esson at a Glance xodus esson Objectives The children will tell the story of srael s exodus out of gypt. The children will state that Moses led God s people with faith. The children will say one way that God does amazing things today. esson Text xodus 12:31-14:31 Scripture Memory Verse And the sraelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left. xodus 14:22 esson Plan Greeting and egistration Preclass Activity: Tower of Power Welcome and Singing Centers: ible Story: Getting out of gypt Craft: Just Passing Through Scripture Memory: Hidden Message NOT: Allow time for a snack. Spring 1 1998 by Discipleship Publications nternational Permission to Photocopy Granted 9-4-1
pre class A CT V T Y xodus Tower of Power The children will preview today s lesson as they make a pillar of cloud and fire. Materials For each child: 1 piece of construction paper, 9" x 12" 1 cotton ball glue stick invisible tape red, yellow, and orange crayons or markers For the teacher: scissors invisible tape eproducible Pages: Page A, 1 copy for each child Preparation 1. For each child, cut out the cloud and fire pillars and the banner from the copies of eproducible Page A. 2. Make a sample to show the children. nstructions 1. Greet the children as they arrive. Tell them that in today s lesson they will hear how God led his people out of gypt and protected them in a powerful way. Show the children the sample you prepared. Tell them that God gave the people a huge pillar or column of cloud that they could follow during the day and a huge pillar of fire that they could follow at night. God did this so that his people would know that God was with them to protect them from their enemies. 2. Distribute the cloud and fire pillars and banners you prepared, construction paper, cotton balls, crayons, and glue sticks. 3. Tell the children to color in the pillars of fire with the red, orange and yellow crayons. 4. Have them pull apart their cotton balls and glue them onto their pillars of cloud. 5. Show the children how to center their banners across the tops of their pieces of construction paper, as shown in Figure A, and glue them. Help the children to reinforce the edges with pieces of invisible tape. NOT: The construction paper should be vertical for this activity. 6. Show the children where to place their fire and cloud pillars on their construction paper, as shown in Figure A, and glue them. Help them to reinforce the edges with pieces of invisible tape. Have the children write their names on their papers. 7. Circulate among the children to help them form a pillar by rolling up their construction paper and taping the edges, as shown in Figure. Teacher Tips Think of additional ways for the children to decorate the cloud and fire pillars. For smaller classes, let the children cut out their own banners and pillars from their copies of eproducible Page A. God eads His People The OD led the people with a pillar of cloud by day. xodus 13:21 The OD led the people with a pillar of fire by night. xodus 13:21 God The OD led people with pillar of by day. xodus Figure A Figure Spring 1 1998 by Discipleship Publications nternational 9-4-2
S T O Y xodus Getting out of gypt The children will participate in the story of srael s exodus from gypt as they consider Moses faithful leadership and God s powerful protection of his people. Materials For the teacher: 1 pillar from the Preclass Activity 1 yard stick or long cardboard tube large writing surface Preparation 1. On the large writing surface, write: Night and Day; e Still; Arms Up; Happy nding. 2. Practice presenting this story with emphasis and enthusiasm, using the props. ntroducing the ible Story Open your ible to xodus 12-14. Tell the children that today s ible Story is found in the Old Testament book of xodus chapters 12 through 14. emind them that in the last lesson they saw the many ways that God used his power to convince Pharaoh to let the sraelites go. Many times, Pharaoh said no to God and each time, God did something to show Pharaoh his mighty power. Finally, after the final plague of death to the firstborn in gypt, Pharaoh said yes to God and he let Moses and the people go. n today s lesson, you will hear about more amazing ways that God used his power to lead the people out of gypt and across the sea! God showed his people that he would protect them even when it seemed impossible. Today s lesson will show you that God leads his people and protects them along the way. Have you ever been in a place that made you feel scared or unhappy and you just wanted to get out? (Take a few brief responses.) That s how God s people, the sraelites, felt about living in gypt. For more than four hundred years they had worked as slaves and the gyptians had been very mean to them. After God used Moses to bring all the plagues on gypt, Pharaoh agreed to let God s people leave. The people were so happy that they could finally get out of gypt. Presenting the ible Story Tell the children that they will help you tell the story by acting out four different events written on the large writing surface. Tell them to listen and watch you closely. ntroduce each of the four events by referring to its title on the large writing surface. Night and Day! During the night, Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron and told them to get up, take the sraelites and leave gypt! God told Moses to tell the sraelites to ask the gyptians for pieces of silver and gold and clothing. So the