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| 1. Cut construction paper so that it can be rolled to make a "horn". Before rolling and taping each child’s horn, let him or her decorate with markers or stickers. You might want to use toilet paper rolls as the base of the horns. Glue decorated paper around the roll. | |
| 2. Select a stick for each child that can be used as a torch. In class let the children tape small orange flames of construction paper to the tops of their sticks. | |
| 3. Bring a large plastic drinking cup for each child to use as a jar. Have the children pretend to be Gideon’s men. Have them put their horns on the table in front of them and hold their torches, covering them with their jars. Then when you say, "A sword for Gideon and for the Lord!" Have the children uncover the torches and hold them high and blow their trumpets. | |
| 4. Use a globe to show the children the where their own country is located. If you are in America, tell the children our country is the United States ("countries are different places where people live"), and that God controls our country. Say a simple prayer for God to bless America. If you live in another country, substitute your country for the U. S. A. in this activity. | |
| 5. Show cut out pictures or felt figures of children of the world. Talk about how God controls all nations where people live. | |
| 6. Let the children make a U.S.A. flag for the classroom. Bring a rectangle of white paper, a blue square of construction paper, red and white pipe cleaners, and white paint and cotton swabs. Have the children work together to glue the blue square in the upper left corner of the white paper. Let the children dip the swabs in the white paint to make "stars" on the blue paper. Then trim some of the pipe cleaners and arrange and glue all of the pipe cleaners to make the stripes of the flag. Remind the children that God controls all nations. If you do not live in the U.S.A. adapt this activity to your own country’s flag. | |
| 6. Give each child a big ball of Play dough. Have him or her make a tomb (a cave with an opening) and a stone to fill the opening. Have each child roll away the stone and peek in the empty tomb. | |
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Lord is the strength of His people." (Psalms 28:8)) Choose from our Memory Suggestions page. Have children quote the four previous verses. |
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My God is so Big It's a Great Day to Praise the Lord |
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