Lessons for the Leader. Session at a Glance. Hezekiah and the People Thanked God. Week of November 28, 2010

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1 Week of November 28, 2010 Lessons for the Leader How do you define worship? How do you know when you have worshiped? Worship is "focusing attention on God and enjoying God's presence." Consider how Hezekiah led a nation to worship. Review the life of King Ahaz (2 Chronicles 28). What type of worship did he provide for people? Contrast Ahaz's life with that of his son, Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 29). According to 2 Kings 18:5-7, Hezekiah trusted God like no other kings of Judah before or after Him. He kept the commandments God gave to Moses. Notice when Hezekiah began reforming the nation. Second Chronicles 29:3 states he began in his first month as king, with restoring the temple as his top priority. Before Hezekiah permitted the priests and Levities to begin work on the temple, he instructed them to consecrate themselves. To consecrate means to "set apart for the service of God." Do you consecrate yourself for God's service? What can you do differently, starting right now, to consecrate yourself for worship? Read verses When the temple was ready, Hezekiah's first act of worship was a sacrifice. He made a sin offering, followed by a burnt offering to restore the broken relationship between God and the nation. Evaluate your relationship with God. Pray, asking God to show you actions, attitudes, and thoughts that are sins against Him. Confess and agree those things are sins, and repent. List some characteristics of worship you would like the preschoolers in your ministry to demonstrate as a result of today's worship. What do these symbols mean? 1a Application Activities Format: Follow the numbers with arrows for a 30-minute, large group plus 20-minute Application Activities format. 1 Large Group Only Format: Follow all the numbers for a 45- to 60-minute large group only format. Hezekiah and the People Thanked God Bible Passage: 2 Chronicles 29:1,5,15, 18-20,25-30 Key Bible Verse The people sang and worshiped. 2 Chronicles 29:30 Life Application I can thank God for His love and care. Level of Biblical Learning (God) God wants people to worship Him. Session at a Glance Introduction to Worship (6 to 8 minutes) Greet the Children Use Worship Guides Worship (30 minutes/45 minutes) Welcome Children and Pray Sing "I Can Say Hello" Sing "Church" Talk About Instruments Find It! Tell the Bible Story Review Learn the Bible Verse Present Offering Make Application and Pray Sing "I Will Praise You" Review Bible Verses Pop Up with Words Transition Application Activities (20 minutes) Wrap-Up (10 minutes) OK to copy.

2 Introduction to Worship 1aGreet the Children Offering container Show children where to place offerings. 2aUse Worship Guides Worship Guides, markers (2 per child) Teacher Tip Provide instruments for children to play. Distribute Worship Guides and markers. Lead children to draw lines to match the instruments. Teach children the "I Can" poem. Invite kids to make music using their markers. Tap the markers in rhythm as you say the lines of the poem. Let children beat loud and soft. State: "We will hear about people in our story today who worshiped God with instruments." End by leading children in a parade around the room. Kids will "play" their markers. Worship 3aWelcome Children and Pray (3 minutes) Print "Worship Poem" (CD). Teacher Tip Print copies, cut apart, and send home with children. Say: "I'm so glad to see you today. Shake someone's hand and welcome him or her." Lead the children in the rhyme. Pray. 4 Sing "I Can Say Hello" (DVD, 2 minutes) 5aSing "Church" (DVD, 2 minutes) 6aTalk About Instruments (3 minutes) Teacher Tip Display a Worship Guide and review the instruments shown. State: "Let's name some musical instruments." Encourage children to name instruments. Guide children to make the sounds of the instruments as they are mentioned. Say: "Turn to a partner and tell about your favorite instrument." Conclude: "Our story is about people who worshiped God with instruments." 7 Find It! (4 minutes) Print 2 Chronicles from "Bible Books" (CD). Display and read aloud the title. Ask: "Is 2 Chronicles in the Old or New Testament? (Old) It is in the first part of the Old Testament. The book before it is 1 Chronicles. Open your Bibles to 2 Chronicles." Enlist an adult to assist the children. Comment: "We'll learn about Hezekiah (HEZ ih kigh uh) and the people thanking God in 2 Chronicles." 8aTell the Bible Story (7 minutes) Teacher Tips Read the story with a rhythmic pattern rather than singing it. Copy and place the printed story inside your Bible as you sing or tell the story. Comment: "God wants us to thank Him for His love and care. The people in our story thanked God by singing and playing instruments. I'll tell our story a little differently today. I will sing it to the tune of 'Old MacDonald Had a Farm.' " Keep your Bible open and "sing" the story. Hezekiah and the People Thanked God Based on 2 Chronicles 29:1,5,15,18-20,25-30 [Repeat the same tune for all of the verses, leaving out the part "with a moo moo here..."] Hezekiah was the king (Old MacDonald had a farm) Of Jerusalem. (E-I-E-I-O) He wanted all the people to (And on that farm he had a cow) Worship and love God. (E-I-E-I-O) Hezekiah and the People Thanked God

