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David was s r:;r 3fts5 God's own heart-not because of boasted perfecbut because of ccr:cssed imperfections.

There is no cle found anrxhere in God's Word who is so versatile. HDavid, the shepie: bor". il:e court musician, the soldier, the true fiiend, the ocast captain. rhe r:,g, the great general, the lcving fatheq the poet, the sinnthe brokenhea:ie: -ld man- but aiways the lover of God. \fle find him as aof Robin Hooci cf :-e Bible, \fe love the stories of his daring courage, hiscounter rv-ith lior= "i:C bea:: and ihe giant.

David's stafi i!:-< Jow and discouraging. But David had faith in God. He wpatient and na--s r"-iag to n-ait for God to lead. He was humble before Godman. He was h-::rie in i..rs success, and when he sinned he genuinelypented. David's ir:s a giear caieei. He used every talent God gave him forglory of his Cr*:r-r -nci truii up the people of God's choice. He brought Isto the height of :* don. esrending her boundaries from the Meditenaneanthe Euphrates b.; ;:-nquest of battle" He left a rich heritage to his race-a hitage that includc !(-J$-er. ii-Ealth. honor, and songs and psalnm. But aboveiie left an examp:c -f lorein- io God.

David was. a i"=.1- king and warrior. He ranked \Mith Abraham, Moses aPaul. His great sp- r:. rer-ealcd to us in the psalms which he wrote.

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Brsrr AArmonv VrnsrPraise tbe lord. How good it is to singpraises to ottr God, bow pleasantand Jitting to prahe him! Psalm 747:7lrssoN FocusIt is God's plan for us to show our lovefor Him through worship.Brsrr ArmsQqring this session, the srudent may1, TELL tliat David used music toworship God;2. DISCUSS reasons kids have to thank

and praise God;3. \7RITE praise notes to God;4. CHOOSE to become a member of

God's family, as the Holy Spirit leads.

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During Opening Assembly, songs, skits and other fea-tures are used to build excitement and introduce the ses-sion's Bible concept. The Assembly is done with all chiidrenin grades 1-6 together. (For complete Opening Assemblyscript, skit characters, costumes, props, backdrop and stag-ing, see the Skit Production Guide found in the Director'sPack.)

ln the skit for Session 6, Sassy finds herself in the cocf King Saul" The king is upset and no one can calm hFrrepi for a 1-oung shepherd and musician-David.

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In small groups- lead g.:dsnts to conplete one or moreof these activities" The Occ:pation Center (marked *) isused for ail age lereis-Pr:81r1,", tr{iddler and Junior. Ve rec-ommend that this center k hplemented by a special coor-dinator.1. r\ArmoRY YERTE Acnvmv:RHwnmrc ViRsE

Materials:Bible. -'heet ci "rcster board, felt pen, variety ofrhlthm instrumeniq- rape m *cks.Preparatiort: Leaer *od. ra Psalm 147 7 on poster board

and display in visr:-: iocat :l'How to i/se: Rr;d r erse d:rd with sn-rdents. Ask, Why doyou think it is right or ftning to praise God? (Volunteersanswer.) God is gcod and loving. He's perfect and de-serves our praise- Divide cLss into groups of three to fivestudents" Pass out;::rthm il{:iifieots. Groups move to sep-a:rate ^rezs of rocc or bulc=g. then group members worktcgether to pracic; sa';ing."-:r:e rh1'thmically. Students userhlthm instrumen-,-; ro emp::size certain words or ueale apattern of sounds .o rccc::pany words. Groups performrhythmic versions ca'- verse is the rest of class.@-2" OccupaloN (ENTER: PrilEsrA volunteer dr*::es in B-ile Times clothes and acts as aBible Times priesi- i'For cor;iere insiructions and materials,see the Bible Tinrc accuP;i:-'n Centers brochure in the Dl-reclor's Pack.)

