. JESUS GIVES US HOPE. Eve whe thigs happe that make us sad, we ca have hope because Jesus is goig to make it all better. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 6 Sprig Quarter

76 76 5 LASTING IMPRESSIONS Daily Challeges My Bible Hugs Daily Challeges After the childre have cleaed up their ceters, brig everyoe back to a circle area o the floor. Review the lesso activities ad the Bible Poit, ad the ecourage the childre to share what they remember about what they leared from the Bible today. Also use this time to challege kids i their faith. Ecourage them to choose a Daily Challege for applyig today s lesso to their lives this week. Use this challege for ecouragig your childre s growig relatioships with Jesus. Say: Today we leared that JESUS GIVES US HOPE. I would like each of you to choose a way that you ca trust Jesus to give you hope this week. Read the three Daily Challege ideas for childre to choose from: If you see someoe who s sad, give that perso a hug ad tell the perso that Jesus gives us hope. Whe you wake up i the morig or after a ap, remember how Jesus woke Lazarus from the dead ad gave Lazarus hope to live agai. Thak Jesus for givig you hope, too. Help your mom or dad make breakfast. Pray for the meal ad ask Jesus to give your family hope all day log. Have kids each whisper i your ear or tell you which idea they ve chose, ad the circle it o each child s My Bible Hugs page. Make sure you tell kids the challege you choose. Your commitmet will ispire childre ad will give them a opportuity to see God at work i your life as well as i theirs! Actio Prayer CD player Teacher Pack CD: Hope, Hope (track 5) Actio Prayer Have the childre sit i a circle. Remid them that Jesus gives us hope. Play Hope, Hope (track 5 o the CD), ad have childre sig alog to the tue of Love, Love, Love, Love. Sprig Quarter Lesso 6 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

77 77 Hope, hope, hope, hope (put arms out with palms up ad bouce them up for each hope ) Jesus gives us all such hope. (poit to self) We will thak him. (show prayer hads) We will thak him (show prayer hads) For the hope. (put arms out with palms up ad bouce them up for hope ) (Repeat 2x.) For the hope. (put arms out with palms up ad bouce them up for hope ) Say: Let s thak Jesus for the hope he gives us. Have kids bow their heads. Dear Jesus, thak you that you give us hope. I your ame, ame. Weavig Faith at Home Have childre take home their My Bible Hugs pages whether they worked o them or ot. Have the childre tell their parets the challege they committed to i the Daily Challeges activity. Ecourage the parets to help their kids fulfill this commitmet throughout the week. By workig together ad focusig o the same goals, you ad parets ca help childre weave faith ito their lives! Talk to your Director about ig the FREE FamilyCoect to all your church s families. Available at group.com/digital. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 6 Sprig Quarter

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79 Lesso 7 79 Crowds Welcome Jesus to Jerusalem Psalm 118:19-29; Matthew 21:1-11 Preschoolers like to sig ad clap their hads with ethusiasm. They ejoy stories that are excitig ad activities that are full of actio. Youg childre ca readily embrace the idea of a worship experiece that is joyful ad lively. Use this lesso to teach your 3- ad 4-year-olds to rejoice ad praise Jesus because he deserves our praise! LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP 1 Gettig Started about 5 mi. 2 Key Verse Activity about 10 mi. 3 Bible Exploratio about 15 mi. Welcome ad Celebrate Welcome each other, ad praise God through music. Circle of Praise Explore a variety of ways to praise Jesus. Puppy Poiters Tell Theo how people praise Jesus. Bible Time: Hosaa Praises Shout Hosaa! as the Bible passage is told. CD player Teacher Pack: CD Bible CD player, Theo puppet, praise music CD, tape Teacher Pack: CD Bible, gree copy paper, scissors Teacher Pack: Palm Brach patter Tape a CD of praise music to Theo s paw. Make copies of the Palm Brach patter o gree copy paper, ad cut out the palm braches. You ll eed oe brach for each child. Bible Poit We praise Jesus. Key Verse The life I live i the body, I live by faith i the So of God, who loved me ad gave himself for me (Galatias 2:20). Weavig Faith Ito Life Childre will praise Jesus. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 7 Sprig Quarter

80 80 LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP Ceter 1: Prepare the Way for Jesus Preted to prepare the road for the dokey that ll carry Jesus. My Bible Hugs, scissors, glue, small cloth scraps, palm braches from the Bible Time: Hosaa Praises activity Remove the Lesso 7 pages from each My Bible Hugs studet book, ad write childre s ames o them. Sip small pieces from a few of the palm braches. 4 Weavig Faith Ito Life about 20 mi. (Choose 2 ceters.) Ceter 2: Praise the Lord Sacks Ejoy a fu, praisig sack. Ceter 3: Hosaa Hop Walk the road to Jerusalem ad wave palm braches. graham crackers, apkis, soft cream cheese or frostig, plastic spoos, shakers of cady sprikles, atibacterial gel (optioal) maskig tape, palm braches from the Bible Time: Hosaa Praises activity Use maskig tape to create a road to Jerusalem o the floor. Ceter 4: Moder Palms Make pompoms, ad wave them to show excitemet for Jesus. oe 12x24-ich piece of gree tissue paper ad 1 plastic straw per child, stapler, scissors Daily Challeges Choose a Daily Challege to apply God s Word. My Bible Hugs 5 Lastig Impressios about 10 mi. Actio Prayer Walk the road to Jerusalem, ad sig a prayer to Jesus. Weavig Faith at Home Talk about how to share what they leared with their families. CD player, road from the Ceter 3: Hosaa Hop activity Teacher Pack: CD Sprig Quarter Lesso 7 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

81 81 Crowds Welcome Jesus to Jerusalem Psalm 118:19-29; Matthew 21:1-11 BIBLe BACKGROUND FOR LEADERS What Was He Thikig? I this passage, why did Jesus sed his disciples to borrow a dokey ad her colt without askig? Ad why would he tell them to respod, The Lord eeds them if questioed? Some have speculated that Jesus had arraged i advace to borrow the dokey. Others suggest that he likely kew the ower ad kew the dokey would be offered if eeded. Or, as God, he may have already kow how the ower would respod. Jesus obviously could t ride both aimals at the same time. Ridig o a colt fulfilled the prophecy from Zechariah 9:9 ad demostrated Jesus humble spirit. The mother dokey likely walked alogside her colt, sice it would have bee typical for a dokey to accompay her colt wherever it was led. A Carpet of Cloaks (Matthew 27:22-26)! If the evets eded there, we would have little reaso to praise. But whe Jesus rose from the dead, he demostrated that he truly was God. The Jesus Coectio Jesus life, death, ad resurrectio made it possible for us to have eteral life through a relatioship with him. He is the reaso for our hope ad our happiess. Praise Jesus for everythig he is! Praisig Jesus is about more tha just thakig him it keeps us focused o his love for us. Jesus wats us to praise him publicly ad privately, so others see his love as well. What ca you persoally praise Jesus for? Praise him by writig dow four or five thigs he has doe for you, ad thak him. Share your praises with someoe else so that perso ca be blessed, too. You ca write your praises here. Jesus triumphal etry ito Jerusalem was the high poit of his earthly miistry. Military victors were ofte hoored with such a processio whe they retured from battle. People placig their cloaks as a carpet o the street was a act of hoor ad of submissio. The people also used cut palm braches as a victory celebratio for Jesus. These acts fulfilled other prophecies about Jesus. A Garmet of Praise The passage the people quoted as they shouted hosaa is Psalm 118:25-26, where the word hosaa is traslated Lord save us! Or it could be simply traslated Save! used as a expressio of praise. The crowd stirred up the city so dramatically that may asked who Jesus was. Yet five days later, a crowd i that same city demaded Jesus be crucified Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 7 Sprig Quarter

82 82 GETTING STARTED Welcome ad Celebrate CD player Teacher Pack CD: All the Childre Praise the Lord (track 2), His Great Love (Romas 5:8) (track 3) Welcome ad Celebrate Tip Cosistetly use the same sigal to aouce a trasitio to the ext activity. You could flip the lights off ad o, use a trai whistle, have a puppet rustlig iside a bag, or sig cleaup sogs. Keep it simple, cosistet, ad fu. As the childre arrive, greet each oe with a smile. Whe it s time to begi, use your sigal to gather the childre together i a circle. Lead childre i sigig All the Childre Praise the Lord (track 2 o the CD) to the tue of Yakee Doodle. Ecourage childre to follow the motios i paretheses. All the kids have come to church, (spread arms wide) Ad we re so glad to be here. (clap hads) All the kids have come to praise (raise hads toward heave) The Lord that we hold so dear. (clasp hads to chest) All the childre praise the Lord. (wave hads above head) All the childre praise him. (wave hads above head) All the childre praise the Lord. (wave hads above head) Now are t you glad you re here? (od head) (Repeat 2x.) Say: Are you glad to be here? Pause. I m glad, too, because we ca praise God together for his great love. That s somethig to sig about! Have kids stad ad sig His Great Love (Romas 5:8) (track 3 o the CD). Ecourage childre to follow the motios i paretheses. God loves us. (cross arms over chest) God set his So to die for us (raise both arms high ad lower them slowly) Because of his great love. (cross arms over chest ad sway) (Repeat.) His great love, (poit up) God showed his great big love (move hads side to side) By sedig Christ to die for us (lower arms ad march i place) While we were still siers. (Repeat.) (Repeat from the begiig.) Sprig Quarter Lesso 7 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

83 83 His great love. His great love. (poit up) His great love. (poit up) His Great Love (Romas 5:8) by Be Glover Group Publishig, Ic. All rights reserved. Say: I love it whe WE PRAISE JESUS. He s so great ad I love tellig him that! 2 KEY VERSE ACTIVITY Circle of Praise Have the childre sit i a circle. Ope your Bible to Galatias 2:20, ad show childre the words. Circle of Praise Bible Say: Our Key Verse from the Bible says, The life I live i the body, I live by faith i the So of God, who loved me ad gave himself for me. That meas that whe we believe i Jesus he s a part of our lives. It meas that Jesus loved me ad gave himself for me. Let s say that together. Lead the childre i repeatig the simplified Key Verse with you: Jesus loved me ad gave himself for me (Galatias 2:20). Say: Jesus loved us so much that he gave his life for us! Before Jesus died for us, we could t live i heave because of all the wrog thigs we do. But he died so that we ca be forgive. That s great ews! Ad we ca praise Jesus for what he did i may ways. Some people clap their hads whe they hear good ews. Lead childre i clappig. Some shout whe they hear good ews. Lead childre i shoutig, I just love Jesus! Some people sig to Jesus like we sag earlier. Lead childre i this discussio. Why do people get excited about Jesus? What ways do you like to praise Jesus? Say: Our Key Verse says: Jesus loved me ad gave himself for me. That s defiitely somethig to get excited about! WE PRAISE JESUS to thak him for givig his life for us ad to show him how we excited we are. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 7 Sprig Quarter

84 84 3 BIBLE EXPLORATION Puppy Poiters CD player Theo puppet praise music CD tape Teacher Pack CD: Here, Theo (track 4) Puppy Poiters Easy Prep Tape a CD of praise music to Theo s paw. Puppy Poiters Say: Liste everyoe, Theo s comig! He has somethig to show us. Let s fid out what it is. Play Here, Theo (track 4 o the CD), ad brig out Theophilus the FaithRetriever. Theo: Hi, everybody! Teacher: Hello, Theo! It s so good to see you at church with us today. I see you ve brought a CD with you. Theo: A fried of mie gave me this CD ad I thought you d like it. Teacher: What kid of music is o it? Theo: It s music about Jesus. Teacher: The you were right! I really like sogs about Jesus I sig to praise Jesus all the time. Theo: Souds great would you show me? Teacher: I d love to Theo: (Cuts teacher off.) I m kid of shy about sigig. Teacher: You do t have to sig, Theo. We kow lots of ways to praise God. Frieds, what are other ways to praise God? (Allow time.) Frieds, let s tell Theo our Bible Poit. (Lead childre i sayig the Bible Poit for Theo: WE PRAISE JESUS.) Teacher: Praisig Jesus is somethig we ca do every day. We ca sig, pray, shout, ad clap our hads to celebrate Jesus love! Theo: That s so eat! Thaks so much for showig me how you praise Jesus! Teacher: Ad thaks for brigig this CD to me. Let s say goodbye to Theo. Ecourage the childre to wave or say goodbye to Theo. The put Theo away i a safe place for ext week s use. Lead childre i this discussio. What are some ways you praise Jesus? How ca you praise him this week? Say: We ca worship Jesus every day, whether or ot we have a CD to sig with. WE PRAISE JESUS i may differet ways. Sprig Quarter Lesso 7 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

85 85 Bible Time: Hosaa Praises Have kids sit i a circle. Ope your Bible to Matthew 21, ad show the childre the words. Tell childre that the Bible is God s special book. Give each child a paper palm brach. Say: I the Bible today, people praised Jesus. Let s hear how. The people were excited; a parade was comig! This was t just ay parade the celebratio was for Jesus! Jesus rode ito Jerusalem o a dokey. As Jesus passed by, the people shouted Hosaa! ad they waved palm braches. Lead childre to jump up ad wave their palm braches ad the sit back dow. Say: May of the people kew that Jesus was a very special perso. They thought he was special because he did so may good thigs. They d bee waitig a log time for him to come. The people took off their coats ad spread them o the groud for the dokey to walk o. Ad they shouted Hosaa! as they waved their palm braches. Have childre jump up ad wave the palms ad the sit back dow. Say: Someoe asked, Who is that? The people aswered, This is Jesus, who comes i the ame of the Lord. Hosaa! Have childre jump up ad wave the palms ad the sit back dow. Bible Time: Hosaa Praises Bible gree copy paper scissors Teacher Pack Palm Brach patter Bible Time: Hosaa Praises Easy Prep Make copies of the Palm Brach patter o gree copy paper, ad cut out the palm braches. You ll eed oe brach for each child. Lead childre i this discussio. What do you thik about the parade for Jesus? How could you praise Jesus if he was i a parade i our tow today? Say: The parade we heard about i the Bible today was oe of the most special parades ever. The people celebrated ad praised Jesus because he is God. WE PRAISE JESUS, too, to show him we kow how special he is. 4 WEAVING FAITH INTO LIFE Choose at least two of the learig ceters to help reiforce today s Bible lesso. Gather the eeded materials, ad put the supplies i a out-of-sight area util you re ready for them. Allow the childre to choose which ceter they d like to explore first. The circulate amog the childre as they create ad explore. Ecourage them to make coectios betwee their activities ad the Bible by askig them the questios icluded with each ceter s descriptio. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 7 Sprig Quarter

86 86 CENTER 1: Prepare the Way for Jesus Ceter 1: Prepare the Way for Jesus My Bible Hugs scissors glue small cloth scraps palm braches from the Bible Time: Hosaa Praises activity Give each child a My Bible Hugs page. Say: Whe people heard Jesus was comig, they were very excited. They laid their coats i the road for his dokey to walk o. Ecourage kids to prepare the road i the picture for Jesus ad the dokey to walk dow by gluig cloth scraps to it. The say: The people also waved palm braches as he passed by ad they praised him! Have kids glue the palm brach pieces to the side of the road, as well. The people shouted Hosaa! as Jesus passed by. Lead childre i this discussio. Ceter 1: Prepare the Way for Jesus Easy Prep What ca you say to Jesus to show him you love him? What ca you do to show Jesus you love him? Remove the Lesso 7 pages from each My Bible Hugs studet book, ad write childre s ames o them. Sip small pieces from a few of the palm braches. Ceter 2: Praise the Lord Sacks graham crackers apkis soft cream cheese or frostig plastic spoos shakers of cady sprikles atibacterial gel (optioal)! ALLERGY ALERT Say: The people kew that Jesus was very special, so they celebrated ad praised him by layig their coats ad palm braches i the road for his dokey to walk o. They also shouted praises to him. WE PRAISE JESUS, too, by sigig to him, tellig him i prayer that we love him, ad i may other ways. CENTER 2: Praise the Lord Sacks Have childre clea their hads ad the sit dow for the sack. Give each child a graham cracker o a apki. The set out soft cream cheese ad plastic spoos, ad let kids spread the cream cheese o their crackers. Say: Oe way people celebrate is by throwig cofetti. Let s decorate our crackers with cady cofetti. Let kids have fu decoratig their crackers with cady sprikles. The ask a child to thak God for the sack before childre ejoy their sack. As kids eat, review all the ways the people praised Jesus i the Bible. Lead childre i this discussio. Thik of all the ways the people praised Jesus, ad explai which is your favorite way. What are some thigs people i our church do to praise God? Sprig Quarter Lesso 7 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

87 87 Say: Celebratig someoe or somethig ca be a lot of fu. Ad people like to do it i differet ways. Whe WE PRAISE JESUS, we ca do it i differet ways, ad we ca have fu while doig it! CENTER 3: Hosaa Hop Ecourage childre to take turs trottig or gallopig dow the road. Each time they go dow the road, have them do somethig differet, for example: walkig backward, hoppig, or skippig. While oe child is takig a tur goig dow the road, have the rest of the kids lie up beside the road with palm braches. Have kids wave their palm braches ad shout Hosaa! Lead childre i this discussio. What was this game like for you? Tell about somethig that you like to do more tha aythig i the world. Whe you re doig that thig, what could you do to praise Jesus? Ceter 3: Hosaa Hop maskig tape palm braches from the Bible Time: Hosaa Praises activity Ceter 3: Hosaa Hop Easy Prep Use maskig tape to create a road to Jerusalem o the floor. Say: Jesus is God, ad he loves us so much. WE PRAISE JESUS to show him we love him ad believe i him. CENTER 4: Moder Palms Give each child a piece of gree tissue paper. Have kids fold the paper i half. The have them fold the paper i half agai. Help each child slide a plastic straw iside the fold, leavig about three iches of the straw showig below the paper. (The straw will ot reach to the top of the folded paper.) Use a stapler to attach the paper aroud the straw. Staple it all the way up to the top of the fold. Use the scissors to cut the tissue ito strips, like a pompom. The say: The people praised Jesus with palm braches. Today, people wave thigs to show excitemet, too like cheerleaders at a game. Shake your pompom to show you re excited about Jesus. Allow time. Jesus is happy whe we praise him. Let s shake our pompoms we made as we chat praise to him! Ceter 4: Moder Palms oe 12x24-ich piece of gree tissue paper ad 1 plastic straw per child stapler scissors Chat the followig verse: Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 7 Sprig Quarter

