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1a Application Activities Format: Follow the numbers with arrows for a 30-minute, large group plus 20-minute Application Activities format.

1 Follow all the numbers for a 45- to 60-minute large

group only format.

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Session at a Glance

Do you ever think about how the money you give to your church is spent? The money may help pay utility bills and staff salaries, or help fund ministries and missions efforts. What are some other ways the money is used? When we share our resources, we participate in carrying out the work God has for us. In Acts 11, we find the Antioch church giving to meet the needs of others.•Read Acts 11:27-28. A famine is "an extreme

shortage of food, usually caused by a lack of rain." A visiting prophet shared with the believers at Antioch that a famine was going to occur in the region of Judea. What images come to mind when you think about a famine? What initial thoughts and images do you think came to mind when the believers heard about the famine?

•Read verses 29-30. After hearing the news of the famine, what did the Antioch believers choose to do? Imagine how they felt knowing they could help the same people who brought the gospel to them in the first place! Paul and Barnabas were chosen to deliver the supplies to Judea.

•Read 2 Corinthians 9:7. How should we give? Giving to God should never be a burden to us. We should not give just so bad things won't happen to us either. Do you give God any of your time, money, and talents? Our giving to God should be an act of worship.

•Ask yourself: How does giving to others demonstrate love? How does your church show it cares about people? The preschoolers in your class may not have a lot of money to give, but help them understand that whatever we give to others shows them we care.

A Church HelpedFocus Passage: Acts 11:27-30

Key Bible Verse: 2 Corinthians 9:7

Life Application: I can give.

Introduction to Worship (6 to 8 minutes)

Greet Children Race to Fill

Worship (30 minutes/45 minutes)

Present Offering and PraySing "Glorious Is Thy Name"Sing "God Is Love"Define FamineFind ItTell the Bible StoryMake ApplicationReview the Bible StoryUse Worship GuidesLearn the Bible VerseTransition

Application Activities (20 minutes)

Wrap-Up (10 minutes)

Week of August 11, 2013

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Introduction to Worship

1aGreet Children

Pull It TogetherOffering container

•Show children where to put their offerings.

2aRace to Fill

Pull It TogetherRice, measuring spoons (1 per team), 1 large bowl, small bowls (1 per team)•Print "Allergy Alert" (CD), list rice, and display.•Set a large empty bowl in the middle of the game

area. Set small bowls full of rice several feet from the empty bowl.

Teacher Tips•Use dried beans, noodles, or packing peanuts

instead of rice.•Play game on top of a large sheet or plastic

tablecloth for easier cleanup.

•Instruct: "Let's stand in lines that stretch from the empty bowl to the bowls full of rice."

•Assist kids with lining up.•Give each team a measuring spoon.•Explain: "Use the spoon to get as much rice

as you can to the bowl in the middle. Scoop rice with the spoon [demonstrate]. Pass the spoon with the rice to the person next to you [demonstrate]. When the spoon gets to the last person, pour the rice into the big bowl in the middle. Pass the spoon back and do it again. Let's work together to fill the empty bowl."

•Add more lines as children arrive.•Conclude after bowl is filled: "Great job! You

worked together to fill the empty bowl. In our Bible story, people worked together and gave food and money to help hungry people."

Worship 3aPresent Offering and Pray (3 minutes)

Pull It TogetherOffering container from step 1

•Say: "I'm so happy you are here. Look at our offering. We'll learn about a church who gave an offering to help another church. Our offerings can help other people and churches, too."

•Pray.

4aSing "Glorious Is Thy Name" (DVD, 2 minutes)

5 Sing "God Is Love" (DVD, 2 minutes)

6aDefine Famine (5 minutes)

Pull It TogetherSandpaper, scissors, marker, paper•Print FAMINE on the paper.•Cut sandpaper into several pieces.

Teacher TipHelp kids understand famine, but do not scare them.

•Display and read aloud the word, inviting kids to say it after you.

•Ask: "What is a famine?" •Allow children to answer.•Define: "A famine is 'a shortage of food, usually

caused by a lack of rain.' A famine happens when there is not enough food for everyone because it hasn't rained enough for crops to grow."

•Distribute sandpaper pieces.•Say: "Feel how rough and dry this sandpaper

is. When rain doesn't fall for a long time, the ground becomes rough and dry. Give your sandpaper piece to someone who hasn't felt one yet."

•Continue until each child feels the sandpaper. Collect the pieces, showing one piece.

•Ask: "Do you think plants could grow in ground like this? Some weeds might grow, but crops that make food can't grow. What is a famine?"

•Encourage kids to respond.

7 Find It (3 minutes)

Teacher TipPrint "Acts" (CD).

•Display and read aloud title.•Remark: "The Book of Acts is in the New

Testament. Acts is the first book after the four Gospels. Let's open our Bibles to Acts 11."

•Encourage adults to help kids.

8aTell the Bible Story (7 minutes)

Pull It TogetherDress-up clothes, decorative scarves and hats•Gather information about your church's mission

activities.

•Say: "Let's put on dress-up clothes to wear during our Bible story."

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•Assist kids with putting on clothes.•Open your Bible to Acts.•Read aloud the Scriptures, and then retell the

story using the text provided.

A Church HelpedBased on Acts 11:27-30

Prophets (people who told other people what God wanted them to know) from Jerusalem came to visit the church in Antioch. One of the prophets, Agabus (AG uh buhs), told the church that God was going to send a famine. A famine is "a shortage of food, usually caused by a lack of rain." The famine would affect the people in Judea.

The people of the Antioch church chose to help. The church people in Antioch gathered all the supplies they could. The church chose Paul and Barnabas to take the supplies to the church people in Judea. The Antioch church showed the church in Judea they cared by giving.

9 Make Application (7 minutes)

Pull It TogetherOffering container, scissors, tape, 3 clear containers•Print "Offering Labels" (CD), cut apart, and tape to

the containers.•Print several copies of "Play Money" (CD) and cut

apart. Place money in offering container.

Teacher Tips•Use real play money.•Customize the labels with a picture of your church

and town.

•Ask: "How does our church use the offerings we give?"

•Arrange the containers in front of you.•Point to the container with the church label, and

explain: "Our church uses some of the money for the church. The money helps to pay the people who work here, provide electricity so we can have lights, and buy things, like our music DVD we use when we sing."

•Invite a child to place some of the money from the offering container into the church container.

•Point to the next two labels and repeat process. d Community label: "Our church uses some of the money to meet the needs of people in our community and tell them about Jesus." d World: "Our offerings help send missionaries all around the world. The missionaries help people and tell them about Jesus."

•Conclude: "We dressed in different clothes to pretend to be people in our church, community, or from around the world. The offerings churches give can help all people."

•Collect clothing from kids.

10aReview the Bible Story (6 minutes)

Pull It TogetherGiant Game Floor Mat*, beanbag, paper, marker•Print "Teaching Picture 11 Church Helped" (CD).•Fold mat so only 2 columns show.•Print 2 copies of "Food Bags" (CD) and put in

pockets in random order.

•Display the teaching picture.•Say: "Let's see how many bags of food we can

collect while we review the Bible story. Each time you answer a review question or tell something about our Bible story, a person will toss the beanbag onto the mat. [Name a teacher] will keep a count of the number each beanbag lands on. At the end of the game, we'll add up the numbers and see how many bags of food we collected that we can pretend to give."

•Invite kids to play. (See Review Questions under Wrap-Up.)

•Track the numbers.•Total the numbers and congratulate the kids.

11aUse Worship Guides (7 minutes)

Pull It TogetherWorship Guides, markers

•Distribute supplies.•Lead kids to complete Worship Guide activities.

12 Learn the Bible Verse (3 minutes)

Pull It TogetherPaper, marker•Print 2 Corinthians 9:7 from your preferred

translation.

Teacher TipPrint "2 Corinthians 9:7 Paraphrase" (CD).

•Display and read aloud the verse.•Say: "This verse teaches us God wants us to

be happy when we give. We should not give because we think we have to give or we will be in trouble if we don't give. We should give as a way to worship God."

•Lead children to say the verse three times.

13aGo to Application Activities or Wrap-Up

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Wrap-Up(Large Group Only Format)

Wrap-Up(Application Activities Format)

Week of August 11, 2013 Worship KidStyle Preschool Edition Leader Guide© 2013 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention.

*Giant Game Floor Mat (001114564) may be ordered through LifeWay Christian Resources Customer Service Center at 1.800.458.2772 or online at www.lifeway.com.

14 Sing "Move With Me" (DVD, 2 minutes)

15 Sing "God's Plan" (DVD, 2 minutes)

16 Pray (2 minutes)•Encourage kids to tell prayer requests.•Invite volunteers to pray aloud.

17 Review and Apply (4 minutes)

Pull It TogetherClock, money, doll figure, piece of clothing, pencil, can of food, toothpaste, bag•Put all items in the bag.