Conuersatiott Stigesiiorx: selcome to the Tabernacle!This is the special tent'nhere we Israelites worshipGod. Moses brrilt the Tabernacle following God's in-structions. I am a priesl All oriests, like me, are de-scendants (or great-grex [etc.] grandchildren) ofAaron, Moses'brother. The colors and designs in my

sash show how important I am as a priest. My dutiesinclude ligbting the lamps of the Tabernacle, helpingpeople worship God in songs and prayers, asking Godto forgive their sins, receiving offerings, burning in-cense in the Tabernacle and teaching from the law,God's Word-I've heard that King David is planning to build aTemple in Jerusalem. The Temple will be a beautiful,permanentbuilding to take the place of the Tabernacle.Priests like me take our iob seriously. We know weare special and importanL The people of Israel dependupon us to teach them about God and talk to Him.3. RssrARcH CrmrrR:WonsHlp AND iAustcMateriak: Bibles, severai copies of the book How TheyLiued in Bible Times (see back cover), large sheet of butcherpaper, index cards, felt pens and tape or tacks.Preparation: Letter on index cards the Bible referenceslisted below.Hou to tAej Students look at pages 30, 37, 33, 34 tn HowTbqt Liued in Bible Timesta find out how people worshipedin Bible Times. Students may also read 2 Chronicies 5:13;PsalmTl:23;Psalm134:2; Psalm 135:3; Psalm 149:3; Psaim150:3-5" Ask sudents to illustrate whal they have learned bydrawing a mural on paper. Encourage each shrdent to illus-trate a different aspect of Bible Times worship, such as play-ing musical instruments, dancing, singing and praying.Vhen students have finished, attach paper to wal1.BoNus Acnvnv:THU Btc Plcrung Blgtg 6amr (2{prayers)

Materials: Game board. garne cards and instructions fromTeaching Raources, marker for each player (coins, erasers,colored paper clips, buttons), number cube.How to Use: Sfudents piay game. \ilhen they are finishedsay, In Bible Times, peopie worshiped God when some-thing good happened in their lives. What are someevents- in Abraham's life for which he may havethanked andworshiped God?Joseph? Moses? Vhat aresome good things that have happened in your life?

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Materials: Bibie=- Sessic:: i Pr.rzzle Pieces A-E and BibleLands nrap fron Tz"*cbing ?,:saurces. Session 6 Bihle Beatpaper lor eacir s*:i:ni" pti.:!s" feii pens, scissors, mask-ing tape. Optiona!-rhotc{{r?t of David Tine Line picture

from Teacb ittg Resources.Preparation: Cut apafi Puzzle Pieces. Place a loop of

tape on the back of each piece. Optionai: Color Time Linepicnrre.(Mark 1 Samuel 76:14-)3;2 Samuel 5,1-4: 6 in your Bible.Refer to these passages as you tell the story.)Favlp bVonsnlps 6op (loMrNUrEt

(Distribute Puzzle Pieces A-E to rrolunteers,)King Saul was kind of a moody guy. Vhen he q'as feel-ing up. everyone in the kingdom rejoiced. \X/hen he n'as33