sraelites did this and the gyptians gave them whatever they asked for. God led the sraelites through the desert toward the ed Sea. y day, God went ahead of them and guided them in a pillar of cloud. And by night God went ahead of them in a pillar of fire to give them light. God worked it out so that they could travel by day or night. Hold up one of the children s pillars from Preclass and have the children line up behind you. ead them by marching in a circle, saying: With a pillar of cloud, God leads us in the day. With a pillar of fire God leads us at night. March around the circle several times, saying this with the children and then have them sit down. e Still! When Pharaoh realized that the sraelites were gone and he had no more slaves to do his work, he changed his mind. Pharaoh sent his army to chase the sraelites and bring them back. When the sraelites saw the gyptians chasing them, they were very afraid and cried out to God. Moses told the people to not be afraid, but to be still and God would fight for them. Tell the children to imagine they are being chased by the gyptians. Have the children cry out, God, please save us! Help us! We are going to die! As the children are crying out, stand up and say, e still! God will fight for you! Have the children be quiet as soon as you say these words. Spring 1 1998 by Discipleship Publications nternational 9-4-3
S T O Y xodus Then God told Moses to raise his staff over the ed Sea and God would divide the sea in half! The sraelites were going to walk through the sea on dry ground! Arms Up! Moses believed God and obeyed. Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night God drove back the sea with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land! The waters were divided, and the sraelites went through on dry ground with a wall of water on their right and on their left. Have the children form two lines, facing each other and forming an aisle. Stand at the head of the aisle and hold up your staff. Tell the children to wave their arms, making a blowing sound like a heavy wind and bringing their arms up like the waves being blown back. et each child take a turn stepping out of line and walking down the aisle, as if through the ed Sea, and then returning to their place in the line. Happy nding! Not only did God s people cross the ed Sea on dry ground, but the gyptians chased after them into the sea! God looked down from the pillar of fire and cloud at the gyptian army and threw it into confusion. He made the wheels of their chariots come off so they couldn t chase the sraelites. The gyptians saw what was happening and they knew they had to get away from the sraelites because God was fighting for them! Then God told Moses to stretch out his hand over the sea so the waters would flow back over the gyptians. Moses obeyed and the gyptians were swept into the sea, and not one of them survived. When the sraelites saw the great power God displayed against the gyptians, they feared God and put their trust in him and in Moses. Have the children line up side by side. Stand in front of them and hold up your staff. Tell them to pretend to look into the sea and tell them to imagine all of the gyptians being covered up by the walls of water. Have them get down on their knees and thank God for protecting them and helping them to escape. Share and Tell God did so many amazing things to lead and protect his people. Who can remember the ways God used his power? (led the people by a pillar of cloud and fire; opened the ed Sea so the people could cross on dry ground; closed the sea over the gyptian army) Moses was a great leader because he believed and obeyed God. Think of all the people that Moses helped to cross the ed Sea There were thousands and thousands! God wants to use you also to help people today to learn about him. Can you think of some people that you could tell this amazing ible Story to? et the children respond. Close with a prayer thanking God for his power to lead and protect his people. Teacher Tips A sheet or towel draped around your shoulders will give you a simple Moses costume. et the children see your awe and amazement about what God did to open the ed Sea! Spring 1 1998 by Discipleship Publications nternational 9-4-4
C A F T xodus Just Passing Through The children will make a craft that reminds them of how powerfully God used Moses to lead srael out of gypt. Materials For each child: 1 triangular piece of sandpaper, 3" x 3" x 4 1 /2" crayons or markers white glue 1 cotton swab For the teacher: scissors eproducible Pages: Page, 1 copy for each child Preparation 1. Cut out the squares on the copies of eproducible Page for the children. 2. Cut along the designated line between sections A and, as shown in Figure A. 3. Prepare the pieces of triangular sandpaper. 4. Make a sample of this craft to show the children. nstructions 1. ntroduce today s activity: n this week s lesson, you are learning about the powerful way that God led the people of srael out of gypt. God used Moses to open the ed Sea! God made the waters stand up like two walls so that the people could walk across the middle of the sea on dry ground! God used his amazing power to help the people escape from the gyptians. n your craft today, you will imagine what it might have looked like to walk through the ed Sea. 2. Show the children the craft you prepared. Tell them that this display can help them to imagine what it might have been like to walk through the ed Sea with the walls of water on either side. ead the Scripture Memory Verse at the bottom to the children. 