BAM - Bible and Me. The Old Testament

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1 BAM BAM - Bible and Me The Old Testament The aim of this club is to take primary school children through the main stories of the Bible in the order that they happened. If you decide to use this material please make a donation to the work of Groundwire.org.uk - a UK Christian charity working on the Internet to help those in need find Hope. To donate visit -

2 BAM - Bible and Me BAM This club will take primary school children through stories from the Bible in the order that they happened. The complete course will cover many of the stories of the Old Testament and the life of Jesus At the beginning of the course each child should be given an empty CD case in which to store their BAM cards from each session. These cards will act as a reminder of what they have heard and will in the end build up to be a series of full CD cases that they will hopefully want to keep and treasure. Every week a card is given to each child for them to insert inside their CD case with a summary of the story, a main point to remember and some statements for them to tick or fill in. The CD cases can either be sent home to bring back each week or kept at the club and sent home when full. The club that this material is designed for is about 1 hr in length (or longer if you want to spend more time on the craft). If your club runs for a shorter time than you can simply skip some of the activities as appropriate. When planning your club remember to keep very focused on what the current aim for your group is and to plan accordingly - this aim may well change from time to time. (The current aim might be to have fun with only a bit of Christian input as this is all the children can cope with or it might be to focus a lot more on spiritual things) Each week when you finalise the session plan remember that flexibility is as important as focus. If a particular activity or discussion is going really well it can sometimes be really important to let an activity run over time and postpone other activities to another time or cancel them altogether - remember to always keep time for what you see as crucially important to include. The Old Testament pack contains... Front and back CD case covers for printing and decorating - part 1 and 2 30 Lesson plans and activity sheets as appropriate 30 CD cards to be printed and handed out each session The Old Testament BAM Bible Stories booklet to give to each child at the end CD case instructions... - Purchase a single empty CD case for each child - Remove the black insert in each CD case - Print and cut the front cover, fold it in half and insert it into the case - Print and cut the back cover and get each child to write their name in the largest explosion and then they can decorate the other explosions to personalise their case.

3 Bible And Me - Old Testament Plan Week 1 - In the Beginning - The story of creation - Genesis 1-2 Week 2 - A Sad Day - The story of the fall - Genesis 3 Week 3 - A Special Promise - The story of Noah - Genesis 6-9 Week 4 - The Tall Tower - The story of the tower of Babel - Genesis 11 Week 5 - Abraham: God s Friend - The call of Abraham - Genesis 12, 17-18, 21 Week 6 - The Bad Brother - The story of Jacob and Esau - Genesis 27 Week 7 - The Runaway - The story of Jacob and Laban - Genesis 28-29, 33 Week 8 - Joseph the Dreamer - The story of the young Joseph - Genesis 37 Week 9 - Joseph the Prisoner - Joseph and the king s dreams - Genesis Week 10 - Joseph the Ruler - Joseph in Egypt - Genesis Week 11 - The Secret Baby - The birth of Moses - Exodus 1-2 Week 12 - The Burning Bush - The call of Moses - Exodus 3-4 Week 13 - The Great Escape - The Exodus - Exodus 7-14 Week 14 - A Long Journey - Through the wilderness - Exodus Week 15 - Spies in Canaan - Entering the promised land - Numbers 13-14, Deuteronomy 1 Week 16 - The Walls Fall Down - The battle of Jericho - Joshua 6 Week 17 - A Brave and Mighty Man - Gideon - Judges 6-7 Week 18 - Samson s Great Deeds - Tales of a strong man - Judges Week 19 - Ruth Find s a New Home - The story of a foreigner - Ruth 1-4 Week 20 - Samuel Hears a Voice - The call of Samuel - 1 Samuel 3 Week 21 - Samuel the Kingmaker - Samuel chooses Israel s king - 1 Samuel 8-16 Week 22 - David the Giant-Killer - The story of David and Goliath - 1 Samuel 17 Week 23 - Elijah and the Ravens - Elijah in hiding - 1 Kings Week 24 - A Jar and a Jug - Elijah and the widow - 1 Kings 17 Week 25 - God Sends Fire - Elijah and the prophets of Baal - 1 Kings 18 Week 26 - The Helpful Servant - The story of Naaman - 2 Kings 5 Week 27 - Jonah the Groaner - The story of Jonah - Jonah 1-4 Week 28 - The Fiery Furnace - The Men Who Liked to Say No - Daniel 3 Week 29 - Daniel and the Lions - Daniel in the Lion s den - Daniel 6 Week 30 - Esther Was a Star - A Jewish Girl Saves her People - Esther 2-9

4 Bible And Me - CD 1 FRONT Word Is A Lamp For My Feet And A Light For My Path Psalm 119 v 105 INSIDE BAM Your Bible And Me - 1

5 BACK Bible And Me - CD 1 BAM BIBLE AND ME - OLD TESTAMENT - 1 BACK BAM BIBLE AND ME - OLD TESTAMENT - 1

6 Bible And Me - CD 2 FRONT Word Is A Lamp For My Feet And A Light For My Path Psalm 119 v 105 INSIDE BAM Your Bible And Me - 2

7 BIBLE AND ME - OLD TESTAMENT - 2 BACK Bible And Me - CD 2 BAM BIBLE AND ME - OLD TESTAMENT - 2 BACK BAM

8 Bible And Me - Old Testament Plan - Part 1 1 In the Beginning - The story of creation - Genesis A Sad Day - The story of the fall - Genesis 3 3 A Special Promise - The story of Noah - Genesis The Tall Tower - The story of the tower of Babel - Genesis 11 5 God s Friend - The call of Abraham - Genesis 12, 17-18, 21 6 The Bad Brother - The story of Jacob and Esau - Genesis 27 7 The Runaway - The story of Jacob and Laban - Genesis 28, 29, 33 8 Joseph the Dreamer - The story of the young Joseph - Genesis 37 9 Joseph the Prisoner - Joseph & the king s dreams - Genesis Joseph the Ruler - Joseph in Egypt - Genesis The Secret Baby - The birth of Moses - Exodus The Burning Bush - The call of Moses - Exodus The Great Escape - The Exodus - Exodus A Long Journey - Through the wilderness - Exodus Spies in Canaan - Entering the promised land - Numbers Bible And Me - Old Testament Plan - Part 1 1 In the Beginning - The story of creation - Genesis A Sad Day - The story of the fall - Genesis 3 3 A Special Promise - The story of Noah - Genesis The Tall Tower - The story of the tower of Babel - Genesis 11 5 God s Friend - The call of Abraham - Genesis 12, 17-18, 21 6 The Bad Brother - The story of Jacob and Esau - Genesis 27 7 The Runaway - The story of Jacob and Laban - Genesis 28, 29, 33 8 Joseph the Dreamer - The story of the young Joseph - Genesis 37 9 Joseph the Prisoner - Joseph & the king s dreams - Genesis Joseph the Ruler - Joseph in Egypt - Genesis The Secret Baby - The birth of Moses - Exodus The Burning Bush - The call of Moses - Exodus The Great Escape - The Exodus - Exodus A Long Journey - Through the wilderness - Exodus Spies in Canaan - Entering the promised land - Numbers 13-14

9 Bible And Me - Old Testament Plan - Part 2 16 The Walls Fall Down - The battle of Jericho - Joshua 6 17 A Brave and Mighty Man - Gideon - Judges Samson s Great Deeds - Samson - Judges Ruth Find s a New Home - The story of a foreigner - Ruth Samuel Hears a Voice - The call of Samuel - 1 Samuel 3 21 Samuel the Kingmaker - Choosing Israel s king - 1 Samuel David the Giant-Killer - David and Goliath - 1 Samuel Elijah and the Ravens - Elijah in hiding - 1 Kings A Jar and a Jug - Elijah and the widow - 1 Kings God Sends Fire - Elijah and the prophets of Baal - 1 Kings The Helpful Servant - The story of Naaman - 2 Kings 5 27 Jonah the Groaner - The story of Jonah - Jonah The Fiery Furnace - The Men Who Liked to Say No - Daniel 3 29 Daniel and the Lions - Daniel in the Lion s den - Daniel 6 30 Esther Was a Star - A Jewish Girl Saves her People - Esther 2-9 Bible And Me - Old Testament Plan - Part 2 16 The Walls Fall Down - The battle of Jericho - Joshua 6 17 A Brave and Mighty Man - Gideon - Judges Samson s Great Deeds - Samson - Judges Ruth Find s a New Home - The story of a foreigner - Ruth Samuel Hears a Voice - The call of Samuel - 1 Samuel 3 21 Samuel the Kingmaker - Choosing Israel s king - 1 Samuel David the Giant-Killer - David and Goliath - 1 Samuel Elijah and the Ravens - Elijah in hiding - 1 Kings A Jar and a Jug - Elijah and the widow - 1 Kings God Sends Fire - Elijah and the prophets of Baal - 1 Kings The Helpful Servant - The story of Naaman - 2 Kings 5 27 Jonah the Groaner - The story of Jonah - Jonah The Fiery Furnace - The Men Who Liked to Say No - Daniel 3 29 Daniel and the Lions - Daniel in the Lion s den - Daniel 6 30 Esther Was a Star - A Jewish Girl Saves her People - Esther 2-9

10 BAM - In the Beginning - Genesis 1-2 Game: Song: Break: Play Simon Says - individually or in 2 teams - to see which team wins (explain that today is all about a story when God says ) Action Songs Drink and biscuit Chat: Can anyone tell me why we have 7 days in the week and not 6 or 8 or 10? - well lets see if you are right or not Bible: Ask: Read the story from The Lion Storyteller Bible - p8 Some of you may have heard about something called evolution which tries to explain how the world might have come about without God having to do any thing. BUT God says in the Bible that he did do something and he is certainly powerful enough to do it all in 6 days. I think if he is powerful enough to do it in 6 days and he said he did it in 6 days then he did do it in 6 days. Does anyone know what happened on the 7th day? He rested Can anyone tell me why we have 7 days in the week and not 6 or 8 or 10? - Because God said we should, just like he did. Pray: CD: Craft: Extra: Help us to understand how powerful you are Write names on the CD back covers and decorate, then fill in today s card Make a world - give the younger ones a circle made of blue card. Give the older ones a blue A4 piece of card (for them to cut into any shape world they want). Then give them some green pieces of paper to cut into different shape pieces of land to stick on their world. Act out in groups the 6 days of creation. Give them time to think about how they would like to act each different day. Then get a leader to say Day 1 and then when they have finished, Day 2 etc 1: Light 2: Sky, Water 3. Land, Plants, Trees 4. Sun, Moon, Stars 5. Sea creatures, Birds 6. Animals, Man 7. Rest

11 The most common question about the creation story is what about the dinosaurs. The answer is that the Bible mentions dinosaurs being alive at the same time as people... Job 41 Anyone who sees Leviathan loses courage and falls to the ground. When he is aroused, he is fierce; no one would dare to stand before him. Who can attack him and still be safe? No one in all the world can do it.[b] Let me tell you about Leviathan's legs and describe how great and strong he is. No one can tear off his outer coat or pierce the armour he wears. Who can make him open his jaws, ringed with those terrifying teeth? His back is made of rows of shields, fastened together and hard as stone. Each one is joined so tight to the nsext, not even a breath can come between. They all are fastened so firmly together that nothing can ever pull them apart. Light flashes when he sneezes, and his eyes glow like the rising sun. Flames blaze from his mouth, and streams of sparks fly out. Smoke comes pouring out of his nose, like smoke from weeds burning under a pot. His breath starts fires burning; flames leap out of his mouth. His neck is so powerful that all who meet him are terrified. There is not a weak spot in his skin; it is as hard and unyielding as iron. There is no sword that can wound him; no spear or arrow or lance that can harm him. The scales on his belly are like jagged pieces of pottery; they tear up the muddy ground like a threshing sledge. he is king of all wild beasts.