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down...well, when he rvas feeling down, everyone tiptoedaround and tried not to do anlthing that would draw atten-tion to therlselr,es. Because r,'hen l(ng Saul was down. hegot very piclry and very grumpy. He might yeli at you forany little thing. It might be because your sandal wasn't lacedup right. It might be because you forgot to wash the royalchanot (even though it didn't really need washing). It mightbe because he didn't like the weather. It didn't rnatterw-hether or not it was your fault. He would find sonte ex-cuse for taking out his royal grumpiness bn you. (Sndentplaces Pttzzle Pie.ce A on wall or bulletin board.)It was during one of the king's grumpy moods that oneof the bravel servants spoke up. He told the king that heknew a young man who played the harp. This man playedso well that the music q'ould lift up your feelings.and floatyour bad mood right out the window. The king, who r.asfeeling exfta grumpy (even for him), shouted at the servantx'ho suggested this idea. How on earth could this servantthink he knew what wouid make the king feel better? Thepoor man cringed and begged the king to give his idea achance. The king grurnbled some more but finally said hewould give this harp player a try. Saul sent messengers froml-ris fortress in Gibeah to Bethlehem, the home of the harpplayer, whose name was David" (Point to Gibeab and Beth-lebern on rnap.)Tnr JemmrN'SHEPHERDNow David happened to be a shepherd. Back in thosedays, a shepherd had to be r.ery brave and very strong inorder to defend the sheep against all sorts of wild animals.Sometimes a shepherd even had to chase off robbers. Daviduras braver and stronger than most shepherds. But he hadsomething else going for him as well. David knew God verywell and God was alway.c with David. God had helpedDavid time and tine again It tr'as preti.. exciting for Davidto look back and remember how God had helped him out ofreal scary situations. David was so grateful when he thoughtof those times that most of the songs he played on his harpwere praise songs to God. {Student placa Puzzle Piece B)Vhen news of the king's call came, David was out in thefields taking care of his father's sheep. But David knew thatwhen the king calls, you'd better conie. Dayid's fatherloaded up a donkey with presents and sent them and hisson to grumpy King Saul. When he arrived, David immedi-ate\'played his harp and sang for the king. Sure enough,while David played, King Saul's feelings were lifted up andhis bad mood floated right out the window. {Student placesPuzzle Piece C.)David became a very valuabie man to King Saul. In fact,David became very valuable to everyone in the whole king-dom, so valuable that many years later, David became theking. (Student places Puzzle Piece D)THr WonsHiPrN'KING\flhen David became king, he remembered God and con-tinued to play praise songs to God. in fact, David encour-aged the whole country ta ioin him. Once he organized aparade to celebrate the reiurn of the Ark of the Covenant.

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The fuk was a rectangular box made of acacia wood acovered with gold. It was carried carefully on long polThe Ark was real important to God's peopie because it na reminder that God was always wifi them. Also, it ctained the tablets of the Ten Comrnandments. The fuk hbeen stolen and then moved to various places but Dabrought this special holy box back to his new capitaJerusalern where it could be a constant reminder of Gopresence. (Point tolentsalem on map.)

As you can imagine, it was a big day in Jerusalem. Tparude was a national event, sort of like a cross bem'eeNeq, Year's parade and a giant concert. There were couiess musician-s playing every kind of instrument. Thel' rymaking music to tell God how thankful they were. Twhole thing looked almost out.of control because the peple were so excited. Guess who was at the front ofwhole production? It was King Davidl He wasn't just staning there grinning. He was dancing and jumping with allmight because even though he was the king, he loved Gso much, he wanted to tell Him so. (Student places PuzPiece E.) Then they placed the Ark inside a special tent aDavid spoke to the people. After his speech, the king cocluded the celebration by giving a loaf of bread, a cakedates and a cake of raisins to each person in the crowd.Now maybe you don't dance and jump in your churcMaybe you sit quietly and sing. Maybe you stand up araise your hands or maybe you clap and tap your footthe music. But whatever you do or don't do, remembKing David. He showed that he loved God by his worshIt was God's plan for him. It is God's plan for us. as we(Optional: Attacb Dauid Time line picture to uall.)

h FE APp[lcATloN t', ^'rrtrlPass out Bibles, Bible Beat pape$, pencils and felt peTo review Bible story, volunteers read aloud the partsM.C. Scriber and David on page 1. Ask, When did Davworship God? (While taking care of His sheep, in KiSaul's court, when he was king.) What did David doshow His love for God? (He sang, played the harp adanced. He brought the fuk of the Covenant to JerusalemOptional: Students read and complete page 2 and top ofSay, The words to this song are from the bookPsalms and may have been written by David.Then students turn to page 3 and complete "Take Nosection. Repeat verse aloud with srudents. Say, This Psawas written by David. He wrote many psakns (songs) to praise God. Why do you think praising Gis a good thing to do? (The Bible tells us to. God deservour praise. It reminds us of what God has done for us. Ita way of expressing our love for God.) What are somreasons kids might have for thanking and worshipinGod? (Students respond.) God is our creator and Htakes good care of us. It is good for us to thank Hand give Him praise. It is God's plan for us to shoour love for Him through worship.

