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Scope and Sequence

Summer 2016–Spring 2017

Summer 2016

UNIT 1: The Rainbow

Promise

June 5—Noah Buildshe Ark

June 12—Two of EveryKind

June 19—Sending Ouhe Dove

June 26—The Rainbow

Promise

UNIT 2: Fruit of the

Spirit: Part 1

July 3—Love

July 10—Joy

July 17—Peace

July 24—Paience

July 31—Kindness

UNIT 3: Fruit of the

Spirit: Part 2

Aug 7—Goodness

Aug 14—Faihfulness

Aug 21—Genleness

Aug 28—Self-conrol

Fall 2016

UNIT 1: Joseph’sJourney

Sep 4—Joseph and His

Brohers

Sep 11—Joseph in Egyp

Sep 18—Joseph Saveshe Day

Sep 25—Joseph and HisBrohers Reunied

UNIT 2: Freedom

Oc 2—The Baby in he

Baske

Oc 9—The Burning Bush

Oc 16—Moses andPharaoh

Oc 23—Crossing he Sea

Oc 30—Songs of Joy

UNIT 3: God Provides

Nov 6 —In he Wilderness

Nov 13—TenCommandmens

Nov 20—A House for God

Nov 27—The Peaceable

Kingdom

Winter 2016–17

UNIT 1: The Stories of

Christmas

Dec 4—Mary’s Sory

Dec 11—Joseph’s Sory

Dec 18—Jesus’ SoryDec 25—Shepherds’

Sory

UNIT 2: Jesus, God’s

Son

Jan 1—Search for he King

Jan 8—Talk Wih heTeachers

Jan 15—Come o he River

Jan 22—Change he

Waer

Jan 29—Born Anew

UNIT 3: The Parables

Feb 5—The Sower

Feb 12—The GoodSamarian

Feb 19—The Sories ofhe Los

Feb 26—The ForgivingFaher

Spring 2017

UNIT 1: Jesus ShowsLove

March 5—To Ten Lepers

March 12—To Zacchaeus

March 19—A he LasSupper

March 26—In he Garden

UNIT 2: Hosanna!

April 2—Cock-a-doodle-doo!

April 9—Hosanna!

April 16—Alleluia!

April 23—Come o

Breakfas!

April 30—Feed My Sheep!

UNIT 3: Peter Rocks!May 7—Peer and John

May 14—Peer andTabiha

May 21—Peer andCornelius

May 28—Peer in Prison


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ContentsWriten by Sally Hoelscher

2 Using These Resources

4 Supplies

UNIT 1: The Rainbow Promise

5 June 51. Noah Builds he Ark

12 June 122. Two o Every Kind

19 June 193. Sending Ou he Dove

26 June 264. The Rainbow Promise

UNIT 2: Fruit of the Spirit, Part 133 July 3

5. Love

40 July 106. Joy

47 July 177. Peace

54 July 248. Paience

61 July 31

9. Kindness

UNIT 3: Fruit of the Spirit, Part 2

68 Augus 710. Goodness

75 Augus 1411. Faihulness

82 Augus 2112. Genleness

89 Augus 2813. Sel-conrol

Supplemental Page

96 Quesions

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2 Deep Blue One Room Sunday School Leader’s Guide

Using These Resources

Here’s how it works

Leader’s Guide

Each session plan is divided ino our secions:

1. Jump In

Arrival aciviies o help he children begin hinkingabou wha hey will be learning and group-buildingime o help he children relae o one anoher

2. Dive Deeper

Group aciviies or hearing, undersanding, and

experiencing he Bible sory

3. Grow Stronger

Aciviies o encourage conemporary applicaion ohe children’s lives, including opporuniies o serveohers in heir own church and communiy and oparicipae in mission projecs around he world

4. Worship

Group aciviies ha encourage he learners oremember he Bible sories and verses and worshipogeher

Reproducible Kids’ BookSeven aciviy shees or each session, including aBible sory and a variey o aciviies. Each aciviy islabeled a he botom or one o hree groupings:

• For Nonreaders

• For Readers

• For Everyone

Resource PakAtendance chars, colorul picures, games, maps,posers, soryelling figures, chars, murals, paterns,song lyrics, and oher resources o use wih hechildren in he classroom


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CD-ROMVocal and insrumenal recordings o he songs or each uni, PowerPoin ®

slides o he song lyrics, and prined shee music wih lyricsThe songs marked wih an * are no eaured in he DVD’s music videos.

1. Le’s Go Deep Blue 4. Shining Through, Par 1

2. Make Some Room* 5. Shining Through, Par 2

3. Rainbow Promise

DVDMusic videos or he quarer and a video segmen or each session haprovides anoher un way o undersand he meaning o he Bible sory

The DVD has 13 episodes se in he brigh, wonderul world o he DeepBlue Kids: Asia, Ka, and Edgar.

• he week’s Bible sory old by he Deep Blue Kids

• a music video o he Deep Blue heme song, “Le’s Go Deep Blue”

• he Bible verse—writen, spoken, and signed, using signs rom AmericanSign Language

• and more!

Deep Blue Kids BibleKids will dive deep ino God’s Word wih he CEB Deep BlueKids Bible. This engaging, ineracive Bible offers our-coloricons and illusraions hroughou wih a wealh o noes,devoionals, Bible rivia, and oher ineracive elemens ocapure inquisiive young minds. Plus, he CEB DeepBlue Kids Bible will encourage a hirs or God’simeless message as young readers join hreelielike kids in discovering he Bible and wha imeans o heir lives. Deep Blue Kids One

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4 Deep Blue One Room Sunday School Leader’s Guide

Supplies

Wherever your one-room Sunday school classgahers—in he back o he sancuary, asmall room, he pasor’s office, he kichen, or even

a hallway—here are some basic supplies you will

need o have available almos every Sunday. The ideal

siuaion is o collec he basic supplies you hink you

will need and keep hem accessible every Sunday.

Sore hem in a cabine or a close i one is available;i no, hink abou a box in he corner o a room or

under a pew in he sancuary, or assign a place o keep

some basic supplies in he runk o your car. Choose

he aciviies you will use, and provide wha will be

needed or jus ha uni, or collec supplies or one

lesson a a ime.

The Basics

• scissors

• markers

• crayons, colored pencils

• pencils and pens

• markers

• consrucion paper

• drawing paper

• issue paper

• glue and gluesicks

• sapler and saples

• yarn

• rulers

• paper punch

• clear ape

• masking ape

• rubber bands

• paper clips

• sring

• craf sicks

• modeling clay

• a hymnal

• small baske

• mural paper

• paper owels

• cleaning supplies

• index cards

• scarves and sreamers

• paper cups and plaes

• plasic able covers

• Bibles

• simple Bible cosumes

• CD player

Beyond the Basics

Check each session or a lis o he specific

supplies needed or each aciviy.

Make a wish lis o he supplies you will need or

ha uni. Members o your church will be happy

o know how hey can suppor he children in he

church. Publish he lis in he church newsleter or

bullein.

I you have a place o sore supplies, encourage he

congregaion o bring iems such as old magazines,

paper owel ubes, paper grocery bags, envelopes,

or abric scraps.

I you do no have a place o sore hings, make a

new lis each week o he hings you will need or

he nex wo or hree weeks.


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Noah Builds the ArkBible Verse “This is he symbol o he covenan ha I have se up beween me and all

creaures on earh.” (Genesis 9:17)

Did You Know?

Afer he creaion o humaniy, God declared i “supremely good” (Genesis 1:31). Jusfive chapers laer, God “regreted making human beings on he earh, and he washearbroken” (Genesis 6:6). God decided o desroy his par o creaion. The images o

God here convey sorrow more han anger. God was hearbroken and disappoined. Bu

here was Noah, whom God approved o. Noah was a good man who walked wih God.

So when God decided o desroy humaniy, Noah and his amily were spared. Alhough

disappoined wih human beings, God aced merciully in choosing no o compleely rid

he earh o humans.

The sory o Noah in he Bible isn’ he only accoun o an ancien flood. The firs

known ciies were buil along he Tigris and Euphraes rivers in he area ha is now

he counries o Iraq, Iran, and Turkey. Many people lived in he area beween he wo

rivers. Seasonal flooding o hese rivers occurred. Muliple ancien sources conain

accouns o an epic flood ha covered he known world.

