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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 FaithWeaver NOW also works well with KidsOw Worship ad FaithWeaver Frieds. All of these programs follow the same three-year scope ad sequece ad explore the same weekly Bible passages. It s church just for kids. The program that keeps kids growig all week log!
HOW IT WORKS FAITHWEAVER NOW Middle School/Juior FAITHWEAVER FAITHWEAVER NOW Middle NOW School/Juior Grades 1 & 2 #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: Plus FamilyCoect FREE to all FaithWeaver NOW customers Teacher Guides iclude access to EDITABLE MS WORD Files at GroupSamples.com/Digital David Becomes Kig 2 Samuel 5:1-5; Psalm 37 irst- ad secod-graders are rapidly developig may skills for self-reliace. Let Fme do it is oe of their favorite resposes to parets used to doig thigs for them. Sometimes that makes sese, such as tyig their shoes. Sometimes it does t, such as ruig a power lawmower. Although we wat to ecourage self-reliace i our childre, kids must also lear to rely o God. Help your kids uderstad that because of our faith, we ca rely o God eve whe thigs do t seem to be goig i the right directio. 5 Bible Poit We ca rely o God. ONE-POINT LEARNING! Usig repetitio, kids really lear the oe God-focused Bible Poit each week! #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. #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. LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP 1 Gettig Started 2 Bible Exploratio Toilet-Paper Failure (about 10 mi.) Ru a relay to see that thigs ca fail. Figer-Puppet Kig (about 20 mi.) Create a puppet to help lear the Bible passage. God Never Fails (about 10 mi.) Use figer puppets to lear what David said i Psalm 37. God Is Our Refuge (about 5 mi.) Lear ad discuss the Key Verse. 2 rolls of toilet paper, assorted items from your room Bible, paper, scissors, clear tape, fie-tipped markers, CD player Teacher Pack: Figer- Puppet patters, CD: He s the Kig (track 2) figer puppets from the Figer-Puppet Kig activity Bibles for all kids Cut paper ito 1x2- ich strips. Puch out the Figer- Puppet patters. Key Verse God is our refuge ad stregth, a everpreset help i trouble (Psalm 6:1). Weavig Faith Ito Life Kids will rely o God, who ever fails. REAL-LIFE APPLICATION i every lesso! FAMILY TIME FaithWeaver NOW take-home resources spark faith coversatio with families all week log! 5
FAITHWEAVER NOW Grades Middle 1 School/Juior & 2 FAITHWEAVER FAITHWEAVER NOW Middle NOW School/Juior Grades 1 & 2 6 EASY PREP 5-10 miutes of prep a week sometimes less! 7 THIS CHART makes orgaizig the lesso ad supplies easy! LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP 3 Weavig Faith Ito Life Lastig Impressios Reliace Stories (about 15 mi.) Use pictures to create stories about relyig o God. 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. My Bible Fu, pecils My Bible Fu My Bible Fu Tear out the Lesso 1 pages from each My Bible Fu studet book. Tear out the letter to parets from the back of each My Bible Fu studet book. 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. 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? 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! 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. 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. 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 Grades Middle 1 School/Juior & 2 FAITHWEAVER FAITHWEAVER NOW Middle NOW School/Juior Grades 1 & 2 8 EASY-TO-READ LAYOUT makes leadig lessos simple! 9 GETTING STARTED 2 BIBLE EXPLORATION SUPPLIES the supply list is icluded with each activity for easy referece. Toilet-Paper Failure 2 rolls of toilet paper assorted items from your room Toilet-Paper Failure Welcome kids warmly as they arrive, ad ask them how their week wet. Have childre form two teams. Give each team a roll of toilet paper. Tell kids to make a stretcher from the toilet paper, about 2 feet log. Whe teams have made their stretchers, have two people o each team hold their team s stretcher. Place a item o each stretcher (the two items should be the same or similar i weight). Some items you may wat to use are buildig blocks, toys, office supplies, kitche utesils, or books. Whe you say go, teams will race to carry their stretchers to the other ed of the room ad back. Whe a pair returs, they had off their stretcher to the ext pair o the team. Before that pair races to the other ed of the room ad back, place aother item o the stretcher. Evetually load items that are heavy eough to break the toilet-paper stretchers. Cotiue i this maer util the stretchers break. Have kids aswer the followig questios with their teams. After each questio, ivite willig childre to share their aswers with the rest of the group. Why was t the toilet paper reliable? What does it mea to rely o somethig or someoe? Say: To rely o someoe or somethig meas that we cout o that perso or thig ot to fail or let us dow. We rely o thigs, ad they sometimes fail. Eve people sometimes fail. But we ca always rely o God because God ever fails. Today we ll talk about why WE CAN RELY ON GOD. Figer-Puppet Kig Say: Today s Bible passage tells us about someoe who relied o God. I 2 Samuel 