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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.

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Session at a Glance

Jesus Calmed a Storm

Focus Passage: Mark 4:35-41; Luke 8:22-25

Key Bible Verse: Psalm 20:7

Life ApplicationI can trust God to help me.

Level of Biblical Learning (Jesus)Jesus performed miracles, healed the sick, and restored life.

When was the last time you faced a storm in life? How did you feel? Did you sense God's presence with you? Reflect on the storms of your life. What can you learn from them to help children understand they can trust God to help them?•Read Mark 4:35-38 and Luke 8:22-24a. After a

day of teaching people, Jesus rested as He and the disciples made their way across the Sea of Galilee. How do you think the events of the story would be different if Jesus were not asleep? At what point do you think the disciples would have turned to Him for help? At what point in your "storms" do you turn to God for help?

•Read Mark 4:39-40 and Luke 8:24b. Mark's term "ferocious squall" (v. 37) depicted grounds for fear. The boat was sinking, yes, but what better company to be in than with Jesus? Yet the disciples still panicked. When was the last time your "boat" began to sink? Did you panic or turn to the One who is always with you? How does it make you feel to know God is always with you, always willing to help in the everyday events of life as well as the major storms?

•Read Mark 4:41 and Luke 8:25. Notice the disciples' response...shock. Was it that they did not know who Jesus was, because they did not truly believe, or a true reaction of shock? Either way, their response showed what Jesus revealed in the previous verses—a lack of faith. What purpose does panic serve in God's kingdom? In what ways has panic strengthened your faith?

•Recall the last time you exuded strength in the face of a difficult situation rather than panic and fear. Trust God to provide you with the strength you need to lead children in worship, and let Him carry you through.

Introduction to Worship (6-8 minutes)

Welcome the ChildrenPlay "Packing Peanut Relay"

Worship (30 minutes/45 minutes)

Sing "Awesome Is the Lord Most High"Sing "Come, Now Is the Time to

Worship"Introduce the Life ApplicationShow "Can Do" Video #1Introduce the Bible StoryTell the Bible StoryLearn the Key Bible VerseSing "Shine, Jesus, Shine"Sing "Live to Worship"/Receive Offering/

PrayMake Life ApplicationPraySing "By Faith"

Application Activities (20 minutes)

Wrap-Up (10 minutes)

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Introduction to Worship

Jesus Calmed a Storm

1aWelcome the Children

2aPlay "Packing Peanut Relay"

Pull It TogetherPacking peanuts, large serving spoons (1 per team), fine-point marker, paper lunch bags (2 per team), masking tape•Print I can trust God to help me on individual

packing peanuts (1 word per peanut, 1 set per team).

•Mix 1 set of words and extra packing peanuts together to fill 1 bag (1 bag per team).

•Place the filled bags at 1 end of the room.•Create a starting line on the floor.

•Form teams of five or six children.•Guide the teams to line up behind the starting

line. •Give a spoon and empty bag to each team.•Explain: "The first person on your team will race

to the filled bag and place as many packing peanuts on his spoon as possible. Carry the peanuts to your team and place the peanuts on the floor. Your teammates will look for words on the peanuts. Place the peanuts with words to the side and the extra ones in the bag. Once you look through all the peanuts, the next person will bring back another spoonful. Locate the seven peanuts with words on them. After locating all seven, put them in order to make a sentence."

•Run the relay. •Ask: "What sentence did you make? How

did your teammates help in the game? Let's discover how we can trust God to help us."

Worship 3aSing "Awesome Is the Lord Most High"

(DVD, 3 minutes)

4 Sing "Come, Now Is the Time to Worship" (DVD, 3 minutes)

5 Introduce the Life Application (3 minutes)

Pull It TogetherLarge sheet of paper, marker, tape•Secure the paper to the wall.

•Ask: "What do people fear?"•List the fears on the paper.•Continue: "Are you afraid of these items?"•Say: "God does not want us to be afraid of

things. The Bible says a lot about being afraid. Let's discover how we can trust God to help us face our fears."

6aShow "Can Do" Video #1 (DVD, 7 minutes)•Ask: "If you were in a dangerous situation,

would your friends come to help you? Would you go help your friends if they were in danger? Why? How do we know we can count on our friends to help us?"

•Continue: "Can Do finds himself in trouble. Let's see what Ruthless Rufus has planned for Can Do today."