3. Distribute the squares that you prepared, the crayons, and cotton swabs. Tell the children to color in their pictures, suggesting they use blue and green for the walls of water, and brown for the dry ground. 4. When they have finished coloring their pictures, show them how to create fold lines by folding their squares in half diagonally (both ways), as shown in Figure. 5. Have them open their squares and place side A underneath side, as shown in Figure C. Place a very small amount of glue on side A and have the children spread it out with the cotton swab, and then press down side on top of it. 6. Distribute the sandpaper to the children. Place a small amount of glue in the designated corner of side and have the children spread it out with their cotton swabs. Have them place the sandpaper over the glue, as shown in Figure D. Tell the children to be careful not to cover the Scripture Memory Verse with the sandpaper. 7. Tell the children to write their names on their crafts and set them aside for the glue to dry. Conclusion ncourage the children to show their craft to someone and tell the story of how God led the sraelites out of slavery in gypt. Close with a prayer praising God for his amazing power and for helping Moses to have great faith. Teacher Tips Prepare a stencil for the sandpaper triangles by cutting out the triangle on side from an extra copy of eproducible Page. f sandpaper is not available, have the children color side to look like sand. Spring 1 1998 by Discipleship Publications nternational 9-4-5
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SC PT U MM OY xodus Hidden Message The children will learn and memorize this week s Scripture Memory Verse as they complete a puzzle picture. Scripture Memory Verse The sraelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left. xodus 14:22 Materials For each child: pencil crayons eproducible Pages: Page C, 1 copy for each child Preparation Practice leading this activity, using your copy of eproducible Page C. nstructions 1. ntroduce today s activity: n your ible Story this week, you are learning about the powerful way that God protected his people and led them out of gypt. God used Moses to do something amazing. God opened up the ed Sea so that the people could cross over on dry ground. n our Scripture Memory Verse, you can imagine what the people saw as they crossed through the ed Sea on dry ground! 2. Show the children the Scripture Memory Verse on the back of this esson Card. ead it to them as they follow along silently. Point to each word as you say the verse. Do this three times. Ask the children to say the verse together with you as you continue to point to the words. Do this three more times. 3. Have the children line up behind you. Say the verse together as you march around in a circle. Do this one time for each child, letting the children take turns leading the march and saying the verse. As they say the words right and left have the children raise their hands respectively. 4. Ask the children for volunteers to say the verse together with you or with a partner. Ask for volunteers to say the verse from memory. 5. Distribute the copies of eproducible Page C and the pencils to each child. ead the words and ask the children what they think each picture stands for. Do this for each picture until you have completed the entire verse. 6. Have the children color the pictures and write their names on their pages. Conclusion Ask the children how they think it would feel to walk through the ocean on dry ground like the sraelites did. Ask the children to share what they think is the most amazing way that God showed his power in today s story. Close with a prayer thanking God for the amazing things that he does in our lives. Teacher Tips Make sure the children understand that this event really happened. et them see your personal amazement at God s power and protection. Spring 1 1998 by Discipleship Publications nternational 9-4-7
SC PT U MM OY xodus The sraelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left. xodus 14:22 Spring 1 1998 by Discipleship Publications nternational 9-4-8
esson at a Glance supplement esson Objectives The children will tell the story of srael s exodus out of gypt. The children will state that Moses led God s people with faith. The children will say one way that God does amazing things today. esson Text xodus 12:31-14:31 Scripture Memory Verse And the sraelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left. xodus 14:22 xodus esson Plan Greeting and egistration Preclass Activity: God s ed Carpet Welcome and Singing Centers: ife Application: Amazing Things Today Game: What Would Moses Say? ible Skills: xploring xodus NOT: Allow time for a snack. pre class A CT V T God s ed Carpet The children will review this week s lesson as they make a mural of the sraelites crossing the ed Sea. Materials For each child: pencil crayons or markers For the teacher: banner paper, 8' to 10' long black marker Preparation 1. Prepare the banner paper as shown. 2. ead xodus 12-14 to review the events detailed in this mural. nstructions 1. Greet the children as they arrive. Tell them that they will make a mural. Show them the walls of water and the dry ground. Have them draw as many people as they can on the dry ground, to represent the hundreds of thousands of sraelites that crossed the ed Sea. 2. emind them of details they can add to the mural, including: people carrying their food with them; the pillar of cloud and fire; Moses stretching out his hands. 3. ncourage the children to color in the walls of water with blue or green. 4. Hang the completed mural. Teacher Tips f you have a large class, it may be simpler to make several murals. Y Spring 1 1998 by Discipleship Publications nternational Permission to Photocopy Granted 9-4-9