5:1-5, the Bible tells us that David became kig over Israel. Ope your Bible, ad show the passage to the group. David used to be a simple shepherd boy, but God chose him to be kig over the whole atio. So he became kig. Let s make somethig fu to help us remember our Bible passage. Give each child a paper strip. Have kids each loop it ad the tape it aroud the forefiger o their o-domiat had. Have kids tape oe of the Figer-Puppet patters to the paper loop. Set out fie-tipped markers for kids to share. Have each child draw tiy facial features o their figer for the puppet s face. As kids are workig, softly play He s the Kig (track 2 o the CD). Give kids a few miutes to fiish their figer puppets, offerig help as eeded. Tell kids they ll use their figer puppets i the ext activity. What does a ew kig eed to kow? Who could a ew kig rely o for help? I what ways ca we rely o God for help? Say: David kew beig kig was a big job, ad he kew he could fail. So he chose to rely o God to help him be a good kig. I fact, David wrote a sog to tell why he relied o God. The words to the sog are i the Bible i Psalm 37. Let s lear about the sog he wrote. God Never Fails Figer-Puppet Kig Bible paper scissors clear tape fie-tipped markers CD player Teacher Pack Figer-Puppet patters CD: He s the Kig (track 2) Figer-Puppet Kig Easy Prep Cut paper ito 1x2-ich strips. Puch out the Figer- Puppet patters. God Never Fails LEARN BY DOING Creative experieces take kids deeper ito the Bible. Say: I m goig to tell you some of the thigs David wrote i his sog, Psalm 37. After each oe, use your figer puppets of Kig David to say, God ever fails! Have kids practice usig their figer puppets to say, God ever fails! figer puppets from the Figer-Puppet Kig activity Say: David chose to rely o God, because (Prompt childre to respod, God ever fails! ) 8 9
FAITHWEAVER NOW Grades Middle 1 School/Juior & 2 FAITHWEAVER FAITHWEAVER NOW Middle NOW School/Juior Grades 1 & 2 10 11 GET KIDS THINKING Rich discussio questios help kids make discoveries ad ow their faith. Trust i the Lord ad do good, because (Prompt childre to respod.) God will reward those who follow his ways, because (Prompt childre to respod.) Be still before the Lord ad wait patietly for him, because (Prompt childre to respod.) Do t get agry whe people do bad thigs; God will help you deal with them, because (Prompt childre to respod.) God takes care of his childre, because (Prompt childre to respod.) Say: Now I m goig to ask you some questios about the Bible passage ad about relyig o God. Tur to a parter ad get ready to use your puppets to aswer some questios. Why did David eed to rely o God? Why ca we rely o God? Say: God ever fails. David may have felt scared of the big job of rulig a whole coutry. But he kew he could rely o God to help him. Sometimes thigs get scary for us, but we ca remember that WE CAN RELY ON GOD. Use your puppet to talk to your parter about these questios. Whe have you had a big job to do that seemed scary? What ca you do to rely o God whe you have a big job to do? Say: Whe we feel afraid as David may have WE CAN RELY ON GOD to help us. God helped David, ad God will help us. Give each child a Bible. If you do t have a Bible for each child, have kids use their hads for the followig activity. Say: Let s practice a way of rememberig that God is our refuge ad ever-preset help i times of trouble. Whe I say, God is our refuge, place the Bible over your head as if you re usig it to protect yourself. Whe I say, God is a ever-preset help i trouble, hold the Bible close to your heart ad hug it. Here we go. Whe kids seem able, ask them to repeat the phrases after you say them ad as they re doig the actios. Collect the Bibles. What does it mea for God to be our refuge? What does it mea for God to help us whe we re i trouble? Whe has God helped you? Say: Our Key Verse promises that God will protect us whe we re scared or i dager. It also promises that God will help us be strog ad will always be here to help us. WE CAN RELY ON GOD because God ever fails. Let s thik about what it meas to rely o God. 3 WEAVING FAITH INTO LIFE Reliace Stories Reliace Stories LIFE APPLICATION Egagig activities help kids apply Bible truths to everyday life. God Is Our Refuge Bibles for all kids God Is Our Refuge Say: Our Key Verse today is about how God helps us whe we rely o him. Ope your Bible to Psalm 6:1, ad show it to the childre. Tell kids that this is God s book. The read the verse: God is our refuge ad stregth, a ever-preset help i trouble (Psalm 6:1). Have kids repeat it with you util they ca say it by themselves. Give each child a pecil. Direct childre s attetio to the Story Pictures sectio of today s My Bible Fu page. Tell kids that they ll use the pictures to come up with stories about relyig o God. Say: Each of you must use at least three of the pictures to come up with a story about what it meas to rely o God. It ca be a true evet or a make-believe story. For example, you might wat to make up a story about a perso who eeded help ad who relied o God for that help. Or you might wat to tell about a time you were sick ad relied o God to help you get better. My Bible Fu pecils Reliace Stories Easy Prep Tear out the pages from each My Bible Fu studet book. Say: This verse ca be hard to uderstad, so let s talk about what it meas. Refuge meas protectio from somethig that s scary or dagerous. God protects us from the thigs that scare us. Ever-preset meas God will always be there, o matter what. Circle the pictures you re goig to use i your story. The either draw or write your story i the space below the pictures. As kids are workig, go aroud the room to offer help as eeded. Whe kids have fiished with their stories, have them form pairs ad tell their stories to their parters. 10 11
