Posts Tagged ‘Sunday School’

The Altar of Elijah

Tuesday, October 15th, 2013

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To make a craft of the altar of Elijah, all you will need is some white self-hardening clay and small pebbles. Roll the clay into the shape of an altar, like a short cylinder. Press the pebbles into the clay. You’re done! How easy was that? And great fun for all ages!

Now you are ready to tell the story of the altar of Elijah, found in I Kings 18:20-39. The priests of Baal try to get their god to accept their offering by having fire come down from heaven. It never happens, even when they cut themselves to indicate that they are dedicated to their god. Elijah insults them by telling them to yell louder, that maybe their god is taking a nap.

the-altar-of-Elijah-2Finally at the end of the day, it’s Elijah’s turn. He tells the people to pour four pitchers of water on top of the altar three times, as well as digging a trench around the altar. The entire trench is full of water. He prays once, and fire thunders down from heaven, consuming the entire sacrifice and licking up all the water. The people fall down on their faces and say, “The Lord, He is God!”

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Sheep Craft

Saturday, October 12th, 2013

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This sheep craft is super easy to make, and you can use it to explain many concepts from the Bible. Jesus describes us as sheep, and so does David in the most famous Psalm 23. Christ is our Shepherd and takes care of us, even though we stubbornly wander away from Him. We are also led astray easily if we do not stay close to our Shepherd.

Jesus is also described as the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. He went as a Lamb to the slaughter according to Isaiah 53, and He did not open His mouth to defend Himself. He knew that He had to bear the penalty for our sin, because the wages of sin is death. (Romans 6:23) The automatic result of sin is separation from God (true death). The only way that we can have a relationship with God is if our sin has been removed, and that is what Christ accomplished for us on the cross.

For this craft, you will need the following supplies:

  • large white pompom
  • hot glue
  • black modeling clay
  • small google eyes
  • black pipe cleaner

Plug in the glue gun. Chop four small feet from the pipe cleaner. Mold a sheep head out of a small piece of black clay, squishing up the ears. Don’t make the head too big, or the sheep will want to stand on its head and do acrobatics because of top-heaviness.

Mash the two small google eyes into the clay. Hot glue the four legs on the bottom of the sheep, tilting the legs outward slightly to keep the sheep from falling over (which they often do in real life!) Then hot glue the head to the white pompom. This whole craft only takes 5 minutes, and it looks gorgeous!

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Jacob’s Ladder

Monday, October 7th, 2013

Jacob's-ladderThis craft will help children to internalize the story of Jacob’s ladder from the Bible. God gave Jacob a vision of angels ascending and descending a stairway or ladder into heaven. Then the Lord Himself appeared to Jacob, confirming the same covenant that he would have lots of descendants, just as He had promised Abraham and Isaac.

You will need popsicle sticks and string. You also need a drill and Elmer’s glue. Grab a piece of wood that you don’t care about. (My husband says it’s called a spoil board.) Place that under where you’re going to drill, so that you don’t totally ruin your dining room table.

Drill holes in 10-12 popsicle sticks, one on each side. Make sure that the drill bit is the correct size to fit the string through. You want the hole to be large enough to thread the string through, but small enough to stop the stick from sliding with just one knot.

Cut two equal pieces of string about a foot and a half long. Put some Elmer’s glue on the top of one piece of string. Let the glue dry about 30 minutes until it is hard, making it a “needle” for threading the popsicle sticks. Thread the string through each hole on one side of the popsicle sticks, knotting before placing the stick down the string. Do the same to the other side. Watch the video to see how to do this:

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Sand and Stars: Abraham’s Descendants

Sunday, October 6th, 2013

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Why not make a craft using sand and stars to illustrate Abraham’s descendants? God promised Abraham as many descendants as there was sand on the seashore. God also compared Abraham’s descendants to the stars in the heavens. This promise was made at a time that Abraham and his wife were too old to bear children, so the fact that Isaac was born was a miracle. God indeed fulfilled His promise, and from Isaac came Jacob, and from Jacob came the 12 tribes of Israel. If you would like to see a chart of the genealogy of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, click here.

To make this fun craft, you will need the following materials:

  • a plastic jar
  • washed sand
  • water
  • blue egg dye
  • gold stars confetti

Scoop some sand into the jar. Add water to the jar. Put a couple of drops of blue food coloring into the jar to represent the sky. Now pour the star confetti into the jar. Screw on the lid. Your sand and stars craft is complete. You can use this like a snow globe, shaking it to see the sand and stars, remembering God’s promise to Abraham.

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