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Put up HeartWhy did God send His Son from His beautiful home in Heaven to die for us? Because God is love. He lovesyou with an everlasting love. He knew there was no other way your sins could be forgiven except through thedeath of His son, Jesus. Jesus said, “I am the way.no one comes to the Father except through Me.” (John14:6). If you know you have sinned against God and believe that Jesus died for your sins and rose again, defeating that sin, you can ask Him to be your Savior from sin and death today! God wants to forgive your sinand give you eternal life, He wants you to be part of His forever family! Repeat this truth after me: God islove. He loves you with an everlasting love.Put up CrownGod was pleased with His Son. He gave Him the special place of honor at His right side in heaven. Acts chapter 2 verse 32 tells us that God raised Jesus back to life and exalted Him to His right hand. Sin and deathcould not have victory over God because God is in charge of it all. Let’s say this truth together: God is Creator and Ruler of all. He wants everyone to obey and live His way.To all who receive Jesus as their Savior, God gives them His own Spirit.Put up H.S. signHe is called the Holy Spirit. God the Holy Spirit is our live-inside friend. Jesus went back to heaven, but HisSpirit will live in our hearts forever. God is always present with those who have received His Son as their Savior. And someday those who belong to Him will be with Him forever; either in Heaven or on the New Earthwhen Jesus returns. Say this truth with me: God the Holy Spirit is our live-inside friend.Isn’t God wonderful? Lets go through each of the truths we have learned so far.Each week we’re going to learn more of God’s story and how important He is in our lives everyday.Don’t worry if you feel confused or if you feel like all of this is too big to understand; God is big! And we willnever understand everything about Him, but that’s okay, we can trust Him because He loves us.God gave us the Christian Church and other Christians so that we can talk about when we are confused orunsure; all Christians are on a path of discovering what God’s plan for them is and we will continue to discover it our whole lives.To start the Christian path all you need to do is pray. Tell God you are sorry for not loving others and yourselfthe way He wants you to; ask God to forgive your sins and give you the Holy Spirit, then decide to do yourbest to follow God’s word, The Bible, for the rest of your life. Once you have done that your Christian journeyhas begun! Don’t forget to read The Bible, and ask for help from the Holy Spirit and other Christians alongthe way, you are not in this alone!Page 2/2

Puppet Skit—Week 1**Needed: An envelope with the words “Promise Inside” and teacher’s name written on the outside. A pieceof paper inside the envelope says, “Come to Bible Club today where you will learn about God’s promises foryou.” Attach this to Len’s hand.Len:(Comes up.) Hey, Lucy, come here!Lucy: (Comes up.) Hi, Len, what do you want?Len:(Excited.) I’ve got a letter. (Shows envelope.)Lucy: Big deal!Len:No, look. It is from (Bible Club teacher’s name), our Bible Club teacher.Lucy: (Looks at envelope) It says, “Promise Inside.” What does that mean?Len:I don’t know! I didn’t open it yet.Lucy: LEN, JUST OPEN THE LETTER AND FIND THE PROMISE!Len:Whoops! I dropped it. (Len tries to open the envelope but drops it, and goes down to pick it up. Hecomes up with the letter open. He reads it silently for a moment.)Len:Here, Lucy, you read it.Lucy: (Lucy reads) “Come to Bible Club today where you will learn about God’s Promises for you. I promise to listen to your questions and teach you the truth about God and His promises.”ALL RIGHT! It says Bible Club is starting today and (Bible Club teacher’s name) is promising toteach and listen to us.Len:What are God’s promises? What does that mean?Lucy: How would I know? We’d better go to Bible Club and find out, I guess.Len:Sometimes I promise to do or not do things but I don’t always keep my promises. I wonder what promises God made to us and how He keeps His promises; I didn’t even know He did that!Lucy: Me too! Hey let’s invite some other kids to come, so they can know about the promises of God!(Len and Lucy make excited noises as they exit.)

God’s PromisesWeek Two:CreationLesson GoalTo aid children in understanding how Godcreated and upholdsthe world and speaksto us through creationand His WordScriptureGenesis 1 & 2VisualLesson 2 Creation :God’s PromisesFlannelgraphSupplies Needed:God’s Story Symbols: Bible (Truth) Crown (Ruler),Blue circle (EternalGod)H.S. (Holy Spirit)Other: Felt Rainbow, “God Speaks” Bible with Biblesymbol inside Cadence Visual Stamp that says“made by God” forpuppet skit.“Let them praise the name of the Lord, for at Hiscommand they were created.” Psalm 148:5Opening Welcome children and open with prayer.Sing some of the songs you learned last week.Puppet Show Lucy comes up and the puppet show begins (she is occupied with stamping). The puppets show that we can see God's greatness through his creation.Introduction to Bible Story (Rainbow Visual) Before we get into our first true story from the Bible, here’s a rap called the Cadencethat will help us remember the promises we will learn this year. Repeat after me. Forthe first few weeks have them repeat after you doing the motions until they learn it.Put up the felt rainbow or have a child helper hold it.This year as we talk about God’s promises we will put them on this beautiful rainbow.The rainbow is a sign of God’s promises; we’ll find out why later. The promise fromGod this week is that God speaks to us. (Take out “God Speaks” and place on rainbow.) How does God speak?Here’s one way—the Bible. God speaks to us through His Word, the Bible. Place theBible symbol from God’s Story on the rainbow near “God Speaks”Review that GOD IS TRUTH. HIS WORD, THE BIBLE IS TRUE. Have the childrensay this together with you.As we learned from Len and Lucy, God also speaks to us through His Creation. God isthe creator of all things and He can speak to us through what He has created.Sing Word of God Speak.Bible Story Let’s see how God created all the things in the world.Share the creation account using flannelgraph. (Story content is provided)Focus Verse Have the group read the focus verse together. God’s promise is that He speaks to usthrough His Word and Creation. Can God speak through you? Are you apart ofGod’s creation? Yes! As our focus verse says, at God’s command you were created!Listen for God’s voice everywhere you go, God promised to speak to you, are youlistening?Closingkidslifebibleclubs.org Pass out any take home sheets.Pray to close the lesson and dismiss the children using the KLBC check out procedure.

When the World Began– Year 1 Lesson 2Once long, long ago there was no world. There was no land, no sky, no sun. There were no trees, nobirds, no animals, no people, and no cities. There was nothing-nothing but God. God always lived. His life hasno beginning and it has no end. (Blue circle) God is Eternal. He always was and always will be. The Biblesays, “In the beginning God created the heaven and the Earth.” Genesis 1:1. In fact that is the very first versein the Bible. God wants you to know that He created everything. Created means made out of nothing, Godused no ingredients, He just spoke! He thought of everything that should be in the world. And He decided howeach thing should be made.On the first day God said, “Let there be light.and there was light. Then He divided the light from thedarkness. And He called the light day and the darkness night.” The second day God commanded that thereshould be air and sky. He said there should be water in the sky and water below the sky. After God separatedthe water He said, “Let the waters under the sky run together and let dry land appear.” On the third day,land, hills, mountains, and fields rose up out of the water. Streams of water ran down the hills and mountainsand filled some valleys to form lakes and oceans. God named the land Earth and the big place where the waterran together He called seas. Then God ordered, “Let the Earth sprout grass, plants and trees.” Apple, orange,maple, oak, and other trees grew out of nowhere. God had planned how each tree, each flower and vegetableshould look and grow. And he made a rule that every plant should have its own kind of seed so that it couldmultiply. The fourth day God said, “Let there be lights in the sky to divide day from night.” The sun began toshine and warmed the Earth with bright sunlight. The silvery moon and stars gave light in the darkness. TheSun and Moon mark our seasons and days. Then the Earth was ready for animals. What kind did God makefirst? On the fifth day God filled the rivers and oceans with water animals and fish of all kinds. For the air andtrees, God made birds. Tiny birds and big, strong-winged birds to fly high in the sky. But there were still noanimals on the dry land. So on the sixth day God spoke, “Let there be all kinds of animals.” and puppiesjumped and barked, cows and sheep munched green grass. Leopards and lions roamed in the forests. Chattering monkeys were swinging in the trees. And God announced a rule for the animals too– Each would have babies of its own kind. Then God looked at everything He had made and was pleased. He saw that everythingwas very good. Even though the world was perfect there was something missing. There was no one to live in it-no one to enjoy it. There was no one to thank and love God, or to talk with Him. So last of all, on the sixthday, God made the most wonderful part of His world. He made man! From the Earth God made a grown-upman. He gave the man a mind to think and know and remember. But then He gave the man something specialthat He had not given to any of the animals. God gave the man a living soul. He put the soul into the man’sbody. God made woman out of a bone from the man’s side and said that they were made in His own image.That means that we are made in God’s image too! He gave us special abilities He didn’t give to plants andanimals. We have a soul where the Holy Spirit (H.S.) can live in us. On the final day of creation, the seventhday, God rested. God didn’t rest because He was tired, but instead He rested to enjoy His creation. God wantsus to do this too. He wants us to have time (at least one full day) where we enjoy His creation and worshipHim for it. For He is the only true God. He is the great God who made the world and is the ruler over it(Crown), God gives us every good thing because He loves us. God is the creator and ruler of all. He wantseveryone to obey him and live his way.Sections adapted from BCM Footsteps of FaithReview Questions1. How was the world made?2. What did God think of the world He made?3. Name 2 ways God speaks to us.4. When you see something wonderful God has made, what can you do to say thank you?

