GOOD NEWS CLUB AGENDA MOSES #11 God s Punishment for Disobedience WEEK OF: MAIN TRUTH: God wants you to say no to sin. TO DO AS THE CHILDREN ARRIVE: 1. Greet the children; make them feel welcome. 2. Take attendance. 3. Listen to previous week s memory verse. 4. Have children put money in missions bank. PRE-SESSION ACTIVITY: 1. OLDER CHILD: Try This! 2. YOUNGER CHILD: MOSES #11 Activity Sheet SONG: (2 minutes) PRAYER: (4 minutes) 1. Prayer song: 2. Ask the children to share any Thank You Prayers or Please Prayers they have. 3. Lead the class in Thank You and Please Prayers. MEMORY VERSE: (8 minutes) Romans 6:11... Reckon... yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ, our Lord. (The underlined portion of the verse indicates what the younger children should memorize. See Involvement Helps for Younger Children for helps in teaching the verse to the younger children.) Pass the Baton After you have read this verse from the Bible, explained what it means, and repeated it at least two times, you may begin this drill. Pass a baton (empty paper towel holder) from one person to another as you repeat the verse together. Variety: Divide the class into two groups, lining up on opposite sides of the room one behind the other. Hand a baton to the first person of each team and have them say the reference. They then hand the baton to the next person in line for them to say the next word of the verse. Continue until both teams have recited the entire verse. Challenge the teams to be the first to recite the entire verse. HYMN FOR MOSES #7-#12: (2 minutes) BIBLE LESSON: (20 minutes) MOSES #11 God s Punishment for Disobedience (See Involvement Helps for Younger Children for ways to involve the children in the Bible lesson.) COUNSEL TIME: (If you have a helper, hostess, or Teacher Junior Grade, let them do the review time while you counsel those who responded to the invitation. Otherwise, at the end of club, be sure to remind the children who responded to the invitation to stay after club for a few minutes.)
QUIET TIME NOTEBOOK: (1 minute) Briefly highlight what was learned from last week s Quiet Time. Ask the children to do one per day before the next club. Remind them that they must show you their Q.T. Notebook next week to earn points. MISSIONARY TIME: (16 minutes) 1. Sing God s Way while child comes to look in the Go and Tell Box. 2. Share missionary information for Week #22 using the Go and Tell Box. (See attached page.) 3. Pray for the missionary. 4. Show goal chart and mention the amount given so far. 5. Missions song: 6. Story: Secret in the Woods. Teach the portion of the story listed under Week #13. REVIEW ACTIVITY: (7 minutes) Use the activity below or the Bible Learning Game from the Involvement Helps for Younger Children. Yes or No Decorate a paper bag by printing different styles and colors of YES and NO on it. Put 15-20 squares in the bag with points (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, etc.) printed on them. Divide the class into two teams. Alternating between the two teams, ask the questions below. When the questions are asked, the child must answer Yes or No and explain why they gave that answer. If the child answered both parts correctly, let him reach in the bag and pull out a square. The child s team earns the number of points on the square. MOSES, Law Giver, CEF Press. Review questions for MOSES #11: 1. Korah, Dathan, and Abiram had a good reason for talking to Moses and Aaron. (No. WHY? They were jealous; they thought Moses and Aaron tried to make themselves more special than everyone else.) 2. God showed the people that He had chosesn Moses and Aaron to be the leaders. (Yes. WHY? The ground opened up and Korah, Dathan, and Abiram; their houses; and all who lived or worked with them fell down in.) 3. God did not punish the 250 men that followed Korah. (No. WHY? God sent fire from Heaven that burned up these men and their families.) 4. The next day, the people complained against Moses and Aaron again. (Yes. WHY? They were angry and complained that Moses and Aaron had killed some of God s special people.) 5. God punished the people for complaining again? (Yes. WHY? God sent a sickness, and 14,700 people died that day.) 6. After God punished the people for complaining with sickness, they would never complain again? (No. WHY? They complained that they had no water to drink and no food to eat at Zin.) 7. Moses always knew the right answers to the Israelite s questions. (No. WHY? Moses always talked to God when the people complained because he knew God could help them.) 8. Moses hit the rock exactly as God told him to. (No. WHY? God told Moses to speak to the rock.) 9. Moses would lead the Israelites into Canaan. (No. Why? He hit the rock when God told him to speak to it.) 10. It does not upset God when you sin. (No. WHY? God wants you to say no to sin.) *COUNSEL TIME: (*Only if you did not counsel with the children earlier.) SEND HOME WITH THE CHILDREN: 1. Pre-session papers for older and younger child 2. Memory verse token 3. Quiet Time CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF EASTERN PA, INC. P.O. BOX 4375 HARRISBURG, PA 17111-0375
PRE-SESSION, Older Child MOSES #11 Try This! What Would Jesus Do?, Copyright 1998 Grace Publications.
