Tell e the Story of esus ain truth: Children will hear how Brad and ori Stamey are telling the people of oscow, ussia, about esus. Scripture: God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son. nyone who believes in him will not die but will have eternal life (ohn 3:16, IrV). Interest objects: Coloring sheet that goes with this story (one for each child), a poster map of the former Soviet nion (key words Soviet poster in the esources section of imb.org), color pictures of the city of oscow and its people (found on the Internet, at the library or by searching for images, key word oscow, in the esources section of imb.org) and a Bible. esources: moscowartsteam.com and imb.org. Get suggestions on how your children can give to the ottie oon Christmas ffering in the ead your church section (children s leader role) of imb.org. Classroom setting: ere are a few suggestions for teaching this lesson in the classroom. Go to moscowartsteam.com to fi nd a virtual prayerwalk to do with the children; go to hope4cee.org to fi nd other stories, pictures and information about the culture and daily life; play games and serve food from the country of study. pen your Bible to ohn 3:16. Welcome the children as you display pictures of oscow and its people. ave you ever sung this hymn in church? Tell me the story of esus, write on my heart every word; Tell me the story most precious, Sweetest that ever was heard. In most churches, you hear and read Sunday School lessons and teachers tell you stories about esus. They may teach about how esus loves us all, how e listens to our cares when we pray, how e helps us when we are sad and how e laughs with us when we are happy. It s wonderful to have a place we can all come together! We learn about esus at church by reading our Bibles and we worship im through singing, praying and giving offerings. any people in oscow do not know esus loves them. Show the picture of the city and the people of oscow. ook at the large buildings with beautiful shapes and colors. The city of oscow is beautiful, but many people in oscow have sad, tired, lonely faces. issionaries Brad and ori Stamey are trying to bring hope and smiles to the people in oscow. ead ohn 3:16. This Bible verse is what the Stameys want people in oscow to hear and believe. Brad and ori Stamey have been missionaries in oscow for many years and have lots of friends there. God uses the Stameys to encourage their friends and to offer them the love of esus. The Stameys, along with other Christian friends, spend time prayerwalking areas of the city. Prayerwalking is walking through the streets of a city and praying for the people, the churches, the businesses and the schools. The prayerwalkers offer free Bibles to people they meet, invite people to view the SS fi lm, invite people to music concerts and to play in the concerts as well. ther missionaries on their team in oscow work with college students, sports ministries and churches to teach people about esus. The good news is that lots of people in oscow believe the precious stories about esus! People from the concerts and SS fi lm showings as well as college students have come to believe in esus through Bible study and prayer groups. any churches have been started with these groups. s people in oscow learn the stories of esus they have hope, they smile more, they share the stories with their friends and they encourage each other to pray, read the Bible and worship together at church. Show the coloring sheet. se the coloring sheet to remind you to pray for the Stameys, the other missionaries on their team and believers in oscow as they tell others about esus. ou and I can pray that the people of oscow will understand what the Bible says. ow about you? o you know some Bible stories you can tell your friends? Invite your friends to Sunday School to hear Bible stories. The more they hear about esus, the more they will learn about is love for them. our gifts to the ottie oon Christmas ffering help the Stameys live in oscow. our money also helps the Stameys buy more Bibles to hand out and helps them buy supplies to start new churches. Close in prayer. Coordinates with Tell e and The Story pastor s sermon outlines found in ead your church (pastor s role) section of imb.org. Southern Baptist Convention entity supported by the Cooperative Program and ottie oon Christmas ffering. ottie oon Christmas ffering is a registered trademark of Woman s issionary nion. P5627
Tell e the Story of esus Pray for ussian people in the city of oscow to learn the stories of esus and to share these stories with their family and friends.
Tell e the Story of esus What is the most important thing we can tell about esus? nscramble the letters to fill in the blanks with the correct word. When you are done, check your answers by looking up ohn 3:16 in your Bible. ighlight this verse so you can remember where it is in the Bible. the so ogd vdelo lwrod uhcm he his and ttha egva neo nylo. who in him will nso ynnoea beeelivs not, but will. ied vaeh arteenl eilf ohn 3:16 (IrV)
I Want to Tell ou the Story of esus ain truth: Children will hear how Christian worker oe. is telling people in Kazakhstan about esus. Scripture: Then I heard the voice of the ord. e said, Who will I send? Who will go for us? I said, ere I am. Send me! Isaiah 6:8 (IrV) Interest objects: Coloring sheet that goes with this story (one for each child), a poster map of the former Soviet nion (key words Soviet poster in the esources section of imb.org), color pictures of Kazakhstan and kraine and their people (found on the Internet, at the library or by searching for images, key words Kazakhstan and kraine, in the esources section of imb.org) and a Bible. esources: centralasia.imb.org and imb.org. Get suggestions on how your children can give to the ottie oon Christmas ffering in the ead your church section (children s leader role) of imb.org. Classroom setting: ere are a few suggestions for teaching this lesson in the classroom. Go to centralasia.imb.org to fi nd a prayer guide, stories, pictures and information about the culture and daily life; play games and serve food from the country of study. fter greeting the children, open your Bible and read the Scripture verse aloud. Today, we are going to learn how Christians in kraine are telling the story of esus. any years ago, there were no churches in kraine. The people did not know about esus and they had no hope. This was a sad time for the people of kraine and all of ussia. The government leaders would not let people go to church, read the Bible or talk about esus. nyone who did these things could be put in prison, lose their job or be punished. Then something happened! The leaders of the government were fi red and Christians began to have more freedom. Bible colleges and schools were opened, new churches were started and Bible study groups began to meet. People began telling the story of esus to their friends and families. s Christians in kraine learned more about esus, they knew they wanted to go other places and tell people about im. They soon learned that people in Kazakhstan needed to hear about esus. Show the map of Central sia. Point to kraine and follow down to Kazakhstan. Full-time worker oe. has been teaching Christians in kraine to be witnesses for Christ to Kazakhstan so they can start new churches and tell others about esus. oe wants krainian Christians to know they can be used by esus to tell others about im. ost Christians in kraine have never left their homeland. They have seen workers from the States come to their country, tell them about esus and start new churches. ow they are learning that esus can call them to go to other countries and share the Gospel. ne krainian couple and their child heard about the need for committed believers to live in Kazakhstan to help start new churches. esus had blessed them and they wanted to serve im. They moved to Kazakhstan and now teach church leaders and help start new churches. oe works with college students and young adults from the Christian colleges in kraine. e and some of his students took a long journey by train from kraine to Kazakhstan. oe and the students spent the next seven weeks telling children and adults about esus through Bible camps and nglish classes. any adults and college students in the kraine are hearing esus ask, Who will go and tell them about e? They are answering, Send me! I want to tell the story of esus to others. krainian Christians are very excited about their work as full-time witnesses in another land far from their home. ou can hear their excitement when they say, I want to tell you the story of esus. Show the coloring sheet and give one to each child. se the coloring sheet as a reminder to pray for oe. and the other workers from kraine as they travel to Kazakhstan to tell others about esus. Pray that more churches will be started. Pray for people as they hear the Scriptures. Pray that Bibles will be written in the language of people groups in Kazakhstan. o you know someone you can tell about esus? sk esus to help you tell someone about im. Giving to the ottie oon Christmas ffering will help oe. buy books for nglish lessons, supplies for children s camps, more Bibles and supplies to start new churches. Close in prayer. Coordinates with Tell e and The Story pastor s sermon outlines found in ead your church (pastor s role) section of imb.org. Southern Baptist Convention entity supported by the Cooperative Program and ottie oon Christmas ffering. ottie oon Christmas ffering is a registered trademark of Woman s issionary nion. P5627
I Want to Tell ou the Story of esus Pray for oe. and krainian Christians in Kazakhstan as they tell others the story of esus.
I Want to Tell ou the Story of esus esus wants us to tell others about im. Isaiah 6:8 is our response to esus. Solve this puzzle to find out what Isaiah 6:8 says in the Bible. The secret decoder is F for forward and B for backward. Begin with the letter. F19 B12 B3 F9 B5 B1 B3 B4 F17 B14 F16 B12 B3 F17 B7 B6 B6 F2 F10 B9 F14 B12 B3 F7 F3 F3 B14 F4 B3 F14 B18 F8 B5 F19 B15 F7, F8 B14 F3 F0 B3 F10 B14 F9 B10 F19 B15 F7? F8 B14 F3 F0 B5 F8 B9 F9 F3 F3 B2? B10 F10 B18 F8 B5 F4 B3 F13 B13 F4 B8 F12, F6 B14 F9 B10 F9 B8.. Isaiah 6:8 (IrV) B C F G I K P Q S T V W X Z
earing the Story of esus Will Change our ife ain truth: Children will hear how people in Kazakhstan are making choices to be like esus. Scripture: e (esus) said, Go home to your family. Tell them how much the ord has done for you. Tell them how kind he has been to you (ark 5:19b, IrV). Interest objects: Coloring sheet that goes with this story (one for each child), a poster map of the former Soviet nion (key words Soviet poster in the esources section of imb.org), color pictures of Kazakhstan and its people (found on the Internet, at the library or by searching for images, key word Kazakhstan, in the esources section of imb.org) and a Bible. esources: centralasia.imb.org and imb.org. Get suggestions on how your children can give to the ottie oon Christmas ffering in the ead your church section (children s leader role) of imb.org. Classroom setting: ere are a few suggestions for teaching this lesson in the classroom. Go to centralasia.imb.org to fi nd a prayer guide, stories, pictures and information about the culture and daily life; play games and serve food from the country of study. Greet the children and have your Bible open to the Scripture verse. I want you to think with me for a minute about esus. Tell me something you know about esus. llow a moment for responses. esus is kind, helpful and caring. e is God s Son. The Bible tells us e loves everyone. e has never sinned or made wrong choices. e does not want us to sin. e wants us to make wise choices. We can be like esus. e will help us if we ask im. aily life for people in Kazakhstan has changed a lot over the past years. ost Kazakhs grew up in a country where they were not allowed to read the Bible, go to church, learn about esus or tell others about esus. That means that moms, dads, children and grandparents in Kazakhstan have never heard the Bible stories you and I know. Several years ago the government leaders were fi red. The new government allowed Southern Baptist missionaries to come live in the country so they could tell people about esus and start new churches. Sadly, many of these churches closed because some people did not want to learn more about esus or being a Christian. They were focusing on money. il was discovered in Kazakhstan and many people became rich. Because they have so much money, the people want to buy more stuff. They are buying big homes, expensive cars and clothes. They think the more they have, the more they will be like esus. nd some are not making good choices. owever, there is good news! lot of people have come to believe in esus. There are now more than 13,000 believers. ore new churches are being started. ur workers there are teaching people how they can be more like esus as well as teaching them to share esus with their families and friends. Gulia s* life was changed when she heard about esus. She decided to learn about im and believe in im. She was so happy she told her whole family about esus. t fi rst they thought she was crazy. fter years of talking to them about esus and praying for them, Gulia s husband, children and other family members have come to believe in esus. The family also shares esus with people at their family business. Their workers know that Gulia and her family are not the same people. They see that Gulia and her family are like esus loving, kind and helpful. They also know that Gulia prays for them. ur workers in Kazakhstan say that when one person in a family becomes a Christian, the other family members also become Christians. ead the Scripture verse. Because Gulia knows about esus, she is able to tell her family, friends and business workers about im. ow about you? ow can you tell your family and friends about esus? First, pray and ask esus to help you tell someone the things you know about im. Inviting someone to church with you is a good way to tell them about esus. Giving someone a Bible who does not have one is another way to tell someone about esus. ou can give to the ottie oon Christmas ffering to help send workers to tell people about esus. our money also can help buy books about esus, more Bibles in the language of the Kazakhstan people and supplies to start new churches. Show the coloring sheet. I want you to use this coloring sheet as a reminder to pray for the new Christians and churches in Kazakhstan. Close in prayer. Coordinates with Tell e and The Story pastor s sermon outlines found in ead your church (pastor s role) section of imb.org. *ame changed for security reasons. Southern Baptist Convention entity supported by the Cooperative Program and ottie oon Christmas ffering. ottie oon Christmas ffering is a registered trademark of Woman s issionary nion. P5627
earing the Story of esus Will Change our ife Pray for Christians in Kazakhstan as they teach people about esus.
