16 Juni 2013

Kelas Balita
Sesi 1 = Coach Yosi
             (asst. Tasya)

 Sesi 2 = Coach Jemimah/Dewi K
             (asst. Jevelyn)

Kelas 1 - 3
Sesi 1 = Coach Lily Bun

Sesi 2 = Coach Iwan (Asst. Dedy)
Kelas 4 - 6
Sesi 1 = Coach Kezia
Sesi 2 = Coach Yungcien

Thank you God for all the great things you have done for me!

1. Hook:

• Memory matching game


• Prepare 12 rock-shaped cards. Behind the cards, print/draw 6 pairs of images; 2 of a kind.
• Mix up the cards and paste the image-side onto the wall with blu tack.
• Get kids to come one by one to choose a card and attempt to find its pair.
• Once a match is made, the cards are removed.
• Game continues until all 6 matches are made. 
• Conclusion: All of you have good memory! God gave us the ability to remember things and events that happened and lessons we’ve learnt. Let’s learn about how He helped the Israelites to remember a very important lesson in their lives. 

  2. Story: (based on Joshua 4)

• Last week we learned that Joshua and the Israelites crossed a great big river. Who can remember the name of the river? (Jordan).
• Who went into the river first?(The priests, carrying the Ark of the Covenant)
• What happened when they went into the river? (The water stopped flowing!)
• After the whole nation of Israel had crossed the river, God told Joshua, “Choose 12 men — one from each tribe/family — to take a stone from the middle of the Jordan river, where the priest are standing.”
• So Joshua chose the men. How many men? (12 men!) Right! 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12! The people of Israel came from 12 brothers. So there were 12 big families or tribes that made up the nation of Israel. 1 man from each tribe.
• So the 12 men went to pick up a stone each from the river and put it on his shoulder. How many stones? (12 stones!) 
• The stones were a sign (like a photograph or a souvenir) for the people of Israel to remember what God had done for them — stopping the waters of the river of Jordan so that they could cross the river.
• After the 12 men had taken the stones, God told Joshua to ask the priests to come up from the Jordan. 
• The priests came out, carrying the Ark of the Covenant. And as soon as they stepped onto the side of the river, immediately all the waters of the Jordan came rushing in and filled it up fully again!
• The Israelites went to camp at Gilgal, near the city of Jericho. The 12 stoners the men had taken out of the Jordan were placed in Gilgal. It was stacked up like a memorial.
• Joshua told the people, “In the future, when your children and grandchildren and great grandchildren ask, ‘What do these stones mean?’, tell them  about how God dried up the Jordan rivers so that they could cross over on dry ground. God did this so that ALL the people of the earth, everybody, will know how powerful God is, and that you will always worship Him.”
• Children, just as the Israelites set up the stones so they can remember all the great things God has done for them, we should also always give thanks to God for what He has done for us. Every day we can say, “Thank you God for all the great things you have done for me!"
• What are some of the things you can give thanks for? (get kids to share) 
• Do you know: The most important thing God has done for us is given his son Jesus.  Jesus came to earth to live a perfect life and die on the cross to take the punishment for our sins.  This is the best thing God could have done for you and for me, so that we are no longer separated from Him by our sin.  We need to always remember how God gave us Jesus.
• Every week when we take the communion — the bread and the cup — we are remembering what Jesus did on the cross of us. Every day when we wake up, when we see God’s beautiful creation, when we enjoy His blessings, we can say,“Thank you God for all the great things you have done for me!" Amen!

3. Activity suggestions: 

• Memory Verse: Everyone will know how powerful God is, and I will worship Him. Joshua 4:24
  Or He did this so that all the peoples of the earth might know that the hand of the Lord is powerful and so that you might always worship the Lord your God. ” Joshua 4:24
• Reinforcement: Thank you God for all the great things you have done for me!

9 Juni 2013

Kelas Balita
Sesi 1 = Coach Junita
             (asst. Kasey & Fenny)

 Sesi 2 = Coach Carrie
             (asst. Adeline)

Kelas 1 - 3 
Sesi 1 = Coach Sianty

Sesi 2 = Coach Agus Rianto
Kelas 4 - 6
Sesi 1 = Coach Savitri
Sesi 2 = Coach Lusiana

 

God stopped the waters for the Israelites. God can do anything for me!