•Show the video.•Ask: "How did Can Do's decision to help Roger

That impact Can Do?"•Say: "The Boss told Roger That, 'No storm lasts

forever—stay calm and know God is with you.' How does knowing God is with you in tough times help you?"

7aIntroduce the Bible Story (3 minutes)

Pull It TogetherSeveral sheets of poster board, spray bottles, flashlights, water•Fill the bottles with water.•Adjust the sprayers to mist.

•Ask: "Have you ever been in a bad storm? How did you feel?"

•Say: "Let's work together to create a 'storm.' "•Distribute poster board, spray bottles, and

flashlights. •Say: "When I tell you to do so, shake the poster

board to make thunder sounds, spray mist in the air, and turn the flashlights on and off to look like lightning."

•Practice the sounds. •Say: "Listen for my instructions to make the

special effects."

8aTell the Bible Story (8 minutes)

Pull It TogetherPrint "Storm" Teaching Picture (CD). Display.

•Open your Bible to Mark 4.•Call attention to the teaching picture.•Tell the Bible story in your own words.

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Jesus Calmed a StormBased on Mark 4:35-41; Luke 8:22-25

One evening, Jesus said to His disciples, "Let's go to the other side of the sea." Jesus and the disciples, along with other boats set sail across the lake. During the trip, a terrible storm started. [Direct the children to begin making storm effects. Speak louder.] The waves were coming up over the sides of the boat. The boat was tossed around on the sea. While the storm was taking place, Jesus was sleeping below deck. The disciples woke Jesus up. They said to Him, "Do You not care that we are going to die?"

Jesus got up and rebuked the wind. He said to the sea, "Silence! Be still!" The winds stopped blowing and everything grew calm. [Guide children to stop the sound effects.]

Jesus asked, "Why were you afraid? Do you still not have faith?"

This made the disciples even more afraid. They asked each other, "Who is this Man? The wind and the water obey Him!"

•Gather the sound effect supplies.

9aLearn the Key Bible Verse (5 minutes)

Pull It TogetherPoster board, marker, scissors•Print and cut apart "Pictures" (CD). •Print the words of Psalm 20:7 on the poster board.

•Guide the children to locate Psalm 20:7 in their Bibles.

•Select volunteers to read aloud the verse.•Display the verse poster. •Say: "Let's say this verse as a cheer. I'll ask you,

'What do some people trust in?' and show you a picture. Shout out what is on the picture."

•Show horse and chariot pictures.•Ask: "In whom do we trust?"•Guide the children to shout, "The Lord our

God!" (adjust wording as needed).•Repeat several times.

10 Sing "Shine, Jesus, Shine" (DVD, 3 minutes)

11a Sing "Live to Worship" (DVD, 3 minutes)/Receive Offering/Pray

12aMake Life Application (5 minutes)

Pull It TogetherWorship Guides, pencils

•Distribute Worship Guides and pencils.•Guide the children to complete "Draw It!" and

"When Does God Want to Help?"•Say: "God wants to help us 24 hours a day,

7 days a week, 12 months a year, 365 days a year. God cares about us all the time, and will always listen when we ask Him for help."

•Say: "Let's discover some specific times God will help us."

•Form seven groups. •Assign each verse in "He Loves/He Helps" to a

group.•Invite a child from each group to read aloud the

assigned verse.•Guide the children to complete "He Loves/He

Helps."

13aPray (2 minutes)•Assign an adult to each group (combine groups

as needed).•Direct the adults to pray with the group

members, thanking God for His help.

14 Sing "By Faith" (DVD, 3 minutes)

15aTransition to Application Activities or Wrap-Up

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Wrap-Up(Large Group Only Format)

Wrap-Up(Application Activities Format)

Worship KidStyle Children's Edition Leader Guide© 2012 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention.

16aReview Application Activities (5 minutes)•Invite the children to share their Application

Activity experiences. d Arts and Crafts—Weather Vane d Dramatic Play—Bible Story Movie d Games—What's the Weather? d Exploration and Discovery—Weather Experiments

17aPray (2 minutes)•Invite the children to pray sentence prayers,

asking and thanking God for His help.

18aSing "Whoa!" (DVD, 3 minutes)

19a Dismiss the Children to Their Parents

"Pass the Ball" Questions•Name something people fear. (Answers will vary.)•True or False: God does not want us to be afraid.•Where were Jesus and the disciples at the

beginning of the Bible story? (on a boat)•Describe the storm. (Descriptions will vary.)•Where was Jesus during the storm? (on a boat,

sleeping below deck)•What did the disciples ask Jesus? ("Do You not

care that we are going to die?")•What did Jesus say to the sea? ("Silence! Be still!")•What did Jesus ask the disciples? ("Why were you

afraid? Do you still not have faith?")•What did the disciples think after Jesus calmed

the storm? ("Who is this Man? The wind and water obey Him!")

