• Learn from the Joseph story as he arrives in Egypt and starts to rebuild his life. Genesis 39 1-4
• Chose to build their life on God’s principles

• Trust that God has a plan for their lives • Decide to make good choices about their lives • Know that they should be careful about whom they trust DOWNLOAD Lesson #5

AS KIDS ARRIVE PRIOR TO THE LESSON (10 minutes) ACTIVITY
Get children to colour the Bible Verse Visual Aids and GOOD and BAD signs.

Supplies needed:
• Obstacles such as Chairs, Tables, Toys, Cones, Boxes, Rocks etc .
• Black cloth for blindfold, you will need half as many as the number of children.
• Print Twi 'Bible Verse Visual Aids' for the children of Ghana and get a child to colour them prior to the class.
• Print the English 'Activity Book'
• Print 'A favorite son becomes a slave' Twi colouring pages for the children of Ghana
• Print the Twi 'Take Home Bible Memory Verse' for the children of Ghana
• Print Chapter #5 'And Puppy' for Story Teller
• Print ‘How Anxiety Leads to Disruptive Behavior’ Adult Educational Handout

DOWNLOAD Lesson #5 Visual Aids

DOWNLOAD Lesson #5 Twi Visual Aids for the children of Ghana

1. GAMES: Research Game (10 minutes) Place the group of children in a circle and the leader says ‘Change places if it’s true for you” ...

“If you rode a donkey, have a big brother, like fried plantain etc”

This can start off as a fun activity and once the children relax you can start to add other things relating to the Hurricane that they are recovering from eg ‘Did you loose your home? Your school? Do you know anyone who died in the hurricane? etc

2. TEAM GAMES: (10 minutes)
‘You can Trust me’ team game:
Divided into two groups. Make sure that both the groups have the same number of players. Divide the children into pairs and blindfold one child from each pair. Each pair should have one kid who has the blindfold and one who doesn’t. Depending on the level and intensity of the activity, you can let the path be regular or add obstacles. The kid who is not blindfolded has to guide his partner carefully through the path and reach a safe zone. Once all kids are in the safe zone, switch the blindfold and put it on the kids who did not wear it earlier.

4. ENGLISH INTIMATE WORSHIP: (5 minutes)
Optional: Download 'In God we trust' video

5. TEACHING:

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a. Review SLAVERY REVIEW: DOWNLOAD Lesson #5 Middle Passage colouring page for slavery review discussion

JOSEPH REVIEW: (5 minutes)
Where was the caravan of Ishmaelites going to? (Egypt)
What were their camels carrying? (Spices, balm and myrrh)
Who stopped his brothers from killing Joseph? (Judah)
How much did they sell him for? (Twenty shekels of silver)

b. Learn a Bible Verse (5 minutes)

The LORD was with Joseph so that he prospered, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master. Genesis 39:2 DOWNLOAD Bible Verse Visual Aid #1 The LORD was with him and that the LORD gave him success in everything he did Genesis 39:3 DOWNLOAD Bible Verse Visual Aid #2

DOWNLOAD Twi Genesis 39:2 Bible Verse Visual Aid #1 for the children of Ghana DOWNLOAD Twi Genesis 39:3 Bible Verse Visual Aid #2 for the children of Ghana

Optional: Download A favorite son becomes a slave' Lesson #5 Bible Verse Reading Video Mute Version to voiceover in Twi for the children of Ghana Optional: Download 'A favorite son becomes a slave' Lesson #5 Bible Verse Reading Video English Audio Version

Adapted from Bible for Children

c. Teach the Lesson (15 minutes)
Introduction:

Optional: Download 'A favorite son becomes a slave' Lesson #5 PowerPoint Adapted from Bible for Children

Optional: Download 'A favorite son becomes a slave' Lesson #5 Twi PowerPoint for the children of Ghana Adapted from Bible for Children

Optional: Download Lesson #5 Colouring pages Optional: Download Lesson #5 Bible Memory Verse in colour Adapted from Bible for Children

Optional: Download Lesson #5 Twi Colouring PowerPoint Optional: Download Lesson #5 Twi Colouring pages for the children of Ghana Optional: Download Lesson #5 Twi Bible Memory Verse colouring page

Adapted from Bible for Children

Teaching:

When Joseph arrived in Egypt, a lot of things happened to him -- some good -- and some not so good. You are going to help me tell the next part of this story. I will tell you some of the things that happened to Joseph and you will tell me if they were good or bad.
(Use GOOD and BAD signs)

This week as Joseph starts to rebuild his life many good things happened. Next week we are going to learn about the bad things that happened to him.

Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt. (Bad)

Potiphar, an Egyptian who was one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there. (Good) DOWNLOAD Good Visual Aids DOWNLOAD Bad Visual Aids

2 The Lord was with Joseph (Good) so that he prospered, (Good) and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master. (Good) 3 When his master saw that the Lord was with him (Good) and that the Lord gave him success in everything he did, (Good)

4 Joseph found favour in his eyes (Good) and became his attendant.(Good)

Potiphar put him in charge of his household, (Good) and he entrusted to his care everything he owned. (Good) DOWNLOAD Good Twi Visual Aids DOWNLOAD Bad Twi Visual Aids

Joseph had decided that if life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. He served Potiphar with integrity and industry, and when opportunity came, he would talk to Potiphar about Jehovah God. Even when his godly character was severely tested, he shined.

Joseph was actually a spoiled brat. He was proud and egoistic. His character needed a transformation before God could actually promote him.

The LORD was with Joseph. Those four simple words summarize the entire life of Joseph. God was with him. Regardless of the circumstances that came to his life, regardless of what happened in the life of Joseph, the Bible says, but God was with him. Four times in Genesis 39 the Scriptures say, the Lord was with Joseph. That was the secret of the success of Joseph.

Things came into the life of Joseph that would have discouraged most men. Yet, in the midst of it all, Joseph came through with great victory because the Lord was with him.

Many people became instrumental in Joseph’s character formation. God used Joseph’s brothers, Potiphar’s wife to name a few.

He will do the same with you, sometimes these people that God uses can really hurt you but they develop character in you, just like they did in the life of Joseph. Optional: Download ‘Joseph in Egypt’ English video

When you come to a new place you have to choose your friends. Some will influence you and some you will influence. Some will follow you and laugh when you make a joke. Some will try to persuade you to follow them. Some will tease you. You may want to be popular and do things to fit in. You have to decide what sort of person you are going to be. Will you be known as one who speaks the truth? Refuses to lie? Makes peace or never fights?

DOWNLOAD Lesson #5 Visual Aids

DOWNLOAD Lesson #5 Twi Visual Aids for the children of Ghana

STORY TIME: The Story Teller reads "And Puppy' Chapter 5 'Life in the ‘Orphanage' Download Chapter 5 of ‘And Puppy’ Optional: Download All 'And Puppy' Bible Verses

Optional: Download 'And Puppy' Bible Verse

Optional: Download 'And Puppy' Twi Bible Verse Discussion: What did slaves do with their children? Children often worked in fields with adults, tended animals, cleaned and served in their owners' houses, and took care of younger children while their parents were working.

Art Options: Encourage the children to talk about what life might have been for the enslaved person on a plantation. Draw a picture to express this.

Optional: Download 'Controlling anger' English video. Optional: Download 'Conflict resolution ' video

Optional: Download 'Bullying' English video

6. APPLICATION / ENCOUNTERING GOD:

CLOSING PRAYER:

TAKE HOME PAGE:

Download ‘Take Home Memory Verse’ #1 Download ‘Take Home Memory Verse’ #2 Optional: Download ‘How Anxiety Leads to Disruptive Behavior’ English Adult Educational Handout

Download ‘Take Home Twi Memory Verse’ #1 for the children of Ghana Download ‘Take Home Twi Memory Verse’ #2 for the children of Ghana

NEXT WEEK: We are going to learn more bad things happened to Joseph.

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