Resurrection Sunday

Central Truth: Jesus sacrificed himself to save the world.

Scriptures: Matthew 28

After Jesus was crucified by the Romans, he was placed in a borrowed tomb for three days. At the end of the Sabbath, Mary Magdalene led a group of women to the tomb. There was a great earthquake and an angel descended from heaven and rolled back the stone. He told the women not to be afraid and that Jesus had risen just like he said he would. The angel told the women to return to the other disciples and tell them that Jesus will appear to them in Galilee.

Bible Scrapbook

Each week the children will be adding to their scrapbooks what they have learned during Sunday School. This is a special week where we celebrated the resurrection of Jesus, which included candy and some fun crafts.

Bible journaling supplies from Illustrated Faith.

Destinee's bible.

David and Jonathan

Saul tries to kill David (freebibleimages.org)

Central Truth: The friendship between David and Jonathan is the kind of friendship that God wants with us.

Scriptures: 1 Samuel 18:1-9; 20

David first met Jonathan after his victory over Goliath. Their friendship was to last as long as they both lived. When Saul and David returned from the battle with the Philistines, the women came out of the cities singing and dancing. They sang to one another “Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.” The song made Saul jealous and an evil spirit came upon him. David played for him as usual but his singing did not soothe Saul. Instead, he threw a javelin at David’s head. Thus begins Saul’s obsession to kill David. As soon as Jonathan discovered that Saul would harm his friend, he warned David who escaped from Saul’s grasp.

Bible Scrapbook

Each week the children will be adding to their scrapbooks what they have learned during Sunday School. We elaborated on David and Jonathan's friendship by listing the qualities of a good friend:

Drawing inspired by Pinterest, using drawing instructions found on Dragonart website.

David and Goliath

The Book of Psalms in My Creative Bible.

Central Truth: Victory comes from God and God alone.

Scriptures: 1 Samuel 17

The Philistines gathered an army against Israel in the valley of Elah. Jesse sent his son David to the battle to check on his three older brothers who were in the Israelite army. Goliath, the Philistines’ champion, challenged the Israelites morning and evening for forty days. When David heard Goliath’s boasting he became angry and accepted Goliath’s challenge. David met Goliath with his sling and, with a single stone, hit the giant on the forehead. He then took Goliath’s sword and cut off his head. When the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled and the Israelites pursued them.

Bible Scrapbook

Each week the children will be adding to their scrapbooks what they have learned during Sunday School. This week we included a devotional, Like a Tree, using our bible journals: 

David Anointed King

Central Truth: Do not judge others by how they look on the outside but what is in their hearts.

Scriptures: 1 Samuel 16

Because Saul disobeyed God, the Lord rejected him as king of Israel. The Lord told Samuel not to mourn over Saul and to go to Bethlehem. There the Lord instructed him to anoint David, the youngest son of Jess from the tribe of Judah, as the next king of Israel. 

David was a skilled musician. When God rejected Saul, the Spirit of the Lord left him and an evil spirit afflicted him. David was summoned to play his harp for Saul to sooth his troubled spirit. Saul grew to love David as a son and mad him his armor bearer.

Bible Scrapbook

Each week the children will be adding to their scrapbooks what they have learned during Sunday School.  While we are studying about the life of David, we are going to also study some of the Psalms he wrote, including our latest addition to our scrapbooks from Psalms 23:4:

This free coloring page can be found at this website.

Saul Disobeys God

Saul battles the Amalekites and disobeyed God (freebibleimages.org)

Central Truth: By not obeying God, Saul lost his kingdom.

Scriptures: 1 Samuel 13-15

The Philistines assembled a large army and camped in Michmash while the Israelites camped in Gilgal. Samuel told Saul to wait for him at Gilgal for seven days, but Saul became anxious because his army was deserting. To keep his army together, Saul offered a burnt offering instead of waiting for Samuel to come and off the sacrifice. When Samuel arrived, he reproved Saul for his disobedience and told him that God will take his kingdom away from him.

Again, Saul disobeyed God when he went to battle against the Amalekites. Samuel told him to destroy everything, but Saul spared the king and kept the animals, claiming that the people needed the animals to sacrifice to God. Samuel told Saul that it is better to obey God than to sacrifice and that Saul's actions were a rejection of God. When Samuel refused to pardon Saul for his sin, Samuel turned away from Saul who caught Samuel by his robes and ripped them. Samuel told Saul that because of his disobedience, God has torn his kingdom from him and given it to another.

**Usually, I include any extra crafts that the children and I do for our lessons, but I was unable to do so for this lesson. The iPhone I typically use completely died, taking all the photographs with it.**