God ells Noah o build an ark. Unlike some biblical figures, such as Moses, who

negoiaed and argued wih God, Noah didn’ inerac wih God’s pronouncemen.In ac, hroughou he elling o he building o he ark, he loading o

he animals, he flood, he ime aboard he ark, and unloading he

ark, none o Noah’s words are recorded. Afer God insruced Noah

o build an ark, Noah had o decide wheher o rus God enough

o ollow God’s insrucions. “Noah did everyhing exacly as God

commanded him” (Genesis 6:22). Noah rused and obeyed God.

This monh you will collec offerings or a special mission projec.

Donaing o Heier Projec Inernaional is one way o ac ou our

aih.

Exploration Points• Noah obeyed God.

• God saved Noah and his amily.

Leader’s Guide • Reproducible Kids’ Book

Resource Pack • DVD • CD-ROM

DeepBlueKids.com

SESSION 1

June 5

Bible Sory

Genesis 6:13-22

Anchor PoinWe can rus God’spromises.

My Plan

q Assemble he Crew

q Build an Ark

q

Mission Momenq Deep Blue Bible

Advenure

q Noah Builds he Ark

q Move o he Music

q Wha Is NoahBuilding?

q Building Words

q Make Rainbow Paper

q Begin an Ar Journal

q Begin a Journal

q Worship

q Talk Abo u

Everyone

Readers

Nonreaders

Requirespreparation


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SAY: This month we are raising money for Heifer International, an organizationworking to end poverty and hunger around the world. You have a letter to take hometo your parents that explains more about our mission project. Natural disastersoccur around the world every year—earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, etc.—leaving people displaced from their homes and struggling with basic needs. HeiferInternational often partners with communities in disaster areas. In April 2015,the country of Nepal suffered a large, damaging earthquake. Thousands of homeswere destroyed or damaged, and many livestock animals that belonged to Heifer’sproject participants were lost or killed. Two weeks later another strong earthquakecaused even more damage. Heifer has created the Nepal Relief and RecoveryFund to provide money for supporting the families during their long term effortsto rebuild their communities, replace livestock, and participate in needed trainingopportunities. The money you donate will be given to the Nepal Relief and RecoveryFund.

• Encourage your children o wrie a prayer on he back o he mission projec leter.SAY: God’s power is often seen in nature (Psalm 77:18) as well as God’s promises(Genesis 9:8-13). Write a prayer thanking God for the gifts of nature, asking forGod’s protection from danger, and seeking God’s help for the people in Nepal.

Dive DeeperD EEP B LUE B IB LE AD VEN TURE

Supplies: DVD, compuer, or a DVD player and elevision, or projecor and screen

• Invie he children o si down where hey can comorably see he elevision.

SAY: Today Edgar is repairing the boat. Let’s watch and listen to see what story thisreminds the kids of.

• Wach oday’s episode rom Deep Blue Bible Advenure (DVD).

ASK: Why did Noah build an ark? (God told him to.)

N OAH B UILD S THE ARK

Supplies: Reproducible 1b

Phoocopy “Noah Builds he Ark” (Reproducible 1b) or each child o ake home.

SAY: Our Bible story today is found in the first book of the Bible.

ASK: What is the first book of the Bible? (Genesis)

• Invie confiden readers o help you ell oday’s sory.

• Give each voluneer a copy o “Noah Builds he Ark,” and assign pars o he sory oeach reader.

• Wih he help o your voluneers, read he sory rom “Noah Builds he Ark.”

• Thank he readers or helping you ell he sory.


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ASK: Why was God sad? (People were doing bad things.) What did God tell Noah todo? (Build an ark.)

SAY: Imagine that you were Noah. One day God tells you to build a big boat. It isn’training at the time.

ASK: What do you think Noah’s reaction might have been? Do you think Noah hadquestions for God?

SAY: The Bible doesn’t tell us Noah’s reaction to God’s request. But we know Noahfollowed God’s instructions. Noah trusted God, so he obeyed.

MOVE TO THE MUSIC

Supplies: Song Lyrics and Acions Poser (Resource Pak—p. 23), CD-ROM, CD player

Display he Song Lyrics and Acion Poser (Resource Pak—p. 23) where hechildren can see i.

SAY: All month we are going to be talking about Noah. We have an extra song for themonth about the animals on the ark. Let’s listen.

• Play “Make Some Room” (CD-ROM) and le he children lisen o he song.

SAY: Now let’s learn some motions to go along with this song.

• Show he children he Make Some Room Lyrics and Acions.

• Read hrough and do he acions o he song ogeher wihou he music.

SAY: I’m going to play the song again. This time let’s do the actions.• Play “Make Some Room” and encourage he children o move o he music.

WH AT IS N OAH B UIL DIN G ?

Supplies: Reproducible 1d, crayons

Phoocopy “Wha Is Noah Building?” (Reproducible 1d) or each child.

ASK: What job did God give Noah? (to build an ark)

• Give each child a copy o “Wha Is Noah Building?”

SAY: Here is a picture of Noah building, but something is missing from the picture.

• Encourage each child o draw a picure o wha Noah is building and color hepicure.

B UILD IN G WORD S

Supplies: Bibles, Reproducible 1e, pencils

Phoocopy “Building Words” (Reproducible 1e) or each child.

• Give each child a copy o “Building Words” and a pencil.

• Encourage each child o solve he puzzle.


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The rainbow paper will

be used for a project

next week. Let each child

make several squares of

rainbow paper so therewill be rainbow paper

available for children

who are not present this

week.

TIP

Grow StrongerMAK E RA IN B OW PAP ER

Supplies: clear fingernail polish, blue or black consrucion paper, scissors, shallow rays,small pichers or measuring cups, paper owels

• Cu he consrucion paper ino six-inch squares.

• Fill he pichers or measuring cups hal ull wih waer.

• Have each child place a piece o consrucion paper in a shallow ray.

• Le each child pour waer on his or her paper unil he paper is covered wih a hinlayer o waer.

• Pour a drop or wo o clear fingernail polish in he cener o each child’s piece o

paper.

• Encourage each child o wach he fingernail polish spread across he waer.• Have each child pick he paper up by one edge and allow he waer o drain off ino

he ray.

• Place he paper on a paper owel o dry.

ASK: How does the paper look different now then it did before? What colors can yousee in the paper?

SAY: When the paper becomes coated with a thin layer of nail polish, the nail polishrefracts light, creating rainbow patterns. We are going to let the paper dry, and nextweek we will use the paper.

• Le each child make several more pieces o rainbow paper.

SAY: The rainbow is a symbol of the promise God made to Noah—the promise thatGod’s love would never end.

J OURN ALIN G

SAY: Today you are going to start a journal that you will add to every week of thisquarter. We will keep the pages here, and at the end of the quarter, we will put yourpages together to make a book.

B EGIN AN ART J OURN AL

Supplies: Reproducible 1f, crayons, olders o sore children’s work

Phoocopy “Ar Journal: Noah Builds an Ark” (Reproducible 1) or each child.

• Give each child a copy o “Ar Journal: Noah Builds an Ark.”

ASK: What does the word obey mean? (to do as you are told, to follow directions)

• Read he inormaion a he op o he page o he children and discuss hequesions.


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• Invie each child o draw a picure o himsel or hersel obeying God.

• Affirm each child’s work.

B EGIN A J OURN ALSupplies: Reproducible 1g, pencils, olders o sore children’s work

Phoocopy “Journal: Noah Builds an Ark” (Reproducible 1g) or each child.

• Give each child a copy o “Journal: Noah Builds an Ark.”

• Invie each child o hink abou he quesions on he page and wrie her or hisresponses.

• Allow ime or children o reflec and wrie.

• Give each reader and nonreader a older.

• Have each child place her or his paper inside he older and wrie her or his name

on he ouside o he older.• Collec he olders o be used nex week.

WorshipSupplies: June Bible Verse Poser (Resource Pak—p. 3), June Sign Language Poser(Resource Pak—p. 9), DVD, DVD player, and a elevision or projecor and screen

Display he “June Bible Verse Poser” and he “June Sign Language Poser”(Resource Pak—pp. 3 & 9) in your worship area.Learn he signs or he Bible verse so you can each hem o he children.

