3yr 5k Teacher Guide God Brought His People Home Bible Passage: Ezra 1:1 2:2; 2:64 3:13 Main Point: God always keeps his promises. Memory Verse: Deuteronomy 7:9a Keep in mind that the Lord your God is the only God. He is a faithful God, who keeps his promise... 3:45 4:00 Check-In / Playtime. One teacher take control of sign-in: One nametag will go on the child, another will go on the clipboard, and one will be used for checkout. Just place the Pick Up sticker on the clipboard to check the child out. If someone is new to the church or not in our database, they can fill out a guest tag. Please make sure that you get their phone number in case we need to contact them and any special instructions for the care of their child. One teacher lead orderly free play. 4:00 4:20 Coloring Sheet / Snack / Intro Activity COLORING SHEET: Have the kids color the sheet and ask them questions about the sheet. SNACK: Animal Crackers & Water Hand each child animal crackers in a cup and water in a cup with a lid. Before the children eat their snack, say a simple pray with the kids. INTRO ACTIVITY: Rock, Paper, Scissors Invite kids to pair up to play Rock, Paper, Scissors. Instruct kids to play three rounds with their partner. The player who wins at least two rounds remains, but the other player must sit out. Tell players sitting out that they must count to 70 before rejoining the game. Remaining players will pair up to play another three rounds. Each time, losing players will sit out and count to 70. Kids will rejoin and find a new partner to play with. After several minutes call for kids to stop. Say: How did you feel when you had to sit out? Did it seem to take a long time to count to 70? Today we are going to hear a story about God s people who were in exile for 70 years! They waited a long time for God to keep His promise to let them go home. God always keeps his promises. 4:20 5:00 Story and Craft STORY: Have the children transition to the Jesus rug for story time. Read the Bible Story provided in the teacher aid bin. Say: God always keeps his promises. Craft: House Items needed: printout of house, tissue paper, glue, pompoms, crayons Instructions: (1) Give each child a printout of the house. (2) Have them color it and decorate it with tissue paper and pompoms. They don t have to use both if they don t want too. Say: God always keeps his promises. Gospel Project Unit 16.4
4:50 5:10 Kid s Live in Room #12 Count heads before and after Kid s Live. 3yr olds: use the ring ropes to walk to and from Kid s Live Leaders: o Encourage orderly conduct. o Engage in the worship and lesson with the children. o Encourage them to sit beside you, rather than in your lap. 5:10 5:20 Return to Class / Activity / Memory Verse / Review Activity: The King Says Play Simon Says by the traditional rules but use king instead of Simon. Allow preschoolers to take turns being the king. Say: Daniel did not do what King Darius law said to do, but he did what God, the true King, said to do. Daniel chose to obey God, and God rescued Daniel. God showed He is the true King. Obeying God can be hard at times, but God will help us obey. God always keeps his promises. Memory Verse: *Use the Memory Verse Sheet located in the Teacher Aid section of the bin. (Read aloud several times) Deuteronomy 7:9a Keep in mind that the Lord your God is the only God. He is a faithful God, who keeps his promise... Review 1. 1. Where did God s people live for 70 years? (Babylon) 2. Who said God s people could go back to their land? (Cyrus, the new king of Babylon) 3. What part of the temple did the people build first? (the foundation) 4. How did the people celebrate that the foundation was done? (The priests put on special clothes. The people shouted and sang songs to God.) 5. Why were some of the older people sad? (They remembered what the first temple looked like.) Say: God always keeps his promises. 5:20 Parents arrive Gospel Project Unit 16.4
Main Point: God always keeps His promises PreK Take Home Sheet
PreK Take Home Sheet
Deut. 7:9a Keep in mind that the Lord you God is the only God. He is a faithful God, who keeps his promise.. Coloring Sheet
