GRADE SCHOOL FEBRUARY 18/19, 2017

GRADE SCHOOL FEBRUARY 18/19, 2017 THE STORY OF GOD THE FATHER God is so different and amazing, He blows your mind. Don t forget: You are on the front line of TRAINING & MODELING! It is an honor to train children how we do church, and model healthy discipleship choices through prayer and small group. Children are able to exceed expectations when expectations are clearly stated. You are COO of your classroom and their experience is 100% under your control. You are always welcome to ask our staff to care for a child who is struggling with the expectations and needs help. 1

MINISTRY EXPERIENCE TOOL GOD IS TRINITY WEEK 3: The Story of God the Father OVERVIEW Memory Verse: Ephesians 4:5-6 (ESV) One Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. Nail: He blows your mind. Week 1: The Story of The Trinity Scripture Story: Various Week 2: The Story of God the Son: Jesus Scripture Story: Various Week 3: The Story of God the Father Scripture Story: Various Week 4: The Story of the Holy Spirit Scripture Story: Various HOW THIS CHANGES ME: God is so different and amazing, He blows your mind. Trinity Truths Three Persons: We know God as three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Three in One: All three persons are fully God in every way. One God: There is only one, true living God. Worship Him: God wants us to know Him, believe Him but most importantly, to worship Him. Trinity Motions Three Persons: With your right hand, hold three fingers above your head. Three in One: Draw right hand down towards your chest and make the number one. One God: Move your right hand number one finger back to the sky and point upwards. Worship Him: Open your palm and raise the roof with your palm with excitement. 2

TABLE OF CONTENTS WHO NEEDS TO KNOW? Staff Classroom Volunteer Story Teller or Upfront Person Grade School Supply List 4 How to Grade School 5 What s Happening? Directives 6 Grade K/1 Application Station 7 Second Grade Application Station 10 Third Grade Application Station 12 Fourth Grade Application Station 14 TOOL COLOR CODES When you see GREEN, it s time to move to the next thing. When you see GOLD, slow down! Take your time. Make sure the kids get this. When you see PURPLE, something is changing. Make sure you are in the right place. When you see RED, please stop. You must do this instruction, no matter what. 3

GRADE SCHOOL Supply List for Week LARGE GROUP Stage Props: TRINITY sign, Balloons Memory Verse Activity: The Wave Upfront Game: Toilet paper, hula hoops APPLICATION STATION (listed in order of use) Grade K/1 Dry erase markers, whiteboard, window or large piece of paper and markers One bookmark per child, markers Verse cards, dry erase markers, window or whiteboard Extra binders for the new children Grade school devo take-homes Optional: tape for lines Snack, water, napkins and cups Coloring pages pertaining to today s story, crayons or markers, LGOTA pages Second Grade Optional: tape for lines Dry erase markers, whiteboard, window or large piece of paper and markers Verse cards Snack, water, napkins and cups Extra binders for the new children Grade school devo take-homes Question cards, pencils One bookmark per child, markers Word Puzzles, coloring pages pertaining to today s story, crayons or markers, LGOTA pages Third Grade Optional: tape for lines Dry erase markers, whiteboard, window or large piece of paper and markers Verse cards Snack, water, napkins and cups Extra binders for the new children Grade school devo take-homes Bible, colored pencils, copies of Scripture/personal Bible, Mark 1:10-11, 1 Peter 1:2, John 14:26 Question cards, pencils Personal Bible is preferred, copies of Scripture listed below for children without a Bible, colored pencils (orange, green, yellow) One bookmark per child, markers Word Puzzles, crayons or markers, LGOTA pages Fourth and Fifth Grade Optional: tape for lines Dry erase markers, whiteboard, window or large piece of paper and markers Snack, water, napkins and cups Extra binders for the new children Grade school devo take-homes Bible, colored pencils, copies of Scripture/personal Bible, Mark 1:10-11, 1 Peter 1:2, John 14:26 Large sheets of paper, black markers Question cards, pencils Personal Bible is preferred, copies of Scripture listed below for children without a Bible, colored pencils (orange, green, yellow) One bookmark per child, markers Word Puzzles, crayons or markers, LGOTA pages 4