SAY: Today we heard about God telling Noah to build an ark. Over the next fewweeks, we’ll hear the rest of the story about Noah. The rainbow is an important partof this story. Our song and Bible verse for this month are about the rainbow.

• Play his monh’s song, “The Rainbow Promise” (DVD), and encourage children osing and move along wih he music.

ASK: Have you ever seen a rainbow? When do rainbows appear? (after it rains)

• Show he children he Bible Verse Poser. Encourage readers o read he versewih you.

SAY: The symbol referred to in this Bible verse is the rainbow. God made therainbow a reminder of the covenant God made with Noah. A covenant is a specialkind of promise. God promised to be faithful to all creatures on the earth and us,too! God will always love us, no matter what. That’s a promise we can trust.

• Teach children he sign language or he Bible verse.

• Encourage all children o sign and say he Bible verse wih you.

PRAY: God, thank you for the covenant you have made with us. We know we cantrust in your promise to always love us. Help us to be faithful to you. Amen.


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Talk About Noah Builds the Ark

Look up today’s Bible story in your Bible:

Genesis 6:13-22

Use these questions to talk about today’s Bible story at home:

• How do you hink Noah el when God old him o build an ark?

• How do you hink Noah’s amily el abou Noah’s insrucions rom God?

• How do you hink he world was differen beore he flood?

Say the Bible verse together:

“This is the symbol of the covenant that I have set up between me and allcreatures on earth.” (Genesis 9:17)

Pray:

Thank you, God, for your promise to always love us. Help us to trust and

obey your Word. Amen.

We can rus God’s promises.


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Two of Every KindBible Verse “This is he symbol o he covenan ha I have se up beween me and all

creaures on earh.” Genesis 9:17

Did You Know?

Las week we read abou God insrucing Noah o build an ark. Noah obeyed God andnow, as he sory coninues, i is ime o fill he ark wih passengers. Eigh peoplewould board he ark: Noah, his wie, his hree sons, and his sons’ wives. People were ar

ounumbered by animals. We radiionally envision wo o each kind o animal on he

ark. In Genesis 7:2, however, God insrucs Noah o ake seven pairs o each clean animal

and one pair o each unclean animal. Used here, he erms clean andunclean reer o

animals used or sacrifice.

Beore he rain sared, God se a ime limi, assuring Noah he rain would no las

orever. When God old Noah o load he animals ono he ark, God said he rain would

begin in seven days and las or ory days and ory nighs. Noah’s amily spen more

han he ory days and nighs on he ark. Including he ime i ook or he waers o

recede, Noah and his amily were on he ark or abou a year.

Afer inorming Noah o he plan o flood he earh, God made a covenan wih

Noah. In ancien Israel, covenans made beween groups or individuals were a way o

lie. These agreemens, alliances, or reaies were designed o esablish loyaly, andheir making was usually marked wih some ac, such as eaing a meal

ogeher or he giving o a gif. The covenan God made wih God’s

people was a promise o God’s aihulness. God is he iniiaor o he

covenan and requires in reurn he exclusive loyaly o God’s people.

A covenan wih God differs rom a covenan beween individuals in

ha God will always keep he covenan and remain aihul, regardless

o he aihlessness o God’s people. Ulimaely, i is God’s mercy

and aihulness ha are responsible or he coninuaion o God’s

covenan.

Exploration Points• Noah rused God.

• We can always rus God.



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June 12

Bible Sory

Genesis 7:1-16

Anchor PoinWe can rus God’spromises

Your Lesson

q Assemble he Crew

q Move o he Music

q Mission Momen

q Deep Blue BibleAdvenure

q Two o Every Kind

q Animal Exercises

q Animals Two by Two

q Tangram Puzzl e

q Rainbow Reminder

q Journaling

q Worship

q Talk Ab ou

Everyone

Readers

Nonreaders

Requirespreparation


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Jump In!The following activities may be done in learning

centers as the children arrive or may be donewith the entire group.

ASSEMB LE THE CREW

Supplies: Atendance Char (Resource Pak—p. 2), DVD,DVD player, elevision, marker

• Display he Atendance Char (Resource Pak—p. 2).

• Gree he children as hey arrive. Mark each child’s name on he atendance char.

• Show he children where o place any offerings hey have brough.

• Play “Le’s Go Deep Blue” on he DVD as he children arrive.

MOVE TO THE MUSIC

Supplies: Song Lyrics and Acions Poser (Resource Pak—p. 23), CD-ROM, CD player

Display he Song Lyrics and Acion Poser (Resource Pak—p. 23) where hechildren can see i.

SAY: Today we are continuing to hear the story of Noah. Last week we learned a songabout the animals on the ark.

• Show he children he “Make Some Room” Lyrics and Acions.

• Read hrough and review he acions o he song ogeher wihou he music.

SAY: Now let’s put the actions to music.

• Play “Make Some Room” (CD-ROM) and encourage he children o move o hemusic.

MISSION MOMEN T

Supplies: Reproducible 1a, offering baske

Phoocopy “Mission Projec: Heier Inernaional—Nepal” (Reproducible 1a) or

each child who was no presen las week.

• Show he children where o place any offerings hey have brough or he mission

projec.

SAY: This month we are collecting money for the Nepal Relief and Recovery Fund.Heifer International created this fund to provide money for supporting the familiesof Nepal during their long-term efforts to rebuild their communities, replacelivestock, and participate in needed training opportunities.

• The Unied Mehodis Commitee on Relie (UMCOR) responds o disasers byexending loving care o people wihin he Unied Saes and inernaionally. I youhave a person in your church who has been a par o a disaser response eam, ask

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Supplies: DVD, a compuer, or DVD player and elevision, or projecor and screen


SAY: Today Asia continues telling the story of Noah. Let’s watch and listen to seewhat happens today.


ASK: Why did God tell Noah to build an ark? (There was going to be a flood.)

TWO OF EVERY K IN D

Supplies: Reproducible 2a

Phoocopy “Two o Every Kind” (Reproducible 2a) or each child o ake home.

SAY: Last week we heard the story of God telling Noah to build an ark. Our story thisweek is a continuation of last week’s story.

ASK: In what book of the Bible is the story of Noah found? (Genesis)


• Give each voluneer a copy o “Two o Every Kind,” and assign pars o he sory oeach reader.

• Wih he help o your voluneers, read he sory rom “Two o Every Kind.”


ASK: What did God tell Noah to do in today’s story? (Get on the ark. Put animalson the ark.) How many animals was Noah to take on the ark? (One pair of someanimals, those classified as unclean; seven pairs of clean animals)

SAY: At the time Noah lived, some animals were used as sacrifices to God. Animalsacceptable as sacrifices were called clean. The terms clean and unclean referred towhether the animals could be used as sacrifices, not whether the animals needed abath.

ASK: What do you think it smelled like on the ark with all of those animals? What doyou think it sounded like on the ark?

SAY: Noah followed God’s instructions because Noah trusted God.

AN IMAL EX ERCISES

• Have he children sand up.

SAY: Let’s move our bodies as we think about the animals that boarded the ark.

• Invie he children o hink o animal movemens or he class o do.


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AN IMALS TWO B Y TWO

Supplies: Reproducible 2b, crayons

Phoocopy “Animals Two by Two” (Reproducible 2b) or each child.

• Give each child a copy o “Animals Two by Two.”

SAY: God told Noah to take pairs of animals onto the ark.

ASK: What is missing in this picture of the animals boarding the ark? (one of eachanimal pair)

• Invie children o draw more animals so ha here are wo o each kind.

• Encourage children o color he picure.

TAN GRAM P U ZZLE

Supplies: Reproducibles 2c and 2d, card sock, scissors, envelopes, pencils

Phoocopy “Tangram Patern” (Reproducible 2c) ono card sock or each child.Phoocopy “Tangram Animals” (Reproducible 2d) or each child.

• Give each child a copy o “Tangram Patern” and a pair o scissors.

SAY: A tangram is a puzzle that is made of seven shapes that fit together to form asquare as you can see here. When the shapes are cut apart, they can be arranged tomake many different patterns.

• Encourage each child o cu ou he angram pieces.• Give each child a copy o “Tangram Animals.”

SAY: This page shows a few of the pictures that can be made by combining the sevenshapes in different ways.

• Encourage each child o pu his or her angram shapes ogeher o orm some o heanimals shown on “Tangram Animals.”

• Invie each child o experimen wih puting he shapes ogeher in oher ways o ryand orm oher animals.

• Give each child an envelope o place her or his puzzle pieces in.

• Have each child wrie his or her name on he envelope.

Grow StrongerB EGIN MAK IN G A RAIN B OW REMIN D ER

Supplies: Reproducible 2e, rainbow paper made las week, CDs or DVDs (eiher new orrecycled), flashlighs, scissors, colored pencils, glue sicks

Make copies o “Animal Pairs” (Reproducible 2e).

SAY: God made a covenant with Noah, promising faithfulness and never-ending love.


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ASK: Do you remember the symbol God used as a reminder of thispromise?(rainbow)

SAY: Last week we made rainbow paper.• Show he children he paper made las week ha is now dry.

• I here are children who were no presen las week, invie children who were

presen o explain how he paper was made.

• Show he children he CDs.

• Encourage he children o shine flashlighs on he rainbow paper and he CDs andlook or rainbows.

SAY: We are going to begin making rainbow reminders to help us remember the storyof Noah.

• Give each child a CD.

• Have each child choose a piece o rainbow paper.

• Encourage each child o race around he CD on he rainbow paper, remembering orace inside he cener circle.

• Le each child cu ou he circle o rainbow paper, cuting away he inside circle, oo.

• Have each child glue he rainbow paper circle o he non-shiny side o he CD.

SAY: Today we talked about the animals boarding the ark. You will add this month’sBible verse and some animals to your rainbow reminder to remember this part of thestory of Noah.

• Have each child cu ou he Bible verse and glue i o his or her rainbow reminder.

• Invie each child o choose some animal pairs rom “Animal Pairs” and o use coloredpencils o color he animal paterns.

• Encourage each child o cu he colored animal paterns ou and hen glue hemono he oher side o he CD.

• Invie each child o wrie his or her name on he rainbow paper side o he CD.

SAY: Two weeks from today we will finish the rainbow reminders, and then you maytake them home.

• Collec he decoraed CDs, and save hem o be used in Session 4.

J OURN ALIN G

SAY: Today you are going to make another page for the journal you started lastweek.

ART J OURN AL


Phoocopy “Ar Journal: Two o Every Kind” (Reproducible 2) or each child.

• Give each child a copy o “Ar Journal: Two o Every Kind.”

TIP

Ask members o

your congregaiono donae old orunwaned CDs o be

used or his aciviy.


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• Read he inormaion a he op o he page o he children.

• Invie each child o draw a picure o a pair o his or her avorie animal.


J OURN AL

Supplies: Reproducible 2g, pencils

Phoocopy “Journal: Two o Every Kind” (Reproducible 2g) or each child.

• Give each child a copy o “Journal: Two o Every Kind.”

• Invie each child o hink abou he quesions on he page and wrie her or his

responses.


• Give each reader and nonreader his or her older rom las week.• Have each child place her or his paper in he older.

• Collec he olders o be saved or nex week.

WorshipPRAISE AND PRAYER

Supplies: June Bible Verse Poser (Resource Pak—p. 3), June Sign Language Poser(Resource Pak—p. 9), DVD, DVD player and a elevision, or projecor and screen

Display he “June Bible Verse Poser” and he “June Sign Language Poser”(Resource Pak—pp. 3 & 9) in your worship area.

SAY: Today we heard more of the story of Noah.

• Play his monh’s song, “The Rainbow Promise” (DVD), and encourage children o

sing and move along wih he music.

• Show he children he Bible verse poser. Encourage readers o read i wih you.

ASK: What is the symbol of the covenant God made with Noah? (the rainbow) Whatwas the covenant or promise God made to Noah? (God’s love would never end.)

• Review he sign language or he Bible verse wih he children.


SAY: The covenant God made with Noah is also for us. God promises to be faithfuland always love us. There is nothing you can do to make God stop loving you.

ASK: How does it make you feel to know God will never stop loving you?

• Allow children an opporuniy o respond.

PRAY: God, thank you for loving us. Help us to look for opportunities to share yourlove with others. Amen.


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Talk About Two of Every Kind


Genesis 7:1-16


• Wha do you hink i would be like o live on a large boa ull o animals

or a year?

• How do you hink Noah go all o he animals on he ark?

• How do you hink he animals responded o each oher?



Pray:

Thank you, God, for your faithfulness. Help us to show our trust in God.

Amen.



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Sending Out the DoveBible Verse “This is he symbol o he covenan ha I have se up beween me and all


Did You Know?

“L, remember your compassion and aihul love . . . hey are orever! Bu don’remember he sins o my youh or my wrongdoing. Remember me only accordingo your aihul love or he sake o your goodness, L.” (Psalm 25:6-7) Alhough King

David wroe hese words, we can imagine Noah having similar houghs afer spending

a year on an ark wih seven members o his amily and many animals. And God did

remember! Genesis 8 begins, “God remembered Noah, all hose alive, and all he animals

wih him in he ark.”

As he waers began o recede, Noah sen ou a succession o birds, one raven and

a dove hree imes, o deermine he condiion o he earh. Ancien mariners used

he pracice o releasing birds while sailing o es wheher hey were close o land.

Oher ancien flood sories also included accouns o birds being released.

Even hough Noah moniored he receding o he waers by sending ou he raven

and he dove, his inormaion was ulimaely no wha deermined when Noah, his

amily, and he animals lef he ark. Jus as God old Noah o build he ark and o

load he ark, God old Noah when o disembark. As he had since he beginning, Noahconinued o rus God and obey God’s insrucions. The covenan God

made wih Noah, and wih us, promised God’s aihulness. God’s

covenan o aihulness mean God would remember Noah. God’s

covenan exends o us. We can rus in God’s aihulness, also. In

reurn, God requires our rus and aihulness.

Teaching Sunday school is one way you live ou your aihulness o

God. Thank you or he imporan work you do each week.

Exploration Points• God is aihul o keep God’s promises.

• We can show our aihulness o God.



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SESSION 3

June 19

Bible Sory

Genesis 8:1-19


My Plan

q Assemble he Crew

q Make Rainsicks

q Mission Momen


q Sending Ou he Dove

q Sinking and Floaing

q The Dove Reurns

q Crack he Code

q Pain a Picure

q Journaling

q Worship

q Talk Abo u

Everyone

Readers

Nonreaders

Requirespreparation


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centers as the children arrive or may be done

with the entire group.

ASSEMB LE THE CREW

Supplies: Atendance Char (Resource Pak—p. 2), DVD, DVD player, elevision, marker




MAK E RAIN STICK S

Supplies: Reproducible 3a, cardboard ubes rom paper owel rolls, aluminum oil, plasicbeads, rubber bands, scissors, markers

Phoocopy “Rainsick Wrap” (Reproducible 3a) or each child.

SAY: Today we are going to make rainsticks to use during the Bible story.

SAY: This month we are celebrating God’s love with praise. Today you will make arainstick that you can use to praise God.

• Give each child a copy o “Rainsick Wrap,” and have hem ollow he direcions.

• Use markers o color he designs on he “Rainsick Wrap.”

• Cu ou he recangle and glue i around he ouside o a cardboard ube.

• Cu our squares o oil large enough o cover he end o he cardboard ube.

• Sack wo pieces o aluminum oil ogeher and use hem o cover one end o hecardboard ube.

• Use a rubber band o secure he aluminum oil o he end o he cardboard ube.

• Cu a piece o aluminum oil slighly longer han he cardboard ube. Use your

hands o crumple he oil ino a long rope and hen wis slighly ino a coil.

• Place he loose coil and weny o hiry beads inside he cardboard ube.

• Sack he remaining wo squares o aluminum oil ogeher and use hem o cover

he open end o he cardboard ube.• Use a rubber band o secure he aluminum oil o he oher end o he ube.

• Encourage each child o slowly ip his or her rainsick upside down and hen righside up o simulae he sound o rain. Se he rainsicks aside o be used laer.

MISSION MOMEN T

Supplies: Reproducible 1a, offering baske, 9 -by-13 meal baking pan, 4 boxes o gelain

Phoocopy “Mission Projec: Heier Inernaional—Nepal” (Reproducible 1a) oreach child who has no received one ye. Make he gelain in he baking pan.


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SAY: This month we are collecting money for Heifer International’s Nepal Relief andRecovery Fund. In April 2015, the country of Nepal suffered two large, damagingearthquakes.

ASK: Does anyone know what causes an earthquake?

• Bring ou he pan o gelain.

SAY: Under he earh’s surface are layers of rock. Someimes hese rocks break orslip around each oher, and his movemen releases a lo of energy. When hesechanges in he rock occur, our earh’s surface acs a lo like Jello®.

• Allow he children o srike he pan and wach he gelain move.

SAY: The energy from he moving rocks is released in waves. Your hand srikinghe pan is like he rocks breaking and releasing energy, and he movemen in he

gelain is like he energy waves.

• Ask an older child o find Psalm 46:1-3 and read i aloud.

ASK: Would anyone like o share abou a ime when God proeced you fromdanger?

• Remind he children in your class ha nex week will be he las week o bring heirofferings or he mission projec supporing Heier Inernaional.

• Give he children plaes and spoons and invie hem o ea he gelain.

Dive DeeperD EEP B LUE B IB LE AD VEN TURESupplies: DVD, compuer, or DVD player and a elevision ,or projecor and screen


SAY: Today Kat, Asia, and Edgar race to the top of a hill. When they get there, Katcontinues telling the story of Noah. Let’s watch and listen to see what happens.

• Wach oday’s episode rom Deep Blue Bible Advenures (DVD).

ASK: Why did Noah send out a dove? (To see if there was dry land.) What happenedthe first time Noah released the dove? (It came back.) What happened the secondtime Noah released the dove? (It came back with an olive branch.) What happened

the third time Noah released the dove? (It didn’t come back.)

SEN D IN G OUT THE D OVE


Phoocopy “Sending Ou he Dove” (Reproducible 3b) or each child o ake home.

ASK: What have we learned about Noah so far? (God told Noah to build an ark.Noah obeyed God. Noah and his family and the animals went onto the ark.)



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• Give each voluneer a copy o “Sending Ou he Dove” and assign pars.

• Have he children ge he rainsicks hey made earlier.

SAY: In today’s story about Noah, it begins to rain. We will use the rainsticks you

made to make the sound of rain.

• Wih he help o your voluneers, read he sory rom “Sending Ou he Dove.”

• Where indicaed in he sory, invie he children o use heir rainsicks o make hesound o rain.


SAY: Noah and his family were on the ark with the animals for over a year waiting forthe rain to stop and then for the water to dry up.

ASK: How do you think Noah felt when the dove returned with an olive leaf? (happy,

hopeful) When did Noah know that the land was drying out? (when the dove didn’treturn)

SINKING AND FLOATING

Supplies: modeling clay, large bowl, owels

• Fill he bowl wih waer.

• Give each child a walnu-sized piece o modeling clay.

• Have each child shape his or her modeling clay ino a ball.

ASK: Do you think this clay will float or sink in the water?

• Invie he children o place heir balls o clay in he waer. (They will sink.)• Have each child remove her or his ball o clay rom he waer and use a owel o pa

off excess waer.

ASK: What do you think would happen if you shaped your clay into a bowl or boat-shape instead of a ball?

• Encourage each child o orm a small bowl ou o he clay.

• Invie he children o place heir bowls on he waer o see i hey will floa. (They

should floa.)

SAY: Clay is denser than water. When the clay is in a ball it does not have enough

surface area to float. When you shaped your clay into a bowl or boat shape, it spreadthe clay out on the water. Even though Noah’s ark was big, it was able to float.

THE D OVE RETURN S

Supplies: Reproducible 3c, crayons

Phoocopy “The Dove Reurns” (Reproducible 3c) or each child.

• Give each child a copy o “The Dove Reurns.”

SAY: The second time Noah released the dove, it returned with an olive branch in itsbeak. Noah knew that the water had gone down enough for the dove to find an olive


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tree sticking out of the water. This picture shows the dove returning to Noah, butsomething is missing.

ASK: What is missing from this picture? (the dove)

• Encourage each child o add he dove o he picure and color he picure.

CRACK THE COD E

Supplies: Reproducible 3d, pencils

Phoocopy “Crack he Code” (Reproducible 3d) or each child.

• Give each child a copy o “Crack he Code” and a pencil.


Grow StrongerPAIN T A P ICTURE F OR SOMEON E SP ECIALSupplies: Reproducible 3e, waercolor pains, painbrushes, sal, plasic conainers orwaer, plasic or paper able coverings

Phoocopy “A Special Message” (Reproducible 3e) or each child.

• Proec he work area wih plasic or paper.

• Fill plasic conainers one-hird ull wih waer and place hem in he cener o heable wih he waercolor pains.

ASK: What is today? (Father’s Day)

SAY: Today you will paint a message for someone special in your life. We are going touse watercolor paints to remind us of all the water in today’s Bible story.

• Give each child a copy o “A Special Message.”

• Invie each child o use waercolor pains o pain over he message. The messagewill show hrough he pain.

• While he paining is sill we, have each child sprinkle sal over his or her paining.

SAY: Salt will absorb some of the water and add a different coloring to your picture.

• Afer a ew momens, have each child shake he sal off o his or her paining ino a

rash can.• Se he painings aside o dry unil he end o class.

J OURN ALIN G

SAY: Today you are going to make another page for your journal.

ART J OURN AL


Phoocopy “Ar Journal: Sending Ou he Dove” (Reproducible 3) or each child.

TIP

Be aware of children who

do not have fathers who

are active in their lives.

Help children to decide

whom they will give their

paintings to.


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• Give each child a copy o “Ar Journal: Sending Ou he Dove.”


• Invie each child o draw a picure in response o he quesion.


J OURN AL


Phoocopy “Journal: Sending Ou he Dove” (Reproducible 3g) or each child.

• Give each child a copy o “Journal: Sending Ou he Dove.”

• Invie each child o hink abou he quesions and wrie her or his responses.


• Give each reader and nonreader his or her older rom las week.

• Have each child place her or his paper in he older.


WorshipSupplies: June Bible Verse Poser (Resource Pak—p. 3), June Sign Language Poser(Resource Pak—p. 9), Song Lyrics and Acions Poser (Resource Pak—p. 23), CD-ROM,DVD, CD player, DVD player and a elevision, or a projecor and screen

Display he “June Bible Verse Poser” and he “June Sign Language Poser”

(Resource Pak—pp. 3 & 9) in your worship area. Display he “Song Lyrics andAcion Poser” (Resource Pak—p. 23) where he children can see i.

SAY: Let’s worship God with music.

• Play his monh’s song, “The Rainbow Promise” (DVD), and encourage children osing and move along wih he music.

• Show he children he “Make Some Room” lyrics and acions.


• Play “Make Some Room” and encourage he children o move o he music.

• Show he children he Bible verse poser.

• Review he sign language or he Bible verse wih he children.• Encourage all children o sign and say he Bible verse wih you.

ASK: What was the covenant or promise God made to Noah? (to remain faithfuland never stop loving people) What was the symbol of the covenant? (the rainbow)

SAY: The whole time Noah was on the ark, he trusted God and continued to obeyGod. God didn’t forget about Noah and his family and the animals.

PRAY: God, thank you for your promise to love us always. We know we can trust inyour never-ending love for us. Amen.


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Talk About Sending Out the Dove


Genesis 8:1-19


• How do you hink Noah el he hird ime he released he dove and ididn’ come back?

• How was Noah aihul o God?

• Do you hink Noah ever doubed God would keep God’s promises?



Pray:

Thank you, God, for your promises. Help us to share your promises with

others. Amen.



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The Rainbow PromiseBible Verse “This is he symbol o he covenan ha I have se up beween me and all


Did You Know?

