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OVERVIEW FAITHWEAVER NOW FAITHWEAVER NOW OVERVIEW WeAVING FAiTH ito TODAY S FAMiLieS Remember whe kids did t have so may distractios (sports, phoes, video games)? Ad whe families made church a priority ad came every Suday? You eed a Suday school that is NOW ad ot THEN. NOW kids will love comig to Suday school. Watch them grow i their relatioship with Jesus! NOW busy families will grow together i faith. They ll explore the same Bible passage i age-appropriate ways. NOW you ll have a strategic pla to reach today s families. NOW teachers will thak you for choosig Group s ew Suday school. The perfect balace betwee low prep for their busy lives ad foudatioal Bible lessos WOW! The FaithWeaver NOW Sampler o the followig pages icludes: PROGRAM OVERVIEW Fid out how this uique program will fit your miistry S Impact all ages from ifats through adults PRICING Sure to fit your budget Go to groupsamples.com to dowload additioal age levels SEE WHY FAITHWEAVER NOW WILL WORK FOR YOU! 10 AGE LEVELS: Ifats Adults FORMAT: Icorporates classroom settig LENGTH: 60 65 miutes FREE EDITABLE, DIGITAL VERSION Also part of the FaithWeaver NOW family of resources: It s church just for kids. The midweek program that keeps kids growig all week log!
HOW IT WORKS FAITHWEAVER NOW Middle School/Juior High FAITHWEAVER FAITHWEAVER NOW Middle NOW School/Juior #1 GETTING STARTED Each week as studets arrive, they re egaged i age-appropriate activities that help them experiece the lesso poit i fresh, fu, ad meaigful ways. How FaithWeaver NOW WORKS i the CLASSROOM: #2 BIBLE EXPLORATION Whether they are studyig the Old or New Testamet, every lesso i FaithWeaver NOW uses iteractive learig to take studets past head kowledge of the Bible to heart- ad life-chage. Plus FamilyCoect FREE to all FaithWeaver NOW customers #3 WEAVING FAITH INTO LIFE Learers of all ages discover the adveture of applyig God s truth to everyday life by doig fu, surprisig activities. David Becomes Kig 2 Samuel 5:1-5; Psalm 37 e of the most excitig thigs about becomig a teeager is the icreasig Oidepedece that comes with this age. Teeagers love to stretch their wigs ad fly! I ca do it myself! I have it all figured out! they ofte thik. I sharp cotrast to all of this idepedece is the idea that huma beigs eed to rely o God, ot o themselves. It s ofte difficult for teeagers to fid the right balace betwee establishig their idepedece ad livig i total depedece o God. Use this opportuity to help your teeagers uderstad that relyig o God will help them to accomplish much greater ad more amazig thigs tha they could achieve by relyig oly o themselves. STUDY WHAT STUDENTS DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP 1 Faith Coectio 2 Bible Exploratio The Ultimate Thumbless Challege (about 10 mi.) Attempt to do simple tasks without usig their thumbs. Media Coectio (Optio) (about 10 mi.) Liste to a sog to sprigboard ito a discussio o relyig o God. Why 2 Rely (about 15 mi.) Explore the Bible passage together, ad discover the may reasos to rely o God. roll of maskig tape, peies, paper, pes, at least 2 pairs of shoes with laces music player, sog 0 Days by Third Day Bibles, 1 copy per studet of the Why 2 Rely hadout (at the ed of this study), pes Leader Guides iclude access to EDITABLE MS WORD Files at GroupSamples.com/Digital Dowload 0 Days, ad cue your music player so you re ready to play it. 5 ONE-POINT LEARNING! Usig repetitio, studets really lear the oe God-focused Bible Poit each week! Bible Poit We ca rely o God. Key Verse God is our refuge ad stregth, a everpreset help i trouble (Psalm 6:1). Weavig Faith Ito Life Studets will trust God to protect ad provide for them. REAL-LIFE APPLICATION i every lesso! FAMILY TIME FaithWeaver NOW take-home resources spark faith coversatio with families all week log! 5
FAITHWEAVER NOW Seior Middle High School/Juior High FAITHWEAVER FAITHWEAVER NOW Middle NOW School/Juior 6 EASY PREP 5-10 miutes of prep a week sometimes less! 7 THIS CHART makes orgaizig the lesso ad supplies easy! STUDY WHAT STUDENTS DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP 3 Weavig Faith Ito Life Lastig Impressios Ca t Live Without Him (about 15 mi.) Discuss ma-made objects ad the importat roles they play, the talk about the huge roles God plays i our lives. Commitmet Collage (about 10 mi.) Explore the Key Verse i pairs, evaluate their ow patters of relyig o God, ad cosider ways they ca be more reliat o him. Daily Challeges (about 5 mi.) Choose a Daily Challege to apply God s Word. Weavig Faith at Home (about 2 mi.) Talk about how to share what they leared with their families. sticky otes, pes or pecils Bibles, sticky otes from Ca t Live Without Him activity, pes or pecils 1 copy per studet of the Takig It Home hadout (at the ed of this study) David Becomes Kig 2 Samuel 5:1-5; Psalm 37 David Mours Kig Saul We begi this quarter of Old Testamet studies with the aoitig of David as kig of Israel. May years earlier, Israel s first kig, Saul, had tured from the Lord, ad God had selected David to succeed Saul. For years after that, Saul sought to have David killed. However, David had refused to act agaist Saul or to become kig util he was certai of God s timig. He had lived a difficult life, almost as a outlaw. Now Saul was dead; after beig wouded i battle, he had take his ow life. I fact, Saul ad three of his sos, icludig David s fried Joatha, had died i the same battle (1 Samuel 31:1-6). So the door was wide ope for David to become kig of Israel. David did t rejoice whe he leared of the deaths. Istead he ad all his me moured ad wept the etire day (2 Samuel 1:1-12). David eve wrote a sog i hoor of Saul ad Joatha, which ca be foud i 2 Samuel 1:19-27. He was truly saddeed that their lives had eded as they did. Uitig the Kigdom David was made kig of Judah. Israel followed Aber, the commader of Saul s army, who made Ish-Bosheth, a so of Saul, kig over Israel (2 Samuel 2:1-9). After years of much fightig, itrigue, ad bloodshed, Ish-Bosheth was murdered, ad the leaders of Israel came to David to make him kig over them. he relied o God, God rewarded him ad Israel with prosperity. David wrote Psalm 37, which describes his trust i God eve whe he was surrouded by eemies. I this psalm, David says to delight yourself i the Lord ad he will give you the desires of your heart (Psalm 37:). This could have bee the theme of David s life. The Jesus Coectio BIBLe BACKGROUND FOR LEADERS Through Jesus, God showed us how to take every step of life relyig o him. Because of Jesus courage, we ca believe that trustig God will always be worth it! What past experiece has God used to teach you how to rely o him? God has a woderful way of ot lettig teachable momets i our lives go to waste. What is God usig to teach you right ow? Ask God for wisdom to see ad stregth to move forward with faith, kowig that he ll always have everythig you eed. You ca write your prayer here. BIBLE BACKGROUNDS give teachers a deeper uderstadig of the Scripture for their ow spiritual growth! JESUS CONNECTION ad life applicatio of the lesso to help teachers reflect ad pray! David Leads Israel David was 37 whe he became kig over all Israel. He had first bee aoited to succeed Saul may years earlier, while still i his tees. After his log, patiet wait, David was able to lead Israel to great prosperity, fed off the Philisties, ad expad the boudaries of Israel durig his reig. David was t perfect, but as 6 7
FAITHWEAVER NOW Seior Middle High School/Juior High FAITHWEAVER FAITHWEAVER NOW Middle NOW School/Juior 8 EASY-TO-READ LAYOUT makes leadig lessos simple! 9 FAITH CONNECTION Media Coectio (Optio) SUPPLIES the supply list is icluded with each activity for easy referece. The Ultimate Thumbless Challege roll of maskig tape peies paper pes at least 2 pairs of shoes with laces The Ultimate Thumbless Challege Begi the study by askig your studets how may of them are up for a ultimate challege. Say: All you have to do to successfully meet this challege is pick a pey up from off the groud, sig your ame, shake hads with a fried, ad utie ad tie someoe s shoelaces. Does aybody thik this will be too tough? Here s the catch: You have to do all of these thigs without usig your thumbs! Distribute strips of maskig tape, ad ecourage studets to help oe aother tape their thumbs sugly agaist the sides of their hads so their thumbs are t usable. This may take a while, but studets will laugh as they experiece the difficulty of eve this simple task. Istead of the Ultimate