12 In the Beginning - Genesis 1-2 At the beginning there was nothing at all, God was all that was around. Then God made the world. God made everything appear just by speaking. Light on day one. Sky and water on day two. Dry land and plants on day three. Sun, moon and stars on day four. Sea creatures and birds on day five. Animals and man on day six. God said that it was all very good and then on the 7th day God rested. Who was around before anything else? How many days did God take to make it all? 7 / 6 Draw something that God made: God is powerful - He can do anything he wants. He made the world just right for us to live in! In the Beginning - Genesis 1-2 At the beginning there was nothing at all, God was all that was around. Then God made the world. God made everything appear just by speaking. Light on day one. Sky and water on day two. Dry land and plants on day three. Sun, moon and stars on day four. Sea creatures and birds on day five. Animals and man on day six. God said that it was all very good and then on the 7th day God rested. Who was around before anything else? How many days did God take to make it all? 7 / 6 Draw something that God made: God is powerful - He can do anything he wants. He made the world just right for us to live in!

13 BAM - A Sad Day - Genesis 3 Game: Song: Break: Chat: Bible: Ask: Pray: CD: Craft: Game: Making Choices - show them the actions for happy, sad, not sure. The leader chooses one of the 3 pieces of paper with these word on. Everybody tries to guess which actions the leader has NOT chosen and makes the appropriate action. Everyone freezes, the leader then shows the word he has chosen and those with the same actions as the leaders word are out. Action songs Drink and biscuit What did God think of everything that had happened on the earth so far? - He thought it was all very good and perfect. Is everything in the world good and perfect now? No Let s find out why! Read the story from The Lion Storyteller Bible - p10 Adam and Eve did what God had told them not to do! That was the beginning of things not being always great and perfect Who can tell me the name of your Dad? Mum? Grandad? Grannie? Great Grandad? Great Grannie? Great Great Grandad? Great Great Grannie? Great Great Great Grandad? Great Great Great Grannie? Etc etc (The answer at the very end is Adam and Eve) Because we come from Adam and Eve - we are a bit like them We also do bad things that God doesn t want us to do - just like they did. Please help us not to do things that make you sad. Give each child the card and go through the words / answers together Make a changing face. Adam and Eve happy then Adam and Eve sad. Start with a piece of card with a face shaped oval. Then staple one extra top of the face, and one extra bottom of the face along one side edge to make 2 fold-back flaps. Draw a sad mouth and a happy mouth on the 2 bottom of the face segments, a nose (in the middle card segment) and eyes and hair for a man and eyes and hair for a lady on the 2 top of the face segments. (The nose is the same for all the faces) Who can remember the order? Start with happy, happy, sad, sad, sad. (This is Adam and Eve happy and then Adam, Eve and God sad) (get each team to repeat the words in order) Then add either a sad or a happy on extra - keep going until there is a winner (make sure you write the order down to check against what they say)

14 Happy Sad????

15 Adam

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17 A Sad Day - Genesis 3 Adam and Eve were living in the beautiful garden God had made for them to enjoy. They had wonderful food to eat but God told them there was one tree that they must not eat the fruit from. The devil, disguised himself as a snake and came to the garden and persuaded Eve to eat this fruit - he told her she would be wise if she did - knowing about bad as well as good. Eve ate some of the fruit and gave some to Adam to eat too. Adam and Eve hid from God because they knew that they had done something bad. God sadly told them that bad things would happen in the world now they had disobeyed him. Did God make people bad? Yes / No Who made bad come in to the world? Who are we related to? All of us do bad things because we are all related to Adam and Eve! A Sad Day - Genesis 3 Adam and Eve were living in the beautiful garden God had made for them to enjoy. They had wonderful food to eat but God told them there was one tree that they must not eat the fruit from. The devil, disguised himself as a snake and came to the garden and persuaded Eve to eat this fruit - he told her she would be wise if she did - knowing about bad as well as good. Eve ate some of the fruit and gave some to Adam to eat too. Adam and Eve hid from God because they knew that they had done something bad. God sadly told them that bad things would happen in the world now they had disobeyed him. Did God make people bad? Yes / No Who made bad come in to the world? Who are we related to? All of us do bad things because we are all related to Adam and Eve!

18 BAM - A Special Promise - Genesis 6-9 Game: Get into pairs... - closest in height to you - closest birthday to you - closest house to you - closest name to you - closest looking shoes to you Song: Action songs Break: Drink and biscuit Chat: Bible: Ask: Hands up if you ve seen a rainbow? What colours can you see? (red, orange, yellow, blue, indigo, violet) Imagine if you d never seen one before - what a shock, surprise it would be! Read the story from The Lion Story Teller Bible - p12 Why did God flood the world? (Everyone was being so evil, so bad) What does God think of the bad things people do to each other? (hate, sad) Who was saved in the boat? (Noah and his family) Last week, who did I say we were all related to? (Adam and Eve) Who else are we all related to? (Noah and his family) If we are all part of Adam s family and all part of Noah s family then who are you related to in this room? (Everyone - if we all went a long way back we d find we are all part of the same family!) Pray: CD: Craft: Please help us to realise how much you don t like the bad things we do. Give each child the card and go through the words / answers together Make a game of pairs. Pre-cut a piece of A4 coloured card into 16 squares - for each child (cut A4 sheet in half, then in half again, then half again, then half again) Decorate 2 cards exactly the same but different from all the other pairs Game: Play games of pairs with different people - taking it in turns to use the ones they made

19 A special Promise - Genesis 6-9 God was really sad because people were being so bad - everyone was hating and hurting all the time! God told Noah to build a big boat to keep his family and the different types of animals alive. When they were in the boat it rained for 40 days and nights - the heaviest rain the world has ever seen! The whole earth flooded and every bad thing was washed away. When the flood had gone everyone got out of the boat into a new clean world. God sent a special sign to promise he would never do that again - the beautiful sign of the Rainbow! Why did God send a flood? People were so bad / for fun How many people were saved? 2 / 8 Fill in the missing letters... R N W We need to remember how sad God is when he sees us being bad A special Promise - Genesis 6-9 God was really sad because people were being so bad - everyone was hating and hurting all the time! God told Noah to build a big boat to keep his family and the different types of animals alive. When they were in the boat it rained for 40 days and nights - the heaviest rain the world has ever seen! The whole earth flooded and every bad thing was washed away. When the flood had gone everyone got out of the boat into a new clean world. God sent a special sign to promise he would never do that again - the beautiful sign of the Rainbow! Why did God send a flood? People were so bad / for fun How many people were saved? 2 / 8 Fill in the missing letters... R N W We need to remember how sad God is when he sees us being bad

20 BAM - The Tall Tower - Genesis 11 Game: Team Tower Building Give each team some plasticine, straws, boxes, tubes etc (anything - as long as each team has identical bits) (use string to measure) Which team can build the tallest tower that will stand on it s own for more than 20 seconds. When the time is up count to 20 then measure the tallest Songs: Action Songs Break: Drink and biscuit Chat: Have you ever been somewhere where you can t understand what people are saying? Put your hand up if you know any foreign words? Have you ever thought - why do people speak in different languages? Today s Bible story will tell us the answer to this question. Adam and Eve spoke the same language as each other. Noah and his family spoke the same language as each other. Everyone in the world used to speak the same language as each other. And then this happened... Bible: Pray: CD: Craft: Read the story from The Lion Story Teller Bible - p14 Please help us to never think we are more important than God. Give each child the card and go through the words / answers together Make a foreign language hello tower Print off the word hello in lots of different languages. Give each child an A4 piece of card for them to write different hellos on Roll the card into a tall column and stick with tape Attach the column to a flat base so that it stands up. They may want to decorate the top or cut shapes out of the top edge Game: Tell them the actions for John, Jesus and Dove. All shut eyes and make an ooohh noise, leader count down 3, 2, 1 All choose an action. If they select the same as the leader they lose a life or are out.

21 Afrikaans - haai Albanian - tungjatjeta Armenian - barev Australian - G'day Azerbaijani - salam Basque - kaixo Bengali - namaskar Bulgarian - zdravei, Burmese - mingalarba Cambodian - Sua s'dei Catalan - hola Czech - dobré ráno Danish - hej Dutch - hoi Estonian - tere päevast Fijian - Bula French - bonjour Gaelic - dia duit German - Guten Tag Gujarati - Namaste Hawaiian - aloha Hebrew - shalom Italian - ciào Norwegian - hei Polish dzień dobry Punjabi - sat sri akal Romanian - buna dimineata Russian - Privet! Samoan - talofa Spanish - hola Swahili - jambo, Swedish - tja Tahitian - ia orana Tamil - vanakkam Tongan - malo e lelei Turkish - selam Ukranian - pryvit (informal) Vietnamese - xin chào Zulu - sawubona Afrikaans - haai Albanian - tungjatjeta Armenian - barev Australian - G'day Azerbaijani - salam Basque - kaixo Bengali - namaskar Bulgarian - zdravei, Burmese - mingalarba Cambodian - Sua s'dei Catalan - hola Czech - dobré ráno Danish - hej Dutch - hoi Estonian - tere päevast Fijian - Bula French - bonjour Gaelic - dia duit German - Guten Tag Gujarati - Namaste Hawaiian - aloha Hebrew - shalom Italian - ciào Norwegian - hei Polish dzień dobry Punjabi - sat sri akal Romanian - buna dimineata Russian - Privet! Samoan - talofa Spanish - hola Swahili - jambo, Swedish - tja Tahitian - ia orana Tamil - vanakkam Tongan - malo e lelei Turkish - selam Ukranian - pryvit (informal) Vietnamese - xin chào Zulu - sawubona

22 The Tall Tower - Genesis 11 God wanted people to live in all the different parts of the world he had made. But lots of people decided not to do what he wanted, they decided to stay in one place. They began to build a tall tower to show how important they were. They thought they were even more important than God! God didn t like this and so he decided that he would make them not understand each other. God made them all speak in different languages. Suddenly they didn t know what each other were saying, they couldn t talk to each other, they couldn t make plans - so they stopped building and went and lived all over the world. What were the people trying to do? Sing in a choir / Build a tall tower Who is the most important? God / People Remember God wants us to follow him The Tall Tower - Genesis 11 God wanted people to live in all the different parts of the world he had made. But lots of people decided not to do what he wanted, they decided to stay in one place. They began to build a tall tower to show how important they were. They thought they were even more important than God! God didn t like this and so he decided that he would make them not understand each other. God made them all speak in different languages. Suddenly they didn t know what each other were saying, they couldn t talk to each other, they couldn t make plans - so they stopped building and went and lived all over the world. What were the people trying to do? Sing in a choir / Build a tall tower Who is the most important? God / People Remember God wants us to follow him

