What s Up, Samuel? Unit 1 Song

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1 What s Up, Samuel? Unit 1 Song Look up. Can you tell? Who s there, Samuel? Who s where, Samuel? Take care. Can you tell? When God speaks, we should listen. When God speaks, all is well. When God speaks, we should listen just like Samuel. When God speaks, we should answer. When God speaks, ring the bell. When God speaks, we should answer just like Samuel. (Everybody now.) Look up. Can you tell? Who s there, Samuel? Who s where, Samuel? Take care. Can you tell? When God speaks, there s a reason. When God speaks, you can tell. When God speaks, there s a reason. Just ask Samuel. When God speaks, we should answer, no matter where you dwell. When God speaks, we should answer just like Samuel. (Everybody now.) Look up. Can you tell? Who s there, Samuel? Who s where, Samuel? Take care. Can you tell? Are you listening, Samuel? Are you listening; can you tell? Are you listening? All is well. WORDS: Dennis Scott 2017 Act IV Music Fall 2017 deepbluekids.com 89

2 Mission Project: Guatemala Dear Parents or Guardians, The Deep Blue Kids have landed in Guatemala and have met a new friend, Carlos. Carlos will be showing the kids around his church for the next few weeks as they all learn Bible stories from each other. Carlos benefits from the Pura Vida project. Pura Vida provides educational opportunities for underprivileged children in rural Guatemala. Guatemala is one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere and faces special challenges, such as lack of access to beneficial educational programming. Pura Vida helps children continue their education, offers parent and family education, and recognizes the importance and need for access to education and educational resources. Learn more at: Projects/ The next several weeks, your family will have an opportunity to financially support this great project. You can donate online, send a check, pay by phone, or send a donation with your child to contribute to her or his Sunday school offering. Donations can be made online by credit card. Learn more at: Projects/ To donate by check, make checks payable to Advance GCFA (the General Council on Finance and Administration of The United Methodist Church) and the Advance number (# ) on the memo line, and mail to: Advance GCFA PO Box 9068 New York, NY To donate by phone, call Fall 2017 deepbluekids.com 85

3 David and Jonathan Bible Verse The Lord sees into the heart. (1 Samuel 16:7) Did You Know? As friendships go, the relationship between David and Jonathan was particularly complex. Jonathan is the son of Saul, the current king of Israel. As Saul s son, Jonathan is the potential heir of the throne. However, David, the shepherd boy, has been anointed by Samuel as the next king of Israel at God s instruction. This could have been a cause of rivalry between David and Jonathan, but instead they became friends. At one point, Jonathan gives David his robe, his military clothes, his sword, his bow and arrows, and his belt. This gesture symbolizes a personal commitment to David, but can also be interpreted as Jonathan s acknowledgement that David will be the future king. The Bible tells us David and Jonathan were the best of friends. Depending on which version of the Bible you are reading, we are told in 1 Samuel 18:1 that The soul of Jonathan was bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul (NRSV) or Jonathan s life became bound up with David s life, and Jonathan loved David as much as himself (CEB) or Jonathan became one in spirit with David, and he loved him as himself (NIV). Regardless of wording, it is clear that David and Jonathan were close friends. When King Saul first meets David, he is impressed with him and brings him to live in his own house. Later, Saul becomes jealous of David as David meets with one success after another and many people love him. Saul is enraged to the point of wanting to have David killed. Jonathan s loyalty to David is so strong, he goes against his father and helps David run away. SESSION 7 Bible Story 1 Samuel 18:1-5; 20:1-42 Anchor Point We can love and serve God. Your Lesson Welcome Puzzle Center Matching Center Dress-up Center Time for the Bible Story See the Bible Story Hear the Bible Story Interact With the Bible Story Say the Bible Verse Find the Arrow Chain of Friends Kids Stuff Learn & Serve With the Deep Blue Kids Gathering Time Praising Time Requires preparation. Fall 2017 Session 7 deepbluekids.com 43

4 WELCOME JUMP IN! The following activities may be done in learning centers as the children arrive or may be done with the entire group. Supplies: Class Stuff pp , 31; CD-ROM; Stickers; CD player; tape; offering basket Display the Attendance Chart (Class Stuff pp , 31) at eye level. Play, Dance Like Crazy (CD-ROM), as you welcome each child. Show the children where to place their offerings on the worship table. Help each child put the arrows attendance Sticker on the Attendance Chart. SAY: Today s Bible story is about David and his friend, Jonathan. Jonathan shot an arrow to help David stay safe. We ll find out how Jonathan used the arrow when we hear our Bible story. PUZZLE CENTER Supplies: Bible Stories & Stickers Session 7, p. 4 Encourage the children to complete BFFs (Session 7, p. 4). SAY: Today our Bible story is about David and his best friend, Jonathan. Being a good friend is one way we love and serve God. MATCHING CENTER Supplies: Class Stuff pp. 21 & 24, scissors, table Cut out the What Makes a Loving Heart? Matching Cards (pp. 21 & 24), if you have not already done so. Place the cards facedown on the table. SAY: Our Bible verse this month says, The Lord sees into the heart (1 Samuel 16:7). ASK: What do you think makes a loving heart? TIP If you don t have Bibletimes costumes, just drape pieces of cloth around the children. Choose a child to begin the game. Have the child turn over two cards. If the cards match, leave the cards faceup. If the cards don t match, turn the cards back over. Let the next child take a turn. DRESS-UP CENTER Supplies: Bible-times costumes or pieces of fabric, optional: mirror SAY: Today our Bible story is about David and his best friend, Jonathan. Jonathan was King Saul s son. He probably dressed in fancy clothes that a prince would wear. David had been a shepherd. His clothes were probably not as fancy as Jonathan s. Encourage the children to dress up as either David or Jonathan. 44 Deep Blue Preschool Leader Guide Session 7

5 DIVE DEEPER TIME FOR THE BIBLE STORY Supplies: Bible-times costumes Have the children wear their costumes and line up behind you. Lead the children in a parade around the room as you sing, The Shepherd David Had a Friend, to the tune of Old MacDonald. (See the column on the right.) Encourage the children to sing, Hi, friend! End the parade at your story area and have the children sit down. SEE THE BIBLE STORY Supplies: Adventure DVD, DVD player, television Play the theme song, Let s Go Deep Blue Remix (Adventure DVD). Watch the Deep Blue Adventure for Session 7 with the children. Play the song, Dance Like Crazy. Let the children dance as the music plays. HEAR THE BIBLE STORY Supplies: Deep Blue Bible Storybook pp Tell the children the story, David and Jonathan (pp ). INTERACT WITH THE BIBLE STORY Supplies: CEB Kids Bible; Bible Stories & Stickers Session 7, pp. 2 3; Class Stuff pp. 5 6; Bible-times costumes Continue to use the Asia/Carlos figure (Class Stuff pp. 5 6). Use Carlos today. SONG The Shepherd David Had a Friend (Tune: Old MacDonald) The shepherd David had a friend in King Saul s fam ly. The two were friends both day and night in King Saul s fam ly. With a Hi, friend! here, and a Hi, friend! there. Here a Hi! ; there a Hi! ; ev rywhere a Hi, friend! The shepherd David had a friend in King Saul s fam ly. ASK: Do you have a best friend? Who is it? How should friends treat each other? SAY: Today s Bible story is about two best friends, David and Jonathan. The story is found in 1 Samuel. Hold the Bible open to 1 Samuel. Place the Bible on your lap or on a table. SAY: Stand up if you are dressed like David. Stand up if you are dressed like Jonathan. Davids, give the Jonathans a high-five. Jonathans, shake the Davids hands. Read David and Jonathan (Bible Stories & Stickers Session 7, pp. 2 3) to the children. Have the children dressed as David stand up each time they hear David. Have the children dressed as Jonathan stand up each time they hear Jonathan. Show the children the Carlos figure. SAY: Hola! I m Carlos. I m excited that you are visiting me in Guatemala. I liked the story of David and Jonathan. It s good to have friends. ASK: How do you think David felt when Jonathan helped him stay safe? SAY: That s what I think too. Now it s time to say the Bible verse. Have fun! Fall 2017 Session 7 deepbluekids.com 45