The Gospel Project: 16.4 Pre-K MC Guide God Brought His People Home Bible Passage: Ezra 1:1 2:2; 2:64 3:13 Main Point: God always keeps his promises. Key Passage: Deuteronomy 7:9A Keep in mind that the Lord your God is the only God. He is a faithful God, who keeps his promise Worship: (_:50) Play Video Countdown as kids arrive (3min): Go over Classroom Rules. Play Worship Video Background Have the kids all stand up and do the motions. Ask the teachers to help manage the kids but to stand to the outside walls so the kids can see. Pray a simple welcome prayer: Play Song 1: Your choice Play Song 2: Your choice Play Song 3: Your choice Have all the kids find a place on the carpet and have a seat. Lesson: (_:00) Play Lesson Video Background Can you think of a time when you just wanted to go home? In today s Bible story, God s people had been away from Jerusalem for a very long time, but the time had come to go home. Timeline View: Show the Timeline Pic Today s Bible story comes from the book of the Bible, Ezra. Main Point: That brings me to today s MAIN Point. Show the Main Point Everyone say that with me Very interesting! Let s take a look at how he does this. Bible Story: Play the Bible Story Video After many years in Babylon, God brought the Israelites back home. God sent His people home to fix the temple. God sent Jesus to earth to save His people. One day, Jesus will come back. He will fix up a greater home for all of God s people, and we will live with Him forever. Show the Main Point Repeat after me God always keeps his promises.
Review Questions: Now it s time to see what you remember from the Bible Story 1. Where did God s people live for 70 years? (Babylon) 2. Who said God s people could go back to their land? (Cyrus, the new king of Babylon) 3. What part of the temple did the people build first? (the foundation) 4. How did the people celebrate that the foundation was done? (The priests put on special clothes. The people shouted and sang songs to God.) 5. Why were some of the older people sad? (They remembered what the first temple looked like.) Show Memory Verse: Deuteronomy 7:9A Keep in mind that the Lord your God is the only God. He is a faithful God, who keeps His promises Show Main Point Lets review our Main Point one more time Repeat after me God always keeps his promises! Dismiss kids to class: (_:10) Play Dismiss Song Start with 3yr olds once they are out the door Send 4yr olds once they are out the door Send 5yr/K
Bible Lesson: God s people were in Babylon, far away from their homes and land. But God had made a promise. Through Jeremiah the prophet, God said that the people would have to stay in Babylon for 70 years, but then He would bring His people back home. God always keeps His promises. Time went by. The children of God s people grew up. They had families and children of their own. Then their children grew up and had families and children too. When 70 years had passed, God kept His promise. King Cyrus was the king of Babylon. God gave Cyrus the idea to make a new rule. Everyone had to obey it. Cyrus said, Let God s people go back to their land. Let them rebuild God s temple in Jerusalem. This was good news! Before, God s people had to stay in Babylon like prisoners. Now they were free! They could finally go home. So the people got ready to go. King Cyrus and the other people living in Babylon gave them gifts like gold, silver, and animals. God s people started walking. A man named Zerubbabel (zuh RUHB uh buhl) led them. They walked and walked and walked. Some of the people had never seen Jerusalem because they had been born in Babylon. When they got to Judah, each family set up its house. Then the people met together in Jerusalem to start rebuilding God s temple. God had special laws for how to build the temple, and God s people were careful to obey them. The priests made the altar in the same place the old altar had been. Then they made offerings and sacrifices to God. The people started building. First, they needed money to buy supplies. God s people gave money to the men in charge of building the temple. They paid people to bring big logs to Jerusalem. The workers made the foundation, or the bottom, of the temple. The foundation was very important. A strong foundation makes a building strong. The people were so happy that the foundation was done! The priests put on special clothes. The people shouted and sang songs to God. God is good! He is loving and always will be! they said. What a happy day for God s people. Not everyone was happy though. Some of the older people remembered what the first temple had looked like long ago, before it had been knocked down. The people were sad, and they cried loudly. The sounds of people shouting and crying was so loud that it could be heard far away. Christ Connection: God sent His people home to fix the temple. God sent Jesus to earth to save His people. One day, Jesus will come back. He will fix up a greater home for all of God s people, and we will live with Him forever.