FAITHWEAVER NOW Grades Middle 1 School/Juior & 2 FAITHWEAVER FAITHWEAVER NOW Middle NOW School/Juior Grades 1 & 2 12 13 The have kids aswer the followig questios i their pairs. After each questio, ivite kids to share the stories they wrote with the rest of the group. Weavig Faith at Home What are some ways God helps people? How ca you show God that you rely o him? Say: WE CAN RELY ON GOD because oly God ever fails. Oe way to show God we re relyig o him is to pray ad tell him about thigs we eed help with, just as David asked for help i beig kig. Let s each choose a Daily Challege to help us rely o God this week. Sed the letter to parets home with your kids or give it to parets whe they pick up their childre. This is a great way to show families they re importat to your church ad to support their role as spiritual leaders to their childre. Ecourage kids to talk with their parets about the Daily Challeges they chose ad what they leared about relyig o God. Kids ca also do the activities o the HomeCoect portio of their My Bible Fu pages with their families. Talk to your Director about e-mailig the FREE FamilyCoect to all your church s families. Available at group.com/digital. Weavig Faith at Home My Bible Fu Weavig Faith at Home Easy Prep Daily Challeges LASTING IMPRESSIONS Daily Challeges Take a couple of miutes to pray with your kids, askig for God s help to rely o him always. Remid kids to take home their figer puppets so they ca tell their families how Kig David relied o God. Tear out the letter to parets from the back of each My Bible Fu studet book. DAILY CHALLENGES Daily Challege optios give kids a faith that weaves ito their lives. My Bible Fu Say: Let s thik about how WE CAN RELY ON GOD this week. Direct kids to fid this week s Daily Challeges i their My Bible Fu pages ad choose oe to do this week. They ca choose oe or more of these three optios: Have a sleepover at your house, ad teach your frieds the Key Verse. Each ight before you go to bed, thak God for takig care of you that day. Each morig, tell your parets that you ll rely o God to take care of your family that day. Make sure you choose a Daily Challege as well, ad tell the kids what you chose. Kids will be more iclied to follow through o their commitmets whe they see you doig the same. 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, kids are ecouraged to talk to their parets about what they've leared. Say: WE CAN RELY ON GOD like David did. As we grow closer to God ad rely o him, God becomes very real i our lives. Let s rely o God by followig through with our Daily Challeges this week. 12 13
STUDENT BOOK FAITHWEAVER NOW Grades Middle 1 School/Juior & 2 FAITHWEAVER FAITHWEAVER NOW Middle NOW School/Juior Grades 1 & 2 STUDENT BOOK Lesso 1 2 Samuel 5:1-5; Psalm 37 Story David i P t Becomes ur ctu es es Directios: Circle the items you wat to use i your story. The write or draw your story below. What I leared today: Bible Passage: 2 Samuel 5:1-5; Psalm 37 David, a humble shepherd boy, had bee chose by God to become kig over all of Israel. That was a big job! Whe he became kig, he probably felt ervous ad scared about beig kig of a whole coutry! (Would t you be a little ervous?) So David relied o God to help him. He wrote Psalm 37 to show some of the reasos he relied o ad trusted God. David kew that God ever fails. We ca rely o God, too! Key Verse: God is our refuge ad stregth, a ever-preset help i trouble (Psalm 6:1). Bible Poit: We ca rely o God. Are you beig a FaithWeaver this week? < Why ca we rely o God? < Whe has our family felt the eed to rely o God? < I what ways has God show our family that he ever fails? Today kids committed to oe of the followig Daily Challeges. Help your child weave faith ito life this week ad follow through o his or her challege. (Have kids circle their choice below.) Have a sleepover at your house, ad teach your frieds the Key Verse. Each ight before you go to bed, thak God for takig care of you that day. Each morig, tell your parets that you ll rely o God to take care of your family that day. Recipe Reliace As a family, make dier from a collectio of recipes you ve ever used before. Whe your meal is fiished, talk about these questios: f How did we rely o the recipes to create this meal? f Why did we eed to rely o the recipes? f How do you thik the meal might have tured out if we had t relied o the recipes? f How is relyig o recipes similar to ad differet from relyig o God? f Whe are some times our family has relied o God? Q: I which Psalm did David talk about relyig o God? Copyright FaithWeaver NOW TM A: Paret Stumper Aswer: Psalm 37 1 15
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