PRE-SESSION, Younger Child MOSES #11... Reckon... yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin.... Romans 6:11
MEMORY VERSE HELPS MOSES LESSON #11 God s Punishment for Disobedience Romans 6:11... Reckon... yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ, our Lord. (The underlined portion of the verse indicates what the younger children should memorize.) USE the visual and let the children read the verse with you. READ the verse from your Bible while holding the visual so the children can follow along. DO MOTIONS together with the children while you EXPLAIN the verse as follows: Romans 6:11 (Hands as an open Bible.)... Reckon... (Put hand under chin. Make face like you are thinking.) yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, (Close eyes and tilt head to side.) but alive unto God through Jesus Christ, our Lord. (Open eyes; make head straight. Make a cross with your pointer fingers.) Romans 6:11 (Hands as an open Bible.) This is the address (where the verse is located in the Bible). The book of Romans, chapter 6, verses 11. Reckon means to think or know something is true. When you are dead, can you do anything? No! If you know Jesus as your Savior, you should think, when you are tempted to sin and disobey God, No, I can t do that! This phrase means that you should be awake, excited, and doing what God wants you to do because Jesus gives you the strength to obey God. How do you know what God wants you to do? By reading and obeying His Word, the Bible. The book of Romans, chapter 6, verses 11. DRILL the verse with the activity listed on the Moses #11 Agenda. TEST the children for their understanding of the verse. If you know Jesus as your Saviour, what should you think when you are tempted to sin? Instead of sinning, what should you do? CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF EASTERN PA, INC. P.O. BOX 4375 HARRISBURG, PA 17111-0375
INVOLVEMENT HELPS FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN by Linda D. Ruth and Ralph Bechtel MOSES #11 God s Punishment for Disobedience MEMORY VERSE: Shortened verse Romans 6:11... Reckon... yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin.... Romans 6:11 Hold hands as an open Bible.... Reckon... Put hand under chin. Make face like you are thinking. yourselves Point to self. to be dead indeed Close eyes and tilt head to side. unto sin.... Cross forearms in front of you, making an X. Motion meaning, Stay away. Romans 6:11 Hold hands as an open Bible. BIBLE LESSON HELPS: Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Scene 4 Scene 5 Scene 6 Point and watch cloud as it comes down on the Tabernacle. Put hands together in front of you. Move them apart as ground opening up. Move them back together again. Complain to neighbor saying, They ve killed some of God s special people. Complain to neighbor again. This time saying, No food! No water! Say, Show me what Moses did when the people complained? Allow children to show the answer before you tell them. With a pretend rod, hit the rock twice. Run in place to water. Cup hands and drink. Look joyful! Throw arms up in the air or turn around in a circle. Sadly, walk in place up the mountain. As Moses, help Aaron take off coat and put it on Eleazar. BIBLE LEARNING GAME: Say No! Have children stand side by side in a line at one end of the room. Choose one person to be it and stand on opposite side of the room. Call out a behavior such as obey your mom or be kind. Children in line respond together, Say yes! and take a giant step forward. When you call out an inappropriate behavior such as tell a lie, children respond, Say no! and turn and run back to the start. Meanwhile, it tries to tag someone before he gets back. Tagged child becomes the new it. Remind them, God is the One who can help you say no to sin. Play again as time allows. CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF EASTERN PA, INC. P.O. BOX 4375 HARRISBURG, PA 17111-0375
GO AND TELL BOX Week #23 How Can We Help the Snavelys? (Suggested item to put in the Go and Tell Box children praying.) What do you think this picture of children praying has to do with going and telling? (Let the children share their ideas.) The picture reminds me that the most important thing that we can do for the missionaries we support in our Good News Club/Released Time Class is to pray daily for them. HOW CAN WE HELP THE SNAVELYS? (Show their picture and HOW wordstrip.) PRAY (Use PRAY wordstrip.) Even though this is our last club/class you can still pray for our missionaries over the summer. You can use your missionary prayer card. GIVE (Use GIVE wordstrip.) God is pleased when Christians give to help missionaries. Thank you for giving to help our missionaries have the money so they can continue to teach other people about the Lord Jesus. WRITE (Use WRITE word trip.) The Snavelys like to receive mail. You could write them a letter and tell them about your Good News Club/Released Time Class. Perhaps you have questions about creation or would like to draw them a picture of God s beautiful creation. Will you write them? (See general information sheet on missionaries we support.) GO (Use GO wordstrip.) God wants you and me to be missionaries. As a teacher in Good News Club/Released Time Class, I am a missionary. You can be a missionary too by telling your friends and family how Jesus can be their Saviour. Will you tell your friends and family about the Lord Jesus? If so, will you tell God that today and ask Him to help you be a missionary? (Give time for silent prayer before praying for the requests.) (Perhaps you will want to have a tract available for them to give to the person they will tell about Jesus.) LET S PRAY FOR OUR MISSIONARIES. THANK the Lord for Mr. Mike and Mrs. Carrie and for the money that has been given to help them tell others about the Lord Jesus. PRAY asking for safety as they travel and God for others to be willing to help by sharing gifts as they serve the Lord. CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF EASTERN PA, INC. P.O. BOX 4375 HARRISBURG, PA, INC. 17111-0375
