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 Watch the story  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDmjO7X8ELI Using the puppets act out the story again asking  the children if they can remember who is who and what happened Talkabout friendship.  Why was Ruth a good friend to Naomi. How can we be good friends. Show pictures of famous 'friends'   from stories (eg Anna and Elsa,  Pooh and Piglet, etc) and get the kids to match the right friends together. Talk about how Ruth helped Naomi by getting food for her.  How can we be helpful?  Mention that Ruth worked hard all day to get food because she loved her mother-in-law and wanted to do her very best for her.  Show that because Ruth was kind to Naomi God made sure that Boa was kind to Ruth, Sequencing  colour cut and stick Craft = make a friendship bracelet to give to a friend Play at gathering the wheat into buckets and play with the tractors and animals at being farmers Pocket prayer Bunnies Bye

 Talk : Who is a boy (hands up) Who is a girl?  Who is better, boys or girls? (make a joke of this as they will all say their own gender is best) Well guess what? God made boys AND girls and He says that both are super important.  Boys and girls can do different things but we need each other. We need friends who are boys and girls.  In the Bible God used boys and girls to do amazing things. Today we are going to be hearing about a girl who did something really brave . Lets pray and thank God for making boys and girls. Pray. Lesson:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFTpEdvsK1c&t=111s  watch the story of Rahab Joshua was a soldier who loved God.  God told Joshua to go to a big city called Jericho and take it away from the people who didnt love God so that Joshua and Gods people could live there and teach the people about God.   Joshua asked two of his friends to sneak into the city to see how many soldiers there were.  They had t...

 Talk time :  How strong are you?  Whats the strongest thing you can do? Who can pick me up off the floor? Im stronger than you- I can pick you up. Look!!!  Today we are going to learn about someone in the Bible who was not very strong by himself, but was super-strong with God.  We can be strong with God too.  Lets ask God to make us all strong.  Pray. Lesson.  Read the story of Joshua or watch  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDk443nfosw God told Joshua to march round the walls.  How many times? What else did the army have to do? Could the army have knocked down the wall by themselves? ( Show them a real trumpet if possible -  Rory has one he could lend us! )We are going to see if we can knock down a wall by ourselves. (I have a large piece of board painted like bricks. Get a couple of adults to stand behind it so kids cant push it over. Get them to try for a while then go and make trumpets. After they have made them get them to ma...

  Talk time: Who here has brothers? Who has sisters? Who has no brothers or sisters? Do you like your siblings? Whats the best things about them? Any downsides? If we dont have brothers and sisters we can have friends instead.  God says He will always give us people who love us and look out for us. Lets say thank you to God for our brothers and sisters and our friends. (write down the names of all siblings so we can name them all - I think nearly all our kids have at least one) Lesson: Today we are going to learn about someone in the Bible who had LOTS of brothers. Lets have a listen to his story.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnlqKPIZQzI  This is a 3 minute video telling the story up to Joseph being sold. You can stop at the end and talk about how mean the brothers were and how Joseph felt - the video which follows on is another 3mins talking about Joseph in Egypt. It would be good to watch both if possible. If they cant concentrate for 6 mins this is only ...

 Watch here   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKrhH-sJ03g Begin by introducing the people in this week's lesson. Explain that Naaman was a very important man. He was the commander of the army for the king of Syria. Explain how he had everything, but he was sick with bad skin disease called leprosy. Share how in Bible times, it was a very terrible sickness to get. It gave you red and white spots all over your skin, and people were very afraid to catch it from you. If you had leprosy, you would hide away and cover yourself up with your coat so no one could see you Next, introduce the servant girl. Share how Naaman's wife had a servant girl from Israel who told Naaman about Elisha and a God who heals. Make sure you explain the contrast between their social standings and yet how God used the servant girl. Remind your child that God wants us to tell others about Him. Remind them of other people who were small, and yet God used (Samuel, David etc). Explain that it doesn't matte...

 Talk time.  What did you do this week? Do you like coming to church - why? Pray and thank God for church. Lesson. Read Daniel and the Lions Den.  or  watch  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQlBaYSGdhg&t=38s Do you think Daniel was brave? I think he was very brave. The king told him not to worship God but Daniel kept praying to God anyway.  Even when it was really dangerous he knew he had to keep praying and worshipping and following God.  How do you think Daniel felt when he knew he was going to be thrown in with lions?  Why do you think Daniel kept following God instead of following the kings orders? Do you think God helped Daniel to be brave? Can you think of anyone else God helped to be brave ( Noah, Jonah, Jesus) Sometimes we need to be brave. Maybe when we hurt ourselves.  Sometimes we might need an injection from the doctor and it might hurt a bit.  Maybe we have to go to nursery or somewhere we havent been before and we are a...

Watch here     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7cCV-IELLY Talk about how Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were young men when they were taken from their homes. Explain that they were taken to another land and made to serve the king there. Talk about how the people in this foreign land did not know, love or obey God. Explain there are still many people who do not know or obey God. Some live-in foreign lands, and others live in our own home countries. Remind the child that no matter where we are, we should stand for God.  Think about ways that we can stand for God. Talk about how Daniel and his friends refused to eat the food God told them not to eat. (The focus should not be the type of food, but the obedience.) Talk about how Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refused to bow down to the golden idol. Talk about ways we can stand for God. Sit your child in a chair. Explain that you are going to read some actions. If they think it is an action God would like, they ...