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Title:  Kindergarten Sabbath School Program, July 28,
2001

From: NAD Children's Ministries (author: Lisa Seeders)

Date Completed: June 15, 2001

Abstract: Activities to use in place of program helps
to teach the lesson, BUILDING GOD'S HOUSE
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Lesson Aim: When we love God, we will be happy to give
Him our money, time and other precious things.

Memory Verse: "Have them make a sanctuary for me, and I
will dwell among them."  Ex. 25:8, NIV


GETTING THEIR ATTENTION - BUILDING SUPPLIES

Materials needed:
Some type of animal skin or fur 
  (you can actually buy small pieces of felt or
   material that look like fur in craft sections of
   Wal-Mart)
Square piece of white cloth
Food coloring (to represent dye)
Jewelry 
  (especially gold and silver; doesn't have to be
   authentic, the children won't know the difference)
Gems or precious stones
Incense
Lamp oil
Tray
Cloth cover for the tray

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
Place all the items on the tray and cover over the tray
with a cloth or towel.

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Tell the children that you are going to show them a
tray of items that were like those used in building the
first church.  They will have 2 minutes to look at
them.  Then the tray will be recovered and they are to
verbally tell you what they remember seeing.  After the
activity follow up with:

In our Bible story today people brought these items to
Moses to be used in building the sanctuary.  GO
STRAIGHT INTO THE BIBLE STORY.



GETTING INTO SCRIPTURE - MEMORY VERSE SANCTUARY

Materials needed:
Colored construction paper
White paper (one sheet for each child)
Scissors
Glue
Bibles

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
Draw the outline of a church (side view) on a sheet of
white paper.  Xerox one copy for each child.  Cut out
the following pieces from construction paper for each
child small enough to be glued onto their white church. 
Write the indicated memory verse words on the
construction paper pieces.

1.  Three yellow windows - "among them."
2.  One brown door - "for me"
3.  One steeple base - "and I"
4.  One steeple spiral top that sits on the base - 
    "will dwell"
5.  One red roof - "a sanctuary"
6.  One blue side wall - "Have them make"

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Show the children where the memory verse is found in
their Bible.  Give them each a church outline and the
construction paper pieces and glue.  As you repeat the
words of the memory verse together assemble and glue
the sanctuary together.


ACTING ON SCRIPTURE - CHURCH TOUR

Materials needed:
Box (about the size of a school box)
Sequins, jewels, beads, feathers, shells 
  (anything pretty to decorate the outside of the box
   with)
Glue

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
There are no advance preparations necessary.

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Take the children on a tour of the sanctuary.  Ask them
to point out things that were brought into the church
to prepare it to be a place to worship God.  (Lights,
carpeting, pews, pulpit and chairs, piano, organ etc.) 
How did the things get to the church?  Were they
brought from families who owned them like the
Israelites did?  (Most likely not) Nowadays when we
build churches families give money to be used to buy
the items needed to build a church.  Return to the
classroom.  Help the children decorate the outside of
the school box.  Call it the Building God's House Box. 
Encourage the children to bring special offerings for
the next 4 weeks to put into the box.  Then turn the
money in to Sabbath School Expense or to your local
church budget.  Make sure the children understand that
these monies will be used especially for building and
improving their church.


ACTING ON SCRIPTURE - 

Materials needed:
Building blocks
Tape recorder and tape OR piano player
Music to the tune of So Early In the Morning 

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
There are no advance preparations necessary.

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Spread the blocks out on the floor.  Have the children
gather in a circle around them.   Teach them to sing
the following words to the old song, So Early In the
Morning.  Build a church using the blocks.

This is the way we build a church
build a church
build a church
This is the way we build a church
So God can dwell among us

These are the offerings we bring to church
bring to church
bring to church
These are the offerings we bring to church
To show our love for Jesus

This is the way we worship in church
worship in church
worship in church
This is the way we worship in church
Because we love our Jesus