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SUNDAY MORNINGS

March 4, 2018, Week 1 Grade: Kinder

Go Your Own Way Bible: Go Your Own Way (Abram Makes Peace) • Genesis 13:5-18 Bottom Line: Prove you care more about others by letting go of “what’s fair.” Memory Verse: “Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.” Romans 14:19 (NIV) Life App: Peace—Proving you care more about each other than winning an argument Basic Truth: I should treat others the way I want to be treated. Social: Setting the Tone for the Experience (9:00, 10:15, 11:30) 9:00 & 11:30 Crumple and Shoot • Scrap paper.; several pieces for each kid • Two hula-hoops 10:15 Stay in the Pasture • Large blankets; one for every four kids Bible: Communicating God’s Truth in Engaging Ways (9:15, 10:30, 11:45) • Bible Presentation in Large Group Groups: Creating a Safe Place to Connect (9:40, 10:55, 12:10) 9:00 & 11:30 Shoe Shots • Two hula-hoops • “Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down” Activity Pages; one set for each small group 10:15 Unfair Timing • “Time Cards”; one set for each small group • Stopwatch Prayer (9:50, 11:05, 12:20) • No supplies needed Dismiss (10:00, 11:15, 12:30)

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SUNDAY MORNINGS

March 4, 2018, Week 1 Grade: Kinder

Go Your Own Way Bible: Go Your Own Way (Abram Makes Peace) • Genesis 13:5-18 Bottom Line: Prove you care more about others by letting go of “what’s fair.” Memory Verse: “Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.” Romans 14:19 (NIV) Life App: Peace—Proving you care more about each other than winning an argument Basic Truth: I should treat others the way I want to be treated.

Social: Providing Time for Fun Interaction (Small Groups, 15 minutes) Before kids arrive, take a few moments to pray for them. Pray that your few would start to learn the downfalls of keeping track of “what’s fair.” Ask God to give them a bit of a leg up and start to grow their self-control, so they can set the example for those around them and work to make peace a priority in their lives. Pray that as kids do this, God will show them the fruits of their labor and give them even more opportunities to put others’ needs and wants ahead of their own. 9:00 & 11:30 Crumple and Shoot What You Need: Scrap paper; two hula-hoops What You Do: • Give each kid several pieces of paper to crumple up and use as basketballs. • Gather everyone in a wide circle. • Set the hoops in the middle of the circle so they’re an equal distance away from each player. • Designate one hoop “True” and the other “False.” • After you make a statement, kids will have a chance to throw their basketballs in either the True or False hoop. • Make a few statements, such as: o The best thing about playing sports is winning. o It’s fun when everyone on a team gets a turn to play. o You don’t need to worry about kindness on the basketball court! o Only the best players should try to score. o Helping your team is an important reason to practice. o Everyone needs to work on skills, no matter how well you play. o Teams that snack together, stay together. o The coach should only play the fastest runners on a team. o It doesn’t matter who you hurt as long as you win! o Win or lose, teams should encourage each other. o Good teams let everyone play a part. • If you have mostly older kids, let a few of them have a turn calling out statements. What You Say: “There is a lot of information and opinions about how to be a team and how to get along with your teammates. [Transition] Let’s go to Large Group to hear the key to being a great team player.” Lead your group to the Large Group area.

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SUNDAY MORNINGS

March 4, 2018, Week 1 Grade: Kinder

10:15 Stay in the Pasture What You Need: Blankets; one for every four kids What You Do: • Spread out the blankets on the floor. • Invite all the kids to pretend they’re sheep and the blanket is the pasture. • Have them move around the room on hands and knees, making sheep sounds. • Tell them when they hear you clap your hands three times they must hurry to the pasture. • After everyone is on a blanket, ask them to once again move around the room, pretending to be sheep and listening for your clap (which is their signal to hurry back to the pasture). • Each time the kids move off the blanket, fold it in half so that the pasture gets smaller and kids must squeeze together to fit. • Continue until there’s not enough room for all the sheep to fit in the pasture. What You Say: “Poor little sheep. Your pasture is way too small. That’s too baaaaad. But what good sheep you were. You worked together to try and fit everyone in the pasture without arguing or complaining. (Pat kids on the head.) Good sheep. [Transition] In Large Group today we’ll hear about a time when some men were arguing and complaining about where their sheep would graze. They needed to find a peaceful solution. Let’s go hear what happened. It’s a true event found in the Bible.” Lead your group to the Large Group area.

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SUNDAY MORNINGS

March 4, 2018, Week 1 Grade: Kinder

Go Your Own Way Bible: Go Your Own Way (Abram Makes Peace) • Genesis 13:5-18 Bottom Line: Prove you care more about others by letting go of “what’s fair.” Memory Verse: “Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.” Romans 14:19 (NIV) Life App: Peace—Proving you care more about each other than winning an argument Basic Truth: I should treat others the way I want to be treated.

Bible: Communicating God’s Truth in Engaging Ways (Large Group, 25 minutes) GETTING READY 1. Opener/Closer What You Need: • • • • • • • •

Host Four blindfolds (but you’ll only use two) Ten mandarin oranges Black permanent marker Two small trash cans Painter’s tape (or masking tape) Two mini basketball backboards with nets Heavy-duty tape

2. Bible Truth What You Need: • •

Historyteller 252 Story

3. Worship What You Need: •

Power Praise Team

Music and Sound Effects (SFX): • “AT the Top of My Lungs” • “Look At Me • “I Can Do All Things

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SUNDAY MORNINGS

March 4, 2018, Week 1 Grade: Kinder

Go Your Own Way Bible: Go Your Own Way (Abram Makes Peace) • Genesis 13:5-18 Bottom Line: Prove you care more about others by letting go of “what’s fair.” Memory Verse: “Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.” Romans 14:19 (NIV) Life App: Peace—Proving you care more about each other than winning an argument

Bible: Communicating God’s Truth in Engaging Ways (Large Group, 25 minutes) SFX: Play high-energy music as kids enter. CG: Jump Ball Slide Host is on stage, welcoming kids as they enter. HOST: “Hey, friends! Welcome to The Treehouse. We’re going to have a great time hanging out together today. In fact, we’re going to have MORE than a great time. We’re going to have an AMAZING time! Give your neighbor a fist bump and say, ‘Get ready to be amazed!’” HOST and KIDS: (Point to the audience.) “Get ready to be amazed!” HOST: “To get us started, let’s welcome the Power Praise Team!” Power Praise team enters as Host joins the audience. Worship SFX: “At the Top of My Lungs” SFX: “Look At Me” SFX: “I Can Do All Things” Host retakes the stage as Power Praise exits. HOST: “Thanks Power Praise! Hey, now it’s time for me to reveal our BRAND NEW Life App for this month. Now, a Life App may sound sort of fancy, but it’s really simple. A Life App is a theme or an idea that we talk about for a few weeks together. You get to hear what WE think about the Life App, but even cooler than that, you get to hear what GOD says about the Life App. “Are you excited to hear our new one yet? Give me a countdown from five. Ready? Five, four, three, two, one! CG: Peace Slide “Peace! Let’s read that definition together.” HOST AND KIDS: “Peace is proving you care more about each other than winning an argument.”

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SUNDAY MORNINGS

March 4, 2018, Week 1 Grade: Kinder

HOST: “One more time!” HOST and KIDS: “Peace is proving you care more about each other than winning an argument.” HOST: “Peace. I bet most of you have heard that word before. What’s a sign people show to one another that means peace? (Pause.) Right! (Make a peace sign with two fingers.) It looks like this, doesn’t it? It’s a peace sign. “If I were to ask you: ‘Is peace important?’ I bet you’d say yes. I bet you’d even say you like peace and that you want peace. But here’s the thing. Peace isn’t easy. “Raise your hand if you like to WIN. (Pause.) Now raise your hand if you like to be right. (Pause.) I’ll admit it, I like being right. I like winning, too. And there’s nothing wrong with either of those things. But sometimes wanting to be RIGHT and wanting to WIN can stop us from having or bringing peace. SFX: Upbeat game music (Hold your hand to your ear.) “Do you hear something? Oh, yeah! It’s the music that means it’s time for today’s game! We’ll get back to our peace talk later. But now let’s find two contestants for our game. I need two kids, and each of you can bring up your Small Group Leader. Bring up two kids and their Small Group Leaders. Quickly introduce them. “Today’s game is called ‘Blindfolded Basketball Blitz.’ And, just like the name says, we’re going to blindfold all four of you. But first, kids, you’ll stand here (Move the kid contestants to the throwers’ tape line.) with your mini basketballs, which look a lot like oranges to me. And Small Group Leaders, you’ll stand here (Move Leaders to the catchers’ tape line.) with the mini basketball goals. “After we blindfold you, you’ll compete to see which team can get all five of their basketballs inside the goal. Kids, you’ll be throwing, and Leaders, you’ll be catching. Are you ready? Okay! Let’s go ahead and blindfold you. Volunteers enter and start to blindfold ONE of the teams, leaving the other team un-blindfolded. Host mimes “Shhhhh” to the un-blindfolded team if they start to say they don’t have blindfolds. Volunteers exit. “Are both teams ready for a little ‘Blindfolded Basketball Blitz?’ Give me a thumbs-up if you’re ready. All right, let’s do it. Ready, set, go! Cheer on each team as they try to land five oranges in the trash cans. If they miss, retrieve and return the balls to the team. If this becomes too hard, recruit someone sitting to help. If the blindfolded team starts winning, help the unblindfolded team win by moving them closer together. The point is to make the competition as unfair as possible.

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SUNDAY MORNINGS

March 4, 2018, Week 1 Grade: Kinder

SFX: Buzzer “Okay, everyone! You can take off your blindfolds. Let’s give our contestants a hand! You all did great. Contestants head back to their seats. (Once they’re seated) “Okay, okay. [Losing team’s name], we have a confession. The truth is . . . we decided not to make the other team wear their blindfolds. “Audience, what do you think about that? (Pause for response.) [Losing team’s name], what do you think about that? “You’re right. That’s not very FAIR, is it? Fair is a word we use that sometimes means equal or the same as. We’re going to be talking about what’s fair today, and how we can make peace even when something or someone isn’t fair.” “To lead us in that today, please give a round of applause to [Historyteller’s Name].” Host exits. Historyteller enters. SETTING UP THE BIBLE TRUTH HISTORYTELLER: “Hello, everyone! How are we doing? I’m [Historyteller’s name], and I am super excited to hang out today! Anyone remember what our new Life App is? (Pause for response.) That’s right. It’s peace. And today’s Bible Truth teaches us something really important about peace. Pick up Bible. “In fact, our Bible Truth is from the very first book in the entire Bible: Genesis. There are two people in our Truth. Let’s check it out. On the count of three we’ll say ‘Roll that Film please.’ Ready? One. Two. Three.” CHILDREN AND HISTORYTELLER: “Roll that film please.” CG: 252 Story WRAPPING UP THE BIBLE TRUTH “It wasn’t fair for Lot to get the better land. It wasn’t equal. It wasn’t the same. But Abram didn’t complain. He cared more about PEACE than he cared about things being fair. He proved it by putting Lot first. CG: Bottom Line Slide “You can do the same thing! [Bottom Line] Prove you care more about others by letting go of ‘what’s fair.’ “You can make peace by showing other people that you care instead of worrying about whether or not it’s fair. That might mean letting go of something you really want. But if you can make peace, it’s worth it!”

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SUNDAY MORNINGS

March 4, 2018, Week 1 Grade: Kinder

“Our memory verse will help you remember to choose to care more about others than worrying about what you think is ‘fair.’ Let’s read it together.” CG: Memory Verse Slide “‘Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.’ Romans 14:19, NIV.” “Let us make every effort means; let us do whatever it takes to not just choose, but to do what leads to peace. It’s not always easy which is why we have God to help us.” “Let’s pray.” Pray HISTORYTELLER: “God, it doesn’t feel very good when something unfair happens to us. But we pray that we would be more like Abram and we would care more about peace than about what’s fair. Help us to love peace as much as You love peace. We love You, and we ask these things in Jesus’ name, amen.” “If you have an offering with you today, raise your hand and we will bring the bucket over to you.” Historyteller exits as Host enters. Closer HOST: “What an incredible Truth, right? Instead of arguing over who got what, Abram let his nephew choose which land he wanted. Abram let go of what was fair because he didn’t want to argue with his nephew. Here’s our Bottom Line today. CG: Bottom Line Slide [Bottom Line] “Prove you care more about others by letting go of ‘what’s fair.’ Say it with me.” KIDS and HOST: [Bottom Line] “Prove you care more about others by letting go of ‘what’s fair.’” HOST: “I bet you’ll get a chance to do that sometime soon. At home, you can let go of who got more marshmallows in their cereal. At school, you can let go of who gets to choose the next game and just play what your friend wants to play. In the car, you can let go of who gets to choose the next song. When you make peace, you’re [Basic Truth] treating others the way you want to be treated. “Whenever you want to get your way—whenever you want things to be fair—you can prove you care by choosing to let it go. You can choose to make peace. “You’ll get to talk about that some more in your small groups. Have fun!” Dismiss children to their Small Groups. CG: Small Group Slide

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SUNDAY MORNINGS

March 4, 2018, Week 1 Grade: Kinder

Go Your Own Way Groups: Creating a Safe Place to Connect (10 minutes) Create a safe place to connect and learn how the Bible Truth applies to real life experiences, through interactive activities and discussion questions. 9:00 & 11:30 Shoe Shoots What You Need: Two Hula-hoops, “Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down” Activity Pages What You Do: • Ask kids to sit down together, remove one of their shoes, and place it in front of them. • Place the hula-hoops on the floor about eight feet away from where everyone is sitting. • Place the “Thumbs Up” sign near the right hoop and the “Thumbs Down” sign near the left hoop. • Explain that you will make a statement about today’s Bible Truth and they must decide if it’s true or false. (Make sure everyone understands the difference between true and false. Point out the thumbs signs and tell kids that “false” simply means that something is wrong and it didn’t actually happen.) • Tell them to indicate their answer by tossing their shoe into the hoop on the right (the “thumbs up” sign) if they think the statement is true or to the left (near the “thumbs down” sign) if false. • Below are suggested review questions. Add others as needed. 1. Today’s Bible Truth is found in the book of Genesis. (true) 2. Abram and Lot and their households moved often in search of grass and water for their animals. (true) 3. The herdsmen of Lot and Abram always got along. (false) 4. Lot was Abram’s nephew. (true) 5. In one direction, the land was green and grassy, with lots of towns and cities. (true) 6. In the other direction the land was dusty, dry, and empty. (true) 7. Lot let Abram be the first to choose the direction he wanted to take his flocks. (false) 8. Abram was mad at Lot for choosing the best land. (false) 9. God promised to one day give Abram all the land around him. (true) • Discuss how Abram kept peace. o Let the kids tell you what they think was unfair in the Bible Truth. o Ask them what Abram did that proved he cared more about others than about having things “fair” or getting his way. o [Make it Personal] (What unfair situation have you faced? Without mentioning names, tell the kids about a time you were treated unfairly. Talk about how God showed up to help you deal with the unfairness.) What You Say: • “God wants us to do as much as we can do to live in peace. Sometimes that means we have to let go of ‘what’s fair.’ That’s what Abram did; He let Lot choose first, knowing that Lot might choose the best land for himself, which is exactly what happened. When you let go of what’s fair, you show others that you care more about them than you care about getting your own way. When you [Bottom Line] prove you care more about others by letting go of ‘what’s fair,’ you’re helping them see God’s love in you. And that’s much more important than getting our way.”

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SUNDAY MORNINGS

March 4, 2018, Week 1 Grade: Kinder

10:15 Unfair Timing What You Need: “Time Cards” Activity Page, stopwatch What You Do: • Form two teams. • Explain that you will assign a task to both teams. o They will have to complete the task in a specific amount of time. o If they do, their team earns a point. o If they don’t, the other team earns a point. • Choose one team to go first. • Before you describe the task for them to perform, let someone from their team draw a “Time Card.” Whatever amount of time is written on the card is how long they have to finish the task. • Repeat the same task with the other team, letting them draw a “Time Card” before they begin. • Note: Observe the way your kids respond to the “unfair” amounts of time they are given, such as: no big deal, that was fun, or NOT FAIR! See if they take the “1 hour” or “100 years” cards seriously! • Below is a list of actions to use. Add others as needed. o Remove your shoes and then put them back on. o Do 10 jumping jacks. o Sing “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.” o One at a time, let each person on your team say his or her first, middle, and last name. o Line up from tallest to shortest. o Find out who has a birthday closest to today. o One at a time, let each person on your team name their favorite sport. • After the game, let kids discuss whether they thought the game was fair or unfair and why. • Praise them for behavior that reflected the point of today’s Bible Truth: [Bottom Line] Prove you care more about others by letting go of “what’s fair.” What You Say: “If your team drew a five-second time card and the other team drew one for five minutes, it felt a little unfair, didn’t it? When unfair things happen, it’s easy to get frustrated. We like things to be fair, and there’s nothing wrong with that. However, there will be times when what’s fair isn’t what’s happening. You might get really upset at that, but God doesn’t want you to stay that way. Instead, [Bottom Line] prove you care about others by letting go of ‘what’s fair.’ Unfairness is never right, but in order to have peace you may have to let go of what you feel is fair. This week, if you hear the words, ‘That’s not fair,’ coming out of your mouth, stop and think. Is this going to start an argument about something really important, or is it something that won’t matter in a day or two? You might be able to keep an argument from ever starting if you decide to let go of what you think is fair.”

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SUNDAY MORNINGS

March 4, 2018, Week 1 Grade: Kinder

All Service Times

Pray and Dismiss (10 minutes) [Pray to God | Prayer Activity] Made to Reflect: an activity that creates space for personal understanding and application

What You Need: No supplies needed What You Do: • Ask half of the group to pose as statues that show how someone looks and feels when something seems fair. • Ask the other half to pose as statues showing how someone looks and feels when something seems unfair. • As they hold their poses, lead them in saying today’s Bottom Line together: [Bottom Line] Prove you care about others by letting go of “what’s fair.” • Ask everyone to form a “prayer posture pose” such as kneeling, hands folded, or head bowed. • Lead your group in the following prayer. What You Say: “Dear God, thank You for the example of Abram. He helps us better understand what it looks like to keep peace and let go of ‘what’s fair.’ When things aren’t fair, it can really hurt our feelings and make us feel sad or angry. Thank You, Lord, that we can pray to You no matter how we feel. Please help us be peacemakers this week. In Jesus’ name, amen.” Parent Cue

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