88 88 Hallelujah, hallelujah. Christ is kig! Christ is kig! Let s sig hosaa, Let s sig hosaa. Christ is kig! Christ is kig! Say: WE PRAISE JESUS. We ca sig, jump, clap our hads, wave palm braches, ad do may other thigs to show Jesus how special we thik he is! 5 LASTING IMPRESSIONS Daily Challeges My Bible Hugs Daily Challeges After the childre have cleaed up their ceters, brig everyoe back to a circle area o the floor. Review the lesso activities ad the Bible Poit, ad the ecourage the childre to share what they remember about what they leared from the Bible today. Also use this time to challege kids i their faith. Ecourage them to choose a Daily Challege for applyig today s lesso to their lives this week. Use this challege for ecouragig your childre s growig relatioships with Jesus. Say: Today we leared that WE PRAISE JESUS. I would like each of you to choose a way that you ca praise Jesus this week. Read the three Daily Challege ideas for childre to choose from: Ask your mom or dad to take you o a walk. Each time you see somethig you like, praise Jesus ad thak him for makig it. Make up ew actios to your favorite sog about Jesus. Show your family the ew actios, ad ask them to sig with you. Whe you put o your clothes this week, remember that the people i the Bible laid their coats o the groud to praise Jesus. Sig a quick sog or say a little prayer to praise Jesus. Have kids each whisper i your ear or tell you which idea they ve chose, ad the circle it o each child s My Bible Hugs page. Make sure you tell kids the challege you choose. Your commitmet will ispire childre ad will give them a opportuity to see God at work i your life as well as i theirs! Sprig Quarter Lesso 7 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

89 89 Actio Prayer Lie kids up at the start of the road from the Hosaa Hop activity. Have kids joi you i sigig the prayer Praise, Praise, Praise You, Lord (track 6 o the CD) to the tue of Row, Row, Row Your Boat. Ecourage childre to walk dow the road as they sig a prayer of praise to their Lord Jesus. Praise, praise, praise you, Lord. How woderful you are! Ad we wat to give you praise. We pray i Jesus ame. (Repeat.) Actio Prayer CD player road from the Ceter 3: Hosaa Hop activity Teacher Pack CD: Praise, Praise, Praise You, Lord (track 6) Say: WE PRAISE JESUS because he s our God. Let s praise him this week as ofte as we ca! Weavig Faith at Home Have childre take home their My Bible Hugs pages whether they worked o them or ot. Have the childre tell their parets the challege they committed to i the Daily Challeges activity. Ecourage the parets to help their kids fulfill this commitmet throughout the week. By workig together ad focusig o the same goals, you ad parets ca help childre weave faith ito their lives! Talk to your Director about ig the FREE FamilyCoect to all your church s families. Available at group.com/digital. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 7 Sprig Quarter

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91 Lesso 8 91 Jesus Comes Back to Life Matthew 27:27-56; 28:1-10 Few childre this age have experieced the death of a loved oe, so they do t uderstad the permaece of death. I their world of preted, it s o big deal for people to die ad the come back to life. As a result, preschoolers may ot see Jesus death ad resurrectio for the miracle that it is. Use this lesso to help your childre uderstad that Jesus resurrectio was a amazig, miraculous thig that shows God s great power ad love. LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP 1 Gettig Started about 5 mi. Welcome ad Celebrate Welcome each other, ad praise God through music. CD player Teacher Pack: CD Bible Poit Jesus is alive. Key Verse The life I live i the body, I live by faith i the So of God, who loved me ad gave himself for me (Galatias 2:20). 2 Key Verse Activity about 10 mi. Jesus Loves Me Play a game to discover Jesus love for them. Bible, CD player Teacher Pack: CD, foam hearts Hide the foam hearts aroud the room. Weavig Faith Ito Life Childre will celebrate that Jesus is alive. 3 Bible Exploratio about 15 mi. Puppy Poiters Lear with Theo about why we celebrate Easter. Bible Time: A Emotioal Day Explore the emotios of those who saw Jesus die. CD player, Theo puppet, scissors, tape Teacher Pack: CD, Easter Lily picture Bible, CD player, white crayo, other crayos Teacher Pack: CD, Jesus Has Come Back to Life! poster (from the Big Bible Poster Pack) Cut out the Easter lily ad tape it to Theo s paw. Use a white crayo to cover the iside of the tomb o the poster so a colored crayo ca t write o it. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 8 Sprig Quarter

92 92 LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP Ceter 1: A Splash of Emotio Use watercolors to show the happiess of Jesus frieds. My Bible Hugs, ewspapers, paitbrushes, cups of water, watercolor paits Remove the Lesso 8 pages from each My Bible Hugs studet book, ad write childre s ames o them. 4 Weavig Faith Ito Life about 20 mi. (Choose 2 ceters.) Ceter 2: Flowerpot Sack Create a preted flowerpot, ad be remided that Jesus is alive like flowers. Ceter 3: Jesus, Jesus, Where Are You? Play a game to fid out where Jesus was whe his frieds could t fid him i the tomb. paper cups, plastic spoos, chocolate puddig, chocolate cookies, silk flowers, bowls, atibacterial gel (optioal) plastic Easter egg Teacher Pack: Jesus stickers Crush chocolate cookies to make coarse crumbs. Fill several bowls with cookie crumbs ad several with chocolate puddig. Attach 2 Jesus stickers back to back, ad hide them iside the plastic egg. Ceter 4: Alive! Do thigs to show they are alive. Daily Challeges Choose a Daily Challege to apply God s Word. My Bible Hugs 5 Lastig Impressios about 10 mi. Actio Prayer Take turs sittig up ad thakig Jesus that he s alive. Weavig Faith at Home Talk about how to share what they leared with their families. Sprig Quarter Lesso 8 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

93 93 Jesus Comes Back to Life Matthew 27:27-56; 28:1-10 BIBLe BACKGROUND FOR LEADERS Everythig Falls Apart Last week s lesso focused o the climax of Jesus miistry. But just a few days later, everythig had goe wrog to huma eyes. After betrayig his Lord to the Jewish authorities who were out to get Jesus, Judas haged himself i remorse. As Jesus had predicted, three times Peter deied eve kowig Jesus. Ad the Jesus was tried, mocked, flogged almost to death, ad forced to carry his ow cross toward the site of his crucifixio (Joh 19:17). At Golgotha, Jesus was ailed to a cross to die as a commo crimial betwee two thieves. A sig was placed above his head that mocked his declaratio that he was Kig. The Meaig of Jesus Death astoudig ad perhaps more sigificat. Jesus resurrectio is at the core of our faith. The Jesus Coectio Jesus resurrectio sealed our eteral life. Because Jesus wet to death ad back for us, God will forgive our sis ad we ca live forever i relatioship with Jesus. Thak you, Jesus, for your icredible victory! Whe was the last time you dealt with a difficult situatio or felt depressed? Remid yourself of Jesus resurrectio ad gift of eteral life. How could reflectig o Jesus have put that situatio i perspective ad helped you deal with it? Make a prayer commitmet to keep explorig Jesus resurrectio, ad discover how it still chages you. You ca write your prayer here. What happeed at the momet of Jesus death cofirmed who he really was (Matthew 27:50-56). The splittig of the curtai that separated the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place i the Temple had deep sigificace. The High Priest etered ito the Most Holy Place oly oce a year to offer sacrifices for the people s sis (Hebrews 9:7) the oly time he could eter ito God s presece. I takig our sis upo himself ad dyig for those sis, Jesus opeed the way for us to have a direct relatioship with God (Hebrews 10:19-20). The Empty Tomb The first people to see that empty tomb were the wome closest to Jesus. Mary Magdalee ad Mary the mother of James arose early to aoit Jesus body with spices, a commo burial practice. What Jesus did i his death o the cross offerig forgiveess for our sis was a amazig ad powerful demostratio of God s love. But what Jesus did o the first Easter morig was eve more Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 8 Sprig Quarter

94 94 GETTING STARTED Welcome ad Celebrate CD player Teacher Pack CD: All the Childre Praise the Lord (track 2), Jesus, I Love You (track 9) Welcome ad Celebrate Tip Cosistetly use the same sigal to aouce a trasitio to the ext activity. You could flip the lights off ad o, use a trai whistle, have a puppet rustlig iside a bag, or sig cleaup sogs. Keep it simple, cosistet, ad fu. As the childre arrive, greet each oe with a smile. Whe it s time to begi, use your sigal to gather the childre together i a circle o the floor. Lead childre i sigig All the Childre Praise the Lord (track 2 o the CD) to the tue of Yakee Doodle. Ecourage childre to follow the motios i paretheses. All the kids have come to church, (spread arms wide) Ad we re so glad to be here. (clap hads) All the kids have come to praise (raise hads toward heave) The Lord that we hold so dear. (clasp hads to chest) All the childre praise the Lord. (wave hads above head) All the childre praise him. (wave hads above head) All the childre praise the Lord. (wave hads above head) Now are t you glad you re here? (od head) (Repeat 2x.) Say: I love sigig with you. I m so glad we ca praise Jesus together. Let s sig aother sog to Jesus. Sig Jesus, I Love You (track 9 o the CD) to the tue of Baa, Baa, Black Sheep. Ecourage childre to follow the motios i paretheses. Jesus, Jesus, I love you, (cross arms over chest) Ad I kow you love me, too. (poit up) You have died for all my si, (hold arms out as if hagig o a cross) Ad you came to life agai. (clap twice) Jesus, Jesus, I love you, (cross arms over chest) Ad I kow you love me, too. (poit up) (Repeat.) Say: I m glad you came to church today. I m so excited that JESUS IS ALIVE, ad that we ca sig ad praise God for the amazig thigs he does. Sprig Quarter Lesso 8 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

95 95 2 KEY VERSE ACTIVITY Jesus Loves Me Have childre form a circle ad sit dow. Ope your Bible to Galatias 2:20, ad show childre the words. Say: Our Key Verse from the Bible says, The life I live i the body, I live by faith i the So of God, who loved me ad gave himself for me. That meas that whe we believe i Jesus he s a part of our lives ad I kow that Jesus loved me ad gave himself for me. Let s say that together. Lead the childre i repeatig the simplified Key Verse with you: Jesus loved me ad gave himself for me (Galatias 2:20). Say: I put some hearts i the room to show that Jesus love is all aroud us. God loves us so much that we ca see his love all day log. See if you ca fid the hearts that remid us of God s love. After kids fid all the hearts, sig Jesus Loves Me Rock (track 7 o the CD) with them i the first part, you ll sig each lie ad kids will echo you. I the secod part, they ll aswer each of your questios with Jesus! Jesus Loves Me Bible CD player Teacher Pack foam hearts CD: Jesus Loves Me Rock (track 7) Jesus Loves Me Easy Prep Hide the foam hearts aroud the room. Jesus loves me, (echo) This I kow, (echo) For the Bible (echo) Tells me so. (echo) Little childre (echo) To him belog. (echo) They are weak, but (echo) He s so strog! (echo) Jaaaayyy! (J) Eeeeeeee! (E) Sssssssss! (S) Uuuuuu! (U) Sssssssss! (S) Ad what s that spell? (Jesus!) Ad who do you love? (Jesus!) Ad who loves you? (Jesus!) Who died for you? (Jesus!) Ad who s your guy? (Jesus!) The apple of your eye! (Jesus!) Ad who s your fried? (Jesus!) He ll love ya to the ed! (Repeat from the begiig.) Jesus Loves Me Rock by Dea-o Group Publishig, Ic. All rights reserved. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 8 Sprig Quarter

96 96 Say: Jesus died o a cross to forgive your sis. Let s say our Key Verse oe more time: Jesus loved me ad gave himself for me (Galatias 2:20). Say: You foud a lot of love hearts aroud the room. God s love is all aroud us. Lead childre i this discussio. What are thigs that God does to show he loves you? Tell about a time you did somethig wrog ad God forgave you. Say: Sometimes we do bad thigs, like ot obeyig our parets. But Jesus loves us so much that he wats to be frieds with us eve though we do bad thigs. Jesus took our puishmet for the bad thigs we do so we ca be frieds with him. Jesus died o the cross ad the came back to life. Every time we see a cross, we ca remember that God brought Jesus back to life JESUS IS ALIVE! 3 BIBLE EXPLORATION Puppy Poiters CD player Theo puppet scissors tape Teacher Pack CD: Here, Theo (track 4) Easter Lily picture Puppy Poiters Easy Prep Cut out the Easter lily ad tape it to Theo s paw. Puppy Poiters Say: Liste everyoe, Theo s comig! He has somethig to show us. Let s fid out what it is. Play Here, Theo (track 4 o the CD), ad brig out Theophilus the FaithRetriever. Theo: Hi, everybody! Teacher: Hello, Theo! It s so good to see you at church with us today. What did you brig with you? Theo: I brought this beautiful flower. Teacher: It is a beautiful flower it s a Easter lily. But why did you brig it today? Theo: I saw some kids carryig these flowers, ad they were talkig about how Jesus died for them ad the came back to life agai. Ca you tell me what that meas? Teacher: Sure, Theo. A Easter lily is a flower that remids us of how much Jesus loves us. Jesus ever did aythig wrog, but he took the puishmet for all the wrog thigs we ve doe. Theo: Why would he take the puishmet for thigs people did? Teacher: Because he loves us ad that was the oly way we could be frieds with him. Jesus died, but he came back to life! Frieds, ca you tell Theo our Bible Poit for today? (Lead childre i sayig the Bible Poit for Theo: JESUS IS ALIVE!) Teacher: The Easter lily is alive just like Jesus. Let s all celebrate that JESUS IS ALIVE! (Ecourage the kids to shout ad jump as they celebrate that Jesus is alive. Move Theo i a excited way, ad have him shout as well.) Sprig Quarter Lesso 8 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

97 97 Theo: I m so glad that JESUS IS ALIVE! I m goig to go celebrate Easter with my family. Teacher: Good idea, Theo. Thaks for comig today. Let s say goodbye to Theo. Ecourage the childre to wave or say goodbye to Theo. The put Theo away i a safe place for ext week s use. Lead childre i this discussio. What does your family do to celebrate Easter? What do you thik about Jesus dyig ad the comig back to life for you? Say: The Easter lily is a livig flower, ad it s beautiful. I love seeig Easter lilies because they remid me that JESUS IS ALIVE. Today we ll lear more about Jesus dyig ad comig back to life. Bible Time: A Emotioal Day Ope your Bible to Matthew 27, ad show the childre the words. Tell childre that the Bible is God s special book. Set the Jesus Has Come Back to Life! poster o the floor, ad have the kids gather i a circle aroud it. Poit to the ope tomb o the poster. Say: The Bible tells us that Jesus died o a cross ad his frieds put him i a tomb. They rolled a giat stoe i frot of the tomb to close it. Let s draw Jesus i the tomb. Ecourage each child to try to draw Jesus iside the tomb. The colored crayos wo t work over the white crayo, so the childre will soo fid it impossible to draw Jesus iside the tomb. Say: We ca t draw Jesus i the tomb! Jesus really died ad he was i the tomb. But o the third day, somethig amazig happeed! Somethig more powerful tha aythig! Let s draw Jesus somewhere else o the poster. Have each child draw a picture of Jesus o a differet part of the poster. The say: We ca draw Jesus everywhere except iside the tomb! That s because o the third day, Jesus came back to life! Jesus is t i the tomb aymore because JESUS IS ALIVE! Let s liste to the Bible to fid out how Jesus came back to life after dyig. Begi the A Emotioal Day (track 8 o the CD), ad follow the directios with the childre. The say: The people thought they d ever see Jesus agai after he died. They were very sad. Bible Time: A Emotioal Day Bible CD player white crayo other crayos Teacher Pack CD: A Emotioal Day (track 8) Jesus Has Come Back to Life! poster (from the Big Bible Poster Pack) Bible Time: A Emotioal Day Easy Prep Use a white crayo to cover the iside of the tomb o the poster so a colored crayo ca t write o it. Lead childre i this discussio. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 8 Sprig Quarter

98 98 What did you hear that you thought was excitig? Why are you excited that Jesus is alive? Say: Jesus frieds were very sad whe he died. They thought they d ever see him agai, but he came back to life! JESUS IS ALIVE! We ca be his frieds forever because he s alive! 4 WEAVING FAITH INTO LIFE Choose at least two of the learig ceters to help reiforce today s Bible lesso. Gather the eeded materials, ad put the supplies i a out-of-sight area util you re ready for them. Allow the childre to choose which ceter they d like to explore first. The circulate amog the childre as they create ad explore. Ecourage them to make coectios betwee their activities ad the Bible by askig them the questios icluded with each ceter s descriptio. Ceter 1: A Splash of Emotio My Bible Hugs ewspapers paitbrushes cups of water watercolor paits Ceter 1: A Splash of Emotio Easy Prep Remove the Lesso 8 pages from each My Bible Hugs studet book, ad write childre s ames o them. CENTER 1: A Splash of Emotio Spread ewspapers over a work surface, ad give each child a My Bible Hugs page ad a paitbrush. Say: What colors do you love what colors make you happy? The day Jesus rose from the dead was a bright, woderful day ad it s a woderful day for us, too. Decorate your page with your favorite colors to show a happy, bright day. Have kids pait the pictures to show their happiess that Jesus is alive. Lead childre i this discussio. How did you make your pictures look bright ad happy? What ca you tell someoe else about Jesus to brig them happiess? Say: Whe the wome wet to the cave where Jesus was buried, they felt sad ad gloomy that their fried had died. But whe they heard that JESUS IS ALIVE, they were happy ad excited. We paited our pictures to show this bright, happy day. Ad we ca tell others about Jesus to brig them a bright, happy day, too. Sprig Quarter Lesso 8 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

99 99 CENTER 2: Flowerpot Sack Have childre clea their hads ad the sit dow for the sack. Give each child a small paper cup, a plastic spoo, ad a clea silk flower. Place the bowls of cookie crumbs ad chocolate puddig aroud the table so each child ca easily reach them. Have childre scoop chocolate puddig ito their cups util they re about three-fourths full. The have childre sprikle cookie crumbs o top of the puddig. Say: I the witer, flowers ad other plats die. It ca seem gloomy i the witer everythig gets kid of brow like these cookie crumbs ad puddig. But i the sprig, the flowers ad other plats come back to life! It makes me happy to see pretty flowers bloomig. Have kids plat the flowers i the puddig dirt. Sprig flowers remid me of Jesus because he came back to life i the sprig, too. Now JESUS IS ALIVE ad he always will be! Let s pray ad thak Jesus that he s alive. Lead kids i prayer ad the let them eat. Whe they re fiished, say: Now all the dirt from your cups is goe, but the flower is still there that s like Jesus he s alive ad always will be alive! Now that s somethig to celebrate! Keep your flowers to remid you that JESUS IS ALIVE! CENTER 3: Jesus, Jesus, Where Are You? Have kids sit i a circle, ad place a chair i the ceter. Choose oe child to start the game ad sit o the chair. Show kids the plastic egg, ad say: This is our egg tomb. The perso i the ceter will cover his eyes while the rest of you choose someoe to take the egg tomb ad hide it behid his or her back. Have the child i the ceter cover his or her eyes. The place the plastic egg uder the chose child s chair. Tell all the childre to be very quiet as they choose a child to take the egg tomb from uder the chair. Have the child hide the egg behid his or her back, ad tell the other childre to preted to hide eggs behid their backs also. Remid the kids ot to tell who has the real egg tomb. Oce the egg tomb is hidde, have the child ucover his or her eyes. Say: Whe Mary wet to visit Jesus tomb, she thought he was dead. She wodered where he was. Will you chat, Jesus, Jesus, where are you? with me? Have kids chat with you. As they do, give the child i the ceter three chaces to guess where Jesus wet. The let the child who s hidig the tomb ope it up ad pull out Jesus for everyoe to see. Have kids agai chat, Jesus, Jesus is alive! Play several rouds, choosig ew players so everyoe has a tur to guess or hide the tomb. Ceter 2: Flowerpot Sack paper cups plastic spoos chocolate puddig chocolate cookies silk flowers bowls atibacterial gel (optioal)! ALLERGY ALERT Ceter 2: Flowerpot Sack Easy Prep Crush chocolate cookies to make coarse crumbs. Fill several bowls with cookie crumbs ad several with chocolate puddig. Ceter 3: Jesus, Jesus, Where Are You? plastic Easter egg Teacher Pack Jesus stickers Ceter 3: Jesus, Jesus, Where Are You? Easy Prep Attach 2 Jesus stickers back to back, ad hide them iside the plastic egg. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 8 Sprig Quarter

100 100 Lead childre i this discussio. What was it like to look for ad fid Jesus i this game? Why is it great that Jesus is alive? Say: Some people were afraid that Jesus body would be stole. So whe the wome could t fid Jesus i the cave where he was buried, they thought someoe had stole Jesus. But after they saw the agel, they kew that Jesus was t stole. They kew that JESUS IS ALIVE! CENTER 4: Alive! Have kids sit i a circle. Say: We leared i the Bible that Jesus died o the cross, but God brought him back to life. JESUS IS ALIVE! Whe you re alive you ca clap your hads. Do that with me. Lead kids i clappig their hads. Great job! Whe you re alive you ca also stad up ad sit dow. Stad up ad sit dow with me. Lead kids i stadig up ad sittig dow ad the stadig up oce more. Whe you re alive you ca shout. Shout Jesus is alive with me! Lead kids i shoutig. Whe you re alive you ca also see thigs with your eyes. Fid somethig [choose a color] i the room. Let kids take turs amig thigs that are that color. The say: What other thigs ca you do to show you re alive? If time allows, let each child ame somethig ad have everyoe do it. Say: Whe Jesus died, he did t clap his hads, shout, or see with his eyes. He was dead. But God brought him back to life! Lead childre i this discussio. What would you do if somethig was dead ad came back to life? Who do you wat to tell the amazig ews that JESUS IS ALIVE? Say: Jesus died ad was buried i a tomb. He did t talk or move. He was ot alive. But God brought him back to life! JESUS IS ALIVE, eve today! Sprig Quarter Lesso 8 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

101 101 5 LASTING IMPRESSIONS Daily Challeges After the childre have cleaed up their ceters, brig everyoe back to a circle area o the floor. Review the lesso activities ad the Bible Poit, ad the ecourage the childre to share what they remember about what they leared from the Bible today. Daily Challeges My Bible Hugs Also use this time to challege kids i their faith. Ecourage them to choose a Daily Challege for applyig today s lesso to their lives this week. Use this challege for ecouragig your childre s growig relatioships with Jesus. Say: Today we leared that JESUS IS ALIVE. I would like each of you to choose a way that you ca celebrate ad tell the message that JESUS IS ALIVE. Read the three Daily Challege ideas for childre to choose from: Draw a cross for each perso i your family. Whe you give family members the crosses, remid them that Jesus died o the cross for our sis, but ow he s alive! Ivite your frieds ad family to your house for a party to celebrate that Jesus is alive. Act out this week s Bible passage with family or frieds. Whe you re fiished, throw cofetti or streamers to celebrate that Jesus is alive. Have kids each whisper i your ear or tell you which idea they ve chose, ad the circle it o each child s My Bible Hugs page. Make sure you tell kids the challege you choose. Your commitmet will ispire childre ad will give them a opportuity to see God at work i your life as well as i theirs! Actio Prayer Have the childre lie o the groud. Say: Jesus died ad they put him i a tomb. But he came back to life. Have kids practice lyig dow like Jesus i the tomb ad the sittig up whe you say JESUS IS ALIVE! The say: Let s thak Jesus for comig back to life. Stay lyig dow, ad whe I poit to you, sit up ad say Thak you, Jesus, that you re alive! Have kids stay sittig after they ve prayed. If a child does t wat to pray, let him or her just sit up. After every child has had a tur, close the prayer. Say: That was a great prayer! I m so glad that JESUS IS ALIVE! Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 8 Sprig Quarter

102 102 Weavig Faith at Home Have childre take home their My Bible Hugs pages whether they worked o them or ot. Have the childre tell their parets the challege they committed to i the Daily Challeges activity. Ecourage the parets to help their kids fulfill this commitmet throughout the week. By workig together ad focusig o the same goals, you ad parets ca help childre weave faith ito their lives! Talk to your Director about ig the FREE FamilyCoect to all your church s families. Available at group.com/digital. Sprig Quarter Lesso 8 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

103 Lesso Peter Explais Belief i Jesus 1 Peter 1:3-9 Although preschoolers ca t see Jesus, they have childlike faith that tells them that Jesus is real. They ca uderstad that Jesus is God ad does big thigs. They ca believe that Jesus loves them, is with them, ad ca help them whe they pray. Use this lesso to teach childre that eve whe people i the Bible could t see Jesus, they loved him ad believed i him ayway. LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP 1 Gettig Started about 5 mi. 2 Key Verse Activity about 10 mi. Welcome ad Celebrate Welcome each other, ad praise God through music. Free! Play a game of Freeze Tag. CD player Teacher Pack: CD Bible Bible Poit Believe i Jesus. Key Verse The life I live i the body, I live by faith i the So of God, who loved me ad gave himself for me (Galatias 2:20). Weavig Faith Ito Life Childre will show that they believe i Jesus. 3 Bible Exploratio about 15 mi. Puppy Poiters Hear how Theo s puppy race is like our belief i Jesus. Bible Time: God s Special Gift Fid out about God s special gift of Jesus. CD player, Theo puppet Teacher Pack: CD, medal Bible Hag the medal aroud Theo s eck. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 9 Sprig Quarter

104 104 LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP Ceter 1: Believig, But Not Seeig Draw pictures with white crayos, ad the watch as their pictures are revealed. My Bible Hugs, white crayos, watercolors, paitbrushes, cups of water Remove the Lesso 9 pages from each My Bible Hugs studet book, ad write childre s ames o them. 4 Weavig Faith Ito Life about 20 mi. (Choose 2 ceters.) Ceter 2: Let s Celebrate! Decorate the room ad have a party. Ceter 3: You, Too, Ca Believe Tell what they believe about Jesus. CD player, tape, streamers, special party sack, atibacterial gel (optioal) Teacher Pack: CD pictures from magazies of differet kids of people, tape Tape the pictures of people o a wall. Ceter 4: Jesus Loves Me Pictures Make a scrapbook full of pictures that remid them of Jesus. paper, crayos, decorative craft supplies, Teacher Pack: Jesus stickers Make a book for each child fold two pieces of paper together ad staple the folded edge. Write Jesus Loves Me o the frot cover of each book. Daily Challeges Choose a Daily Challege to apply God s Word. My Bible Hugs 5 Lastig Impressios about 10 mi. Actio Prayer Tell God they believe i Jesus. Weavig Faith at Home Talk about how to share what they leared with their families. Teacher Pack: medal Sprig Quarter Lesso 9 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

105 105 Peter Explais Belief i Jesus 1 Peter 1:3-9 BIBLe BACKGROUND FOR LEADERS Christias Uder Nero s Persecutio This letter, writte by Peter, was iteded to give the early Christias hope i the face of persecutio. I the Roma Empire, thigs had gotte rough for Christias. Uder the emperor Nero, the persecutio ad torture of Christias reached a ew level. Nero iveted creative ways of torturig people to death (such as usig huma torches to light his eveig gladiator cotests) just to be used o the Christias. Peter Focuses o Praisig God Despite this cotext of persecutio, Peter did t start by talkig about all the terrible thigs that his readers had bee experiecig ad hearig about. Istead he focused o praisig God for the woderful thigs God had doe for them ad remided them of the hope they have i the future, eve i the face of death. No matter how difficult the trial we face, othig compares with the greatess of what God did for us. Therefore we ca praise God o matter what s happeig i our lives. hope that kept them goig ad keeps us goig as well was the salvatio received by God s grace through faith i Jesus. The Jesus Coectio Jesus victory over death ca fill us with faith. Thak you, Jesus, for restorig our souls, givig us real joy, ad providig faith to carry o! How does faith i Jesus ifluece your happiess or uhappiess? Is it possible to have faith ad still feel uhappy? Havig faith does t mea walkig aroud with a huge gri all the time, but it defiitely alters how we view life. Ask God to show you how your life ca reflect your hope i Jesus. You ca write your prayer here. True Hope I the Bible, hope is a cofidece i somethig sure a faith that the future will brig good, o matter how bad thigs may look at the time. This hope is based o Jesus resurrectio. Because he rose from the dead, we, too, have hope of beig raised from the dead to sped eterity with him. Peter speaks i 1 Peter 1:7 of the testig of our faith ad how faith is proved geuie through sufferig. Such testig does t prove aythig to God, but it does show us our areas of weakess ad allow us to trust i God s stregth. Peter ecouraged his readers ad commeded their faith ad joy i Jesus. The source of that faith, the Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 9 Sprig Quarter

106 106 GETTING STARTED Welcome ad Celebrate CD player Teacher Pack CD: All the Childre Praise the Lord (track 2), Jesus, I Love You (track 9) Welcome ad Celebrate Tip Cosistetly use the same sigal to aouce a trasitio to the ext activity. You could flip the lights off ad o, use a trai whistle, have a puppet rustlig iside a bag, or sig cleaup sogs. Keep it simple, cosistet, ad fu. As the childre arrive, greet each oe with a smile. Whe it s time to begi, use your sigal to gather the childre together i a circle. Lead childre i sigig All the Childre Praise the Lord (track 2 o the CD) to the tue of Yakee Doodle. Ecourage childre to follow the motios i paretheses. All the kids have come to church, (spread arms wide) Ad we re so glad to be here. (clap hads) All the kids have come to praise (raise hads toward heave) The Lord that we hold so dear. (clasp hads to chest) All the childre praise the Lord. (wave hads above head) All the childre praise him. (wave hads above head) All the childre praise the Lord. (wave hads above head) Now are t you glad you re here? (od head) (Repeat 2x.) Say: I like to see you praisig the Lord. Now let s sig a sog to Jesus about how much we love him. Sig Jesus, I Love You (track 9 o the CD) to the tue of Baa, Baa, Black Sheep. Ecourage childre to follow the motios i paretheses. Jesus, Jesus, I love you, (cross arms over chest) Ad I kow you love me, too. (poit up) You have died for all my si, (hold arms out as if hagig o a cross) Ad you came to life agai. (clap twice) Jesus, Jesus, I love you, (cross arms over chest) Ad I kow you love me, too. (poit up) (Repeat.) Say: It s woderful to see you showig that you BELIEVE IN JESUS as you sig. But sigig is just oe way to show that we BELIEVE IN JESUS. I m excited to hear what a ma i the Bible amed Peter says about his belief i Jesus. Sprig Quarter Lesso 9 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

107 107 2 KEY VERSE ACTIVITY Free! Have the childre form a circle ad sit dow. Ope your Bible to Galatias 2:20, ad show childre the words. Free! Bible Say: Our Key Verse from the Bible says, The life I live i the body, I live by faith i the So of God, who loved me ad gave himself for me. That meas that whe we believe i Jesus he s a part of our lives ad I kow that Jesus loved me ad gave himself for me. Let s say that together. Lead the childre i repeatig the simplified Key Verse with you: Jesus loved me ad gave himself for me (Galatias 2:20). Say: Jesus loved us so much that he died o the cross to forgive us for all the wrog thigs we ve ever doe. If we BELIEVE IN JESUS, he gives us the way to live with God i heave forever. Let s play a game to show us how much Jesus loves us. You ll walk aroud the room ad I ll try to tag you. If I tag you, you ll freeze or stay i place without movig ad you ll stay that way util the ed of the game. Let the childre walk aroud the room for a miute as you tag some of them. The say: Oh o! You were mea to your sister. Now you ll have to walk i slow motio. Demostrate how to take slow motio steps. Cotiue to tag kids ad radomly tell scearios that have all the utagged kids walk i slow motio; for example, you told a lie, you suck a piece of cady, you pushed someoe, or you cut i frot of someoe i lie. Tag util all the kids are froze. Have kids stay froze, ad say: Sometimes whe we do wrog thigs, we start to feel guilty ad sad. We are t happy aymore, ad that feels kid of like walkig really slowly ad the gettig froze i place. But we kow that Jesus came to earth ad that he died for us. Whe we believe i Jesus, he forgives our si ad makes us feel light ad happy agai. As you tag childre to ufreeze them, whisper the Key Verse ito each child s ear. The let the child begi walkig agai. Cotiue util all the childre are walkig aroud the room agai. The say: If we BELIEVE IN JESUS, God forgives us; we do t have to stay froze. We ca ru ad jump ad be free! Lead childre i this discussio. What was it like to be froze? What was it like to be free? What do you thik about what Jesus did to make us free from si? Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 9 Sprig Quarter

108 108 Say: We all do thigs that are wrog or mea or aughty, ad we ca get kid of froze i a bad place. But if we BELIEVE IN JESUS ad ask him to forgive us, he will. Let s say our Key Verse together oe more time. Lead the childre i repeatig the simplified Key Verse with you: Jesus loved me ad gave himself for me (Galatias 2:20). 3 BIBLE EXPLORATION Puppy Poiters CD player Theo puppet Teacher Pack CD: Here, Theo (track 4) medal Puppy Poiters Easy Prep Hag the medal aroud Theo s eck. Puppy Poiters Say: Liste everyoe, Theo s comig! He has somethig to show us. Let s fid out what it is. Play Here, Theo (track 4 o the CD), ad brig out Theophilus the FaithRetriever. Theo: Hi, everybody! Teacher: Hello, Theo! It s so good to see you at church with us today. What have you got hagig aroud your eck? Theo: This is a bright, shiy medal. Teacher: What did you do to get your medal? Theo: I was i the puppy races. Teacher: Wow! That s great, Theo! Theo: I wated to give up i the race because I was so tired ad my paws hurt. Teacher: How did you get through that hard time? Theo: I heard someoe shoutig from the crowd, tellig me to keep ruig toward the goal, eve though I could t see it. Teacher: That s great, Theo. It s kid of like how we believe i Jesus. We ca t see him with our eyes, but we believe he s there like how you ra toward the ed of the race. You kew it was there eve though you could t see it. Kids, let s tell Theo our Bible Poit for today. (Lead childre i sayig the Bible Poit for Theo: BELIEVE IN JESUS.) Teacher: See, Theo, we believe i Jesus, eve though we do t see him. We kow he s with us i hard times ad good times. Ad we re glad you made it through your tough race. That medal sure is shiy! Theo: Thaks! I m goig to go show it to my mom. Teacher: Thaks for visitig us today. Let s say goodbye to Theo. Ecourage the childre to wave or say goodbye to Theo. The put Theo away i a safe place for ext week s use. Lead childre i this discussio. Sprig Quarter Lesso 9 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

109 109 Tell about a time you kew Jesus was with you. What do you believe about Jesus eve though you ca t see him? Say: We all have hard times that make us wat to quit ad give up, eve Theo. But God tells us that we ca BELIEVE IN JESUS eve whe we ca t see him with our eyes. Through hard times we ca always kow he s with us. Let s hear about some people i the Bible who did t give up believig i Jesus eve whe they had hard times. Bible Time: God s Special Gift Ope your Bible to 1 Peter 1, ad show the childre the words. Tell childre that the Bible is God s special book. Bible Time: God s Special Gift Bible Say: Oe of Jesus frieds Peter wrote a letter to some people who were havig lots of bad days. That letter is i the Bible. Let s act out what Peter told his frieds so we ca help them, too. Have kids stad; the read the followig actio play ad lead kids i the actios. Say: Here s what Peter said: Praise God! (clap hads) Jesus died o the cross, (stretch arms out) So we ca believe. (poit to forehead) Ad be part of God s family. (put arm over someoe s shoulder) No oe ca take that away from us. (shake head) I kow you are happy (pump fist above head) Eve though you have hard times. (make sad face) Whe you believe i Jesus, (put had o heart) Your faith gets stroger. (make muscles) Eve though you do t see Jesus with your eyes, (poit to eyes) You love him! (hug self) Eve though you do t see Jesus with your eyes, (poit to eyes) You believe i him ad are happy! (smile) Because you believe, Jesus gives you a special gift. (cup had as if givig) It s the best gift ever! (cheer) You get to live i heave with Jesus forever! (poit up) Lead childre i this discussio. Say: Peter wrote this letter to his frieds who BELIEVE IN JESUS. He wated them to remember what a special gift it is to be frieds with Jesus. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 9 Sprig Quarter

110 110 Tell about a special gift you got. Why do you thik Jesus is a special gift? Say: Jesus is our special gift from God. He will ever be stole, broke, or take away. He s the best gift of all. Ad a friedship with Jesus is all ours whe we BELIEVE IN JESUS. 4 WEAVING FAITH INTO LIFE Choose at least two of the learig ceters to help reiforce today s Bible lesso. Gather the eeded materials, ad put the supplies i a out-of-sight area util you re ready for them. Allow the childre to choose which ceter they d like to explore first. The circulate amog the childre as they create ad explore. Ecourage them to make coectios betwee their activities ad the Bible by askig them the questios icluded with each ceter s descriptio. Ceter 1: Believig, But Not Seeig My Bible Hugs white crayos watercolors paitbrushes cups of water Ceter 1: Believig, But Not Seeig Easy Prep Remove the Lesso 9 pages from each My Bible Hugs studet book, ad write childre s ames o them. CENTER 1: Believig, But Not Seeig Give each child a My Bible Hugs page ad a white crayo. Have kids draw pictures of themselves ad Jesus. Remid kids that the people i the Bible believed i Jesus eve though they could t see him, just as they re drawig pictures they ca t see. After three miutes, have kids pait over their drawigs to reveal their pictures. Lead childre i this discussio. What was cool to you about this activity? What s cool to you about Jesus? Say: The people i the Bible believed i Jesus ad were happy eve though they could t see Jesus. It s kid of like the pictures you drew you could t see the Jesus you drew at first, but you kew he was there. We ca BELIEVE IN JESUS it s so cool to kow that he is with us, eve though we ca t see him. Sprig Quarter Lesso 9 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

111 111 CENTER 2: Let s Celebrate! Have the childre decorate your room for a party. Give several childre the special sack that you brought. Have them arrage the sack o the table so it looks festive for the party. Play I Believe i You (track 12 o the CD) as kids decorate. Say: As you decorate, tell your frieds thigs you believe about Jesus. After kids fiish decoratig, say: We ca praise God ad celebrate because we BELIEVE IN JESUS. The people i the Bible we heard about today praised God ad celebrated through good times ad bad. Lead childre i this discussio. What do you wat to praise God for? What ca you praise God for i a hard time? Ceter 2: Let s Celebrate! CD player tape streamers special party sack atibacterial gel (optioal) Teacher Pack CD: I Believe i You (track 12)! ALLERGY ALERT Have childre clea their hads ad the sit dow for a sack. Say: We have a lot of fu at parties, do t we? Let s celebrate Jesus with this party because we BELIEVE IN JESUS. Choose a child to pray, ad the let kids ejoy the sacks ad decoratios. CENTER 3: You, Too, Ca Believe Show childre the pictures o the wall. Let kids preted to be the differet people i the pictures ad tell each other thigs they believe about Jesus, just as the people i the Bible did. For example, kids might say that Jesus loves them, Jesus is with them, or Jesus helps them i hard times. Say: Jesus loves us very much. It makes him happy whe we show our love for him by tellig others that we BELIEVE IN JESUS. Ceter 3: You, Too, Ca Believe pictures from magazies of differet kids of people tape Ceter 3: You, Too, Ca Believe Easy Prep Tape the pictures of people o a wall. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 9 Sprig Quarter

112 112 CENTER 4: Jesus Loves Me Pictures Ceter 4: Jesus Loves Me Pictures paper crayos decorative craft supplies Teacher Pack Jesus stickers Ceter 4: Jesus Loves Me Pictures Easy Prep Make a book for each child fold two pieces of paper together ad staple the folded edge. Write Jesus Loves Me o the frot cover of each book. Give each child a paper book. Read the words o the cover, ad remid kids of today s Bible passage. Say: We re goig to make special scrapbooks to remid you of all the times Jesus shows he loves you. We all have days whe thigs happe that make us feel sad or mad. Whe we remember how much Jesus loves us, we ca feel better. Eve whe we ca t see Jesus, we kow that he sees us, loves us, ad is with us. What are some thigs that make you happy? Ecourage kids to each draw a picture of somethig that makes them happy o each page i their books. Let them use the decorative supplies you ve provided ad the Jesus stickers from the Teacher Pack to make their pictures extra special! (Be sure to save oe Jesus sticker for use i ext week s lesso.) Lead childre i this discussio. Why does Jesus make you happy? What ca you tell others about Jesus to make them happy? Say: Whe you look at your scrapbook, it ca remid you of all the times that Jesus loves you ad is with you. You ca BELIEVE IN JESUS because he loves you, ad you ca help others by tellig them about Jesus, too. 5 LASTING IMPRESSIONS Daily Challeges My Bible Hugs Daily Challeges After the childre have cleaed up their ceters, brig everyoe back to a circle area o the floor. Review the lesso activities ad the Bible Poit, ad the ecourage the childre to share what they remember about what they leared from the Bible today. Also use this time to challege kids i their faith. Ecourage them to choose a Daily Challege for applyig today s lesso to their lives this week. Use this challege for ecouragig your childre s growig relatioships with Jesus. Sprig Quarter Lesso 9 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

113 113 Say: Today we leared that we ca BELIEVE IN JESUS. I would like each of you to choose a way that you ca show that you believe i Jesus this week. Read the three Daily Challege ideas for childre to choose from: Look for thigs that remid you of Jesus. Whe you see those thigs, thak Jesus for comig to earth to love us. Tell someoe you love why you believe i Jesus. Draw a picture with a white crayo. Show your mom or dad the picture, ad explai that Jesus is like the picture: You ca believe i him eve though you ca t see him. Have kids each whisper i your ear or tell you which idea they ve chose, ad the circle it o each child s My Bible Hugs page. Make sure you tell kids the challege you choose. Your commitmet will ispire childre ad will give them a opportuity to see God at work i your life as well as i theirs! Actio Prayer Say: We ca BELIEVE IN JESUS, eve though we ca t see him. We ca believe he s here with us through good times ad bad. Let s ask Jesus to help us kow he s here with us. Have kids repeat each lie of the followig prayer after you: Actio Prayer Teacher Pack medal Jesus, I believe i you. Jesus, you re the best. It s true! Jesus, I believe i you. Help me tell others I believe i you, too! Pass the medal aroud the circle, ad let each child take a tur puttig it o ad sayig, Jesus, I believe i you. The say: I Jesus ame, ame. Say: It s so woderful that we ca BELIEVE IN JESUS, ad he ll be our fried always! Weavig Faith at Home Have childre take home their My Bible Hugs pages whether they worked o them or ot. Have the childre tell their parets the challege they committed to i the Daily Challeges activity. Ecourage the parets to help their kids fulfill this commitmet throughout the week. By workig together ad focusig o the same goals, you ad parets ca help childre weave faith ito their lives! Talk to your Director about ig the FREE FamilyCoect to all your church s families. Available at group.com/digital. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 9 Sprig Quarter

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115 Lesso Jesus Returs to Heave Matthew 28:16-20; Acts 1:1-11 Preschoolers are begiig to develop habits of relatig ad commuicatig that ll be with them for the rest of their lives. Now s a good time to help them lear good commuicatio skills. Whe childre lear appropriate commuicatio skills, they ll be able to share the good ews of Jesus much more effectively. Use this lesso to help your childre lear to tell others about Jesus with cofidece ad grace! LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP 1 Gettig Started about 5 mi. 2 Key Verse Activity about 10 mi. 3 Bible Exploratio about 15 mi. Welcome ad Celebrate Welcome each other, ad praise God through music. Come to Jesus Take a picture of Jesus to a fried, ad tell him or her about Jesus. Puppy Poiters Theo brigs a sticker because he s heard about Jesus from the leader. Bible Time: Up, Up, Up Act out Jesus retur to heave. CD player Teacher Pack: CD Bible, CD player Teacher Pack: CD, Jesus picture CD player, Theo puppet Teacher Pack: CD, Jesus stickers Bible Teacher Pack: Jesus Returs to Heave poster (from the Big Bible Poster Pack) Place a Jesus sticker o Theo s paw. Bible Poit Tell others about Jesus. Key Verse Therefore go ad make disciples of all atios, baptizig them i the ame of the Father ad of the So ad of the Holy Spirit, ad teachig them to obey everythig I have commaded you. Ad surely I am with you always, to the very ed of the age (Matthew 28:19-20). Weavig Faith Ito Life Childre will tell people about Jesus. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 10 Sprig Quarter

116 116 LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP Ceter 1: Up With Jesus Pull Jesus up ito the clouds. My Bible Hugs, scissors, glue, cotto balls, tape, ad oe 8-ich piece of strig per child Remove the Lesso 10 pages from each My Bible Hugs studet book, ad write childre s ames o them. Cut out the Jesus figure o each page, ad make a cut o the dotted lie i the cloud. 4 Weavig Faith Ito Life about 20 mi. (Choose 2 ceters.) Ceter 2: Ito the Clouds Re-create Jesus ascesio ito heave with food items. Ceter 3: Tell the World Fid pictures of childre from aroud the world, ad tell them about Jesus. small paper plates, plastic spoos, blue gelati powder, whipped toppig, elf-shaped cookies, atibacterial gel (optioal) CD player, scissors Teacher Pack: CD, Kids Aroud the World pictures Cut out pictures from the Kids Aroud the World page, ad hide them aroud the room Ceter 4: Tell the World Megaphoe Make megaphoes ad practice tellig others about Jesus. costructio paper, tape, crayos Daily Challeges Choose a Daily Challege to apply God s Word. My Bible Hugs 5 Lastig Impressios about 10 mi. Actio Prayer Pray for the childre i their pictures. scissors Teacher Pack: Kids Aroud the World pictures If you have t already doe so, cut out the pictures from the Kids Aroud the World page. Weavig Faith at Home Talk about how to share what they leared with their families. Sprig Quarter Lesso 10 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

117 117 Jesus Returs to Heave Matthew 28:16-20; Acts 1:1-11 BIBLe BACKGROUND FOR LEADERS Jesus Etrusted His Disciples The Jesus Coectio I Matthew 28:18-20, Jesus placed the future of all he had doe o earth ito his disciples hads. Ad he commissioed them with the task of makig disciples of all atios. As Christias we have iherited that commissio to reach our world for Christ today. But Jesus did t just give a task; he promised to be with his people always, eve to the ed of the world as we kow it! Jesus Offered Clear Istructios Luke emphasized i Acts 1:3-4 the umber of times Jesus appeared ad the umber of people he appeared to over the 40 days after his resurrectio. The covicig proofs left o doubt i his followers mids that Jesus had truly rise from the dead. Jesus ivites us ito a dyamic relatioship. He helps us grow ad he offers us full participatio i his work ad missio o the earth. What a privilege to be etrusted with takig Christ s message to others! Read the Great Commissio from Matthew 28: It says some of the disciples had doubts. What doubts do you struggle with? Jesus issued a strog ivitatio ad challege. Imagie Jesus persoally ivitig you to carry out his plas. What doubts or hesitatios do you have? Take a momet to discuss your doubts with God, ad ask him to build your cofidece ad stregthe your desire to participate i his awesome work. You ca write your prayer here. Before Jesus physically departed for heave, he told his followers to wait for the power that would come whe the Holy Spirit came o them. The they were to move out from Jerusalem step by step, evetually reachig the eds of the earth. That pla is a good oe for us to follow as well. If we have the Holy Spirit i our lives, he ll empower us to reach others for Christ across the street or aroud the world. Jesus Calls Us to Cotiue the Work As Jesus asceded, agels came to give the disciples oe last prod to get goig o the pla Jesus had laid out for them ad the agels promised that Jesus would retur i a powerful ad uaticipated way. It s easy to be comfortable i our ow faith. But we, too, must remember that Jesus is comig back to take his followers to live with him i heave. Util the, he has give us the charge to share his love with everyoe. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 10 Sprig Quarter

118 118 GETTING STARTED Welcome ad Celebrate CD player Teacher Pack CD: The Happy Sog (track 10), Jesus, I Love You (track 9) Welcome ad Celebrate Tip Cosistetly use the same sigal to aouce a trasitio to the ext activity. You could flip the lights off ad o, use a trai whistle, have a puppet rustlig iside a bag, or sig cleaup sogs. Keep it simple, cosistet, ad fu. As the childre arrive, greet each oe with a smile. Whe it s time to begi, use your sigal to gather the childre together i a circle o the floor. Lead childre i sigig The Happy Sog (track 10 o the CD) to the tue of Boom, Boom, Ai t It Great to Be Crazy? Ecourage childre to follow the motios i paretheses. Hello, my frieds are you happy? (put idex figers to cheeks ad smile) Hello, my frieds let s have some fu! (clap hads) We ll sig ad play games ad praise our God! (hold hads out ad wiggle your figers) Hello, my frieds are you happy? (put idex figers to cheeks ad smile) (Repeat 2x.) Say: Praisig God makes me happy! Let s sig aother sog to Jesus. Sig Jesus, I Love You (track 9 o the CD) to the tue of Baa, Baa, Black Sheep. Ecourage childre to follow the motios i paretheses. Jesus, Jesus, I love you, (cross arms over chest) Ad I kow you love me, too. (poit up) You have died for all my si, (hold arms out as if hagig o a cross) Ad you came to life agai. (clap twice) Jesus, Jesus, I love you, (cross arms over chest) Ad I kow you love me, too. (poit up) (Repeat.) Say: I sure am happy. Do you kow why? Because Jesus loves me ad he s my fried. I just wat to TELL OTHERS ABOUT JESUS. Sprig Quarter Lesso 10 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

119 119 2 KEY VERSE ACTIVITY Come to Jesus Have the childre form a circle ad sit dow. Place the Jesus picture i frot of you. Ope your Bible to Matthew 28:19-20, ad show childre the words. Say: Our Key Verse from the Bible says, Therefore go ad make disciples of all atios, baptizig them i the ame of the Father ad of the So ad of the Holy Spirit, ad teachig them to obey everythig I have commaded you. Ad surely I am with you always, to the very ed of the age. That meas we ca teach the world about Jesus. Let s say that together. Lead the childre i sayig the simplified Key Verse with you: We ca teach the world about Jesus (Matthew 28:19-20). Come to Jesus Bible CD player Teacher Pack CD: Go Tell (track 13) Jesus picture Say: Jesus is t just for you ad me he s for everyoe from everywhere! Jesus wats us to tell everyoe the whole world about him. Let s sig a sog about tellig the whole world about Jesus. Hold up the picture of Jesus. As we sig, you ll each get to take this picture of Jesus to a fried i our group ad tell him or her somethig about Jesus. Have the childre stad i a large circle as they sig. Choose oe child to take the picture of Jesus to a fried i the circle ad say oe thig about Jesus. The have that child take the picture to aother child. Cotiue havig the childre share Jesus util everyoe has had a tur to brig Jesus to a fried. Help kids as ecessary. Keep the music goig as kids pass Jesus alog, ad re-cue the CD if eeded. Play Go Tell (track 13 o the CD). Ecourage childre to sig alog to the tue of Whe the Saits Go Marchig I. Go tell the world That Jesus cares, That Jesus died ad rose agai. Do t be afraid cause he is with you. So go tell the world today. (Repeat.) After the game, have childre sit dow. Lead childre i this discussio. Tell how you told about Jesus i this game. How is that like or ulike how you tell your frieds about Jesus? Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 10 Sprig Quarter

120 120 Say: It was really fu sharig Jesus with our frieds i this group. Ad whe Jesus wet back to heave, he told his disciples to tell the whole world about him. That way, everyoe who hears about him ad believes i him ca be frieds with him. We ca TELL OTHERS ABOUT JESUS just as the disciples did. 3 BIBLE EXPLORATION Puppy Poiters CD player Theo puppet Teacher Pack CD: Here, Theo (track 4) Jesus stickers Puppy Poiters Easy Prep Place a Jesus sticker o Theo s paw. Puppy Poiters Say: Liste everyoe, Theo s comig! He has somethig to show us. Let s fid out what it is. Play Here, Theo (track 4 o the CD), ad brig out Theophilus the FaithRetriever. Theo: Hi, everybody! Teacher: Hello, Theo! It s so good to see you at church with us today. What are you doig with that sticker of Jesus? Theo: I foud this sticker ad I wated to give it to you because I kow you love Jesus. Teacher: I m glad you kow that, Theo. That meas I m doig my job. Theo: What do you mea you re doig your job? Teacher: I mea I wat everyoe to kow that Jesus is my fried. Theo: I sure am glad to hear that Jesus is your fried. Teacher: Jesus is a great fried, Theo. I wat to tell everyoe about him. Theo: Well, you told me about him. Teacher: Frieds, let s tell our Bible Poit to Theo. (Lead childre i sayig the Bible Poit for Theo: TELL OTHERS ABOUT JESUS.) Teacher: Theo, thaks for brigig me this sticker of Jesus ad remidig me what a great thig it is to tell others about Jesus. Theo: You re welcome! It s time for me to go ow. Teacher: Let s say goodbye to Theo. Ecourage the childre to wave or say goodbye to Theo. The put Theo away i a safe place for ext week s use. Lead childre i this discussio. What do you like to tell others about Jesus? Tell about a time you told someoe about Jesus. Sprig Quarter Lesso 10 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

