Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Olympia, WA This lesson was written by Jamie Senyard for River Community Church in Prairieville, Louisiana. Copyright 2003 Jamie Senyard. Adapted for Gloria Dei Lutheran Church by Jill Esbeck, 2004. Updated by Beth Tobin 2012. Permission granted to freely distribute and use, provided the copyright message is included. Joseph Rotation Living in a Land of Many Colors Creation Station: Art Workshop Bible Text: Genesis 37, and 39-50 Memory Verse: Romans 8:28 NIV We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him. PURPOSE: The children will create Joseph s coat out of polymer clay. The coats will be used to decorate a memory verse refrigerator magnet to remind them that God is their faithful friend and he is always with them. Some of the magnets will be given away as a way of showing our love for others, as God commanded. Objectives for the Rotation At the end of the rotation, the students will: be able to locate Genesis and identify it as the first book in the Bible and the place where the stories of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph can be found. identify Joseph as one of Jacob s twelve sons and Jacob as the son of Isaac and the grandson of Abraham and Sarah. retell the story of how God saved Joseph through Joseph s interpretation of Pharaoh s dreams and how Joseph is reconciled with his brothers and reunited with his father. understand how God can use a deed intended for evil to fulfill his promise and purpose. begin to understand that God has a good plan for them. Know that God is sovereign over all, evil and good. be able to repeat the memory verse. Additional Objectives for the Art Workshop At the end of the session, the students will: have thought about ways they obey God s command to love one another. Teacher Preparation in Advance: Read the scripture passages and lesson plan and watch the video Bible study on our website: www.gloriadeikids.org Art Lesson Plan 1
Prepare a closing prayer. Learn the memory verse. Consider the age level adjustments needed each week (those included in the lesson plan and your own). The design of this workshop is very intentional. The activities and discussion questions for this workshop were designed to meet the goals of the entire rotation and the educational objectives of the Rotation Model (tm) at Gloria Dei. While we feel it is important to follow the serendipitous leading of the Holy Spirit, please do not change the lesson plan without consulting one of our Sunday School Design Team Members. Check out the room before your first Sunday workshop so that you know where everything is located. The supplies will be in your Sunday School workshop location. Practice telling the Bible story as you make the origami coat so you are able to tell the story without looking at the book. Prepare two wax paper templates for every class member. Prepare index cards and the whiteboard for Bible memory verse activity. Instructions included in memory verse activity description. Room Set-up: Set up the toaster oven close to an outlet and away from the tables where children will be sitting. Supply List: Polymer clay in a variety of colors (such as Sculpy) Wax paper Toaster Oven Glass dish that fits in the toaster oven Bible verse printed on card stock (two for each child) Magnet Tape Hot glue gun and glue sticks Origami paper or copy paper cut into squares Whiteboard or flipchart and appropriate markers Index cards Memento: colorful stickers Shepherd Time: Memory verse preprinted on page Faith Journal Sheets Bibles Pencils Art Lesson Plan 2
Lesson: Welcome and Introductions: Greet the children and introduce yourself. Wear your name-tag. (Remember, you are interacting with a different group of students each week who may not know you.) Make sure the children are wearing name-tags. Open with prayer. Explain the purpose of this workshop: Today we are going to create a beautiful coat out of polymer clay and use the coat to decorate a refrigerator magnet with the memory verse on it. We also will make one to give away to someone. Scripture/Bible Story: Instruct the children to open their Bibles to Genesis 37 and tell them that this is where the Bible story is located. As the children begin to look up the passage, tell them that the Bible is divided into two parts, the Old and New Testaments. Also tell them that Genesis is the first book of the Bible and the first book of the Old Testament. [We restate information about Bible organization in each workshop to be sensitive to visitors and new children in the class who may not have any knowledge of the Bible. We never want a child to feel like they do not belong because they do not know this information before they come to class.] After locating the passage, have the children close their Bibles and put them away. Tell the Bible story using the instructions in the book Bible Folding Stories: Old Testament Stories and Paperfolding Together as One. This version of the story concentrates on Joseph before he was sold into slavery. A small portion of this version relates what happened to Joseph after he arrived in Egypt. Read over the story and instructions before class and prepare to finish the story with Joseph being put into prison by Potiphar. Application: The children will be creating very small coats like Jacob gave Joseph out of polymer clay. They will make two coats ---one to keep and one to give away. The clay coats will be hot glued to a piece of card stock with the memory verse written on it. The card stock will have magnet tape on the back so it can be displayed on a refrigerator or other metal object at home. Give each child a piece of wax paper with the outline of a simple coat drawn on it and five pea-sized balls of polymer clay. Write each child s name on their piece of wax paper with Sharpie marker. Tell them to use the clay to create what they imagine Joseph s coat may have looked like. There are three basic shapes the children can work with as the design. They are balls, logs or ropes, and flat sheets. Demonstrate how to make these shapes and then let the children create. They should stay inside the lines of the template and make the clay have a even thickness. Art Lesson Plan 3
When the children are finished, collect their creations, leaving them on the wax paper. An adult volunteer will take them home and bake them and return the completed magnets next week. If there is time and an available large oven at Gloria Dei, coats may be baked during class. This is up to teacher discretion. NOTE from River Ridge Church: If there is a visitor in the class, use the toaster oven to bake their first coat. After the coat cools hot glue it to the Bible verse card. Place a magnet strip on the back of the card and allow the visitor to take one magnet home. [Let the children know that we are not baking all of the coats today because there is not enough time or toaster ovens.] While the children are working ask: I wonder how Joseph felt when his father gave him the beautiful coat? Have you ever received something really special like the coat Jacob gave to Joseph? Do you think Jacob was wrong to show Joseph his love with an extravagant gift? Ask the children who they will give their extra coat magnet to? Ask them: Why are we asking you to give the extra coat magnet away? [Because God commands us to love one another and to tell others about God. Then read the memory verse together.] If the children finish early, give them the instructions for folding the origami coat used while telling the story and let them try to fold the coat. Reflect: Pulling it all together (closing discussion): This discussion took place when the questions were asked while the children were working. If you did not have a chance to ask the questions then, please ask them now. Review the Memory Verse: Romans 8:28 NIV We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him. For older children: On the white board or use masking tape on the front of a kitchen cabinet to draw one blank for each word of the memory verse. Print each word of the verse on separate index cards or pieces of construction paper. Spread the mixed up words face-up on a table. Ask a child to find the first word of the verse and place it in position on the white board/cabinet, using sticky tack to stick the card to the board in the correct blank. Have a second child find the next word, and so on. Continue until all the scattered words are placed in order on the white board. If this is the first week of the rotation, you may want to place some of the words on the white board the first time you do this activity. Art Lesson Plan 4
For younger children: Write the Bible verse on the white board leaving blanks for the simple words (such as Lord, God, his, loves, and) that the younger children will be able to read. Write the words that belong in the blanks on index cards and spread them out on the table. Start the activity by reviewing the verse as you point to the word or appropriate blank that you are saying. After you have reviewed the verse several times ask a child to find the word that belongs in the first blank on the board. Continue as with the older children until the verse completed on the white board. Faith Journals: Pass out the Faith Journal page and pencils/markers. Suggestion: You may wish to give the children a sticker or some memento to paste in their journal as a reminder of the story or activity. For younger children: On paper with the memory verse preprinted on it, have the children draw a picture of a way that God shows his love for them and/or a way they can follow God s command and show love to others. For older children: On paper with the memory verse preprinted on it, have the children list ways God shows His love for them and ways they can follow God s command and show love to others. This is meant to be a time of reflection and introspection. Writing about faith helps clarify lessons. In addition to the suggested activity, children may draw pictures relating to today s scripture or memory verse, list highlights of the day s activities, or rephrase the memory verse. Have the students clip their Faith Journal Sheet in their Faith Journal even if they did not get to finish working on their page. Closing prayer: Please close with prayer. Tidy and Dismissal: Ask children to help tidy the room and prepare for Closing Time. Additional Suggestions: You will need to decide how best to adjust the lesson for older and younger students. Keep the children active and involved in activity. Do what works for you and the children. Some ideas are included in the lesson plan. Resources: Kallevig, Christine Petrell. Bible Folding Stories: Old Testament Stories and Paperfolding Together As One. Broadview Heights, Ohio: Storytime Ink International, 1993. (ISBN 0-9628769-4-1) Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved Art Lesson Plan 5