HOW TO GRADE SCHOOL What To-Do in the Queue Welcome: Check children s binders and mark points / Ask if they have been to church before / Call them by name / Ask about their family / Ask about their school and teacher / Ask about pets / Ask about previous week Snack Idea Three kinds of crackers and water. Memory Verse Activity The Wave Ephesians 4:5-6 (ESV) One Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. Divide into four groups, assign each group a color. Recite sequentially each portion according to its color. Goal: As a group the memory verse is said together getting faster and faster each time. Upfront Games (These games will be the same all month. Choose game (s) every week that work best.) All of these games require heavy volunteer involvement to help determine fairness and winner. These games require an upfront person to be engaging and fun (like a game show host) to be successful. It s About Tissues Four- Six Players (two per grade) Supplies: One box of tissues per person, one blind fold, one color bucket per team 1. Players begin on stage. 2. A teammate blindfolds their partner and holds the tissue box. 3. On your mark, the blindfolded partner pulls tissues out of box ONE AT A TIME. 4. First grade to empty their box wins. 5. Blindfolds are removed and on your mark, partners begin to grab tissues, ONE AT A TIME, and push into buckets. 6. When time is done, count which team has the most amount of tissues in their bucket. Flying Animals Four- Six Players (two per grade) Supplies: Inflatable animals and beach balls (a lot of both), one hula hoop per team 1. Players begin on stage. 2. A teammate stands on the floor at the foot of the stage facing his partner (who is on the stage) and holds out the hula hoop. (We suggest partners be close enough so a lot of points can be scored.) 3. On your call, child must throw inflatables UNDER HANDED into the hoop. 4. Ask a volunteer to count points scored for each team. Change teams quickly and play again. Flying Toilet Paper Four- Six Players (two per grade) Supplies: Toilet paper, one hula hoop per team 1. Players begin on stage. 2. A teammate stands on the floor at the foot of the stage facing his partner (who is on the stage) and holds out the hula hoop. (We suggest partners be close enough so a lot of points can be scored.) 3. On your call, child must throw toilet paper UNDER HANDED into the hoop. 4. Ask a leader to count for each team. 5. Team with the most amount of paper through the hoop wins. Change teams quickly and play again. Large Group Pictionary Supplies: Several canvasses per team, markers 1. Keep children in their teams and one child is assigned the drawer. 2. The drawer comes to the front and discreetly receives an object to draw. 3. Child returns to team to begin drawing. 4. You may determine winner by points (first team to guess wins) or by how many pictures can be guessed in the determined amount of time. 5