6 SAY THE BIBLE VERSE Supplies: Class Stuff p. 9, Leader Guide p. 93 Hold up the Bible Verse Poster (Class Stuff p. 9). Say the Bible verse for the children, The Lord sees into the heart (1 Samuel 16:7), and have the children repeat the Bible verse. Teach the children the signs from American Sign Language for the Bible verse (Leader Guide p. 93). FIND THE ARROW Supplies: Class Stuff p. 25, scissors Cut out the arrow (p. 25). Choose a child to be IT. Have IT cover his or her eyes. Hide the arrow somewhere in the room. Have IT uncover her or his eyes, and encourage IT to look for the arrow. Have the other children shout, Hot, when IT moves close to the arrow and, Cold, when IT moves away from the arrow. Play the game until each child has an opportunity to hunt the arrow. SAY: Jonathan shot an arrow to tell David that David needed to stay away from King Saul. Caring for our friends is one way we can love and serve God. GROW STRONGER CHAIN OF FRIENDS Supplies: Leader Guide p. 48, scissors, tape, craft sticks, crayons or markers Photocopy and cut out the Chain of Friends figure (p. 48) for each child. Give each child a copy of the figure. Let the children decorate the figures to look like themselves. Help each child write her or his name on the figure. Tape each figure to the next figure to create a chain of friends (like paper dolls). Display the chain of friends on a wall or bulletin board. SAY: Today our Bible story is about two best friends, David and Jonathan. Let s look at the chain we ve made of our class friends. Point to each figure and say each child s name. KIDS STUFF Supplies: Kids Stuff p. 17, crayons or markers, tape Punch out the four pieces of Friendship Armbands (p. 17) for each child. Help each child follow the directions to make two armbands. SAY: Jonathan wanted to show David how much he cared about him. Jonathan gave David his robe, his sword, his bow, and his belt. You can give one of your friendship armbands to a friend to show how much you care. 46 Deep Blue Preschool Leader Guide Session 7

7 Encourage the children to wear one of the armbands and save the second one to give to a friend. SAY: Being a good friend is one way we can love and serve God. LEARN & SERVE WITH THE DEEP BLUE KIDS Supplies: Class Stuff pp. 2 3, 8; Stickers; large craft sticks; crayons Continue to use the Deep Blue Ship (Class Stuff p. 8). SAY: In our video today, Kat, Edgar, Asia, and Caleb have arrived in Guatemala and met a new friend named Carlos. Show the children the Guatemala Facts poster (Class Stuff p. 2). Then turn the poster over and show the children the Mission Poster (Class Stuff p. 3). GUATEMALA SAY: We are bringing money to send to Pura Vida. Pura Vida helps children in Guatemala go to school. In our Bible story, David and Jonathan were best friends. Jonathan was worried about David. He wanted David to stay safe. In Guatemala, people make worry dolls. The dolls are colorful and small. Let s make worry dolls. GUATEMALA G GUATEMALA Give each child a craft stick. Let the children color the craft sticks with crayons. Give each child a face Sticker. Have the child put the face Sticker on one end of the craft stick to make a doll. (The children may make more than one worry doll.) Show the children the Deep Blue Ship. SAY: Let s follow the boat to our worship center. Hold the ship and lead the children around the room to your worship area. WORSHIP GATHERING TIME Supplies: Class Stuff pp. 14 & 19, 28; tape Post Bible Mural (pp. 14 & 19) on a wall or bulletin board. Gather the children around the Bible Mural. Invite a child to tape the arrows (p. 28) to the Bible Mural. SONG Let s Pray to God (Tune: The Wheels on the Bus) fold our hands, fold our hands, fold our hands. fold our hands. God hears our prayers. bow our heads, bow our heads, bow our heads. bow our heads. God hears our prayers. close our eyes, close our eyes, close our eyes. close our eyes. God hears our prayers. PRAY: Thank you, God, for stories about David. Amen. PRAISING TIME Supplies: Bible Stories & Stickers Session 7, Leader Guide p. 85 Photocopy Mission Project: Guatemala (Leader Guide p. 85) for each child. Invite the children to sit in a circle. Sing the song, Let s Pray to God, to the tune of The Wheels on the Bus. (The words are on the right.) Go around this prayer circle and pray for each child by name. PRAY: Dear God, help (child s name) love and serve God every day. Amen. TIP Send Bible Stories & Stickers Session 7 and the mission letter home with each child. Fall 2017 Session 7 deepbluekids.com 47

8 Chain of Friends 48 Deep Blue Preschool Leader Guide Session 7