121 121 Say: Theo kew that we love Jesus, ad he d heard how woderful Jesus is. That s why he brought us that sticker of Jesus. We wat to TELL OTHERS ABOUT JESUS so people ca lear how woderful Jesus is, too, ad so they ca have a friedship with Jesus. Bible Time: Up, Up, Up Ope your Bible to Matthew 28, ad show the childre the words. Tell childre that the Bible is God s special book. Say: God tells us i the Bible to TELL OTHERS ABOUT JESUS. Let s lear about a woderful thig we ca tell others. We re goig to lear about Jesus goig back to heave. I ll eed you to help me tell what happeed. You ll use your bodies, so let s warm up first. Lead childre i wigglig aroud ad stretchig. Bible Time: Up, Up, Up Bible Teacher Pack Jesus Returs to Heave poster (from the Big Bible Poster Pack) Jesus died o a cross ad came back to life. Have kids stad up ad hold their arms out from their sides. Whe God brought Jesus back to life, Jesus spet time with his disciples. But soo it was time for Jesus to go back to heave to be with God. Jesus wet to the top of a high moutai. Jesus frieds climbed up the moutai. Have childre preted to climb up a moutai. Whe they got to the top of the moutai, Jesus said to his frieds, While I m goe, I wat you to go ad tell the whole world about me. Have childre cup their hads aroud their mouths, tur to each other, ad preted to tell each other about Jesus. Show the Jesus Returs to Heave poster to the childre. Say: The a amazig thig happeed. Jesus wet up, up, up ito the sky. He wet up ito a cloud ad back ito heave without wigs or a plae or aythig! That was a miracle! It was amazig! Have childre poit to the sky. Suddely two me dressed i white stood beside Jesus frieds. They were agels. The agels said, Why do you stad here lookig ito the sky? Jesus will come back someday. Have childre look at each other ad say, Tell everybody! Jesus frieds were so surprised at what they saw! They wated to tell the world about Jesus ad his love. Have childre ru to three people ad say, Jesus loves you! The very last thig Jesus said before he wet to heave was, Tell the world the good ews about me. There are lots of ways we ca tell other people about Jesus. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 10 Sprig Quarter

122 122 Lead childre i this discussio. What surprised you about what we leared from the Bible today? What s oe thig you leared about Jesus that you wat to tell someoe this week? Say: Before Jesus died ad came back to life, Jesus frieds already kew he was amazig, but whe he visited them after he died ad came back to life, they were sure he was God. They wated to tell the world about Jesus. Ad we ca TELL OTHERS ABOUT JESUS, too. 4 WEAVING FAITH INTO LIFE Ceter 1: Up With Jesus My Bible Hugs scissors glue cotto balls tape oe 8-ich piece of strig per child Ceter 1: Up With Jesus Easy Prep Remove the Lesso 10 pages from each My Bible Hugs studet book, ad write childre s ames o them. Cut out the Jesus figure o each page, ad make a cut o the dotted lie i the cloud. Choose at least two of the learig ceters to help reiforce today s Bible lesso. Gather the eeded materials, ad put the supplies i a out-of-sight area util you re ready for them. Allow the childre to choose which ceter they d like to explore first. The circulate amog the childre as they create ad explore. Ecourage them to make coectios betwee their activities ad the Bible by askig them the questios icluded with each ceter s descriptio. CENTER 1: Up With Jesus Give each child a My Bible Hugs page, a Jesus figure, a piece of strig, ad a cotto ball. Have each child tape the Jesus figure to oe ed of the strig ad the make the cloud fluffy by stretchig ad gluig the cotto ball oto it. The show childre how to thread the ed of the strig through the slit ad pull Jesus up ito the clouds. Allow time for kids to play with their creatios. Lead childre i this discussio. What was cool about this activity? What s cool about Jesus goig to heave? What do you wat to tell others about Jesus? Say: Jesus wet up, up, up ad away i a cloud to heave. He ll come back this way, too, ad everyoe o earth will see it. Let s TELL OTHERS ABOUT JESUS so they ca be frieds with Jesus, too! Sprig Quarter Lesso 10 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

123 123 CENTER 2: Ito the Clouds Have childre clea their hads ad the sit dow for the sack. Give each child a plate. Have kids spoo a small dollop of whipped toppig oto the plate ad the sprikle oe spooful of gelati powder over the whipped toppig to make it look like a cloud. The give each child a elf-shaped cookie to represet Jesus. Ecourage kids to stad their cookies up i the clouds. Ivite oe child to pray ad thak God for the sacks. As kids are eatig, remid them that they ca TELL OTHERS ABOUT JESUS. Say: Before Jesus wet back to heave i the clouds, he told his frieds to tell the world about him. He wated everyoe to kow that they ca be his fried ad live i heave with him forever. Let s TELL OTHERS ABOUT JESUS so they ca be Jesus fried, too. CENTER 3: Tell the World Have kids search for the pictures. Whe they fid a picture, have them each say to the perso i the picture, Jesus loves you! Play His Great Love (Romas 5:8) (track 3 o the CD) while childre search. After the childre fid their pictures, gather kids together. The re-cue the CD ad lead kids i sigig. Ecourage childre to follow the motios i paretheses. God loves us. (cross arms over chest) God set his So to die for us (raise both arms high ad lower them slowly) Because of his great love. (cross arms over chest ad sway) (Repeat.) His great love, (poit up) God showed his great big love (move hads side to side) By sedig Christ to die for us (lower arms ad march i place) While we were still siers. (Repeat.) Ceter 2: Ito the Clouds small paper plates plastic spoos blue gelati powder whipped toppig elf-shaped cookies atibacterial gel (optioal)! ALLERGY ALERT Ceter 3: Tell the World CD player scissors Teacher Pack CD: His Great Love (Romas 5:8) (track 3) Kids Aroud the World pictures Ceter 3: Tell the World Easy Prep Cut out the pictures from the Kids Aroud the World page, ad hide them aroud the room. (Repeat from the begiig.) His great love. His great love. (poit up) His great love. (poit up) His Great Love (Romas 5:8) by Be Glover Group Publishig, Ic. All rights reserved. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 10 Sprig Quarter

124 124 Lead childre i this discussio. What s your favorite part of the sog? What are differet ways you could tell others about Jesus? Say: Like our sog says, Jesus loved us so much that he died for us! I defiitely wat to TELL OTHERS ABOUT JESUS because he s my fried ad I wat others to be his fried, too. Ceter 4: Tell the World Megaphoe costructio paper tape crayos CENTER 4: Tell the World Megaphoe Say: Before Jesus wet up to heave, he told his frieds to tell everyoe about him. He wats everyoe to be his fried. We ca TELL OTHERS ABOUT JESUS, too. Preted to hold a telephoe to your ear. We ca tell our frieds ad family who live far away. Preted with me that you re tellig someoe about Jesus o the phoe. Lead kids i pretedig. The preted to write, ad say: We ca write people a letter or draw them a picture to tell them about Jesus. Thik of someoe you d like to tell about Jesus. What would you tell him or her? Help kids thik of ideas, like Jesus loves you, Jesus forgives you, Jesus wats to be your fried, ad so o. The preted to type, ad say: We ca also sed people a message o a computer. Preted to type with me. Lead kids. The preted to flip the pages of a book, ad say: We ca also read the Bible with someoe we wat to tell about Jesus. Preted to read the Bible. Lead kids. Pass out the paper ad crayos. Say: Draw a picture o your paper that shows a way you d like to tell someoe about Jesus. Allow time. The show kids how to roll ad tape the costructio paper to make megaphoes. Say: Jesus wats us to tell everyoe i the world about him! A megaphoe is loud, so it ca help us tell more people at oce. Let s tell about Jesus through our megaphoes. Ecourage kids to talk through their megaphoes ad say, Jesus loves you, or Jesus wats to be your fried. Lead childre i this discussio. Tell us about the picture you drew. What s easy or hard about tellig about Jesus? Say: This week, try to fid as may differet ways as you ca to TELL OTHERS ABOUT JESUS ad how much he loves everyoe. Sprig Quarter Lesso 10 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

125 125 5 LASTING IMPRESSIONS Daily Challeges After the childre have cleaed up their ceters, brig everyoe back to a circle area o the floor. Review the lesso activities ad the Bible Poit, ad the ecourage the childre to share what they remember about what they leared from the Bible today. Daily Challeges My Bible Hugs Also use this time to challege kids i their faith. Ecourage them to choose a Daily Challege for applyig today s lesso to their lives this week. Use this challege for ecouragig your childre s growig relatioships with Jesus. Say: Today we leared that the Bible says to TELL OTHERS ABOUT JESUS. I would like each of you to choose a way that you ca tell someoe about Jesus this week. Read the three Daily Challege ideas for childre to choose from: Tell someoe i your family your favorite thig about Jesus. Have your mom or dad help you sed a postcard or a letter to a family member who lives far away. Draw a picture of Jesus o your postcard or letter. Sig Jesus Loves Me for your family or frieds. Have kids each whisper i your ear or tell you which idea they ve chose, ad the circle it o each child s My Bible Hugs page. Make sure you tell kids the challege you choose. Your commitmet will ispire childre ad will give them a opportuity to see God at work i your life as well as i theirs! Actio Prayer Have the childre sit i a circle. Say: Jesus told his frieds to tell the whole world about him. He wats us to tell everyoe about him, too. Let s pray ad use these pictures of childre from other coutries to help us remember to tell everyoe about Jesus. Pray: Dear God, thak you for sedig us Jesus. Have kids pass the pictures aroud the circle. Be with these childre i our pictures. Please sed someoe to tell them that Jesus loves them, too. Help us tell everyoe we kow that Jesus loves them. I Jesus ame, ame. Say: This week, let s TELL OTHERS ABOUT JESUS wheever we get the chace! Actio Prayer scissors Teacher Pack Kids Aroud the World pictures Actio Prayer Easy Prep If you have t doe so already, cut out the pictures from the Kids Aroud the World page. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 10 Sprig Quarter

126 126 Weavig Faith at Home Have childre take home their My Bible Hugs pages whether they worked o them or ot. Have the childre tell their parets the challege they committed to i the Daily Challeges activity. Ecourage the parets to help their kids fulfill this commitmet throughout the week. By workig together ad focusig o the same goals, you ad parets ca help childre weave faith ito their lives! Talk to your Director about ig the FREE FamilyCoect to all your church s families. Available at group.com/digital. Sprig Quarter Lesso 10 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

127 Lesso Christias Care for Oe Aother Psalm 23; Acts 2:42-47 Makig others happy makes preschoolers happy. While childre of all ages rise to our expectatios, you have a advatage i this lesso because you re teachig eager-to-please preschoolers. Whe you teach them to help ad take care of each other, you ll fid that they wat othig less. Use this lesso to help your preschoolers lear to take care of each other. LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP 1 Gettig Started about 5 mi. 2 Key Verse Activity about 10 mi. 3 Bible Exploratio about 15 mi. Welcome ad Celebrate Welcome each other, ad praise God through music. Reach ad Teach Sig, ad discuss who they ca teach about Jesus. Puppy Poiters Watch as Theo lears about how the church is like a puzzle. Bible Time: All Together Put together a puzzle that helps teach the Bible passage. CD player Teacher Pack: CD Bible CD player, Theo puppet, scissors, tape Teacher Pack: CD, Early Ecouragers puzzle Bible Teacher Pack: Early Ecouragers puzzle Cut the Early Ecouragers puzzle alog the lies to create puzzle pieces. Tape oe of the puzzle pieces to Theo s paw. Hide the puzzle pieces (except the oe used i the Puppy Poiters activity) aroud the room. Bible Poit God s family takes care of each other. Key Verse Therefore go ad make disciples of all atios, baptizig them i the ame of the Father ad of the So ad of the Holy Spirit, ad teachig them to obey everythig I have commaded you. Ad surely I am with you always, to the very ed of the age (Matthew 28:19-20). Weavig Faith Ito Life Childre will trust God to help them do good thigs for others. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 11 Sprig Quarter

128 128 LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP Ceter 1: Pass It O Idetify thigs they ca share. My Bible Hugs, crayos Remove the Lesso 11 pages from each My Bible Hugs studet book, ad write childre s ames o them. 4 Weavig Faith Ito Life about 20 mi. (Choose 2 ceters.) Ceter 2: Sharig Is Carig Share their sacks as a way of takig care of each other. Ceter 3: Christia Frieds Use their hads to show ways to share. 1 cup per child, 2 types of sacks such as little crackers or pretzel uggets ad raisis or M&M s, CD player, atibacterial gel (optioal) Teacher Pack: CD ik pad, wet wipes Teacher Pack: Christia Frieds poster (from the Big Bible Poster Pack) 5 Lastig Impressios about 10 mi. Ceter 4: A World of Love Create a map to show places they ca take care of people. Daily Challeges Choose a Daily Challege to apply God s Word. Actio Prayer Hold hads while listeig to a sog. Weavig Faith at Home Talk about how to share what they leared with their families. paper, crayos, tape My Bible Hugs CD player Teacher Pack: CD Sprig Quarter Lesso 11 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

129 129 Christias Care for Oe Aother Psalm 23; Acts 2:42-47 BIBLe BACKGROUND FOR LEADERS A Powerful Commitmet After Jesus ascesio to heave, the Holy Spirit came upo the believers at Petecost. Jesus followers were empowered to speak boldly for Jesus. About 3,000 people became ew followers of Jesus i oe day, ad the days followig that dramatic evet are the cotext for today s passage. The teachig of the apostles metioed i Acts 2:42 is likely the reiteratio of the thigs Jesus had doe ad said while o earth. I fact, the teachigs of the apostles comprise much of what became the New Testamet. The apostles taught with authority because they had spet three years learig from ad livig with Jesus. Focused o Their Uity The Christias breakig of bread was more tha simply eatig together, although eatig together was likely part of their fellowship. The breakig of bread most likely refers to the regular meetig to celebrate the Lord s Supper, as the disciples had bee commaded to observe durig their last meal with Jesus. The early Christias love made their faith somethig that others wated to lear more about. Jesus had told his disciples, By this all me will kow that you are my disciples, if you love oe aother (Joh 13:35). As we treat oe aother with love, people aroud us will see that we re followers of Jesus ad will be draw to him, too! The Jesus Coectio It s impossible to grow i faith or help others come to faith without the ifluece of Christia commuity ad geuie love for others. Our relatioships with other Christias reflect our relatioship with Jesus. Read Psalm 23 slowly, pausig after each phrase. What kid of life is the psalmist describig? This is the life Jesus offers you ad everyoe you kow. How ca God use you to help others experiece this kid of life? Ask God to help you show others God s abudat life by takig care of them. You ca write your prayer here. The believers apparetly developed i themselves a true sese of uity ad cocer for oe aother. Their sharig with each other to meet eeds was a demostratio of that uity seldom see i the history of the world. Committed to Their Missio These believers met daily ad were dedicated to their missio. Ad their example apparetly attracted more ad more followers as God blessed what they were doig! Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 11 Sprig Quarter

130 130 GETTING STARTED Welcome ad Celebrate CD player Teacher Pack CD: The Happy Sog (track 10), We re at Church (track 17) Welcome ad Celebrate Tip Cosistetly use the same sigal to aouce a trasitio to the ext activity. You could flip the lights off ad o, use a trai whistle, have a puppet rustlig iside a bag, or sig cleaup sogs. Keep it simple, cosistet, ad fu. As the childre arrive, greet each oe with a smile. Whe it s time to begi, use your sigal to gather the childre together i a circle o the floor. Lead childre i sigig The Happy Sog (track 10 o the CD) to the tue of Boom, Boom, Ai t It Great to Be Crazy? Ecourage childre to follow the motios i paretheses. Hello, my frieds are you happy? (put idex figers to cheeks ad smile) Hello, my frieds let s have some fu! (clap hads) We ll sig ad play games ad praise our God! (hold hads out ad wiggle your figers) Hello, my frieds are you happy? (put idex figers to cheeks ad smile) (Repeat 2x.) Say: I m happy to be at church today so we ca lear more about God. Sig We re at Church (track 17 o the CD) to the tue of This Old Ma. Ecourage childre to follow the motios i paretheses. We re at church. (make a steeple with hads) We re at church. (make a steeple with hads) To worship God ad lear his Word. (make a book with hads) With a prayer ad a sog ad a Bible story, too. (make prayer hads) God loves me ad God loves you. (hug self; the poit to others) (Repeat 3x.) Say: GOD S FAMILY TAKES CARE OF EACH OTHER, ad that makes me happy. I kow we ca have fu as we do good thigs for oe aother. I our Bible passage today, we ll hear about some people who took care of each other, too. Sprig Quarter Lesso 11 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

