Theme: Jesus wants me to share.
Poverty Addressed: Man's Relationship to Man
Ideas to consider: God provides. Jesus wants us to share. We share our talents as well as our material goods.
Verses:
"And don’t forget to do good and to share with those in need. These are the sacrifices that please God." Hebrews 13:16
"After this, Jesus crossed over to the far side of the Sea of Galilee, also known as the Sea of Tiberias. A huge crowd kept following him wherever he went, because they saw his miraculous signs as he healed the sick. Then Jesus climbed a hill and sat down with his disciples around him. (It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover celebration.) Jesus soon saw a huge crowd of people coming to look for him. Turning to Philip, he asked, “Where can we buy bread to feed all these people?” He was testing Philip, for he already knew what he was going to do. Philip replied, “Even if we worked for months, we wouldn’t have enough money[a] to feed them!” Then Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up. 9 “There’s a young boy here with five barley loaves and two fish. But what good is that with this huge crowd?” “Tell everyone to sit down,” Jesus said. So they all sat down on the grassy slopes. (The men alone numbered about 5,000. Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks to God, and distributed them to the people. Afterward he did the same with the fish. And they all ate as much as they wanted. After everyone was full, Jesus told his disciples, “Now gather the leftovers, so that nothing is wasted.” So they picked up the pieces and filled twelve baskets with scraps left by the people who had eaten from the five barley loaves." John 10:1-13
VBS:
Story of boy shares lunch folding book
Brown paper bag decorated like a basket
- paint two rocks, one to keep and one to share
Banner of hand prints and names with title "Hands that share"
Sharing games
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Theme #2... God is our Good Shepherd
Theme: Jesus loves me.
Poverty Addressed: Man's relationship to God
Ideas to consider: I am special. I am protected and cared for. I can care for others.
Verses: John 10:11-16
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd sacrifices his life for the sheep. A hired hand will run when he sees a wolf coming. He will abandon the sheep because they don’t belong to him and he isn’t their shepherd. And so the wolf attacks them and scatters the flock. The hired hand runs away because he’s working only for the money and doesn’t really care about the sheep.
I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me, just as my Father knows me and I know the Father. So I sacrifice my life for the sheep. I have other sheep, too, that are not in this sheepfold. I must bring them also. They will listen to my voice, and there will be one flock with one shepherd."
VBS:
Good Shepherd folding book and paper bag to keep stuff
Sheep craft
(http://sweetgrace.typepad.com/the_inadvertent_farmer/2010/01/baa-baa-black-pink-and-blue-sheep-an-easy-yarn-craft.html)
Banner for church with a pre-drawn sheep where each child can color a sheep (with bingo dotters) and write their name by it...and a title of "We are His flock"
Other ideas:
A craft using a comb so that each child can bring a comb home with them
Poverty Addressed: Man's relationship to God
Ideas to consider: I am special. I am protected and cared for. I can care for others.
Verses: John 10:11-16
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd sacrifices his life for the sheep. A hired hand will run when he sees a wolf coming. He will abandon the sheep because they don’t belong to him and he isn’t their shepherd. And so the wolf attacks them and scatters the flock. The hired hand runs away because he’s working only for the money and doesn’t really care about the sheep.
I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me, just as my Father knows me and I know the Father. So I sacrifice my life for the sheep. I have other sheep, too, that are not in this sheepfold. I must bring them also. They will listen to my voice, and there will be one flock with one shepherd."
VBS:
Good Shepherd folding book and paper bag to keep stuff
Sheep craft
(http://sweetgrace.typepad.com/the_inadvertent_farmer/2010/01/baa-baa-black-pink-and-blue-sheep-an-easy-yarn-craft.html)
Banner for church with a pre-drawn sheep where each child can color a sheep (with bingo dotters) and write their name by it...and a title of "We are His flock"
Other ideas:
A craft using a comb so that each child can bring a comb home with them
Theme #1... The Creation Story ... "La Creacion"
Theme: God made our world.
Poverty Addressed: Man's relationship to the Earth
Ideas to consider: purpose to creation, love in creation, caring for creation (trash pick-up, etc.)
Verses: "God saw everything He had made. And it was very good." Genesis 1:31
"In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. He existed in the beginning with God. God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him." John 1:1-3
VBS:
Creation book
Story of creation banners for church? (on twin bed sheets?)
OR "God made me" Banner for church with stickfigures and names?
Make nametags to use for the week
Lunch bag with name to take items home
Coffee filter earth, butterfly, flower
(need filters, pipe cleaner, markers, water sprayer)
Other ideas:
Animal toys/games
Animal sounds
nature walk including sensory activities: touch a feather, taste a piece of fruit, smell a flower, see trees, hear birds...
Projects with flowers or planting seeds in peat pot
pencil flower craft -http://familyfun.go.com/back-to-school/back-to-school-crafts/pencil-crafts/flowerpot-pencils-668868/
Tin foil people
Poverty Addressed: Man's relationship to the Earth
Ideas to consider: purpose to creation, love in creation, caring for creation (trash pick-up, etc.)
Verses: "God saw everything He had made. And it was very good." Genesis 1:31
"In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. He existed in the beginning with God. God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him." John 1:1-3
VBS:
Creation book
Story of creation banners for church? (on twin bed sheets?)
OR "God made me" Banner for church with stickfigures and names?
Make nametags to use for the week
Lunch bag with name to take items home
Coffee filter earth, butterfly, flower
(need filters, pipe cleaner, markers, water sprayer)
Other ideas:
Animal toys/games
Animal sounds
nature walk including sensory activities: touch a feather, taste a piece of fruit, smell a flower, see trees, hear birds...
Projects with flowers or planting seeds in peat pot
pencil flower craft -http://familyfun.go.com/back-to-school/back-to-school-crafts/pencil-crafts/flowerpot-pencils-668868/
Tin foil people
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