Puppet Skit—Week 2**Props: A rubber stamp that has the words “Made by God” taped on the bottom or the side so everyone can see it.Lucy: (Lucy is busy stamping everything she can get her hands on)Len:(Enters.) What are you doing, Lucy?Lucy: I’m trying out my new rubber stamp!Len:Rubber stamp?Lucy: Yeah, I bought this at the store yesterday.Len:What does it say?Lucy: It says, “Made by God.”Len:What are you going to do with it?Lucy: I’m going to stamp everything I can find that God created. I want EVERYBODY to see how great He is.Len:(Short pause.) Lucy, there are two problems with that. One, some of the things God made look better when they aren’tstamped.Lucy: (Thoughtfully.) Yeah, I suppose the Grand Canyon with “Made by God” written in giant letters on one of the wallswouldn’t look so great.Len:And the other problem is that you will have to stamp everything.Lucy: (Disbelief.) Everything?Len:Everything.Lucy: (Thoughtfully.) Even you?Len:(Backs away from Lucy.) You stay away from me with that stamp!Lucy: I suppose stamping everything isn’t such a good idea.Len:Oh, Lucy, you usually have great ideas but this just isn’t the best way to tell the world how great God is.Lucy: You’re right, Len. It wasn’t working anyway.Len:What do you mean?Lucy: Well, I wanted to give God the credit for the little things He made, too. So I tried stamping all the ants.Len:(Amazed.) The ants!Lucy: Yeah, it didn’t work so well. First, there were too many of them. Second, there was a lot of hit and miss because they don’tstand still. But the biggest problem was that the ants I did manage to stamp were squashed! (Pauses.) I know! I’ll go stamp mybrother!! (Lucy exits.)Len:That Lucy! She just doesn’t get it. God doesn’t need her stamp to tell how great He is! (Len exits.)

God’s PromisesWeek Three:The FallLesson GoalThe children will learnthat: a.) we all havesinned b.) sin keeps usfrom God c.) Godpromises forgivenessthrough Jesus ChristScripture“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just andwill forgive us our sins.” 1 John 1:9Opening Rainbow Visual and Focus Verse Genesis 3VisualLesson 3 The Fall:God’s PromisesFlannelgraph Supplies Needed:God’s Story Symbols: Circle (eternal) Heart (love) Bible (truth) Cross (holy)Others: Felt rainbow God Speaks andGod ForgivesHave prayer time and sing the songs they learned in weeks 1 and 2.Say the Cadence followed by the two focus verses they have learned. Reviewing theseverses each week will help them hide God’s words in their hearts and minds.Take out the rainbow and put on board. Here is our beautiful rainbow. The rainbow isa sign of God’s promises. What was last week’s promise?Put up “God Speaks” promise words on the rainbow or have a child do it. Reviewhow God speaks to us. And what do we do knowing that God has created us– Wepraise Him!Our promise for today is “God Forgives.”Place the promise words on the felt rainbow. Leave the rainbow draped over a cornerof the flannelgraph board for the lesson.Our focus verse for today also has the word “forgive” in it. Let’s read it together, “Ifwe confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins.” 1 John 1:9.This verse is a promise that no matter how many times we sin or even what the sin is;if we confess our sin to God (that means we tell God that we are sorry for these sins)then He WILL forgive us. No ifs, ands, or buts! That’s a promise!Today our true story from the Bible will teach us why we need this promised forgiveness and how God planned on saving us from our sins from the very beginning.But first lets see what Len and Lucy are up to.Puppet Show Len reminds Lucy that no act is so bad that God cannot forgive it.Bible Story Sing: Word of God SpeakUse Flannelgraph and Genesis 3 or the Story content provided.Review/Application Put up the cross from God’s Story on the flannelgraph board. Adam and Even had to believethat someday God's promise would come true and their sins would be forgiven. If they believedthis, they could be close to God again and live with Him one day in Heaven. They had to believe in God’s promise, but we can see how God kept His promise! We know that God did senda savior to us in His son Jesus. And by believing in Jesus we can have our sins forgiven too!Invite the children to receive the gift of salvation.Closingkidslifebibleclubs.org Pray to close lesson.Dismiss children using the KLBC check out procedure