1. Hook:

• Water pouring 
• Bring a pitcher of water, a large bowl and a large towel.
• Show how you will pour the water into the bowl. Just pour a trickle of water into the bowl. 
• Then ask for volunteers to come try to stop the small trickle of water coming out of the pitcher. The children can try all kinds of ways of doing it, but it won’t be able to be done. 
• Explain to the children that they could not stop even a trickle. But God is able to stop a whole river that was overflowing. That’s the amazing God we have!

2. Story (based on Joshua 3) 

• Last week we learned about the 2 spies that went to spy out the Promised Land. They returned and told Joshua, “Yes, God has given us the land!”
• So Joshua and the Israelites headed towards the Promised Land. They came to a river called Jordan. Everyone say, “Jordan”.
• The Jordan River was a big river. And it was the harvest season, so the river was very, very full … and very, very deep.
• How were the Israelites going to get across now? 
• This time there was no panic. The people didn’t say, “Oh no! We’re stuck! Let’s go back now! 
• Instead, Joshua told the people, “Be ready. For tomorrow the Lord will do something really amazing for you.” 
• The Israelites had an ark called the Ark of the Covenant. It was a very beautiful box, covered in gold. Inside it were the 2 pieces of stone with the 10 commandments, the staff of Aaron (Moses’ brother) and some pieces of manna (the special bread that God gave them in the desert).  The ark represents God’s presence — where God was.
• Joshua asked the priests took the Ark to the front of the people.
• Then God told Joshua, “Today I will honor you in the sight of the Israelites so that they may know that I am with you as I was with Moses.”
• God added, “Tell the priests who carry the Ark of the Covenant to go and stand in the river.” 
• Go stand in the river? With the fast-flowing waters that run so deep? Did God want the priests to be drowned?
• But Joshua and the people trusted God … they believed in His promises and that He will take care of them.
• So when the priests reached Jordan River, they stepped into the water in faith. (It takes a lot of faith to step into an overflowing river!)
• And as soon as their feet touched the water, suddenly the waters up north stopped flowing. And the water downstream stopped too. The waters piled up in a heap, like a big wall, a distance away, leaving the ground completely dry!
• It was amazing!
• So the people crossed over the Jordan to the other side on dry ground. The priests carrying the ark stood in the middle of the Jordan until everyone — the entire nation of Israel — had completely crossed over safely.
• God stopped the waters for the Israelites. God can do anything for me!
• Is there something in your life that you think is too difficult for you? Is there anything impossible for you? Is there anything that you are afraid of? 
• Look to Jesus. God stopped the waters for the Israelites. He can handle any of your problems — big or small — because He loves you! 

3. Activity Suggestions 

• Memory Verse:  Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among you.” Joshua 3:5 
• Worksheets: 
• Crossword 
• Craft suggestion (can write memory verse in the centre) 
• Reinforcement: God stopped the waters for the Israelites. God can do anything for me!

2 Juni 2013

Kelas Balita  
Sesi 1 = Coach Susan
             (asst. Felicia)
Sesi 2 = Coach Jevelyn
             (asst. Laila)
 
Kelas 1 - 3

Sesi 1 = Coach Eko H  
Sesi 2 = Coach Shevica (Agus Siswanto)  

Kelas 4 - 6  
Sesi 1 = Coach Swanky  
Sesi 2 = Coach Andy T.

God liked Rahab; God likes me too … always!

1. Lesson (based on Joshua 2): Rahab & the 2 Spies

• Game: “I spy with my little eye”