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God wants you to say no to sin. MOSES #11
- Jesus is better priest, but He had not come yet SCENE 11-6 (Place figs. ML3, ML6, ML38, ML43, ML44) - God told Moses, Aaron, Eleazar to come up Mt. Hor; people watched as they went - At the top, Moses helped Aaron take off special priest s coat and put it on Eleazar - Aaron must have been thankful to God for choosing his family for this special job - Then, I m sure, peacefully and quietly, Aaron died SCENE 11-7 (Remove fig. ML43) - Moses/Eleazar walked sadly back down mt.; people knew Aaron had died - For 30 days, had special time to be sad and remember Aaron, then packed up and traveled on - Story was sad, wasn t it? Sin always makes story sad; will do the same thing in your life CHALLENGE if Jesus is your Saviour G Go over MT MT GOD WANTS YOU TO SAY NO TO SIN R Review PAS verse Romans 6:11... Reckon... yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ, our Lord. O Overview PAS examples 1. 2. 3. W Will you do it? INVITATION Acts 16:31... Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved (from your sins).... S P, E L BOW HEADS RESPONSE MOSES #11 Num. 16; 20:1-13, 22-29 (Place fig. ML2) - Israelites were back where they started the wilderness - Disobeyed God; now had to wander for 40 years - Had to stay in hot/dry land until all adults died; then God would lead children to Promised Land SCENE 11-1 (Place fig. ML1, ML4, ML20) - One day, three men named Korah, Dathan, and Abiram decided to go talk to Moses and Aaron - They took 250 men with them; all knew and respected them - They said, You two think you re so important - Every one of us is special and holy because God lives right here among all of us... -... Why make yourselves more special than anybody else? - Moses, You are trying to make yourselves too important... -... It is the Lord you are complaining against, not Aaron... -... Tomorrow, God will show us who is holy and who He has picked to be near Him (Add Tabernacle overlay) - Next day, Korah and followers gathered near Tabernacle - Moses said to people, Here is how you will know... -... If these men die a normal death, God has not sent me... -... But if the Lord makes a new thing, and ground opens and swallows them up - Then these men have caused God to punish them - Just as Moses finished, ground opened under the three men; they and their houses fell straight down into earth! (Remove fig. ML4) - Fire fell and burned up the 250 men who followed Korah - Their sin had big consequences! Not only ones
S, PAU Galatians 3:22... The Scripture hath concluded all under sin.... 1. 2. 3. - Sin is always punished; men died for what they had done SCENE 11-2 (Remove figs. ML1, ML2, Tab. overlay; add ML3, ML28) - Very next day, people started complaining against Moses and Aaron! - Soon Israelites moved on to a place in wilderness called Zin - No water; yelled complaints to Moses and Aaron (Add figs. ML1, ML2, ML21, ML38-ML40) - There are no good plants here or fruit or water! - All through journeys, God gave them manna, made it so clothes did not wear out or feet get sore - He was taking care of everything; He loved them G - Before, God had told Moses to hit the rock; this time God told Moses to speak to it SCENE 11-4 (Remove figs. ML41, ML37, Tab. overlay; add ML5, ML38, ML42, rock overlay) - Moses gathered all people beside the rock - Shouted, Hear, you rebels! Do we have to get water for you out of this rock? - Then he lifted his hand and brought his rod smashing down on the rock. Once! Twice! SCENE 11-5 - Sin always brings sadness, even to people who love God MT, PAS GOD WANTS YOU TO SAY NO TO SIN Romans 6:11... Reckon... yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ, our Lord. 1. 2. 3. - You can say no to sin; won t have sadness from doing wrong, like Moses and Aaron (Remove all figs.) - Said, They ve killed some of God s special people - Because of this, God sent a sickness; many began to die; 14,700 people died that day - Sin brought great sadness; will bring sadness to you too MT GOD WANTS YOU TO SAY NO TO SIN - Sin will bring you sadness, just like it did for the Israelites (Remove all figs.) - But they weren t thankful; doubted would care for them SCENE 11-3 (Remove figs. ML1, ML21, ML38-ML40; place ML37, ML41, Tab. overlay) - Once again, Moses and Aaron went to God with this trouble - God, Take your rod, and speak to the rock in front of all; you will bring water out (Add water overlay) - Tons of water came pouring out, enough for all people and animals to drink - Moses had disobeyed God in front of all the people - God, Because you did not believe Me, you will not bring people into Promised Land - Moses and Aaron would not get to live in land; they must have been sad to hear - Soon more sad news; they came to Mt. Hor; God said, It is time for Aaron to die - Aaron old now; oldest son Eleazar was ready to take over his job as leader, priest - People needed a better priest; one who would not just cover, but take away sin forever O, P, E 1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God....