3 The past king did not love God. He let the temple crumble. But Hezekiah did what's right And had it repaired. First the temple needed cleaning. The priests and Levites worked. They knew the temple was a place To sing and pray to God. With the temple cleaned and fixed Hezekiah went. The city officials went with him. People gathered 'round. Singers sang from the Bible scroll; The songs were about God. Trumpets, harps, and cymbals played; The people worshiped God. Hezekiah prayed and thanked God for the temple. All the people were happy To worship and love God. 9aReview (3 minutes) Print "Teaching Picture 13 Hezekiah" (CD). Display teaching picture. Recap: "King Hezekiah and the people gave thanks to God for His love and care. In what ways did they worship God?" (cleaned and repaired the temple, sang, played instruments) Say: "God wants us to thank Him for His love and care. How can we thank God?" (pray, sing, read the Bible, tell others about Him) Conclude: "God wants people to worship Him. We can thank God for His love and care as a way to worship." 10aLearn the Bible Verse (4 minutes) Print "2 Chronicles 29:30" (CD). Display and read aloud the Bible verse. Lead children to say the verse together. Remark: "Let's create motions for our verse. What motion can we do for the word people?" Encourage children to make up motions. Continue with the words sang and worshiped. Lead children to say the verse with the motions. 11aPresent Offering (1 minute) 12aMake Application and Pray (4 minutes) Prayer We praise You, God. [raise hands up] We thank You, God. [hands to mouth, then down] We love You, God. [cross heart] We obey You, God. [make an O with hands] We worship You, God. [bow head] Say: "God wants us to thank Him for His love and care. One at a time, let's say aloud 'Thank You, God'. Then I'll teach everyone motions we can do as we say our prayer." Encourage each child to thank God aloud. Talk through the prayer once, then lead children to say and do the motions of the prayer. Close the prayer. 13aSing "I Will Praise You" (DVD, 2 minutes) 14 Review Bible Verses (7 minutes) Scissors Print "Hezekiah Bible Verse Cards" (CD). Cut apart the cards. Teacher Tip Whisper the verses in the children's ears and let them say the verses to the group. Distribute cards to children. Instruct: "We can worship God by reading verses from the Bible. I'll give out these verses. Then I'll call on you to bring me your verse to read aloud to the group." Invite children, one at a time, to bring their verses to you to read. Say: "Thank You, God, for the Bible verses." 15aPop Up with Words (3 minutes) Say: "We know we are to thank God for His love and care. What are some words we can say to show we are thankful? Pop up and say it, then sit down." Lead children to respond with words such as: thank You, wonderful, praise, worship, great, love, care, and so on. 16aGo to Application Activities or Wrap-Up Week of November 28, 2010

4 Wrap-Up (Large Group Only Format) 17 Sing "Show Me What You Can Do" (DVD, 2 minutes) 18 Review (5 minutes) State: "You just showed me what you can do with your nose, eyes, hands, lips, and knees. Now, let's hear what you can say. I need three volunteers. Two of you will tell us the Bible story. The third person will lead us in our Bible verse with motions." Choose volunteers to stand by you. Help the three volunteers decide which part they will do. Allow the volunteers to tell the story and say the Bible verse. Say: "Thank you, volunteers. 'The people sang and worshiped.' 2 Chronicles 29:30. We can thank God for His love and care. We have one more song to learn and sing." Teach and sing the song (in box below). Lyrics Sing to the tune of "Old MacDonald Had a Farm": We can worship and praise God With songs and instruments. We can worship and thank God For His love and care. 19 Play Pretend Instruments in a Parade (3 minutes) Direct children to think of an instrument to pretend to play. Line children up to march around the room. Guide children to change their pretend instruments to play on the parade route. Conclude: "The people played instruments and sang at the temple when it was repaired. We can sing and play instruments to worship God. Remember to thank God each day this week for loving and caring for us." Wrap-Up (Application Activities Format) 17a Sing "Show Me What You Can Do" (DVD, 2 minutes) 18aHighlight Application Activities (3 minutes) Call on several children to tell what they did in their Application Activities. ddarts and Crafts Make Ribbon Twirlers dddramatic Play Create a Puppet Choir ddgames Play Games ddexploration and Discovery Learn from a Musician Comment: "We learned God provides for the needs of all people." 19aReview (5 minutes) State: "You just showed me what you can do with your nose, eyes, hands, lips, and knees. Now, let's hear what you can say. I need three volunteers. Two of you will tell us the Bible story. The third person will lead us in our Bible verse with motions." Choose volunteers to come stand by you. Help the three volunteers decide which part they will do. Allow the volunteers to tell the story and say the Bible verse. Say: "Thank you, volunteers. 'The people sang and worshiped.' 2 Chronicles 29:30. We can thank God for His love and care. We have one more song to learn and sing." Teach and sing the song (in box below). Lyrics Sing to the tune of "Old MacDonald Had a Farm": We can worship and praise God With songs and instruments. We can worship and thank God For His love and care. 20aDismiss Children to Parents 20 Dismiss Children to Parents Tell Us What You Think! Give us your feedback on the Worship KidStyle resources. Visit ** Worship KidStyle Music CD ( FAL) may be ordered through LifeWay Christian Resources Customer Service Center at or online at Week of November 28, 2010 Worship KidStyle Preschool Edition Leader Guide 2010 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention.