GRADE SCHOOL: WHAT S HAPPENING? Happy Birthday (generic) Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday, God bless you. Happy Birthday to you. Good Things Good Things is a great time for children to express something good that happened in the past week. The range of good things swings from I just got back from vacation! to, I scored my first soccer goal yesterday! to, My parents didn t fight this week! and even sometimes, My mom started coming to church with us today!. All are good and allows you to get to know the children whom God has entrusted to you, and allows the children to feel they are part of something special. It s also a great time to ask children if they heard anything or learned anything that hadn t known before. What s up with the skit? Weird. Silly. Stupid. What s the point? Giggle. Chuckle. We hear it all about the video skit. The point of the video skit is, in the best way we know how, to demonstrate what God is not. If you look for that, you will be able to stand up and say, Did you see that skit? I am so glad God is not like that. Here s why What does this mean to me? What does the Trinity mean to me? People have spent a life-time on a journey trying to understand and explain the Trinity. At the end of the journey, they certainly will know God better than when they began, but no one can ever fully understand everything there is to know about God, including the three persons of the Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. I think the triplet did a good job of showing us what the Trinity is not. The Trinity is one God, yet three persons. The Trinity always agrees with each other. The Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit act the same way even though they are three different persons. Is your mind spinning? Every time I start thinking through all the specifics of the Trinity, my mind starts spinning too. Last weekend we focused on the second person of the Trinity (no we didn t do them in order). His name is Jesus Christ. He is the only Son of God. Jesus was the promise told to Eve in the Garden of Eden after she and Adam sinned for the first time. He was promised to others for thousands of years throughout the beginning of world history.. This weekend we focused on God the Father. God the Father is the first person of the Trinity. He has all the power and is always in control just like God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. One of my favorite things about God the Father is His name. You see, He called Himself father meaning He wants to have a relationship with you. He wants to protect you. He wants to provide for you. He wants to teach and train you. I bet that if you have an earthly father, he s not perfect. No one is. But I promise you God the Father is a perfect father all the time. We may not be able to understand everything about the Trinity but we can understand that, can t we? Be sure you have made the decision today to trust God as your heavenly Father. Trinity Truths: Three Persons: We know God as three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Three in One: All three persons are fully God in every way. One God: There is only one, true living God. Worship Him: God wants us to know Him, believe Him but most importantly, to worship Him. Trinity Motions: Three Persons: With your right hand, hold three fingers above your head. Three in One: Draw right hand down towards your chest and make the number one. One God: Move your right hand number one finger back to the sky and point upwards. Worship Him: Open your palm and raise the roof with your palm with excitement. 6

Grade K/1 Application Station Today s Schedule Purposeful Play (15 minutes pre service/6 minutes during service) LINE UP FOR TRANSITION TO THEATER (Need to leave classroom at 5:08/9:08/11:08 Theater (30 minutes) Classroom Return (5 minutes) No Story Hits (Go over classroom rules 2 Minutes) Memory Verse Review (2 minutes) Motion Review (2 minutes) Activity (15 minutes) Illustration (5 minutes) Small Group (5 minutes) Special Prayer Time Snack, Prayer and Binder (5 minutes) Optional Activity (10 minutes) Checkout Check In Put a chair in the entrance and sit down. Use clipboards to highlight names. Invite children to find a place to play. Children should not sit at round tables. They will be sitting for a long time and need to play. Every Junior leader should be interacting with children at a station. One adult leader should be greeting children and another shuttling children to stations to play. Purposeful Play (10 minutes) 1. Allow children to play within themed bins. Children may choose different bins but themed items must stay with each bin. 2. Affirm children of biblical virtues like patience, believing the best, sharing and waiting their turn, and good stewardship. 3. ENGAGE CHILDREN IN ACTIVITIES. Get The Children To Line Up Clap For Their Attention And Remind Them Of Theatre Rules; Remember Than Many Children Have Never Been Taught How To Act In A Community Group In Church. Its Our Privilege To Teach Them. Remind Children How We Behave With Respect In The Theater. Watch for and reinforce these principals while children are playing; 1) We bow our heads when we pray out of respect for God. 2) We stand when we sing and not distract other people. 3) We look at the screen while the story is taught and help others focus on the Word of God. Do The Motion Review To Show Them the Transition Activity They Will Use To & From Theatre Motion Review TRINITY TRUTHS: Three Persons: We know God as three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Three in One: All three persons are fully God in every way. One God: There is only one, true living God. Worship Him: God wants us to know Him, believe Him but most importantly, to worship Him. TRINITY MOTIONS: Three Persons: With your right hand, hold three fingers above your head. Three in One: Draw right hand down towards your chest and make the number one. One God: Move your right hand number one finger back to the sky and point upwards. Worship Him: Open your palm and raise the roof with your palm with excitement. 7

