What Is The Purpose of these activities?

What Is The Purpose of these activities? Lesson 7 - Classroom Version Main Point: I Will Do Things For Others! Bible Story: Jesus washing the disciples feet (John 13:1-17) Bible Verse: Do what is right and good in the Lord s sight, so all will go well with you. Deuteronomy 6:18a (NLT) Power Up Scavenger Hunt (Drop-Off Time Activity) - Page 3 This activity will prepare the children to learn the Main Point by introducing them to the video game theme as they are dropped off in the classroom. What Can I Do For You? (Opening Classroom Activity) - Page 5 This activity will introduce children to the lesson for the day. Introduction Video - Page 7 During this video, the children will meet Wonder & Palette and sing a song. Main Point Demonstration Video - Page 9 During this video, the children will learn the Main Point for the day. Acts Of Service Stations (Main Point Classroom Activity) - Page 11 This activity will help the children practice doing things for the people in their lives. Skit And Bible Story Video - Page 13 During this video, the children will see how the characters learn the Main Point and see the Bible Story for the day. Offering Time (Offering Activity) - Page 21 In this activity, the children will have the opportunity to bring their offering. Power It Up (Bible Story Review Activity) - Page 23 This activity will help the children review the Bible Story. Main Point Review Video - Page 25 During this video, the children will learn how to apply the Main Point to their lives. Wash It For You (Craft Classroom Activity) - Page 27 This activity will help the children review the Bible Story. Do For Others (Closing Classroom Activity) - Page 29 This activity will help the children practice doing things for each other. Freeze Dance (Pick-Up Time Activity) - Page 31 This activity will review the lesson for the day while the children are waiting to be picked up. 1

Teaching Tip You can use the motions below to teach the children the Main Point and to help them remember it throughout your classroom activities. Ask the children to repeat the Main Point with motions throughout the lesson when prompted. I Will Do Things For Others! 2

Acts of Service Stations Main Point Classroom Activity Lesson 7 - I Will Do Things For Others! Purpose: This activity will help the children practice doing things for the people in their lives. Description: The children will rotate through stations. At each station, they will practice doing something for someone else. Materials Needed: For this activity, you will need this Help Sheet and supplies for each station. For the toy station, you will need toys and a bucket. For the coloring station, you will need a piece of butcher paper and some crayons. For the dishes station, you will need plastic dishes and a bucket. For the hug station, you will not need any supplies. #1 Note: For optional background music, set your CD player to repeat track 1 on your Power Up Jr. Sound Track CD. To Introduce The Activity Say: 1. Who can tell me what our Main Point is for today? (I Will Do Things For Others!) 2. We can do things for others to help them out or to show them that we care about them. 3. Right now, we are going to go through some stations, so we can practice doing things for others. 4. Let s walk through each station, so you will know what to do when you get there. For detailed instructions on how to lead the activity, see the Classroom Activity Training DVD. During The Activity Say: Note: After you have walked the children through each station, divide them into four groups and send each group to a station. Have them perform the acts at each station, and then ask each group to move to the next station. Toy Station: 1. This is the toy station. At this station, you are going to help someone else pick up their toys. They aren t your toys, but you can do something for someone else by helping them clean up. 11

Acts of Service Stations (Continued) Coloring Station: 2. This is the coloring station. Spending time with a friend while you color a picture together is a great way to do something for someone else. Sit with your friend and color a picture together until I ask you to move to the next station. Dishes Station: 3. This is the dishes station. Your mom and dad work hard to make you meals. You can do something for them by taking your dishes to the kitchen. In this station, you can take the dishes from the table to the bucket. Hug Station: 4. This is the hug station. If you see someone having a bad day, you can give them a hug. That will make them feel better. Give your friends at this station a hug or a high five to help them feel better. After The Activity Say: 1. I really enjoyed seeing each of you do things for others at each of these stations. 2. These things you did today are things you can also do at home or when you are at a friend s house. Closing Statement: Doing things for others is a good thing. Make sure you are doing things for others to show them that you care for them and want to help them. Note: If you have chosen to use the optional music, turn it off now. Up Next: Skit And Bible Story Video 12

Power It Up Bible Story Review Activity Lesson 7 - I Will Do Things For Others! Purpose: This activity will help the children review the Bible Story. Description: The children will toss bean bags at a game board. When they hit one of the pictures, the teacher will turn it over. If it s a picture of the Bible Story, the child will hold on to the picture. If not, the teacher will return the picture to the game board. Once all the pictures have been found, the teacher will review the Bible Story with the children. Materials Needed: For this activity, you will need this Help Sheet, bean bags, and the Power It Up Bible Story Review Pictures Lesson 7 from the Lesson Materials CD-ROM. Note: Place all eight of the pictures into a grid on the floor where you will be playing the game prior to the activity. #1 Note: For optional background music, set your CD player to repeat track 1 on your Power Up Jr. Sound Track CD. To Introduce The Activity Say: 1. Today in our Bible Story, we learned about when Jesus washed the disciples feet. 2. To help us remember what happened in the Bible Story, we are going to toss these bean bags at these papers. 3. When you hit one of the papers, we ll turn it over and see if you got a Bible Story picture. 4. If you get a Bible Story picture, you get to hold on to it. 5. If it s not a Bible Story picture, we ll leave it on the game board. For detailed instructions on how to lead the activity, see the Classroom Activity Training DVD. During The Activity Say: 1. It s your turn to toss the bean bag! 2. Let s see what picture you got. 3. You got a Bible Story picture so hold on to this until we find all the pictures. Note: Continue this way until all the pictures have been found. 23

