9/14/2014 Class

We did so many things today!

1. Kids dressed up in pieces of the armor of God.

This soldier has the Sword of the Spirit, the Helmet of Salvation, the Shield of Faith and the Breastplate of Righteousness on.  Still need the Belt of Truth and the Gospel Shoes of Peace.  We'll get that in another picture later.

We talked about where their brains and hearts were in their bodies and how big they are.  (Brain is the size of 2 fists; Heart is the size of 1 fist.)  Explained that the Helmet of Salvation and the Breastplate of Righteousness are so important because they protect the brain and heart.  (I need to take a stethoscope to class next week.)

2.  Watched "The Beginning" (~4 minutes long) from Read and Share DVD Bible, Vol. 1.  In the video it shows hands creating man.  We talked about God using words to create things, and so that part might not be right.  Told them that God made all the land animals and the first man, Adam, from dirt.  He might have made the other animals out of dirt too, but we don't know for sure.

3.  Explained the picture clues for the New Testament books Matthew - Romans.

4.  Emphasized what God made on Days 1 and 2 and what it looked like.  Mentioned that God made light on Day 1 but didn't make the sun until Day 4.  The light may have been Jesus. (John 1 talks about Jesus being the light.)

5.  Donuts -- Teachers pick up a few extra donuts on the way to class in case child(ren) don't have one.  Today, students had to use a full sentence and ask for a donut.  They needed to say, "Please," but no one had to be told that.  (Yea!)  I asked them if they were glad that they had a donut.  I explained that when you are glad, you are thankful.  That conversation lead to talking about prayer.
Several of the students prayed, giving thanks, and mentioned specific things God had made.  One guy was grateful for books too.  :)

6.  Work -- Work is a good thing.  God worked and then he rested.  Adam's first job was to name all of the animals.  As we get bigger, we will help at home by doing jobs or working.

7.  Showed them the envelope that was going home with them today.  They didn't know what it was called so I told them that it was a "paper pocket" and was called an envelope.  Fun things can go in pockets and fun things can go in envelopes.

8.  Sang the "Day One" song.