4pm: 1 st 4 th Grade Classroom Schedule

Joseph Sent to Egypt Bible Passage: Genesis 37:1-36; 39:1 41:57 Main Point: God used Joseph s suffering for good. Unit Key Passage: Genesis 26:24 4pm: 1 st 4 th Grade Classroom Schedule 3:45 4:00 CHECK IN / SNACKS / GAMES: One teacher take control of sign-in: Place the Check-In Sticker on Clipboard. If manually sign-in, give the parent a nametag containing their phone number and their child s name. They will use this for checkout. One teacher lead orderly free play. 4:00 4:10 ACTIVITY SHEET / ARRIVING ACTIVITY: Activity Sheet: Distribute activity pages and instruct the kids to complete the challenge. Arriving ACTIVITY: Who was tapped? Guide kids to put the palms of their hands over their eyes, while bowing their heads. Choose one child to walk around the room and tap one person on the shoulder. Then, when you ask kids to raise their heads, each child will get the opportunity to guess who was tapped. Continue play until multiple children have the chance to participate. Say: Sometimes we don t understand why things happen. We can trust that God is in control and that His plan is working. What can stop God s plan? Nothing can stop God s perfect plan. We ll learn more about a time when a man named Joseph experienced a hard time, and God used that time for good! 4:10 4:15 CLEAN UP / GO OVER RULES & CONSEQUENCES: Rules are on the wall by the door 4:15 4:50 KIDS LIVE: Have the kids sit together. Keep an eye on them and the door for more kids. 4:50 5:00 CRAFT: Craft: Joseph s Timeline Items Needed: Paper print out, Crayons. Instructions: (1) Hand out timeline. (2) Go over Joseph s journey in the Action Bible. (3) Have kids draw pictures in the right columns of the timeline. (4) If time permits have one child show his or her finished timeline as an example Say: God used Joseph s suffering for good. He blessed many people through Joseph and saved people s lives who would not have had food during the famine. Joseph s situation seemed bad, but God used it for good! 5:00 5:10 BIBLE STORY REVIEW: Story: Read pages 91-98 in The Action Bible Say: God used Joseph s suffering for good. (Have the kids Repeat the Main Point) He blessed many people through Joseph and saved people s lives who would not have had food during the famine. Joseph s situation seemed bad, but God used it for good! 5:10 5:20 REVIEW & APPLICATION QUESTIONS: Review Questions: Family Feud Style Game (Items Needed: Buzzer) Divide group into two teams and have 1 person from each team come to Check-In Desk with Buzzer on it. Tell them to put hands behind their back until you ask the question. The first person to hit the buzzer gets to answer (the) question. Award team 10 points if person answers correctly, if incorrect then the other team can steal the points. Pick new people each question. Gospel Project Unit 3.3

4pm: 1 st 4 th Grade Classroom Schedule 1.How many sons did Jacob have? (12, Genesis 37:9) 2.What did Jacob give Joseph that made his brothers jealous? (a colorful robe,) 3.What did Joseph s brothers do to him? (They sold him into slavery and told their father Joseph had died.) 4.Why was Joseph thrown in jail? (He was a servant at Potiphar s house and was falsely accused.) 5.Whom did Joseph meet in jail that would later tell Pharaoh about Joseph? (Pharaoh s cupbearer,) 6.What was the dream that Joseph interpreted for Pharaoh? (Seven skinny cows, Seven fat cows) 7.What did Pharaoh do when Joseph interpreted his dream? (He made Joseph second-in-command) Say: Remember the Main Point: God used Joseph s suffering for good. (Have the kids repeat the main Point) Discussion Questions: Small Group Time The Goal is to get them talking about the lesson. Split the room up into 2 groups and each leader ask the questions giving time for a few kids to answer. 1. What did you learn about God from today s story? 2. What did you learn about people/yourself? 3. What is one thing you learned from this lesson that you can apply this week? Say: Remember the Main Point: God used Joseph s suffering for good. (Have kids repeat the main point) 5:20 5:25 UNIT MEMORY VERSE: Review with the entire group. Genesis 26:24 Have them repeat after you or play a game to break verse up. *Use the Memory Verse teacher aid. 5:25 ENDING ACTIVITY / PARENT ARRIVAL: As the parents arrive Ending Activity: Where did Joseph travel? We are going to take a journey around the room. Let s review the story and see what happened in Joseph s life. Travel around the room, stopping to discuss each place that Joseph went. Discuss when he lived in Canaan and his brothers sold him into slavery. Guide kids to one area of the room. Then, walk to another area of the room and talk about Joseph s time at Potiphar s house in Egypt. Guide kids to another area of the room. Travel again, and discuss the jail where Joseph was kept after Potiphar s wife lied about him. Travel again and tell kids that Joseph became second-in-command in Egypt and lived at Pharaoh s palace after he was in jail. Everywhere Joseph went, God gave him favor and was with him. Say: God used Joseph s suffering for good.(have the kids repeat the main point) Each place Joseph moved led him to Pharaoh s palace, where he would help many people have food for the seven years of famine that would soon come. What can stop God s plan? Nothing can stop God s perfect plan! Gospel Project Unit 3.3

