Anointing of David

Video Workshop

Summary of Lesson Activities:

We'll be viewing the anointing section in first half of "David and Goliath" from the Nest Series.

Memory Verse:

1 Samuel 16:7

Leader Preparation:

• Read the scripture ahead of time.
• Preview the video.
• Gather the materials.

Supplies List:

• "David and Goliath" from the Nest series.
• Brown paper bag filled with chocolate coins
• Fancy box filled with small toys, clothes, spools, clothes pins, etc.

Advanced Preparation Requirements:

• Have the video ready to go when the kids arrive.

Presentation

Opening- Welcome and Lesson Introduction:

Welcome the children and their guide to the workshop, introduce yourself, and begin in prayer. Please try to start on time and end on time, and focus your attention on the children.

Guides do the attendance, and they can help with the workshop activities and the discussion questions. They should help students with journaling and with the closing prayer circle.

Review the memory verse, I Samuel 16:7, “…Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.” Also review the bonus verse, Psalm 139:1,3, “LORD, you have searched me and you know me…you are familiar with all my ways.”

Dig-Main Content and Reflection:

Before showing the video about Samuel anointing David, prepare the children for a different kind of snack today. Prepare two containers, one a fancy wrapped box and the other wrinkled, battered paper bag. Ask a volunteer to choose which one has the snack. Inside the fancy wrapped box there should be some odds and ends of small toys, clothes, spools, clothes pins, etc. Inside the scruffy paper bag there should be chocolate candy gold coins; all these items will be part of a game that takes place after the video. Teach the lesson that goes with the memory verse: that we look at the fancy, pretty outside of a person, but God looks on what is inside of a person.

Prepare the students for the video by describing the characters, Bible timeline, etc. Ask them to look for the reason why God chose David to be the next king/

Show the video, David and Goliath (Animated Stories: Old Testament, by Nest Entertainment, 1993) while the children enjoy their snacks. The video starts with Samuel confronting King Saul over his failure to obey God in destroying the Amalekites and King Agag, and includes a good section on Samuel anointing David in the first part of the video, about the first 15 minutes.

Stop after David is anointed King if you don’t want to include David and Goliath.
After the video, review what they think they've seen and ask questions.

1. Why did God choose David?  How did he choose David?

2. Do you think God knows what we do best? (ANS: Yes; God made us. And our BONUS verse says that God searches us and knows us and is familiar with all our ways.)

2. What special purpose did God design each of us for? (God has a plan for each of us in His Kingdom. Read I Corinthians 12:27, “…you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.” and explain that just like the parts of a body have different functions and uses, so God has given us difference gifts to use in His Kingdom.)

3. What are some of the special jobs God needs done in his Kingdom?    Note: God has already called each of us, generally speaking. A specific call is also issued.  It can come when we're young, like David. God calls us to be his ambassadors wherever we are, at whatever situation and age we find ourselves.

4.  How do you prepare yourself to accept God's choosing of you? (ANS: First, it’s important to believe God’s Word, the Bible, and to know that Jesus, God’s Son, has forgiven your sins. Then it’s important to pray and obey God as you learn His will and ways.)

Play Game:
Have the children number off, “1,2,3” so that all the 1s will be on one team, all the 2s on another team, and all the 3s on another team. Find a space for each team to gather. One person on each team must volunteer to wear a blindfold. Then, after dividing the “odds and ends” equally among the three teams, arrange the items on a line for each team, with the items about 3 feet apart and a bag of gold coins at the end of each line. Tell the teams they must try to tell the blindfolded person how to walk this blind obstacle course without stepping on any of the items in order to reach the bag of gold at the end of the line. The blindfolded person must listen very carefully, just like Samuel had to listen to God carefully. If the blindfolded person steps on an item, he/she must give up their turn to another child.
When each team completes its obstacle course and obtains the bag of gold candy coins, the children get to enjoy their candy reward.

Closing:

Close with a circle of prayer, and invite children to return next week with their Bible and a friend for the next rotation lesson.

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