12 February 2014

2 Feb 2014: Faith: To Believe The Impossible

1         Wheelbarrow Race 

Not sure of the link, but the kids enjoyed it!

2 Quiz - blind faith

Ø  4 chairs, labelled A B C D

“Gonna read out some remedies for health problems. Historically correct, kids to chose which they think they would prefer. Gonna ask some folk why they have chosen, so listen well.”

Fever


A)     Take a spoon of treacle (made from 40 ingredients which took 12 days to make, including snake skin

B)      Have a cut made in your arm to let the bad blood out

C)      Wrap yourself in red cloth and tie red cloth to the bed you sleep in

D)     Take a cold bath several times a day


Nits


a)      Use dog shampoo, instead of normal shampoo

b)      Put Vaseline in your hair overnight, wrap it in a towel and wash it off in the morning

c)       Wash your hair with mayonnaise

d)      Shave all your hair off.

Headache


a)      Drill a hole in the skull to relieve pressure

b)      Massage your head with lavender oil

c)       Drink half a teaspoon of cayenne pepper in water

d)      Eat 2 tablespoons of honey after each meal

“each time we chose to put faith in one of these things, its putting your trust totally into someone or something”

“when we have faith in God we choose to trust him, and do what he says”

“David in todays story chose to have faith in what God said and now in what other people around him said”

3 Bible Study

“Who knows the story of David and Goliath?”

Each sentence below is in on  sheet of A4, kids have to get them in order,

Giant called Goliath challenges the Jews to  a fight.

Jews were all afraid

David, however, said he would fight and win!

Other Jews told David not to do it

David chose not to wear any armour

He took 5 small stones and a sling

1 stone hit Goliath on the head and he fell

David took his sword and cut his head off

 

Q:

a)      Why did they think that none of the rest of the Jews dared to fight Goliath

b)      What reasons would the soldiers have given for not fighting Goliath

c)       What reasons can you think of that David would have given to say he COULD fight Goliath

d)      Did others agree with David when he said he could fight Goliath

“Have any of us ever fought a giant?”

“what things do we find hard, that maybe could be represented by Goliath”?

“”
David had little faith, he had killed a lion and a bear, so the giant was the next step

And for us, if we continue to pray and know what God wants us to do, we can take little steps, but can do amazing things

4         Song: Faith as small as a mustard seed


 

 

5         Word Collage (10m)


Ø  Paper and pens out

Ø  Video set up
during this we listed/watched this animation
 

“what words come in to your mind when you think of having faith in God? What has God made, what can he do? How  big is God? What is he like?”

“write the words whilst the video is playing”

 

6         Video of what kids think  Faith is:


just to finish off we talked about Faith and what it is. Most of the kids had a good understanding, the discussin was quite wide.,,

 
finished off with some games