Gideon as Judge

Luke 2:13-14 from the Time Warp Wife.

Central Truth: Gideon was choosen as a leader because God called him and Gideon obeyed.

Scriptures: Judges 11

Again, the Israelites turned against God and worshipped foreign idols of Canaan, including Baal and Ashtoreth. This time when the Israelites cried out to God, he told them to cry to their false gods, but the Lord had compassion on them and sent Jephthah to save them. Jephthah was the son of Gilead and lived in a territory called Gilead, which is east of the Jordan River. The Ammonites claimed that Gilead belonged to them and attacked the Israelites. Jephthah was cast out of his family by his half-brothers and fled to the land of Tob. While there, Jephthah led a band of men who raided and pillaged.

When the Ammonites attacked Gilead, the elders asked Jephthah to lead the Israelites against the Ammonites. Jephthah made the elders agree to make him their chief if the Lord delivered the Ammonites not his hand. The Lord delivered the Ammonites into Jephthah’s hand, and he destroyed twenty of their cities.

Bible Scrapbook

Each week the children will be adding to their scrapbooks what they have learned during Sunday School.  Since it was Christmas, I found a coloring page for the children to color. We also added a torch:

Gideon's torch

I found the template for the torch for free on Crafting the Word of God.

Jesus Died for Our Sins

A fun day in Sunday school class.

For the last few weeks, the children continue their study of the bible using the bible activity book, Uncovering Bible Treasure by Dave Strehler. We started with a look at how God created the universe and how sin entered the world through Adam and Eve, but God has made a way by sending his only son, Jesus. This week we returned to the story of Jesus's birth and how he died for our sin.

"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatever I command you." John 15:13-14

Christmas and the New Year

Throughout the month of December, the Tabernacle of Praise Children's Church studied the Christmas story. Each week we talked about different parts of the events that led up to the birth of Jesus, including the angels visiting the shepherds and the wise men who came in search of the Messiah. We finished our study of the Christmas story with a cute craft project I ordered from Oriental Trading Company. Every thing you needed came in the kit except for the glue. I suggest you have some Elmer's glue or wood glue on hand even though the description for the project says you do not need any. Above is a picture of a few of the projects done by the class. 

For the new year, we began our lessons using Uncovering Bible Treasure by Dave Strehler with the story of Creation. We learned how God created everything from nothing simply by speaking. After our lesson, we had time to show our excitement about the coming year by creating a short video using the FX Guru app on my iPhone.

The Christmas Story

Central Truth: God gave his only son to save the world.

"The entrance of your words gives light." Psalms 119:130

Scriptures: Matthew 1-2; Luke 1-2

In today's lesson, the children learned about the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem. They learned about the virgin pregnancy, the birth of Jesus in a stable, the shepherds, and the wise men. The children also learned how God spoke to Joseph in dreams so that he could protect baby Jesus.

Christmas angel ornaments created by the children of Tabernacle of Praise.
The pattern for the angel ornaments can be found at sundayschoolkids.com

Below is the Kids' Bulletin for this Sunday School lesson. Pictures and clip art are from flickr.com and ekduncan.com. The inside cover page comes from sistersguild.blogspot.com. 

Kids' Bulletin: