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.
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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.
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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!
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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:
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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!!
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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?
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 1st 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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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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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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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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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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Today's TST comes in 3 parts. Complete all 3 to receive 3 Bible Bucks!! Hand in a piece of paper that says "We did TST this week!" with your family name for credit.
1. Family Photo Album.
Get a piece of paper, a crayon, and a family photo album. Talk about who you see in the pictures. Every time you see someone, draw a star on the paper and write a name.Use the pictures to explain what the words “descendants” or “offspring” mean. This will be helpful in understanding Abraham’s future family .
Tell your kids:
"In today's Bible Story, we will learn that God promises Abram a big family. Abram doesn't have any children yet, so he wonders how he can have a big family. What do you think God promised him?"
2. Read Genesis Chp 15-18:15 from the Bible or a Bible Story Book (for pre-schoolers) Or read the story straight from our curriculum **see below**
3. Discussion
1. What was the promise God gave to Abram? (A son and as many descendants as there were stars in the sky)
2. What did the three angels tell Abram when they came to his tent? (Sarah would have a baby within a year)
3. Why did Sarah laugh when she heard she would have a baby? (Sarah was too old to have a baby.)
4. Does God always keep His promises? (Yes. Nothing is too hard for God.)
Additional questions for School Age
1.. What were Abram and Sarai’s new names and what did they mean? (Abraham—Father of Many Nations; Sarah—Princess)
2. Why did God consider Abraham righteous? (Abraham believed the Lord.)
3. What are some of God's other promises to us? How has God been faithful in keeping his promise to you and your family?
**Bible Story** - from our curriculum
Last week, we learned that Lot chose the best land near Sodom and was captured by the enemy kings. Abram rescued Lot and his family and took them back to their homes.
One night after Abram came back tohis home in Hebron, he stood outside in the dark by himself. God spoke to Abram in a vision and said, “Abram, don’t be afraid. I keep My promises to you.” Abram said to God, “You have promised me a big family, but how can that happen when I don’t even have a son yet?”
God said to Abram, “Look up at the sky and count the stars. (Point to the sky and begin to count.) You can’t count them all, there are so many, but I promise to give you a family with as many people as there are stars in the sky.” Wow! That’s a lot of great-great-great-great grandchildren! Abram believed God’s promise. He knew that God was powerful and would keep His promise.
Abram waited and waited for a son, but Sarai did not have a baby. She had an idea about how to help God with His promise. It was not a good idea. Sarai said to Abram, “God has not given me a baby. You should take another wife so that God’s promise of a big family will come true.”
Abram listened to his wife’s bad advice and married Sarai’s servant girl, Hagar. When Hagar found out that she was going to have a baby, she became rude to Sarai. (Put your nose in the air and sing in a sing-song fashion, “I have a baby! Na-na-na-na-na!”)
Sarai was jealous and became unkind to Hagar. She was mean to Hagar. Life was not happy for Abram and his family. God had promised to bless Abram and make him into a great family, but things were not going well.
Abram and Hagar’s baby was named Ishmael. Abram thought that Ishmael would be his only son, but when Ishmael was thirteen years old (count to thirteen), God appeared to Abram and said, “Abram, I am God Almighty. I am changing your name from Abram to Abraham because you will be the father of many nations. I am changing your wife’s name from Sarai to Sarah because she will be the mother of nations.” Abraham was shocked. Sarah was too old to be a mother.
One hot day, while Abraham was sitting in the doorway to his tent by the trees at Hebron, three men came and stood near him. Abraham didn’t know it, but these three men were angels sent from God. They had a very special message from God for Abraham and Sarah.
Abraham said to the men, “Come sit in the shade while we fix your lunch.” The three angels of the Lord were glad to sit under the trees as a servant washed their dusty feet.
Abraham ran to Sarah and said, “Quick, bake some bread! We have three guests for lunch!” Then Abraham ran to his servant and said, “Quick, cook some delicious meat! We have three guests for lunch!”
When the bread was fresh out of the oven and the meat was cooked just right, Abraham served his guests. While the angels were eating their lunch, one of them (who was really the Lord Jesus) said to Abraham, “God is going to keep His promise to you. I will come back to you at this time next year and your wife Sarah will have a son.”
Sarah was listening to the angels talking. When she heard what the Lord said about a baby, she laughed to herself. She thought, “I am too old to have a baby; I am ninety years old. It is too late for me!”
The Lord said, “Why did Sarah laugh? Nothing is too hard for God. God will keep His promise. Sarah will have a baby within the year.”
Sarah was embarrassed and afraid because the angel knew that she had laughed at God’s promise. She lied and said to the angel, “I did not laugh.” The angel said to her, “Yes, you did laugh, but God will keep His promise. God always keeps His promises.”
Abraham and Sarah believed that God was powerful and would keep His promise. We will hear more about Abraham and Sarah’s special baby in two weeks.
Greetings!
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to complete one or more of the following tasks:
School Age: Lot was led astray when he chose his land. Abram made a good choice. You have many Christian and non-Christian friends. You should choose friends carefully, so you are not led astray. Make a list of your Christian friends whom you can pray with, and your non-Christian friends whom you can pray for and boldly witness to.
Pre-school:
Use the pictures included in your envelope (or draw you own if you don't have your envelope...!) to make puppets of Abram and Lot.Color both figures and form the paper strips into circles and tape onto the back of the figures. Use the puppets to recount why Abram and Lot separated (Gen.13: 1-12). And how Lot was rescued (Gen. 14:8-16).
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Oh....and Have fun!
Greetings! Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to complete the following task:
1. Use the enclosed puzzle key to determine what verse to look up in your bible:
__ __ __ __ __ __ __1 5: 5
17 13 2 13 12 21 12
Read about what God compares Abraham’s offspring to in His promise
2. Check out some cool pictures of God's creation!
Try to estimate how many stars are in this picture taken by the Hubble Space Telescope!
Above is a picture of the Orion Nebula, a place where new stars are being made.
The next picture shows 1500 Galaxies in outer space. Each Galaxy holds billions of stars!
To see some more pictures, click here. Have each person in your family find their favorite picture, then spend a few minutes thanking God for keeping his promises.
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Oh....and Have fun!
Greetings! Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to complete one or more of the following tasks:
1. Remember how long a cubit is? It is the distance from your elbow to fingertips. Go in your yard or driveway and measure how many cubits long it is. Then read Gen. 6:15.
How many cubits long did God tell Noah to build the ark? 2. Click here to watch a video clip showing a scale model of the ark. It is 1/14 of the actual size that God had Noah build!
3. Click here to look at some really cool promises God made! (Gen 9:12-15)
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Greetings! Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to complete the following task: School Age: Examine this statement: WEEDS=SIN Do you think this is true? Why or why not? Where to weeds grow? What did God use to make Adam? Read Genesis 3:17-19 and Romans 6:23 and talk about how the roots of weeds and the roots of sin relate to each other.
Pre-School Age: Object lesson! Go outside and find 3 different types of weeds and pull them. Is it easy or hard to pull the weeds out? Did you pull out the roots also, or just the top? What happens if you don't pull the roots? Why do you think God made weeds? Read Genesis 3:17-19 and Romans 6:23. Talk about curses of sin. Does it take work to pull the weeds out of dirt? Who does the work? Does it take work to pull sin out of our lives? Who does the work?
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Greetings! Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to complete the following task: School Age: Without peeking, draw what God created on each of the 6 days of creation, IN ORDER! Then read Genesis 1 and listen to check and see how you did.
Pre-School Age: Have a family member read Genesis 1, listen to hear all the things God made. When you hear something God made, draw it on your paper. When you're done, you've got a whole picture!
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