131 131 2 KEY VERSE ACTIVITY Reach ad Teach Have the childre sit i a circle. Ope your Bible to Matthew 28:19-20, ad show childre the words. Reach ad Teach Bible Say: Our Key Verse from the Bible says, Therefore go ad make disciples of all atios, baptizig them i the ame of the Father ad of the So ad of the Holy Spirit, ad teachig them to obey everythig I have commaded you. Ad surely I am with you always, to the very ed of the age. That meas we ca teach the world about Jesus. Let s say that together. Lead the childre i repeatig the simplified Key Verse with you: We ca teach the world about Jesus (Matthew 28:19-20). Say: There are may ways to teach the world about Jesus; oe way is to do good thigs for others. Whe we do good thigs for others, we teach them what Jesus is like ad how he wats us to act. Have the childre form a circle ad hold hads. Pick oe child to stad i the ceter of the circle ad clap as the circle of kids moves aroud him or her. Lead the childre i sigig the followig sog to the tue of The Farmer i the Dell (ot o the CD). We ca teach the world. We ca teach the world. Teach all about Jesus. Now who will we teach? Tell the child i the middle to ivite someoe to joi him or her ad tell somethig about Jesus to the child he or she ivited. The childre i the middle cotiue to clap as the childre i the circle move aroud them ad sig agai. Cotiue util the last child is ivited. You ll be the oly oe left to circle aroud the childre fiish the sog with the followig verse: We ca teach the world. We ca teach the world. Teach all about Jesus. Now let s all shout hooray! Hooray! (shake hads i the air) Lead childre i this discussio. What did you like about people joiig you i the circle? What do you like about your frieds joiig you at church? Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 11 Sprig Quarter

132 132 Say: The world is a big place, but we ca ivite oe fried at a time to church util everyoe kows about Jesus. Let s say our Key Verse together oe more time. Lead the childre i repeatig the Key Verse after you: We ca teach the world about Jesus. Today we ll hear about somethig Jesus taught i the Bible: GOD S FAMILY TAKES CARE OF EACH OTHER. 3 BIBLE EXPLORATION Puppy Poiters CD player Theo puppet tape Teacher Pack CD: Here, Theo (track 4) Early Ecouragers puzzle Puppy Poiters Easy Prep Cut the Early Ecouragers puzzle alog the lies to create puzzle pieces. Tape oe of the puzzle pieces to Theo s paw. Puppy Poiters Say: Liste everyoe, Theo s comig! He has somethig to show us. Let s fid out what it is. Play Here, Theo (track 4 o the CD), ad brig out Theophilus the FaithRetriever. Theo: Hi, everybody! Teacher: Hello, Theo! It s so good to see you at church with us today. What do you have there? Theo: This is a piece of a puzzle. Teacher: Oe little piece of a puzzle seems so loely. Theo: It s loely because oe of the other pieces of the puzzle are stuck to it. Teacher: That s right, Theo. Puzzles are made of lots of pieces that come together to make oe great picture. Theo: It s kid of like your church, is t it? Teacher: What do you mea, Theo? Theo: Well, the church has lots of people. Teacher: That s right! Church is like a puzzle. Lots of people come together to ecourage ad care for oe aother to make oe happy place. Theo: That souds like a very happy place. Teacher: That s right, Theo. Kids, ca you tell Theo our Bible Poit for today? (Lead childre i sayig the Bible Poit for Theo: GOD S FAMILY TAKES CARE OF EACH OTHER.) Teacher: God helps us take care of each other at church. That s why church is so woderful! Theo: Here, you ca have this puzzle piece to put with the other puzzle pieces. I m goig to go take care of my family. Teacher: Okay. Thaks for comig to church with us today, Theo! Frieds, let s say goodbye to Theo. Ecourage the childre to wave or say goodbye to Theo. The put Theo away i a safe place for ext week s use. Sprig Quarter Lesso 11 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

133 133 Lead childre i this discussio. What do you like about comig to church? What ca you do to help someoe at church? Say: You re part of our church. Each perso is like a piece of a big, beautiful puzzle that God puts together. The puzzle this piece belogs to shows people doig good thigs for others. That s because GOD S FAMILY TAKES CARE OF EACH OTHER. Let s put the puzzle together ad see what it looks like! Quickly hide the puzzle piece somewhere i the room for use i the ext activity. Bible Time: All Together Ope your Bible to Acts 2, ad show the childre the words. Tell childre that the Bible is God s special book. Say: God tells us i the Bible that GOD S FAMILY TAKES CARE OF EACH OTHER. Whe we re all takig care of each other, everythig fits together just right kid of like the pieces of a puzzle. I ve hidde pieces of a puzzle all over the room. I d like each of you to fid oe piece ad the come back ad sit i the circle. Allow time. Say: These puzzle pieces tell what Jesus frieds did after he wet back to heave they tell how his frieds took care of each other. Look at your puzzle piece while I tell you about Jesus frieds. Your puzzle piece might show what I m tellig you! As you tell what happeed i the Bible, pause whe a puzzle piece shows a part of the passage ad have the child place the piece o the floor. Cotiue havig kids put the puzzle together as more puzzle pieces are added. Bible Time: All Together Bible Teacher Pack Early Ecouragers puzzle Bible Time: All Together Easy Prep Hide the puzzle pieces (except the oe used i the Puppy Poiters activity) aroud the room. Say: After Jesus wet up to heave, his frieds got busy. They had such woderful ews to share with everyoe. They wet to church every day. No oe made them go to church; they just wated to go. They wated to lear as much as they could about Jesus. Ad they asked God to help them take care of each other. Who has a puzzle piece with people goig to church? Pause ad ecourage childre to place the puzzle piece of the people walkig ito church o the floor for everyoe to see. Say: The people got together as ofte as they could. They ate together ad shared their food like Jesus taught them to do. Have the kids add the puzzle piece with the people eatig together. Say: Such amazig miracles happeed. With Jesus help, Jesus frieds healed a ma who could t walk! May sick people got better. This made everyoe so happy ad excited. Have kids add the puzzle piece of the ma beig healed. Say: The people came together ad made each other happy. They brought their Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 11 Sprig Quarter

134 134 frieds ad family, sayig, Come ad hear this good ews about Jesus! Have kids add the puzzle piece of people laughig. Say: GOD S FAMILY TAKES CARE OF EACH OTHER. They did thigs like sewig clothes ad helpig people fix their houses. Have kids add the puzzle pieces of the woma sewig ad the me fixig the house. Say: The people sold thigs i their homes ad gave the moey to people who did t have eough. Have kids add the puzzle piece of the woma sellig thigs. They were glad ad praised God. Because God helped them do so may good thigs for others, every day ew people believed i Jesus. Help childre complete the puzzle. All of the good thigs these people did fit together ito oe big, beautiful picture! Lead childre i this discussio. What do you thik about what God s family did to take care of each other? What have you doe to take care of someoe? Say: Oe of the best ways to share God s love is by takig care of each other. Jesus frieds shared all they had. They made other people wat to kow Jesus. That s what happes whe GOD S FAMILY TAKES CARE OF EACH OTHER. 4 WEAVING FAITH INTO LIFE Ceter 1: Pass It O My Bible Hugs crayos Ceter 1: Pass It O Easy Prep Remove the Lesso 11 pages from each My Bible Hugs studet book, ad write childre s ames o them. Choose at least two of the learig ceters to help reiforce today s Bible lesso. Gather the eeded materials, ad put the supplies i a out-of-sight area util you re ready for them. Allow the childre to choose which ceter they d like to explore first. The circulate amog the childre as they create ad explore. Ecourage them to make coectios betwee their activities ad the Bible by askig them the questios icluded with each ceter s descriptio. CENTER 1: Pass It O Give each child a My Bible Hugs page ad crayos. Say: Look at all the thigs i the picture. Which of these do you have at home? Have kids poit out several of the items i the picture. The have kids choose two of their favorite items o the page ad color them. Say: Why are these your favorite thigs? Let kids share about the items they colored. As they share, ask whether they would share the specific items they metio with a fried or family member. The say: What other items would you share i this picture? Sprig Quarter Lesso 11 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

135 135 Let kids explai, ad have them color those items. If time allows, let them fiish colorig the complete picture. Lead childre i this discussio. How does it help you whe someoe shares with you? Tell about a time you shared with someoe else. Say: Jesus frieds shared everythig they had. Their givig ad sharig made them happy because they kew it helped their frieds ad family. GOD S FAMILY TAKES CARE OF EACH OTHER. CENTER 2: Sharig Is Carig Have childre clea their hads ad the sit dow for the sack. Give each child a small disposable cup. Give half the childre a double portio of oe type of sack ad the other half of the childre a double portio of the other type of sack. Say: GOD S FAMILY TAKES CARE OF EACH OTHER. Oe way we ca do that is by sharig what we have. Some of you have differet sacks will you share some of your sack with others? Ecourage all the kids to share so each child has a little bit of both types of sack ad childre have somewhat equal portios. While childre are sharig, play Do Good Thigs (track 14 o the CD). Ivite oe child to pray for the sack. Lead childre i this discussio. Ceter 2: Sharig Is Carig 1 cup per child 2 types of sacks such as little crackers or pretzel uggets ad raisis or M&M s CD player atibacterial gel (optioal) Teacher Pack CD: Do Good Thigs (track 14) What was it like to share your sack with someoe else? What was it like whe someoe gave you some of his or her sack? How ca you do the same thig ad share with someoe this week?! ALLERGY ALERT Say: It feels good to share. It also feels good whe someoe shares with us. Sharig is oe way to take care of others ad to remember that GOD S FAMILY TAKES CARE OF EACH OTHER. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 11 Sprig Quarter

136 136 CENTER 3: Christia Frieds Ceter 3: Christia Frieds ik pad wet wipes Teacher Pack Christia Frieds poster (from the Big Bible Poster Pack) Show kids the Christia Frieds poster. Say: I this poster, the people i the first church are showig how GOD S FAMILY TAKES CARE OF EACH OTHER. What do you see that they re doig? Allow time. Whe we take care of others, we ofte do it with our hads. Whe we pass someoe a plate at the table, we use our hads. Preted to pass a plate to the perso ext you. Allow time. Whe we help someoe clea, we use our hads. Preted to clea somethig. Ecourage kids to show differet types of cleaig like washig dishes, vacuumig, dustig, ad wipig widows. Whe we hug someoe, we use our hads. If you wat, ask your eighbor for a hug. Allow time, ecouragig kids to hug others oly if they feel comfortable. Whe we make someoe cookies or a card, we use our hads. Preted to make a preset for someoe. Allow time. Say: Let s use our hads to thik of some more ways to help others. Ecourage each child to press a figer or had ito a ik pad. The have the child make a figerprit or a hadprit o the Christia Frieds poster. As each child makes a figerprit or hadprit, ecourage the child to say oe way he or she ca do good thigs for others. Use wet wipes to clea childre s hads after they make their figerprits or hadprits. Say: We ca use our hads to help others with chores, by givig them gifts, ad by showig them love with hugs. These are all ways GOD S FAMILY TAKES CARE OF EACH OTHER. Just as the people i the first church took care of each other, we ca too. Ceter 4: A World of Love paper crayos tape CENTER 4: A World of Love Say: There are people all over the world who believe i Jesus they re all a part of God s family. Ad GOD S FAMILY TAKES CARE OF EACH OTHER. Let s make a map of all the places we go that we ca take care of God s family. That s a lot of places, so we ll make the map o our wall to show each oe. We ll start at home. Who ca draw a house for me? Have oe child draw a house while the others share a way to take care of a family member. (To keep thigs movig, have kids draw very basic sketches without may details.) The tape the house to the wall, ad say: It s importat for us to take care of our families because we see the people i our homes more tha ayoe else. Ad we also go to church. Who ll draw a church for me? Have a child draw a church while others share a way to take care of someoe at church. Tape the picture Sprig Quarter Lesso 11 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

137 137 ear the house o the wall. Cotiue addig places preschoolers go, like the store, a gradparet s house, school, ad eve faraway places they may have goe o vacatio. Let every child draw at least oe place. Tape the pictures i various places o the wall to make it look like a large map. Kids ca add roads that lead from place to place, if time allows. Say: We made a awesome map full of all kids of places we go. Ad we ca take care of others at each of these places! Lead childre i this discussio. Tell about a time you did somethig for someoe i oe of the places o the map. How ca you take care of someoe this week? Say: GOD S FAMILY TAKES CARE OF EACH OTHER we ca do that i each of the places we drew o our map. Ad we ca do it i ew places, too. Let s remember to take care of God s family this week. 5 LASTING IMPRESSIONS Daily Challeges After the childre have cleaed up their ceters, brig everyoe back to a circle area o the floor. Review the lesso activities ad the Bible Poit, ad the ecourage the childre to share what they remember about what they leared from the Bible today. Daily Challeges My Bible Hugs Also use this time to challege kids i their faith. Ecourage them to choose a Daily Challege for applyig today s lesso to their lives this week. Use this challege for ecouragig your childre s growig relatioships with Jesus. Say: Today we leared that GOD S FAMILY TAKES CARE OF EACH OTHER. I would like each of you to choose a way you ca take care of someoe this week. Read the three Daily Challege ideas for childre to choose from: Make a sack for your frieds. Before you eat, thak God for helpig you make the sack. Each ight before you go to bed, pray for the people i your family. Ask God to help them ad keep them safe. Do somethig kid for someoe who s sick, hurt, or sad this week. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 11 Sprig Quarter

138 138 Have kids each whisper i your ear or tell you which idea they ve chose, ad the circle it o each child s My Bible Hugs page. Make sure you tell kids the challege you choose. Your commitmet will ispire childre ad will give them a opportuity to see God at work i your life as well as i theirs! Actio Prayer CD player Teacher Pack CD: Do Good Thigs (track 14) Actio Prayer Play Do Good Thigs (track 14 o the CD) to the tue of Alouette. Have kids hold hads as they liste to the sog. Dear God, help me to ecourage Others to do good thigs for you. I will do good thigs for you. (I will do good thigs for you.) Do good thigs. (Do good thigs.) Ooooooh! Dear God, help me to ecourage Others to do good thigs for you. I will do good thigs for you. (I will do good thigs for you.) Do good thigs. (Do good thigs.) Ooooooh! Dear God, help me to ecourage. I will do good thigs for you. I Jesus ame, ame. Say: GOD S FAMILY TAKES CARE OF EACH OTHER. Let s remember to take care of each other this week! Weavig Faith at Home Have childre take home their My Bible Hugs pages whether they worked o them or ot. Have the childre tell their parets the challege they committed to i the Daily Challeges activity. Ecourage the parets to help their kids fulfill this commitmet throughout the week. By workig together ad focusig o the same goals, you ad parets ca help childre weave faith ito their lives! Talk to your Director about ig the FREE FamilyCoect to all your church s families. Available at group.com/digital. Sprig Quarter Lesso 11 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

139 Lesso Stephe Forgives His Accusers as They Stoe Him Acts 6:8 7:60 Your preschoolers wo t uderstad the fiality of Stephe s death or the idea of martyrdom. However, they ll uderstad that Stephe acted bravely ad cotiued to tell others about Jesus eve whe they threateed to hurt him. As you help preschoolers lear about Stephe, emphasize how importat it is to be brave for Jesus. LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP 1 Gettig Started about 5 mi. 2 Key Verse Activity about 10 mi. 3 Bible Exploratio about 15 mi. Welcome ad Celebrate Welcome each other, ad praise God through music. Teachig Bravely Tell about thigs they re scared of. Puppy Poiters Hear why Theo has a megaphoe. Bible Time: Truth That Hurts Fid ad color parts of the My Bible Hugs page as they hear about Stephe. CD player Teacher Pack: CD Bible CD player, Theo puppet, scissors, tape Teacher Pack: CD, megaphoe Bible, My Bible Hugs, crayos, CD player Teacher Pack: CD Assemble the megaphoe, ad tape it to Theo s paw (also see Ceter 3). Remove the Lesso 12 pages from each My Bible Hugs studet book, ad write childre s ames o them. Bible Poit We re brave for Jesus. Key Verse Therefore go ad make disciples of all atios, baptizig them i the ame of the Father ad of the So ad of the Holy Spirit, ad teachig them to obey everythig I have commaded you. Ad surely I am with you always, to the very ed of the age (Matthew 28:19-20). Weavig Faith Ito Life Childre will be brave. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 12 Sprig Quarter

140 140 LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP Ceter 1: Ivitatio Celebratio Draw pictures of themselves, ad decorate ivitatios. 1 evelope per child, pe, crayos, craft supplies Teacher Pack: ivitatio Complete the geeral iformatio o the ivitatio, but do t fill i the childre s ames. Make eough copies for each child to have oe. 4 Weavig Faith Ito Life about 20 mi. (Choose 2 ceters.) Ceter 2: Bravery Sacks Create megaphoes from tortillas. Ceter 3: Jesus Parade Participate i a Jesus parade. 1 flour tortilla ad 1 small cup per child, apple butter, atibacterial gel (optioal) CD player Teacher Pack: CD, megaphoe Before assemblig the megaphoe for the Puppy Poiters activity, copy the page. The make 1 megaphoe per child. Ceter 4: Bravery Challege Show they re brave by tryig a few challeges. Daily Challeges Choose a Daily Challege to apply God s Word. My Bible Hugs 5 Lastig Impressios about 10 mi. Actio Prayer Pray about beig brave for Jesus. Weavig Faith at Home Talk about how to share what they leared with their families. Sprig Quarter Lesso 12 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