supplement F A PP C A T O N Amazing Things Today The children will review this week s lesson as they consider the amazing things God is doing today. Materials For the teacher: a current KNN video television set video cassette recorder Preparation 1. Obtain a current KNN video from your ministry leader. 2. Preview the video. Select one five-minute segment which describes some amazing things that God is doing today. Prepare several discussion questions. 3. efore the class begins, make sure the video equipment is operational, and the video is forwarded to the desired starting point. eviewing the ible Story Ask the children if they remember what Old Testament book their ible Story came from this week. (xodus) Ask them if they remember their Scripture Memory Verse. (And the sraelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left. xodus 14:22) n our ible Story this week, we learned how God did amazing things through Moses. God led his people out of gypt. When the sraelites were being chased by the gyptians, God created amazing pillars of cloud and fire to help them. When the sraelites could go no farther, God divided the great ed Sea and let the sraelites cross the sea on dry ground! The gyptians tried to follow, but God commanded the walls of water to come down and they swallowed up the entire army. Did you know that God still does amazing things today? xplain that the children are going to see a video (or hear you tell) about some amazing things that God is doing today to lead and protect his people. xodus ife Application Show the children the video selection. Using the guidelines below, help the children to see that God is still using his power to do amazing things today for his people. Choose a few children to tell their favorite part of the video and why. Point out details in the video that show God s power to overcome seemingly impossible situations. Point out ways in which leaders are featured for their faith. Ask the children to think of ways the leaders in the church are helping God s people the same way that Moses did. Conclusion emind the children that God did amazing things through Moses and God still does amazing things today. Ask the children to think of amazing things God has done for them or someone they know. Ask them if they can think of prayers that God has answered. Close with a prayer asking God to help the children see God s amazing power in their lives. Teacher Tips f a KNN Video and/or television and video equipment are unavailable, read highlights from your church bulletin, the A Story from the os Angeles church or amazing things God is doing in your ministry. Other choices would be to look up the Good News section of the oston Church web page at (www.bostoncoc.org) or invite a leader who has been used by God in amazing ways to visit the class for an interview. Spring 1 1998 by Discipleship Publications nternational 9-4-10
supplement G A M What Would Moses Say? The children will review this week s lesson as they play a game in which they consider things that Moses might have said. Materials For the teacher: score pad 2 pencils eproducible Pages: Page D, 3 copies for the teacher Preparation 1. Complete the activity on one of your copies of eproducible Page D. 2. Practice playing this game at home and reading the statements with expression. nstructions 1. ntroduce today s activity: n your ible Story this week, you learned about the powerful way that God led his people out of gypt. You saw the way that Moses obeyed God and faithfully led the people through the ed Sea to the other side. Moses was a great man of faith and God helped Moses to do amazing things! 2. Tell the children that they are going to play a game called What Would Moses Say? xplain that you are going to read some statements and then the class will decide together whether or not Moses would have said them. Finally, they will divide into teams and decide again in groups what the answer is. 3. Take one of your copies of eproducible Page D and carefully read with expression each statement on the page. Ask the children each time if they think Moses would have said that. Help the children with the correct answer using the Answer Key on the back of this esson Card and explaining which statements show faith in God and which ones do not. xodus 4. After you have read all the statements, divide the children into two teams. Give each team a copy of eproducible Page D and pencils. Tell the children that they will now take turns answering in teams. Choose a team to go first. ead the first statement from your copy of eproducible Page D and have them circle their answers. Ask them if they think Moses would say that. A team receives one point for each correct answer. 5. ead the next statement. Continue reading the statements to the teams in this manner until all the statements have been read. The team with the most points wins. Conclusion Moses led God s people with faith. What are some things that you can say to show your faith in God. (Offer suggestions such as: can bring my friends to church; will never disobey my parents.) ncourage the children to think of things that they can say to show their faith this week. Close with a prayer thanking God for Moses faith. Teacher Tips You may think of additional ways to use these statements to help the children consider statements of faith. Spring 1 1998 by Discipleship Publications nternational 9-4-11