• Hook:
• Have you ever felt that nobody liked you?
• Maybe some other kids don’t like you because you are different — the clothes you wear, or the way you speak. Maybe they think you are weird. Maybe they tell their friends not to be your friend. Maybe they don’t want to share their toys with you or to play with you. Maybe it’s because you once did something wrong that made them unhappy.
• It’s tough when you feel nobody likes you. It’s tough when you think you are not good enough. You can feel lonely, or sad, or angry. Sometimes we all feel this way.
• But do you know that there’s Someone who likes you ALL the time. He doesn’t care about what you wear, or how your talk or what you’ve done. Even if you made other people really, really mad. He’s there for you. And He loves you always.
• What’s His name? Jesus!
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• Story:
• Once upon a time, there was a woman called Rahab. She lived in a town called Jericho. People in the town did not like her very much. Because she did things that were not very good.
• One day, she met two men. They were Israelites from the desert. They wanted to find out some information about Jericho. They were spies.
• Rahab let them into her house as it was night time and getting dark.
• However, the king of Jericho heard that there were two spies in Rahab’s house. So he sent men to find them.
• The king’s men came to Rahab’s house and demanded that she bring the spies out.
• But Rahab took the spies to the rooftop and hid them under some stalks of flax, a type of long-stemmed plant.
• She told the king’s men, “Some men came to my house. I don’t know where they were from. But they left in the evening before the city gate was closed.”
• So the king’s men quickly headed off to look for the spies.
• After they left, Rahab went to the spies and said, “I know that God has given you this land. Everyone here is afraid because we’ve all heard what God has done for you — drying up the Red Sea, winning battles. Your God is the real God!”
• Then Rahab made a bargain with the spies. “Just as I have protected you, promise me that you will save me and my family when you take over this city — don’t let us be killed.”
• The spies agreed. “If you don’t tell anyone what we have been doing, we promise you that when the Lord gives u this land, we will treat you well.”
• The city gates were closed, and the guards were looking for the spies. So Rahab let the men out of her window with a long red rope. It was a bit like Rapunzel and her long hair. The spies had to climb down the long red rope.
• Then the spies told Rahab: “When we come back, tie this red rope at your window. Get all your family members together in your house. And we promise you that you will all be safe.”
• And the spies returned to Joshua and told him, “We are sure that the Lord has given us the whole country. All the people there are terrified of us.”
• Later on, the spies did return, and Joshua and the Israelites did take over Jericho. And as promised, Rahab and her family were all saved!
• Even though people in the town may not have liked Rahab because of her life and her past, but God still used her to help the Israelites. God still saved her and her family.
• And more than that, God brought her into His own special people, and she lived together with the Israelites. And do you know something special? Rahab is one of Jesus’ great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great … grandmother!
• So no matter how you feel today, know that if “God likes Rahab, God likes me too … always.”

  

2. Activity suggestions:

• Memory Verse:  “The Lord has surely given the whole land into our hands.”  (Joshua 2:24)
• Reinforcement: “God likes Rahab, God likes me too … always.”

26 Mei 2013

Ibadah Gabungan

Sesi 1

Coach : Susan
WL : Fenny & Junita
Ice Breaker & Games : Kasey, Junita, Tasya

Sesi 2
Coach : Andy T
WL : Yosi
Ice Breaker & Games : Adeline, Dedy, Agus

 

God was with Joshua (Part 2)

1. Lesson (based on Joshua 1)

• Hook:
• Have your parents or teachers ever asked you to do a big and important job? Perhaps it was to perform on stage or give a speech in front of many people. Or to organize an event. Or to lead a group to do something big. Maybe it feels too difficult for you. Maybe you were afraid. What would you do?
• What if someone big came to help you? Say an experienced senior, your parents or your teacher? This person not only helps you but even prepares everything you need to do the big job. All you had to do was just to follow the person and trust that they will take care of everything. Suddenly the BIG job seems smaller and easier. Wouldn’t that be great?

• Story:
• Let me tell you about someone who had to take over a BIG job.
• Moses had taken the Israelites out of Egypt. They were headed to the Promised Land — what God had promised to them many, many hundred years ago. Moses sent 12 spies to check out the Land, and they brought back many good reports of the Land.
• However, 10 of the spies also were afraid of the big, tall men they saw in the Promised Land — they were big as giants! So they told Moses that they should not enter.
• Because the people did not believe God’s promises were true, God said they could not go straight into the Promised Land. They had to wander in the desert — go round and round in circles — for 40 years!
• After that time, Moses passed away. So God called Joshua to take over. 
• Who knows who Joshua was? Joshua was one of the 12 spies that Moses sent to the Promised Land. He and Caleb were the only ones who believed that God will bring them there safely.
• Can you imagine what Joshua may have felt like? The Israelites were many, many, many, many people. If you include the women and children, there would have been about 2 million people! That’s a VERY BIG JOB!
• But God didn’t leave Joshua to do the BIG JOB himself. He told Joshua 3 important things:
• “Get ready to lead the people into the land I AM GIVING THEM. Be determined and confident, for you will be the leader of these people.”
• God had already provided all that was needed for this BIG job. Joshua just had to go and get it.
• Imagine your dad telling you, “I bought you your favourite ice cream. It’s in the freezer. Go and get it!” Would you say, “No, it’s too difficult. I don’t have the money. I can’t get the ice cream”? Of course not. Because it’s already been provided for you!
• God was with Joshua. God is with me!


