David finds Saul in a Cave

Central Truth: Through our God, we have the victory!

Scriptures: 1 Samuel 24

After David and Jonathan made their covenant of friendship, David became a fugitive and an outlaw for the remainder of Saul’s life. David moved around from place to place, eluding Saul’s men while gaining a following of his own. When David heard that the city of Keilah was under attack by the Philistines, he took his army and defeated the Philistines. Saul heard that David was at Keilah and sent his men to besiege the city, but God had warned David who escaped Saul’s clutches. 

David was again betrayed to Saul, but the country was under attack by the Philistines so Saul returned to face them. David went to Engedi at the edge of the wilderness on the western shore of the Dead Sea. This oasis was watered by a hot spring 

Bible Scrapbook

Each week the children will be adding to their scrapbooks what they have learned during Sunday School. This time we looked at the Battle Psalms of David (specifically, Psalms 20 and 21). Battle Psalms were sung before, during, or after a battle. Using a free bible journaling page and devotional (Bending the Bow), we added creative worship in our bibles:

A page from My Creative Bible that includes my personal notes on Battle Psalms.

In my bible journal, I also included some notes about Battle Psalms. In case you cannot make out my notes in the picture:

We battle the enemy through:

• Worship (2 Chronicles 20:21)
• Word (Matthew 4:1-11)
• Prayer (James 5:13)

God will strengthen and arm us for battle (Ephesians 6:10-18).

Our Warrior King will never leave our side.

The other side of the insert I added in My Creative Bible.

Bella loved the pretty colors and the arrows.

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.

Finding God's Way

Central Truth: God's way can be found through prayer and reading the Word.

Memory Verse: "Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths." Psalms 25:4

In this week's lesson, the children learned how to find God's way, which is by reading God's word. I explained to them that the Bible works like a road map. When we are lost, we use a map to find our way, but we can not find our way if we do not use the map. The Bible is our map to God's will, but if we never read it, then we will never know what his will is.

We also did a fun demonstration using Alpha-Bits cereal. I poured some out in the middle of the table on a paper towel and spelled the word "box." I told the children that the cereal is fun because, not only can you make words, but you can eat them as well. The children spelled out words of their own and had a fun time, sharing and laughing at their choices. I told the children that the cereal and the Bible have something in common: the cereal is food for our physical bodies, and the Bible is food for our spiritual selves. We must feed our spiritual side by reading the Word of God. If we do not, then our spiritual selves will starve.

He is Risen

Central Truth: God sent his Son to bring eternal life to his people.

"If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed." John 8:36

Memory Verse: "The Lord lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be God my Savior!" Psalms 18:46

Scripture: Matthew 28


Kids' Bulletin

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:

God Knows Me! Psalms 139

A fun project the children did for Sunday School was to color a mini-book called God Knows Me! that I found on online. I printed off the pages, cut them out, and stapled them together. Then the children colored the pages. The following are books created by the class:

Destinee's book:

Zach's book: