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Fruit of the Spirit - Faithfulness

Drama Workshop Sketch

Week 8


Theme: Our faithfulness to God

Summary: Talk about promises, hear and act out the bible story of 8 year old Josiah and search for hidden scrolls. Work on their Faithfulness Journal.

Supplies: 10 pieces tan cardstock, a few sheets of blue cardstock, children's bible story book with the story of Josiah (to be your narrated script), Faithfulness Journal Page, Faithfulness Sticker*.

Advance prep:

  • Print out one of each of the ten commandments on a tan colored piece of paper, roll like a scroll and tie with ribbon/rubber band.
  • Copy a variety of pictures onto blue paper, things you would find in a “destroyed temple” like a broken jar, snakes, etc. then roll and tie ALL with ribbon or rubber bands. 
  • Hide all scrolls around the room.


Lesson Plan

Have everyone sit in the tent. If too many to sit in the tent, sit in a circle on the floor.

Promises

Ask if they know what a promise is.

Ask for some examples of promises. Here are a few to share:

  1. If your mom says, “I will take you to the park”, that is a promise.
    Your mom is saying that she will do something; she will take you to the park.
  2. If your dad says, “I promise that I will not pull your tooth out. I will only wiggle it to see how loose it is”, he is making a promise. He is saying that he will not do something-- he will not pull out your tooth; and he is saying that he will do something-- he will only wiggle your tooth.


Ask: Is it important to keep our promises? Explain that to make a promise is a serious thing. It is saying that you are going to do or not going to do something. It is not pretend, but you should really mean what you say.

Explain that the Bible is full of God’s promises for us. God is always faithful to His promises. Because God wants us to be more and more like Jesus all the time, God wants us to be faithful back to God!

Act out the story of Josiah

Say: Today our story from the Bible is about a boy who became king when he was only 8 years old! His name was Josiah. The people who lived long ago when Josiah did were NOT very faithful to God.

Say: Let’s get on costumes so we can be like the people who lived long ago in Bible times.

You can use any children’s story Bible to tell the story. Begin with the boy king Josiah having the temple cleaned out and rebuilt. At this time have families pretend to be cleaning and rebuilding the temple. Have them “find” scrolls you’ve previously hidden as they clean.

When scrolls have all been found, have families sit in a large circle, each of them taking one scroll. Non readers will take the blue scrolls with pictures.

If there are more scrolls than people, have some people take more than one. Tell them not to open them yet until you say. Tell them they will help to tell the story – when you point to someone, they should open and read their scroll.

Continue with the story, telling how the people were confused by these words because they weren’t familiar to them/hadn’t heard them before. As you tell the story, point to someone to read their scroll. Continue till they’re all read. Explain how it was remembered that these were the “lost scrolls of the laws”.

After the story, ask:

Did you recognize the laws? [10 commandments]

I wonder why the people forgot God’s commands and became unfaithful to God?

I wonder what kind of things the people started doing to be faithful to God and live by God’s commands?

I wonder what kind of things God is trying to tell you to do to be faithful to Him? Let’s look at our FAITHFULNESS journal pages.

The journal page has 3 sections:

1. Ways that God is faithful to our family
2. Ways that our family is faithful to God
3. Our plan to grow in our faithfulness to God this summer will be:

Tell families to complete the square titled: Ways our family is faithful to God. If time also complete the box titled: Our plan to grow in our faithfulness to God this summer will be. They will probably need to finish at home.

Closing:

Hand out a Faithfulness Sticker to each family if they have not received one yet to go on their cover page.


Fruit of the Spirit - Faithfulness

Art Workshop Sketch

Week 8


Theme: God’s faithfulness to us

Summary: Talk about God's promises and faithfulness, followed by creating Tear Art.

Supplies: Name badge Stickers, copies of God’s Promises to Me Hand out (see below), half sheets of white cardstock, assorted colors of construction paper, glue, large (11x17) black construction paper, CD – Praise Music.

Advance prep:

On name badge stickers write/print “Ask me about God’s promises!”.

Lesson Plan

Be sure to have a sticker on yourself.

Ask me about God's Promises!

If they don’t comment, ask questions like: Do you like my sticker? Do you know what it says? Do you know what I like about this sticker? People ask me about God’s promises when I wear it! It’s a great sticker for followers of Jesus to wear. Would you like a sticker like this?

I promise I will let you each have a sticker before you leave. But first, you asked me about God’s promises, didn’t you?! Let’s look at some promises God has made to us in His word in the Bible.

Pass out one “God’s Promises for Me” sheet to each family. (follows at end of lesson) Go around the circle and ask people to take turns reading them.

Tear Art Activity

Tell them that everyone is going to illustrate one of these promises that they find the most comforting. You will be doing a “tear art” project.

Pass out the half sheets of white cardstock. Tell them to write one of the promises, or another biblical promise from God, across the top or bottom of this half-sheet. Then taking different colors of construction paper, they will tear small pieces off and glue them on to the white half sheet. They can make a concrete picture of what the verse means to them or they can make something abstract. Parents can work with their youngest children. After they finish, give each family a large (11x17) black piece of construction paper so they can use that as a “frame” and glue all their family art on one (or two if necessary).

As they work, play a CD of praise music.


Journal

Distribute FAITHFULNESS journal pages. If parents finish before time is up, have parents begin a conversation about the first square: Ways that God is faithful to our family.

Closing:

Hand out a Faithfulness Sticker to each family if they have not received one yet to go on their cover page.

 


Jan @ First Presbyterian Church, Napa CA 

Some ideas adapted from Abingdon Press, Bible Zone, Fruit of the Spirit

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GOD’S PROMISES FOR ME …

GOD PROMISES ETERNAL LIFE TO ALL WHO CALL ON HIS NAME
GOD WILL FORGIVE ME
GOD WILL BE WITH ME
NOTHING CAN SEPARATE ME FROM GOD’S LOVE
GOD WILL COMPLETE HIS GOOD WORK IN ME
GOD’S SPIRIT WILL HELP ME BEAR FRUIT
GOD HEARS MY PRAYERS
GOD WILL GUIDE ME
GOD WILL PROVIDE ALL MY NEEDS
GOD WILL NOT WITHHOLD ANY GOOD THING FROM ME
GOD IS SLOW TO GET ANGRY WITH ME
GOD WILL GIVE ME STRENGTH
THOUGH I STUMBLE, GOD WILL NOT LET ME FALL
GOD WILL DISCIPLINE ME WITH LOVE
GOD PLANS GOOD FOR ME
GOD WILL BE WITH ME IN HARD TIMES
GOD WILL NOT BRING ANY UNNECESSARY SUFFERING INTO MY LIFE
GOD WILL DELIVER ME FROM ALL MY TROUBLES
GOD’S MERCIES FOR ME ARE NEW EVERY DAY
GOD WORKS ALL THINGS TOGETHER FOR GOOD FOR ME
GOD WILL NOT FORGET HIS PROMISES TO ME
GOD WILL HELP ME FIGHT THE FIGHT OF FAITH
I CAN STAND ON THE PROMISES OF GOD
TRUSTING IN GOD’S PROMISES LEADS TO OBEDIENCE TO GOD

 


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