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Title: Primary Sabbath School Program, November 25,
2000

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

Date Completed: November 15, 2000

Abstract: Activities to use in place of program helps
to teach the lesson, ARRESTED!
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Lesson Aim: The best time for me to choose Jesus is
right now.

Memory Verse: "I tell you, now is the time of God's
favor, now is the day of salvation."  2 Cor. 6:2, NIV


GETTING THEIR ATTENTION - TIME TELLERS

Materials needed:
Paper plates (one for each child)
Markers
Brass fasteners (one for each child)
1 sheet of poster board
Scissors
Stickers (food, transportation, child sleeping or
angels, reward words like A+ or Good job)

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
Punch a small hole through the center of each paper
plate.  Cut out a minute and hour hand arrow for each
child from the poster board.  Punch a small hole at the
end of each hour and minute hand arrow.

WHAT THE STUDENTS DO:
Each child will make a clock.  
1.  Draw numbers like on a clock face onto the paper
plate.
2.  Stick the brass fastener through the hour and
minute hand arrows and then through the hole in the
center of the paper plate.  (This makes the hands on
the clock)
3.  Discuss the following questions having the children
add stickers as appropriate to the clock face and
moving the hands of the clock to show their own
personal answer.

What time do you wake up in the morning?
What time do you go to bed at night?
What time do you eat lunch during the day?
What time do you go to school?
What time do you do your homework?
What time do you spend with Jesus?
In our Bible story today we'll hear more about the
right time to choose Jesus as your friend.

GETTING INTO SCRIPTURE - STORY MATCH-UP

Materials needed:
1 sheet of poster board
Scissors
12 paper plates
Black permanent marker

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
Make a large minute hand and hour hand arrow from the
sheet of poster board.  On the 12 paper plates write
the following:

*The Christians did not want Paul to go to Jerusalem
because 

They knew he would be arrested and sentenced to death

*The Jewish Christians were angry at Paul because

They thought he was disobeying Moses' laws

*Paul went to the temple to worship but

Church members dragged him out of the temple and beat
him

*The captain of the Roman army picked him up and
carried him to safety

To save Paul from the angry crowd

*That night Paul was sad and discouraged so

Jesus came to Paul in a vision and comforted him

*Paul witnessed to Governor Felix and his wife about
Jesus but

Felix did not want to make the choice to follow Jesus
at this time

Mix the plates up and arrange them on the floor so they
are in a circular clock pattern.  Place the minute and
hour hand arrows on the floor in the middle.

WHAT THE STUDENTS DO:
Have the children take turns choosing a plate to point
the hour hand arrow to.  (Show them how to choose a
plate beginning with a *.)  Read the answer choices to
them.  They put the minute hand arrow on the plate of
their choice.  (You can choose to do this as a group
activity on the floor or as an individual activity
using the clock plates already made; just write the
sentences on before the previous activity)


GETTING INTO SCRIPTURE - MEMORY VERSE GO-ROUND

Materials needed:
Poster board
Scissors
Timer (stove-type that measures seconds)
Bibles

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
From the poster board cut out the numbers 12, 3, 6 and
9.  Place them on the floor in a clock pattern.

WHAT THE STUDENTS DO:
Have the students look up the memory verse in their
Bibles.  Repeat it several times together.  Divide the
verse up into 4 sections.  Set the timer for 1 minute. 
Have a student start at the 12 on the floor clock and
say, "I tell you".  Move immediately to the 3 and say,
"now is the time of God's favor".  Move immediately to
the 6 and say, "now is the day of salvation".  Move
immediately to the 9 and say, 2 Corinthians 6:2.  Each
child tries this.  Then set the timer for 45 seconds,
then 30 seconds.  
 

ACTING ON SCRIPTURE - MEMORY VERSE SONG

Materials needed:
Tune to The Bear Went Over the Mountain
Piano player or cassette recorder

WHAT THE TEACHER DOES: (To prepare ahead)
Practice singing the memory verse to the tune of The
Bear Went Over the Mountain.

WHAT THE STUDENTS DO:
Sing the memory verse to the tune of The Bear Went Over
the Mountain

Now is the time of God's favor
now is the day of salvation
2 Corinthians 6:2
It's written in God's Word