=================================================== Title: Primary Sabbath School Program, Feb 12, 2000 From: NAD Children's Ministries (author: Gene & Diane Barber) Date: January 31, 2000 Length: Abstract: Activities to use in place of program helps to teach the lesson, ASK THE BLIND MAN ===================================================== Lesson Aim: One of the best ways to thank God is to tell others what He has done for me. Memory Verse: "Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men." Psalm 107:8 NIV GETTING THEIR ATTENTION SCRAPBOOK MEMORIES [Materials Needed: wedding album, baby scrapbook, vacation scrapbook etc.] [Directions: If you have a small Sabbath school, one scrapbook can be shown. If you have a larger Sabbath school, you will need to divide the children into groups with 10-12 children in each group. Give each group a scrapbook or album to look at. Give each child or each group a few moments to browse through some of the pictures in the book. Ask them to pick out the most interesting looking one and you will tell them briefly what it is about. (Only give a very brief summary of the event and why it is special to you.) Collect the scrapbooks and discuss the following questions. 1. Why do people make albums or scrapbooks? (Because they want to remember special people, events or places, and they want to share that happy memory with others.) 2. What is the best thing that has ever happened to you? 3. When something really wonderful happens to you, what is the first thing you usually want to do? (Tell someone about it) Something extra wonderful happened to a man in our lesson today; something that was too good to keep to himself. GO STRAIGHT INTO THE BIBLE STORY GETTING INTO SCRIPTURE BLIND MAN'S HUNT [Materials Needed: A blindfold for each child; a brown paper bag for each child with the following items in it; two coins (any denomination), wad of clay or play dough, mirror (small ones from Cradle Roll department are best), the number "7" cut out of cardboard (or some other material that cannot be easily bent or torn), a child's block or wood block to represent a building.] [Directions: Introduce the story telling the children that they are going to experience a few moments of "blindness" this morning as you tell the story. Explain to them that a person who is blind learns to rely on their other senses such as hearing, touch and smell to help guide them. Blindfold each child and give them a paper bag with the items in it. Explain to the children that they need to listen carefully for clues in the story as you tell it. When it is time for them to search for a clue in the bag you will signal for them to do so. Whether or not they find the correct item in the bag will depend upon their ability to listen and to patiently feel in the bag for the correct item. Read the lesson from the quarterly, using the key below to know when to instruct the children to feel in their bags. After each item is pulled from the bag, the children put it back into the bag and wait for the next clue. "One Sabbath as Jesus and His disciples walked along in Jerusalem, they saw a blind man begging." (Reach into your bag and pull out something that goes along with what I just said. Answer - two coins) Continue reading from quarterly until you get to the following paragraph. "Jesus spit on the dirt to make some clay. He put it on the man's eyes and told him to go wash in the pool of Siloam, and when he came back, he could see!" (Reach into your bag and pull out someting that goes along with what I just said. Answer - clay or play dough) "People were so amazed that they didn't all believe what they saw. This isn't the same man they said, he only looks like him. But the man told them, I am the same man who was blind and begged. A man named Jesus healed me." (Reach into your bag and pull out something that goes along with what I just said. Answer - mirror) "Instead of being happy for the man, the people took him to the Pharisees and told them that Jesus had healed the man even though it was Sabbath." (Reach into your bag and pull out something that goes along with what I just said. Answer - number "7") Continue reading from the quarterly until you get to the following paragraph. "The Pharisees grew so angry with the man that they threw him out. That probably means they punished him with being thrown out of the synagogue for a month." (Reach into your bag and pull out something that goes along with what I just said. Answer - wood block to represent synagogue) Continue reading quarterly to the end of the lesson. ACTING ON SCRIPTURE I'M GLAD YOU ASKED BUTTONS [Materials Needed: 1 round cardboard disc, 2" in diameter for each child; one medium-sized safety pin for each child; hot glue gun; permanent markers in bright neon colors; 3- dimensional objects to decorate disc buttons with such as: small shells, beads or sequins, feathers, etc.] [Directions: Divide the children into small groups with 4-6 children in each group. Supply each group with enough cardboard discs so each child can have one, permanent markers, and 3-dimensional objects for decorating. Instruct each child to write in large capital letters the word, HELP! In the center of their disc. Explain to them that the word help, will get people's attention, so that they will ask why they are wearing a button with the word HELP on it. This will give them an opportunity to tell others what Jesus has done for them. The H stands for His. The E stands for eternal. The L stands for love, and the P stands for provides. Jesus is the best help anyone can have because His eternal love always provides. Then encourage them by giving them some examples from your own life of wonderful ways Jesus has provided for you. "I'll never forget when Jesus provided the money I needed to pay a bill, almost to the very penny." If we don't remember the things Jesus has done for us and we don't share these experiences with others, we forget how good God is and all the wonderful things He does for us daily. Finally, have the children decorate their buttons using the objects provided. They get their buttons ready and the teachers go around and do the hot gluing of the items. The safety pin is hot glued on last onto the back. Encourage the children to wear the pins frequently and be prepared to tell others what Jesus has done for them. JESUS SCRAPBOOK [Materials needed: Construction paper, cut in half (Enough sheets for each child to have 6); brass fasteners (two for each child); hole puncher (one for each 4-6 children); pencils/markers(optional)] [Directions: Say, " Remember how we looked at scrapbooks or albums at the beginning of this program? We did that because we wanted to remember special people, places or occasions. We're going to make a special Jesus scrapbook. We will draw or paste pictures and write down things that have happened with our special friend Jesus, so we can look at them later and remember. Let's leave the scrapbooks at Sabbath school for the rest of this quarter. Each week we will give you just a few moments to look through magazine pictures or write down something on a page in your scrapbook. At the end of the quarter we can share some of our memories with the adults upstairs for 13th Sabbath." For the first week, have the children make the cover by looking up the memory verse in Psalm 107:8 NIV and printing it on one of the construction paper sheets. Give each child five more sheets to go along with their cover. Have them punch two holes, either in the top or on the left-hand side of the sheets. Put the sheets together and fasten with two brass fasteners. Make sure each scrapbook has a name written on it.