4 WEEK CONTENT OVERVIEW Sunday, February 26, 2017 Volume 13; Week 1 Week 1: General Epistles (Part 1) Week 2: General Epistles (Part 2) Week 3: Revelation (Part 1) Week 4: Revelation (Part 2) LESSON OVERVIEW Today the children will learn stories from the General Epistles, and will learn about faith, sanctification, and the transforming power of Jesus love. VIDEO 1 SMALL GROUP 1 The purpose of this time is to build relationships with the children. It s important for children to feel welcomed and connected before engaging in active learning. Usually this activity is a simple game that encourages interaction. Take time to say each child s name and how glad you are to see each person! (Use the Shepherding Guide to make notes of what the children say during this time. Ask follow up questions next time you see the child at church.) VIDEO 2 SMALL GROUP 2 The purpose of this time is to introduce the day s lesson and review the previous lesson. Because this is a Biblical literacy curriculum, this segment is important for helping children build a cohesive understanding of the entire Bible. The questions and games are designed to provide repetition and reinforcement for helping children understand the Bible. VIDEO 3 SMALL GROUP 3 The purpose of this time is to teach the main content of the day s lesson. New information and the key lesson can be found during these activities. Provide children adequate time to process the new information. Feel free to skip questions, add questions or tweak the activities so that children are able to fully grasp the new stories and concepts. VIDEO 4 SMALL GROUP 4 The purpose of this time is to review the day s lesson. A Bible What s It? Game is always provided which includes review questions. Following the review questions, take time to encourage reflection. Ask open-ended questions that encourage children to apply the lesson specifically to their context. Consider making this a quiet time, followed by quiet prayer.
MAKE IT YOUR OWN! What s In the Bible? gives you the freedom to customize your own curriculum. That means you have the ability to change, edit, remove or add anything you want to make this lesson a perfect fit for your children s ministry. If you have a template that you use every weekend, feel free to copy and paste the Leaders Guide into your template. Have fun customizing this lesson! THIS WEEK S SUPPLY LIST Video 1 / Small Group 1: o Video 1 o Bible o 1 Sunday School Lady Paper Glasses Video 2 / Small Group 2: o Video 2 o 1 Bible (Per Child) Video 3 / Small Group 3: o Video 3 o Bibles o Tacky Tongue Target o Strips of Paper (6 Per Child, 1 2 x 8 ) o Double Sided Tape Video 4 / Small Group 4: o Video 4 o 1 Chuck Waggin Song Paper o GO HOME Cards (1 Per Child)
PREPARATION Supplies: Video 1, Bible and 1 Sunday School Lady Paper Glasses Directions: Print on thick cardstock and cut out glasses. ACTIVITY PLAY: Video 1 Welcome the children! SAY It s great to see all of you at church today. How was your week? SAY We are almost at the end! We are only 4 lessons away from completing the Bible! Can you believe this? After these next 4 lessons, we will have made it all the way through the Bible. How do you feel about this? SAY Since we are so close to the last book of the Bible, let s play a game. These are Sunday School Lady s glasses! Let s each take a turn -- hold the glasses up to your eyes, look in the Bible and tell us your favorite story. GIVE each child a turn to hold the glasses, look in the Bible and share their favorite story. Ask each child a follow up question: How has this story has taught you about God, or grown your trust in God? Where did you first hear this story? (Home, Church, etc.) SAY Thank you for sharing! It was great hearing about your favorite stories. Let s get ready to hear about the final books of the Bible. Today: the General Epistles! SHEPHERDING GUIDE Teacher Note: This tool is to help you know the children in your small group. It can be used as a tool for remembering what each child shares each week, so that you can follow-up in future weeks. (Make several copies of this page so that you have a box for each child.) *Since these are the final lessons in the series, take time to recognize the growth each child has made during the series. Consider writing a note, or having lunch with the family in order to share ways in which you ve seen the child grow in biblical literacy, and in relationship with God. Celebrate all that God has done in the life of the child! Child s Name Parent s Name Contact Information Prayer Requests Faith Grows Favorite Bible Story Favorite Book of the Bible Favorite Person in the Bible Favorite WITB Moment
GOD S KINGDOM COMES! Shepherding Guide Teacher Note: This tool is to help you know the children in your small group. It can be used as a tool for remembering what each child shares each week, so that you can follow-up in future weeks. Child s Name: Child s Name: Child s Name: Parent s Name: Parent s Name: Parent s Name: Contact Information: Contact Information: Contact Information: Prayer Requests: Prayer Requests: Prayer Requests: Faith Growth: Faith Growth: Faith Growth: Favorite Bible Story: Favorite Bible Story: Favorite Bible Story: Favorite Book of the Bible: Favorite Book of the Bible: Favorite Book of the Bible: Favorite Person in the Bible: Favorite Person in the Bible: Favorite Person in the Bible: Favorite WITB Moment: Favorite WITB Moment: Favorite WITB Moment:
GOD S KINGDOM COMES! Sunday School Lady Glasses Directions: Print on thick cardstock. If no cardstock is available, print on regular paper and attach to cardboard. (Adults: Use a blade to slice the dotted-white lines to give a hole for the kids to use scissors to cut the inner hole.) Cut on the black-dashed line. Fold on the blue-dashed line. Wk 1 SG 1
PREPARATION Supplies: Video 2 and 1 Bible (Per Child) Teacher Note: For this activity, each child will need a partner. Encourage the children to change partners throughout the activity or choose partners for each child. ACTIVITY PLAY: Video 2 SAY When we do something that takes us a long time to complete, it is good to celebrate! We are almost all of the way through the Bible! We ve gone from Genesis all the way to Revelation. In our video, Michael is almost to his Grandmum s house. How many of you have gone on a long car ride? I think we should help Michael make his long car ride more fun by reviewing Paul s Epistles and playing Food, Family, Fireworks. The goal is to try and match your partner s action. INSTRUCTIONS 1. Introduce the motions: Food- rub your belly and say mmmmm Family- hold out both arms wide and say heeeeyyyy Fireworks- clap both hands over your head and then say shhhhhhhh as you slowly lower your arms to your sides. 2. Ask everyone to find a partner. Partners stand back to back. 3. Explain that you ll ask a question. Pairs can raise their hands if they know the answer 4. When a pair has answered the question, then everyone can play a quick game of Food, Family, Fireworks They must match one of the three motions with their partner. There is no talking or planning! Count to three and say Go! Both partners turn and face each other and immediately make the motion and sound that they have chosen. If the pair match, they say, We re in the Minivan If they do not match they say Oh, that s Mayhem! 5. Play the game again, by mixing up the pairs, and asking the next question.
QUESTION #1: In the New Testament we find several letters written by Paul. What is another name for these letters? ANSWER: Pauline Epistles ACTION: Great job! Let s play a round of Food, Family, Fireworks QUESTION #2: Paul s epistles were written to specific churches or specific people. Look in your Bibles at Philemon 1:1-2. Who was this letter written to? ANSWER: Philemon, Apphia, Archippus, and to the church that meets in their home. ACTION: Great job! Let s play a round of Food, Family, Fireworks QUESTION #3: The Epistles help us know how to walk with Jesus. Look in your Bibles at Ephesians 6:1-2. What does Paul say to children? This is one of the Ten Commandments. ANSWER: Honor your parents. Why is it sometimes hard for us to honor our parents? ACTION: Great sharing! Let s play a round of Food, Family, Fireworks QUESTION #4: In the New Testament, after Paul s letters, there are letters that are not written to specific churches or people, but to all Christians. What are these letters called? ANSWER: The General Epistles ACTION: Fabulous! Let s play a round of Food, Family, Fireworks QUESTION #5: Using the Table of Contents in your Bible, start after the book of Hebrews and count to the book of Jude. These are the General Epistles. How many are there? ANSWER: Seven ACTION: Great job! Let s play a round of Food, Family, Fireworks If you have extra time, play a few more rounds of Food, Family, Fireworks.
PREPARATION Supplies: Video 3, Bibles, Tacky Tongue Target, Strips of Paper (6 Per Child, 1 2 x 8 ), and Double Sided Tape ACTIVITY PLAY: Video 3 SAY In the video, we learned about the General Epistles. Let s play a game called Tacky Tongue! As we answer questions, each person can take a piece of paper, roll it into a ball and put some tape on it with the sticky side out. At the end of our questions, we can take turns tossing the tape balls onto the Tacky Tongue Target. Teacher Note: If you don t have double sided tape, put the tacky tongue on the floor in the middle of the group and allow the children to toss their rolled up papers and see who can land closest to the center ACTIVITY QUESTION #1: In the book of Hebrews, we are reminded of the definition of faith. Look in Hebrews 11:1. What is that definition of faith? What does this mean? ANSWER: Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Faith is believing in things we haven't seen YET. QUESTION #2: Sunday School Lady gave us examples of people in the Bible who had faith. Can you name of few of these people? Examples: Abraham and Sarah, Moses, David, Samuel QUESTION #3: Which General Epistle is considered the Proverbs of the New Testament because it is about wisdom? ANSWER: James QUESTION #4: James talks a lot about controlling your tongue because the words you say can change the direction of your life in the same way a tiny rudder can turn a. ANSWER: Giant Ship Take a moment to close your eyes and think of a time this week that it was hard for you to control the things you said. Raise your hand if you d like to share.
QUESTION #5: James says we are to be doers of the word, not just hearers of the word. James is saying that following Jesus believing in Him will change your life. The Holy Spirit will help you develop the Fruit of the Spirit. What is the big word for this? ANSWER: Sanctification QUESTION #6: True or False: James reminds us that we re not accepted by God because of what we do. We are accepted by God because of what Jesus did. ANSWER: True SAY: I really enjoyed our discussion. Now it s time throw the tape balls at the Tacky Tongue Target. Let s take turns by throwing one at a time.
