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Year 1, Term 3, Week 2: Ideas for Middle Group
Week 2: God Loves His People - And He is Powerful!
Lesson Objective:
God is powerful - he showed Moses that he was powerful enough to rescue His people from Egypt!
Bible Passage:
Exodus 4:1-11 (Moses Miracles)
Memory Verse:
Exodus 4:12- "Now Go! When you speak, I will be with you and give you the words to say."
Story Idea: Mystery Bags & Read It!
Before the lesson:
- Gather three pillowcases and place an item relating to the story in each (eg. a stick, a rubber snake and a water bottle)
To introduce:
- Ask the kids if they can remember last weeks lesson, and prompt them to remember that God asked Moses to go and rescue His people!
- Have three volounteers each stick their hand into a bag and feel the object to see if they can guess what it is
- See if the kids can think of any Bible stories that involve a stick, a snake and some water
Have the kids read Exodus 4:1-12, taking turns to read a verse or two each
Quiz Questions:
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1. What was Moses worried might happen when he told everyone that God had spoken to him? Nobody would listen
2. What is a miracle? Something amazing that God does that we can't explain
3. What miracles did God do in the story? Turned the stick into the snake, turned his hand white, turned water into blood
4. What do you think these miracles tell us about God? He is POWERFUL
5. God showed Moses that He was powerful and could be trusted, what else was Moses worried about? That he wouldn't know what to say
6. What did God promise to do for Moses? Be with him and give him the words to say
7. Can we trust God to be with us and help us too? Yes
Game Idea: Team Snake Trust Challenge
- Create an obstacle course (chairs to go over/under, obstacles to weave around etc.)
- Have the kids form a snake (holding hands)
- The whole team must complete the obstacle course without breaking the snake chain!
- To make it harder, try blindfolding everybody but the leader and completing the challenge again!
- For the EXTRA HARD challenge, blindfold the kids, then move some obstacles so they are disorientated!
Explain that God used the miracle of the snake to demonstrate His power to Moses - Moses had to trust God, just like the kids had to trust each other during the game!
Craft Idea: Accordion Snake!
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Before the lesson:
- Download and print the lesson reminder circle on coloured paper, cut out, punch a hole through the top and tie a length of string to it
- Gather coloured paper, googley eyes, scissors, pens and glue
- Cut a series of coloured paper strips, round shapes for the head and tongue shapes from red paper
Have the kids:
- Fold twisty accordion shapes by holding the ends of two strips of paper together, perpendicular to each other, then alternately folding one strip over another until the accordion is formed. Eager kids can make several accordions and glue them together
- Glue a snake face on the front, googley eyes and a tongue
- Punch a hole in the back of the tail and tie in the lesson reminder
