We Could Be Heroes Bible Story: We Could Be Heroes (Joshua Wins the Battle Over the Amalekites) * Exodus 17:8-13 Bottom Line: Work together to help someone succeed. Memory Verse: Two people are better than one. They can help each other in everything they do. Ecclesiastes 4:9 (NIrV) Life App: Cooperation Working together to do more than you can do alone Basic Truth: I should treat others the way I want to be treated. 1. Countdown 2. Announcements 3. CG:Transition Slide then Host Opener (5 minutes) Host Three kid contestants Song answer cards (see What You Do ) Media Upbeat music to use as kids enter and exit the room Song clips for the game, such as: o Move Your Feet / D.A.N.C.E. / It s a Sunshine Day from Trolls (0:00 0:26) o Optional: Move Your Feet / D.A.N.C.E. / It s a Sunshine Day from Trolls (0:20 0:28) o When Can I See You Again? from Wreck-It Ralph (0:16 0:52) o Optional: When Can I See You Again? from Wreck-It Ralph (0:52 1:06) o A Million Dreams from The Greatest Showman (1:41 1:53) o Optional: A Million Dreams from The Greatest Showman (1:53 3:01) Theme Slide Cooperation Slide Blank Bottom Line Slide Bottom Line Slide For the game, we ve chosen songs from popular movies to give you an example. Choose songs you think would work best in your environment. Come up with lyrics for the songs you ve chosen like we ve done below. Write the multiple-choice answers on three different song answer cards. 4. Praise and Worship (10 Minutes) End with CG:Transition Slide 5. CG: Word Video and CG:Transition Slide 6. Bible Story (15 Minutes) Storyteller Host One Worship Leader (or other adult volunteer) One Small Group Leader (or other adult volunteer) Two kid volunteers Bible Props for Host: o Bathrobe o Fake gray beard o Large backpack o Broom o Camping chair o Slim Jim o Water bottle 2018 The rethink Group, Inc. All rights reserved. www.thinkorange.com Adapted by Ginghamsburg Church 2018 1
Props for Worship Leader (Amalekite): o Horned helmet o Toy sword Props for SGL (Joshua): o Knight helmet o Toy sword Aaron and Hur name signs Beanbag (or other type of fun chair) White flag (this could just be a piece of white paper taped to a pencil) Select your Worship Leader and Small Group Leader ahead of time. Make sure they have the script so they can prepare. Set up the camping chair on stage. Set all the other props backstage, grouped for each character. Media Blank Bottom Line Slide Bottom Line Slide At the end the Storyteller should pray for the group and dismiss kids to Small Group 7. Small Group (20-30 Minutes) 2018 The rethink Group, Inc. All rights reserved. www.thinkorange.com Adapted by Ginghamsburg Church 2018 2
Bible Story Outline Week 2 We Could Be Heroes (Joshua Wins the Battle Over the Amalekites) Exodus 17:8-13 SETTING UP THE STORY God had led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt and through the Red Sea He had promised them a beautiful land that would be their new home They hadn t reached it yet, and they weren t very patient on the journey God gave them everything they needed along the way: manna, quail, water from a rock They had been through a lot, but their troubles in the wilderness weren t over AMALEKITE ATTACK The Amalekites were attacking Moses knew a brave warrior named Joshua Moses gave Joshua instructions: to choose some men and go out and fight the Amalekites Moses would stand on top of the hill, holding the walking stick God gave him HANDS UP, HANDS DOWN The next day, Joshua and the fighters went to battle against the Amalekites Moses went up on the hill with his staff; Aaron and Hur went with him Moses raised his stick with both hands, as a sign that God was with the Israelites When Moses held up his walking stick, the Israelites started to win When Moses got tired and his hands started lowering, the Amalekites began to win AARON & HUR LEND A HAND Aaron and Hur saw their chance to help They found a stone and put it under Moses so he could sit They decided to hold up Moses arms Aaron on one side, and Hur on the other They held up his hands all the way until sunset, and Joshua and the Israelites won the battle WRAPPING UP THE STORY We don't need to see a staff because Jesus lives inside us. Salvation Message God helped Moses, Aaron, and Hur work together Aaron and Hur jumped in to help so that Joshua and his warriors could win God gives us opportunities to cooperate like they did, to do what He s called us to do BL: Work together to help someone succeed. We need to look for ways to pitch in and help Instead of just thinking about what WE want or need, we can work together to help someone else 2018 The rethink Group, Inc. All rights reserved. www.thinkorange.com Adapted by Ginghamsburg Church 2018 3
We Could Be Heroes Bible Story: We Could Be Heroes (Joshua Wins the Battle Over the Amalekites) * Exodus 17:8-13 Bottom Line: Work together to help someone succeed. Memory Verse: Two people are better than one. They can help each other in everything they do. Ecclesiastes 4:9 (NIrV) Life App: Cooperation Working together to do more than you can do alone Basic Truth: I should treat others the way I want to be treated. SFX: Play high-energy music as kids enter. CG: Theme Slide Optional CG (Media Package): Theme Loop Video Optional CG (Media Package): Countdown Video Optional CG (Media Package): Theme Video Host is on stage, welcoming the kids as they enter. What s up, everybody? I hope you re ready to have some fun, because today is about to be awesome! I love it when we get to hang out here together. EVERYTHING is better when we re together. That s what we re talking about this month cooperation! CG: Cooperation Slide Optional CG (Media Package): Life App Video Cooperation is working together to do more than you can do alone. Optional CG (Media Package): Theme TransBack Video It s like a rock band. A guitar sounds cool and all, but it s so much cooler when you combine it with bass, drums, and keyboards and create a jam session! The same is true for us! You and I were MADE to cooperate with our family, with our neighbors and classmates, and with our friends. We can do more together. When we cooperate, we can build a better beat! Speaking of beats, I need three music lovers for today s game. I call it Finish That Lyric! Choose three kid contestants and bring them on stage. (To audience) If you didn t get picked, don t worry, because this is an audience participation game. YOU get to help your friends win! (To contestants) Contestants, we ll play three rounds, so each of you gets a turn. When the music stops, I need to you to tell me which words come next. If you think you know the answer, great. But if you need some help, you can ask your section of the audience. [Kid One s name], your section is this part of the room. [Kid Two s name], here s your section. [Kid Three s name], these fun people are here to help you. Got it? Note: We ve chosen songs from popular movies to give you an example. Choose songs you think would work best in your environment. Come up with lyrics for the songs you ve chosen like we ve done below. 2018 The rethink Group, Inc. All rights reserved. www.thinkorange.com Adapted by Ginghamsburg Church 2018 4
[Kid One s name], you re up. Our first song is from the movie Trolls. When you re ready, say, Hit it! KID ONE: Hit it! SFX: Move Your Feet / D.A.N.C.E. / It s a Sunshine Day from Trolls (0:00 0:25) HOST: Okay, [Kid #1]. What comes next? Here are your choices. Is it... A. No bad guys. Just gloves. You ll see! B. No bagpipes. Just bugs. You ll see! C. No bad vibes. Just love. You ll see! Read from song answer card. What do you think, [Kid One]? What does your section think? (Pause for response.) You re right it was C! Optional: Let s listen and see which answer is correct. Optional SFX: Move Your Feet / D.A.N.C.E. / It s a Sunshine Day from Trolls (0:20 0:28) You re right. It was C! [Kid Two s name], it s your turn. There s a new Wreck-It Ralph coming out this month, so for this question, let s take it back to the original movie. When you re ready, say, Hit it! KID TWO: Hit it! SFX: When Can I See You Again? from Wreck-It Ralph (0:16 0:52) HOST: All right, [Kid Two s name]. Let s finish that lyric. Here are your choices. A. But before I go and hit the road B. But before I go and crack the code C. But before I go and eat a toad Read from song answer card. That s a tough one, [Kid Two s name]. What does your section think it is? (Pause for response.) Yes, the answer was A! Optional: Let s listen! Optional SFX: When Can I See You Again? from Wreck-It Ralph (0:52 1:06) Excellent. The answer was A! We ve got one more, and this time it s [Kid Three s name] s turn. Let s check out a track from everyone s favorite, The Greatest Showman. [Kid Three s name], do you remember what to say? KID THREE: Hit it! 2018 The rethink Group, Inc. All rights reserved. www.thinkorange.com Adapted by Ginghamsburg Church 2018 5