• “I will be with you just as I was with Moses. No one will be able to defeat you as long as you live. Do not be afraid or discouraged for I am with you wherever you go”
• God promised Joshua that He will be with him and give him success always.
• God promises you and me that He will be with you always and wherever you go, you will find favour!
• God was with Joshua. God is with me!
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• “Remember my word and you will be prosperous and successful.”
• God’s promises and word has power. And as we learn them and remember them and practice them, we will have God’s success on our lives always!
• So every week, we learn and remember one of God’s promises. We can go home and say it every day before we sleep and when we wake up. We can tell our parents. We can tell our teachers. When we face any problem, big or small, we can remind ourselves about what God said in His word.
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• Today we will learn: Joshua 1:9: “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you, wherever you go.”
• God was with Joshua. God is with me!

2. Activity suggestions:

• Memory Verse: activity/game for them to remember Joshua 1:9
• Reinforcement: God was with Joshua. God is with me!

19 Mei 2013

Kelas Balita
Sesi 1 = Coach Yosi
             (asst. Tasya)

 Sesi 2 = Coach Jemimah/Dewi K
             (asst. Jevelyn)

Kelas 1 - 3
Sesi 1 = Coach Lily Bun

Sesi 2 = Coach Iwan (Asst. Dedy)
Kelas 4 - 6
Sesi 1 = Coach Kezia
Sesi 2 = Coach Yungcien

 

God is with Joshua

1. Story (based on Numbers 13:1-30)

• God’s special people, the Israelites, were slaves in Egypt for 400 years.
• One day, God saved them and brought them out of Egypt. He was going to bring them into the Promised Land, the special place that He had reserved for them.
• But first, they had to cross a desert. So for many months they walked, until one day, they were near the Promised Land.
• Then God told Moses, “Send spies into Canaan, the country I am giving you. Tell them to see what sort of land it is. Find out what the people are like who live there.”
• Moses did as God asked. He choice one man from each of the 12 tribes of Israel. Moses raised his hand and blessed the 12 men as they left camp.
• After 40 days the men returned. One was Caleb and another was Joshua, the general. Caleb and Joshua told Moses, “Oh yes! You should see the land. It’s so beautiful, with strong trees, and gentle hills. Flowers bloom everywhere and the crops are rich and plentiful. It really is as God promised, a land of milk and honey.”
• The other spies disagreed with Joshua and Caleb, though. The people who lived on the land were all very good fighters.
• Instead of seeing how BIG their God was, they saw how BIG the problem was.
• “We can’t attack these people; they are stronger than we are. All the people are giants and huge. They will eat us up. We are like grasshoppers to them.”
• They did not trust God to help them win their battles. They thought the tribes in Canaan were too dangerous to fight.
• The Israelites believed these other men instead of believing God’s promises. “Oh Moses!” they cried.”What have you done?”
• The people were complaining again! “Moses, we want to go back to Egypt! Moses, it was your idea to leave Egypt in the first place. We should never have listened to you. Look, now we will die and for what?”
• But Joshua and Caleb knew that their God was bigger. With God’s help, they could drive those people out of the land. With God on their side, the giants would be like grasshoppers to them.
• Joshua and Caleb tried to remind the people of all that God had done for them and all His promises. But the people would not listen. They were very stubborn. They liked feeling sorry for themselves.
• Because of their unbelief, God said they would never reach the promised land.
• “These people must wander in the wilderness,” He said. “They will all spend the rest of their lives in the desert, all of them except Caleb and Joshua, who believed Me. I could have brought them to the promised land within a year. Instead, the people will wander in the desert for 40 years. They will die in the desert. Their children will be the ones to finally settle in the land of milk and honey.”
• God says that Joshua and Caleb had a different spirit. Because they believed in God’s promises —that He was always with them and would never leave them — they were able to enter the Promised Land 40 years later.
• Lesson:
• God’s promises are real.  We just have to trust in Him.
• When faced with a problem, focus on God. He is bigger than our problems.

2. Suggested Activities

• Song: “My God is so BIG!” 
• Craft: Picture of grasshopper with words “My God is so BIG!”

