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    Today's Story:

    		The promise of a son and Abram gets a new name
    Genesis 15:1-6 and Genesis 17:1-8
    Optional Memory verse:
    The Lord will keep his promises.
    With love he takes care of all he has made.    Ps 145:13b
          (International Children's Bible, New Century Version)
    God always keeps His promises

    • Materials Needed:

    		Cloth, Bible mat,
    Abram figure,
    Construction paper tent:
    Piece of construction paper cut to about 10" x 6"
    and folded in half,
    Masking tape,
    Play dough, (optional)
    Star cookie cutters, (optional)

     

    • Action Game: Too Many Stars

    		Put masking tape X's (or *'s) all over the floor
    to represent stars.
    Have the kids try to run and step on every star before
    you can count to 30.
    Repeat counting to only 20.
    Keep repeating and reducing the time until they
    can't do it because there are "too many stars".
    Tell the children that today they are going to hear
    a story about Abram trying to count all the stars in
    the sky, but there were too many.

     

    • Alternative to craft:  Kids will use their hands to be
    stars during story time.

    Optional Craft
    		With play dough and star cookie cutters have the kids make lots of stars.
    Save the stars to use in today's story.

     

    • Telling the Story:

    Lay out the mat and review last week's lesson:

    		God told Abram to move to this special land.
    God promised Abram that someday all this land would belong to his grandchildren and great grandchildren.
    Abram lived in a tent
    		Add construction paper tent.
    Put Abram just inside the door.
    In today's story there is a sky full of stars,
    		Show them how to be stars by holding their hands up and opening and closing them, like flicking water off their fingers, (or holding up the play dough stars they made),
    Hold your hands in your lap and listen carefully for the part in the story when I need you to be the stars.

    Act out the Story:

    		God talked to Abram one night when he was in his tent.
    		Point to Abram figure
    God promised him he would give him many blessings or things.
    But Abram was sad and said, "But God,  I have no son to give all my things to when I die.  A servant will get all I own when I'm gone."
    But God said, "No servant will get what you have, because I am going to give you a son".
    God told Abram to go outside and look up at the night sky and try to count all the stars in the sky.  
    		Bring Abram figure outside of tent and 
    Direct kids to use their hands to be the stars (or hold up their play dough stars).
     Do you think Abram could count all the stars?
    No, Abram couldn't count all the stars .  There were too many.
    Just like there were too many stars in the sky for Abram to count, Abram would have so many grandchildren and great grandchildren that
    Abram would never be able to count them all.
    In fact Abram would have so many grandchildren and great children that God changed his name to Abraham which means "Father of many nations" or people.
    Abraham believed God even though he was very old, too old to have children.
    God gave Abraham 2 promises:
    Do you remember what those 2 promises were?
    		God promised to give Abraham's family this special land.
    God promised to give Abraham a son.

    Close in Prayer thanking God that He keeps all His promises.

    Supplemental Bible Readings:

            The Home Sower is an optional take home paper which includes these suggested
    Bible readings.  It is available to print out and send home with each child.         The Home Sower is an optional take home paper which includes these suggested Bible readings.  It is available to print out and send home with 
    each child.

     

    Snack: star shaped crackers or sugar cookies
    		For fun: let the kids decorate them with vanilla icing and sprinkles.

    Next Week's Lesson: The birth of Isaac: 
    Genesis 18:1-16 and Genesis 21:5-7

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    • Materials needed for next week's lesson:

    		Cloth Bible mat,
    Abraham and Sarah figures,
    Construction paper tent from this week's lesson,
    A baby Isaac figure made from play dough (roll a small barrel for a body and add a round head)
    Toy tree or branch stuck in play dough,
    3 man figures (Fisher Price or similar type figures)
    or play dough fashioned into figures by rolling a barrel
    for each body and a ball for each head,
    Optional Snack: cottage cheese and canned fruit
    Two weeks from now: We will be focusing on Joseph.  

    You will need:

    		A Joseph figure
    		Option: If you are making a Joseph from the pattern at this site: 
    		make him as a flip figure who flips from a slave boy to an Egyptian governor.
    A Pharaoh figure
    		Option: If you are making Pharaoh figure from the pattern at this site, 
    		make him as a flip figure who is kind on one side (the Pharaoh who knew Joseph)
    and evil on the other side (the Pharaoh who knew Moses) 

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    Home Sower 2        Lesson 1     Home Sower 1    Lesson 3     

    Home Sower 3        Lesson 4    Home Sower 4    Lesson 5    

    Home Sower 5    Lesson 6      Home Sower 6    Lesson 7    

    Home Sower 7    Lesson 8   Home Sower 8    Lesson 9      

    Home Sower 9     Lesson 10    Home Sower 10    Lesson 11     

    Home Sower 11    Lesson 12    Home Sower 12 

    Lessons 13-19     Lessons 20-27     Lessons 28-33    Lessons 34-40    

    Lessons 41-46    Lessons 47-52