Curriculum Materials for K-3rd Grades CREATE THE ENVIRONMENT: To focus your energy and save you time during busy summer months, you can leave up your fun set from last month! See if you can buy or borrow large-scale, bright and colorful props like inflatable palm trees, pool animals, beach umbrellas, rafts, tubes, even a kayak or paddles! Think about fun ways to hang beach balls from the ceiling or pass them around as kids come in for Large Group. BEFORE KIDS LEAVE THE TH GRADE, WE WANT THEM TO UNDERSTAND 3 BASIC TRUTHS: FAITH I can trust God no matter WISDOM I need to make the wise choice. FRIENDSHIP I should treat others the way I want to be treated. Chief Executive Officer Creative Team Contributing Writers Copy Editors Illustrations & Graphic Design Technical & Web Support Orange Specialists Reggie Joiner Kristen Ivy Cara Martens Brandon O Dell Jon Williams Greg Payne Phil Pierce Elizabeth Hansen Dan Scott Lauren Bowman Sharon Ellis Lauren Terrell Julie Tiemann Jill Turner Elloa Davis Jennifer Davis Dana Wilkerson Mike Davis Dan Scott Brian Bascle Joe Goode Hadley Brandt Amy Grisham Joy Bowen Abbey Carr Becky Kizer Misty Phillips Stephanie Porter Susan Richards Courtney Templeton User Agreement Orange gladly grants permission to churches, schools, and other licensees to tailor 22 Basics materials to fit their unique leadership requirements, locale and format preferences, and physical environment needs. However, if you wish to edit the content substantively, including Bible stories, learning activities, scripts, and any other content in which biblical principles and concepts are presented, you are obligated to do so within the doctrinal guidelines we ve expressed in our Statement of Faith. These resources are intended to be downloaded and printed for use by the subscribing entity only and may not be electronically transferred to or duplicated by other non-subscribing entities. Any unauthorized reproduction of this material or incorporation into a new work is a direct violation of US copyright laws. All rights reserved. 22 Basics and the 22 Basics logo are trademarks of Orange.
STATEMENT OF FAITH ABOUT GOD God is the one and only true God, yet He exists in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. God is the Creator, so everything belongs to Him and is under His control. God is holy, so He is righteous, majestic, and loving. God is all knowing and purposeful, so He s at work to bring about His will. No person, thing, or idea compares to God. ABOUT THE BIBLE God reveals Himself to us through the Bible, and it is 100% accurate, reliable, and authoritative. ABOUT PEOPLE People are made in God s image and for His pleasure. But everybody falls short of God s intention, or ideal, for people. In other words, everyone has sinned. As a result, we are all separated from Him, even though He wants an intimate relationship with each of us. ABOUT SALVATION That s why Jesus God s Son came and lived on this earth, died, and rose again. God offers His free gift of salvation to all who believe in Jesus and accept Him as Savior the only way to be forgiven and reconciled to God. Anyone who accepts this gift is adopted as a son or daughter into God s family and will live with Him forever in heaven. 22 GOOD-TO-KNOW TERMS HOST the emcee who is relational, often funny and comfortable up front STORYTELLER the communicator sharing the Bible story in a creative way WORSHIP LEADER a singer who can engage and lead with music and motions Note: If you have one large group leader for all three roles, we recommend 22 Compact CG slides with images and words to project onscreen Note: If you don t have projection capabilities, you can print these as posters. SFX music or sound effects to play as part of the large group experience Scripture marked NIV is taken from the Holy Bible, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 Biblica. All rights reserved throughout the world. Used by permission of Biblica. Scripture marked NIrV is taken from the Holy Bible, New International Reader s Version, Copyright 199, 1996, 1998 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved.
July Week 2012 Large Group K-3 FOR LEADERS ONLY GOD VIEW: THE CONNECTION BETWEEN AND GOD S CHARACTER, AS SHOWN THROUGH GOD S BIG STORY In the first part of this series, we focused on what it means to love and trust God with all our life, not only for the first time, but every day. This month, we want to take a look at something that will begin to happen in our lives as a result of our love and trust in God. When you love and trust God, you will love others. This love isn t a command. It s a fact. It s impossible to love and trust God, and not love the people whom God loves. 1 John 4:20 says this: Anyone who says he loves God but in fact hates his brother or sister is a liar. He doesn t love his brother or sister, whom he has seen. So he can t love God, whom he has not seen. (NIrV) Throughout His ministry, Jesus taught His followers what it means to love others. He taught how to love our neighbors, how to love our enemies, and how to love those who were overlooked and marginalized. He demonstrated the kind of love that He taught in the way that He lived. And He gave us the ultimate example of love when He died for us. So how do you follow Jesus example? How do you love a God you can t see and touch? You love the ones HE loves. And when you love them, you will begin to understand God more and you will learn to love and trust Him more as well. This month, let s think about how: (1) God is the ultimate example of love (2) As we love and follow God, we will love others (3) Our love for others will show us more about the character of God, and will help us love and trust God more. Remember: A virtue is something God does in us to change the world around us. This week, we re discovering: In our Bible story, that there s no limit to God s big love. To unpack a complicated idea, we ll compare the Jews and the Gentiles to two rivaling teams from the same area. It can get pretty heated with two groups of fans who are sure their team is the best, can t it? Well, God makes it really clear to Peter that he shouldn t judge or avoid other people who are different from him (Acts 10:1-3). We ll watch as Peter goes over to Cornelius house, where they are worshipping God even though they are Gentiles and not God s chosen people, the Jews. God made it clear to Peter that he was sending him out to share His story with everyone and not just people that were like him. So our Bottom Line is: Love others, even those who are different. This story is a great place to end our Epic Adventure in Love and Trust, because it s the start of God s love being shared to everyone, everywhere. And how it spread really did change the world. When you put your trust in God and you live your life in response to Him by loving Him and loving others, you will live a much better story. Your life will be EPIC because it s part of something bigger than just you. 3
Curriculum Materials for K-th Grades JULY LARGE GROUP K-3 HERE S A SNEAK PEEK OF WHAT YOU LL BE DOING IN KINDERGARTEN 3 RD GRADE THIS : SMALL GROUP ACTIVITIES TO FOCUS THE ENERGY Ideas for Early Arrivers Different Collage (kindergarten and 1st grade) Which Doesn t Belong? (2nd and 3rd grade) INTERACTIVE LARGE GROUP EXPERIENCE TO ENGAGE THE HEART Opener Worship Bible story Prayer and Worship Closer SMALL GROUP ACTIVITIES TO MAKE THE CONNECTION (CHOOSE TWO OR MORE OF THESE ACTIVITIES) For kindergarten and 1st grade: Story Order, Dress-Up Differences, Memory Verse Scenarios, Prayer For 2nd and 3rd grade: Review Race, The Way I See It, Basket Verse, Prayer Choosing to give someone your time and friendship no matter BIBLE STORY Guess Who s Coming to Dinner? (Peter and Cornelius) Acts 10:1-3 BOTTOM LINE Love others, even those who are different. MEMORY VERSE Love your neighbor as yourself. Matthew 22:39, NIV BASIC TRUTH: I should treat others the way I want to be treated. DISMISSAL Prayer, share and reflect on today s lesson before leaving 4
10-1 min 20-2 min 2-30 min BIBLE STORY: GUESS WHO S COMING TO DINNER? Acts 10:1-3 BOTTOM LINE: Love others, even those who are different. MEMORY VERSE: Love your neighbor as yourself. Matthew 22:39, NIV BASIC TRUTH: I should treat others the way I want to be treated. : ENGAGE THE HEART Engage children s hearts in a Large Group setting through interactive worship, prayer, and an innovative telling of today s Bible story. GETTING READY 1. OPENER/CLOSER What You Need: Host Lots of accessories for the Host to wear, such as a baseball cap and another style of hat, crazy socks and/or shoes, a tie or necklace, brightly colored shirt, a jacket, a watch, etc. You want enough accessories that the Host can change five things out during the Opener. Large Group Visuals (downloadable from the website): Virtue Slide Memory Verse Slide Bottom Line Slide Music and Sound Effects (SFX): Loud, crazy music like the Chicken Dance song; choose something the kids will easily recognize Epic, blockbuster movie-type music, to use as kids enter and exit the room Apply go and do Impress impress this upon their minds Personalize a personal story from the heart Recycle important things to say over and over Transition making a transition from one leader to another What You Do: Download the slides and have them ready to use. If you do not have CG capabilities, you have Orange s permission to enlarge and print the slides on paper. SPECIAL NOTE: If you are using the Plug and Play feature for the Bible story (i.e., using Feature Presentation: 22 Story in place of a live Storyteller), there is a scene involving a curtain during the scripted Closer that won t make sense and you won t have the props for. It should be easy to eliminate/work around, however, without diluting the Closer.
10-1 min 20-2 min 2-30 min 2. BIBLE STORY What You Need: Storyteller Bible At least two Small Group Leader volunteers and five or more kid volunteers Two (preferably local) opposing team s paraphernalia, including jerseys, team colors, etc., for volunteers to wear as well as decorate the stage Curtain (or sheet), rope, and clothes pins to divide the stage into two sides Name tags (preferably something very large so it s readable even from the back of the room) for Cornelius and Peter Large Group Visuals (downloadable from the website): Bottom Line Slide What You Do: Download the Bottom Line Slide and have it ready to use. If you do not have CG capabilities, you have Orange s permission to enlarge and print the slide on paper. Find a way to hang the curtain or sheet on your stage so that from the audience it appears the stage is divided down the middle. You can leave up the fun summer scene on your stage, but add the team colors and paraphernalia to the mix as well. SPECIAL NOTE: Whenever you see Team A or Team B in the script, please substitute the names of the two opposing teams you have chosen for the illustration. 3. WORSHIP What You Need: Worship Leader(s) Music and Sound Effects (SFX): We Shine from Live it Out* Love the Lord from Loud & Clear!* I Want to Love You from The Way I Was Made *Live Lyric Videos available from www.amberskyrecords.com. 6
10-1 min 20-2 min 2-30 min What You Do: Download (or import from a CD) all songs and have them ready to use, including music to play as kids enter and exit the room. Download and print this week s tech sheet for everyone helping with Large Group. 4. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES GET REEL: Feel free to use any of the media pieces that you haven t used played this month. Or if there s a piece that the kids seem to really like, you can do a rerun. 7
10-1 min 20-2 min 2-30 min SFX: Play epic, blockbuster movie-type music as kids enter. Host enters. You can continue on with the optional EPIC talent search from last month, or just go straight into the script. Host should be wearing a number of accessories, such as a baseball cap, crazy socks and/or shoes, brightly colored shirt, etc. OPENER HOST: Goooood morning, you guys! It s hard to believe we re nearing the end of the summer. And what an epic summer it has been. We ve learned so much about trust and love, and have had a blast doing it! Remember, we ve learned that love is CG: Virtue Slide choosing to give someone your Sometimes that s easy, sometimes, not so much. Today, we re going to talk about when it s hard to love someone, like when they re different from us. It s harder to love someone when they re not like us, isn t it? But our Bible verse for the month gives us a clear picture of how we should love EVERYONE. Do you remember what the verse is? Pause for their responses. Awesome! Let s say it all together now. CG: Memory Verse Slide HOST and KIDS: Love your neighbor as yourself, Matthew 22:39. (NIV) HOST: Great job! Hey, I ll be RIGHT back. Hang on for a second, and enjoy some fun listening music while I m gone. SFX: Play some loud, crazy music while the Host runs off stage Host runs back on stage, changed into different accessories some more obvious than others, like a different hat, different shoes, a tie or necklace, shirt inside-out, a jacket of some sort, etc. Have five things be different. Be sure at least one change is really hard to spot like a new belt or adding a watch. HOST: Sorry about that! I had to make a few changes. Do you like my new look? (Turn around to show off the new attire.) 8
10-1 min 20-2 min 2-30 min The question is, how many of you were paying attention and noticed what I was wearing before? Five things are different who thinks they know all five things? Raise your hand. Pick a volunteer. Okay, come up on stage and tell everyone what five things you think are different. Hopefully the volunteer won t get all them right the first time. (If they do, the game is over!) Tell the crowd how many the volunteer got right without revealing which ones were right. Say something like, Johnny got three out of five right. Who thinks they know all five? Take new volunteers until someone gets them all right. If it s proving too difficult, tell the kids which ones they ve guessed correctly so far. Awesome! You guys really paid attention. That was really fun! But as much fun as it was, in real life it s not always fun to have our differences pointed out, is it? I mean, being different isn t bad; in fact, I think most of the time, it s pretty cool. But when our differences keep us from showing love to each other, that s not cool at all. In today s story, we re going to learn that when we include someone who s different than us, it can have epic results. So, you guys keep paying attention! Host exits and Worship Team enters. WORSHIP WORSHIP LEADER: Hey, everybody. It s important we love others and let them see Jesus in us. Let s sing a praise song that s all about doing just that. It s called We Shine. Let s go! SFX: We Shine / track 6 from Live it Out WORSHIP LEADER: It s awesome learning about love this month. Jesus talked in the Bible about how important love is. He told us to love Him with all our heart, soul, mind and strength. Let s sing a song about loving the Lord! Wave your hands if you re ready to sing it out loud with me! (Get a reaction, repeat if needed.) SFX: Love the Lord / track 2 from Loud & Clear! Worship Team exits and Storyteller enters with a Bible and the nametags for the Bible story. As Storyteller tells the story, he should periodically hold up the Bible, thumb through it, etc., to remind kids that the story really did happen and it s part of God s big story. 9
10-1 min 20-2 min 2-30 min SETTING UP THE STORY STORYTELLER: (Hold your Bible up.) This month, we ve been learning what Jesus told His followers. Last week, we talked about some important instructions that Jesus gave to His disciple, Peter. Do you remember what those instructions were? I ll give you a hint. Jesus told Peter to feed His what? Wait for their responses. That s right, Jesus told Peter to Feed my sheep. Peter thought when Jesus said that, He meant for Peter to share God s love with people like him Jewish people. You see, up until this point, people thought Jesus only came to save His chosen people the Jews, whom you might also know as the Israelites from the Old Testament. The best way I can explain what Peter was thinking, is that it was like teams. I could use some help to show you what I mean. I need a few volunteers, both kids and Small Group Leaders. Choose several volunteers and divide them into two teams, giving each team, a team color to wear as you talk. It was like Peter was on the [insert local team name Team A] team along with all of the other Jewish people, and everyone else was on the [insert local opposing team Team B]. Peter and all the others on Team A were pretty sure they were the winning team. Okay, I need you, Team A, to head to this side of the curtain, and Team B, you re over here. Direct your volunteers to the appropriate place. Choose a Small Group Leader from Team A to be Peter and a Small Group Leader from Team B to be Cornelius give them nametags to hold or wear. CORNELIUS CALLS FOR PETER STORYTELLER: Now, over on the Team B side (walk to this side of the curtain) were the Gentiles. Gentiles are the non- Jewish people. One of the Gentiles was Cornelius. Cornelius was a centurion a commander in the Roman army. Even though Cornelius wasn t Jewish, Cornelius and his family loved God. In fact, they were faithful followers of God. They prayed all the time and helped others in need. They loved and obeyed God, but they didn t quite understand how Jesus fit into it all yet. One afternoon, everything changed for Cornelius. An angel appeared to him and told him to send some of his men to Joppa another city and find a man there named Peter and bring him back to Cornelius and his family. When an angel shows up and tells you to do something, you do it, right? So, Cornelius obeyed the angel and sent some of his servants to find Peter. 10
10-1 min 20-2 min 2-30 min (To volunteers on Team B side) Can I have three Team B ers stand in the middle, while you look for Peter in Team A? Have three volunteers stand in front of the curtain, basically straddling the dividing line. So, that would be like Team B going off to recruit the quarterback from Team A, or at least to get his opinion on something. The servants may have been a bit nervous, going to the opposing team s side. PETER S VISION STORYTELLER: Meanwhile, back in Joppa (walk to Team A s side), Peter was staying with a man named Simon. Peter was up on Simon s roof, praying, when God sent Peter a vision, filled with very strange things, including a voice that told him (read from the Bible, Acts 10:1), Do not call anything impure that God has made clean. (NIV) While Peter was trying to make sense of the vision and the voice s instruction, Cornelius three servants arrived at Simon s house. God told Peter the servants were downstairs and that he should go with them. Lead Peter over to the three volunteers standing in front of the divider, so that you re facing them. Peter went downstairs and talked to the men. He asked them why they were there. They told him (reading Acts 10:22), We have come from Cornelius the centurion. He is a righteous and God-fearing man, who is respected by all the Jewish people. A holy angel told him to have you to come to his house so that he could hear what you have to say. (NIV) Peter invited the men into his house to be his guests for the night, since it would be a long trip to visit Cornelius. He was already breaking Jewish law by spending time with these men. It would be like being caught hanging out with your rivals right before a big game. You just don t hang out with people on the other team, do you? Lead Peter and the three servants over to the Team A side. PETER GOES TO CORNELIUS STORYTELLER: The next day, Peter and some of his friends went with the men to Caesarea, to meet Cornelius. Lead Peter, the three servants, and the rest of Team A back to the middle of the divider. When they arrived, Cornelius fell down at Peter s feet. (Instruct your Cornelius to do this.) But Peter had Cornelius stand up, saying, I am only a man myself. (Acts 10:26, NIV) Cornelius and the men led Peter inside. All of Cornelius family and friends were gathered there. Have everyone onstage gather in the Team B side. 11