Thumbless Challege activity, play the sog 0 Days by Third Day. As studets liste, ecourage them to thik about some of the toughest times they persoally have goe through. Talk With Studets Explai whether you agree or disagree with the sog. What s oe of the hardest thigs you ve had to go through? Tell about someoe you most ofte relied o durig that tough time. What do you thik is the most importat thig to do whe goig through tough times? Explai. Say: Whe we go through really tough stretches of life, we ofte lea o our frieds ad family to pull us through. Today we re goig to be focusig o why God is the most importat oe to help us through all situatios ad that WE CAN RELY ON GOD. Media Coectio music player sog 0 Days by Third Day Media Coectio Easy Prep Dowload 0 Days, ad cue your music player so you re ready to play it. Oce everyoe is thumbless, toss some peies o the floor, ad make paper ad pes available as studets attempt to master each task without the use of their thumbs. If some studets are t wearig shoes with laces, set out the oes you brought for them to utie ad retie. Talk With Studets After studets have had ample time to try their hads at each activity, gather everyoe ad discuss the followig questios: What was the hardest thig to do without your thumbs? Why was it so hard? What are some other everyday tasks that would be difficult to accomplish without thumbs? What are some similarities betwee relyig o our thumbs ad relyig o God i our everyday lives? What are some examples of everyday thigs that, without eve realizig it, we rely o God to do? Say: It s hard to believe how much we rely o our thumbs! Eve though we use them hudreds of times every day, we rarely give a thought to how importat they are to us. I the same way, we eed God s help whether we realize it or ot. Today we ll lear how WE CAN RELY ON GOD. 2 BIBLE EXPLORATION Why 2 Rely Say: We re about to read about a really importat evet i David s life: his coroatio as Israel s kig. David had traveled a log ad difficult road to reach this poit. He d bee through some really tryig times ad difficult situatios. Yet, through it all, David had relied o God. Ask studets to look up 2 Samuel 5:1-5 i their Bibles, ad ask a willig studet to read the verses aloud. Say: God chose David to rule Israel because David had a heart for God; whe times were tough, David tured to God for help. Ad the amazig thig is that eve whe times were t tough, David still relied o God. God was a crucial part of David s everyday life. David s life ca teach us two very importat thigs: how to rely o God ad why to rely o God. Let s take some time to lear, from David s ow words, how ad why he relied o God. Why 2 Rely Bibles 1 copy per studet of the Why 2 Rely hadout (at the ed of this study) pes LEARN BY DOING Creative experieces take studets deeper ito the Bible. Distribute pes ad copies of the Why 2 Rely hadout. The ivite half of the group to study Psalm 37 ad discuss the hows the may ways, accordig to the psalm, to rely 8 9
FAITHWEAVER NOW Seior Middle High School/Juior High FAITHWEAVER FAITHWEAVER NOW Middle NOW School/Juior 10 11 o God. (Examples are Trust i the Lord ad Be still before the Lord ad wait patietly for him. ) say, The compass leads them i the right directio or The parachute protects them from gettig hurt. Ask the other half of the group to dig ito the whys i Psalm 37 the reasos, accordig to the psalm, to rely o God. (Examples are He will make your righteousess shie ad He will give you the desires of your heart. ) As the studets dig i, have them take otes o their fidigs o their Why 2 Rely hadouts. After three miutes, ivite teams to share their ideas with the whole group. As each team shares, have its members attach their sticky otes to the wall. As studets create the wall of sticky otes, pay attetio to the words or phrases that could describe God s characteristics leads i the right directio or protects, for example. LIFE APPLICATION Egagig activities help studets apply Bible truths to everyday life. Ca t Live Without Him sticky otes pes or pecils After about five miutes, have groups each idetify their top five aswers. The call all the studets together to share their top hows ad whys with oe aother. Talk With Studets What did you lear from David s reliace