Joseph s Early Life INSTRUCTIONS: Complete the word search to find words that will be used in today s story. Elem Activity sheet DOWNLOAD THE TGP FAMILY APP KEY PASSAGE: Genesis 26:24 F H O G O O D G D S H V W P J K D S T F R O R T R G R T J O S E P H M J L P I N H U J K M T H F V B G U D L U I F S A W A D Q R F V R G B R O T H E R S J U Y S E W D W D H K N A T F E D C A G B N J I L O O R E T H V M D Y D R O U G H T T G F B S H L O I U Y T B F R G Y S P W D W D G R D E T U I J N M R E W A S D F G P J I K L S A B E O F M A N Y C O L O R S V B R E S F D G V B H J R O T H N J O P B E E W S C V E Word search: Joseph Brothers Dreams Robe of many colors Egypt Pharaoh Drought Food BIG PICTURE QUESTION: What can stop God s plan? Nothing can stop God s perfect plan. BIBLE STORY: JOSEPH SENT TO EGYPT Joseph s brothers sold him as a slave, and he was taken to Egypt. Joseph ended up in jail with Pharaoh s cupbearer, who later told Pharaoh about Joseph. God showed Joseph what Pharaoh s dreams meant. Pharaoh put Joseph in charge of collecting and storing grain. FAMILY DISCUSSION STARTERS: Why did Joseph s brothers hate him? Have you ever been jealous? How is Jesus like Joseph? (Both of them were betrayed by people close to them.) FAMILY ACTIVITY: Think of a family going through a tough time. Spend time praying for them as a family. Go further: Serve a family by running their errands, dropping off a meal, or raking their yard. Younger Kids Activity Pages Unit 3, Session 3 23

Elem Activity sheet MAIN POINT: GOD USED JOSEPH S SUFFERING FOR GOOD. Joseph Sent to Egypt Genesis 37:1-36; 39:1 41:57 24

Elem Take Home Sheet God the Covenant-Keeper Key Passage: Genesis 26:24 Big Picture Question: What can stop God s plan? Nothing can stop God s perfect plan. Session 1: The Stolen Blessing Genesis 25:27-34; 27:1-45 Jacob stole Esau s blessing. Session 2: J acob s New Name Genesis 32 33 God changed Jacob s name to Israel, the name of God s covenant people. Session 3: J oseph Sent to Egypt Genesis 37:1-36; 39:1 41:57 God used Joseph s suffering for good. Session 4: J oseph s Dreams Came True Genesis 42:1 46:34; 50:15-21 God sent Joseph to Egypt to establish a remnant. 2015 LifeWay OK to Print Unit 3 Kids Journal Page

Joseph s Early Life INSTRUCTIONS: Complete the word search to find words that will be used in today s story. Elem Take Home Sheet DOWNLOAD THE TGP FAMILY APP KEY PASSAGE: Genesis 26:24 F H O G O O D G D S H V W P J K D S T F R O R T R G R T J O S E P H M J L P I N H U J K M T H F V B G U D L U I F S A W A D Q R F V R G B R O T H E R S J U Y S E W D W D H K N A T F E D C A G B N J I L O O R E T H V M D Y D R O U G H T T G F B S H L O I U Y T B F R G Y S P W D W D G R D E T U I J N M R E W A S D F G P J I K L S A B E O F M A N Y C O L O R S V B R E S F D G V B H J R O T H N J O P B E E W S C V E Word search: Joseph Brothers Dreams Robe of many colors Egypt Pharaoh Drought Food BIG PICTURE QUESTION: What can stop God s plan? Nothing can stop God s perfect plan. BIBLE STORY: JOSEPH SENT TO EGYPT Joseph s brothers sold him as a slave, and he was taken to Egypt. Joseph ended up in jail with Pharaoh s cupbearer, who later told Pharaoh about Joseph. God showed Joseph what Pharaoh s dreams meant. Pharaoh put Joseph in charge of collecting and storing grain. FAMILY DISCUSSION STARTERS: Why did Joseph s brothers hate him? Have you ever been jealous? How is Jesus like Joseph? (Both of them were betrayed by people close to them.) FAMILY ACTIVITY: Think of a family going through a tough time. Spend time praying for them as a family. Go further: Serve a family by running their errands, dropping off a meal, or raking their yard. Younger Kids Activity Pages Unit 3, Session 3 23