GOD S KINGDOM COMES! Tacky Tongue Wk 1 SG 3
PREPARATION Supplies: Video 4, 1 Chuck Waggin Song Paper and GO HOME Cards (1 Per Child) Teacher Note: This activity is a set of review questions that will appear on the video. Take time to answer and discuss each question with your small group. At the end of this time, take prayer requests and lead a time of prayer with your group. ACTIVITY SAY: Let s play Bible What s It? I will divide you into 2 teams. You can work with your team to answer each question. The team who answers the most questions correctly, wins! PLAY: Video 4 QUESTIONS 1. What does the Greek word Epistle mean? A. Envelope B. Piece of paper C. Letter D. Postcard Answer: C. Letter 2. How many General Epistles are there? A. 9 B. 7 C. 11 D. 66 Answer: B. 7 3. True or False: We know who wrote every Epistle. False
4. In which Epistle are we reminded of the definition of faith? A. James B. Hebrews C. Jude D. None of the above Answer: B. Hebrews 5. Which book is considered the Proverbs of the New Testament? A. Matthew B. Romans C. Hebrews D. James Answer: D. James 6. Which character was so excited about getting close to the finish line that he kept singing songs? A. Buck Denver B. Cap n Pete C. Chuck Waggin D. Sunday School Lady Answer: B. Cap n Pete 7. True or False: James reminds us that God doesn t accept us because of what we do, but because of what Jesus did. Answer: True 8. All of the letters that were written by Paul are called what? A. Hebrew Epistles B. Saul Epistles C. Paul Letters D. Pauline Epistles Answer: D. Pauline Epistles 9. True or False: The General Epistles were written to a specific person or church. Answer: False: The General Epistles were written to all Christians or Jewish Christians. 10. Turn to a friend and say your favorite What s in the Bible? Character. SAY Do you remember Chuck Waggin s song? This paper has the words to the song. Instead of singing the song like Chuck Waggin did, let s say the words. I ll put the paper in the middle of the circle and we can say the words together.
CHUCK WAGGIN SONG You don t have to live a better life for God to justify you. Put your faith in Jesus let the Holy Spirit guide you In what you say, and what you do. And soon you ll know for sure it s true That Jesus love is changin you! You ll know you ve REALLY heard, When you re a DOER of the word! Your righteousness ensured Go be a DOER of the word! SAY What do you think or feel about those words? SAY How is Jesus love changing you? As you grow older and wiser in your walk with Jesus, can you see a difference in the way you treat your friends and your family? Or have you seen faith change someone you know? Or is there someone in your life who follows Jesus that you can just tell they love Jesus by the way they act? (Share a story from your life about how Jesus love is changing the way you treat others. As always, be sure the story is ap- propriate and relevant for children.) PRAY Let s pray together. Let s each take a turn asking God to help grow us to be more like Jesus! PARENT WALK OUT TIME GIVE each family 1 Parent GO HOME Card. GO HOME CARD Today the children heard stories from the General Epistles, and learned about faith, sanctification, and the transforming power of Jesus love. A few discussion questions for the way home: How many General Epistles are there? (7) In which epistle are we reminded of the definition of faith? (Hebrews) James talks a lot about controlling your tongue because the words you say can change the direction of your life in the same way a tiny rudder can turn a. (Giant Ship) Have you ever had a hard time controlling the things you said? Tell me about that time! I m proud of the way Jesus love is helping you love others! I d like to pray and thank Jesus for this! BIG QUESTION According to Hebrews 11:1, what is the definition of faith?
GOD S KINGDOM COMES! Chuck Waggin s Song You don t have to live a better life for God to justify you. Put your faith in Jesus let the Holy Spirit guide you In what you say, and what you do And soon you ll know for sure it s true That Jesus love is changin you! You ll know you ve REALLY heard, When you re a DOER of the word! Your righteousness ensured Go be a DOER of the word! Wk 1 SG 4
WEEK 1 Today the children heard stories from the General Epistles, and learned about faith, sanctification, and the transforming power of Jesus love. A FEW DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FOR THE WAY HOME: How many General Epistles are there? (7) In which epistle are we reminded of the definition of faith? (Hebrews) James talks a lot about controlling your tongue because the words you say can change the direction of your life in the same way a tiny rudder can turn a. (Giant Ship) Have you ever had a hard time controlling the things you said? Tell me about that time! I m proud of the way Jesus love is helping you love others! I d like to pray and thank Jesus for this! BIG QUESTION: Go to www.whatsinthebible.com/thebigquestion with a grown up who lives with you and answer the following question. Click on Volume 13, Week 1. According to Hebrews 11:1. What is that definition of faith? Bring your BIG Question answer with your card signed by a grown up who lives with you next week. A grown up who lives with you signature: