GOOD NEWS CLUB AGENDA. PATRIARCHS #1 Call of Abraham Genesis 11:27 12:20; 15:4 6, 15; 17:1 8, PDF Free Download

GOOD NEWS CLUB AGENDA PATRIARCHS #1 Call of Abraham Genesis 11:27 12:20; 15:4 6, 15; 17:1 8, 15 17 WEEK OF: MAIN THRUST: You should believe that God will do what He says. 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. 5. Have children put candy corn in their team s container according to the number of points earned. PRE-SESSION ACTIVITY: 1. OLDER CHILD: Seeing Is Believing? 2. YOUNGER CHILD: The Covenant With Abraham 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 children in Thank You Prayers and Please Prayers. MEMORY VERSE: (7 minutes) Hebrews 11:8 By faith Abraham, when he was called... obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. (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.) Mountain Echo After reading the verse from your Bible, explaining what it means, and repeating it at least two times, you may begin this drill. To remind the children of Abraham traveling away from home, divide the class into three groups: loud mountain, medium mountain, and whisper mountain. Stand in front of the groups and say the verse a phrase at a time. Each mountain group echoes the verse, starting with the loud mountain which repeats it with a loud voice. The medium mountain repeats the verse in a medium voice, followed by the whisper mountain which whispers it. Rotate the groups so each group has at least one turn at being each of the mountains. HYMN FOR PATRIARCHS: (2 minutes) BIBLE LESSON: (20 MINUTES) PATRIARCHS #1 Call of Abraham (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 them to stay for a few minutes so you can counsel them.)

QUIET TIME NOTEBOOK /TAKE TIME REVIEW: (1 minute) 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 QT Notebook next week to earn points for the contest. LEARNING ABOUT THE BIBLE & THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOKS: (5 minutes) Teach information for Week #3. MISSIONARY TIME: (13 minutes) 1. Sing God s Way while child comes to look in the Go and Tell Box. 2. Share missionary information for Week #5 using the Go and Tell Box. (See attached page.) 3. Pray for the missionaries. (See attached page.) 4. Show goal chart and mention the amount given so far. 5. Missions song: 6. Story: No Darkness at All. Teach the part of the story for Week #5. REVIEW ACTIVITY: (6 minutes) Use the activity below or the Bible Learning Game from Involvement Helps for Younger Children. Safe Arrival in America Back the globes for the flannelboard, and then cut out them out. (See attached pattern.) Write the following countries on the back: Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Ireland, Spain, France, Portugal, Morocco, Cuba, Haiti, and America. Explain that years ago in the country of England some people wanted to be free to choose their own church. They set sail on the Mayflower. Sixty-five days later they saw land. The people must have shouted, We made it. They had arrived safely in America. If a child correctly answers a review question, he may choose any globe and look behind it to see if he has found AMERICA. Continue asking questions until someone finds America. When America is found, say, We will all be thankful because everyone will get a piece of candy! As time allows, mix up the globes on the board and play it again. - by Rita L. Lobdell, Give and Take, November 1991. Review questions for PATRIARCHS #1: 1. God had a special plan for the man in our lesson. What was his name? (Abraham.) 2. What did God tell Abraham to do? (Leave his country, home, and relatives and come to a land that God would show him.) 3. Some of Abraham s family went with him and his wife Sarah. Who were they? (His father and his nephew, Lot.) 4. After they had traveled many miles, they stopped and stayed at Haran. What happened before they left? (Abraham s father died.) 5. What were some of the promises God gave Abraham? (A land, a nation, a blessing, a great name, to make him a blessing, and all families would be blessed through him.) 6. What was it in Abraham s life that made it seem impossible for him to become a great nation? (He had no children.) 7. What was the name of the land which God promised to Abraham? (Canaan or Israel.) 8. What did Abraham do when he arrived in Canaan? (He built an altar and worshiped God.) 9. What did God tell Abraham to look at to remind him that his family would be more than he could count? (The stars.) 10. If Jesus is your personal Saviour, what should you believe (trust) God to do? (M.T. That HE will do what He says.) *COUNSEL TIME: (*Only if you did not counsel with the children earlier.) SEND HOME WITH THE CHILDREN: 1. Pre-session papers for the older and younger child 2. Memory verse token 3. Quiet Time Guide # 4. Take Time to Review CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF EASTERN PA, INC. P.O. BOX 4375 HARRISBURG, PA 17111-0375

INVOLVEMENT HELPS FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN by Linda D. Ruth PATRIARCHS #1 Call of Abraham MEMORY VERSE: Shortened verse Hebrews 11:8 By faith Abraham, when he was called... obeyed.... Motions: Hebrews 11:8 Put hands together as open Bible. By faith Place both hands over heart. Abraham, when he was called... Cup hands at mouth as if calling. obeyed.... Move arms to make large O. Hebrews 11:8 Put hands together as open Bible. BIBLE LESSON HELPS: Throughout Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Scene 5 Each time the word believe is used in the Main Thrust, have children make a T to explain it means trust : fingers of one hand vertical, fingers of the other resting on top horizontally. Together, everyone says, Trust. Have children make a beckoning motion with their arm as they say God s command, Come! Pretending to be Sarah, raise shoulders, elbows bent, palms up in air. Ask in a puzzled voice, But Abraham, where are we going? have their names changed Have children put up seven fingers, representing days of the week. Then raise hands six times as count aloud together, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 for weeks of traveling. Work on building an altar as Abraham did. Carry stones. Pile on wood. Mount camels and ride to Egypt. BIBLE LEARNING GAME: adapted from Mother, May I? Establish a starting line and a finish line across the room. Chose one child as the leader. Stand this child between the two lines. Have other children stand on starting line. Chose one of these to be Abraham. The leader gives a direction to Abraham, such as Take two giant steps forward or Take a giant step backwards or Take 2 hops forward, etc. Abraham then asks, Should I? If leader responds, Trust me, Abraham and all the children say together, You can trust God to keep His promises. Then they move as indicated. If leader responds, Don t trust me, no one is allowed to move. Continue until someone reaches the finish line. (The finish line may be called the land God promised. ) That child becomes the new Abraham. Choose a new leader and play again. CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF EASTERN PA, INC. P.O. BOX 4375 HARRISBURG, PA 17111-0375

Patriarchs #1 Wordstrips for Bible Lesson Land Come Bless Great Nation Be a Blessing Great Name All Families

LEARNING ABOUT THE BIBLE & THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOKS WEEK #3 (Place figure #1.) Do you know how many books are in the Bible? Yes, the Bible has 66 books in it, and it is divided into two parts. (Place figure #10.) The first part is the Old Testament and has 39 books in it. (Place figure #11.) The second part of the Bible is the New Testament, and it has 27 books in it. (Place figure #12.) So the Bible is a book of books. The word Testament means agreement or promise. The Old Testament tells us that God promised the Saviour would come. The New Testament tells us that God kept His promise the Saviour (Jesus) did come. (Place figure #17.) There are three reasons why God gave us the Old and New Testaments: 1) To learn about God. (Place figure #18.) 2) To believe in Jesus. (Place figure #19.) 3) To know right from wrong. (Place figure #20.) Everything in the Bible is the correct record of what God wants you to know and do. The more you read the Bible, the more you know what are the right things for you to do. I am thankful to have a copy of the Bible to study so that I can tell you about God and the Lord Jesus. CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF EASTERN PA, INC. P.O. BOX 4375 HARRISBURG, PA 17111-0375

GO AND TELL BOX Week #5 Information About the Jenkins INFORMATION (Suggested item to put in the Go and Tell Box a small plastic plane or picture of a plane.) What do you think a plane has to do with going and telling? (Let the children share their ideas.) Many missionaries fly on a plane when they are going to the place where God has called them to serve Him. Some missionaries also need a plane on the mission field to travel and to transport supplies from village to village. The father of one of the missionaries that we are going to learn about this year was a missionary pilot. Let me tell you about this missionary couple. They are Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins. (Show their picture.) We will call them Mr. Jared and Mrs. Cindy. Mr. Jared was born and raised in the country of India where his parents were missionaries. Mrs. Cindy grew up in Nigeria, West Africa. Mrs. Cindy s parents were missionaries there. Her father was a missionary pilot. The Jenkins have served for many years as missionaries in the country of Suriname, located in the northern part of South America. Now Mr. Jared and Mrs. Cindy live in Florida, where they have a ministry sharing the Good News of Jesus love with international students who come to the United States to study at a college. They also each summer share in Good News Day Camps. Some of our missionary offering will be sent to help Mr. Jared and Mrs. Cindy, and we will learn more about them later this year. PRAYER THANK God for Mr. Jared and Mrs. Cindy as they faithfully share the Gospel with many people through their current ministry to the international students. ASK God to help people remember to pray for the Jenkins and that they will give of their money so Mr. Jared and Mrs. Cindy can continue to serve the Lord among international students in the U.S.A. CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF EASTERN PA, INC. P.O. BOX 4375 HARRISBURG, PA 17111-0375

Review Game: Safe Arrival in America

#1 You should believe that God will do what He says. patriarchs

- God, Abraham, you will have a son; count the stars, your family will be like that PATRIARCHS #1, SCENE 6 (Place figs. P16 P18) - But,years went by; no son - Sarah felt she just couldn t wait any longer on God - When Abraham was 85, Sarah 75, Sarah said, Take my handmaid Hagar, and treat nd like a 2 wife. - Hagar gave birth to son named Ishmael; when Ishmael was 13, Sarah became pregnant - Abraham laughed, Shall a child be born to me in my old age? - Abraham was 100; Sarah was 90 years old - Bible says Abraham was a friend of God - Why was Abraham happy? - He was trusting God to do what He had promised. - God has a promise for you if you believe in Jesus as your personal Saviour from your sin INVITATION Acts 16:31... Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ (trust Jesus to be your Saviour from sin), and thou shalt be saved.... (Those who place their trust in Jesus as Saviour will be saved from sin) S P, E L BOW HEADS RESPONSE CHALLENGE - Already received Jesus G - Go over Main Thrust YOU SHOULD BELIEVE THAT GOD WILL DO WHAT HE SAYS R - Review PAS verse Hebrews 10:23... For He is faithful that promised. O - Overview PAS examples 1. 2. 3. W - Will you do it? PATRIARCHS #1 Genesis 11:27 12:20 - Jump! Dad said - Dad wanted Jeri to jump into his arms from a high step on the stairs - No, Daddy, I am scared, Jeri said; Don t you trust me? asked Jeri s dad - I ll catch you, he said; Jeri jumped right into his arms - Dad, That is what trust means, Jeri. I am your dad, and you believed I would catch you. - Someone you can always trust is God. - Noah & family believed God would do what He said - They never SAW rain, before the flood, but God kept His word; it rained MT YOU SHOULD BELIEVE THAT GOD WILL DO WHAT HE SAYS - 400 years after the flood; hundreds of thousands of people had been born - Do you think they all worshiped God? No, some didn t! - Every person is born with want to to sin; like before the flood S, PAU Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it? 1. 2. 3. - God wouldn t flood world again; He would begin with one man... Abraham PATRIARCHS #1, SCENE 1 (Place fig. P1) - Abraham came from city of Ur; great city, but the people worshiped moon god - God, Get out of that country, leave relatives, come to place I will show you (Place wordstrip Come ) - God didn t say where the land was; just told Abraham to go - Abraham didn t argue with God

- He knew he could trust God, so he just obeyed and went PATRIARCHS #1, SCENE 2 (Place fig. P2) - Abraham told his wife, We are leaving this place ; Sarah, But where are we going? - Abraham, I don t know, but God said He would show us where it is (Place figs. P3 P5) - Abraham told his father, brother, and nephew, God promised to give me a land - I don t know where it is, he said, but I trust God - Abraham knew God loved him, so he trusted God (Remove all figs. & wordstrips) G PATRIARCHS #1, SCENE 3 (Place figs. P6 P12) - Abraham soon on his way; but who are the others? - He took father, Terah; nephew, Lot; servants, animals, and tents - It took 6+ weeks to reach Haran about 700 miles; here they stayed for awhile - Perhaps Abraham s father was too old and too tired because they stayed until he died - At last, they started again to go to the land God promised (Place wordstrip Land ) - God made other promises to Abraham; to make him a great nation (Place wordstrip Great Nation ) - God also promised to bless him (Place wordstrip Bless ) - Also, Make his name great ; (Place wordstrip Great Name ) - Another, To be a blessing (Place wordstrip Be a Blessing ) - Last one, In you all families shall be blessed (Place wordstrip All Families ) PATRIARCHS #1, SCENE 4 (Place P13 on small board) - Does this promise to bless all families include you? - This blessing comes through Jews and promised Saviour O - Blessing means to receive good things through Jesus 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.... - Abraham finally reached the land God promised him; traveled 1,200 mi. from Ur (Remove all figs. & wordstrips) - This was the land called Canaan; today this is the country of Israel PATRIARCHS #1, SCENE 5 (Place figs. P14, P15) - When Abraham arrived, he built an altar & worshiped God; God appeared to him - It wasn t always easy! There were times when Abraham didn t trust God - Once there was a famine in new land; could Abraham have trusted God for food? - Yes, but he didn t he went to Egypt instead to look for food - He left Canaan instead of trusting God; problem - When Egyptians saw how beautiful Sarah was, Abraham lied about her - He said Sarah was a sister so they wouldn t kill him to take Sarah for themselves - When king of Egypt heard that Abraham lied about Sarah, he was angry; sent Abraham home - It didn t seem hard for Abraham to trust God when he left Ur for special land - But it was hard to trust when the famine came (Remove all figs.) - Satan wants to make you afraid to trust God too MT, PAS YOU SHOULD BELIEVE THAT GOD WILL DO WHAT HE SAYS Hebrews 10:23... For He (Jesus) is faithful that promised. 1. 2. 3.

- One night God said, Abraham, you will have a son; count the stars, your family will be like that - Bible says Abram. believed God FLASHCARD 1-5 - But years went by, still no son; Abram. 85 yrs., Sarah 75 yrs. - Sarah felt she just couldn t wait any longer on God - Sarah said, Take my handmaid nd Hagar, and treat like a 2 wife. - Hagar gave birth to son named Ishmael; when Ishmael was 13, Sarah became pregnant - Abraham laughed, Shall a child be born to me in my old age? FLASHCARD 1-6 - Now, Abraham was 100; Sarah was 90 years old - Bible says Abraham was a friend of God - Why was Abraham happy? - He was trusting God to do what He had promised. - God has a promise for you if you believe in Jesus as your personal Saviour from your sin INVITATION Acts 16:31... Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ (trust Jesus to be your Saviour from sin), and thou shalt be saved.... (Those who place their trust in Jesus as Saviour will be saved from sins punishment) S P, E L BOW HEADS RESPONSE CHALLENGE - Already received Jesus G - Go over Main Thrust YOU SHOULD BELIEVE THAT GOD WILL DO WHAT HE SAYS R - Review PAS verse Hebrews 10:23... For He is faithful that promised. O - Overview PAS examples 1. 2. 3. W - Will you do it? PATRIARCHS #1 Genesis 11:27 12:20 - Jump! Dad said - Dad wanted Jeri to jump into his arms from a high step on the stairs - No, Daddy, I am scared, Jeri said; Don t you trust me? asked Jeri s dad - I ll catch you, he said; Jeri jumped right into his arms - Dad, That is what trust means, Jeri. I am your dad, and you believed I would catch you. - Someone you can always trust is God. - Noah & family believed God would do what He said - They never SAW rain, before the flood, but God kept His word; it rained MT YOU SHOULD BELIEVE THAT GOD WILL DO WHAT HE SAYS - About 400 years after the flood; hundreds of thousands of people had been born, all descendants of Noah - Do you think they all worshiped God like Noah? No, some didn t! - Every person is born with want to to sin; like before the flood S, PAU Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it? 1. 2. 3. - God wouldn t flood world again; He would begin with one man... Abraham FLASHCARD 1-1 - Abraham came from city of Ur; great city, but the people worshiped moon god - God, Get out of that country, leave relatives, come to place I will show you - God didn t say where the land was; just told Abraham to go - Abraham didn t argue with God; though didn t know where going

- Abram. knew he could trust God, so he just obeyed and went FLASHCARD 1-2 - Abraham must have told his wife, We are leaving this place ; Sarah, But where are we going? - Perhaps Abraham said, I don t know, but God said He would show us where it is - Abraham probably told his father, brother, & nephew God promised to give me a land - I don t know where it is, he said, but I trust God - Abraham knew God loved him, so he trusted God G FLASHCARD 1-3 - Abraham soon on his way, leaving homeland; but who are the others? - He took father, Terah; nephew, Lot; servants, animals, and tents - It took 6+ weeks to reach Haran about 700 miles; here they stayed for awhile - Bible doesn t say how God led them, but He did - Perhaps Abraham s father was too old and too tired because they stayed Haran until he died - At last, they started again to go to the land God promised Use Walkie Board: (Place wordstrip Land ) - God made other promises to Abraham; to make him a great nation (Place wordstrip Great Nation ) - God also promised to bless him (Place wordstrip Bless ) - Also, Make his name great ; (Place wordstrip Great Name ) - Another, To be a blessing (Place wordstrip Be a Blessing ) - Last one, In you all families shall be blessed (Place wordstrip All Families ) - Does this promise to bless all families include you? - This blessing comes through Jews and promised Saviour O - Blessing means to receive good things through Jesus 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.... - Abraham finally reached the land God promised him; traveled 1,200 mi. from Ur - This was the land called Canaan; today part of this is the country of Israel FLASHCARD 1-4 - When Abraham arrived, he built an altar & worshiped God; God appeared to him - It wasn t always easy! There were times when Abraham didn t trust God - Once there was a famine in new land, not enough food; could Abraham have trusted God for food? - Yes, but Abram. did not trust God; he went to Egypt instead to look for food - He left Canaan instead of trusting God, problems occurred - When Egyptians saw how beautiful Sarah was, Abraham lied about her - He said Sarah was a sister so they wouldn t kill him to take Sarah for themselves - When king of Egypt heard that Abraham lied about Sarah, he was angry; sent Abraham home - It didn t seem hard for Abraham to trust God when he left Ur for special land - But it was hard for him to trust God when the famine came - Satan wants to make you afraid to trust God too MT, PAS YOU SHOULD BELIEVE THAT GOD WILL DO WHAT HE SAYS Hebrews 10:23... For He (Jesus) is faithful that promised. 1. 2. 3.

GOOD NEWS CLUB AGENDA. PATRIARCHS #1 Call of Abraham Genesis 11:27 12:20; 15:4 6, 15; 17:1 8, 15 17