When we become a Christian, esus commands us to tell others about how much e loves us, cares for us and wants us to be like im. The words esus says are found in ark 5:19 (IrV). Find these words in the word search. Words will be forward, backward, horizontal, vertical and diagonal. See the words in the list below. G I K P B C S C W B P G I Z X I P T S I K S W I F Z F W F T G Q S F S G C F X G I K T P W S V K T Q Z V G P Q B F V T P SS SI G T FI T T W C T S F earing the Story of esus Will Change our ife
If ou Whisper, I ll Tell ou the Story of esus ain truth: Children will hear how Christians in zbekistan tell others about esus. Scripture: ay after day, they kept teaching in the temple courtyards and from house to house. They never stopped telling the good news that esus is the Christ (cts 5:42, IrV). Interest objects: Coloring sheet that goes with this story (one for each child), a poster map of the former Soviet nion (key words Soviet poster in the esources section of imb.org), color pictures of zbekistan and its people (found on the Internet, at the library or by searching for images, key word zbekistan, in the esources section of imb.org) and a Bible. esources: centralasia.imb.org and imb.org. Get suggestions on how your children can give to the ottie oon Christmas ffering in the ead your church section (children s leader role) of imb.org. Classroom setting: ere are a few suggestions for teaching this lesson in the classroom. Go to centralasia.imb.org to fi nd a prayer guide, stories, pictures and information about the culture and daily life; play games and serve food from the country of study. Greet the children. ave your Bible open to the Scripture verse. ave you ever been so nervous your voice did not make a sound when you tried to speak? aksud* is a Christian who lives in the country of zbekistan. aksud is nervous many times. In fact, his heart jumps with fright every time his telephone rings. Why? Because he believes esus is God s Son and wants to tell others about im. But zbekistan leaders say believing in esus is wrong and causes family problems. Family beliefs are very important in zbekistan. any Christians there do not feel they can tell people about esus. They are afraid government leaders may ask too many questions, and they could get in trouble. When aksud nervously answers his telephone, he is happy and relieved to hear the voice of a Christian friend. aksud praises esus every time a person on the phone or at the door is a Christian friend. Several years ago, aksud was taken from his home for a whole day. Government leaders and the police questioned him about his family and friends, about his belief in esus and about other Christians living in his area. They let him go, but now aksud lives in fear the same thing will happen again. Full-time workers who live in zbekistan and work with the zbek people say the threat of police and government leaders does not stop people from becoming Christians. ore and more zbek people are coming to church. The people do not become believers quickly because government leaders have scared them. But esus is helping people know they can trust Christians who tell them about esus. ead the Scripture verse. Workers who live in zbekistan are seeing believers take a stand for esus. When Christian leaders are questioned about their families, faith and other believers they boldly say they love esus. zbekistan Christians are praying for each other. They are praying esus will help 100 people become new Christian leaders. While aksud and other Christians in zbekistan try to be bold about their love for esus, they still are nervous when the phone rings or there is a knock at the door. Sometimes they have to whisper to tell others about esus. Whether your voice is loud or a whisper, esus will help you tell others about im. ust as our Scripture verse stated, you never stop telling about esus. ou can give to the ottie oon Christmas ffering to help the people in zbekistan. our money helps send workers to tell people about esus. our money can also help buy books about esus, more Bibles and supplies to start new churches. Show the coloring sheet. I want you to use this coloring sheet as a reminder to pray for the workers in zbekistan. lso, pray the people will never stop telling others about esus. Close in prayer. Coordinates with Tell e and The Story pastor s sermon outlines found in ead your church (pastor s role) section of imb.org. *ame changed for security reasons. Southern Baptist Convention entity supported by the Cooperative Program and ottie oon Christmas ffering. ottie oon Christmas ffering is a registered trademark of Woman s issionary nion. P5627
If ou Whisper, I ll Tell ou the Story of esus Pray for missionaries and Christians in zbekistan as they tell other people about esus.
If ou Whisper, I ll Tell ou the Story of esus The Bible tells us in cts 5:42b that early Christians went door to door, day after day to tell others about esus. Combine the words and the pictures to make new words: The + y new - w + over - o s + + ped teller - er + sing - s the goo + d neck - ck + was - a the t + - ep + sus is the is the chair - air + wrist - w. cts 5:42b (IrV)