•Ask, pausing for responses: "Who can tell us about our Bible story? What did we learn? (We can give; we show love by giving.) What can we do to help people?" (give)

•Invite children to pull the items out of the bag and identify what they are.

•Comment: "We can give many things to help people. These items are samples of what we can give: food, clothes, school supplies, grooming items, money, time (clock), and ourselves. We can volunteer to help. Let's remember all of us can give to help people."

18 Dismiss Children to Parents

Review Questions•What did the prophet, Agabus, tell the people of

Antioch? (about a famine in Judea)•What is a famine? ("a shortage of food, usually

caused by a lack of rain")•What did the Antioch church do after hearing the

news about the famine in Judea? (chose to help)•Whom did the church choose to take the supplies

to Judea? (Paul and Barnabas)•How did the Antioch church show the believers in

Judea they cared? (by giving)•How does our church show we care? (Assist with

ways your church helps.)

14aSing "Move With Me" (DVD, 2 minutes)

15aSing "God's Plan" (DVD, 2 minutes)

16aHighlight Application Activities (2 minutes)•Call on several children to tell what they did in

their application activities. dArts and Crafts—Make Coin Pouches dDramatic Play—Make Gift Baskets dGames—Play Basketball dExploration and Discovery—Explore Coins

•Apply: "Our activities helped us learn we can show love by giving."

17aReview and Apply (4 minutes)

Pull It TogetherClock, money, doll figure, piece of clothing, pencil, can of food, toothpaste, bag•Put all items in the bag.

•Ask, pausing for responses: "Who can tell us about our Bible story? What did we learn? (We can give; we show love by giving.) What can we do to help people?" (give)

•Invite children to pull the items out of the bag and identify what they are.

•Comment: "We can give many things to help people. These items are samples of what we can give: food, clothes, school supplies, grooming items, money, time (clock), and ourselves. We can volunteer to help. Let's remember all of us can give to help people."

18aDismiss Children to Parents

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Application Activities Select from the following choices. Each choice is designed for 20 minutes of small group time.

Pull It TogetherAluminum foil, scissors, yarn, hole punches, construction paper, glue sticks, markers, ruler•Print "Coin Pouch"

(CD).•Follow the directions

to prepare the pouches.

Teacher Tips•Substitute clean,

empty foil drink pouches for the aluminum foil.

•Attach a shipping label to 1 side of the pouch. Invite kids to write I can give on the label.

•Print "Play Money" (CD), copy, and cut apart for kids to put into their pouches.

Pull It TogetherBaskets or gift bags, fresh fruit, lotion, bottles of water, peppermint candy, packaged snacks, Senior Adult Sunday School books, tissue paper, ribbon, construction paper, markers•Call the church office

for names of homebound members.

•Print "Allergy Alert" (CD), list items, and post the sign.

Teacher Tips•Arrange a time to

deliver baskets. Some kids and their parents might enjoy going with you.

•Take pictures of the class to attach to the cards.


Worship Through Dramatic PlayMake Gift Baskets •Review: "Our Bible story was about a church who chose to help. How did

the church help? (gathered supplies and food) Who helped deliver the supplies? (Paul and Barnabas) The church in Antioch chose to help and care for another church in need. We can show we care for our church members who can't always get out. When people are too ill or poor in health and cannot travel, they are called homebound. They cannot leave their home like we did today. Let's make gifts for some homebound people. Everyone will make a card for each homebound person."

•Tell about the people you are making baskets for today. •Distribute paper and markers.•Assist kids with folding papers to make cards.•Display and talk about the items for the baskets as kids color.•Direct children to take turns placing items in the baskets. •Say the Bible verse (2 Corinthians 9:7).•Comment: "God planned for us to care for other people. We can be

cheerful, or happy, when we give. We show love and care by giving to people. Our baskets will bring happiness to the people who get them. The people will really like our cards."

•Invite kids to place their cards in the baskets.•Pray.

Worship Through Arts and CraftsMake Coin Pouches•Ask: "How did the Antioch church people help the church people in

Judea? (collected supplies to send) Can we give to help people? (yes) Let's make coin pouches to keep our money in. We can bring our pouches to church and give our money. Our money can help people."

•Distribute supplies.•Say: "Use the yarn to lace around your pouches. Draw pictures on the

papers and glue them to your pouches. You may like to cut and glue paper to the pouches to make designs. The teachers will help you tie the yarn when you finish lacing."

•Assist kids to finish their pouches.•Talk about the Bible story.•Say the Bible verse (2 Corinthians 9:7).•Say: "God gives us great things. God wants us to give to help others. We

can give money, food, clothes, school supplies, and even our time. We can give offerings at church. When you see your coin pouch, remember you can give. We can be cheerful, or happy, when we give."

•Pray.

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Pull It TogetherLaundry baskets, foam basketballs, tape•Print "Give" (CD) and

cut apart. Print 1 set of letters per child.

•Place letters in a pile by the baskets.

•Tape a line for kids to shoot from behind.

Teacher Tips•Provide multiple

laundry baskets and balls for several children to play at one time.

•Print letters of GIVE on separate colors of paper and cut apart if not printing CD item in color.

Pull It TogetherCoins (all types), white paper, crayons, paper cups, plastic tub, water, soap, paper towels•Set up stations around

the area: d Coin Rubbing

(coins, white paper, crayons)

dToss Coins in a Cup (paper cups, coins)

dWash Coins (plastic tub of soapy water, paper towels, coins)

dStack & Count by 5s (variety of coins)

Teacher TipMove number of kids around at the stations if needed.

Worship KidStyle Preschool Edition Leader Guide© 2013 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Worship Through Exploration and DiscoveryExplore Coins•Say: "The church in Antioch gave to help the people in Judea. God wants

us to give to help other people. We give to help others when we bring our offerings to church. Giving money is one way we can help other people. Let's explore different coins. Four stations are set up around the room. Everyone will get to do something at each station. Everyone pick a station. Stay there until I tell groups when and how to switch stations."

•Invite kids to go to a station. •Allow time for kids to enjoy the activities at the stations.•Call time to switch stations (about every 4 minutes). •Direct kids to wash their hands and sit on the floor. •Say the Bible verse (2 Corinthians 9:7).•Comment: "God planned for us to care for other people. What do we

use money for? (food, clothing, house, electricity, water, etc.) God wants us to give money so we can help other people. Our offerings also help missionaries and mission teams from our church tell people about Jesus. We show love when we give. We can be cheerful, or happy, when we give."

•Pray.

Play Basketball•Say: "God wants us to give of our time, talents, and money. What letter

does the word give start with? (g) We will shoot baskets to spell the word give. Every time you make a basket, get a letter from the pile. Everyone needs to get four different colored letters. If you choose a green letter, do not get another green letter. When everyone gets four letters, we'll put the letters in order to discover a special word."

•Invite kids to shoot baskets. •Assist kids with collecting the color letters.•Gather kids together and collect balls.•Instruct: "Listen as I call out letters and colors. Lay your letters on the floor

in the order I call them out."•Call out letters in order to spell give.•Say the Bible verse (2 Corinthians 9:7).•Comment: "God planned for us to care for other people. Who did we

learn gave things to help other people? (church people at Antioch) Who took the things to the church in Judea? (Paul and Barnabas) What kind of things can we give to help people? (money, food, clothes, school supplies, toiletries, etc.) We can be cheerful, or happy, when we give. We show love when we give to help people. Pile all of the letters here [point]. Let's shoot again. This time collect any letter when you make a basket."

•Invite kids to shoot, collect letters, and attempt to spell give as many times as possible.

•Pray.

Worship Through Games

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Corbert Gauthier A Church Helped© 2006 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in the USA. Acts 11:27-30

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Acts

Acts 10Worship KidStyle Preschool Edition, Summer 2013© 2013 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in USA. OK to copy.

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Offering Labels (August 11) Worship KidStyle Preschool Edition, Summer 2013© 2013 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in USA. OK to copy.

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Play Money (August 4) 1Worship KidStyle Preschool Edition, Summer 2013© 2013 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in USA. OK to copy.

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Play Money (August 4) 2Worship KidStyle Preschool Edition, Summer 2013© 2013 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in USA. OK to copy.

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Food Bags (August 11) 1Worship KidStyle Preschool Edition, Summer 2013© 2013 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in USA. OK to copy.

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Coin Pouch (August 11) Worship KidStyle Preschool Edition, Summer 2013© 2013 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in USA. OK to copy.

Coin Pouch• Cut 12-inch length of aluminum foil.

• Fold foil in half (6 inches in length after folding).

• Fold each open side in about ½ inch.

• Turn pouch over and fold top, open end down, to make flap. Open and cut off bottom piece of foil or snip along outer edges. Fold flap inside pouch.

• Punch holes down the sides of pouch.

• Cut 2 12-inch lengths of yarn.

• Tie the ends of the yarn to the bottom holes on each side. Child will weave the yarn through the holes. Tie yarn pieces together at the top to make a strap.

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Give (August 11) Worship KidStyle Preschool Edition, Summer 2013© 2013 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in USA. OK to copy.

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