o God that applies to your ow life? Explai which how ad why would be your persoal umber oe aswer. What s a area of your life where it s hardest to rely o God? Say: David s life was t free from trouble. He had his share of dow times whe he was afraid for his life, whe he felt really depressed, whe people thought he was a obody. I each of those times, he relied o God for protectio, comfort, ad worth. David kew how to rely o God, ad he kew why: the oly thig he could cout o was God. Now, let s cosider how we ca follow David s example ad how WE CAN RELY ON GOD. 3 WEAVING FAITH INTO LIFE Ca t Live Without Him Ask studets to share about adveturous thigs they ve doe, such as bugee jumpig, hikig i a wilderess area, scuba divig, or other advetures. For each adveture, have studets share what equipmet they used ad what the experiece was like. Say: We rely o certai objects i extreme situatios because our lives deped o them. For example, a bugee jumper absolutely relies o that bugee cord! A hiker i the wilderess absolutely relies o good shoes to keep from slippig off a cliff. Have studets form teams of four to six, ad give each team sticky otes ad a pe or pecil. Ask teams to braistorm a list of situatios i which people absolutely rely o certai objects ad the create a list of reasos for relyig o those objects. Have studets write each reaso o a separate sticky ote. Challege studets to thik of as may situatios ad reasos as they ca i three miutes. For example, studets might Talk With Studets Have studets take a ew look at what s writte o the wall of sticky otes. Which words or phrases o our wall of stickies apply to how we rely o God? Tell about a time you relied o God ad he respoded i oe of the ways listed o the wall. Based o what we ve read ad talked about today, what s oe way you eed to rely o God more? Say: Ufortuately, sometimes these objects let people dow. Compasses ca get broke, parachutes ca fail, ad eve bugee cords ca sap. But God will ever let us dow. David kew that well, because i all his hard times, God always protected him. Because God will ever let us dow, WE CAN RELY ON GOD. Commitmet Collage Have studets form pairs ad read Psalm 6:1 together: God is our refuge ad stregth, a ever-preset help i trouble. Ask parters to share what the verse meas to them i light of what they ve discussed today. The say: We ve talked about may reasos to rely o God. Take just a momet to ask yourself this questio: Why would it be good for me to rely o God, ad what s the best way I ca actually rely o him i the ext week? Whe you ve thought of a good aswer, come look at our wall of sticky otes. Pick the oe that s closest to the way you thought of relyig o God. Take that sticky ote dow, ad write your commitmet o the back of the sticky ote. The stick it back to the wall ad pray siletly by the wall, talkig to God about your commitmet. Allow plety of time for studets to reflect, write o their sticky otes, ad pray. Talk With Studets If you re willig to share, what did you write o your sticky ote ad talk to God about? How did this prayer activity chage the way you view relyig o God? How has God show you he s worthy of your reliace? Commitmet Collage Bibles sticky otes from Ca t Live Without Him activity pes or pecils GET STUDENTS THINKING Rich discussio questios help studets make discoveries ad ow their faith. 10 11
FAITHWEAVER NOW Seior Middle High School/Juior High FAITHWEAVER FAITHWEAVER NOW Middle NOW School/Juior 12 13 Say: God is more tha worthy of our total depedece o him. Whe we rely o ourselves ad our ow abilities, we ievitably fail or get off track. David lived almost his etire life i true reliace o God, ad that helped him succeed. This week, let s follow through o our commitmets ad remember that WE CAN RELY ON GOD. Weavig Faith at Home Ecourage studets to talk with their parets about the Daily Challeges they chose ad what they leared about relyig o God. Studets ca also do the Talk With Your Families activity o their Takig It Home pages with their families. DAILY CHALLENGES Daily Challege optios give studets a faith that weaves ito their lives. Daily Challeges 1 copy per studet of the Takig It Home hadout (at the ed of this study) LASTING IMPRESSIONS Daily Challeges Distribute Takig It Home hadouts to all studets. Say: Let s thik about how WE CAN RELY ON GOD more deeply every day! Direct studets to fid this week s Daily Challeges o their Takig It Home hadouts ad choose oe to do this week. They ca choose oe or more of these three optios: Search for other verses i your Bible that remid you that God is always i cotrol, ad that we ca always rely o him o matter what we re goig through. Write those verses dow ad keep them where you ca look at them as you eed them. Where do you take God for grated right ow? Ivite him ito those areas of your life. You could pray before every test, practice, or importat evet, askig for God s help ad wisdom. Who do you kow who really eeds to rely o God right ow? Share with him or her what God has doe i your ow life, ad show God s faithfuless by beig there for that perso. Talk to your Director about e-mailig the FREE FamilyCoect to all your church s families. Available at group.com/digital. Ivite studets to take a few miutes to pray for each other. The close by leadig them i this oe-setece prayer based o Psalm 6:1: God, you are our refuge ad our stregth, our ever-preset help i trouble. I Jesus ame, ame. Talk With Studets What s a practical way you re goig to do your Daily Challege? Share a time, a place, or other ideas. WEAVING FAITH AT HOME Each week, studets are ecouraged to talk about what they've leared. Say: God aloe ca provide the true success, worth, protectio, ad blessigs we are lookig for. As we grow closer to him ad rely o him aloe, he makes our lives somethig very special. Let s rely o him by followig through with our Daily Challeges this week. 12 13
FAITHWEAVER NOW Seior Middle High School/Juior High FAITHWEAVER FAITHWEAVER NOW Middle NOW School/Juior LEARNING CONTINUES ALL WEEK LONG with take-home papers filled with family activities. 1 How? Why 2 Rely Psalm 37 Why? 2 Samuel 5:1-5; Psalm 37 Bible Poit We ca rely o God. Key Verse God is our refuge ad stregth, a ever-preset help i trouble (Psalm 6:1). Daily Challeges 15 TAKING IT HOME List the may ways David says we should rely o God. List the may reasos David metios that we should rely o God. Search for other verses i your Bible that remid you that God is always i cotrol, ad that we ca always rely o him o matter what we re goig through. Write those verses dow ad keep them where you ca look at them as you eed them. Where do you take God for grated right ow? Ivite him ito those areas of your life. You could pray before every test, practice, or importat evet, askig for God s help ad wisdom. Who do you kow who really eeds to rely o God right ow? Share with him or her what God has doe i your ow life, ad show God s faithfuless by beig there for that perso. Faith Joural What is the hardest thig about relyig o God?! OK TO COPY FaithWeaver NOW group.com Talk With Your Family As a family, go olie to fid pictures or iformatio about cocetratio camps durig the Holocaust. Look through them together i order to get a good idea of Corrie te Boom s livig coditios as she wrote her letters. The discuss these questios: What strikes you about Corrie s attitude? What is so amazig about it? How do you thik Corrie foud the stregth to maitai that attitude? Read Psalm 6:1-3, 10-11 with your family, ad discuss these questios: Whe i your life have the moutais seemed to be fallig ad the oceas roarig? How do you usually respod to really difficult situatios? Why do you or do t you believe that you ca rely o God eve i the most difficult momets of life? Corrie s letters from priso ad cocetratio camp are amazig testamets to her faith. As a family, write your ow faith letters recoutig difficult times i your lives ad how God saw you through them. Seal the family s letters i a evelope, ad keep them i a special place as a remider that you ca rely o God eve i the most difficult times. (To fid out more about Corrie te Boom ad her family, read The Hidig Place.) Quotables We did ot kow what was ahead of us, but I was certai of oe thig that Jesus would ever leave us or forsake us ad that, for a child of God, o pit could be so deep that Jesus was ot deeper still. (Corrie te Boom, who hid Jews durig the Holocaust ad was set to a cocetratio camp, i Priso Letters)! OK TO COPY FaithWeaver NOW group.com. 1 15
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