Unit: Love and Obey God

Session Title: God’s Plan for David

Life Point: God has a plan for each person.

Unit Verse: “I call on you, God, because you will answer me.” Psalm 17:6

Weekly Bible Verse: “I call on you, God, because you will answer me.” Psalm 17:6

Bible Passage: 1 Samuel 16

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Craft: Crown
Make a crown and then you can act out the story or crown each of your children to be king or queen like David was anointed to be king.
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Game: Guess What You Hear?
In this game students will guess what is making the sound they hear. This game will reinforce the idea that God hears when we pray to him. Instructions are on the website below
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Game: Telephone
Have the children sit in a circle, or around the table. Start with one child and whisper one of the phrases shown below into his or her ear. Have that child whisper the same phrase into the ear of the child to his or her left, and continue around the circle until the last child is told the phrase. Then have the last child say what he or she heard out loud to see how close it was to the original phrase.

Phrases:
God will always hear our prayers
It makes Jesus very happy when we pray
If we ask anything in Jesus’ name, He will do it
We can pray anytime morning, noon, or night

Compare this game to how when we pray, God hears exactly what we mean to say, even when we don’t say it exactly the way we want.
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Food: Sheep Cupcakes
This site shows how to make really cute sheep cupcakes. * Don’t forget to post an allergy alert. **Note it is from a catholic website**
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Craft: Paper Plate Sheep
Kids make sheep out of paper plates, cotton balls and clothes pins. The picture below should show you pretty well how to make this craft. This would be best for younger grades.
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Craft: Make a Harp
Website below shows how to make a harp like David would play! Easy craft to put together with template on the website.
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Craft: Candy Cane Staff
I don’t know if you will be able to find candy canes this time of year, but if you can this a really cute craft! We should have twine in the resource room but I am not sure how much.
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Food: Cheerio Sheep
Fun little sheep to make for the kids to eat. * Don’t forget to post an allergy alert.
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