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Title: Kindergarten Sabbath School Program, September
30, 2000

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

Date completed: July 15, 2000

Abstract: Activities to use in place of program helps
to teach the lesson, ANGEL FRIENDS
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Lesson Aim: Angels are God's messengers and our
helpers.

Memory Verse: "Are not all angels......sent to serve
those who will inherit salvation?"  Heb. 1:14


GETTING THEIR ATTENTION - MESSENGERS

Materials needed:
Tape recorder and cassette tape

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
Tape the following messages onto a blank cassette tape. 
Leave a 10 second space between each message.  (For
larger Sabbath schools you may add more messages. There
should be one message per each child in the group.)
1.  Please give your teacher a hug.
2.  Please shake hands with the boys in your class.
3.  Please tell the children in your class to stand up.
4.  Please lead the children in a march around the room
one time.
5.  Please tell the children to clap until the teacher
says stop.
6.  Please tell the children to sit down and be quiet.

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Set the tape recorder outside of the classroom or quite
a distance away from the rest of the group. (You will
probably need an adult or older child to operate the
recorder.) Tell the children that they are going to be
messengers today.  They are to receive their message
from the tape recorder then come back in and carry it
out.  Send each child to the recorder one at a time. 
If a child forgets his/her message, have them go back
and listen again.  (An adult or older child operating
the recorder works much better.) A messenger is someone
who takes a message to someone else.  In our story
today we talk about some of God's messengers and the
kinds of messages they gave.  GO STRAIGHT INTO THE
BIBLE STORY.





GETTING INTO SCRIPTURE - ANGEL CHARADES

Materials needed:
Box with an angel glued to the front

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
On small slips of paper write the following angel jobs. 
Fold up the papers and drop them into the box with the
angel glued to the front.

ANGEL JOBS
1.  Shut lion's mouths
2.  Take Peter out of prison
3.  Tell Mary she will have a special baby
4.  Sing a song to the shepherds
5.  Stand guard at the Garden of Eden so no one can get
in
6.  Take Lot's hand and pull him out of the city

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Tell the children they will be angels this morning. 
Their special jobs are written on pieces of paper found
in the angel box.  When they draw out a paper, whisper
in their ear what it says.  You, the teacher, be
whatever props the angel needs.  (For example: In the
first one, you be the lion roaring, and the child is
the angel sealing your mouth shut.)  The rest of the
group tries to guess what the angel is doing.  (In the
second example: You be Peter and the child is the angel
taking off the chains and leading you out of prison.)
The examples given are taken from the lesson, but other
examples of angel visitations are found in the Bible
and can be used if your group is larger.


ACTING ON SCRIPTURE - ANGEL MURAL

Materials needed:
Large piece of white butcher block paper (If not
available tape plain 8 «" X 11" sheets together)
     Approximate size: 3' high by 3' wide
Glue sticks
Scissors
Magazines
Tape

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
Tape the plain mural background to the wall. 

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Give children magazines to look through.  Ask them to
look for pictures showing times when angels might be
used of God to help us.  Examples: 

Any transportation pictures (angels are with us when we
travel)
Any playground equipment (angels are with us when we
play)
Any pictures showing families doing things together
(angels are with us)
Any pictures of scary events such as visiting the
dentist or doctor (angels are with us when we're
scared)

After each child has cut out a picture or two, have
them glue stick it onto the mural. Leave the mural up
for the next getting into scripture activity.


GETTING INTO SCRIPTURE - MEMORY VERSE PIN-ON

Materials needed:
Small angel form (xerox so each child has 2-3)
Mural from previous acting on scripture activity
Blindfold
Tape
Bibles

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
Show the children where the memory verse is found in
the Bible.  Repeat it several times together.

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Play the following activity similarly to Pin the Tail
on the Donkey.  Blindfold a child and turn them around
several times.  Place an angel form in their hand. 
Stick tape on the back of the form. Guide them towards
the mural.  They are to repeat the verse then stick the
angel on the mural somewhere.  Remove the blindfold. 
Give each child several turns, making sure they repeat
the verse before each turn. Comment on how many times
our angels are with us, all day every day.