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This web-site is for everyone interested in learning more about the Bible.
This section helps Sunday school teachers find new ways of teaching familiar materials. Our goal is to augment lessons you may already have in your Sunday school curriculum.
In October, we will handle fear.
The entire Activities section is divided into Memory Work, Activities, and Discussion Questions. You can go to any of these sections and select what best works for your pupils.
You can now download all three sections for ease in using these materials for teaching. |
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MEMORY WORK |
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Teachers and Parents
It is so important to encourage our little ones as well as ourselves to memorize Bible verses and stories – to become so familiar with the passage or story that its timeless relevance appears to us more and more clearly with every retelling. A major difference was evident between Sunday school pupils required to tell the story versus those who gave nodding recognition to the same story. We can not overlook the significance of memorizing a verse or story.
Consider sharing with your Sunday school pupils and parents ways to help little ones learn the verse and understand the impact of the message on their lives.
- Write out or type this week’s Bible verse on a card and place it on a mirror the child uses each day.
- Place the verse for the week in his/her lunch box.
- Ask the child to recite the verse before or after grace at the dinner meal.
- Practice as a family at dinner, going around the table with each one saying a word until the verse is complete.
- Put the verse to music. Create your own tune for each Bible verse. Create pictures to help remember the verse.
- Write it in a Bible verse notebook as many times as you can.
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Bible Verses
Work with your child and your students to learn each verse. Then, discuss the meaning of the verse and how it can be applied to everyday lives. On Sundays during class, riding in the car, or at dinner, it's fun to share stories of how the children have used the verse in their lives that week.
We provide memorization verses for each week. You can add your own.
October 7
(KJV) Ps 56:3
What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
- Why is it a good idea to trust in God?
- What things are you afraid of?
- How does trusting God eliminate fear?
October 14
(NASB) 3 John 1:2
Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers.
- What does it mean to “prosper”?
- Why would we want our soul to prosper like our health?
- How do we get our souls right with God?
October 21
(RSV) 3 John 1:4
No greater joy can I have than this, to hear that my children follow the truth.
- What is “truth”?
- Why should we follow the truth?
October 28
(NIV) 3 John 1:11
Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. Anyone who does what is good is from God. Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God.
- Give an example of imitating evil.
- How would you imitate good?
- What are we imitating at Halloween?
November 4
(KJV) Jude 1:21
Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
- How do we keep ourselves “in the love of God”?
- What is “mercy”?
- Where do we look for “the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ”?
- How do we live mercifully?
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Bible Stories
This month we are looking at how different Bible characters handled fearful situations.
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ACTIVITIES |
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Bible Characters examines the beloved disciple.
Bible Overview looks at 3 John.
This month’s Hot Topic discusses sibling rivalry.
Make A Difference is a case of hospitality.
Kids Korner offers puzzles, games, and stories handling fear.
Parenting with the Bible looks at using the Beatitudes at school. |
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This month, we are handling fear.
Exercise:
Ask the students to write down some of the things they are afraid of on individual cards. Then collect the cards and write the different fears on a white board. For example, someone might say “snakes.” Put up snakes on the board. Ask anyone who isn’t afraid of snakes to explain why. Children who hear why someone isn’t afraid of what they fear are often better able to see the nothingness of the fear. If there is a fear left that no one has yet faced or conquered, help them pray about it. Ask them to pray for each other all week. During the next class, see if they are releasing the fear and accepting dominion for their lives.
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Exercise:
Create your own posters for overcoming fear. Find as many Bible verses as you can that teach you not to be afraid. Then draw your own pictures to go with the quotes or find pictures in magazines or newspapers that will be good examples for helping to overcome fear. Here are some done by a 5th grade Sunday school teacher.
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Exercise:
SOS - Break the code exercise that shows how Jesus calms the sea.
 Print/Download SOS
Print/Download SOS Answer Sheet
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Exercise:
Draw a picture for the “Bethlehem Times” of David defeating Goliath in Missing Picture.
Print/Download Missing Picture
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Exercise:
Make a list of all the lessons you have learned from David. Consider the examples below and expand on each of them and your own.
- David refused to give in to fear.
- He refused to let size make a difference.
- He volunteered when no one else would.
- He stood up for his nation and his God.
- He was confident in his ability to succeed with God.
- David used the tools he had and relied on what he knew (he had tested his sling; he knew he could use it effectively).
- He "ran" to meet Goliath (I Sam. 17:48).
- He didn't let negative comments keep him from defeating a foe.
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Exercise:
Using the Bethlehem Times idea above, have the students write the news story about the three Hebrew boys. Help them create headlines and draw pictures. |
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Exercise:
Three Brave Friends - Color the spaces to find an important message about Daniel’s friends in the fiery furnace.
Print/Download Three Brave Friends
Print/Download Three Brave Friends Answer Sheet
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Exercise:
You might want to make puppets of the story of the three Hebrew boys. Clean, old socks or lunch bags, pipe cleaners, buttons, construction paper, along with some glue and old fabric can make great puppets for helping the children tell the story. If you have a junk drawer full of little odds and ends, you can imaginatively create great puppets.
- While the children are making the puppets, ask someone to read the story from Daniel 3 or retell it in his or her own words.
Teachers: If any of the instruments in the story are available for you to bring to church, it adds to the lesson. If possible, make an audio recording of each of these instruments and bring pictures of each one so the children can hear and see the differences. Once you have them recorded, they can be used in the telling of the story. If you have pupils who play a musical instrument, ask them to bring their instruments to class and they can provide the music for that part of the story. |
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Exercise:
Halloween - what is it? Why do we have it?
- What do masks and costumes represent?
- Have you ever thought that you were just wearing a costume when you have disobeyed your parents?
- What do masks do?
- Why would we want to hide our identity?
- When you say "trick or treat," what does it mean?
- Make a list of those who were "tricksters" in the Bible.
- What are their names?
- What did they do?
- Who did they hurt?
- Make a list of those who were "treaters" in the Bible.
- What are their names?
- What did they do?
- Who did they help?
- Can you see a difference between tricking and treating?
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Exercise: Halloween disguises
How many Bible characters can you think of who dressed up to trick someone?
List the person who did the tricking and tell the class the story.
What about Jacob dressing up like Esau?
Or Leah tricking Jacob on his wedding night?
Or Saul in disguise when he met with the witch of Endor?
Who else disguised themselves?
What do we learn from these incidents? |
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DISCUSSION QUESTIONS |
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Jesus Walks on Water Read Matthew 14:22-36 Jesus Walks on Water, The Man Who Walked on the Water
- Why was Jesus able to walk on water?
- Who did he invite to walk on the water?
- Why was Peter initially successful?
- What caused Peter to sink?
- What does this story teach us about our lives?
- How often do we let fear interfere in our lives?
- How do we eliminate fear and trust God more?
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Jesus Stills the Storm Read 4:37-41 Jesus Calms the Storm, The Flooded Ship That Did Not Sink
- Why were the disciples afraid?
- They had Jesus in the boat with them; did they really think they would perish?
- What did Jesus do?
- Can we act like Jesus and still the storm?
- What does it take to quiet a storm?
- What are some other kinds of “storms” in our lives that need our prayerful attention?
- Do storms terrorize people today? Give specific examples.
- How do you think Jesus would address terrorism?
- How would you stop a storm?
- Why were the disciples afraid after Jesus stilled the storm?
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David and Goliath Read I Samuel 17:1-54 David, the Shepherd, David and Goliath, How David Killed the Giant Goliath
- Have the students tell the story in their own words.
- What was David’s job? (shepherd)
- What do shepherds do?
- Why did Jesse, David's father, send David to the battlefield? (to take food to three of his brothers in the army)
- What did David see when he got to the front lines? (a giant named Goliath)
- What was Goliath's boast?
- Why was everyone afraid in Saul's army? (Goliath was 9' 9" - 11' tall, his armor weighed more than David)
- What did David offer to do?
- Why was David so confident that he could defeat Goliath? (lion and bear)
- What did David use for a weapon? (shepherd slingshots aren't like the ones we use today. It consisted of a small patch of leather with two long straps. An average shepherd could hit a target over 50 yards away. The stone flew off of the patch at over 60 miles an hour.)
- Why didn't David wear Saul's armor?
- What is significant about five smooth stones?