23 BAM - God s Friend - Genesis 12, 17-18, 21 Game: Play parcel games Two or 3 teams. Line up the team members one behind the other. Give the front person in each team a parcel. Play various games like pass between legs to person behind or pass over head to person behind or under - over. When the parcel gets to the person at the back they run to the front and start again. At the end of the very last game the front person can open the parcel. (could be treats or biscuits for break) Song: Action songs Break: Drink and Biscuit Chat: Bible: Think: Pray: CD: Craft: Extra: Do you like surprises? Have you ever had a present that really surprised you because you had no idea that you d get it? Read the story from The Lion Story Teller Bible - p16 How would you feel if someone asked you to do something unexpected that sounded a bit dangerous? Why did Abraham go where God wanted him to? (he trusted God) Who did he take with him? (wife, servants and animals) Please help us to learn to trust you more. Give each child the card and go through the words / answers together Make a star and write their name on it. If there is time get them to make a number of different sized stars and make a mobile from stars using threads and narrow gardening sticks Give an action they have to do for different words. The last one to do the action for the word called out is out. Words related to story. eg. Abraham (walk on the spot), Stars (lie on the floor legs and arms out like a star), God (stand straight with hands to ears to help you hear better),

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25 Abraham: God s Friend - Genesis 12, 17, 18, 21 Abraham was a very rich man when God told him to go and live in a different place. Abraham packed his things and did what God said. He trusted God completely! Abraham was quite old, he had everything he wanted but he still didn t have any children. God told him to look at all the stars because he was going to give him that many children. God told him to look at the grains of sand because that was how many children he would be given. Abraham s wife Sarah laughed when she heard this, she thought she was much too old! One year later they had a child and called him Isaac, which means laughter! What did the name Isaac mean? Why did Sarah laugh? Abraham trusted God with his whole life Do you trust God that much? Abraham: God s Friend - Genesis 12, 17, 18, 21 Abraham was a very rich man when God told him to go and live in a different place. Abraham packed his things and did what God said. He trusted God completely! Abraham was quite old, he had everything he wanted but he still didn t have any children. God told him to look at all the stars because he was going to give him that many children. God told him to look at the grains of sand because that was how many children he would be given. Abraham s wife Sarah laughed when she heard this, she thought she was much too old! One year later they had a child and called him Isaac, which means laughter! What did the name Isaac mean? Why did Sarah laugh? Abraham trusted God with his whole life Do you trust God that much?

26 BAM - The Bad Brothers - Genesis 27 Game: Get everyone into pairs (and a 3 if necessary) Form 2 circles - one inside the other with someone from each pair in each circle (one standing in front of the other). Choose one pair to start as the hare and the hound. The Hound chases the hare around the circle. Whenever the hare wants he can stop by standing in front of another pair who then become the new hare and hound. If a hound catches a hare then they swap roles immediately. Song: Action songs Break: Drink and Biscuit Chat: Bible: Ask: Pray: CD: Craft: Extra: Do you know any twins? What are twins? What are the different types of twins? (identical, non-identical) Are there any famous twins? Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen, Zack & Cody What would it be like to have a brother / sister your age that looks like you? Read the story from The Lion Story Teller Bible - p18 How did Jacob pretend to be Esau? Why did he pretend to be Esau? Have you ever been caught for telling a lie? Please help us to remember not to tell lies and cheat. Give each child the card and go through the words / answers together Paint a picture / butterfly / design on a piece of card. When it is still wet carefully place another piece of card on top so that a twin is produced. Play a big game of pairs in teams - can your team find the twin?

27 The Bad Brothers - Genesis 27 Isaac had two sons called Esau and Jacob, they were very different to each other. Esau was big, strong and hairy and he liked to hunt. Jacob was not hairy but he was clever and sneaky. When Isaac was old and blind he asked his favourite son, Esau, to go and hunt and make him a stew and then he would give him a special promise for the future. Jacob decided to make a stew and pretended to be Esau so that he could get the special promise instead. When he went to Isaac he put animal hair on his arms to trick his dad. Isaac told Jacob that he would be in charge of everything when Isaac died. When Esau heard what his brother had done he was really angry and said he would kill Jacob! Who was the hairy brother? Jacob found that lying and cheating made things become really bad The Bad Brothers - Genesis 27 Isaac had two sons called Esau and Jacob, they were very different to each other. Esau was big, strong and hairy and he liked to hunt. Jacob was not hairy but he was clever and sneaky. When Isaac was old and blind he asked his favourite son, Esau, to go and hunt and make him a stew and then he would give him a special promise for the future. Jacob decided to make a stew and pretended to be Esau so that he could get the special promise instead. When he went to Isaac he put animal hair on his arms to trick his dad. Isaac told Jacob that he would be in charge of everything when Isaac died. When Esau heard what his brother had done he was really angry and said he would kill Jacob! Who was the hairy brother? Jacob found that lying and cheating made things become really bad