10-1 min 20-2 min 2-30 min By going to Cornelius s house and agreeing to speak to him and his family, Peter was again breaking Jewish law. But here s what he had to say about it to Cornelius. (Read Acts 10:28-29.) You are well aware that it is against our law for a Jew to associate with a Gentile or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean. So when I was sent for, I came without raising any objection. May I ask why you sent for me? (NIV) Cornelius told Peter about the visit from the angel and how God had told him to find Peter and listen to whatever he had to say. This is huge, you guys. You see, all of his life, Peter had stayed away from people who weren t Jewish. But now God had made it clear that Jesus was for everyone not just the Jewish people. Peter told Cornelius and his friends all about Jesus life and how He rose from the dead. And Cornelius and all of his family heard and believed! Yeah! Turn around and give high fives to everyone on stage (who should all be on the Team B side). Then dismiss everyone back to their seats they can leave their team colors on for now. WRAPPING UP THE STORY STORYTELLER: I told all our volunteers just now that they could leave their team colors on, and I want you to look around the room and look for them. They stand out because they re different, right? When Peter and Cornelius and all their families and friends got together, there were probably very clear differences between them. But they learned that those differences didn t matter to God, and that they shouldn t matter to each other either. Peter and the others learned that day that they should love others, even those who are different. CG: Bottom Line Slide Say that with me. STORYTELLER and KIDS: Love others, even those who are different. STORYTELLER: You know what? All of us have probably been that different person at one time or another. It doesn t always feel good to be the different one, does it? When we see or meet someone who is different, that s a great time to remember I should treat others the way I want to be treated, and love everyone even those who are different! Let s pray and ask God for help. 12
10-1 min 20-2 min 2-30 min PRAY STORYTELLER: Dear God, thank You for making us all different. Sometimes we let differences get in the way of showing love to each other. Help us to remember that You created every single person and that You made us all different. Help us to love each other, no matter how many differences we have. We ask these things in Jesus name, amen. Storyteller exits and Worship Team enters. WORSHIP WORSHIP LEADER: Amen. Everybody stand and let s worship Jesus. This song is a great reminder to us. Let s make it our prayer today that through our lives we would show Jesus and others how much we love Him! Let s sing this together. SFX: I Want to Love You / track from The Way I Was Made Worship Team exits. Host enters, redressed in his normal clothing. CLOSER HOST: Listen to this God. Loves. Everyone. He doesn t just love Christians. He doesn t just love people who do good things. God loves everyone. Rich or poor, good or bad, old or young, Christian or non-christian. His love is so big it s EPIC! At first, Peter thought Jesus could save only a certain group of people the Jews. Then God gave Peter a vision, and he realized that God s love is for everyone. This is HUGE you guys, so pay attention. What Peter learned is what makes it possible for YOU to hear about Jesus today. This news that Jesus died on the cross, rose three days later and loved non-jewish people too, tore down the curtain for me and you! (Dramatically pull down the curtain or sheet dividing the two sides.) (Salvation message) If it weren t for Peter and Paul and the other believers in the early Christian church two thousand years ago, we may never have heard about the amazing love that God wants to share with us. And guess what? It s up to US to spread God s love to the people around us today, so that maybe, just maybe, two thousand years from now, people will know about God because of us! So, we can t keep His love to ourselves. We can t save it just for the people we like, the people who look like us, or the people who believe similar things as we do. God s love is for everyone and He wants us to share it. The one thing to remember today is this: love others, even those who are different. CG: Bottom Line Slide 13
10-1 min 20-2 min 2-30 min If you ve ever felt like you re different, then you know how good it feels when someone includes you and loves you. Think about that person who is a little bit different than you. How can you show God s love to them? Maybe it s the kid at school who dresses a little different. Maybe they speak a different language or don t like the same things that you and your friends like. Remember that God loves them just like He loves you! Think about a way you can cross over to the other side, to their team, and show them that God loves them. When you get back to school, or the playground, or the pool, or wherever this different person is, look past the differences between your team and theirs. Show them God s love. By loving others, especially those who are different than you, your life can be epic because you re showing God s love! You guys have been awesome. Have a great week! Dismiss children to their Small Groups. SFX: Play epic music as the kids exit. 14