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We had a great time filming our I & II Thessalonians Unit Study. We re-enacted lots of skits, referred to a map of Thessalonica, and baked a cake to represent the Day of the Lord.

When looking at the overview for I & II Thessalonians, we saw that one of the main themes was the Day of the Lord. We filmed Jesus and an archangel up on a chair holding some clouds while the archangel blew the shofar, the Jewish trumpet. The dead in Christ rise first to meet the Lord in the air, so we had a black gravestone made out of black poster board. One of my sons floated up out of the gravestone to meet the Lord in the air. You see him in the clouds with Jesus and the archangel.

We looked at a map of where Thessalonica was located, which is in Macedonia north of Greece. I have a beautiful biblical map that a woman from my mom’s church gave her. It was created with markers on a large piece of felt. You can easily look in the back of your Bible to find a map of Paul’s missionary journeys, and you will find where the city is located.

We acted out various skits to bring to life the topics discussed in these two letters from Paul to the Thessalonians:

• If you don’t work, neither shall you eat. (Give bread to the one that is working, but don’t let the lazy person have any bread.)
• While saying, “Peace and safety,” destruction comes. (Throw lots of couch pillows on an unsuspecting person.)
• Admonish the unruly. (An out-of-control person gets scolded.)
• Encourage the fainthearted. (When someone is sad, give them a hug.)
• Help the weak. (Help an elderly man walk across the street.)
• Be patient with all men. (Have a kid sit in a chair while people around him are being annoying. Have him sit patiently, as pictured above.)
• Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks. (Act out each of these commands.)

We also make a cake that represented the Day of the Lord. It is a cloud shape with white frosting. A trumpet shaped by chocolate frosting is on the top. This was the culminating activity for our I & II Thessalonians Unit Study.

If you enjoyed these activities, you will love the Bible section of the Unit Study Treasure Vault that includes unit studies for every book of the Bible!

Tags: Bible, Bible class, Bible lesson, New Testament, Sunday School

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