BEGINNER LESSON SHEET Suggested Lessons from Sacred Stories for Children 

2017/2018   

SEPTEMBER                                               GOD TAKES CARE OF US                                                                 PAGE  "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want." Psalm 23:1

    3        DAVID AND THE GIANT (1 SAMUEL 17:17-51) ....................................................................................45 10        A SHEPHERD BOY MADE KING (1 SAMUEL 16:4-13)...........................................................................40  23 17        ELIJAH AND THE RAVENS (1 KINGS 17:1-6)................................................................................................51  ...............................  25 24        THE MEAL AND THE OIL ( 1 KINGS 17:7-16).........................................................................................53  OCTOBER                                                    GREAT BIBLE STORIES                                                                             

"Thy word have I hid in mine heart." Psalm 119:11  

  1        THE SMALL BOY IN THE TEMPLE  (1 SAMUEL 1:9-11; 19-28; 2:18-19; 3:1-21) ......................................37  40   8        TWO BRAVE SPIES  (JOSHUA 2:1-24)..................................................................................................31  43 15       THE WALLS OF JERICHO (JOSHUA 3:1-17; 6:3-25) ...............................................................................33  45 22       THE LIGHT FROM HEAVEN ( ACTS 8:1-4; 9:1-22) ..............................................................................153  47 22 29  THE MAN WHO SHOWED MERCY  (LUKE 10:30-37) .........................................................................121 NOVEMBER                                                   THANK YOU GOD                                                                         

“Oh give thanks unto the Lord for he is good.” Psalm 136:1   

  5         THE TEN LEPERS  (LUKE 17:11-19) ...................................................................................................119  51 12        THE MAN AT THE BEAUTIFUL GATE (ACTS 3:1-21) .........................................................................151 ...5319        THANKSGIVING (PSALMS 33:1-9; 100:1-5) .......................................................................................177  26        NAAMAN AND THE MAID (2 KINGS 5:1; 1-19) ..................................................................................64  DECEMBER                                                         CHRISTMAS 

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son.” John 3:16  

  3         THE BIRTH OF JESUS (LUKE 1:26‐38; 2:1-7) .....................................................................................80  10        SHEPHERDS VISIT THE MANGER (LUKE 2:8-20)................................................................................82 17        WISE MEN VISIT BABY JESUS (MATTHEW 2:1-12) ..............................................................................86 24        REVIEW OF THE LAST THREE  SUNDAYS......................................................................................... **  31 BOY JESUS IN THE TEMPLE (LUKE 2:41-52).....................................................................................90 JANUARY                                                     MINISTRY OF JESUS

"I will love thee, O Lord, my strength." Psalm 18:1 

7      JESUS CHOOSES HELPERS (MATTHEW 4:18-22)...............................................................................95  95 14        JESUS FEEDS THE PEOPLE (JOHN 6:1-15) ........................................................................................114  102  21        JESUS BLESSES THE LITTLE CHILDREN (MARK 10:13-16; MATTHEW 18:1-14)................................... 133   28        THE MAN WHO WANTED TO SEE JESUS (LUKE 19:1-10)...............................................................137 .112  FEBRUARY                                                  JESUS LOVES ME 

“We love Him, because He first loved us.”1 John 4:19       4        JOY IN HEAVEN (LUKE 15:1-10; JOHN 3:17)....................................................................................128  110  11        GOD MADE THE WORLD (GENESIS 1:1-25)..........................................................................................118        GOD'S GREATEST CREATION (GENESIS 1:26-31; 2:1-25).....................................................................2  130  25        THE BEAUTIFUL GARDEN HOME  (GENESIS 3:1-24) ...........................................................................3  108  

   MARCH                                                                         HELPERS FOR GOD                                                                                  PAGE  

"If God be for us, who can be against us?" Romans 8:31    4       SONG IN THE PRISON (ACTS 16:22-34) ............................................................................................16  137  11        THREE MEN IN THE FURNACE (DANIEL 3:1-30).................................................................................72  124 18        DANIEL IN THE LION’S DEN (DANIEL 6:1-28)......................................................................................7525        TRIUMPHAL ENTRY (MARK 11:1-10; MATTHEW 21:1-17).................................................................141 APRIL                                                     JESUS IN HEAVEN                                                              

“In my Father's house are many mansions." John 14:2    1       EASTER/MARY AT THE TOMB (JOHN 19:14-19; LUKE 23:50-56 24:1-9; JOHN 20:1-21)......................143    8        OUR NAMES IN GOD'S BOOK (REVELATION 20:11-15).....................................................................173  15        JESUS GOES TO HEAVEN (ACTS 1:1-14)...........................................................................................149 22        THE SOWER AND THE SEED (MARK 4:1-20).....................................................................................11029     THE LOST BOOK FOUND (2 CHRONICLES 34:1-33).............................................................................68 MAY                                                MOSES

"I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee." Hebrews 13:5    6         BABY MOSES (EXODUS 2:1-10) ..........................................................................................................2113        MARCH THROUGH THE RED SEA (EXODUS 14: 1-31).........................................................................23  37 20        GOD SENT BREAD FROM HEAVEN (EXODUS 16:4-6, 14-27; NUMBERS 11:7-9)....................................25  68 27       THE WATER THAT CAME FROM A ROCK (EXODUS 17:1-6) ...............................................................27 JUNE                                                        GOD HEARS OUR PRAYERS             "For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and His ears are open unto their prayers." 1 Peter 3:12                                                 3       ELIJAH PRAYS FOR FIRE (1 KINGS 18:17-39) .....................................................................................55  1  10        PRISON DOORS OPENED BY AN ANGEL (ACTS 12:1-18).................................................................159  2  17        BOY AWAY FROM HOME ( LUKE 15:11-24) ....................................................................................130  24        THE MAN AT THE POOL OF BETHESDA (JOHN 5:1-15) ..................................................................100  5  JULY                                                                   IT'S A MIRACLE                                                                     

"With God all things are possible." Mark 10:27     1         JESUS STILLS THE TEMPEST (MATTHEW 8:23-27) .............................................................................112    8    THE PALSIED MAN HEALED (MARK 2:1-12) ......................................................................................9715 A NET FULL OF FISHES (JOHN 21:1-14)................................................................... .......................147  35 22        JESUS AND BARTIMAEUS (MARK 10:46-52)...................................................................................135  75 29 2929    JESUS WALKS ON THE WATER (MATTTHEW 14:22-36) ...................................................................117  72  AUGUST                                                      TRUSTING GOD                                                                      

" The Lord is on my side; I will not fear." Psalm 118:6     5        A WONDERFUL DREAM (GENESIS 28:1-5, 10-22)..............................................................................15  31  12      JOSEPH AS A BOY (GENESIS 37:1-36) ................................................................................................17  151  19 19       NOAH AND THE ARK (GENESIS 6,7,8,9:1-17) ......................................................................................8  159   26 26       LEPERS FIND FOOD (2 KINGS 7:3-16)...............................................................................................66   

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