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Title: Kindergarten Sabbath School Program, November
11, 2000

From: NAD Children's Ministries (author: Lisa Seeders)

Date: September 15, 2,000

Abstract: Activities to use in place of program helps
to teach the lesson, ONLY ONE TRUE GOD
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Lesson Aim: God's helpers pray to and love the one true
God.

Memory Verse: "Worship the Lord your God, and serve him
only."  Matt. 4:10, NIV


GETTING THEIR ATTENTION - CLAY IDOLS

Materials needed:
Clay
Poster paints
Brushes
Aprons or large shirts
Cookie sheet
Oven

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
Homemade clay is much cheaper.  Mix together 4 cups
flour and 1 cup salt.  Make a well in the middle.  Pour
in 1 cup of warm water.  Get another cup of water
ready.  Mix and knead clay mixture together with hands,
adding more water as needed.  Roll clay into a ball and
keep kneading for approximately five minutes.  Finished
clay should not be crumbly or sticky.  Refrigerate clay
until ready for use.

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Have each child put on an apron or large shirt to cover
their Sabbath clothes.  Give them each some clay to
work with.  Ask them to make what they think an idol
looks like.  OPTIONAL - Use paints to put faces and
details on the sculptures.  Bake on the cookie sheet in
an oven until hard.  (THESE IDOLS WILL BE DESTROYED IN
THE GETTING INTO SCRIPTURE ACTIVITY)

In our Bible story today idols carved in the image of a
woman continued to cause much trouble for Paul and his
friends.  GO STRAIGHT INTO THE BIBLE STORY.

GETTING INTO SCRIPTURE - FINGER PUPPET ROLE-PLAY

Materials needed:
10 medium size white sticky dots for each child
   (office supply stores sell them)
Pens

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
There are no advance preparations necessary.

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Give each child a sheet or row of 10 sticky dots.  Have
them draw eyes and a round open mouth on each dot. 
Each dot is a person calling out, "Great is Diana". 
When all the children's dots look like faces, have them
put one on the tip of each finger.  As you narrate the
story have them pretend that one finger is Demetrius. 
When he talks about not being able to sell Diana idols
anymore, have the children wiggle that finger and say,
"Great is Diana".  Assign 3 more fingers the role of
idol-makers.  When they begin to shout, "Great is
Diana" have the children wiggle those fingers (while
still wiggling Demetrius) and say, "Great is Diana". 
Continue adding fingers as the mob grows larger and
larger.  Have them keep their fingers wiggling as far
as possible until the end of the story.  Call their
attention to how tired they are, and they haven't even
been doing it half as long as the people in the story
did.


GETTING INTO SCRIPTURE - IDOL KNOCK DOWN

Materials needed:
The idols made in the Getting Their Attention Activity
(You need 10)
A nerf ball or other small round rubber ball
Shelf 
  (put up at Kindergarten eye-level size for lining the
  idols up on in a horizontal row)
Bibles

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
Make up extra idols if you will not have 10 from the
Getting Their Attention exercise.  Set a shelf up in
front of a wall but not right up to the wall.  Line the
idols up in a horizontal row across the shelf.  (The
children will take turns throwing the ball and trying
to knock an idol off the shelf onto the floor.)

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Show the children where the memory verse is found in
the Bible.  Read and repeat it several times together. 
Have the children line up opposite the shelf
(approximately 8 - 10 feet back from it). 
You might want to put up a piece of styro foam or a
felt board to protect the wall behind the shelf
when the ball hits it. Explain to the children that we
want to get rid of these ten idols.  In order to be
able to knock one out, a child must say the memory
verse.  Then they may have one turn to throw the ball
at an idol and try to knock it off the shelf.  When all
ten idols are down the activity is over.  Remind the
children that only by worshiping God can we get rid of
idols in our lives.  We cannot get rid of Satan by
ourselves.  As we love and worship the one true God
every day, He gets rid of Satan and his tricks for us.




ACTING ON SCRIPTURE - GETTING RID OF IDOLS

Materials needed:
Idol figure on p. 30 of the Kindergarten quarterly   
(enlarge and xerox one for each child)
Scissors

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
Enlarge and xerox a copy of the idol on p. 30 in the
Kindergarten quarterly for each child.  Cut them out
ahead of time or allow enough time for each child to
cut theirs out.

WHAT THE CHILDREN DO:
Give each child an idol figure.  Ask them if they have
ever seen one before.  (Most will respond negatively)
Have them turn the idol over.  What is an idol? 
Something that you love very much. You believe you need
it to be happy.  Help the children think of some things
that could become idols.  Your toys could become idols. 
When you'd rather play with them instead of having
worship or prayer.  (WRITE TOYS ON THE BACK OF THE IDOL
FIGURE)  Your friends could become idols.  If you'd
rather listen to their suggestions then do what you
know Jesus wants you to do.  (WRITE FRIENDS ON THE BACK
OF THE IDOL FIGURE) Have the children pray with you
asking Jesus to be the one and only true God in their
life.  Cut the idol figures up in pieces and throw them
away.  Remind the children that they need to ask for
Jesus' help every day when getting rid of idols.