SFX: A Million Dreams from The Greatest Showman (1:41 1:53) HOST: What comes next, [Kid #3]? Here are your choices. Read from song answer card. A. Stick with me for a while. I ll be sure to make you smile. B. Special things I compile each one there to make you smile. C. I would run across the miles. I ll be there to make you smile. What do you think, [Kid Three s name]? [Kid Three s name] s section, how about you? (Pause for response.) You re right. It was B! Optional: Let s listen for the answer. Optional SFX: A Million Dreams from The Greatest Showman (1:53 3:01) You re right, it was B. (Pause.) I love this song. Let s keep it going! If you know it, sing along! Get the kids to sing the chorus with you. How about a big hand for our contestants? (To contestants) Thanks for finishing those lyrics. You can head back to your seats. Dismiss the three contestants to their seats. I m glad we ve got our voices warmed up, because now it s time to cooperate and sing to God together. Everyone up on your feet! Worship Leaders enter as Host exits. 4. Praise and Worship (10 Minutes) End with CG:Transition Slide 5. CG: Word Video and CG:Transition Slide 6. Bible Story (15 Minutes) Storyteller enters as Worship Leaders exit. 2018 The rethink Group, Inc. All rights reserved. www.thinkorange.com Adapted by Ginghamsburg Church 2018 6
CG: Blank Bottom Line Slide SETTING UP THE STORY STORYTELLER: Hey, everyone! I ve got a pretty amazing story of cooperation to tell you today. (Hold up Bible.) It comes from the Bible, in the book of Exodus. If you ve been here the past couple of weeks, we talked about a time when the God s people, the Israelites, were whining and complaining in the desert. God had led them out of slavery in Egypt and through the Red Sea, and He had promised them a beautiful land that would be their new home. But they hadn t reached that land yet, and they weren t very patient on the journey. They were hungry. They were thirsty. They wondered, Are we there yet? Sure enough, God gave them everything they needed along the way. Sure they were hungry, but God provided flakes of manna in the mornings, which tasted like honey bread. And He provided quail in the evenings, which I ll just guess tasted like chicken. And when they were thirsty, God even gave them water from a rock! The people had been through a lot, but their troubles in the wilderness weren't over. AMALEKITE ATTACK STORYTELLER: In fact, I think I see Moses right now. Host enters, wearing a bathrobe and fake gray beard, carrying a large backpack and a broom. He sets the backpack and broom down next to the camping chair and sits down. He opens the backpack and pulls out the Slim Jim and water bottle. He starts eating the Slim Jim. (To Host) Moses, have a seat and rest a minute. You and the Israelites have been through a lot. HOST: You can say that again. STORYTELLER: (Clear your throat.) You and the Israelites have been through a lot. HOST: Yes. Yes, we have. It s all good, though. God just gave us some water from a rock. Really helps to wash down the quail. Host takes a bite of the Slim Jim and then drinks some water. STORYTELLER: I hate to say this, Moses, but the Amalekites are attacking. Worship Leader (or other adult) enters from the side of the room as an Amalekite. He s wearing a horned helmet and waving a toy sword. (This should be comical, not scary.) WORSHIP LEADER as AMALEKITE: (Grunting) Me... Amalekite. Me... attack! The Amalekite ducks back out of view. STORYTELLER: (To Host) That s not good, Moses. (To audience) Luckily, Moses knew a brave young warrior named Joshua. Small Group Leader (or other adult) enters from the other side of the room as Joshua. He s wearing a knight helmet and holding up a toy sword. SMALL GROUP LEADER as JOSHUA: Did someone call for a warrior? STORYTELLER: Moses gave Joshua some instructions. HOST: (Calling over to Joshua, with hands around mouth) Joshua! Host opens the Bible to Exodus 17:9 (NIrV) and reads pointing and holding up the broom for emphasis. 2018 The rethink Group, Inc. All rights reserved. www.thinkorange.com Adapted by Ginghamsburg Church 2018 7
Choose some of our men. Then go out and fight against the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill. I ll stand there holding the walking stick God gave me. Joshua ducks back out of view. HANDS UP, HANDS DOWN STORYTELLER: The next day, Joshua and the other Israelite fighters went to battle against the Amalekites. Joshua and the Amalekite appear. This time, they re both on the side where the Amalekite appeared originally. They stand a few feet apart and swing their arms around ridiculously (not actually hitting each other). SMALL GROUP LEADER as JOSHUA: Take that... and that... and this! WORSHIP LEADER as AMALEKITE: Ughhhhhh! STORYTELLER: While they were doing that, Moses went up on the hill with his staff. Host stands up and pretends to climb a mountain. His brother Aaron and his friend Hur went with him. (To audience) Who wants to be Aaron and Hur? Choose two kids and bring them on stage next to Host. Put the Aaron and Hur name signs on them. When they got to the top of the hill, something very interesting happened. Moses raised his stick with both hands, as a sign that God was with the Israelites. Host holds up the broom with both hands. When Moses held up his walking stick, the Israelites started to win. SMALL GROUP LEADER as JOSHUA: Ha-HA! Joshua stands up tall and dabs. The Amalekite cowers down and puts his hands out to defend himself. STORYTELLER: But when Moses got tired and his hands started lowering, the Amalekites began to win. Host lowers the broom, clearly struggling. WORSHIP LEADER as AMALEKITE: Yarrrrrr! The Amalekite stands up tall and dabs. Joshua cowers down and puts his hands out to defend himself. AARON & HUR LEND A HAND STORYTELLER: Aaron and Hur saw their chance to help. They saw how they could help Joshua win! When Moses arms got tired, they found a stone and put it under him so he could sit on it. Get the beanbag from backstage and hand it to Aaron and Hur. Cue them to put it underneath Host. Host sits down, still holding up the broom with both hands. HOST: Aaahhhhh... much better. STORYTELLER: And that s not all! Aaron and Hur decided to hold up Moses arms. Aaron was on one side, and Hur was on the other. Cue Aaron and Hur to hold up Host s arms. 2018 The rethink Group, Inc. All rights reserved. www.thinkorange.com Adapted by Ginghamsburg Church 2018 8
Now even when Moses got tired, he could hold his staff up high so the Israelites would win! And that s exactly what happened. Aaron and Hur held up Moses hands all the way until sunset, and Joshua and the Israelites won the battle. Joshua and the Amalekite keep flailing their arms around (still a few feet apart from each other). Eventually the Amalekite stops and holds up a white flag. Let s give all of our actors a big hand! Host, Joshua, and the Amalekite exit. Dismiss the two kids to their seats. WRAPPING UP THE STORY STORYTELLER: The Israelites were victorious that day because they knew God was with them when they saw Moses holding the staff in the air. Today we don't need to look for someone holding a staff, we can know Jesus is with us because His Spirit loves inside us. Here in the izone we call this the ABC s of salvation. To be saved God wants us to A- admit that we do bad things and these bad things keep us from God. Then there is the B. We need to believe that Jesus died for you and is God s son. Because Jesus came to earth and died on the cross he takes on the punishment for all of the bad things that we admit to doing. The final step is C, Confess. You pray to God and confess or tell God you are sorry for the sin or bad things in your life, ask Jesus to forgive you and then promise to do your best to make Jesus the most important thing in your life. If you have never done this before and you want to know more about asking Jesus in your life please talk to one of your small group leaders. God helped Moses, Aaron, and Hur work together in a pretty unusual way. Aaron and Hur saw that their army was only winning when Moses staff was in the air, and they saw that Moses couldn t hold it up by himself. They jumped in to help so that Joshua and his warriors could win on the battlefield. God gives us opportunities to cooperate just like they did. He lets us work together to do what He's called us to do. We need to be on the lookout... CG: Bottom Line Slide... so we can [Bottom Line] work together to help someone succeed. You can cooperate with others to help someone else. You don t have to get all the attention. You don t have to get the credit. Cooperating doesn t have to be just about what YOU need. You can help your friend study, make a card with your classmates for a friend who s sick, or encourage your teammates to give their best at practice. Think of ways you can [Basic Truth] treat others the way you want to be treated and then work with others to make it happen. I know all of you have some great ideas about how you can cooperate to help others, and that s what you get to talk about back in Small Group! At the end the Storyteller should pray for the group and dismiss kids to Small Group 7. Small Group (20-30 Minutes) SFX: Play high-energy music as the kids exit. CG: Theme Slide * Jesper Mortensen, Justice, Jessie Chaton, and Stephen McCarthy, Move Your Feet / D.A.N.C.E. / It s a Sunshine Day, Trolls Soundtrack, (RCA, 2016). ** Adam Young, Matt Thiessen, Brian Lee, When Can I See You Again? Wreck-It Ralph Soundtrack (Walt Disney, 2012). *** Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, A Million Dreams, The Greatest Showman Soundtrack (Atlantic, 2017). 2018 The rethink Group, Inc. All rights reserved. www.thinkorange.com Adapted by Ginghamsburg Church 2018 9