For eight weeks In January and February, the stories of Moses were told in Worship and Sunday School. In March we have returned to our regular curriculum. In our regular curriculum, each of the Sunday School age groups – PreK/K, 1st – 3rd, 4th & 5th – have a different lesson.
The PreK/K students learned about the story of a woman who had done something bad and was worried that Jesus wouldn’t still love her. She cried at his feet; used her hair to wipe the tears off and then put perfume on his feet. We had feet crackers with chocolate chip toes to remind us of how the woman showed Jesus that she loved and cared about him. What are ways that we can show someone we love them or that we can tell Jesus we love him? (doing nice things for someone, obeying our parents, singing or praying to God . . . ) Will Jesus forgive us if we do something wrong?
The Bible story for the 1st–3rd grades was also about the woman who wiped her tears off of Jesus’ feet and then put perfume on them. We don’t know what the woman had done, but we do know that Jesus forgave her sins. To introduce the story, students told about a time they got in trouble (wouldn’t you parents have loved to be a mouse in the corner?). After each student shared their story, they put a packing peanut into a jar half full of red water. With 10 – 18 students in a class, you’d think the jar would be pretty full, but it wasn’t!
The packing peanuts dissolved. The red liquid in the jar reminded us of Jesus and how he gave his life for us. Because of Jesus’ forgiveness, our sins can dissolve just like the packing peanuts dissolved in the red water. The students also learned a magic trick about a “Torn and Restored Heart” that illustrated how things that hurt us take tears out of our heart but Jesus can heal our heart and make it whole again.
A “Baa-Baa” game was the introduction to the the 2nd week of the 7 week study of Great Chapters of the Bible for the 4th & 5th graders. What Great Chapter do you think they were studying about? Psalm 23 of course! Students identified what month they were born in by the number of “baas” they said (January – 1 baa, February – 2 baas . . .) and then found someone else who was born in the same month. Sheep food (marshmallows) were given to the groups that formed. While the sheep were busy eating, a Shepherd told the story of David and what the 23rd Psalm means. Back in class each student wrote a version of Psalm 23 based on something they are interested in. When they associate Psalm 23 with something they know, they’ll remember it better. Did you get to read your child’s version of the Psalm 23?
Clinic with a Heart Outreach Project
We collected 36 more books this week for a total of 208 books so far to give to the children who visit the Clinic! We also added $77.90 to our Clinic prescription fund for a total of $338.41. This is in addition to paying $100 per week for tuition for our 3 Aids orphans.
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