The Gospel Project: 3.3 Elementary MC Guide Session Title: Joseph Sent to Egypt Bible Passage: Genesis 37:1-36; 39:1 41:57 Main Point: God used Joseph s suffering for good. Unit Key Passage: Genesis 26:24 Lesson: Play the Intro-Video Timeline View: Do you remember how we got to this session? Can anyone tell me about Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob? Remember, God made a covenant with Abraham to make his descendants as numerous as the stars. God also said that He would bless all the world through those descendants. This promise continued to Isaac and Jacob and Jacob s family, which is where we find ourselves today. Main Point: That leads us to our main point: God used Joseph s suffering for good. Show the MainPoint Everyone say that with me (Have them repeat the MAIN Point) Very interesting! Let s take a look at how he did this! Bible Story: Play the Bible Story Video: Joseph s brothers sold him into slavery, which probably seemed like a terrible, hopeless situation for Joseph. The Bible tells us that God was with Joseph. God gave Joseph favor with Potiphar, who was Joseph s master, and Potiphar put Joseph in charge of all of his household. Then, Joseph was accused of something he didn t do and was thrown into jail. Even in jail, God was with Joseph. God gave Joseph favor with the jail keeper, who put Joseph in charge of all the other prisoners. God also gave Joseph the power and wisdom to interpret a dream for Pharaoh s cupbearer, who was also in jail at the time. Years later, Joseph had an opportunity to interpret a dream for Pharaoh. God was working His perfect plan all along. The dream told that there would be a famine in the land, and many people would be without food. Because Joseph interpreted the dream, Pharaoh put Joseph in charge of preparing for this famine. They would have plenty of food, and God would ultimately save many people s lives including God s people s lives because of what had happened to Joseph. Without the suffering Joseph experienced, God s people would not have survived the famine. Show MainPoint (Have them repeat the MAIN Point!) 1/16-17/16

Application: Let s watch our discussion starter video and see what it might have to do with our story. Play the Discussion Starter Video: Can you imagine moving to another country? What would you do if you were Mia or Carlos? Joseph moved to another country without his family. He had to learn a new culture, and I m sure it was very difficult. Still, God was working out His plan. Unit Memory Verse: God was always with Joseph throughout the difficult situations he found himself in. Similarly, we know that God has promised to always be with those who trust Jesus because He has given the Holy Spirit to them. The promise that God made to Abraham has been continued through many generations to us! God blessed all the world by sending Jesus, His only Son, to die on the cross to pay for sin and rise again three days later. This is the best news we could ever receive! Jesus made a way for us to have a right relationship with God. The promise found in Genesis 26:24 was for Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and it continues on today. Show U3_MemoryVerse Repeat after me Show MainPoint Let s review our Main Point one more time. (Have them repeat the MAIN Point!) Dismiss kids to class: 1/16-17/16

Bible Story: Video Jacob and Esau were brothers. Esau was a hunter while Jacob worked at home. Their father Isaac favored Esau. Their mother Rebekah favored Jacob. One day, Jacob was cooking lentil stew when his brother came home from the field. I am exhausted! Esau said. Let me eat some of that red stuff. Jacob answered, First sell me your birthright. The birthright usually belonged to the oldest child. Whoever had the birthright got more of his family s belongings when his parents died. I m so hungry, I m about to die, so what good is a birthright to me? Esau replied. So he agreed to give Jacob his birthright for stew and bread. Now their father Isaac was getting old and losing his eyesight. Isaac called for Esau. I want to bless you before I die, Isaac said. Isaac asked Esau to bring back food from a hunt and cook it for him. Rebekah heard Isaac and Esau talking, and she came up with her own plan. Go to the flock and bring me two of the best young goats, Rebecca told Jacob. I will make your father s favorite meal. Then take the food to your father to eat so that he may bless you before he dies. Rebecca made her husband s favorite meal. Jacob was worried that his father would know he was not Esau. Jacob had smooth skin, and Esau was hairy. Rebecca put Esau s clothes on Jacob and covered his hands and neck with goat hair so that Isaac would think Jacob was Esau. Then Jacob took the meal to his father. Who are you, my son? Isaac asked. I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game so that you may bless me, Jacob said. Isaac asked Jacob to come closer. He felt Jacob s hands. The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau, Isaac said. It s me, Esau, Jacob said. So Isaac answered, Serve me, and let me eat some of my son s game so that I can bless you. Then Jacob brought his father food and drink, and he ate. After the meal, Isaac told Jacob to come closer. He kissed him and, after smelling his clothes Esau s clothes Isaac offered him the blessing. The blessing included land, riches, and power. Then Jacob left. About this time, Esau came home from his hunt and cooked a meal for his father. When he offered the food to Isaac, his father told him that he had been tricked and Jacob had been given the blessing. Esau cried and begged his father to bless him, too. But Isaac had nothing left to offer his son Esau. Esau was angry at his brother Jacob, and he made a plan to kill him. But Rebekah sent Jacob away to her brother s house, where he would be safe until Esau calmed down. Christ Connection: Jesus is the firstborn over all creation. (Colossians 1:15) When Jesus hung on the cross, He gave up His blessing for us. Jesus took the punishment we deserve so that the Father would give us the blessing He deserves. 1/16-17/16