141 141 Stephe Forgives His Accusers as They Stoe Him Acts 6:8 7:60 BIBLe BACKGROUND FOR LEADERS The Church Grows With the growth i the church came problems, ad Stephe was oe of the people who stepped i to help. Stephe was chose as oe of seve who would help admiister the distributio of food so that o oe would be left out. They were t chose because of their admiistrative skills, but because of their wisdom. Stephe specifically was said to be full of faith ad of the Holy Spirit (Acts 6:5). Stephe Acts Boldly Stephe did far more tha admiister food distributio. He s the first perso who was t a apostle to be metioed i Acts as performig a miracle. Ad he boldly spoke about Jesus. I Acts 6:9-14, his oppoets were so frustrated by the power ad wisdom of his speakig that they decided to drum up false accusatios agaist him. Stephe s eloquet speech before the Sahedri i Acts 7 was o doubt iteded to brig repetace o the part of the Jewish leaders. But the Jewish leaders respoded with resetmet ad ager rather tha repetace. the cross. First, Stephe offered his spirit to Jesus, as Jesus had offered his spirit to the Father (Acts 7:59; Luke 23:46). The he sought forgiveess for his accusers ad killers, agai followig Jesus example (Acts 7:60; Luke 23:34). The Jesus Coectio A growig relatioship with Jesus produces faith ad courage i the heart ad life of a Christia. This courage allows us to speak the truth i the face of dager. You may ever be called upo to die for tellig the truth about Jesus, but Christias have died ad cotiue to suffer ad die because of their faith ad commitmet to truth. What have you already edured because of your faith? What thigs seem scary to edure? What fears are holdig you back from fully stadig up for Jesus? Ask God to take away your fears ad help you stad up as boldly as Stephe. You ca write your prayer here. Saul Hears the Truth As people picked up stoes to execute Stephe, they placed their clothig at the feet of Saul later kow as the Apostle Paul. We do t kow exactly what role Saul played, but some feel he was the authority presidig over Stephe s death. Whatever his role, he must have heard Stephe s speech. Stephe Eds Well As Stephe was beig slowly ad paifully executed, he twice spoke words similar to what Jesus said o Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 12 Sprig Quarter

142 142 GETTING STARTED Welcome ad Celebrate CD player Teacher Pack CD: The Happy Sog (track 10), We re at Church (track 17) Welcome ad Celebrate Tip Cosistetly use the same sigal to aouce a trasitio to the ext activity. You could flip the lights off ad o, use a trai whistle, have a puppet rustlig iside a bag, or sig cleaup sogs. Keep it simple, cosistet, ad fu. As the childre arrive, greet each oe with a smile. Whe it s time to begi, use your sigal to gather the childre together i a circle o the floor. Lead childre i sigig The Happy Sog (track 10 o the CD) to the tue of Boom, Boom, Ai t It Great to Be Crazy? Ecourage childre to follow the motios i paretheses. Hello, my frieds are you happy? (put idex figers to cheeks ad smile) Hello, my frieds let s have some fu! (clap hads) We ll sig ad play games ad praise our God! (hold hads out ad wiggle your figers) Hello, my frieds are you happy? (put idex figers to cheeks ad smile) (Repeat 2x.) Say: Thaks for joiig us today! Let s sig about why we re at church. Sig We re at Church (track 17 o the CD) to the tue of This Old Ma. Ecourage childre to follow the motios i paretheses. We re at church. (make a steeple with hads) We re at church. (make a steeple with hads) To worship God ad lear his Word. (make a book with hads) With a prayer ad a sog ad a Bible story, too. (make prayer hads) God loves me ad God loves you. (hug self; the poit to others) (Repeat 3x.) Say: I m glad you re all here today. Beig at church helps me remember that Jesus is with us. Ad that s why WE RE BRAVE FOR JESUS. Sprig Quarter Lesso 12 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

143 143 2 KEY VERSE ACTIVITY Teachig Bravely Have the childre sit i a circle. Ope your Bible to Matthew 28:19-20, ad show childre the words. Teachig Bravely Bible Say: Our Key Verse from the Bible says, Therefore go ad make disciples of all atios, baptizig them i the ame of the Father ad of the So ad of the Holy Spirit, ad teachig them to obey everythig I have commaded you. Ad surely I am with you always, to the very ed of the age. That meas we ca teach the world about Jesus. Let s say that together. Lead the childre i sayig the simplified Key Verse with you: We ca teach the world about Jesus (Matthew 28:19-20). Say: Today we ll hear about a ma who wated to teach others about Jesus. Ad he was very brave whe he taught about Jesus because some people did t like it. But he kept teachig eve whe people were mea ad did bad thigs to him. That must ve bee scary. What are some thigs you re scared of? Allow several kids to aswer. The say: Those are all scary thigs! But I bet you ca be brave if you face ay of them because Jesus is always with you! Lead childre i this discussio. Tell about a time you were brave. What ca you do to be brave for Jesus? Say: Everyoe is scared of somethig. But we do t have to be scared because we kow Jesus is always with us. Today we ll hear about a ma who was brave to tell about Jesus, eve whe people were mea to him. WE RE BRAVE FOR JESUS, too. 3 BIBLE EXPLORATION Puppy Poiters Say: Liste everyoe, Theo s comig! He has somethig to show us. Let s fid Puppy Poiters CD player Theo puppet tape Teacher Pack CD: Here, Theo (track 4) megaphoe Puppy Poiters Easy Prep Assemble the megaphoe, ad tape it to Theo s paw (also see Ceter 3). Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 12 Sprig Quarter

144 144 out what it is. Play Here, Theo (track 4 o the CD), ad brig out Theophilus the FaithRetriever. Theo: Hi, everybody! Teacher: Hello, Theo! It s so good to see you at church with us today. What do you have there? Theo: It s a megaphoe. Teacher: Why did you brig your megaphoe with you today? Theo: It helps me speak louder. Teacher: Why do you eed to speak louder, Theo? Theo: Sometimes I have importat thigs to say ad I wat to make sure people hear me. Teacher: That s very brave of you to say somethig loudly for a whole group of people to hear. Theo: Thaks! I heard somethig o my way here today that souded pretty importat. Wat to hear it? Teacher: I do. Frieds, do you? (Allow time for kids to aswer.) Theo: Okay. Here goes (Shoutig through the megaphoe) Jesus loves you! Teacher: Thaks, Theo. You were brave to share such a importat thig through the megaphoe! Ad we re learig about that, too. Kids, ca you tell Theo our Bible Poit for today? (Lead childre i sayig the Bible Poit for Theo: WE RE BRAVE FOR JESUS.) Theo: Wow! Maybe I should let you all borrow my megaphoe so you all ca tell others about Jesus. Teacher: That souds like a great idea! Frieds, let s say goodbye to Theo. Bible Time: Truth That Hurts Bible My Bible Hugs crayos CD Player Teacher Pack CD: Truth That Hurts (track 15) Bible Time: Truth That Hurts Easy Prep Remove the Lesso 12 pages from each My Bible Hugs studet book, ad write childre s ames o them. Ecourage the childre to wave or say goodbye to Theo. The put Theo away i a safe place for ext week s use. Lead childre i this discussio. What s somethig importat you could use the megaphoe to say? What s somethig importat you could use the megaphoe to say about Jesus? Say: Theo likes usig his megaphoe so he ca tell importat thigs ad everyoe will hear him. We kow a lot of importat thigs about Jesus that we wat others to hear, but sometimes people do t wat to hear about Jesus. WE RE BRAVE FOR JESUS whe we tell eve those people about Jesus. Bible Time: Truth That Hurts Ope your Bible to Acts 6, ad show the childre the words. Tell childre that the Bible is God s special book. Say: The Bible tells us that WE RE BRAVE FOR JESUS. A Sprig Quarter Lesso 12 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

145 145 ma amed Stephe was brave whe he told others about Jesus. But some people did t wat to hear about Jesus. Give each child a My Bible Hugs page. The say: As I tell you about Stephe, you ll color each picture wait to color each part util I tell you to color. Stephe was a good ma. God allowed him to do miracles, ad people were healed by God. Poit to the picture that shows someoe who was just healed. Color the crutches because Stephe healed sick ad hurt people. Allow time. Stephe prayed, too. Poit to the picture that shows Stephe prayig. Have kids color the lamb ext to the prayig Stephe. Stephe read the Bible. Have kids color the scroll Stephe is readig. Stephe helped give food to hugry people. Have kids color the bread ad fish Stephe is givig to the people. Stephe could talk to ayoe about God. Have kids color Stephe tellig others about Jesus. Some people got agry whe Stephe told them the truth about Jesus. Let s hear some thigs Stephe said. Whe I give a thumbs up, that meas Stephe is speakig. Whe I give a thumbs dow, that meas the other people are speakig. Play the Truth That Hurts (track 15 o the CD), ad show thumbs up ad thumbs dow at the appropriate times to help kids follow. The say: Some people did t wat to hear what Stephe said about Jesus. They did t wat to liste to him, eve though he was sayig somethig very importat. Lead childre i this discussio. Tell about a time someoe did t liste to you. Why do you wat others to hear about Jesus? Say: Stephe told the truth about Jesus eve though the people did t wat to hear. But othig could stop Stephe from tellig other people about Jesus. WE RE BRAVE FOR JESUS, just as Stephe was. 4 WEAVING FAITH INTO LIFE Choose at least two of the learig ceters to help reiforce today s Bible lesso. Gather the eeded materials, ad put the supplies i a out-of-sight area util you re ready for them. Allow the childre to choose which ceter they d like to explore first. The circulate amog the childre as they create ad explore. Ecourage them to make coectios betwee their activities ad the Bible by askig them the questios icluded with each ceter s descriptio. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 12 Sprig Quarter

146 146 CENTER 1: Ivitatio Celebratio Ceter 1: Ivitatio Celebratio 1 evelope per child pe crayos craft supplies Teacher Pack ivitatio Ceter 1: Ivitatio Celebratio Easy Prep Complete the geeral iformatio o the ivitatio, but do t fill i the childre s ames. Make eough copies for each child to have oe. Say: We re learig that WE RE BRAVE FOR JESUS. We kow that Jesus is woderful. He loves us so much. He died so we ca be frieds with him. But sometimes we might meet people who do t seem to like Jesus. They might eve say they do t wat to be our frieds if we love Jesus. I times like that, we ca be brave for Jesus. We do t eed to be afraid because we kow Jesus is always with us. Today we ll be brave ad sed out ivitatios to ivite people to church maybe eve people who do t love Jesus yet. Give childre each a ivitatio, ad write their ames o the appropriate lie. Tell the childre to draw pictures of themselves ad the decorate the borders. After kids fiish, help them fold their ivitatios ad place them i evelopes that the church ca mail out or had deliver to a few homes ear your church. Say: You re so brave to sed ivitatios to ivite people to church. Ad I kow whe ew people come to church, you ll be brave as you meet them! Lead childre i this discussio. What s scary about ivitig people to church? What ll you do to show you re brave whe ew people come to church? Say: WE RE BRAVE FOR JESUS we re brave to ivite people to church, we re brave to meet ew people, ad we re brave to share what we kow about Jesus so all people ca be frieds with Jesus, too. Ceter 2: Bravery Sacks 1 flour tortilla ad 1 small cup per child apple butter atibacterial gel (optioal)! ALLERGY ALERT CENTER 2: Bravery Sacks Have childre wash their hads ad the sit dow for the sack. Give each child a flour tortilla. Show the childre how to roll their tortillas ito a coe shape like the megaphoe Theo had. The say: We kow Jesus wats us to be brave. We ca be brave for him by tellig people about him. We ca also be brave by stadig up for people whe others are mea to them. We ca also be brave by doig the right thig whe other people are t doig the right thig. Ecourage the childre to say, We re brave for Jesus! through their megaphoes. Give each child a small cup filled with apple butter, ad let the kids ejoy dippig their tortillas i the apple butter as they play with ad eat their tortilla megaphoes. Sprig Quarter Lesso 12 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

147 147 Say: Megaphoes help get the word out about importat thigs, ad they show other people we re sure of what we wat to say. Whether we re brave by tellig others about Jesus, by beig helpful to someoe who s hurtig, or by doig the right thig, WE RE BRAVE FOR JESUS all the time. CENTER 3: Jesus Parade Say: We ca always be brave for Jesus! Stad up ad put your hads o your hips to show cofidece. I believe i Jesus ad I m proud to tell others about him. Stad up if you believe i Jesus. Allow time. I m ot afraid! Stad like me if you are t afraid. Allow time. You re brave to help someoe whe others are t beig ice. Preted you re helpig someoe up, ad have kids do the same. That makes us brave for Jesus because he asks us to love others. You re brave for Jesus by doig the right thig. Preted you re sayig o with me whe someoe asks you to do somethig you re ot supposed to do. Demostrate ad have kids do the same. You re also brave to say what you believe, eve if people do t believe the same. I believe i Jesus! Say it with me. Have kids repeat. I m brave for Jesus! Have kids repeat this with you. Give each child a megaphoe, ad say: WE RE BRAVE FOR JESUS by showig his love. Let s have a Jesus parade to show we re brave for him i all these ways. Play Share the Love (track 16 o the CD) to the tue of Joy, Joy, Joy, ad ecourage childre to sig the words through the megaphoes ad parade aroud the room. Remid kids that there are lots of ways we ca be brave for Jesus. Ceter 3: Jesus Parade CD player Teacher Pack CD: Share the Love (track 16) megaphoe Ceter 3: Jesus Parade Easy Prep Before assemblig the megaphoe for the Puppy Poiters activity, copy the page. The make 1 megaphoe per child. I wat to share the love of Jesus Christ with you. (poit to a fried) Jesus loves you! (poit to aother fried) Jesus loves you! (poit to aother fried) I wat to share the love of Jesus Christ with you. (poit to aother fried) Jesus loves you today. (poit to aother fried) Ad I m so happy, so very happy, That Jesus loves you, that Jesus loves you. Ad I m so happy, so very happy. That Jesus loves you today. (Repeat.) Lead childre i this discussio. What s it like to sig about Jesus i a group? How ca that help you be brave? Say: We ca be brave for Jesus by showig his love i may ways. We ca do Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 12 Sprig Quarter

148 148 the right thig, help hurt people, ad tell others about Jesus. However we do it, WE RE BRAVE FOR JESUS whe we re with others, Jesus helps us be brave. CENTER 4: Bravery Challege Say: Our Bible poit tells us that WE RE BRAVE FOR JESUS like Stephe was whe he told others about Jesus. It might ve bee scary for Stephe because people were mea to him. What are some thigs you re scared of? Allow time. Thaks for sharig! I m scared of some of those thigs, too. But I kow we ca always be brave because Jesus is always with us! Let s take a bravery challege. Will all of you be brave with me as I try a few scary thigs? Pause. I m scared of the dark. Will all of you be brave with me if I tur the lights out for 10 secods? Check that kids are comfortable with the idea before you do it. The tur the lights out ad cout to 10. Tur the lights back o. The say: You all were so brave! Let s try aother challege. I m afraid of fallig ad hurtig myself. Will you fall back ad let someoe catch you? Pause. The catch is you ll close your eyes. Have kids try the challege while you catch them. It ca be scary to fall whe you do t kow if someoe will catch you, but you all were very brave. Thaks for tryig these challeges with me you helped me kow I ca be brave! Ad if we ca be brave with thigs like this, I kow we ca be brave for Jesus. Lead childre i this discussio. Tell about a time you did somethig scary. What scares you about beig brave for Jesus? Say: You all were so brave with our challeges. Ad I kow that you ca be brave for Jesus, too. The ext time somethig seems scary, remember that WE RE BRAVE FOR JESUS because we kow he s always with us! Sprig Quarter Lesso 12 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

149 149 5 LASTING IMPRESSIONS Daily Challeges After the childre have cleaed up their ceters, brig everyoe back to a circle area o the floor. Review the lesso activities ad the Bible Poit, ad the ecourage the childre to share what they remember about what they leared from the Bible today. Daily Challeges My Bible Hugs Also use this time to challege kids i their faith. Ecourage them to choose a Daily Challege for applyig today s lesso to their lives this week. Use this challege for ecouragig your childre s growig relatioships with Jesus. Say: Today we leared that WE RE BRAVE FOR JESUS. I would like each of you to choose a way that you ca be brave for Jesus by sharig about him this week. Read the three Daily Challege ideas for childre to choose from: Do the right thig if someoe asks you to do somethig you kow you should t do. The thak Jesus for helpig you be brave. Ask your mom or dad to help you try somethig ew this week, like somethig o the playgroud. Before you try it, ask Jesus to help you be brave. Itroduce yourself to someoe ew, ad ivite that perso to church. Have kids each whisper i your ear or tell you which idea they ve chose, ad the circle it o each child s My Bible Hugs page. Make sure you tell kids the challege you choose. Your commitmet will ispire childre ad will give them a opportuity to see God at work i your life as well as i theirs! Actio Prayer Have the childre sit i a circle. Have kids make a megaphoe with their hads ad say, I m brave for Jesus! The have them repeat the followig prayer. Dear God, Thak you for helpig me be brave. I kow Jesus is strog ad he s always with me. I kow I ca try ew thigs. I kow I ca do the right thig. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 12 Sprig Quarter

150 150 I kow I ca tell others about you. I love you, Jesus. I Jesus ame, ame. Say: Remember, WE RE BRAVE FOR JESUS because we kow he s the best gift ever! Weavig Faith at Home Have childre take home their My Bible Hugs pages whether they worked o them or ot. Have the childre tell their parets the challege they committed to i the Daily Challeges activity. Ecourage the parets to help their kids fulfill this commitmet throughout the week. By workig together ad focusig o the same goals, you ad parets ca help childre weave faith ito their lives! Talk to your Director about ig the FREE FamilyCoect to all your church s families. Available at group.com/digital. Sprig Quarter Lesso 12 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

151 Lesso Paul Teaches i Athes Acts 17:16-31 The kowledge that God is the creator ad made everythig a child sees i ature ca be a source of great comfort to a youg child. Use this lesso to help childre uderstad that the same God who created the world created each of them ad will be with them forever ad ever. LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP Bible Poit God created heave ad earth. 1 Gettig Started about 5 mi. 2 Key Verse Activity about 10 mi. 3 Bible Exploratio about 15 mi. Welcome ad Celebrate Welcome each other, ad praise God through music. I Ca Teach Take turs teachig each other somethig they kow. Puppy Poiters See Theo s creatio. Bible Time: Amazig Creator Fid out who God is. CD player Teacher Pack: CD Bible, ball, paper, pe CD player, Theo puppet, paper, crayo, tape Teacher Pack: CD Bible; bag of small, lightweight, atural items (such as feathers, grass, or twigs), 1 item per child; glue sticks Teacher Pack: Paul Teaches About God poster (from the Big Bible Poster Pack) Draw a boe o a small sheet of paper. Tape the paper to Theo s paw. Key Verse Therefore go ad make disciples of all atios, baptizig them i the ame of the Father ad of the So ad of the Holy Spirit, ad teachig them to obey everythig I have commaded you. Ad surely I am with you always, to the very ed of the age (Matthew 28:19-20). Weavig Faith Ito Life Childre will thak God for his creatio. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 13 Sprig Quarter

