Harvest on 12 Oct 2014

Harvest on 12 Oct 2014

20 x  8-11 year olds

1.     Warm up game – Fruit Shakes

Suitable party music.

 

Like musical statues, when the music stops the kids become statues

 

The twist – as the music stops the leader shouts out the name of a fruit or vegetable, and the children have to make the shape of that fruit/vegetable as a statue.

 

2.     Bible Drama

Read out 1 Kings 17:8-16

This passage is an example of Gods provision and Gods abundant care for his children. God is not  a God who is mean, but a God who delights to give.

Kids in Pairs

They can act out the story – but try to convey the emotions and feelings of Elijah and the widow at different stages in the story

Exaggerate the emotions with hand and body movements.

Before we start, think how you would act it out, think of these questions

1)      How would Elijah felt when he saw the woman?

2)      Was he sure she was the woman whom God had chosen to provide for him?

3)      How do you think the woman was feeling as she replied?

4)      Do you think that the woman believed Ellijay or, do you think she thought they were going to die anyway then might as well share their last meal?

5)      How do you think that the both felt when the bowl did not run out of the flour or the oil run out?

6)      How do you think they felt each day?

7)      What difference did it make to their lives?

 

(time taken to plan it)

Read the bible verse thru so they can practise….

Does anybody want to show their drama?

 

Discuss their feelings – sadness that the widow had no food. Willingness of widow to share. Wonder that God had met their needs to miraculously

 

What do you feel like when you realise that others in the worlds have no food?

How could we share our food with them?

How do you think others would feel to know that Christians in the UK were sharing with them?

 

1 Kings 17:8-16The Voice (VOICE)

⁸ The Lord  gave him this message:

The Lord: ⁹ Get up, and travel to Zarephath. It is in the possession of Sidon, which is outside Israel. Remain there, and do not leave for any reason. There is a widow in Zarephath whom I have told to take care of you.

¹⁰ Elijah got up and immediately travelled to Zarephath. He arrived at the city gate, and at that moment, a widow was picking up sticks nearby.

Elijah: Please bring me some water in a jar to quench my thirst.

¹¹ (as she fetched the water) Also, could you please bring me a piece of bread?

Woman: ¹² As certain as The Lord, your True God lives, I don’t have any bread. In fact, I am starving. I don’t have anything except for a bit of flour in a bowl and a few drops of oil in a jar. I was gathering sticks when you arrived to make a fire so that my son and I could eat one last bite of food and then die. It’s all over for us.

Elijah: ¹³ I assure you that it’s not over for you yet. Don’t be afraid. Continue what you were doing, but make a small bread cake for me first, and bring it here to me. Then you and your son may eat your own bread cakes. ¹⁴ This is the message of the God of Israel: “The flour and the oil will not run out until the moment when the Eternal showers the earth with rain.”

¹⁵ She did exactly as Elijah had instructed her to do, and everyone who lived in her house had food for days. ¹⁶ The bowl of flour and the jar of oil did not run out, just as The Lord had said through Elijah.

Game – follow the leader

 

 

 

Ran out of time for anything else