Grade K/1 Application Station (2) Theater With ALL VOLUNTEERS Using the transitional activity (hold 3 fingers in the air to remind us that God is 3 in one), move children to Theatre using the comfort sign with assigned picture. Use the same transition to return to classroom. Seat children together in first empty section. ALL VOLUNTEERS return to the room for huddle/preparing once children are settled in Theatre. Put away all purposeful play items neatly; large items out of site, Drop the legs on the baggo games, All buckets of materials on the top ledge by the doorway Classroom Return (3 minutes) Supplies: Story Rugs Invite children to join you in the Story Corner. Have rugs set out for them. Wait for them to quiet clap if necessary... Remind children of rules: 1. We will listen quietly when the teacher is talking. 3. We keep our hands to ourselves. 3. We use our listening ears so we can learn about God! 4. Remind them we will have snack & water later. Memory Verse Review (5 minutes) Who has it first? Supplies: Verse cards, dry erase markers, window or whiteboard Ephesians 4:5-6 (ESV) One Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. Write the verse on a whiteboard or window. Pass out the verse cards. Have the children, to see which group can place them in correct order first and stand up and say it together. Activity (10 minutes) Human Farkle We will play a game every week this month, but because of the reverent nature of the Trinity, our game will be just for fun. A good energy release will help your class to focus on the serious and reverent nature of the Trinity. Supplies: Optional line tape We will play a game every week this month, but because of the reverent nature of the Trinity, our game will be just for fun. A good energy release will help your class to focus on the serious and reverent nature of the Trinity. 1. Split the group into two teams. Put each team on a line. A third line is placed in the middle. 2. Each team secretly confers and picks one of the following animals and the motions that match. Choices: Bear: raise your arms and roar, Fish: make fish lips while putting hands together and move them in swimming motions in front of chest, or Mosquito: arms are at sides, hands out and waving while making a buzzing noise. 3. After the teams have picked an animal, they line up back to back on the middle line. 4. Count to three, then jump-turn and immediately start doing the motions of the animal chosen. Just like in rock, paper, scissors, each thing beats out another. The bear eats the fish, fish eats the mosquito and mosquito stings the bear. Instead of just standing there, it becomes a tag game. 5. The winners of the farkle should chase the members of the other team. The team that lost is trying to make it to their line without getting tagged. If they are tagged, they join the opposing team. 6. This continues until all players are on one team or time is running short. They must do the gestures that go along with the animal so there is no confusion as to what each animal really is. If they are the same animal, go back to original lines, pick an animal to be and start again. GATHER FOR PRAYER Special Prayer Time Let s spend time in prayer praising and thanking God the Father for being so great all the time. Spend time worshiping God in your prayer time. FORM INTO GROUPS OF 8 CHILDREN FOR CLASSROOM ILLUSTRATION, & SMALL GROUP (EACH GROUP LEADER GIVE 8 YOUR LANYARDS SO THEY KNOW YOU ARE THEIR SMALL GROUP LEADER) 8

Grade K/1 Application Station (3) IN SMALL GROUPS HALF OF THE GROUPS Go Straight To Windows With Their Leaders For 5-8 minutes of Illustration THE OTHER HALF OF THE GROUPS Spend 5-8 Minutes With Response Tool in circles on the floor Classroom Illustration Supplies: Dry erase markers, whiteboard or window, eraser God the Son can be described by what we learn about Him in His Word, specifically in the Gospels. Brainstorm these things with your children today: He healed people, performed miracles, Good Shepherd, Door, Living Water, Teacher, Master, etc. Write your ideas on a whiteboard or window. (Maybe use a doodle style like the story video) Small Group 100% RESPONSE TOOL: Today s 100% Response Tool is called True or False. Vote on a part of your face to touch for true responses and a different part of your face to touch for false. 1. 100% RESPONSE TOOL: The Bible is where we discover who God is. (Cheer) 2. 100% RESPONSE TOOL: There is just one true God. (Cheer) 3. 100% RESPONSE TOOL: There are seven persons of the Trinity. (Boo) 4. 100% RESPONSE TOOL: There are three persons of the Trinity. (Cheer) 5. 100% RESPONSE TOOL: The three persons of the Trinity are God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. (Cheer) 6. 100% RESPONSE TOOL: The first person of the Trinity is God the Father. (Cheer) 7. 100% RESPONSE TOOL: God the Father has always been alive. He has no beginning and has no end. (Cheer) 8. 100% RESPONSE TOOL: God the Father knows your name, everything about you and wants to be your friend! (Cheer) 9. 100% RESPONSE TOOL: God the Father is a perfect father in every way! (Cheer) 10. 100% RESPONSE TOOL: I can accept the Trinity by faith, trusting God. (Cheer) 11. God is so big and He knows everything. He is everywhere He wants to be and can do anything. How does it make you feel to know that God is limitless like this? (Give them time and help them shout out feeling words such as happy, safe, warm, afraid ) 12. Share with the class your favorite thing about God the Father. Now Go To Tables Per Lanyards Activity (10 MINUTES) God the Father Bookmark Supplies: Bookmarks, markers 1. Ask children to color the markers with bright colors. 2. Place the bookmark in their Bible in Matthew, Mark, Luke or John. 3. GIVE A ONE MINUTE WARNING FOR SNACK 10 MINUTES BEFORE END OF CLASS; 6:20, 10:20, 12:20 All Table Leaders Get A Tray Of Snack & Approach Tables. Pray Before Handing Out Snack. Snack, Prayer and Binder Ask the Lord to bless the snack and pray for the worship service. Binder 1. Give children a few minutes to say their memory verse to you. Mark their binders. 2. Make sure they have this quarter s rewards card. Write their name at the top of the rewards card, not on the binder. Add this week s devo. 3. Allow children to catch up on their rewards card. Mark if they brought their binder. If you need to burn a few minutes, do one day of this week s devos in class. Checkout Supplies: Coloring pages pertaining to today s story, crayons or markers, LGOTA page Every Junior leader should be interacting with children at tables and listening for names of children whose parent has arrived. Two adult leaders managing check-out; one calling out names, the other checking tags as child leaves, directing them up the stairs and out the back way. * As service winds down Volunteers should keep moving children together so no-one sits alone. *ALL Volunteers should help clean & reset room before leaving. 9

Second Grade Application Station Today s Schedule: Activity (10 minutes) Classroom Illustration (2 minutes) Memory Verse Review (3 minutes) Motion Review (1 minute) Snack, Prayer and Binder (5 minutes) Small Group (10 minutes) Ask a Question (1 minute) Special Prayer Time (1 minute) Activity (7 minutes) Checkout Activity Human Farkle Supplies: Optional line tape We will play a game every week this month, but because of the reverent nature of the Trinity, our game will be just for fun. A good energy release will help your class to focus on the serious and reverent nature of the Trinity. 1. Split the group into two teams. Put each team on a line. A third line is placed in the middle. 2. Each team secretly confers and picks one of the following animals and the motions that match. Choices: Bear: raise your arms and roar, Fish: make fish lips while putting hands together and move them in swimming motions in front of chest, or Mosquito: arms are at sides, hands out and waving while making a buzzing noise. 3. After the teams have picked an animal, they line up back to back on the middle line. 4. Count to three, then jump-turn and immediately start doing the motions of the animal chosen. Just like in rock, paper, scissors, each thing beats out another. The bear eats the fish, fish eats the mosquito and mosquito stings the bear. Instead of just standing there, it becomes a tag game. 5. The winners of the farkle should chase the members of the other team. The team that lost is trying to make it to their line without getting tagged. If they are tagged, they join the opposing team. 6. This continues until all players are on one team or time is running short. They must do the gestures that go along with the animal so there is no confusion as to what each animal really is. If they are the same animal, go back to original lines, pick an animal to be and start again. Classroom Illustration Supplies: Dry erase markers, whiteboard, window or large piece of paper and markers Ask children What makes God the Father a perfect father? List their answers on the whiteboard or paper. (Answers: He is always loving, always holy, always merciful, always forgiving, always faithful, always protecting, always kind ) Memory Verse Review Who has it first? Supplies: Verse cards Ephesians 4:5-6 (ESV) One Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. Pass out the verse cards. Have the children, to see which group can place them in correct order first and stand up and say it together. Motion Review Review How This Changes Me and motions on page 2. Snack, Prayer and Binder Ask the Lord to bless the snack and pray for the worship service. Binder 1. Give children a few minutes to say their memory verse to you. Mark their binders. 2. Make sure they have this quarter s rewards card. Write their name at the top of the rewards card, not on the binder. Add this week s devo. 3. Allow children to catch up on their rewards card. Mark if they brought their binder. If you need to burn a few minutes, do one day of this week s devos in class. 10

