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Title: Primary Sabbath School Program, September 23,
2000

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

Date completed: August 1, 1997

Abstract: Activities to use in place of program helps
to teach the lesson, ANIMALS OUT OF THE SKY
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Lesson Aim: God wants me to remember that everyone is
special to Him no matter who they are, where they're
from or how they speak.

Memory Verse: "God does not show favoritism." 
 Acts 10:34, NIV


GETTING THEIR ATTENTION

STRANGE DREAMS
[Materials needed: Piece of artist's paper for each
child; watercolor paints; picture of animals in
sheet from Bible story book., vol. 10, pp. 52-56]

[Directions: Give each child a piece of artist's paper
and a flat surface to work on.  They are to spend a few
moments painting a picture of one of the strangest
dreams they've ever had.  After about 6-7 minutes come
together as a large group and share with one another
the meaning of the pictures and how they felt when they
experienced the dream.  Explain the difference between
a dream and a vision.  Show the picture of the animals
in the sheet.  Say, "In our story today Peter had a
very strange vision.  Let's see what it was about."  GO
STRAIGHT INTO THE BIBLE STORY.


GETTING INTO SCRIPTURE

WORLD TOSS
[Materials needed: 6 styrofoam balls painted to look
like worlds; six ice cream pails or butter buckets;
memory verse words printed on 3 X 5 cards, one word per
each card; Bibles  (This will take care of a small
group of six.  If your Sabbath school is larger,
provide six worlds and buckets and memory verse cards
for each group of six children.)

[Directions: Set the buckets up against a wall about 2
feet apart.  Tape one 3 X 5 card above each bucket.  Do
not tape them in order.  Line the children up in a
horizontal row facing the buckets about 6-8 feet away. 
Have the children look up the verse in their Bibles. 
Read it together.  Give each child a world.  The object
of the game is to throw the world into the correct
bucket so that the memory verse is repeated in order. 
The first child in line decides which bucket is the
first word of the verse.  He then throws his world into
the bucket and says the verse word.  The second child
in line locates the second bucket and throws his world
in saying the second word of the verse.  Continue down
the line until all the worlds are in the buckets and
the verse has been said.  If your Sabbath school is
small, each child could have a turn throwing all the
balls into the correct buckets for the entire verse. 
The activity can be timed to add a variation.  BE
CAREFUL, THOUGH.  THE EXCITEMENT OF THE GAME COULD
EASILY OVERSHADOW THE MEANING OF THE VERSE.  At the end
of the activity discuss the meaning of the verse with
the children.]


ACTING ON SCRIPTURE

CROSS COLLAGE
[Materials needed: One sheet of poster board with a
large cross drawn on it for every group of 4- 6
children; magazines with pictures of people in
different cultures and walks of life (Include magazines
such as Modern Maturity, National Geographic, Baby or
parenting magazines etc.); scissors; glue-sticks]

[Directions: Divide the large group into groups with
4-6 children in each.  Give each group a poster board,
markers, magazines, scissors and glue-sticks.  Remind
the children that God does not show favoritism.  That
means that everyone is special to Him and needs to know
the story about salvation.  Everyone, no matter where
they live, how they live, how they speak or how they
look, should be told the good news of the gospel.  That
includes treating them with love and respect even if we
never get the opportunity to speak about Jesus. 
Encourage each group to look for pictures of all
different kinds of people.  Cut them out and glue them
onto the cross.  The finished product will be a cross
covered with people God loves.


REJECTED/ACCEPTED
[Materials needed: 2 sponges with empty spools hot
glued to them  as handles (this will make two stamps);
black ink pad; red ink pad; .poster board with
following texts printed on it down the middle in a
vertical row.  On the left side of the texts write the
title REJECTED.  On the right side of the texts write
the title, ACCEPTED.  Assign each child one text to
look up.  They are to look for the name or title of a
person.  Have them write the name under the title
REJECTED.  Discuss why that person was rejected.  Have
the same child use one of the sponges dipped in the
black ink pad to "brand" across the name.  Discuss
whether that same person was accepted by Jesus.  If so,
dip the second sponge in the red ink pad and make a
stamp mark under the ACCEPTED title.  Ask the children
what the red ink represents?  Jesus blood shed at the
cross.  Because He died for everyone, He wants everyone
to hear and know the gospel message of salvation and
eternal life.  Continue in this same manner until all
texts are used up or you run out of time.]     

REJECTED                 TEXTS               ACCEPTED
            (woman of Canaan) Matt. 15:22              
                   (Leper) Mark 1:40
                    (Mary) John 12:3 
                 (Zacchaeus) Luke 19:2
              (woman of Samaria) John 4:7
                   (blind man) John 9:1