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SUGGESTED DATEWeek of September 11
GOD’S PLANFOR PEOPLE
LIFE POINT: God made people in His own imaGe.
LEADER BIBLE STUDY In the last session we showed how modern astronomy verifies the universe was
created. Even more astounding is that science has discovered how the universe is
fine-tuned for the existence of human life. Consider this: if the earth was not 93 million
miles from the sun, was not tilted on its axis at precisely 23.4 degrees, did not rotate
exactly once every 24 hours, or did not revolve around the sun every 365.25 days, we
could not exist on this planet!
We traced God’s process to prepare the world for the pinnacle of His creation: The
human race! Beginning in Genesis 2:4, we see how God made man and woman.
God formed man (Hebrew: Adam) and breathed into him the “breath of life.”
God placed the man, later named Adam, in a beautiful garden where nourishing
plants grew. In the garden were two special trees: the tree of life and the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil. God forbade Adam to eat from the tree of the knowledge
of good and evil.
As time passed God allowed the Adam to name all the animals. Nonetheless, none
was really adequate as his companion. Therefore, God put Adam to sleep and formed a
woman from his rib. God brought them together and blessed the marriage of the man
and woman.
What is the special significance of God’s breathing life into Adam so that Adam
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Why did God forbid Adam to eat fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good
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Why is God’s definition of marriage so significant? (see Jesus’ affirmation:
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LEVEL OF BIBLICAL LEARNINGGod created people in His image.
BIBLE PASSAGEGenesis 2:4-24
UNIT VERSEIn the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Genesis 1:1 (KJV)
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 (HCSB)
WEEKLY BIBLE VERSEGenesis 1:27
CREATION
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REVIEW QUESTIONS
›What did God create the man from? (dust of the ground)
›What did God breathe into the man? (the breath of life)
› In whose image did God make man? (in His Own image)
›Where did God place Adam? (in the garden of Eden)
›What did God plan for the man to do in the garden? (work in the garden and watch over it)
›What did God see that was not good? (for the man to be alone)
›What did God create the woman from? (the rib of the man)
BIBLE STORY
God’s Plan for People
God created a man out of the dust of the ground. God breathed life into the man, and
he became a living being. God made the man in His Own image.
God planted a garden in Eden, and He made every tree to grow in the garden. Some
trees were beautiful and some trees supplied food. A river went out from Eden to water
the garden. From there it divided and became the start of four other rivers.
God took the man He created and placed him in the garden. God planned for the man
to work in the garden and to watch over it. God told him that he could eat from any
tree in the garden except for one.
God saw that it was not good for the man to be alone. He decided to make the man
a helper. God brought all of the animals of the ground and the birds of the sky to the
man. The man named all of the animals and birds. But none of them could be the
man’s helper.
God caused the man to fall asleep. God took one of the man’s ribs and closed the man’s
skin. Then God made the rib from the man into a woman. God took the woman to the
man. The man said, “This is bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh. I will call her woman
because she was taken from man.”
— B A S E D O N G E N E S I S 2 : 4 - 2 4
B I B L E S T U D I E S F O R L I F E G R A D E S 1–3 & 4 – 6 15
Grades
1-3
›Pack Item 5: “Bible Books Chart”
›marker board and marker
›DVD
›aluminum foil
›dolls (1 for every 3-4 kids)
›Option: “God’s Plan for People” coloring page (CD)
›DVD-Click on the missions tab video menu to find the video “Learning the Stories.”
›“International Missions: West Africa” (CD)
› large bath towels–Place towels on the floor for kids to sit on.
PRACTICE BIBLE SKILLS • Place the boys in one group and the girls in another.
• Ask kids to open their Bibles to Genesis 2 and find the words man and woman.
• Guide the boys to find the name of a man anywhere in the Bible and call out the
reference. Write the reference on a marker or poster board.
• Invite the girls to find the reference and to call out the name mentioned in the verse.
Write the name beside the reference.
• Switch roles and play again.
• Instruct the girls to find the name of a woman in the Bible and call out the reference.
Add the reference to the marker or poster board.
• Lead the boys to find the reference and to call out the name mentioned in the verse.
INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITY • Give each group of three to four kids a large piece of foil.
• Guide each group to wrap the foil around an object in the room.
• Lead kids to gently remove the foil to create a mold of the object.
• Guide groups to ask another group to guess what the foil represents.
• Next, give each group of kids a large piece of foil and a doll.
• Guide each group to wrap the foil around the doll’s face.
• Lead kids to gently remove the foil to create a mold of the doll’s face.
• Talk about how the impressions resemble faces. Explain that when God created
people He did something much greater. He created people in His own image!
• Show “God’s Plan for People: Introduction” video.
MISSIONS EMPHASIS • Show the video “Learning the Stories” or read the missions story.
• Lead kids to make comparisons about your church and the church they saw in the
video. Remind kids that kids in West Africa are hearing the same Bible stories they are!
• Comment that Kimberly Cain hopes that as the children learn, they will grow up and
choose to follow Jesus. Kimberly believes that God has special plans for these children.
• Pray and thank God for missionaries like Kimberly who are telling children all over the
world about Jesus.
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Grades
4-6
›marbles or gumballs
›shallow box lid–Cut or punch 5 holes in the lid slightly larger than the marble. Label each hole with a Bible book name: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy.
›DVD
›DVD-Click on the missions tab video menu to find the video “Learning the Stories.”
›“International Missions: West Africa” (CD)
› large bath towels–Place towels on the floor for kids to sit on.
PRACTICE BIBLE SKILLS • Review the general content of each of the Old Testament Law books (Genesis–story
about creation and the first people; Exodus–the story of the exit of God’s people from
Egypt; Leviticus–laws God gave His people; Numbers–events during 40 years in the
wilderness; Deuteronomy–Moses’ final “do’s and don’ts” to the people).
• Lead kids to stand in a circle, one palm facing up. Place the box lid on one of the kids’
hands, then drop one marble in the lid.
• Kids should pass the box lid around the circle using only their flat hands. When the
marble drops through one of the labeled holes, prompt kids to tell you what kind of
information or stories they can find in that book.
• After each rotation around the circle, add another marble and direct kids to pass the
lid in the opposite direction.
INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITY • Direct kids to sit in a circle.
• Read the characteristics below. Kids who fit the description will move one chair to
the right; kids who do not fit the description will stay seated. If the chair is already
occupied, kids should share the space (put a hand on the chair, balance a knee on the
seat, and so on).
• Use descriptions like: blue eyes, snores, not ticklish, only child, fish owner, plays an
instrument, likes going barefoot, can ice skate, and so forth.
• Remark that God created all kinds of people, but all the people He created are made in
His image.
• Show “God’s Plan for People: Introduction” video.
MISSIONS EMPHASIS • Show the video “Learning the Stories” or read the missions story.
• Lead kids to make comparisons about your church and the church they saw in the
video. Remind kids that kids in West Africa are hearing the same Bible stories they are!
• Comment that Kimberly Cain hopes that as the children learn, they will grow up and
choose to follow Jesus. Kimberly believes that God has special plans for these children.
• Pray and thank God for missionaries like Kimberly who are telling children all over the
world about Jesus.
B I B L E S T U D I E S F O R L I F E G R A D E S 1–3 & 4 – 6 17
Grades
1-3
STUDY THE BIBLE ►1. Unit Verse
• Sing “Your Amazing World” (track 1).
• Display the “Unit 1 Banner and Verse.”
• Invite kids to say the verse together
several times.
• Give one child a sticky note and ask him
to place the note over a word.
• Guide the kids to say the verse, including
the covered word.
• Continue until kids cover all words and
can say the verse from memory.
• Option: Teach the weekly Bible verse,
Genesis 1:27.
►2. Bible Story
• Invite kids to play a mirror game.
• Encourage one child to choose a
movement. Offer suggestions (such as
jumping in place, swinging his arms, or
stretching from side to side.)
• Guide the other kids to mirror his
movement. For example, if the child
hops on his right foot, the kids should
mirror him and hop on their left feet.
• Hold up a mirror. Explain that a mirror
shows a reflection of something.
• Distribute the Kids Activity Pages.
• Guide kids to discover the missing word
in “Trace the Numbers.”
• Ask kids to define the term image.
• Explain that an image is “something that
closely resembles something else.” God
created us like Him in the way we think,
feel, and decide.