•What can we learn about being afraid? (God will take care of us.)

16 Play "Pass the Ball" (5 minutes)

Pull It TogetherCups (1 per child), small balls (to fit in cup), CD player, upbeat instrumental CD

Teacher Tips•Change the game! Invite the child with the ball in

his cup to select a friend to answer the question. •Have a large group of children? Form small groups

of 8 to 10 children.

•Distribute cups.•Guide the children to stand in a circle.•Say: "While the music plays, pour the ball from

your cup to the cup of the person next to you. When the music stops, the person with the ball will answer a question."

•Place the ball in a cup.•Play music as the children pass the ball.•Stop the music.•Read aloud the "Pass the Ball" questions.•Continue as time permits.

17 Pray (2 minutes)•Invite the children to pray sentence prayers,

asking and thanking God for His help.

18 Sing "Whoa!" (DVD, 3 minutes)

19 Dismiss the Children to Their Parents

Ask Yourself

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What did the children hear about trusting God?

What will the children know about trusting God?

What will the children do as a result of their trust in God?

Teacher TipLooking for additional resources to enhance your teaching? Check out the Levels of Biblical Learning resources available at www.lifeway.com/levelsofbiblicallearning.

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

Worship Through Dramatic PlayBible Story Movie•Say: "Imagine someone hired you to make a movie of Jesus calming the

storm. What special effects would you use to make the story come alive?"•Talk about special effects.•Continue: "Let's make sure we include all of the details of the Bible story."•Guide the children to open their Bibles to Mark 4:35-41 and Luke 8:22-25.•Assign roles: narrator, actors, cameramen, and special effects directors. •Invite the children to use the props to create a movie of the boat being

tossed around on the Sea of Galilee. •Say: "Now it's time for the close-ups. Everyone dress like the disciples. We

will pretend to be on the boat."•Play out being on the boat during the storm. Guide the children to pretend

to get wet as they are tossed about on the boat.•Dramatize the Bible story. •Say: "The disciples had seen Jesus do other miracles before He calmed the

storm. Why do you think they were so amazed that the winds obeyed Him? How do you think you would have felt? Would you have been scared?"

•Say: "Jesus showed He cared for the disciples. We can know He cares for us as well. When does Jesus take care of us?"

•Talk about ways God shows He cares for people.•Show the video. •Pray, thanking God for His care.

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Worship Through Arts and CraftsWeather Vane•Display the weather vane pictures.•Ask: "Have you ever seen a weather vane on top of a building? A weather

vane helps people know which direction the wind is blowing."•Review the Bible story.•Say: "The disciples did not have a weather vane on their boat. Their boat

was probably tossed around a lot on the sea. The disciples were scared, but Jesus helped them trust God to care for them."

•Select a volunteer to read aloud Psalm 20:7. •Say: "Some people trust horses, chariots, or other things to take care of

them. We know we can trust God to help us."•Continue: "Let's make weather vanes to remind us God will help us."•Place the supplies on the table.•Follow directions on "Weather Vane."•Say: "Place your weather vane where you can see it each day. Take a few

minutes and pray, asking God to help you face whatever comes your way. Thank God for His protection and help."

•Say: "Jesus showed He cared for the disciples and He cares for us."•Pray.

Pull It TogetherDrinking straws (1 per child), cardboard or heavy-duty plastic, utility knife (adult use only), scissors, tape, pencils with new erasers, thumbtacks (1 per child), ruler, marker or pencil, table•Print "Weather Vane"

(CD).•Print pictures of

weather vanes from the Internet.

Pull It TogetherPlastic container and water, small boat, poster board, flashlight, towels, Bible times costumes, video camera, projector (TV/VHS player)•Place props on the

table.

Teacher TipShow the video during Wrap-Up.

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OK to copy.Worship KidStyle Children’s Edition Leader Guide© 2012 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Worship Through Exploration and DiscoveryWeather Experiments•Review the Bible story.•Say: "The disciples had seen Jesus do other miracles before He calmed the


•Say: "Jesus showed He cared for the disciples. We can know He cares for us as well. When does Jesus care for us?"