5 Application Activities Select from the following choices. Each choice is designed for 20 minutes of small group time. : Dowel rods, sequins, tacky glue, curling ribbon, CD player, Worship KidStyle Preschool Music CD** Cut dowel rods into 12-inch lengths (1 per child). Cut and curl pieces of ribbon (4 per child). Teacher Tips Use craft sticks, straws, unsharpened pencils, or chenille stems in place of dowel rods. Use crepe paper streamers in place of curling ribbon. Worship Through Arts and Crafts Make Ribbon Twirlers Say: "God wants us to show love to Him by worshiping and thanking Him for His love and care. Worship means 'to thank, praise, love, and obey God.' Today, we'll make ribbon twirlers. We can wave them as we worship God by singing and moving to music." Give each child a dowel rod. Instruct: "Let's decorate our dowel rods by gluing the sequins on our rods. Then, choose four pieces of ribbon. I'll help you tie the ribbons to your dowel rods." Ask: "What are ways we can worship God?" Lead children to respond: singing, praying, reading the Bible, giving offerings, and telling people about Jesus. Tie the ends of the ribbons around the tops of the rods. Play music while the children wave their ribbon twirlers and sing. Conclude: " 'The people sang and worshiped.' 2 Chronicles 29:30. We can thank God for His love and care." Pray. : Glue sticks, children's scissors, crayons, large craft sticks or paint stir sticks, tape, CD player, Worship KidStyle Preschool Music CD**, heavyweight paper, table covering or sheet, chairs Print "Puppet and Clothing" (CD). Photocopy onto heavyweight paper (1 per child). Worship Through Dramatic Play Create a Puppet Choir Ask: "What are ways we can worship God?" Lead children to respond: singing, praying, reading the Bible, giving offerings, and telling people about Jesus. Comment: "King Hezekiah and the people sang songs and played instruments to worship God. Let's make puppets and pretend they are singing." Distribute materials. Explain: "Cut apart the puppet and the clothing. Glue the clothing onto the puppet. Draw a face on the puppet. We'll tape craft sticks to the backs of your puppets." Help children create a stage by draping the table covering over two chairs. Play the music and invite children to pretend their puppets are singing praises to God. Conclude: " 'The people sang and worshiped.' 2 Chronicles 29:30. We can thank God for His love and care." Pray. Week of November 28, 2010

6 Carpet squares or mats (1 per child), large sticker, laundry basket, broom, ball, CD player, Worship KidStyle Preschool Music CD**, tape Place squares on the floor in a circle. Put a sticker beside 1 carpet square. Turn the basket on its side to use as a goal. Tape a starting line about 8 feet from the basket. Variety of rhythm instruments Prearrange a visit from a musician in your church. Ask him to prepare 1 2 songs and bring an instrument he can use to teach the children a few chords. Teacher Tip Use this alternate activity if no musician is available: Musical instruments, scissors, tape Print "Hezekiah Bible Verse Cards" (CD). Cut apart the cards and tape 1 verse to each instrument. State: "The people sang and thanked God. Hezekiah read the Bible scroll to the people. Let's play some instruments and learn some Bible verses." Invite the children to play the instruments. Invite a child to bring his instrument to you to read the verse attached. Worship Through Games Play Games dmusical Carpet Squares Instruct: "Everyone choose a carpet square to stand on. While the music plays, everyone walk around the circle on the carpet squares. When the music stops, everyone stop." Play music while the children walk around on the carpet squares. Stop the music periodically. Say: "Everyone stand on a carpet square. Look beside your carpet square. Who has a sticker beside your mat? Tell us something you are thankful for." Play again. dbroom Hockey Direct the children to line up behind the starting line. Let one child at a time to try to hit a ball into the goal with the broom. Review the Bible story. Emphasize: "King Hezekiah made sure the temple was cleaned and repaired so people could worship God. 'The people sang and worshiped.' 2 Chronicles 29:30. One way to worship God is to thank Him. We can thank God for His love and care." Pray. Worship Through Exploration and Discovery Learn from a Musician Say: "One way we can worship God is by playing instruments. The people played instruments and sang at the temple. We'll take turns playing the different instruments." Direct children to sit on the floor. Instruct: "One person will choose an instrument to play while everyone's eyes are closed. We will guess which instrument he played." Invite a volunteer to select and play an instrument; guide others to close their eyes. Encourage responses. Continue to play until all the children play an instrument. Invite all the children to choose instruments and play together. Introduce the guest musician. Invite the musician to play a couple of songs. Lead the children to play their instruments along with the musician. Emphasize: "King Hezekiah made sure the temple was cleaned and repaired so people could worship God. 'The people sang and worshiped.' 2 Chronicles 29:30. One way to worship God is to thank Him. We can thank God for His love and care." Pray. Worship KidStyle Preschool Edition Leader Guide 2010 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. OK to copy.