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worship God together right now. A-lternate praise notereadings with prayers and singing of praise songs'

Vb worship God because He is perfectly good andloving. AII of us aregood and loving at times, but othertimes we're nol Sometines we do wrong things. ButGod sent His Son,Jesus, to die on the cross and forgive

our sins-{he wrong things we do. Yrhen you believethatJesus is God's Son, admit that you havc sinned andask for forgiveness, God forgives your sins. Then y.ouate accepted as a member of God's famtly. Be prepar'edto talk individually with any students who indicate an inter-est in knowing more about being forgiven' See."Leading aChild to aSirs" (p. 10).

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The following activities are all-scilool centers, to beplanned and implemented by special coordinators. Teachersaccompany snrdents to centers.Elgtg TtnnEE Mustc oo-roMrNU*t

For complete instructions, see the Bible Times Mnsicbrochure in the Director's Pack.How to Use.' Sfudents gather in large room and listen asharp (or Autohaqp or gurtar) player demonstrates and tellsabout instrument. If possible, volunteers take a turn pluck-ing strings. (Optional: Harp, Autoharp or guitar player leadsstudents in singing a simple praise song.) Say, In BibleTimes, stringed instruments were often used in wor-shiping God. David played a small harp called a lyre.He caried the instrument with himwhen he took careof sheep. David probably played his lyre at night tornake the time go faster. King Saul hired David to playthe harp for him. The music soothed him when he wasin abad mood-

Say, Let's sing a psalm that David wrote the wordsto. "Psaln" is another word for "praise song." Studentssing "The Lord Is God" and do movements. If possible,have harpist play along as you sing" (Optional: Volunteersplay rhythm instrirments.) Remind snrdents of the parade inwhich David sang and danced and the Israelites played in-struments to worship God.Optional:Junior students use this time to rehearse pafisfor Mini-Mu.sicale Clasing Program (see sclipts in l{irti-Mu'sicale songbook), in addition to learning songs.EIBLE TlMgS RArr$ oo-,0*'*rt:lTaMsounlNrFor complete craft instruclions, see "Tambonrine" inBible Ti.rnes Craftsfor Kids (see back cover). Children make

tambourines similar to those used in Bible Times'Conuasation Sugs1estions: In Bible Times, tambourineswere usually played by women. They kept the rhythmgoing as people danced to worship or celebrate. What

do you like to do to celebrate?BIB[E TIARE$ SNAcKs o*,0^'rrr*rRarrx Caru

Srudents gather in kitchen or dining arca to participate inbaking and eating traditional Raisin Cake. For completesnack instructions, see page 9 or refer to the Snack Guide inthe Director's Pack.Conuersatiott Sugestions: Many special dinners orfeasts were given to honor David when he becameKing of Israel. Honey cakes were baked and given toall the people of David's kingdom' Today we will bakehoney cakes using raisins. Raisins were a popular foodin David's time.LoSlNG uo*'*utru

Materials: Brb\e, Mitti-Musicale songbook and cassette,cassette player, word chart for song.

PIay I'titti-lllusicale cassetie as students gather.Song: Sing "God's Got a Plan."Bible Memory Yerse: If I wanted to find a verse in theBitrle that tells what a good thing it is to worship C'od,where could I look? (Psa1m 147;1.) Ask children to standas soon as they can think of somethng for which they'd liketo thank God. invite all children w-ho are standing to reciteverse.Prayer: Dear God, You created the wodd and You cre-ated us. You can do things that we can't do. Yet Youlove us and are with us every day. We thank You forYour love and goodness. Ve love You and we worshipYou, InJesus' name, arnen.Announcements/Dismiss: Come back tomorrow andwe'Il find out about a tniar^ who made an announce-ment for God.

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