Second Grade Application Station (2) Small Group 100% RESPONSE TOOL: Today s 100% Response Tool is called Cheer and Boo. Respond to the following questions with a cheer or a boo. 1. 100% RESPONSE TOOL: The Bible is where we discover who God is. (Cheer) 2. 100% RESPONSE TOOL: There is just one true God. (Cheer) 3. 100% RESPONSE TOOL: There are seven persons of the Trinity. (Boo) 4. 100% RESPONSE TOOL: There are three persons of the Trinity. (Cheer) 5. 100% RESPONSE TOOL: The three persons of the Trinity are God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. (Cheer) 6. 100% RESPONSE TOOL: The first person of the Trinity is God the Father. (Cheer) 7. 100% RESPONSE TOOL: God the Father has always been alive. He has no beginning and has no end. (Cheer) 8. 100% RESPONSE TOOL: God the Father knows your name, everything about you and wants to be your friend! (Cheer) 9. 100% RESPONSE TOOL: God the Father is a perfect father in every way! (Cheer) 10. 100% RESPONSE TOOL: I can accept the Trinity by faith, trusting God. (Cheer) 11. God is so big and He knows everything. He is every where He wants to be and can do anything. How does it make you feel to know that God is limitless like this? (Give them time and help them shout out feeling words such as happy, safe, warm, afraid ) 12. Share with the class your favorite thing about God the Father. Ask a Question Card Supplies: Question cards, pencils Give your small group time to write a question on a question card to be answered next week. Special Prayer Time Let s spend time in prayer praising and thanking God the Father for being so great all the time. Spend time worshiping God in your prayer time. Activity God the Father Bookmark Supplies: Bookmarks, markers 1. Ask children to color the markers with bright colors. 2. Place the bookmark in their Bible in Matthew, Mark, Luke or John. Checkout Supplies: Word puzzles, coloring pages pertaining to today s story, crayons or markers, LGOTA page 11

Third Grade Application Station Today s Schedule Activity (10 minutes) Classroom Illustration (3 minutes) Memory Verse Review (2 minutes) Motion Review (1 minute) Snack, Prayer and Binder (5 minutes) Small Group (10 minutes) Ask a Question (1 minute) Special Prayer Time (1 minute) Activity (7 minutes) Checkout Activity Human Farkle Supplies: Optional line tape We will play a game every week this month, but because of the reverent nature of the Trinity, our game will be just for fun. A good energy release will help your class to focus on the serious and reverent nature of the Trinity. 1. Split the group into two teams. Put each team on a line. A third line is placed in the middle. 2. Each team secretly confers and picks one of the following animals and the motions that match. Choices: Bear: raise your arms and roar, Fish: make fish lips while putting hands together and move them in swimming motions in front of chest, or Mosquito: arms are at sides, hands out and waving while making a buzzing noise. 3. After the teams have picked an animal, they line up back to back on the middle line. 4. Count to three, then jump-turn and immediately start doing the motions of the animal chosen. Just like in rock, paper, scissors, each thing beats out another. The bear eats the fish, fish eats the mosquito and mosquito stings the bear. Instead of just standing there, it becomes a tag game. 5. The winners of the farkle should chase the members of the other team. The team that lost is trying to make it to their line without getting tagged. If they are tagged, they join the opposing team. 6. This continues until all players are on one team or time is running short. They must do the gestures that go along with the animal so there is no confusion as to what each animal really is. If they are the same animal, go back to original lines, pick an animal to be and start again. Classroom Illustration Supplies: Dry erase markers, whiteboard, window or large piece of paper and markers Ask children What makes God the Father a perfect father? List their answers on the whiteboard or paper. (Answers: He is always loving, always holy, always merciful, always forgiving, always faithful, always protecting, always kind ) Memory Verse Review Who Has It First? Supplies: Verse cards Ephesians 4:5-6 (ESV) One Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. Pass out the verse cards. Have the children, to see which group can place them in correct order first and stand up and say it together. Motion Review Review How This Changes Me and motions on page 2. Snack, Prayer and Binder Ask the Lord to bless the snack and pray for the worship service. Binder 1. Give children a few minutes to say their memory verse to you. Mark their binders. 2. Make sure they have this quarter s rewards card. Write their name at the top of the rewards card, not on the binder. Add this week s devo. 3. Allow children to catch up on their rewards card. Mark if they brought their binder. If you need to burn a few minutes, do one day of this week s devos in class. 12

Third Grade Application Station (2) Small Group 100% RESPONSE TOOL: Today s 100% Response Tool is called Cheer and Boo. Respond to the following questions with a cheer or a boo. 1. 100% RESPONSE TOOL: The Bible is where we discover who God is. (Cheer) 2. 100% RESPONSE TOOL: There is just one true God. (Cheer) 3. 100% RESPONSE TOOL: There are seven persons of the Trinity. (Boo) 4. 100% RESPONSE TOOL: There are three persons of the Trinity. (Cheer) 5. 100% RESPONSE TOOL: The three persons of the Trinity are God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. (Cheer) 6. 100% RESPONSE TOOL: The first person of the Trinity is God the Father. (Cheer) 7. 100% RESPONSE TOOL: God the Father has always been alive. He has no beginning and has no end. (Cheer) 8. 100% RESPONSE TOOL: God the Father doesn t care about you and gives you a long list of rules just to be mean. (Boo) 9. 100% RESPONSE TOOL: God the Father knows your name, everything about you and wants to be your friend! (Cheer) 10. 100% RESPONSE TOOL: God the Father is a perfect father in every way! (Cheer) 11. 100% RESPONSE TOOL: I can accept the Trinity by faith, trusting God. (Cheer) 12. God is so big and He knows everything. He is every where He wants to be and can do anything. How does it make you feel to know that God is limitless like this? (Give them time and help them shout out feeling words such as happy, safe, warm, afraid ) 13. Share with the class your favorite thing about God the Father. Ask a Question Card Supplies: Question cards, pencils Give your small group time to write a question on a question card to be answered next week. Special Prayer Time Let s spend time in prayer praising and thanking God the Father for being so great all the time. Spend time worshiping God in your prayer time. Activity God the Father Bookmark Supplies: Bookmarks, markers 1. Ask children to color the markers with bright colors. 2. Place the bookmark in their Bible in Matthew, Mark, Luke or John. Checkout Supplies: Word puzzles, crayons or markers, LGOTA pages 13

