******************************************************* Title: Kindergarten Sabbath School Program, September 29, 2001 From: NAD Children's Ministries (author: Lisa Seeders) Date Completed: August 15, 2001 Abstract: Activities to use in place of program helps to teach the lesson, A MAN WHO TRIED TO HIDE FROM GOD ******************************************************* Lesson Aim: When we confess our sins, God forgives us and helps us to give them up. Memory Verse: "Be sure that your sin will find you out." Num. 32:23, NIV GETTING THEIR ATTENTION - HIDE AND SEEK Materials needed: None WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead) There are no advance preparations necessary. WHAT THE CHILDREN DO: Tell the children that you are going to play hide and seek with them. But this game is different from the usual hide and seek. You, the teacher, will close your eyes and count to 10. They are to remain in their chairs and look around the room for a place to hide. Once they pick a place in their minds where they are hiding they cannot change their minds. After you are done counting open your eyes and choose which child you're going to "find" first. You get three guesses where the child is. (Example: "I think you're hiding behind the piano." OR "I think you're hiding behind the felt board.") If you do not guess correctly after three tries, the child goes to the place and shows you where they imagined they were hiding. If you guess correctly, the child takes your place and chooses someone and becomes the guesser or seeker. After everyone has been "found" say, "Hide and seek is fun. It's especially fun when you think you may have found a spot where no one can find you. In our Bible story today a man plays a hiding game. But it is not fun and it is not a game. He tries to hide a sin, and that's a bad mistake." GO STRAIGHT INTO THE BIBLE STORY. GETTING INTO SCRIPTURE - BIBLE BOARD GAME Materials needed: (1) sheet of poster board Permanent marker Dice (1) Token player pieces (use some from another board game) WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead) Draw a path around the outside perimeter of the posterboard. Divide the path up into squares (like a regular board game such as SORRY). Write the following instructions on some of the squares in the order in which they are given below. As the children progress along the path they will hear the Bible story in the logical sequence. The object of the game is for each child to reach the destination. Even when you get down to one child left have him/her keep rolling the die and moving until they reach the end. INSTRUCTIONS FOR SQUARES: 1. The Israelites celebrate their victory over Jericho. Take another turn. 2. The Israelites fight against Ai and lose. Go back to start. 3. Joshua remembers to talk to God. Advance three spaces. 4. God tells Joshua someone has disobeyed and stolen from Him. Miss one turn 5. Everyone in the camp confesses their sins and asks for forgiveness. Roll the die and advance that number. 6. Achan decides to leave the items he stole buried under his tent. Go back four spaces. 7. God helps Joshua discover who has disobeyed and stolen from Him. Advance to the front so you are the first player in line on the board. 8. The stolen articles are found in Achan's tent and Achan dies. Exchange places with the player directly behind you. 9. When we do something naughty we must confess and ask for forgiveness. Advance two spaces. 10. Jesus is always willing to forgive us when we ask Him to. Go to the finish. GETTING INTO SCRIPTURE - Materials needed: 10 Boxes ranging from larger to smaller (the last one being no bigger than a matchbox) Permanent marker Brown grocery sacks Tape Scissors Bibles WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead) Slide the lid off the matchbox. Print the word, SIN, with the black permanent marker inside the box. Replace the lid. Wrap the matchbox with brown grocery sack wrapping. Put the matchbox inside the next largest box. Wrap that box. Write the word, out, on the outside with the marker. Put this box into the next largest box. Wrap that box. Write the word, you, on the outside with the marker. Continue in this manner until all the boxes are inside boxes and wrapped with the next memory verse word on them. The last box will have the text, Num. 32:23 written on the outside. It will be the largest box. WHAT THE CHILDREN DO: Have the children look up the memory verse in the Bible. Give them the first box with the text written on it. Have someone unwrap it. Read the word together on the next box. Have someone unwrap it. Continue in this manner until you get all the way down to the matchbox. Give everyone a turn seeing the word sin inside the matchbox. Explain to the children that no matter how well we think we have hidden our sins or naughties they are eventually found out. Repeat the memory verse several times together. Re-stack the boxes and use them to drill the verse until all the children know it. ACTING ON SCRIPTURE - WHAT SHOULD I DO? Materials needed: None WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead) There are no advance preparations necessary. WHAT THE CHILDREN DO: Tell the children you are going to read them some stories. They are to respond by either standing up or leaning over and covering their head with their arms. 1. Jane ate candies when she wasn't suppose to. If you think she should hide the wrappers so no one knows, cover up your head with your arms. If you think she should show mother the wrappers, apologize and ask for forgiveness stand up. 2. Bill took his older brother's knife and used it. He forgot to put it back. Bill said he was sad because he had lost his knife. If you think you should tell Bill you used the knife and forgot to put it back stand up. If you think you should let Bill go ahead and think he lost it, cover up your head with your arms. 3. Marilyn said some mean things about Megan. Megan found out and asked her if she said them. If you think you should tell Marilyn it was another girl who said them, cover up your head with your arms. If you think you should admit that you said them and tell Marilyn you are sorry, stand up. 4. Joey found $1.00 by his desk. He heard his best friend ask the teacher if she had found a dollar because he was missing one. His best friend did not ask him. If you think he should keep quiet about the dollar, cover up your head with your arms. If you think you should give your best friend the dollar, stand up.