What Spoiled the World?– Year 1 Lesson 3What was Lucy’s problem? Lucy did something wrong. What did she do? The Bible calls these wrongthings SIN. God is perfect. (Blue Circle). He lives in Heaven-the perfect place where there is no sin. Anyonewho has done something wrong, even if it is just a small thing, can’t come near to God because of this sin. Whydo people do wrong things? Why isn’t everyone kind, gentle, and loving all the time like God. (Red Heart).Let’s see what the Bible tells us about that (Bible) God is Truth. His word, the Bible is true. The Bible tells us that when God first made theworld, no weeds, no poison ivy, or thorns grew anywhere. No pesky bugs bothered plants or people. None ofthe animals clawed or killed each other. The first people, Adam and Eve, were perfect too. They never complained or cheated. They did not think a bad thought or want to do one thing that was wrong. They loved Godand each other and were happy every day. But there was someone who was not happy-someone who hates Godand hates the world He made. There was an enemy in the garden– It was Satan, the devil. He had once been agood angel, but He became proud and bad. Some other angels listened to him and followed his bad ways. SoGod threw Him and his angel followers out of heaven. When Satan saw the perfect new world, he wanted morethan anything to spoil it. He would try to get Adam and Eve to disobey God and be like himself.In the middle of the garden where Adam and Eve lived there were two special trees. One was called thetree of life and the other was the tree of knowing good and bad. God told Adam and Eve, “You may eat thefruit from all the trees except the tree of knowing good and bad. If you eat its fruit, you will surely die.”One day Eve heard a voice speak to her, a voice she had never hear before. The voice came from asnake; it was the devil calling to Eve from a snake. “Did God really say you should not eat from every tree inthe garden?” he asked slyly. Eve answered, “We may eat fruit from all the trees except from the tree of knowing good and bad. God said we must not eat its fruit or touch it or we shall die.” “You will not die,” lied Satan. “God does not want you to eat the fruit because then you will become very wise. You will be like Him andknow the difference between what is good and what is bad.” Slowly Eve stretched out her hand. She picked apiece of fruit from the tree and she took a bite! Then she turned to Adam and offered him some of the fruit. Adam took the fruit and ate it too! How sad. There was only one thing that God had asked them not to do andthey had disobeyed him. Adam and Eve had bad thoughts for the first time, they had selfish feelings and gotangry. They felt ashamed that they were naked and covered themselves with leaves they could find. When Godcame into the garden to talk with Adam and Eve, they hid because they were afraid of what God would say.God called out to Adam and Eve and asked them if they had eaten from the fruit He told them not to. Adamblamed it on Eve and Eve blamed her sin on the snake. Because of their disobedience God punished Adam andEve and kicked them out of the garden. Adam and Eve could no longer be close to God now that they had sin intheir hearts. But before Adam and Eve left the garden God made them clothes of animal skins. (Red Heart).God did this to show His love for Adam and Eve and to point to the future; that one day another sacrificewould be made, a sacrifice that would save the entire world. (Cross). This is God’s promise; that He would notleave Adam and Eve in their sin and shame but would provide a way for them to be close with God again. TheBible tells us that Jesus, God’s son, is the way that God provided. Jesus took all the punishment for sin on himself, died, and rose back to life offering us a way to be free from our sin and Satan once and for all. ThroughJesus, God kept His promise to Adam and Eve. Isn’t that amazing! (End with review and application from thelesson sheet.)Sections adapted from BCM Footsteps of FaithReview Questions1. What kind of home did God make for Adam and Eve?2. Who got Eve to disobey God?3. What great promise did God give?

Puppet Skit—Week 3Lucy appears sniffling as though she has been crying.Len appears, looks around, sees Lucy crying.Len:What’s the matter, Lucy? Why are you crying?Lucy: Oh, Len, I’ve just done something terribly bad! (She starts crying again.)Len:Lucy, what could be so bad? Nothing could be that bad!Lucy: Well, this is! I feel terrible. I know God will never forgive me.Len:Lucy, that’s not true! God always forgives us when we ask.Lucy: This is pretty bad. I’m not sure God wants to forgive me.Len:What is it? What did you do?L

God wants us to know the truth about Himself so He has written a book for us called the Bible. This is where we find God’s Story about Himself. We will be learning verses from the Bible that tell us God’s promises to us. Since we know His Word is true we know His promises come true. One of the pr