28 BAM - The Runaway - Genesis 28, 29, 33 Game: Can you tell which is worth a lot? Select pairs of items for the children to choose which one to have. Split them into 2 teams. Offer team A first choice of which of the 2 items they would like (each team member has to vote so a group decision is arrived at). Team B is given first choice on the next item. When they select an item they need to turn it over to see what it is worth. (one item should cost a lot more than the other similar item because of its make or because of the extras that it does). It is simplest to have pictures of items with the price on the back. Song: Action songs Break: Drink and Biscuit Chat: Bible: Ask: Pray: CD: Craft: Extra: Have you ever cheated? Have you ever had someone cheat you? How did it feel? Remind them about last week - Jacob cheating Esau and running off Read the story from The Lion Story Teller Bible - p20 What happened to the person that cheated last week? - He was cheated! Why didn t Jacob know it was Leah and not Rachel (he couldn t see clearly it was dark) How would Jacob have felt when he saw Esau in the distance? (worried, scared, nervous, sick etc) Please help us to be happy to forgive people that have been bad to us Give each child the card and go through the words / answers together Make a narrow band to go around your face that covers your eyes. To sit comfortably it will need an n cut out so that it fits on the nose and it should be taped at the back so that it doesn t fall down. It needs to be decorated with pretend eyes at the front and other decoration to make it look interesting. (To do this 6cm strips of flexible card are needed. It is best if these are long strips, otherwise tape them together by overlapping them and taping them on both the top and bottom surfaces.) Play a game of Head and Catch. Get everyone to stand in a circle around the leader. Use a large sponge ball or light plastic ball to gently throw to each person in turn and as you throw it ask them to head the ball or catch the ball. In version 2 of the game they have to do the opposite of what you ask.

29 The Runaway - Genesis 28, 29, 33 Jacob ran away from his brother Esau. When he was really tired he slept on the desert floor. God gave him a special dream and said he would look after him like Abraham and Isaac and give him a special place to live. Jacob went to live with his Uncle who had 2 daughters. Jacob loved Rachel and agreed to work for 7 years so that he could marry her. The wedding ended at night and the next day he found he d been tricked into marrying the other sister, Leah. A week later he married Rachel too and then worked for his Uncle for another 7 years. Then they all set off to go home to Esau - when Jacob saw Esau he said sorry and Esau forgave him. How many years did Jacob work for Laban for? 4, 7, 14, 10 God forgave Jacob, Esau forgave Jacob Do you forgive people who have been bad to you? The Runaway - Genesis 28, 29, 33 Jacob ran away from his brother Esau. When he was really tired he slept on the desert floor. God gave him a special dream and said he would look after him like Abraham and Isaac and give him a special place to live. Jacob went to live with his Uncle who had 2 daughters. Jacob loved Rachel and agreed to work for 7 years so that he could marry her. The wedding ended at night and the next day he found he d been tricked into marrying the other sister, Leah. A week later he married Rachel too and then worked for his Uncle for another 7 years. Then they all set off to go home to Esau - when Jacob saw Esau he said sorry and Esau forgave him. How many years did Jacob work for Laban for? 4, 7, 14, 10 God forgave Jacob, Esau forgave Jacob Do you forgive people who have been bad to you?

30 BAM - Joseph the Dreamer - Genesis 37 Game: Go around the group and get everyone to say their name and what they d like to be when they are older and they have to think of an action that goes with the job they d like to do. (If it is the same job as someone else that is fine but the action must be different) Get everyone else to repeat it and then move on to the next person. When everyone has been done the leader has to point to someone and everyone else has to do that persons action as quickly as possible. Song: Action songs Break: Drink and Biscuit Chat: Bible: Ask: Pray: CD: Craft: Extra: How does it make you feel if you are really good at something? (happy / proud) How does it make you feel if someone else is really good at something? (jealous / annoyed) Read the story from The Lion Story Teller Bible - p22 If this was all you had ever heard about Joseph, what would you think of him? Would you like him? Who gave Joseph the dreams? (God did) Why did God give Joseph the dreams? (to help him cope with what was going to happen) Thank you that you can talk to us and you know just what we need to hear Give each child the card and go through the words / answers together Give everyone a Joseph figure made from card. Get them to write their name on the back and draw the face on the front. Then make a multi-coloured coat - (use colours, stickers etc) that can be placed on their Joseph using the folded over tags. (collect them all in to be used again over the next 2 weeks - after which time they can take them home) Hula-hoop game. Line up the whole group and get them to hold hands and see how quickly they can all get through a hoop without letting go. Time them and then see if they can beat their time. The hoop is held by a leader.

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33 Joseph the Dreamer - Genesis 37 Jacob had 12 sons - his favourite was called Joseph. Joseph wasn t made to work in the fields like his brothers. Jacob gave Joseph a very special coat of many colours. This really annoyed his brothers! God gave Joseph dreams about how his brothers would all bow down to him one day. Joseph told his brothers about his dreams and they hated him even more. The brothers were going to kill Joseph but then decided to make some money by selling him as a slave to people going to Egypt. The brothers told Jacob that his favourite son had been killed by animals. Who gave Joseph the dreams? God / nobody They didn t kill Joseph because they... felt sorry for him / wanted to make some money God can talk to people today He knows what we need to hear Joseph the Dreamer - Genesis 37 Jacob had 12 sons - his favourite was called Joseph. Joseph wasn t made to work in the fields like his brothers. Jacob gave Joseph a very special coat of many colours. This really annoyed his brothers! God gave Joseph dreams about how his brothers would all bow down to him one day. Joseph told his brothers about his dreams and they hated him even more. The brothers were going to kill Joseph but then decided to make some money by selling him as a slave to people going to Egypt. The brothers told Jacob that his favourite son had been killed by animals. Who gave Joseph the dreams? God / nobody They didn t kill Joseph because they... felt sorry for him / wanted to make some money God can talk to people today He knows what we need to hear