- What did Goliath say when he saw David?
- What was David's ringing statement to Goliath? (I Sam 17:45 Thou,46 (to ;) (Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand;)
- Are you afraid of anything?
- How can you run to meet your fears?
- What is required to get rid of fear?
- Who is fearful in this story?
- Why isn’t David afraid?
- Do previous encounters with fear make us stronger and less afraid in the future?
- What did Saul learn from David?
- What does the story of David and Goliath teach us about handling fear?
- What are some of the Goliaths you face today?
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The Three Hebrew Boys Read Daniel 3 The Fiery Furnace and A Very Hot Fire. What the King Saw in the Fiery Furnace
- Ask the students to retell the story of Meshach, Shadrach, and Abed-nego.
- Who are these boys?
- Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
- What did the King create?
- What did the King want the people to do when they heard the music?
- Have you ever heard music from a cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, or dulcimer?
- What is a cornet? [horn] Flute? Harp? Sackbut? [in the book of Daniel, it is a string instrument; elsewhere in the Bible, it is a wind instrument with a slide similar to a trombone], Psaltery? [a harp with a soprano register] Dulcimer? [In Daniel, it's more like a bagpipe]. Curiously enough, the line opens with two wind instruments, goes to three string instruments (varied in the number of strings each has), and closes with a wind instrument.]
- What was the penalty if they didn't bow down to the image when the music played?
- Name the three Hebrew boys who refused to bow down to this image.
- What were their names before King Nebuchadnezzar changed them? (Dan. 1:6,7)[Shadrach was Hananiah, Meshach was Mishael, and Abed-nego was Azariah]
- How did the King respond when he heard that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego wouldn't pray to his gods or bow to his image of gold?
- Anger certainly can make people hot under the collar. Did the King's rage get hot like a fiery furnace? Was he heated 7 times greater than normal?
- Why is anger bad?
- Who does anger hurt?
- How did the three Hebrew boys respond to the King's anger?
- Were they afraid?
- What did they tell the king?
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Dan 3:17,18 If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
- Describe their courage.
- Describe what it feels like to stand up to evil.
- What did it take for these Hebrew boys to willingly submit to the fire rather than compromise their belief and faith in God?
- Are you faced with those kinds of challenges today?
- How hot did the King get the furnace?
- When the King looked into the furnace, what did he see? [see Q&A]
- Who saved Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego?
- What was unusual about their appearance when they came out of the furnace?
- What kinds of things are we tempted to bow down to?
- Name some fiery furnace experiences that you have faced. [Not that you've actually been put into a fire, but you have been put in uncomfortable circumstances as a result of taking a stand for good.]
- How have you dealt with difficult situations?
- Did you think you could come out of it without "the smell of fire”?
- What would the "smell of fire" be like today? [Any hurt that we carry with us from the past?]
- What lessons do you learn from the story of the three Hebrew boys?
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Spying out the Promised Land Read Numbers 13 and 14 Twelve Spies, Exploring Canaan, How Ten Men Spoiled God’s Plan
- How many spies were sent to spy out the land? (12)
- Where did they come from? (There was one from each of the twelve tribes.)
- What is another name for Oshea? (Joshua)
- What kind of food did they find? (grapes, milk, and honey)
- What did the spies discover? (men as giants that made them look like grasshoppers)
- How many days were they gathering information? (40 days)
- What did Caleb and Joshua report? (Num. 14:6-9)
- What did the people want to do to Caleb and Joshua? (Stone them)
- How is that similar to how people respond to the news stories today?
- How did God respond to this report? (Num. 14:11-12)
- What was their penalty for not going into the promised land? (Num. 14:34,35)
- Why do Caleb and Joshua get to go into the promised land? (They trusted God. Those who didn't trust God never were allowed into the promised land.)
- What was the penalty for those who didn't trust God? (They had to wander 40 years in the wilderness and they never saw the promised land.)
- Was that a fair penalty for refusing God’s gift?
- Do we ever refuse God’s gifts?
- What are some of God’s gifts?
- Who do you trust?
- What happened when the ten spies let fear govern their perception?
- How do we keep fear from interfering with God’s plan for us?
- What does God require of each of us?
- What happened to Moses? (Deut.34:5)
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