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Year 1, Term 3, Week 3: Ideas for Junior Group
Week 3: God Loves His People- And He Shows Egypt!
Lesson Objective:
God wants Pharoah to let his people go so they can worship him. He shows Pharoah that he is powerful by sending plagues to Egypt!
Bible Passage:
Exodus 8:1-15 (Plague of frogs)
Memory Verse:
Exodus 8:1-2 - He said to Moses; 'Go to the palace and tell the king of Egypt that I order him to let my people go, so they can worship me. If he refuses, I will cover his entire country with frogs!'
Story Idea: Frog Hunt & Tell it!
Before the lesson:
- Download, print and cut out some frogs, then hide them around the room with blue tack
- Gather a crown and robe from the costume cupboard
To introduce:
- Ask the kids if they can remember last weeks lesson, and prompt them to remember that God showed Moses that He was powerful by changing the stick into a snake and that God would help Moses to rescue His people
- Remind them that a miracle is something amazing that God does
- Have the kids hunt around the room to find all of the frogs
Tell the story:
Dress an older child as a king with crown and robe, have them stand at the front and do the actions you indicate to them
Collect some of the blue tack frogs from the hunt to use
- In Egypt, there was a Pharoah king who was not very nice
- He was keeping God's people as his slaves - they had to work very hard for not much money!
- Moses knew that God was POWERFUL
- He did what God asked him and went to the Pharoah king... 'LET THE PEOPLE GO! He said... 'If you won't free God's people, then God will send lots and lots and lots of frogs to cover the land - they will be in everyone's houses - even in the food!'
- The Pharoah king STOMPED his feet and said 'No way! I won't let God's people go...'
- So just as Moses had said, God did a miracle and sent lots and lots and LOTS of frogs - they were all over everybody - even on the Pharoah king! (Stick frogs to the king and his crown)
- The frogs were in all of the houses and they even got in people's food! Yuck!
- The Pharoah king was so ANNOYED by ALL of the frogs and know he knew that God was powerful too! He BEGGED Moses to get rid of them... 'If your God will take away all of the frogs, then I will let the people go and I will praise your God!' Said the king
- So Moses prayed and God did ANOTHER miracle and got rid of all of the frogs!
- God is POWERFUL and He got rid of the frogs, but the Pharoah king soon forgot his promises and wouldn't let God's people go...
- God is POWERFUL and He loves His people - He would keep working to save them from the Pharoah king!
Quiz Questions:
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1. Did the Pharoah king want to let God's people go? No
2. Did Moses know that God was powerful? Yes
3. What did God do to show His power and convince the king to let the people go? Sent lots and lots of frogs!
4. Did the king promise to let the people go if God got rid of the frogs? Yes
5. After God made all of the frogs go away, did the king remember his promise? No
6. Does God love His people? Yes
7. Will God keep working to set His people free? Yes
8. God is powerful and He loves us - can we trust Him too? Yes
Craft Idea: Frog Craft!
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Before the lesson:
- Download and print the tongues on red coloured paper and cut out
- Cut large (1 per child) and small (2 per child) circles and feet shapes (4 per child) from green paper and cut out many small yellow circles
- Gather googley eyes, crayons/pens and glue from the cupboard
Have the kids:
- Fold their large circle in half
- Fold the edges of their small circles and stick on
- Glue on googley eyes, spots and tongue
- Decorate with pens
Game Idea: Frog Freeze!
- Have the kids all jump around the room like frogs!
- When you shout 'Moses' - they should all freeze!
- Any kids not freezing are out and should sit to one side
Prayer Idea: Thank you prayers
- Have the kids sit in a circle
- The teacher starts by saying 'Thank you God that you are powerful and you love us, and thank you for..... (name something)
- Encourage the kids to each take a turn thanking God for being powerful, loving us and something else of their choice