supplement G A M What Would Moses Say? Answer Key xodus Statements Yes No 1. Don t be afraid! God is with us. Yes No 2. God keeps his promises. Yes No 3. Oh no! The gyptians have chariots and we don t. Yes No 4. God is leading us with a pillar of fire and cloud. Yes No 5. Where will we find water? Yes No 6. Where will we find food? Yes No 7. e still. God is in control. Yes No 8. God will fight for us. Yes No 9. want to go back to gypt. Yes No 10. emember God s power in gypt! He will help us! Yes No 11. Trust God! He will protect us. Yes No 12. God can do amazing things to help us. Yes No 13. God is on our side. Yes No 14. Our lives in gypt weren t so bad. Maybe we should go back. Yes No 15. We re going to drown! Yes No Spring 1 1998 by Discipleship Publications nternational 9-4-12
supplement S K S xploring xodus The children will practice finding scriptures and specific words in the book of xodus. Materials For each child: pencil eproducible Pages: Page, 1 copy for each child Preparation 1. Complete the activity on your copy of eproducible Page. 2. Practice leading this activity. nstructions 1. ntroduce this activity: This week your ible Story comes from the Old Testament book of xodus. This is a very exciting book about many of Moses adventures. Today, we are going to spend some time exploring the book of xodus. 2. Have the children find a partner or small group of three. Tell them to open their ibles to the beginning of the book of xodus. Circulate among them to be sure that they are at the correct place. Tell the children that you will tell them what to look for and when they find it they should each put their finger on the place. xplain that this is not a race and the children should try to help each other. 3. Tell the children to find xodus chapter 1 and verse 1. Ask the children to read it together with you. Have each child put their finger on the word names in verse 1. Tell them that they will do a series of exercises like this. Distribute the copies of eproducible Page and pencils. Tell the children to locate the references listed on their pages, and then the word in each verse. Do them together as a class. NOT: When the children find the reference word, they should put their finger on the word, but not write in their ibles. xodus Conclusion ncourage the children for their efforts. ncourage them to try this activity at home with their families. Close with a prayer thanking God for the ible and asking God to help them love the ible. Teacher Tips Have additional New nternational Version ibles available for children with translations different from the NV, for the purpose of identifying the words in this activity. xploring xodus Spring 1 1998 by Discipleship Publications nternational 9-4-13
supplement S K S Find the chapter and verse: xodus 4:27 xodus 6:29 xodus 7:1 xodus 8:4 xodus 12:39 xodus 13:3 xodus 13:18 xodus 15:20 xodus 23:20 xploring xodus xodus Put your finger on the word: Aaron Pharaoh Moses frogs cakes gypt ed Sea Miriam angel Spring 1 1998 by Discipleship Publications nternational 9-4-14
A Go 1 c Th 1 c Th Se P O D U C PAG A Core/Preclass 1 copy for each child Spring 1 1998 by Discipleship Publications nternational Permission to Photocopy Granted 9-4-15 The OD led the people with a pillar of cloud by day. xodus 13:21 The OD led the people with a pillar of fire by night. xodus 13:21 God eads His People
P O D U C PAG Core/Craft 1 copy for each child Spring 1 1998 by Discipleship Publications nternational Permission to Photocopy Granted 9-4-16 A The sraelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left. xodus 14:22
P O D U C PAG C Core/Scripture Memory 1 copy for each child And the went C the on -er with a of on their and on their. XO + + 14:22 Spring 1 1998 by Discipleship Publications nternational Permission to Photocopy Granted 9-4-17
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P O D U C PAG D Supplement/Game 3 copies for the teacher What Would Moses Say? Statements Yes No 1. Don t be afraid! God is with us. Yes No 2. God keeps his promises. Yes No 3. Oh no! The gyptians have horses and we don t. Yes No 4. God is leading us with a pillar of fire and cloud. Yes No 5. Where will we find water? Yes No 6. Where will we find food? Yes No 7. e still. God is in control. Yes No 8. God will fight for us. Yes No 9. want to go back to gypt. Yes No 10. emember God s power in gypt! He will help us! Yes No 11. Trust God! He will protect us. Yes No 12. God can do amazing things to help us. Yes No 13. God is on our side. Yes No 14. Our lives in gypt weren t so bad. Maybe we should go back. Yes No 15. We re going to drown! Yes No Spring 1 1998 by Discipleship Publications nternational Permission to Photocopy Granted 9-4-19
P O D U C PAG Supplement/ible Skills 1 copy for each child Find the chapter and verse: xodus 4:27 xodus 6:29 xodus 7:1 xodus 8:4 xodus 12:39 xodus 13:3 xodus 13:18 xodus 15:20 xodus 23:20 xploring xodus Put your finger on the word: Aaron Pharaoh Moses frogs cakes gypt ed Sea Miriam angel Spring 1 1998 by Discipleship Publications nternational Permission to Photocopy Granted 9-4-20