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8 The B-I-B-L-E More about God I can worship God today Hezekiah and the People Thanked God 2 Chronicles 29:1-5,15,18-20,25-30 I Can Draw lines to match the instruments. The matched instruments are the types of instruments the people used when they sang and worshiped God at the temple. I can worship God today I use my lips to sing and pray I use my eyes to read I can worship God today I can listen with my ears So I will know I can worship God today I can thank God For His love and care Week of November 28, 2010 Worship KidStyle Preschool Edition Worship Guide 2010 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in USA. OK to copy.

9 Todd Leonardo Hezekiah and the People Thanked God 2007 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in the USA. 2 Chronicles 29:1-5,15,18-20,25-30

10 2 Chronicles Bible Books 3 Worship KidStyle Preschool Edition, Fall LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in U.S.A. OK to copy.

11 "Obey your father and mother." Exodus 20:12 "Tell each other the truth." Exodus 20:16 "Be kind." Ephesians 4:32 "Love God very much." Mark 12:30 "Do what is right and good." Deuteronomy 6:18 "I pray to God." Psalm 55:16 "Go to church." Psalm 132:7 "Ask God for what you need." Matthew 7:7 Hezekiah Bible Verse Cards (November 28) 1 Worship KidStyle Preschool Edition, Fall LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in USA. OK to copy.

12 "Tell others about Jesus." Matthew 28:19-20 "Work with your hands." 1 Thessalonians 4:11 "Pray always." Luke 18:1 "Do all you can to get along with others." Romans 12:18 "Do those things that are pleasing to God." 1 John 3:22 "We give thanks to God." Colossians 1:3 "Help people in need." Deuteronomy 15:11 "I will sing to God." 2 Samuel 22:50 Hezekiah Bible Verse Cards (November 28) 2 Worship KidStyle Preschool Edition, Fall LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in USA. OK to copy.

13 We can pray [palms together] at church [triangle shape with hands]. We can praise God [hands raised up]. We can thank God [hands to mouth, then down]. We ask for what we need [hands clasped together]. We can pray for others [hands extended in front, palms up]. We can love God [arms crossed across chest]. We can obey God [O shape with hands]. We worship God when we pray [palms together] at church [triangle shape with hands]. We can pray [palms together] at church [triangle shape with hands]. We can praise God [hands raised up]. We can thank God [hands to mouth, then down]. We ask for what we need [hands clasped together]. We can pray for others [hands extended in front, palms up]. We can love God [arms crossed across chest]. We can obey God [O shape with hands]. We worship God when we pray [palms together] at church [triangle shape with hands]. We can pray [palms together] at church [triangle shape with hands]. We can praise God [hands raised up]. We can thank God [hands to mouth, then down]. We ask for what we need [hands clasped together]. We can pray for others [hands extended in front, palms up]. We can love God [arms crossed across chest]. We can obey God [O shape with hands]. We worship God when we pray [palms together] at church [triangle shape with hands]. We can pray [palms together] at church [triangle shape with hands]. We can praise God [hands raised up]. We can thank God [hands to mouth, then down]. We ask for what we need [hands clasped together]. We can pray for others [hands extended in front, palms up]. We can love God [arms crossed across chest]. We can obey God [O shape with hands]. We worship God when we pray [palms together] at church [triangle shape with hands]. Worship Poem (November 28) Worship KidStyle Preschool Edition, Fall LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in USA. OK to copy.

14 The people sang and worshiped. 2 Chronicles 29:30 2 Chronicles 29:30 (November 28) Worship KidStyle Preschool Edition, Fall LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in USA. OK to copy.

15 Puppet and Clothing (November 28) Worship KidStyle Preschool Edition, Fall LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in USA. OK to copy.