12 Mei 2013

Kelas Balita
Sesi 1 = Coach Junita
             (asst. Kasey & Fenny)

 Sesi 2 = Coach Carrie
             (asst. Adeline)

Kelas 1 - 3 
Sesi 1 = Coach Susi Tjio

Sesi 2 = Coach Agus Rianto
Kelas 4 - 6
Sesi 1 = Coach Savitri
Sesi 2 = Coach Lusiana

Jesus Goes Up to Heaven

1. Story (based on Luke 24:44-53)

•  Last week we learnt about how Jesus appeared his disciples. What was the name of the disciple who wanted proof that Jesus was alive?(Thomas) And who did Jesus say was more blessed because they believed without seeing? (All of us)
• Over the next 40 days, Jesus met and talked with His disciples and explained many things to them.
• He explained to them about what all the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms were talking about — they were talking about Jesus. Everything that happened to Him — His life, His death and His resurrection — had already been planned by God from the beginning of time.
• As Jesus talked, the disciples’ minds were opened so that they could understand the Scriptures.
•  Jesus is the Saviour who had to suffer and rise from the dead on the third day
• Those who put their faith in Him will receive forgiveness of their sins
• This good news will be preached in Jesus’ name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
• The disciples are witnesses of these things. They can tell other people about Jesus.
• But before that, Jesus told his disciples to stay in the city first until they receive the Holy Spirit.
• Jesus promised to send them His Holy Spirit, which will give them the power to do all that God has called them to do.
• Jesus and His disciples went out to Bethany.
• He lifted up His hands and blessed his disciples. While He was doing so, He was taken up into heaven in front of their eyes.
• The disciples worshipped and returned to Jerusalem with great joy. They stayed in the temple to praise God.

2. Lesson

• Jesus opened their minds about the Scriptures
• The disciples began to see that all Scripture was about Jesus.
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• Jesus had to go so the Holy Spirit could come
• When Jesus was on earth, He could only be in one place at a time. But when He returns to the Father, His Holy Spirit can come and live in each and every one of us forever.
• We cannot serve or do anything for God in our own strength. We need the Holy Spirit’s power in our life to do all that God wants us to do.
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• Jesus has gone to the Father, and He will come back for us!
• The story of The Ascension is one of great joy. It would seem quite sad to have to say goodbye to Jesus so soon, but He does promise to come back for us one day.  
• We can look forward to Jesus’ coming again with great joy and expectation!

3. Suggested Activities

• Related craft with “Jesus will come back again for us one day”
• Worksheets:
• Wordsearch 

5 Mei 2013

Kelas Balita  
Sesi 1 = Coach Susan
             (asst. Felicia)
Sesi 2 = Coach Dewi
             (asst. Laila)
 
Kelas 1 - 3

Sesi 1 = Coach Eko H  
Sesi 2 = Coach Shevica (Agus Siswanto)  

Kelas 4 - 6  
Sesi 1 = Coach Swanky  
Sesi 2 = Coach Andy T.

Jesus appears to His disciples

1. Story (based on Luke 24:36-53; John 20:24-29)

• Last week we learnt about how Jesus appeared to some of His disciples. How many? (2) What was the name of one of them?(Cleopas). Where were they walking to? (Emmaus)
• After the two disciples recognized Jesus, they quickly ran all the way back to Jerusalem to tell the others that they had seen Jesus.
• The other disciples were also excited … Jesus had appeared to Simon Peter. As they were talking, suddenly, guess who appeared before them? Jesus!
• The disciples were startled and afraid. They thought He was a ghost!

• Jesus proves He is not a ghost
• Jesus immediately proclaimed, “Peace be with you. Why are you troubled, and why do you doubt?”
• To prove to the disciples that he was not a ghost, or their imagination or a projected image, Jesus asked them to touch Him. “Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”
• The disciples saw Jesus’ hands and feet. They saw the place where the nails were pierced. They were amazed. But still they didn’t believe completely it was really Jesus!
• So Jesus asked for something to eat. They gave him a piece of broiled fish, and Jesus took it and ate it in front of it. After all, ghosts don’t eat!  

• Jesus proves Himself to Thomas
• There was one disciple who wasn’t in there when Jesus appeared. His name was Thomas.
• When his friends told him they had seen Jesus, He still did not believe.  “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”
• A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them.
• Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!”  
• Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.”
• Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”
• Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

• Jesus proves Himself to us
• We may not have seen Jesus appear in physical form.
• We may not have touched his sides and his hands.
• We may not have seen him eat a piece of fish in front of us.
• But we can still know that He lives in us and through us.
• Even though we do not see His body, we have His spirit.
• Jesus is alive. And He is with us every day!
• Jesus calls us “blessed” because of our faith in Him.
• Do you want to believe in Jesus? If yes, please pray with me.
• Lord Jesus, even though I don’t see you, I can believe in you and receive you into my life. Thank you for loving me, for dying on the cross for me, and for raising from the dead. Thank you for your Spirit living in me always. In your name I pray, Amen!
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2. Suggested Activities

• Memory Verse activity: any game/activity that helps kids to memorise the Memory Verse.
• John 20:29 Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.
• Word search