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    Today's Story:

    		The birth of Isaac
    Genesis 18:1-16 and Genesis 21:5-7
    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,
    Abraham and Sarah figures,
    3 man figures (Fisher Price or similar type people) or:
    Make your own from play dough by rolling a barrel
    for a body and adding a round head.
    Baby Isaac figure fashioned from play dough and wrapped in a scrap of cloth (roll a small barrel for a body and add a round head),
    Construction paper tent from last week's lesson, (save for next week's lesson, also),
    Toy tree (or branch stuck in play dough),
    Optional Snack: cottage cheese and canned fruit
    • Activity Game: Play "Duck, Duck, Goose" only have the kids say, "Abraham, Abraham, Isaac".

    Before playing the game:
    		Remind the children that they are learning about Abraham.  
    Tell them that today they will learn how God kept his promise to give Abraham a son. 
    Tell them that Abraham named his son Isaac.  

     

    • Closing Prayer: Close in prayer thanking God that He always keeps his promises

    Telling the Story: Familiarize yourself with the story in Genesis 18:1-16 and 21:5-7
    		This is the land that  God promised to give to Abraham's family,
    		Lay out the Bible mat .
    Add the tent and the tree.
    Add the Abraham and Sarah figures, (remind the children of their names as you add them),
    		Put Abraham outside the tent,
    Put Sarah just inside the tent,
    One very hot day Abraham was sitting outside his tent when he saw 3 men standing nearby:
    		Put the 3 Fisher Price figures (or play dough figures) under the tree,
    Abraham ran to meet the men.
    		Run Abraham figure to the 3 men figures
    He offered to get them some food to eat and water to wash their feet.
    And he told them to rest under the tree.
    		Point to the tree
    Abraham hurried to the tent.
    		Hurry Abraham figure to the tent
    He asked Sarah to prepare bread for them. 
    Then he asked a servant to prepare meat for the men.
    Then Abraham took the food to the men.
    		Walk Abraham figure to the men.
    He brought them curds and milk and bread and meat.
    Does any one know what curds and milk is?
    		cottage cheese
    Then he waited with them under the tree while they ate.
    The men were really angels from the Lord,
    When they finished eating, the angel from the Lord asked where Sarah was.
    Abraham answered, "In the tent".
    Then the Lord told Abraham that Sarah would have a baby.
    Sarah heard this but she didn't believe it. 
    		Walk Sarah figure to the doorway of the tent.
    She laughed, and said to herself, "I'm too old to have a baby".
    But the Lord heard Sarah and said to Abraham,
    		"Why did Sarah laugh? 
    There is nothing too hard for the Lord. 
    In one year Sarah will have a baby boy."
    Then the 3 angels left.
    		Remove the 3 figures.
    Bring Sarah out of the tent and put her next to Abraham,
    God kept his promise.
    Sarah had a baby boy just when God had said she would.
    		Add the play dough baby figure wrapped in cloth and place it at Sarah's feet,
    Abraham was 100 years old when the baby was born
    Do you remember from our game what Abraham and Sarah named their baby boy?
    		Isaac
    God kept his promise to give Abraham a baby boy. 
    God always keeps his promises.

     

    • Optional Snack: Let the children have curds like Abraham's visitors had:
    		Option 1: Let them help mix cottage cheese with canned fruit or
    Option 2: Let them help make a dip with cottage cheese by adding, onion salt and paprika to it and spreading it on celery sticks or eating as a vegetable dip.

    Supplemental Bible Readings

    • Materials Needed for Next Week's Lesson:
    		Joseph figure:  
    (Option: If using the pattern at this site, to make a Joseph, make him as a flip figure who flips from a slave boy on     one side to an Egyptian governor on the other). 
    A coat of many colors: 
    		cut a scrap of colorful cloth into a rectangle to fit around Joseph, 
    add a snap, Velcro or a small safety pin for a closure at the front.
    Kind pharaoh figure 
    		If using the pattern at this site to make a Pharaoh, see the recommendations on the Free Lesson page
    The land of Egypt - the children will make this at the beginning of next week's lesson. To make this you will need:
    		Piece of bulletin board paper or large paper grocery bags:
    		cut bulletin board paper to about 3' x 4' (92 cm X 122 cm) or
    cut apart the grocery bags and tape them together to make a large rectangle,
    Crayons: blues, browns and tans,
    Optional: Sandpaper and glue or glue sticks.
    Construction paper tent from today's lesson,
    Plastic or wood camel figure, (optional), from a nativity set or a set of plastic animals,
    Plastic or wooden sheep figures (1 or 2 from a nativity set or set of plastic farmyard animals),
    2 or 3 samples of spices (a cinnamon stick, some whole cloves, etc.),
    A nickel or a penny,
    Small rocks or wooden blocks to form a well big enough to surround the Joseph figure,
    8 or 9 Fisher Price or similar type people, (or play dough to make your own),
    Masking tape,
    • Optional Snack: Joseph and his colorful coat cookies
    		Sugar cookies baked into gingerbread boy shapes or
    Pepperidge Farm Gingerman cookies,
    Vanilla icing, 
    food color, 
    plastic knives, 
    Dixie cups or other small containers, (2 or 3 per child)

      © 1999 Linda Lawler.  
    Permission granted to copy for personal use only.  Not for resale.

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