Top Secret Tuesday - Leviticus!

Greetings!

Your mission is to complete one of the following:

Pre-School:  Grab some washcloths, and pretend to clean up your dirty faces with them.   Have everyone put on an angry face, and wash it off with the cloth, replacing it with a holy face.  Repeat for a sneaky face, a proud face, and a greedy face.  Talk about how we can only clean our faces, but not our heart attitudes.  How did the people of Israel get clean hearts before God?

How do we get clean hearts before God?  Only Jesus is able to clean our attitudes and make us holy.  

School Age:  Go to this link and print off the worksheet for the mission.  Then, your job is to use the decoder to reveal the message from God to us.  Compare the secret message to what God says about sacrifices from the book of Leviticus.

Signature of completion ____________________________________________

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Top Secret Tuesday, Exodus 25-31

Greetings!
Your mission is to complete the following task:

Click this link, and then try to identify the following:

Sacrificial Altar
Altar of incense
Ark of the Covenant
Holy Place
The High Priest’s Breastplate

Anything else you notice ____________________________

Why do you think that God told the people to make the tabernacle out of gold, jewels, fine cloth, and bronze?

Why does the priest wear a fancy breastplate? (Ex. 28:29)

How come we don’t need to make tabernacles like the people of Israel did?

Signature of completion ____________________________________________
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Top Secret Tuesday, Exodus Lesson 5

Greetings!

Your mission is to complete one of the following tasks:

Pre-School:  Read Exodus 14: 5-29, and then have the kiddos try to make their own Red Sea.  Put a small amount of water (in a 13x 9 pan) &  see how long you can keep the water apart by blowing across the top of it.  Compare that to separating a whole sea so that millions of people could cross!! 

School Age:  Read about the crossing of the Red Sea from Ex. 14:5-29, then complete the following:  Print off the song of praise sheet and use the decoder sheet (in your envelope) to see what the Israelites were saying about God after He saved them.

Signature of completion ____________________________________________

Bring this signed paper to Sunday school to claim your Bible Bucks.

Top Secret Tuesday, Exodus Lesson 3

Greetings! Your mission is to complete one of the following:

Pre-School: Print out two copies of this page.  Cut apart (and color?) the squares, and play a game of memory, matching up two of the same plague.

School Age: Print off one copy of this page, cut apart each square, and get ready to play some Plague-Charades!  Take turns picking from the pile, and see if the other people in your family can guess which plague you are acting out.  Get creative- this could be a riot!

Signature of completion ____________________________________________

Bring this signed paper to Sunday school to claim your Bible Bucks.

Exodus Memory Verses

Here are the verses that we will be learning as we study the book of Exodus.

Some weeks have shorter versions for little ones in italics.

Lesson 1 – Jan 3rd
Exodus 2:24 God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob.

Lesson 2- Jan 10th
Exodus 4:11 “The LORD said to him, ‘Who gave man his mouth? Who makes him deaf or mute? Who gives him sight or makes him blind? Is it not I, the LORD?

Lesson 3 – Jan 17th
Exodus 6:7 “I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.”

Lesson 4 – Jan 24th
Exodus 12:27 “It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when He struck down the Egyptians.”

Lesson 5 – Jan 31st
Exodus 15:2 “The LORD is my strength and my song, He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.”

Lesson 6 – Feb 7th
Exodus 16:8b “He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we?
You are not grumbling against us, but against the LORD.”

Lesson 7- Feb 14th
Exodus 19:5a Now if you obey Me fully and keep My covenant, then out of all nations you will be My Treasured possession.

Lesson 8- Feb 21st
Exodus 25:8 “Have them make a sanctuary for Me, and I will dwell among them.”

Lesson 9 – Feb 28th
Exodus 34:6 “And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, ‘The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.’”

Top Secret Tuesday, Advent Week 4

Greetings! Your mission is to complete one of the following:


Advent Week 4

Light all 4 of your candles on your advent candleholder and read about the coming of the Magi from Matthew 2:1-12.  Answer the following questions, and complete one activity below:

How did the Magi find Jesus?

What gifts did they bring him?

Why did they come to Jesus?

Option #1 (older kids):  Check out some neat info about the 3 gifts that the Magi gave Jesus:

Pictures of Myrrh and Frankincese (scroll down for pictures)
Picture of Frankincese Tree (and crazy botanical info too)
Very Cool Frankincense Tree

Option #2 (young ones): Complete the Magi Maze worksheet.


Have fun!!

Signature of completion ____________________________________________

Bring this signed paper to Sunday school to claim your Bible Bucks.

Top Secret Tuesday, Advent Week 3

Greetings! Your mission is to complete one of the following:

Advent Week3

Light 3 of your candles on your advent candleholder and read about the birth of Jesus from Luke 2:1-20.  Now, your task is to complete a game of “Guess who I am?” 

Take turns acting out the characters and settings from this sheet, while other members of the family try to guess who you are, and which part of the story you are trying to tell. 

Have fun!!

Signature of completion ____________________________________________
Bring this signed paper to Sunday school to claim your Bible Bucks.

ABC #13

Action:
From Prisoner to Prominence

Bible Verse:
Genesis 50:19-20 But Joseph said to them, "Don't be afraid. Am I in
the place of God? You intended to harm me, but God intended it for
good to accomplish what is now being done,
the saving of many lives.”

Character:
Joseph and Pharaoh

Younger kids can just learn verse 19.

Top Secret Tuesday, Advent Week 2

Greetings! Your mission is to complete one of the following:

Advent Week 2
Light 2 of your candles on your advent candleholder and read from Luke 1:26-37 and From Matt. 1:18-24.  Answer the following questions, then choose one of the following activities:

How did God tell Mary the Good News about Jesus?
How did God tell Joseph?
What are some things that were promised about Jesus?

Option 1 (older kids):  Use and NIV (or NAS) Bible to complete the "Mary's Song of Praise" crossword.

Option 2 (youngin’s):Using stuffed animals, puppets, dolls, or nativity figures act out Gabriel's conversation with Mary, and Joseph's dream from God.

Signature of completion ____________________________________________
Bring this signed paper to Sunday school to claim your Bible Bucks.

Top Secret Tuesday, Advent Week 1

Greetings!

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to complete one of the following tasks:

Advent Week 1

You will be making an advent candleholder to help celebrate the coming of Christmas.  To make your holder, use ½ of a paper towel roll, cut lengthwise.  Poke 4 holes into the top for the candles.  Before placing the candles in, feel free to decorate any way you like (stickers, glue/glitter, markers, etc.).  Place the candles in, light the 1^st one and read about the birth of Jesus’ cousin, John from Luke 1:5-25. 

Have a parent cut out (and mix up!) the eight different pictures on this page.  Then your task is to sort out the order of  these events.  Have fun!!

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ABC's #11 and 12

For this week:
Action: Sold into Slavery

Bible Verse: Genesis 39:2 “The Lord was with Joseph and he prospered,
and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master.”

Character: Joseph and His Brothers


Last week #11

Action: Jacob Becomes Israel

Bible Verse: Genesis 35:10 God said to him, ‘Your name is Jacob, but you
will no longer be called Jacob; your name will be Israel.’ So He named
him Israel.”

Character: Jacob

Map Challenge!!

Greetings! Your mission is to complete a Map Challenge from Map 1 and Map 2 (click on the links to view maps):

Map Challenge #1 (for younger kids)
Find the following places we’ve been hearing about in the bible:
1. Israel 2. Edom 3. Dead Sea 4. How many tribes are shown here?
Use the links on the blog to check out some pictures of these places now!

Do you remember what Israel means? _____________________

Map Challenge #2 (for older kids)
Using the maps shown on the TST blog, locate the answer to each question, and write it down below:
The country that Esau founded (what is it part of now?)
What is one city in this country? (It looks really cool!)
The country Jacob founded (What is its name?)
The sea that is closest to Sodom and Gomorrah (What is it called?)
Which sons are represented in the map shown? (#tribes on the map)

After completing one of the challenges, look at the attached sites to see some cool pics of the following places:
Petra, Edom, Dead Sea, and the tribe of Dan

ABC #10

Action:
Jacob Marries

Bible Verse:
Review Memory Verses for lessons 6-9 (see below)

Character:
Jacob, Leah, Rachel, and Laban

This is a great week to learn any verses that you may have missed
or simply to review what you’ve learned.


week 9-
Genesis 26:4 "I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed."

or for yongers-
Through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because Abraham obeyed Me.
Genesis 26:4

week 8
Hebrews 11:17 “By faith, Abraham when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had received the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son.”

week 7
2 Peter 2:6
“He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly.”

**OR, for the younger crew....**

"He condemned the cities... and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly."

week 6
Genesis 15:6 “Abram believed the Lord and He credited it to
him as righteousness.”

Top Secret Tuesday, Genesis 28--31

Greetings!
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to complete one of the following tasks:


Pre-School:

Scan Genesis 29:31-30:24 and 35:16-18 and figure out which mom each of Jacob's twelve son's belonged to, and draw pictures of each mom with her children next to her.  Write the name of each son on the paper.  We will be hearing about these sons later!!

School Age:

Sort the enclosed facts about Jacobs life into two groups: Blessings from God and Consequences for Sin.  Then read Romans 6:23 and identify the consequence for sin, and the blessing from God.

Facts enclosed in TST envelopes:

Jacob had to leave his home in Beersheba to get away from Esau.

Jacob easily found a lovely girl, named Rachel, from his mother’s family.

Jacob was tricked into marrying Leah, Rachel’s older sister.

Laban’s flocks grew very large under Jacob’s care.

Jacob’s wives were unhappy and competed for his love.

Jacob had many children.

Many spotted and speckled sheep were born.

Jacob’s flock grew large and strong.

Laban cheated Jacob by changing his wages ten times.

Jacob left Paddan Aram with great wealth.

Laban was warned not to say anything good or bad to Jacob.

Jacob and Laban made peace with each other.

Jacob returned safely to Canaan.

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ABC's

Action:
Stolen Blessing


Bible Verse:
Genesis 26:4 "I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed."

Character:
Isaac, Jacob & Esau

Top Secret Tuesday, Genesis 25-27

Greetings!
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to complete one of the following tasks:

Pre-School:

Choose 3-4 objects and with your eyes closed guess what the objects are.  How did you figure out what they were?  Was it easy or hard with your eyes closed?  Read Genesis 27:15-25.  Isaac used his ears and hands to identify his son.  Which son did his ears hear?  Which son did his hands feel?  Why was it important for Isaac to know which son he was talking with?


School Age:

Grab a can of soup from the cupboard and have each person guess how much a can of soup costs to buy.  How much would a bowl of soup cost at a fancy restaurant?  Read Genesis 25:29-34. What price did Esau pay for his soup?  Did he make a wise purchase?  Why or why not?

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Top Secret Tuesday, Genesis 21-24

Greetings!
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to complete the following task:

1.  Take turns rolling a die, or draw #s out of a hat, to review some of the main characters we’ve been studying in Genesis, using the enclosed cards.  Every time someone lands on a particular #, they must list 1 piece of information about that character.  Continue until each person has done several, or each character has been covered 3-4 times (or whatever you deem appropriate).  If you want, you can color pictures of each person on their box.

2.  Abraham was asked by God do obey by doing something very hard, sacrificing his son Isaac.   Brainstorm with your family to come up with a list of 10 things you are asked to do that are hard for you, but show your obedience to God.  Make the list on a piece of paper, and hang it on the fridge is as a reminder of ways you can obey.

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ABC's

Action:
Abraham Tested

Bible Verse:

Hebrews 11:17 “By faith, Abraham when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had received the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son.”

Character:
Abraham & Isaac

Top Secret Tuesday, Genesis 18-20

Greetings!

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to complete the following task:

Count out 50 beads, beans, pennies, or something small and place them on the table.  Have someone read Gen. 18:22-32, about Abraham bargaining with God, and every time you hear a new number, take away the beads to show how many are left.  Continue until the bargaining is done.

In the end, how many righteous people left Sodom?_______ (Gen. 19:23-30)

Who were they? _____________________

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ABC's

A. Condemnations and Destruction

B. 2 Peter 2:6
“He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly.”

**OR, for the younger crew....**

"He condemned the cities... and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly."

OR- feel free to paraphase it how you see fit.


C. Lot