34 BAM - Joseph the prisoner - Genesis Game: In groups make up a dream and then act it out to everyone - remember anything can happen in a dream Song: Action songs Break: Drink and Biscuit Chat: Bible: Ask: Pray: CD: Craft: Extra: Have you ever had to say something to someone that you knew was really important but you were a bit worried about saying it? Do you remember what has happened in the story about Joseph so far? Read the story from The Lion Story Teller Bible - p24 How did Joseph know what the dreams meant? (God told him) Why did the King need to know what his dream meant? (To keep everyone alive) What would have happened if Joseph had been too scared to say something? (everyone would have died of hunger) Please help us to trust you and say things when we know we should Give each child the card and go through the words / answers together Make prison clothes for Joseph, use the same template as before but think about how to change it so that it doesn t look as nice. (eg make small holes in the clothes) Then decorate it suitably. Play linking relays - where each team has to hold hands and do a race as quickly as they can - running, jumping, hopping etc

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36 Joseph the Prisoner - Genesis Joseph was sold as a slave to one of Pharaoh's soldiers. Joseph worked really hard for him and was liked by everyone. Joseph was sent to prison, accused of something he hadn t done. Some of the prisoners had dreams and God told Joseph what they meant. A few years later Pharaoh kept having the same dreams and wanted to know what they meant. God told Joseph that they meant there were lots of years coming when there wouldn t be much food. Pharaoh put Joseph in charge of making sure there would be enough food for everyone. Do you think Joseph thought about his dreams? Yes / No Do you think Joseph would be worried to go to Pharaoh? Yes / No God wants us to trust Him - He wants us to say something when we know we should Joseph the Prisoner - Genesis Joseph was sold as a slave to one of Pharaoh's soldiers. Joseph worked really hard for him and was liked by everyone. Joseph was sent to prison, accused of something he hadn t done. Some of the prisoners had dreams and God told Joseph what they meant. A few years later Pharaoh kept having the same dreams and wanted to know what they meant. God told Joseph that they meant there were lots of years coming when there wouldn t be much food. Pharaoh put Joseph in charge of making sure there would be enough food for everyone. Do you think Joseph thought about his dreams? Yes / No Do you think Joseph would be worried to go to Pharaoh? Yes / No God wants us to trust Him - He wants us to say something when we know we should

37 BAM - Joseph the Ruler - Genesis Game: Split into 3 or 4 teams each with a dice and a leader. Shake the dice, when they get a six they can come and get a story from your teams pile of stories. They can t carry on shaking the dice until their team member has returned with a story. Can they put the stories into the correct order? Week 1 - In the Beginning - The story of creation Week 2 - A Sad Day - The story of the fall Week 3 - A Special Promise - The story of Noah Week 4 - The Tall Tower - The story of the tower of Babel Week 5 - Abraham: God s Friend - The call of Abraham Week 6 - The Bad Brother - The story of Jacob and Esau Week 7 - The Runaway - The story of Jacob and Laban Week 8 - Joseph the Dreamer - The story of the young Joseph Week 9 - Joseph the Prisoner - Joseph and the king s dreams Week 10 - Joseph the Ruler - Joseph in Egypt Song: Action songs Break: Drink and Biscuit Chat: Bible: Ask: Pray: CD: Craft: Extra: Where are we up to in the story of Joseph? Have you ever wanted to get someone back for what they did or said to you? Read the story from The Lion Story Teller Bible - p26 What were Joseph s dreams at the beginning? (brothers bowing to him) They came true didn t they! God knew they would - they were part of His plan God had a plan for Joseph s life. God has a plan for your life too! Thank you that you know what you are doing and have a plan for our lives Give each child the card and go through the words / answers together Make ruler clothes for Joseph, the cloak needs to be smart and Egyptian looking but not all multi-coloured like the first one. Play a game of fast and energetic Joseph says (like Simon says)

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40 Joseph the Ruler - Genesis While Joseph was looking after everyone in Egypt, his brothers came to him, bowed down to him and asked to to buy some food. He knew who they were, he thought about his dreams, but they didn t recognise him! He wanted to see if they were still bad men and so he tricked them and accused the youngest brother of being a thief. The older brothers were much kinder now and offered to go to prison instead of the youngest one! Joseph then told them who he was and told them not to be scared of him because God wanted him in Egypt to be in charge of all the food! His whole family then came to live in Egypt. Did Joseph s dreams come true? Yes / No Why didn t they recognise Joseph? God had a plan for Joseph s life. God has a plan for your life too! Joseph the Ruler - Genesis While Joseph was looking after everyone in Egypt, his brothers came to him, bowed down to him and asked to to buy some food. He knew who they were, he thought about his dreams, but they didn t recognise him! He wanted to see if they were still bad men and so he tricked them and accused the youngest brother of being a thief. The older brothers were much kinder now and offered to go to prison instead of the youngest one! Joseph then told them who he was and told them not to be scared of him because God wanted him in Egypt to be in charge of all the food! His whole family then came to live in Egypt. Did Joseph s dreams come true? Yes / No Why didn t they recognise Joseph? God had a plan for Joseph s life. God has a plan for your life too!