•Talk about ways God shows He cares for people.•Say: "Let's explore some weather experiments."•Follow directions on "Experiments."•Discuss the outcomes of the experiments.•Select a volunteer to read aloud Psalm 20:7. •Say: "Some people trust horses, chariots, or other things to take care of

them. We know we can trust God to help us. We can trust God to care for us during all types of weather."

•Pray, thanking God for His care.

What's the Weather?•Ask: "How did you know whether to wear shorts, long pants, a light shirt or

a coat today? Did you look outside to see about the weather?"•Say: "Let's play 'What's the Weather?' "•Guide each child to select a partner.•Explain: "Our game is like 'Rock, Paper, Scissors' except we will have four

types of weather. For sunny, make a small circle with your hands. Pretend you are cold and shaking for snowy weather. Make believe you are getting wet for rainy weather. Finally, pretend a strong wind is blowing you away for windy. Let's practice the actions."

•Guide the children to practice the actions.•Say: "Snow beats rain. Rain beats wind. Wind beats sun. Sun beats snow." •Continue: "Stand back to back with your partner. Decide which type of

weather to demonstrate. I will count down from three and shout, 'turn!' Turn around, making a weather action as you turn."

•Play several times until the children become familiar with the actions.•Say: "Now let's see who can remain in the game the longest."•Replay the game, guiding the children eliminated in each round to be

seated. Continue until one child wins the game. •Ask: "What type of weather took place in our Bible story?"•Review the Bible story.•Say: "The disciples had seen Jesus do other miracles before He calmed the


•Say: "Jesus showed He cared for the disciples. We can know He cares for us as well. When does Jesus care for us?"

•Talk about ways God shows He cares for people.•Pray, thanking God for His care.

Worship Through GamesPull It TogetherNo materials are needed

Weather Actions•Sunny—make small

circle•Snowy—pretend to

be cold•Rainy—pretend to be

getting wet•Windy—pretend a

strong wind is blowing

Pull It TogetherPiece of wool fabric, aluminum pie pan, Styrofoam® plates, pencil with new eraser, thumbtacks, 4 cups, heavy duty plastic plates, dowel sticks, markers, hole punch, brads, tape, items to decorate cups•Print "Experiments"

(CD). Prepare as directed.

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Jeff Preston Jesus Calmed a Storm© 2012 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in the USA. Mark 4:35-41; Luke 8:22-25

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Pictures (June 3) Worship KidStyle Children’s Edition, Summer 2012© 2012 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in USA. OK to copy.

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Weather Vane (June 3) Worship KidStyle Children’s Edition, Summer 2012© 2012 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in USA. OK to copy.

1. Cut a 2-by-5-inch rectangle from the cardboard or heavy-duty plastic.2. Draw a line down the middle of the rectangle as shown.3. Draw and cut out an arrow as shown.4. Write I can trust God on the rectangular shape and Psalm 20:7 on the arrow.5. Tape the arrowhead to the end of the straw.6. Tape the rectangular shape to the opposite end of the straw.7. Insert the thumbtack through the center of the straw and into the pencil eraser.8. Hold the pencil lightly and blow on the arrow. Watch as the weather vain moves under pressure of the wind.

Option: Insert the straw into a sand-filled water bottle for support.

Weather Vane

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Experiments (June 3) Worship KidStyle Children’s Edition, Summer 2012© 2012 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in USA. OK to copy.

Creating Lightning1. Push a thumbtack through the bottom of a

pan. Insert the thumbtack into the eraser so the pencil stands up straight (as shown).

2. Place the plate upside down on the table. Briskly rub the wool on the plate for 1-2 minutes.

3. Using the pencil as a handle, pick up the pie pan and place it on top of the plate.

4. Touch the pie pan with your finger. Did you feel a mild shock?

5. Repeat the experiment with the lights turned out, watching for an electrical spark.

Measuring the Wind1. Punch holes in the sides of all four cups.2. Locate and mark the center of the plate.3. Insert brads through the holes in the cups

and attach to the edge of the plate at 12:00; 3:00; 6:00 and 9:00. Ensure the openings of the cups all point the same direction (see picture). Tape bases of the cups in place. Decorate the cups.

4. Insert the thumbtack through the center of the plate and attach to the top of the dowel stick.

5. Blow on the cups to turn.6. Say: "Watch how many times the cups move

around the circle. The number of turns per minute tells how fast the wind is blowing."

Option: Take the anemometer outside and measure the wind speed.

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