152 152 LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP Ceter 1: Aimal Creatios See differet aimals that God created. My Bible Hugs, markers, aimal crackers, atibacterial gel (optioal) Teacher Pack: Pop-Up Aimals teachig picture Remove the Lesso 13 pages from each My Bible Hugs studet book, ad write childre s ames o them. Puch out the aimals o the perforatio lies o the teachig picture. Fold the aimals forward util they are t visible. 4 Weavig Faith Ito Life about 20 mi. (Choose 2 ceters.) Ceter 2: Tastes of the Earth Create edible earths. 1 tortilla per child, 2 cotaiers of whipped cream cheese, blue ad gree food colorig, plates, plastic kives, atibacterial gel (optioal) Dye 1 cotaier of cream cheese blue ad the other gree. Ceter 3: Creatio Maker Use their bodies to form thigs God created. Ceter 4: God s Creatios Use items God made to create ew thigs. 1 or 2 atural items (such as feathers, grass, or twigs) per child, craft supplies Daily Challeges Choose a Daily Challege to apply God s Word. My Bible Hugs 5 Lastig Impressios about 10 mi. Actio Prayer Pray to God as they hold up atural items. Weavig Faith at Home Talk about how to share what they leared with their families. 1 atural item per child Sprig Quarter Lesso 13 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

153 153 Paul Teaches i Athes Acts 17:16-31 BIBLe BACKGROUND FOR LEADERS Saul Is Coverted As Saul traveled o the road to Damascus, he met Jesus ad was powerfully coverted. Saul quickly became the outspoke follower of Jesus that we kow today as the Apostle Paul. The ame Paul is simply the Greek versio of Saul, ad as Paul miistered amog o-jews, he was referred to by the Greek ame. Paul Travels ad Preaches Followig his coversio experiece, Paul preached about Christ everywhere he wet, ad he traveled a lot. He was persecuted umerous times for his faith, eve escapig from priso oce. His missioary travels icluded trips with Barabas, Silas, ad Timothy, ad he covered much of Greece ad what is ow Turkey. Today s passage fids Paul waitig for Silas ad Timothy to joi him i Athes. But rather tha sit ad relax, Paul toured the city ad was troubled by the false worship he saw. altars ad sacrificed to the ukow god amog all their kow gods just to be sure. Paul proclaimed the true God ad eve quoted two aciet poets of the regio: Epimeides ad Aratus (Acts 17:28) i a effort to coect the truth about God with the stories about their false gods. The Jesus Coectio Friedship with Jesus is so powerful that the desire for it lies i each of our hearts. While people may look for satisfactio i false gods, oly Jesus ca brig true peace. Read Acts 17: Keep a eye out for how each group of people was differet from Paul. Why was he able to love people with differet beliefs istead of judgig them? I your life, who lives accordig to values radically differet from yours? How ca you show Jesus love to that perso? Pray that God will reveal how you ca coect with differet people i order to show them his love. You ca write your prayer here. Paul Egages the Philosophers of Athes The two types of philosophers Paul debated were almost exact opposites. The Epicureas taught that people could t coect with the gods at all, so there was o reaso to seek moral good. Their highest value was pleasure. The Stoics saw God as the sum of logic ad reaso. But they saw God as distat o oe could have a persoal relatioship with him. Emotios were to be deied; persoal disciplie ad morality were highly valued. Before the Areopagus, Paul addressed the Greeks fear of accidetally offedig ay god by failig to recogize ad worship it. That s why they erected Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 13 Sprig Quarter

154 154 GETTING STARTED Welcome ad Celebrate CD player Teacher Pack CD: We re at Church (track 17), You Gave (Joh 14:19) (track 11) Welcome ad Celebrate Tip Cosistetly use the same sigal to aouce a trasitio to the ext activity. You could flip the lights off ad o, use a trai whistle, have a puppet rustlig iside a bag, or sig cleaup sogs. Keep it simple, cosistet, ad fu. As the childre arrive, greet each oe with a smile. Whe it s time to begi, use your sigal to gather the childre together i a circle o the floor. Sig We re at Church (track 17 o the CD) to the tue of This Old Ma. Ecourage childre to follow the motios i paretheses. We re at church. (make a steeple with hads) We re at church. (make a steeple with hads) To worship God ad lear his Word. (make a book with hads) With a prayer ad a sog ad a Bible story, too. (make prayer hads) God loves me ad God loves you. (hug self; the poit to others) (Repeat 3x.) Say: I love sigig with you! Let s sig aother sog together. Sig You Gave (Joh 14:19) (track 11 o the CD). Ecourage childre to follow the motios i paretheses. Lord, I wat to be pleasig to you i everythig I do. (put had to heart) Ad I wat to love you more, (hug self) More tha yesterday, (poit behid self) More tha words ca say. (poit to mouth) (Chorus) Cause you gave your life, (put arms straight out) You lived ad died for me, for me. (lift both arms up) You paid the price, (hold oe palm up; the lay the other palm over it) You sacrificed for me, for me. (put arms straight out) Now the least that I ca do is live my life for you. (stretch out arms; the poit up) (Repeat from the begiig; the repeat chorus.) You Gave (Joh 14:19) by Jay Stocker Group Publishig, Ic. All rights reserved. Sprig Quarter Lesso 13 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

155 155 Say: I m so glad you all came to church to worship God who created you ad me ad the whole earth! GOD CREATED HEAVEN AND EARTH, ad we re so thakful to him! 2 KEY VERSE ACTIVITY I Ca Teach Have the childre form a circle ad sit dow. Ope your Bible to Matthew 28:19-20, ad show childre the words. Say: Our Key Verse from the Bible says, Therefore go ad make disciples of all atios, baptizig them i the ame of the Father ad of the So ad of the Holy Spirit, ad teachig them to obey everythig I have commaded you. Ad surely I am with you always, to the very ed of the age. That meas we ca teach the world about Jesus. Let s say that together. Lead the childre i sayig the simplified Key Verse with you: We ca teach the world about Jesus (Matthew 28:19-20). I Ca Teach Bible ball paper pe Say: Beig a teacher is a lot of fu. What are some thigs you re good at? Allow time. Thaks for sharig! I bet you could teach the rest of us how to do those thigs. Help kids each thik of oe thig to teach the group; for example, kick or throw a ball, draw a picture of somethig, or do a somersault or other dace or gymastics move. If you have a large group or if you thik it would help kids who are shy, have kids break ito small groups for this activity. Allow time for kids to decide o ad practice what they ll teach; the let them take turs teachig. The say: Great job teachig what you kow. Just like that, you ca teach others what you kow about Jesus! Lead childre i this discussio. What thigs do you kow about Jesus? Tell about a time you taught someoe about Jesus. Say: Eve if you just kow oe thig about Jesus, you ca teach that oe thig to someoe, just like how you taught our group today. Remember, GOD CREATED HEAVEN AND EARTH, ad Jesus is his So who died so we ca go to heave. Let s say our Bible verse together: We ca teach the world about Jesus. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 13 Sprig Quarter

156 156 3 BIBLE EXPLORATION Puppy Poiters CD player Theo puppet paper crayo tape Teacher Pack CD: Here, Theo (track 4) Puppy Poiters Easy Prep Draw a boe o a small sheet of paper. Tape the paper to Theo s paw. Puppy Poiters Say: Liste everyoe, Theo s comig! He has somethig to show us. Let s fid out what it is. Play Here, Theo (track 4 o the CD), ad brig out Theophilus the FaithRetriever. Theo: Hi, everybody! Teacher: Hello, Theo! It s so good to see you at church with us today. What did you brig with you? Theo: I brought oe of my ow creatios a picture of my favorite boe. Teacher: What a ice picture it is! Theo: Thaks, I put a lot of thought ito it. I wated to create somethig woderful. Teacher: That remids me of our Bible poit today Kids, let s tell Theo our Bible Poit. (Lead childre i sayig the Bible Poit for Theo: GOD CREATED HEAVEN AND EARTH.) Teacher: Theo, just like you created that picture of the boe you love so much, God created everythig. He made heave ad earth just as he wated them to be. Ad he was very glad he did it! Theo: I bet he looked at his creatio ad was happy he made somethig amazig. Maybe it s like whe I look at the amazig boe I drew. Teacher: You re right, Theo. I m glad you brought your creatio with you today. Kids, let s say goodbye to Theo. Ecourage the childre to wave or say goodbye to Theo. The put Theo away i a safe place for ext week s use. Lead childre i this discussio. Tell about somethig you ve made. Why do you thik it s so great that God made heave ad earth? Say: Theo created a picture of a boe he was really proud of ad it was good, but it s ot early as amazig as what God created. GOD CREATED HEAVEN AND EARTH, ad everythig i heave ad earth! Sprig Quarter Lesso 13 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

157 157 Bible Time: The Amazig Creator Ope your Bible to Acts 17, ad show the childre the words. Tell childre that the Bible is God s special book. Say: The Bible tells us that GOD CREATED HEAVEN AND EARTH. That meas God made everythig. Poit to the Paul Teaches About God poster. Say: A log time ago, a ma amed Paul believed i God ad Jesus. He told everyoe about God ad Jesus. Paul wet to a city ad was surprised (show surprise) to see that may people did t believe i God or Jesus. They made rocks ad wood ito preted gods. They thought the preted gods could help them. Paul kew the preted gods could t do aythig for the people it was just rock ad wood, after all! He kew oly God ad Jesus, the oes who created heave ad earth, could help the people. Brig out the bag of God s creatios. Hold up the items oe at a time, ad have the childre ame each item as you show it. The have the childre use glue sticks to glue the items oto the Paul Teaches About God poster. Try to give each child a tur to help with gluig at least oe item. Say: God created each of these thigs, ad Paul told the people that istead of worshippig these thigs, they should worship the God who created them. He told the people that GOD CREATED HEAVEN AND EARTH. Bible Time: The Amazig Creator Bible bag of small, lightweight, atural items (such as feathers, grass, or twigs), 1 item per child glue sticks Teacher Pack Paul Teaches About God poster (from the Big Bible Poster Pack) Lead childre i this discussio. What do you thik about the amazig thigs God created? Why is God more special tha ay rock, wood, or aythig? Poit to the poster ad all the atural items o it. Say: Paul taught the people that God created the trees, the aimals, ad all people. GOD CREATED HEAVEN AND EARTH he created all thigs. God is more special tha aythig aroud because he made everythig! Let s worship God for everythig he s created. 4 WEAVING FAITH INTO LIFE Choose at least two of the learig ceters to help reiforce today s Bible lesso. Gather the eeded materials, ad put the supplies i a out-of-sight area util you re ready for them. Allow the childre to choose which ceter they d like to explore first. The circulate amog the childre as they create ad explore. Ecourage them to make coectios betwee their activities ad the Bible by askig them the questios icluded with each ceter s descriptio. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 13 Sprig Quarter

158 158 CENTER 1: Aimal Creatios Ceter 1: Aimal Creatios My Bible Hugs markers aimal crackers atibacterial gel (optioal) Teacher Pack: Pop-Up Aimals teachig picture! ALLERGY ALERT Ceter 1: Aimal Creatios Easy Prep Remove the Lesso 13 pages from each My Bible Hugs studet book, ad write childre s ames o them. Puch out the aimals o the perforatio lies o the teachig picture. Fold the aimals forward util they are t visible. Ceter 2: Tastes of the Earth 1 tortilla per child 2 cotaiers of whipped cream cheese blue ad gree food colorig plates plastic kives atibacterial gel (optioal) Have kids clea their hads ad the gather i a circle. Set the Pop-Up Aimals teachig picture i the ceter of the circle. Give each child a My Bible Hugs page ad a hadful of aimal crackers. Poit to the poster. Say: All the aimals are goe! Whe God created the world, God created lots ad lots of aimals to go i all the differet places of the world. Let s put some aimals o this picture ad o your pictures. Begi to slowly fold up the aimals o the poster. Each time you fold up a aimal, ecourage each child to fid a similarly shaped aimal cracker ad place the cracker o his or her My Bible Hugs picture. Keep some extra crackers o had i case a child does t have oe of the aimals. Let kids take each aimal cracker off the page oe by oe ad eat it as they draw quick sketches of the aimals they re eatig. Lead childre i this discussio. Tell about your favorite aimal that God created. How ca we thak God for the aimals i his creatio? Say: GOD CREATED HEAVEN AND EARTH. He created all of these aimals ad may, may more aimals. He did a good job whe he created all of these aimals. If time allows, ecourage kids to make the souds for all of the differet aimals o their pages. CENTER 2: Tastes of the Earth Have childre clea their hads ad the sit dow for the sack. Choose a perso to pray before the kids begi their sack play. Give each child a plate ad a tortilla. Say: GOD CREATED HEAVEN AND EARTH! Let s create pictures of the earth with our sack food. Use the blue cream cheese to make water for the world, ad use the gree cream cheese to make lad for the world. Have kids use plastic kives to spread the blue ad the gree cream cheese oto the tortillas. Ecourage kids to make the blue cream cheese look like water ad the gree cream cheese look like grass. As they work, say: It s fu creatig a picture of the earth. It s kid of like whe God created the real thig, but his creatio was eve more amazig. Whe kids are fiished, let them ejoy their sacks. Sprig Quarter Lesso 13 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

159 159 Lead childre i this discussio. What was it like to create a picture of earth? How is the real earth eve better tha your picture? Say: GOD CREATED HEAVEN AND EARTH. He created everythig i heave ad earth, too. He wats us to ejoy the woderful thigs he made. But he does t wat us to worship the thigs he made. God loves us, ad God wats us to worship him. Ceter 2: Tastes of the Earth Easy Prep Dye 1 cotaier of cream cheese blue ad the other gree. CENTER 3: Creatio Maker Say: Today you re goig to be oe part of God s creatio you could be a rock, a cloud, a flower, or aythig that God created. You ll each get a tur to show what you are ad the rest of us will try to guess. Help kids, if eeded. For example, a cloud could float aroud the room, a cat could walk ad meow, ad a rock could sit very still ad very roud. Lead childre i this discussio. What are some thigs you like that God created? What ca you do to show God you re thakful he created these thigs? Say: GOD CREATED HEAVEN AND EARTH. He made the cats so they could meow, ad he made the clouds so they d give us shade from the su ad brig us rai. That s why we worship oly God! CENTER 4: God s Creatios Say: GOD CREATED HEAVEN AND EARTH. He made the water, the grass, the aimals, ad you ad me! He created everythig. Ad he was glad to see his creatio oce he was doe. Like God created the earth, you ca use these supplies to create somethig. Ecourage childre to build or create thigs usig the items supplied. For example, a child might create a pet rock usig a rock, small plats for hair, ad a marker to draw eyes. After kids fiish their creatios, have them share what they Ceter 4: God s Creatios 1 or 2 atural items (such as feathers, grass, or twigs) per child, craft supplies Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 13 Sprig Quarter

160 160 made ad tell why they made it. The say: You created thigs you ca be proud of, just like God was proud of his creatio. Lead childre i this discussio. What choices did you have to make as you made your creatio? What do you thik of all the choices God made whe he created the heaves ad earth? Say: We ca create lots of differet shapes ad desigs with these supplies, but GOD CREATED HEAVEN AND EARTH he s the oly oe who could create such amazig thigs. Let s thak him today for creatig us! 5 LASTING IMPRESSIONS Daily Challeges My Bible Hugs Daily Challeges After the childre have cleaed up their ceters, brig everyoe back to a circle area o the floor. Review the lesso activities ad the Bible Poit, ad the ecourage the childre to share what they remember about what they leared from the Bible today. Also use this time to challege kids i their faith. Ecourage them to choose a Daily Challege for applyig today s lesso to their lives this week. Use this challege for ecouragig your childre s growig relatioships with Jesus. Say: Today we leared that GOD CREATED HEAVEN AND EARTH. I would like each of you to choose a way that this week you ca thak God for his creatio. Read the three Daily Challege ideas for childre to choose from: Have your mom or dad help you plat some grass or flowers i your yard. Thak God for his creatio, ad ask God to help your seeds grow. Have your family watch a surise or suset together. Talk about how beautiful the sky is. Thak God for makig surises ad susets so beautiful. Take some chuks of bread or small seeds, ad spread them i your yard to feed the birds. Thak God for creatig such beautiful birds! Have kids each whisper i your ear or tell you which idea they ve chose, ad the circle it o each child s My Bible Hugs page. Make sure you tell kids the challege you choose. Sprig Quarter Lesso 13 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4

161 161 Your commitmet will ispire childre ad will give them a opportuity to see God at work i your life as well as i theirs! Actio Prayer Give each child oe atural item that God created. Explai that you re goig to pray together ad thak God for creatig all of these woderful thigs. Actio Prayer 1 atural item per child Dear God, thak you for creatig [have childre hold up ad ame their items]. We re so glad you re the Creator of everythig. I Jesus ame, ame. Weavig Faith at Home Have childre take home their My Bible Hugs pages whether they worked o them or ot. Have the childre tell their parets the challege they committed to i the Daily Challeges activity. Ecourage the parets to help their kids fulfill this commitmet throughout the week. By workig together ad focusig o the same goals, you ad parets ca help childre weave faith ito their lives! Talk to your Director about ig the FREE FamilyCoect to all your church s families. Available at group.com/digital. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 13 Sprig Quarter

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