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Year 1, Term 3, Week 3: Ideas for Senior 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
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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 and unexplainable that God does
- Have the kids hunt around the room to find all of the frogs
Have the kids read Exodus 8:1-15
Quiz Questions:
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1. Did the king want to let God's people go? No
2. What did Moses say would happen if the king wouldn't let the people go? There would be lots of frogs EVERYWHERE?
3. What crazy places would the frogs get in to? The kings bedroom and bed, houses, ovens, bread bowls
4. What did the king say when there were frogs EVERYWHERE? If God gets rid of the frogs, I'll let the people go and offer sacrifices to God
5. Was God able to get rid of the frogs? Yes
6. Do you think God filling Egypt with frogs, then getting rid of them is a miracle? Yes
7. What does that tell you about God? He is powerful
8. Why do you think God wanted to save His people from Egypt? Because He loves and cares for them
9. Did the King let the people go after that? No - he changed his mind
10. God is powerful and He loves His people - do you think He will just give up, or is there more to the story? He won't give up - there's more to the story!
11. What do you think this means for us? God loves us, He is powerful, we can trust Him etc.
Craft Idea: Frog Craft!
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Before the lesson:
- Download and print the frog catcher template on green cardboard and cut out
- Gather green cardboard, googley eyes, red paper, scissors, staplers, tape and string and some bugs (either plastic from the $2 shop or can be made from pipe cleaners)
Have the kids:
- Fold and staple their body section along two edges to make a cup shape
- Cut frogs legs and eye sockets from green card and a tongue from red paper
- Staple the tongue, legs and eye sockets in place
- Glue on googley eyes
- Cut a length of string, tie around their bug and then tape the other end into the mouth of the frog
- Try to flick their bug up and catch it in the frogs mouth!
Remind the kids that God sent the plague of frogs to show Pharoah that He was powerful and He wanted to rescue His people!
Game Idea: Frog Pond!
- Set up a 'pond' in the centre of the room by laying a rope around in a circle or sticking masking tape to the floor
- Place 'lily pads' (hoops) around the edge of the room
- Play some music and have the kids hop around like frogs in the pond
- When the music stops, everyone stands up and runs to a lily pad, the last person to a lily pad is out!
- Gradually remove lily pads so that the kids have less options
- The last player in is the winner!
