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Groeien en Gaan - Water Serie Sessie #12

This week’s destination: JESUS IS IN HEAVEN... offering us the FREE gift of eternal life

MATERIALS: Print Bible Verse Visual Aid. Crayons. Jesus outfit, (white and blue wraps) Print visual aids, Nutshell slips cut up into strips, Peanuts (ensure there is no allergies) Rubber bands. Small gifts for the children. A decorated box.

AS KIDS ARRIVE PRIOR TO THE LESSON:

Welcome, as the children arrive get them to colour the colouring pages and visual aids that will be used during the session.

DOWNLOAD Dutch Visual Aids

DOWNLOAD Session #12 English Teaching (To translate into Dutch)

DOWNLOAD Dutch 'Gospel in a Nutshell'

1. WELCOME GAME: (10 minutes)

Wrap a rubber band around each peanut and hide the peanuts for the Gospel in a Nutshell all around the room and get the children to find them, carefully crack open the nut shell, they can eat the peanuts and keep the shells with the rubber bands around them to be used later in the lesson.

2. TEAM GAMES: (10 minutes)

The children will be in teams and will play a racing relay to see how quickly each team can run their gift to the box on the other side of the room. The first team to run all their gifts first is the winner. The teacher can have many gifts of all sizes to hand out to the children for the relay - one gift for each child.

3. ACTIVE PRAISE CHORUS:

4. INTIMATE WORSHIP: (5 minutes)

5. TEACHING:

a. Review:

Last session we learnt about the birth of the Church.

DOWNLOAD Bible For Children, 'The Birth of the Church' Bible Verse Reading Mute Video to voiceover in Dutch

DOWNLOAD Bible For Children, 'The Birth of the Church' Bible Verse Reading English Audio Video.

b. Sword Play
Ready…Swords up…Efeziërs 2:8 … CHARGE

Split the children into five groups and have them shout their lines, then whisper their lines, stand up, sit down... etc

8 Want omdat God zo liefdevol en goed is, heeft Hij jullie gered door jullie geloof. Jullie hebben niet jezelf gered, maar Gód heeft jullie gered. Het is zíjn geschenk. (Efeziërs 2:8)

DOWNLOAD Dutch Bible Verse Visual Aid

First group "Want omdat God zo liefdevol en goed is"

Second group "heeft Hij jullie gered door jullie geloof"

Third group "Jullie hebben niet jezelf gered"

Fourth group "maar Gód heeft jullie gered"

Fifth group "Het is zíjn geschenk"

Everyone shouts "Efeziërs 2:8"

c. Teach the Lesson

We will now teach you how you can share your faith with friends, this is the final session for 'Grow and Go', you have Grown now this will help you Go!

When you start to share about your 'New Life in Jesus' you need to start by talking about Heaven

1• Heaven is a free gift.

(Use First finger colouring visual aid)

DOWNLOAD HEMEL Dutch Visual Aid

DRAMA: A free gift

First boy . I have a gift I want to give to you, but you have to work for it, first you must hop on one foot. now the other foot. great you have worked for your gift. (Open the box and give him a small gift )

Second girl. I have a gift I want to give to you because you look so nice, your hear is beautiful, your dress is lovely, you deserve this gift. (Open the box and give her a small gift )

Third child. I have a gift I want to give to you, you don't have to work for it and there is nothing you can do to deserve it, I just want to give you this gift because I love you with the love of the Lord.

(Open the box and give her a small gift and the banner rolled up in the box that says 'HEMEL')

DOWLONAD Dutch HEMEL banner (Get the children to colour this prior to the class, stick it together, roll it up and put it in the 'gift box')

Heaven is a free gift .

• Was the first gift a free gift? NO he had to work for it.

• Was the second gift a free gift? NO she had to deserve it.

• Was the third gift a free gift? YES she did nothing to earn it or deserve it that is how it is with the gift of eternal life in Heaven it is not something you work for or deserve.

" 23 Het kwaad brengt altijd de dood: het is je loon voor wat je hebt gedaan. Maar de liefdevolle goedheid van God geeft een geschenk: het eeuwige leven, door onze Heer Jezus Christus. " Romeinen 6:23

SALVATION VIDEOS:

DOWNLOAD Kids EE 'Farley' English Gospel Presentation if the children speak English

CRAFT TIME: Print the Dutch 'Bridge Track' (Use visual aid) Give each child a small Bridge Track and a small Cross. Filling in the Romans 6:23 Bible verse and gluing the cross to bridge the gap between man and God.

DOWNLOAD Dutch Bridge Track Visual.

Print the small children's 'Bridge Track' Give each child a small Bridge Track and a small Cross. Filling in the Romans 6:23 Bible verse.

DOWNLOAD Dutch Blank Bridge Track Visual.

Print the small crosses, cut them out and get the children to stick them as a bridge to connect Man and GOD.

DOWNLOAD Bridge Track Crosses.

Recite the DUTCH MEMORY BIBLE VERSE:

8 Want omdat God zo liefdevol en goed is, heeft Hij jullie gered door jullie geloof. Jullie hebben niet jezelf gered, maar Gód heeft jullie gered. Het is zíjn geschenk. (Efeziërs 2:8)

(Use the Visual Aid to assist the teaching)

SO WHAT STOPS US FROM GETTING THIS GIFT?

2• SIN

We all sin and we cannot save ourselves.

What is sin? Sin is anything we think , say , do or don't do that displeases God.

DOWNLOAD Dutch ZONDE Visual Aid

Remember the Long Jump to Jesus game?

'Want álle mensen zijn ongehoorzaam aan God. Daardoor moeten álle mensen leven zonder de heerlijke aanwezigheid van God in hun leven' Romeinen 3:23

We all sin, and we cannot save ourselves.

There must be a different way -

3• GOD'S WAY

On one hand, God loves us and doesn't not want to punish us; but on the other hand, God is just and must punish sin.

(Use Third finger visual aid)

DOWNLOAD Dutch GOD Visual Aid.

God is liefde. 1 Johannes 4:8b

Maar schuldige mensen zal Ik niet onschuldig verklaren. Exodus 34:7b

DO YOU SEE THE PROBLEM?

4• God solved this problem by sending His son JESUS

(Use Fourth finger visual aid)

DOWNLOAD Dutch JEZUS Visual Aid

GOSPEL IN A NUTSHELL DRAMA: (Use Visual Aids)

Jesus is God! (Jesus is standing on a chair that is covered with a gold cloth, dressed in His blue and white wrap, wearing a crown)

DOWNLOAD JEZUS Crown

(Jesus dressed in His gold cloth, with blue and white wrap, wearing a crown holding a sign that says 'GOD')

DOWNLOAD GOD sign

DOWNLOAD Dutch GOD sign

He came from Heaven to earth. (Jesus steps down from the chair, removes His crown and has a sign that says 'MAN')

DOWNLOAD MAN sign

DOWNLOAD Dutch MAN sign

He lived a perfect, POWERFUL life (Double thumbs up!)

He died on the cross .(Jesus holds both hands out and head sagging like He is on a cross)

And rose from the dead, (Jesus lifts His hands up and steps forward from the grave victoriously)

To pay the penalty for our sins and to purchase a place in Heaven for us . (Jesus lifts His hands up to Heaven praying)

Jesus is in Heaven now offering us the FREE GIFT of eternal us life (Jesus reaches under the golden chair and pulls out a gift that he holds out)

"Want God houdt zoveel van de mensen, dat Hij zijn enige Zoon aan hen heeft gegeven. Iedereen die in Hem gelooft, zal niet verloren gaan, maar zal het eeuwige leven hebben."
Johannes 3:16.

DOWNLOAD Johannes 3:16 Visual Aid.

Optional: Ball toss game (Through ball from one child to the other shouting ONE word of Johannes 3:16 before tosses the ball)

HOW DO WE GET THIS GIFT?

5• BY FAITH!

(Use Fifth finger visual aid)

DOWNLOAD VERTROUWEN Visual Aid.

"Geloof in de Heer Jezus. Dan zul je worden gered" Handelingen 16:31a

(Print the Salvation Gift Box and get the children to practice)

DOWNLOAD Dutch Salvation Box Visual Aid.

"The gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord" Romans 6: 23

DOWNLOAD How to use the English Gospel Presentation Gift Box

DOWNLOAD English Gospel Presentation Gift Box Visual Aid.

DISCUSSION/REVIEW:

• Did any of you give your life to Jesus?

• Who can demonstrate the five finger Gospel Presentation (Use Visual aids as a reminder )

• Remember the three gift skit? Why was the third gift a free gift? (The child did nothing to earn it or deserve it that is how it is with the free gift of eternal life)

• Did any of you manage to Long Jump to Jesus? NO Why?

''Want álle mensen zijn ongehoorzaam aan God. Daardoor moeten álle mensen leven zonder de heerlijke aanwezigheid van God in hun leven'

• Give out the small 'Gospel in a Nutshell' slips with Peanuts (Ensure there is no allergies) Show the children how to use this great little tool that will help them share the Gospel with their friends. " Do you want to see what I have inside my peanut? Look Jesus is God,

DOWNLOAD Gospel in a Nutshell slips

He came from Heaven to earth, He lived a perfect life . etc etc."

• Who can recite Johannes 3:16?

Want God houdt zoveel van de mensen, dat Hij zijn enige Zoon aan hen heeft gegeven. Iedereen die in Hem gelooft, zal niet verloren gaan, maar zal het eeuwige leven hebben (Johannes 3 :16)

• How do we get this gift? ( By faith )

• Optional: Can anyone show us how to use the Salvation Gift Box?

• Print the 'Knock Knock Track' for them to take home, encourage them to use this to invite their friends to receive Jesus as their best friend.

DOWNLOAD Dutch Knock Knock Track

PRAYER: Heavenly Father we thank you for these wonderful children that have opened their hearts and their minds and given their life to Jesus. Thank you that you will fill them with the Holy Spirit to help them share their faith with their friends. Give them courage to be bold in sharing their faith. Keep them safe in this world until they receive their free gift of eternal life. Help them to quickly turn from anything that displeases you. Cover them in the blood of Jesus. Amen

DUTCH TAKE HOME BIBLE VERSES:

Print the Dutch Take Home Bible Verse one for each child.

This being the last session give a small prize to the child that has saved all their Take Home tracks and Bible Memory Verses).

DOWNLOAD Dutch Take Home Bible Verses

DOWNLOAD DutchTake Home Bible Verses

NEXT SESSION: This is the end of this twelve part series I hope you have enjoyed these sessions. We will be starting a brand new Series next session, bring a friend.

BioSand Teaching:

REVIEW:

Optional: Download 'Protect your community ' Dutch poster to assist with review discussion

Information sourced from CAWST.org