Grade 4/5 Application Station Today s Schedule: Activity (10 minutes) Classroom Illustration (2 minutes) Motion Review (1 minute) Snack, Prayer and Binder (5 minutes) Small Group (10 minutes) Ask a Question (1 minute) Special Prayer Time (1 minute) Let Me Get This Straight (5 minutes) Activity (5 minutes) Checkout Activity Human Farkle Supplies: Optional line tape We will play a game every week this month, but because of the reverent nature of the Trinity, our game will be just for fun. A good energy release will help your class to focus on the serious and reverent nature of the Trinity. 1. Split the group into two teams. Put each team on a line. A third line is placed in the middle. 2. Each team secretly confers and picks one of the following animals and the motions that match. Choices: Bear: raise your arms and roar, Fish: make fish lips while putting hands together and move them in swimming motions in front of chest, or Mosquito: arms are at sides, hands out and waving while making a buzzing noise. 3. After the teams have picked an animal, they line up back to back on the middle line. 4. Count to three, then jump-turn and immediately start doing the motions of the animal chosen. Just like in rock, paper, scissors, each thing beats out another. The bear eats the fish, fish eats the mosquito and mosquito stings the bear. Instead of just standing there, it becomes a tag game. 5. The winners of the farkle should chase the members of the other team. The team that lost is trying to make it to their line without getting tagged. If they are tagged, they join the opposing team. 6. This continues until all players are on one team or time is running short. They must do the gestures that go along with the animal so there is no confusion as to what each animal really is. If they are the same animal, go back to original lines, pick an animal to be and start again. Classroom Illustration Supplies: Dry erase markers, whiteboard, window or large piece of paper and markers Ask children What makes God the Father a perfect father? List their answers on the whiteboard or paper. (Answers: He is always loving, always holy, always merciful, always forgiving, always faithful, always protecting, always kind ) Motion Review Review How This Changes Me and motions on page 2. Snack, Prayer and Binder Ask the Lord to bless the snack and pray for the worship service. Binder 1. Give children a few minutes to say their memory verse to you. Mark their binders. 2. Make sure they have this quarter s rewards card. Write their name at the top of the rewards card, not on the binder. Add this week s devo. 3. Allow children to catch up on their rewards card. Mark if they brought their binder. If you need to burn a few minutes, do one day of this week s devos in class. 14

Grade 4/5 Application Station (2) Small Group Supplies: Large sheets of paper, black markers 100% RESPONSE TOOL: Today s 100% Response Tool is called Doodle It. Much like today s story style, students will doodle their answers on one large sheet of paper using a black marker. 1. 100% RESPONSE TOOL: Where do we discover who God is? (Bible) Draw your answer. 2. 100% RESPONSE TOOL: How many true living gods are there? (One) Draw your answer. 3. 100% RESPONSE TOOL: How many persons in the Trinity? (Three) Draw your answer. 4. 100% RESPONSE TOOL: The three persons of the Trinity are God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. Draw something that represents that. 5. 100% RESPONSE TOOL: The first person of the Trinity is God the Father. Draw something that reminds you of Him. 6. 100% RESPONSE TOOL: The second person of the Trinity is God the Son and His name is Jesus. Draw something that reminds you of Him. 7. 100% RESPONSE TOOL: Jesus lived on Earth 2000 years ago and lives today with God the Father. He died on the cross to pay for our sin and rose from the dead! Draw something that reminds you of that. 8. 100% RESPONSE TOOL: I can accept the Trinity by faith, trusting God. Draw something that reminds you to do that. 9. 100% RESPONSE TOOL: There is only one way to God the Father. What picture shows that? Draw it. 10. 100% RESPONSE TOOL: God the Father spoke to people in the Old Testament. What picture shows that? Draw it. 11. God is so big and He knows everything. He is every where He wants to be and can do anything. How does it make you feel to know that God is limitless like this? (Give them time and help them shout out feeling words such as happy, safe, warm, afraid ) 12. Is there anything you don t understand about the Trinity? Ask a Question Card Supplies: Question cards, pencils Give your small group time to write a question on a question card to be answered next week. Special Prayer Time Let s spend time in prayer praising and thanking God the Father for being so great all the time. Spend time worshiping God in your prayer time. Let Me Get This Straight Supplies: Personal Bible is preferred, copies of Scripture listed below for children without a Bible, colored pencils (orange, green, yellow) 1. Assign a different Scripture to different children: Mark 1:10-11, 1 Peter 1:2, John 14:26 3. Go around the group and allow each child to read the verse. 4. With an orange pencil, underline the word (s) that refers to God the Father. 5. With a green pencil, underline the word (s) that refers to God the Son. 6. With a yellow pencil, underline the word (s) that refers to God the Holy Spirit. Activity God the Father Bookmark Supplies: Bookmarks, markers 1. Ask children to color the markers with bright colors. 2. Place the bookmark in their Bible in Matthew, Mark, Luke or John. Checkout Supplies: Word puzzles, crayons or markers, LGOTA pages 15

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