• Guide kids to listen for the word image
as you open your Bible to Genesis 2 and
tell the story.
►3. Review
• Display the Teaching Picture.
• Invite kids to explain how the word
image was used in the story.
• Ask kids the review questions.
• Pray and thank God for making people
in His Own image.
►4. Life Action
• Explain that God made each person
special.
• Tell kids to think about qualities that
make them different.
• Remind kids that all of our differences
are good, such as the color of our skin,
the number of freckles we have on our
face, the color of our hair, or the size of
our feet.
• Comment that even though we each
have differences, we are all made in
God’s image.
• Hold the mirror and share something
special about the way God made you.
• Invite kids to pass the mirror around and
share something special about the way
God made them.
• Comment that God created us to have a
relationship with Him, but sin keeps us
from right relationships with Him. That’s
why God sent Jesus—to provide a way
for our sins to be forgiven so that each
of us could have a relationship with God
that would last forever.
• Show “God’s Plan for People: Life Action”
video.
›Pack Item 1: “Unit 1 Banner and Verse”
›Teaching Picture 2
›Kids Activity Pages
›CD
›DVD
›mirror
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Grades
4-6
LIFE POINT
►1. Bible Story
• Sing “Your Amazing World” (track 1).
• Lead kids to review, in order, the result of
each of the days of creation in Genesis 1.
• Comment that Genesis 2 provides more
details about how God provided for the
people He created.
• Open your Bible to Genesis 2 and tell
the Bible story. Note: Guide preteens or
strong readers to investigate the chapter
on their own first. Provide additional
detail as you summarize the story.
• Distribute Kids Activity Pages.
• After reviewing the significance of
chapter and verse numbers in a Bible
reference, lead kids to complete “Found
It!”
• Invite volunteers to read or recap what
they found.
►2. Review
• Direct kids to stand in a circle.
• Volley a balloon across the circle as you
begin a sentence related to the Bible
story: “When God …”
• The player who catches the balloon
should add one word to the series
before volleying to a new player: “When
God made …” Use the Teaching Picture
as a prompt.
• Continue until kids construct an accurate
sentence, one word at a time. Repeat as
time permits.
• To simplify, volley the balloon around
the circle in order rather than at random.
►3. Unit Verse
• Display the “Unit 1 Banner and Verse.”
• Lead kids to read it aloud with you.
• Allow a volunteer to suggest an action
(clapping, stomping) to substitute for the
word created. Lead kids to say the verse,
making the proper substitution.
• Enlist another volunteer to suggest a
second action to replace image. Say the
verse with both substitutions.
• Continue to replace words with actions.
• Option: Teach the weekly Bible verse,
Genesis 1:27.
►4. Life Action
• Explain that being made in God’s image
refers to our ability to think, feel, act,
and decide. When we sin, we are not
thinking, feeling, acting, or deciding in a
way that honors God.
• Talk about how Jesus is the perfect
image of God. Jesus was perfect and
without sin. His sacrifice on the cross
enables us to receive forgiveness for our
sin and have eternal life.
• Call attention to “Who, Me? Like Him?”
on the Kids Activity Page.
• Give kids a few moments to respond to
the survey and suggest other actions,
thoughts, or characteristics that reflect
God’s image.
• Remind kids that sin keeps people from
being perfect reflections of God, but it
does not keep people from God’s love!
God still loves us even though we sin.
• Show “God’s Plan for People: Life Action”
video.
›Pack Item 1: “Unit 1 Banner and Verse”
›Teaching Picture 2
›Kids Activity Pages
›CD
›DVD
› inflated balloon
God made people in His own imaGe.
B I B L E S T U D I E S F O R L I F E G R A D E S 1–3 & 4 – 6 19
Grades
1-3
LIVE IT OUT ►Choice 1: Symmetrical Drawing
• Distribute the “Symmetrical Drawings,”
mirrors, and drawing tools.
• Invite kids to hold mirrors on the
half-drawings to see full images of
things God created.
• Explain that only people are made in
God’s image.
• Encourage kids to choose a drawing.
Lead right-handed kids to choose an
image on the left side and left-handed
kids to choose an image on the right
side.
• Guide kids to place the mirror on the line
with the mirror side facing the image
and look down at the paper to see the
reflection.
• Invite kids to draw the other half of the
image on the paper.
• Distribute blank sheets of paper and
challenge kids to make their own
symmetry drawings.
• Guide each child to draw a line down the
middle of his paper and then draw half
of a symmetrical face or design on one
side of the paper.
• Remind kids that God created people in
His image.
►Choice 2: Build and Compare
• Place kids into groups of three.
• Set up a file folder on a table. Place one
container of play dough behind each file
folder.
• Guide the first child to go behind the file
folder and use half of the play dough to
make one thing God created.
• Lead the second child to go behind the
file folder and describe the structure as
the third child (who cannot see it) tries
to build the same structure with the
remaining half of the play dough.
• Tell kids to use descriptive words to help
describe the structure to the child who
cannot see it.
• Suggest kids talk about the size in
comparison to coins, Ping-Pong® balls, or
crayons.
• Compare the two structures when the
child finishes. Talk about the parts that
turned out the same and those that look
different.
• Allow kids to rotate to each position and
play a total of three times.
• Share how it is difficult for two kids to
make the exact same structure.
• Remind kids that God made man and
woman in His image and that we are not
like any of His other creations.
►Wrap Up
• Show “God’s Plan for People: Wrap Up”
video.
• Remind kids to give their One
Conversation™ pages to their parents.
Choice 1
›Pack Item 7: “Symmetrical Drawings”–Make 1 copy for each child.
›DVD
›hand mirrors
›pencils, crayons, or markers
Choice 2
›DVD
›tape
›file folders (2 per group of 3 kids)–Open the file folders. Tape the right vertical edge of 1 folder to the left edge of the 2nd folder. Set the folders up on a table in the shape of a U.
›containers of play dough (1 per group of 3 kids)
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Grades
4-6
LIFE POINT
►Choice 1: Imago Dei Bracelets
• Guide kids to find and read Genesis 5:1.
• Encourage kids to define, in their own
words, what it means to be created in
God’s image.
• Ask: “Did God create anyone who does
not reflect His image? What makes
it difficult to treat some people as a
reflection of God’s image?”
• Show the construction paper phrase.
• Emphasize that, without exception, all
people possess the imago Dei (Latin for
“image of God.”)
• Discuss how recognizing and respecting
God’s image in others can create
friendships and strengthen relationships.
• Give everyone two cardboard cuffs.
• Lead kids to wrap the cuffs with narrow
strips of printed tape and on the inside
or outside write imago Dei.
• Guide kids to keep one cuff and give the
other one away.
• Challenge kids to tell the recipient that
he or she is created in God’s image.
►Choice 2: All About Appearances
• Comment that instead of basing a
person’s self-worth on being made in
God’s image, many people rely on other
things to feel special.
• Provide newspapers, magazines,
scissors, and glue.
• Guide kids to create a collage with
pictures and captions of things that
represent appearance-based or external-
based self-worth (such as expensive
clothes, strength and athletic ability,
popularity, and so on).
• Prompt kids to explain each picture on
the collage.
• Option: provide markers and allow kids
to draw representative pictures.
• When about five minutes remain, call
for volunteers to read these verses:
Deuteronomy 33:3; 1 Samuel 16:7;
Jeremiah 1:5; Isaiah 43:4; Ephesians 2:10.
• Remind kids that nothing gives a person
more value than being created and
cherished by God.
►Wrap Up
• Show “God’s Plan for People: Wrap Up”
video.
• Remind kids to give their One
Conversation™ pages to their parents.
Choice 1
›empty paper towel rolls–Cut a vertical slit in the roll, then cut the roll into 1-inch lengths to create cuffs (2 per child).
›construction paper–Write imago Dei.
›printed duct tape
›scissors
›permanent markers
Choice 2
›blank poster or large sheet of paper
›assortment of magazines and newspaper sale circulars
›scissors
›glue sticks
God made people in His own imaGe.
B I B L E S T U D I E S F O R L I F E G R A D E S 1–3 & 4 – 6 21
God, s Plan for People
God
cre
ated
a m
an o
ut o
f the
dus
t of t
he g
roun
d. G
od b
reat
hed
life
into
the
man
, and
he
beca
me
a liv
ing
bein
g. G
od m
ade
the
man
in H
is O
wn
imag
e.
God
pla
nted
a g
arde
n in
Ede
n, a
nd H
e m
ade
ever
y tr
ee to
gro
w in
the
gard
en. S
ome
tree
s wer
e be
autif
ul a
nd so
me
tree
s sup
plie
d fo
od. A
rive
r wen
t out
from
Ede
n to
wat
er
the
gard
en. F
rom
ther
e it
divi
ded
and
beca
me
the
star
t of f
our o
ther
rive
rs.
God
took
the
man
He
crea
ted
and
plac
ed h
im in
the
gard
en. G
od p
lann
ed fo
r the
man
to w
ork
in th
e ga
rden
and
to w
atch
ove
r it.
God
told
him
that
he
coul
d ea
t fro
m a
ny tr
ee
in th
e ga
rden
exc
ept f
or o
ne.
God
saw
that
it w
as n
ot g
ood
for t
he m
an to
be
alon
e. H
e de
cide
d to
mak
e th
e m
an a
help
er. G
od b
roug
ht a
ll of
the
anim
als o
f the
gro
und
and
the
bird
s of t
he sk
y to
the
man
.
The
man
nam
ed a
ll of
the
anim
als a
nd b
irds.
But n
one
of th
em c
ould
be
the
man
’s he
lper
.
God
cau
sed
the
man
to fa
ll as
leep
. God
took
one
of t
he m
an’s
ribs a
nd c
lose
d th
e m
an’s
skin
. The
n G
od m
ade
the
rib fr
om th
e m
an in
to a
wom
an. G
od to
ok th
e w
oman
to th
e
man
. The
man
said
, “Th
is is
bone
of m
y bo
ne a
nd fl
esh
of m
y fle
sh. I
will
cal
l her
wom
an
beca
use
she
was
take
n fro
m m
an.”
—B
AS
ED
ON
GE
NE
SIS
2:4
-24
UN
IT V
ERSE
Gen
esis
1:1
WEE
KLY
BIB
LE V
ERSE
Gen
esis
1:2
7
Review Questions
?
Wha
t did
God
cre
ate
the
man
from
? (d
ust o
f the
gro
und)
?
Wha
t did
God
bre
athe
into
the
man
? (th
e br
eath
of l
ife)
?
In w
hose
imag
e di
d G
od m
ake
man
? (in
His
Ow
n im
age)
?
Whe
re d
id G
od p
lace
Ada
m? (
in th
e ga
rden
of E
den)
?
Wha
t did
God
pla
n fo
r the
man
to
do in
the
gard
en? (
wor
k in
the
gard
en
and
wat
ch o
ver i
t)
?
Wha
t did
God
see
that
was
not
goo
d?
(for t
he m
an to
be
alon
e)
?
Wha
t did
God
cre
ate
the
wom
an fr
om?
(the
rib o
f the
man
)
UNIT 1. SESSION 2 God's Plan for People
THE NUMBERS
In the beginning God created the heavens
and the earth. G E N E S I S 1 : 1 ( H C S B )
UNIT VERSEIn the beginning God created
the heaven and the earth. G E N E S I S 1 : 1 ( K J V )
IMAG
E CR
EDIT
: SH
UTT
ERST
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.CO
M
God made people in His own
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To find each letter of the word above, trace the grid from number to number.
Remember to lift up your finger at each dash and do not connect those
numbers on the grid.
Who did God create
in His own image?
Draw a picture of yourself.
God created
(NAME)
in His Own image.B I B L E S T U D I E S F O R L I F E G R A D E S 1–3 5
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THE BIBLE MEETS LIFE: Parents, today your child heard that God has a plan for the people He created. God created people in His image, and people are His most special creation. How does your family respond to being created in God’s image?
LIVE IT OUT: Discuss with your child what the phrase “in God’s image” means. What about the creation of people was different from all other things God created? List some characteristics your child has that are special only to her.
DAILY BIBLE READING: Sunday: John 1:3 Monday: 1 Timothy 2:13 Tuesday: Genesis 5:1 Wednesday: Genesis 5:2 Thursday: Isaiah 43:7 Friday: Luke 19:10 Saturday: 1 Timothy 1:15
GOD’S PLAN FOR PEOPLEGod created a man out of the dust of the ground. God breathed life into the man, and he became a living being. God made the man in His Own image. God planted a garden in Eden, and He made every tree to grow in the garden. Some trees were beautiful and some trees supplied food. A river went out from Eden to water the garden. From there it divided and became the start of four other rivers.
God took the man He created and placed him in the garden. God planned for the man to work in the garden and to watch over it. God told him that he could eat from any tree in the garden except for one.God saw that it was not good for the man to be alone. He decided to make the man a helper. God brought all of the animals of the ground and the birds of the sky to the man. The man named all of the animals and birds. But none of them could be the man’s helper.
God caused the man to fall asleep. God took one of the man’s ribs and closed the man’s skin. Then God made the rib from the man into a woman. God took the woman to the man. The man said, “This is bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh. I will call her woman because she was taken from man.”—based on Genesis 2:4-24
KIDS
6
TAKE IT FURTHER:
Check out the “God’s Plan for People” section of the
Bible Studies for Life: Kids Family App.
WEEKLY BIBLE VERSEGenesis 1:27
LEVEL OF BIBLICAL LEARNING God created people in
His image.
CREATION
BIBLE
CHURCH
CO
MMUNITY
A
N D W O RLD
CREATION
FAMILY
GOD
HOLY SPIRIT
JESUS
PEOPLE
SALVATION
UNIT 1. SESSION 2 God's Plan for People
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
G E N E S I S 1 : 1 ( H C S B )
UNIT VERSEIn the beginning God created
the heaven and the earth. G E N E S I S 1 : 1 ( K J V )
IMAG
E CR
EDIT
: SH
UTT
ERST
OCK
.CO
M
Read GENESIS 2 and you will find some
wonderful things God gave people.
When you find one of the things listed below,
write the verse number where you found it.
(The verse number is the one in small print
within your Bible’s column of text.)
Then compare with a friend—you may find
more than one answer for each clue!
What to Find Where Did You Find It?
FOOD TO EAT
WORK TO DO
RULES TO FOLLOW
SOMETHING TO ENJOY
SOMEONE TO LOVE
Being made in the image of God means that in some ways, you are like
Him—not physically, but mentally, socially, emotionally, and spiritually.
CREATED
OR WROTE
SOMETHING
ENJOYED ART
OR MUSIC
DID
SOME WORK
CARED FOR
AN ANIMAL
DESIRED
JUSTICE OR
FAIRNESS
AVOIDED
EVIL
FELT HAPPY
OR SAD
MADE
A FRIEND
These actions
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God ’s image!
Circ le the things
you did this week.
HUGGED
YOUR MOM
WENT
TO CHURCH
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THE BIBLE MEETS LIFE: Parents, today your child heard that God has a plan for the people He created. God created people in His image, and people are His most special creation. How does your family respond to being created in God’s image?
LIVE IT OUT: Discuss with your child what the phrase “in God’s image” means. What about the creation of people was different from all other things God created? List some characteristics your child has that are special only to her.
DAILY BIBLE READING: Sunday: John 1:3 Monday: 1 Timothy 2:13 Tuesday: Genesis 5:1 Wednesday: Genesis 5:2 Thursday: Isaiah 43:7 Friday: Luke 19:10 Saturday: 1 Timothy 1:15
GOD’S PLAN FOR PEOPLEGod created a man out of the dust of the ground. God breathed life into the man, and he became a living being. God made the man in His Own image. God planted a garden in Eden, and He made every tree to grow in the garden. Some trees were beautiful and some trees supplied food. A river went out from Eden to water the garden. From there it divided and became the start of four other rivers.
God took the man He created and placed him in the garden. God planned for the man to work in the garden and to watch over it. God told him that he could eat from any tree in the garden except for one.God saw that it was not good for the man to be alone. He decided to make the man a helper. God brought all of the animals of the ground and the birds of the sky to the man. The man named all of the animals and birds. But none of them could be the man’s helper.
God caused the man to fall asleep. God took one of the man’s ribs and closed the man’s skin. Then God made the rib from the man into a woman. God took the woman to the man. The man said, “This is bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh. I will call her woman because she was taken from man.”—based on Genesis 2:4-24
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TAKE IT FURTHER:
Check out the “God’s Plan for People” section of the
Bible Studies for Life: Kids Family App.
WEEKLY BIBLE VERSEGenesis 1:27
LEVEL OF BIBLICAL LEARNING God created people in
His image.
CREATION
BIBLE
CHURCH
CO
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N D W O RLD
CREATION
FAMILY
GOD
HOLY SPIRIT
JESUS
PEOPLE
SALVATION
1 UNIT 1 BANNER AND VERSE Bible Studies for Life Grades 1–3 & 4–6 Leader Pack, Fall 2016 Printed in the USA
Instructions: Use with “God’s Amazing World,” Unit 1 sessions (younger and older). The Unit Verse in HCSB is on the back of this item.
5 BIBLE BOOKS CHART Bible Studies for Life Grades 1–3 & 4–6 Leader Pack, Fall 2016 Printed in the USA
Instructions: Use with Practice Bible Skills (younger and older).
LAW
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Num
bers
Deuteronom
y
HISTO
RY
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Sam
uel
2 Sam
uel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehem
iah
Esther
POETR
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Job
Psalm
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solom
on
MAJO
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ETS
Isaiah
Jerem
iah
Lam
entations
Ezekiel
Daniel
MIN
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PRO
PHETS
Hosea
Joel
Am
os
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
GO
SPELS
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
HISTO
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Acts
PAUL’S LETTER
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Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesi ans
Philip
pians
Colossians
1 Thessalonians
2 T
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1 Tim
othy
2 Tim
othy
Titus
Phile
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GEN
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S
Hebrew
s
Jam
es
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude
PRO
PHECY
Revelation
7 SYMMETRICAL DRAWINGS Bible Studies for Life Grades 1–3 & 4–6 Leader Pack, Fall 2016 Printed in the USA
Instructions: Photocopy (1 per child). Cut apart on the dotted black lines. Use as directed with Unit 1, Session 2 (younger).
TODAY’S TEMPERATURE PRAYER REMINDER
k Color each thermometer to show the daily temperature where you live.
k The red line on each thermometer shows what today’s temperature is like in West Africa.
k If the temperature where you live ends with an even number, ask God to give the people
of West Africa a strong desire to learn about Him!
k If the temperature where you live ends with an odd number, ask God to keep missionaries
in West Africa safe.
k If the temperature where you live is more than 10 degrees lower than the temperature in
West Africa, ask God to give the missionaries great ideas for ways to share God’s love.
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INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS: WEST AFRICA Bible Studies for Life Grades 1–3 & 4–6 Enhanced CD, Fall 2016 © 2016 LifeWay
Instructions: Print in color if possible and use with Unit 1, Session 1.
INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS: WEST AFRICA Bible Studies for Life Grades 1–3 & 4–6 Enhanced CD, Fall 2016 © 2016 LifeWay
Instructions: Print and use with Unit 1 (younger and older).
Learning the Stories
INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS
Children all over the world are important to Jesus.
He loves them and wants them to learn about
Him when they are very young. Christian workers,
like Kimberly Cain in West Africa, love the children
like Jesus does.
Sometimes Kimberly teaches kids as they sit on
mats on the dusty ground. Sometimes she teaches
kids at a local church where the roof is made of
woven grass. That church building might not look
like yours, but the children in West Africa are learning the same stories from the
Bible that you are!
Kimberly uses a storying cloth to tell stories from the Bible. Each picture on the cloth tells
a story. Kimberly tells children the story of creation and continues with stories about Jesus
so children can grow up knowing Him and telling others about Him.
Ways to pray for the people and missionaries
in West Africa:
k Pray that missionaries will be willing and able to learn the language spoken by the
people so they can tell the people about Jesus.
k Pray for missionaries as they adjust to a different culture in a part of the world where
the temperature stays very hot all year.
k Pray that the children of West Africa will learn to follow Jesus at a young age.
KIMBERLY CAIN
The Bible storying cloth includes pictures of Bible stories starting with the creation and ending
with Christ. This method of teaching the gospel is called “Creation to Christ.”
A Christian worker in West Africa teaches the Bible using a Bible storying cloth. It includes pictures of different Bible stories.
INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS: WEST AFRICA Bible Studies for Life Grades 1–3 & 4–6 Enhanced CD, Fall 2016 © 2016 LifeWay
Instructions: Print and use with Unit 1.
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