LESSON #13

1. GAMES: (10 minutes) BIRD HUNT: Before class starts the teacher hides 8 printed pictures or shapes of birds around the room. (These may have been coloured by the children before class starts) Let thechildren go on a 'bird hunt'. Bring all the "birds" back to the classroom and start writing the Bible Verse on each bird.

1. "What is the price of two sparrows
2. one copper coin?
3. But not a single sparrow can fall to the ground
4. without your Father knowing it.
5. So don’t be afraid;
6. you are more valuable to God
7. than a whole flock of sparrows."
8. Matthew 10:29, 31

This is later going to help the children lean the Memory Bible Verse.

2. TEAM GAMES: (10 minutes)
Feed the Sparrow:

Divide the group into two even groups. Issue each child with a seed or corn grain. Position the picture of the large Sparrow at the far end of the room in front of the basket. The aim is the two first children from each team run up and drop their seed in the basket, run back and tag the second child. This continues until all the seeds have been fed to the Sparrow, the first to finish wins.

3. UKRAINIAN PRAISE CHORUS: Optional: Download 'Music video'

4. UKRAINIAN INTIMATE WORSHIP: Optional: Download 'Music video'

3. ENGLISH PRAISE CHORUS: Optional: Download 'Praise music videos' 4. ENGLISH INTIMATE WORSHIP: Optional: Download 'God is Watching over You'

5. TEACHING:
a. Review (5 minutes)
Remember last week we asked you "Have you ever been afraid?"
(Give the children a chance to share)

When Jesus told his disciples that he was going to return to his Father, they were afraid.

• What were they worried about? (Would the enemies recognize them as his followers and try to harm them)
• What did Jesus ask His Father? (To send the Holy Spirit to comfort his disciples)

What did Jesus leave them? (His peace) Can you recite last week's 'Bible Memory Verse' Optional: DOWNLOAD Ukrainian 'Bible Verse Visual Aid' from Lesson #12

Review Optional: Download Ukrainian 'Moringa Properties' video

Review Optional: Download English Moringa video

b. Learn a Bible Verse (5minutes) "What is the price of two sparrows—one copper coin? But not a single sparrow can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it. So don’t be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows." Matthew 10:29, 31 Optional: DOWNLOAD Ukrainian Bible Verse Visual Aid

Use the birds from the Bird Hunt game with the parts of the Bible Verse written on them. Cut them out, muddle them up and get the children to take turns to put them in the correct order.

c. Teach the Lesson (15 minutes)

Optional: DOWNLOAD Lesson #13 Visual Aids

Introduction:

Teaching:

In Matthew chapter 10, Jesus was teaching his disciples that even though they were going to be facing some difficult times as his followers, they should not be afraid.

God knows everything that we go through. Nothing happens to us that he doesn't know about. When we feel lonely and totally abandoned, when it seems that our prayers are unanswered, when everything seems hopeless, God knows/God cares.

"Don't be afraid" (26).
"Don't be afraid" (28).
"Don't be afraid" (31).

Or said in more forceful terms: "Fear not!"

First, do not be afraid because the truth will prevail.

What is hidden will be revealed. What is spoken in secret will be shouted from the housetops. Every evil deed will be exposed in the light of God's blazing truth. In the end, evildoers will cry out for the rocks to hide them because the great day of Judgment has come at last. No one will be able to hide; all will be revealed. God's truth wins out in the end.

Second, do not be afraid because God is greater than anything man can do to us.

All they can do is kill us . That's the worst they can do. Why fear man whose power ends at the grave? Instead, fear the Lord, who made body and soul.

Third, do not be afraid because God takes special care of us.

We live in dangerous times. Where can we go for safety when there is so much trouble on every hand? Verses 29-31 offer us three reasons why we should not be afraid.

"Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet n ot one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father" (Matthew 10:29). If you check your Bible dictionary, you'll discover sparrows were among the humblest birds in Bible times. Because they were so cheap, the poor could offer sparrows to the Lord if they couldn't afford a lamb or a goat or a bull. You could buy two sparrows for a penny. That's pretty cheap by any standard.

" Every hair on your head has been counted. " (Matthew 10:30). Have you ever tried to count the number of hairs on your head? Most of us probably tried that when we were children, but we quickly learned it was a futile exercise.

" Don't be afraid! You are worth more than many sparrows" (Matthew 10:31). Here is the heart of the matter. Tiny sparrows, worth so little, and yet God cares for each of them. But you are worth more than a bushel of sparrows. How do I know this? Because Jesus didn't die for the sparrows . He died for you and me. His blood is the badge of his love, the proof of his everlasting affection.

Extracts from www.keepbelieving.com

Optional: Download English 'His eye is on the sparrow' video Optional: Download English 'His eye is on the sparrow' lyrics'

STORY TIME:

6. APPLICATION / ENCOUNTERING GOD:

This is our last session in this series. We invite the children to come and spend quiet time with God. Thank God for all the good things in our life, especially our new friend "Puppy" Optional: DOWNLOAD Colouring page visual aid

Optional: Download Ukrainian 'Lord have mercy on Ukraine' music video

CLOSING PRAYER: Father, as we come to the end of this Series we want to thank you for the teachers that have taken time to teach us these truths. Thank you for the healing that is taking place, for the friendships that have developed. Thank you for never leaving us or forsaking us and for building character just like Joseph and Puppy. Amen

TAKE HOME PAGE/ACTIVITY:

ADULT EDUCATIONAL HANDOUTS:

Optional: Download English ‘What You Can Do to Help Children Cope with a Disaster’ Adult Educational Handout

NEXT WEEK: We will be starting a new curriculum, teacher will let you know all about it!

By the end of this curriculum the children should be able to:

• Know that they are important to God.
• Learn that sometimes bad things happen to good people, no discipline seems pleasant at the time.
• Know they can talk about their pain
• Know that they need to take care of their hearts when they are wounded
• Be able to express their pain through drawings
• Realize that connecting with others helps them to overcome fear and loneliness
• Realize that God never abandons them even if everyone else does
• Trust that God has a plan for their lives
• Realize that connecting with others helps them to overcome fear and loneliness
• Know they should be careful about whom they trust
• Understand that grieving takes time.
• Accept their sadness and anger if they have loss someone who was important to them
• Experience that God loves them regardless of what may have happened
• Have opportunity to ask Jesus to be their friend and forgive their sins
• Have opportunity to ask Jesus to heal their pain
• Understand why it’s important to forgive
• Have started to forgive people who have hurt them
• Know ways of facing trouble in the future
• Begin to learn how to deal with negative thoughts.
• Don’t get even get over it!
• Be encouraged by thinking about good things.
• Know how to grow as a Christian
• Have Joseph as their role model
• Learn that God knows everything they go through.
• Experience His Peace and know that the Holy Spirit will guide them and calms their fears.
• Begin to learn that God cares and watches over them even in times of disaster and distress
• Understand that God watches over his children
• Realize that even though we face some difficult times we should not be afraid.
• God knows everything that we go through.
• God knows/God cares.

English - Heal a Hurting Heart Curriculum

HEAL A HURTING HEART - NATURAL DISASTER

HEAL A HURTING HEART - CORONA CRISIS

GROW AND GO CURRICULUM

ENGLISH/SHONA

ENGLISH

ENGLISH/NUER

SWAHILI

CHICHEWA

PORTUGUESE

FRENCH/LINGALA

DUTCH

FRENCH/HAITIAN

A DROP OF HOPE

SOWING SEEDS OF SUCCESS - MORINGA CURRICULUM

SUPER FRUIT CURRICULUM