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Unit: From the Start<\/h1>\n

Session Title: Abram and Lot<\/h2>\n

Life Point:<\/strong> God created people able to think and solve problems.<\/p>\n

Unit Verse: <\/strong>\u201cIn the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.\u201d Genesis 1:1<\/p>\n

Weekly Bible Verse:<\/strong> \u201cLove one another deeply as brothers and sisters.\u201d Romans 12:10<\/p>\n

Bible Passage:<\/strong> Genesis 13<\/p>\n

Extras from LifeWay (GREAT Ideas Here):<\/strong> Click here<\/a><\/p>\n

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Activity: Circle of Love<\/span><\/strong>
\nGive each child a piece of paper and have them draw a circle on it and write My Circle of Love around the edge. Challenge them to make their circles larger by including someone who may have been shut out of their circle. Encourage the children to talk to their families about their circles of love and together think of a person to whom they have not shown love. Suggest that they write the person\u2019s name outside the circle. Challenge the children to treat that person with love no matter how he or she acts, as Abram did for Lot, and see if by next week they can put the person\u2019s name inside their circle of love. (If you use this activity, be sure to follow up next week to see if the children accomplished their goal.)
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Object Lesson: Tea<\/span><\/strong>
\nTo illustrate how we become \u201cdesensitized\u201d to sin, bring a clear glass of water, and a tea bag. Share how the water is clean and pure. Now put the tea bag in the water. Notice how the water starts to become cloudy and dirty. When we are around sin a lot, we become used to it and over time, we begin to sin also. Share how we must try to do right and follow God all the time\u2014at church, at school, at home, everywhere! Talk about how we need to walk away from it right away so we don\u2019t become desensitized to it.
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Memory Verse Game: OOPS<\/span><\/strong>
\nWrite the verse on the board. Then line the students up shoulder to shoulder. If you have a bigger class you might want to get them into two groups. The point of the game is to be kind to each other and let one person speak at a time. Any one in the line can start the verse then the idea is to get all the way to the end of the verse one word at a time, but no one can say two words in a row, and no two people can say a word at the same time. If two people speak at the same time, we\u2019ll all say \u201cOops!\u201d and say the whole verse together and then start again. Play until the group makes it through the verse at least once.
\nSource: Making Scripture Memory Fun<\/em><\/p>\n

Game: Kindness Toss
\n<\/span><\/strong>The PDF gives you all the instructions on how to play this game.
\nSource: Big Book of Bible Games #2<\/em>
\nKindness Toss PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Way to Introduce the Lesson<\/span><\/strong>
\nHave cookies for the class. Make sure that there are some cookies that are crushed or broken. They should be obviously worse than the rest of the cookies. Pass the plate to each child and let him\/her choose one. Then discuss why they chose the cookie they chose. Why didn\u2019t they choose the crushed ones? \u201cIn today\u2019s lesson, Abram and Lot had to make a choice. One got to choose first and he chose the \u201cbest\u201d thing. Let\u2019s see what happens.\u201d Don’t forget to post an allergy alert!
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Craft: Get Along Cups<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n