Afer he flood, God made a promise o Noah and o every living creaure ha herewould never again be a flood o desroy he earh. In he evens leading up oGod insrucing Noah o build he ark, God grieved over he wickedness o humankind

and decided o desroy his par o God’s creaion. Humankind did no change during

he flood experience. Humans were sill imperec creaures. God’s choice o make a

covenan indicaed God’s commimen o he uure o a less han perec world. Even

hough human beings have auls, God coninues o place confidence in hem.

God’s covenan wih Noah, and wih us, is no dependen on he behavior o

humans. Yes, here are expecaions and requiremens o us in reurn or being God’s

people. We have a responsibiliy o be aihul o God and o live as God wans us o.

When we ail o keep our par o he covenan, God is disappoined. However, God is

he iniiaor o he covenan, and is coninuaion depends ulimaely on he mercy

and aihulness o God. When we ail o keep our end o he covenan, which, being

human, we will, God coninues o reach ou o us. God’s covenan never ends.

God used he rainbow o mark he covenan esablished wih Noah and all livingcreaures. God did no creae he rainbow or his purpose bu gave i a

new significance or he uure. The rainbow serves as a reminder o

God o God’s commimen o humankind. The rainbow also reminds

God’s people o God’s consan and never-ending aihulness.

God’s covenan wih Noah is one o many covenans menioned in

he Old Tesamen. God also made covenans wih Abraham, Moses,

and David. These covenans were made many years ago, ye hey

remain perinen o our lives oday. The rainbow reminds us ha God

has promised o be our God. We are God’s people. Thanks be o God!

Exploration Points• God reminds us ha God loves us.

• As God’s people, we should live as God wans us o live.



DeepBlueKids.com

SESSION 4

June 26

Bible Sory

Genesis 8:20–9:17


Your Lesson

q Assemble he Crew

q Move o he Music

q

Make a Frui Rainbowq Mission Momen


q The Rainbow Promise

q Ea he Rainbow

q Color a Rainbow

q Covenan Codes

q Rainbow Reminders

q Journaling

q Worship

q Talk Ab ou

Everyone

Readers

Nonreaders

Requirespreparation


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Before serving food, be

aware of any allergies

and dietary restrictions

your children may

have. Adjust the snack

ingredients as needed.



ASSEMB LE THE CREW

Supplies: Atendance Char (Resource Pak—p. 2), DVD,DVD player, elevision, marker




MOVE TO THE MUSICSupplies: Song Lyrics and Acions Poser (Resource Pak—p.23), CD-ROM, CD player

Display he “Song Lyrics and Acion Poser” (Resource Pak—p. 23) where hechildren can see i.

SAY: Today is our last week talking about Noah.

• Show he children he “Make Some Room” lyrics and acions.


SAY: Now let’s put the actions to music one more time.

• Play “Make Some Room” and encourage he children o move o he music.

MAK E A F RUIT RAIN B OW

Supplies: srawberries, canned mandarin oranges, canned pineapple, green grapes,blueberries, purple grapes, large plater or cookie shee, cuting board, able knives or plasicknives, colander, can opener

SAY: Today we are going to make a rainbow out of fruit.

• Have he children wash heir hands.

• Encourage he children o work ogeher o wash he srawberries, blueberries, and

grapes.• Have he children use he able knives or plasic knives o cu he sems off o he

srawberries and cu he srawberries in hal.

• Le he children remove he sems rom he grapes and blueberries.

• Invie he children o use he can opener o open he cans o mandarin oranges and

pineapple.

• Have he children use he colander o drain he canned rui.

• Encourage he children o work ogeher o arrange he rui on he plater o makea rainbow by arranging he srawberries in a row a he op o he plater, hen rows

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o oranges, pineapple, green grapes, blueberries, and purple grapes.

• Se he rui plater aside o be enjoyed laer in he lesson.

MISSION MOMEN TSupplies: offering baske

• Show he children where o place heir money or he mission projec.

SAY: This is our last week collecting money for Heifer International. We will bless ourofferings for the Heifer Project during our worship time at the end of class and praythat the people of Nepal will feel God’s love.

• Have your older children find he ollowing Bible verses, read hem aloud, and ellwha hese verses say abou God:Hebrews 13:8, (God is he same oday as in Noah’s day, and God will always be he

same.)Isaiah 54:10, (God will always love us.)Mathew 10:29-31, (God knows everyhing abou us and cares abou wha happens

o us.)Psalm 121:2-3, (We can sleep peaceully because God doesn’ sleep.)

SAY: We can trust God’s promises!


Supplies: DVD, and compuer, or a DVD player and a elevision, or projecor and screen• Invie he children o si down where hey can comorably see he elevision.

SAY: Today Edgar, Kat, and Asia are talking about rainbows. Let’s watch and listen tosee what happens today.


ASK: What promise did God make to Noah? (There would never again be a flood todestroy the earth.) What symbolizes God’s promise? (the rainbow)

THE RAIN B OW P ROMISE

Supplies: Reproducible 4a Phoocopy “The Rainbow Promise” (Reproducible 4a) or each child o ake home.

SAY: All month we have been hearing the story of Noah. We have one more part ofNoah’s story to hear.


• Give each voluneer a copy o “The Rainbow Promise” and assign pars o he soryo each reader.

• Wih he help o your voluneers, read he sory rom “The Rainbow Promise.”


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ASK: What was the covenant God made with Noah? (not to destroy the earthby flood again; to be faithful and loving always) What was the symbol of the

covenant? (the rainbow)

SAY: Rainbows appear in the sky after it has been raining. Next time you see arainbow, let it remind you of God’s amazing love for you.

EAT THE RAI NBOW

Supplies: rui rainbow made earlier, plaes, napkins, serving uensils

SAY: Earlier we made a fruit rainbow. Now we are going to enjoy eating the rainbow!

• Have he children wash heir hands.

• Invie each child o serve himsel or hersel some rui.• When everyone has been served, say a prayer o hanks and enjoy he snack

ogeher.

COLOR A RAIN B OW

Supplies: Reproducibles 4b and 4c, crayons, scissors, ape

Phoocopy “Color a Rainbow, Par 1” (Reproducible 4b) and “Color a Rainbow, Par

2” (Reproducible 4c) or each child.

SAY: God’s love for you is amazing and never-ending. God used the rainbow tosymbolize the promise made to Noah and to us that God’s love will never end.

• Give each child a copy o “Color a Rainbow, Par 1” and “Color a Rainbow, Par 2.”

SAY: This rainbow picture is so big it wouldn’t fit on one page. God’s love for you isbig, too!

• Encourage each child o cu off he edge o “Color a Rainbow, Par 2” as indicaed byhe cuting line.

• Have each child place he wo pages ogeher o orm one big rainbow and ape hepages in place.

• Invie each child o color he picure.

COVEN AN T COD ESSupplies: Bibles, Reproducibles 4d and 4e, pencils

Phoocopy “Whom Is he Covenan Wih?” (Reproducible 4d) and “Wha’s hePromise?” (Reproducible 4e) or each child.

• Give each child a copy o “Whom Is he Covenan Wih?” and “Wha’s he Promise?”and a pencil.

• Encourage each child o solve he puzzles.

• Have he children look up Genesis 9:9-11 in heir Bibles o check heir answers.


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Grow StrongerF IN ISH MAK IN G RAIN B OW REMIN D ERS

Supplies: rainbow reminders sared in Session 2, hin ribbon (red, orange, yellow, green,blue, and purple), rulers, scissors

SAY: Today we are going to finish the rainbow reminders, and you may take themhome. They will remind you of the story of Noah and of God’s promise to alwayslove you.

• Give he children he rainbow reminders rom wo weeks ago.

SAY: Today we are going to add ribbon in rainbow colors.

• Have each child measure and cu six pieces o ribbon hree-ee long. Have each

child cu one ribbon o each color o he rainbow—red, orange, yellow, green, blue,and purple.

• Encourage each child o old her or his piece o red ribbon in hal, and place heolded end hrough he cener o her or his rainbow reminder unil abou wo incheso he ribbon loop are hrough. Have each child place he wo loose ends o he

ribbon hrough he ribbon loop and pull ighly o atach he ribbon

• Have each child repea he above process o atach he orange, yellow, green, blue,and purple ribbons o he rainbow reminder.

• Invie each child o arrange he ribbons around he reminder as he or she would like—spread ou or bunched ogeher.

SAY: When you take your rainbow reminder home, tell your family the story of Noah.

J OURN ALIN G


ART J OURN AL


Phoocopy “Ar Journal: The Rainbow Promise” (Reproducible 4) or each child.

• Give each child a copy o “Ar Journal: The Rainbow Promise.”


• Invie each child o wrie he message, “God loves me and I love God,” using all he

colors o he rainbow.



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J OURN AL


Phoocopy “Journal: The Rainbow Promise” (Reproducible 4g) or each child.

• Give each child a copy o “Journal: The Rainbow Promise.”



• Give each reader and nonreader his or her older rom las week.

• Have each child place her or his paper in he older.


WorshipSupplies: June Bible Verse Poser (Resource Pak—p. 3), June Sign Language Poser(Resource Pak—p. 9), DVD, DVD player and elevision, or projecor and screen, offering orHeier projec

Find ou how much money your group has raised or Heier projec in he pasyear. Place his monh’s offering or Heier projec on your worship cener.Display he “June Bible Verse Poser” and he “June Sign Language Poser”

(Resource Pak—pp. 3 & 9) in your worship area.

• Play his monh’s song, “The Rainbow Promise” (DVD), and encourage children o

sing and move along wih he music.• Show he children he Bible verse poser.

• Review he sign language or he Bible verse wih he children.


SAY: The rainbow reminds God and us of God’s never-ending love for us. One way wehave been faithful to God this month is by bringing offerings for our mission project.

• I you know he amoun your group has raised his monh and his year or HeierProjec, share ha inormaion wih he group.

• Hold he offering baske up.

SAY: As we pray today, I invite you to stretch an arm out toward our offering basketas we bless our offering for Heifer Project.

PRAY: God, we ask your blessing on each child here and on the offerings that havebeen given. Thank you for your never-ending love for us. Bless those who will benefitfrom these gifts that they may also know your love. Amen.


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Talk About The Rainbow Promise


Genesis 8:20–9:17


• How do you eel when you see a rainbow?

• Wha oher hings remind you o God’s love?

• How do you hink Noah el when God made a covenan wih him?



Pray:

God, we thank you for reminders that you love us. Help us show our love

to you by living the way you want us to live. Amen.


AnswersActivity 4dWhom Is the Covenant With?

“I am now seting up my covenan wih you, wih your descendans, wihevery living being wih you—wih he birds, wih he large animals, andwih all he animals of he earh.”

Activity 4eWhat’s the Promise? “I will se up my covenan wih you so ha never again will all life be cu offby floodwaers. There will never again be a flood o desroy he earh.”


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LoveBible VerseThe frui of he Spiri is love, joy, peace, paience, kindness, goodness,

faihfulness, genleness, and self-conrol. (Galaians 5:22-23)

Did You Know?

Today we begin a sudy of he frui of he Spiri as described by he aposle Paul inhis leter o he church in Galaia. “The frui of he Spiri is love, joy, peace, paience,kindness, goodness, faihfulness, genleness, and self-conrol” (Galaians 5:22-23). Jus

as apples are he proof of a healhy apple ree, frui of he Spiri is proof ha we follow

Jesus. These characerisics, Paul says, are signs of he Spiri’s presence wihin us.

Each week we will look a one frui of he Spiri lised by Paul. We begin by looking

a love. Firs Corinhians 13 is someimes referred o as he Love Chaper. This

chaper is par of a leter Paul wroe o he Chrisians in Corinh when he received

word ha hey were sruggling and arguing among hemselves. In he mids of and

inegral o his advice are Paul’s houghs on love. Love, Paul says, should be a he

cener of he communiy’s houghs and acions. Love is an essenial elemen of a

Chrisian’s life.

Paul’s descripion of love applies o any circumsance in which love is found. The

love Paul describes begins wih God. God’s love claims us and, hrough us, reaches ou

o ohers. We, who have been loved by God, honor ha love by sharing i.

Several Greek words are usually ranslaed ino English as love.

Two of hem—storge, used for he love beween family members,

and eros, referring o sexual desire—are no used a all in he New

Tesamen. Phileo, meaning friendly love or family affecion, is used

a few imes. However, he Greek word used mos frequenly, and

he one Paul used in his leter, is agape, he erm ha refers o God’s

love. Agape is self-giving love. Agape is he love ha is paien and

kind, which does no boas and is no envious. This is God’s love and

he kind of love ha God’s children are called o show o each oher

when we are Spiri-filled.

Exploration Points• We can show God’s love because God loves us.

• Our love shows ohers ha we are children of God.



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SESSION 5

July 3

Bible Sory

1 Corinhians 13:1-13

Anchor PoinThe Holy Spiri helpsme ac in good ways.

My Plan

q Assemble he Crew

q Mach he Frui of he

Spiri

q Wha Is Love?


q Love

q Is I Loving?

q Showing Love

q A-maze-ing Love

q Make a Hear Map

q Journaling

q Worship

q Talk Abo u

Everyone

Readers

Nonreaders

Requirespreparation


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ASSEMB LE THE CREW

Supplies: Atendance Char (Resource Pak—p. 2), DVD, DVD player, elevision, marker, offering baske





MATCH THE F RUIT OF THE SP IRIT

Supplies: July and Augus Bible Verse Poser (Resource Pak—p. 4), Frui of he SpiriCards (Resource Pak—p. 5)

Display he “July and Augus Bible Verse Poser” (Resource Pak—p. 4) where ican be seen by he children.Separae he “Frui of he Spiri Cards” (Resource Pak—p. 5). Shuffle all he cardsogeher.

• Show he children he July and Augus Bible Verse Poser.

• Encourage he children o read he Bible verse wih you.SAY: For the next two months we are going to be talking about the fruit of the Spirit.Today we are going to play a matching game with the fruit of the Spirit.

• Lay ou he Frui of he Spiri Cards in hree rows of six cards each.

SAY: When it is your turn, flip over two cards. If the cards do not match, flip themback over and your turn is over. If you find two cards that match, you get anotherturn.

• Invie he children o play he game.

• Save he Frui of he Spiri Cards o be used for fuure lessons.

WHAT IS LOVE?

Supplies: Reproducible 5a, markers

Phoocopy “Love is…” (Reproducible 5a) for each child.

SAY: Today we are talking about love.

ASK: What is love?

• Allow children an opporuniy o share heir ideas.


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• Give each child a copy of “Love is…”

• Encourage each child o complee he senence. Assis younger children wihwriing as needed.

• Collec he posers o be used during worship ime.


Supplies: DVD, compuer, or DVD player and elevision, or projecor and screen

• Invie he children o si down where hey can comforably see he elevision.

SAY: Today Asia is trying to explain love to Edgar. Let’s watch and listen to see whathappens.

• Wach oday’s episode from Deep Blue Bible Advenure (DVD).ASK: Of faith, hope, and love, which one did Paul say was the greatest? (love)

LOVE


Phoocopy “Love” (Reproducible 5b) for each child o ake home.

SAY: Today’s Bible story is a lesson about love. The apostle Paul wrote it to one ofthe early Christian churches.

ASK: Do you think this Bible story is from the Old Testament or the New Testament?

(New Testament)

SAY: Stories about the early Christian churches are found in the New Testament. AsI read the story, listen for the word love . Each time you hear the word love , stand upor sit down. The first time you hear love , you will stand up. The next time you hearlove you will sit down, and so forth.

• Read “Love” and encourage he children o sand up and si down.

ASK: What did Paul say was the greatest thing? (love) Do you think Paul is right thatlove is the greatest? Can you think of anything greater than love?

• Allow children an opporuniy o share heir houghs.

IS IT LOVING?

Supplies: Reproducible 5c, scissors, aluminum pie pans or po lids

Make a copy of “Loving Words?” (Reproducible 5c) and cu he cards apar.

SAY: At the beginning of First Corinthians 13, Paul said that if a person doesn’t havelove they are like a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

• Have he children choose objecs hey can use o make noise.


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SAY: I am going to read you some words. If the words I read are loving, then I wantyou to shout out, “Love never ends!” If the words I read are not loving, make somenoise like a clanging cymbal or a noisy gong.

• Read he words on each card, and encourage he children o respond.

• For each card conaining nonloving words, invie he children o sugges ways ochange he words o make hem loving.

SHOWIN G LOVE

Supplies: Reproducible 5d, crayons

Phoocopy “Showing Love” (Reproducible 5d) for each child.

SAY: Paul’s letter to the church in Corinth describes what love is. We should alwaystry to act in ways that show love. There are many ways we can share God’s love withother people.

• Give each child a copy of “Showing Love.”

ASK: What is happening in each scene on this page? What would be a loving way tohelp in each of these situations?

• Allow children an opporuniy o share heir ideas.

• Encourage each child o color he picures.

AMAZEIN G LOVE

Supplies: Reproducible 5e, pencils

Phoocopy “A-maze-ing Love” (Reproducible 5e) for each child.

• Give each child a copy of “A-maze-ing Love” and a pencil.


Grow StrongerMAK E A HEART MAP

Supplies: paper, colored pencils, crayons

SAY: We’ve been talking about love. Right now we are going to think about the

people in our lives whom we love and who love us.• Give each child a piece of paper.

• Invie each child o use a crayon or a colored pencil o draw a large hear shape onhis or her paper.

SAY: Sometimes when we love someone, we say that person is in our heart. Think ofthe people you love. Write the names of people you love or draw pictures of theminside the heart you have drawn.

• Invie children o wrie names or draw picures of people in heir hears.


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• Encourage children o include friends, family, eachers, coaches, and ohers whomhey love or who help and encourage hem and rea hem lovingly.

SAY: You each have a heart full of love! Now that we have made heart maps, we are

going to use them to thank God for the people we hold in our hearts.

• Have each child si comforably holding his or her hear map.

SAY: I will begin our prayer and then there will be a time of silence. During thesilence, look at your heart map and silently thank God for each person represented.Then I will conclude our time of prayer.

PRAY: God, we know love is the greatest thing. Thank you for the many people in ourlives whom we love and who love us. (Time of silence) Help us to make choices to actin loving ways. Amen.

J OURN ALIN G


ART J OURN AL

Supplies: Reproducible 5f, crayons, folders o sore children’s work

Phoocopy “Ar Journal: Love” (Reproducible 5f) for each child.

• Give each child a copy of “Ar Journal: Love.”

• Read he informaion a he op of he page o he children.

• Invie each child o draw a picure.• Affirm each child’s work.

J OURN AL


Phoocopy “Journal: Love” (Reproducible 5g) for each child.

• Give each child a copy of “Journal: Love.”


• Allow ime for children o reflec and wrie.• Give each reader and nonreader his or her folder from las week.

• Have each child place her or his paper in he folder.

• Collec he folders o be saved for nex week.


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WorshipSupplies: July and Augus Bible Verse Poser (Resource Pak—p. 4), July and Augus SignLanguage Poser (Resource Pak—p. 10), Spiri Tree Poser (Resource Pak—p. 12), ShiningThrough, Par 1 lyrics (Resource Pak—p. 24), DVD, DVD player, elevision, or projecor andscreen, “Love is…” posers made earlier in he lesson, marker

Display he “July and Augus Bible Verse Poser,” he “July and Augus Sign

Language Poser,” he “Spiri Tree Poser,” and he “Shining Through, Par 1” lyrics(Resource Pak—pp. 4, 10, 12, & 24) in your worship area.

• Show he children he “Spiri Tree Poser.”

SAY: This is a Spirit Tree. When the Spirit Tree is healthy (when the Spirit is present),it bears fruit. Today we have been talking about love. Love is one of the fruits of the

Spirit that we talked about at the beginning of class. When we have love, it showsthat we are following Jesus and are filled with the Holy Spirit.

• Invie a child o wrie he word Love in one of he circles on he Spiri Tree.

• Play his monh’s song, “Shining Through, Par 1” (DVD), and encourage children osing and move along wih he music.

• Show he children he Bible Verse Poser. Encourage readers o read he verse

wih you.

• Teach he sign language for he Bible verse o he children.


SAY: Earlier you made some posters completing the sentence “Love is…”

• Give he children he posers hey made earlier.

• Have he children sand in a circle.

SAY: We are going to use your “Love is…” statements to close our time together.We will go around the circle and each person will read his or her “Love is…” sentence.After each sentence is read, we will all respond by saying together, “Love is thegreatest!”

• Invie he children o ake urns reading heir “Love is…” saemens. Lead hechildren in responding o each saemen.

PRAY: God, Thank you for loving us! Help us to remember to act lovingly. Amen.


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Talk About Love


1 Corinhians 13:1-13


• How do you feel when someone shows you love?

• How do you feel when you show love back o ha person?

• How can you show love o someone oday?


The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.

Pray:

Thank you, God, for your love. Help us to show your love to others. Amen.

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ASSEMB LE THE CREW

Supplies: Atendance Char (Resource Pak—p. 2), DVD,DVD player, elevision, marker, offering baske





MISSIN G F RUIT

Supplies: Frui of he Spiri Cards (Resource Pak—p. 5)

• Separae he Frui of he Spiri Cards so ha you have one se of nine cardsconaining one card of each of he nine characerisics.

• Place he Frui of he Spiri cards face up on a able or he floor.

• Show he children he cards.

SAY: Last week we began talking about the fruit of the Spirit. People who arefollowing Jesus and have the Spirit in their lives show these nine characteristics.

ASK: Do you remember what fruit of the Spirit we talked about last week? (love)

SAY: This week we are going to talk about joy.

• Have he children close heir eyes.

• Pick up one of he cards and hold i in your hand.

• Have he children open heir eyes.

ASK: Which fruit of the Spirit is missing?

• Have he children guess unil he missing frui has been correcly idenified.

• Le he children ake urns removing cards while he oher children have heir eyesclosed.

• Allow children o remove more han one card a a ime o make he game morechallenging.

MAK E J OY F UL N OISE MAK ERS

Supplies: sraws, ribbon, scissors

SAY: Today we are talking about joy. We are going to make some joyful noisemakers.

• Give each child a sraw.


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• Le each child flaten one end of his or her sraw.

• Have each child cu he flatened end of he sraw so ha i is poined andresembles an upside down V.

• Invie each child o place he poined end of he sraw in her or his mouh, hold heror his lips ighly ogeher, and blow!

• Le each child cu ribbons and ie hem around his or her sraw o decorae he

noisemaker.

• Se he joyful noisemakers aside o be used laer.


Supplies: DVD, compuer, or DVD player and elevision, or projecor and screen

• Invie he children o si down where hey can comforably see he elevision.

SAY: Today Edgar, Asia, and Kat are trying to fish. Let’s watch and listen to seewhat they are talking about.

• Wach oday’s episode from Deep Blue Bible Advenure (DVD).

ASK: Why does the Bible sometimes call people sheep? ( Because people relyon God like sheep rely on their shepherd)

JOY

Supplies: Bibles, Reproducible 6a

Phoocopy “Joy” (Reproducible 6a) for each child o ake home.

SAY: Our Bible story today is found in the book of Psalms. Psalms is sometimescalled the songbook of the Bible. Today’s story is a song of praise.

ASK: Is Psalms in the Old Testament or the New Testament? (Old Testament)

• Make sure each child has a Bible.

SAY: In many Bibles, Psalms is in the center of the book. If you take your Bibleand open it to the middle, you will usually be in the Book of Psalms.

• Le each child use his mehod o find he book of Psalms in he Bible.

• Have each child find Psalm 100.

• Give he children he joyful noisemakers hey made earlier.

SAY: Psalm 100 is about making joyful noise to God. You are going to use the joyfulnoisemakers you made earlier to help me tell the story. Before and after the storyand in between each sentence I am going to invite you to make some joyful noise.When I say the words, “Make some joyful noise!” blow into your noisemakers once.Then hold your noisemakers silent until you hear “Make some joyful noise!” again.

• Read he sory from “Joy,” encouraging he children o make joyful noise when

indicaed.

TIP

You will need sraighsraws for his projec.If he sraws you have

are he bendable ype,cu off he bendableporion of he sraw

before making henoisemakers.


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and dietary restrictions

your children may

have. Adjust the snack

ingredients as needed.

SAY: You are good at making joyful noise!

ASK: According to this psalm, what reason do we have to feel joy? (God is our God.God made us. We belong to God. We ar

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