- Jesus is a much better priest than Aaron or Eleazar, but He had not come yet FLASHCARD 4-5 - God told Moses, Aaron, and Eleazar to come up Mt. Hor; people watched as they went - At the top, Moses helped Aaron take off special priest s coat and put it on Eleazar, as God said CHALLENGE If Jesus is your Saviour G Go over MT MT GOD WANTS YOU TO SAY NO TO SIN R Review PAS verse Romans 6:11... Reckon... yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ, our Lord. MOSES #11 Num. 16; 20:1-13, 22-29 - The Israelites were back where they started the wilderness - Remember, disobeyed God, so now had to wander for 40 years - Had to stay in hot/dry land until all adults died; then God would lead children to Promised Land - Moses, You re trying to make yourselves too important... -... It is the Lord you are complaining against, not Aaron... -... Tomorrow, God will show us who is holy and who He has picked to be near Him - Next day, Korah and his followers gathered near the Tabernacle - Aaron must have been thankful to God for choosing his family for such special job - Then, Aaron died FLASHCARD 4-6 - Moses and Eleazar walked sadly back; people knew Aaron died - For 30 days, had a special time to be sad and remember Aaron; then packed up and traveled on - Story was sad, wasn t it? Sin always makes a story sad; it will do the same thing in your life too O Overview PAS examples 1. 2. 3. W W ill you do it? INVITATION Acts 16:31... Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved (from your sins).... S P, E L BOW HEADS RESPONSE FLASHCARD 3-1 - One day, three men named Korah, Dathan, and Abiram decided to go talk to Moses and Aaron - They took 250 men with them; all knew and respected them - They said, You two think you re so important - But every one is special and holy because God lives right here among us... -... W hy make yourselves more special than anybody else? - Moses to people, Here is how you will know... -... If these men die a normal death, God hasn t sent me... -... But if the ground opens and swallows them up - Then these men have caused God to punish them - Just as Moses finished, ground opened under the three men; they and their houses fell straight down! - Then fire fell and burned up 250 men who followed Korah - Their sin had big consequences! But they are not the only ones
S, PAU Galatians 3:22... The Scripture hath concluded all under sin.... 1. 2. 3. - Sin is always punished; these men died for the sin they had done FLASHCARD 4-1 - But the very next day, the people started complaining against Moses and Aaron! - Said, They ve killed some of God s special people - Because of this, God sent a sickness, and many began to die;14,700 people died that day - Sin had brought great sadness; it will bring sadness to you too MT GOD WANTS YOU TO SAY NO TO SIN - Sin will bring you sadness, just like it did for the Israelites - Soon Israelites moved on to place in wilderness called Zin - There was no water to drink; they yelled complaints at Moses and Aaron - There are no good plants here or fruit or water! - All through journeys, God gave them manna, made it so clothes did not wear out or feet get sore - He was taking care of everything; He loved them G - But they weren t thankful; they didn t believe that God would take care for them FLASHCARD 4-2 - Once again, Moses and Aaron went to God with this trouble - God, Take your rod, and speak to the rock in front of all; you will bring water out - Once before, God had told Moses to hit the rock; this time God told Moses to speak to it FLASHCARD 4-3 - Moses gathered all people in front of the rock; he must have been angry - He shouted, Hear, you rebels! Do we have to get water for you out of rock? - Then he lifted his hand and brought his rod smashing down on rock. Once! Twice! FLASHCARD 4-4 - Tons of water came pouring out, enough for all people and animals to drink - But for first time, Moses had disobeyed God in front of all - God, Because you did not obey Me, you will not bring people into Promised Land - Moses and Aaron would not get to live in land; it must have made them sad to hear - Sin always brings sadness, even to people who love God MT, PAS GOD WANTS YOU TO SAY NO TO SIN Romans 6:11... Reckon... yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ, our Lord. 1. 2. 3. - You can say no to sin; won t have sadness from doing wrong, like Moses and Aaron - More sad news; they had come to Mt. Hor; God said, It is time for Aaron to die - Aaron was old now; oldest son Eleazar ready to take over his job as leader, priest - People needed a better priest; one who would not just cover, but take away sin forever O, P, E 1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God....