41 BAM - The Secret Baby - Exodus 1-2 Game: Split into 2 teams and give each team a marble. Get team A to stand in a line with one hand out in front of them and their fist clenched (but one of them has the marble in). Choose one person from team B to guess who has the marble by touching the hand of the person they think has it. Keep going until they get it right and then the team with their hand out scores 1 point for each person whose hand was touched. Then swap over for the other team to have a go and then back again until everyone in each team has had a go. The team with the most points wins. Song: Action songs Break: Drink and Biscuit Chat: Bible: Ask: Pray: CD: Craft: Extra: Have you ever hidden something and hoped that nobody would find it? Have you ever found something that someone else had hidden? Read the story from The Lion Story Teller Bible - p28 Why did they want to kill all the baby boys? (The Egyptians were afraid they would become a powerful army) Who ended up looking after Moses? (His real mum!) Who made sure that worked out okay? (God) Thank you that even when things seem really bad, you can help us Give each child the card and go through the words / answers together Make a floating box. (instead of a basket) 1. Take a square of paper and fold it in half then open it out again 2. Fold it in half the other way and open it out again 3. Fold the 2 side corners into the middle 4. Fold the top and bottom corner into the middle 5. Fold the left edge into the vertical centre line 6. Fold the right edge into the vertical centre line 7. Fold the top edge down to the horizontal centre line 8. Fold the bottom edge up to the horizontal centre line 9. Unfold so that it is back to the end of step Reverse fold 2 corners (see pictures) and tuck in flap 11. Repeat step 10 to finish the box Put things on the table for everyone to see. Tell everyone what they are. Cover them up Secretly remove 1 item and uncover them Wait a few seconds then get everyone to call out what is missing

42 The Secret Baby - Exodus 1-2 Lots of years past and the Egyptians began to worry that Joseph s family would become a big powerful army. They decided to kill all the baby boys. One baby was hidden in a basket at the edge of the river. Pharaoh's daughter saw the basket, opened it and fell in love with the baby boy. She decided to keep him as her own but wanted someone to help her look after him. The princess asked a Jewish lady to look after the baby - she didn t know it was his mother! Moses was looked after by his mother until the princess wanted him to live in her palace. Who did they want to kill? Baby Boys / Baby Girls Who looked after Moses? The Princess / His Mum Even when things seem really bad, God can help us The Secret Baby - Exodus 1-2 Lots of years past and the Egyptians began to worry that Joseph s family would become a big powerful army. They decided to kill all the baby boys. One baby was hidden in a basket at the edge of the river. Pharaoh's daughter saw the basket, opened it and fell in love with the baby boy. She decided to keep him as her own but wanted someone to help her look after him. The princess asked a Jewish lady to look after the baby - she didn t know it was his mother! Moses was looked after by his mother until the princess wanted him to live in her palace. Who did they want to kill? Baby Boys / Baby Girls Who looked after Moses? The Princess / His Mum Even when things seem really bad, God can help us

43 BAM - The Burning Bush - Exodus 3-4 Game: Play Names of snakes Get everyone to sit on the floor, then tell them a name of a snake from the list. If they think there really is a type of snake called that then they must lie on the floor like a snake. If they think it is a made up name they must stand up. Give them a counter / slip of paper if they get one right. Whoever gets the most right wins. Song: Action songs Break: Drink and Biscuit Chat: Bible: Ask: Pray: CD: Craft: Who can remember what had just happened to Moses? Explain that he spends his baby years with his mum That he then grew up and learnt in the palace But then he ran away into the wilderness and become a shepherd. Read the story from The Lion Story Teller Bible - p30 What were the 2 amazing things that God did in today s story? (fire, snake) Who has ever seen a magic trick? Explain that a magic trick has the word trick in it because it s a trick But God s special stuff is real - because God can do anything! Please help us to remember that you are not the same as us because you can do anything! Give each child the card and go through the words / answers together Make a snake attached to a piece of cotton to use to pull it along... For each snake cut out eight rectangles of card (approx. 5x3cm) Cut one of these rectangles into the shape of a snakes head. Decorate all eight pieces. Lay out on the table one long strip of sticky tape sticky side up. Stick the head on the end - stick the undecorated side to the tape. Stick all of the body pieces on leaving ½ cm gap between each piece. Attach a piece of cotton to the head so snake can be pulled over your body Extra: Play at being a snake. Get everyone to hold hands and the leader is at the front of the line. Remind them that a snakes body copies whatever the front does and goes where the front goes. Take them around objects, crouch low, then up high, then through a hoop etc.

44 Snake names - True or False? 1. Bandy-Bandy 2. Puff Adder 3. Golf snake 4. Boomslang 5. Coral Snake 6. Paradise Flying Snake 7. Milk Snake 8. Carpet Python 9. Buttermilk Racer 10. Jam python 11. Stiletto Snake 12. Taipan 13. Rhinoceros viper 14. Window viper 15. Worm Snake False = 3, 10, 14

45 The Burning Bush - Exodus 3-4 When Moses was older he ran away from the palace in Egypt and became a shepherd in the wilderness. One day Moses saw a bush that was on fire but it wasn t burning up. When he came near it God suddenly spoke to Moses and told him that he had a special job to do. God told Moses to go back to Egypt and ask the new ruler to let their slaves, God s people, leave. God gave Moses a special sign to show people - when he threw his stick on the ground it became a snake, when he picked it up it became a stick again! How do you think Moses felt? (circle many answers) happy sad cross excited scared worried lost bored annoyed angry sick important lonely God is not the same as us - He can do anything! The Burning Bush - Exodus 3-4 When Moses was older he ran away from the palace in Egypt and became a shepherd in the wilderness. One day Moses saw a bush that was on fire but it wasn t burning up. When he came near it God suddenly spoke to Moses and told him that he had a special job to do. God told Moses to go back to Egypt and ask the new ruler to let their slaves, God s people, leave. God gave Moses a special sign to show people - when he threw his stick on the ground it became a snake, when he picked it up it became a stick again! How do you think Moses felt? (circle many answers) happy sad cross excited scared worried lost bored annoyed angry sick important lonely God is not the same as us - He can do anything!