Power It UP (Continued) 4. Okay, we have all our pictures now. Let s put them in order and review our Bible Story. Note: Use the key below to put the pictures in order and review the Bible Story with your class. Jesus Eating With His Disciples - Jesus was having dinner with his closest friends, the disciples. Jesus loved his disciples very much, and he wanted to do something for them. Jesus Preparing to Wash The Disciples Feet - So Jesus got up from the table, wrapped a towel around his waist and poured water into a big bowl. Jesus Washing The Disciples Feet - Jesus knelt down to the ground and began washing the disciples feet. Back in those days, people had to walk long distances on dirt roads, and their feet would get very dirty. Whenever everyone would sit down to eat, someone would wash their feet, so they would be clean. Usually, the servants would do this, so the disciples were confused when their teacher, Jesus, did it for them. Jesus Talks To His Disciples - One of the disciples, Peter, didn t want Jesus to wash his feet because he didn t think that Jesus should do this for him. But, Jesus knew that it was important to do things for other people, so He washed their feet. He told the disciples to go and do things for others, just like He had done for them. After The Activity Say: 1. That was a great story! 2. This story teaches us that we can learn from Jesus. Let s say our Main Point together. I Will Do Things For Others! Closing Statement: Just like Jesus did something for His disciples, we can do things for others around us. Remember to do things for others this week. Note: If you have chosen to use the optional music, turn it off now. Up Next: Main Point Review Video 24

Wash it for you Craft Classroom Activity Lesson 7 - I Will Do Things For Others! Purpose: This activity will help the children review the Bible Story. Description: The children will help clean off a foot to help them remember to do things for others. Materials needed: For this activity, you will need this Help Sheet, water, dirt, paper towels or wipes, a small bowl of water, and a laminated copy of the Wash It For You Picture Lesson 7 from the Lesson Materials CD-ROM. Optional: Dry erase or wet erase (vis-a-vis) markers. #1 Note: For optional background music, set your CD player to repeat track 1 on your Power Up Jr. Sound Track CD. To Introduce The Activity Say: 1. Today, we have been learning that we should do things for others. 2. When we do something for others, we are showing them we care for them. 3. Let s say our Main Point together. I Will Do Things For Others! 4. Great job! Right now, we are going to do an activity that will help us remember our Bible Story. 5. Let s get started! For detailed instructions on how to lead the activity, see the Classroom Activity Training DVD. During The Activity Say: 1. In our Bible Story, Jesus did something for his friends. Do you remember what it was? (He washed their feet.) 2. When Jesus washed the disciples feet, He was showing them that He cared for them. 3. I have a picture of a foot. When Jesus was on Earth, people walked everywhere. Their feet got really dirty. 4. When they came into someone s house, they would have to get their feet washed. 5. One day, Jesus was eating with his disciples. He wanted to do something for them, so He washed their feet. 6. Jesus told his disciples that they should do things for other people, too. 7. To help us remember that Bible Story, we are going to get this foot dirty and then we will clean it off. 27

Wash it for you (Continued) Note: You can use either the dirt and water to get the foot dirty or the marker. 8. This foot is dirty, like the disciples feet were. Let s clean it up. 9. Here is a paper towel and some water. 10. Clean off the foot. This is what Jesus did. He wanted to do something for the disciples, so He washed their feet. 11. Great job! Note: Do this again as for as long as time permits or until every child has gotten a turn to clean off the foot. After The Activity Say: 1. It feels good to do something for someone else. 2. We can be like Jesus and do things for people around us. 3. There is a Bible Verse written on this paper. I ll read it to you, then you can repeat it after me. 4. Do what is right and good in the Lord s sight, so all will go well with you. Deuteronomy 6:18a (NLT) 5. Now, I ll say some of the words and you say them after me. 6. Do what is right... (Do what is right...) 7....and good in the Lord s sight,... (...and good in the Lord s sight,...) 8....so all will go well with you. (...so all will go well with you.) 9. Deuteronomy 6:18a (Deuteronomy 6:18a) 10. That verse reminds us to do what is good and right, so things will be good for us. 11. Helping others is a good and right thing to do. 12. Let s say our Main Point together. I Will Do Things For Others! Closing Statement: Remember the Bible Story of Jesus washing His disciples feet and try to do some things for others this week. Up Next: Closing Classroom Activity 28

Do For Others Closing Classroom Activity Lesson 7 - I Will Do Things For Others! Purpose: This activity will help the children practice doing things for each other. Description: The children will wash each other s hands. Materials needed: For this activity, you will need this Help Sheet and wipes. To Introduce The Activity Say: 1. Who can tell me what Jesus did for His disciples in the Bible Story? (He washed their feet.) 2. Very good! He washed their feet because He wanted to do something for them. 3. Today, we are going to do something for each other by washing each other s hands. 4. Let s get started! For detailed instructions on how to lead the activity, see the Classroom Activity Training DVD. During The Activity Say: 1. I want you to find a friend and sit with them. 2. I ll give each of you a wipe. When I say, Go, you can wash each other s hands. 3. Does everyone have a wipe? (Yes.) 4. On your mark. Get set. Go! 5. You can wash each other s hands with the wipe I gave you. After The Activity Say: 1. Throw your wipe away. 2. You did a great job doing something for each other. 3. How did it feel to have your friend do something for you? (Nice.) 4. How did it feel when you were doing something for your friend? (I felt good. It was fun.) 5. Jesus did something for His friends that was nice, and we can do things for our friends that are nice, too. 6. Let s say our Main Point together. I Will Do Things For Others! 29

Do For Others (Continued) Closing Statement: Jesus did things for His friends. Be like Jesus and do things for others around you this week. Up Next: Pick-Up Time Activity 30