Hannah's Prayer

 

“Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done..” Philippians 4:6

 

 

This week  at chapel the children heard the story of Hannah and her faithfulness in prayer. The story of Hannah is found in 1 Samuel 1: 1-20. Hannah desperately wanted to have a baby. Year after year Hannah and her husband would go to the temple to pray and ask God to bless them with a child. Hannah was faithful in her prayers and talked openly and honestly with God. The Lord heard her prayers and gave Hannah a son, who she named Samuel.

 

Ms. Bev shared with the children that they, too, are able to talk to God at anytime, anywhere, and about anything. Just like Hannah, God wants us to be open and honest with him. He wants us to pray trusting that he knows what is best.

 

Click on the link below to read a fantastic article by Joyce Meyer about teaching children to pray.

 

Teaching children how to talk with God

 

Here are two great books for kids that talk about prayer.They would make 

wonderful additions to any personal library.

 

 

What Happens When I Talk to God?

 

 

Every Which Way to Pray 

Jesus Heals the Ten Lepers

"One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. ¹⁶ He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him" Luke 17:15

 

 

This week at Chapel the children learned about thankfulness. We read the story of the Ten Lepers from Luke Chapter 17. The story is about ten men who had a disease called Leprosy. There was no treatment that could cure the men from their disease. When Jesus came to town, the men ran to him and begged to be healed. They had heard that Jesus was the Son of God  and a man of miracles. Jesus heard their pleas and healed them. In their excitment, the men ran back home to their family and friends to tell them what Jesus had done! However, on his way home one man stopped and ran back to Jesus. He threw himself at Jesus' feet and thanked God for taking away his horrible disease.

At chapel, the children participated in a discussion and short activity that helped them recognize things they can be thankful for. Here are some ideas that you can do at home to continue to reinforce our lesso in chapel.  

 

Children Ages 3-School Age

 

Materials:

• A piece of paper
• Magazines
• Scissors
• Glue

Instructions: Have children look through the magazines and cut out pictures of things that they are thankful for. Some ideas are a house, dog or cat, family, clothes, toys, food, etc. Once items have been cut out from the magainze, have your child glue them to their piece of paper to make a thankfulness collage.  

 

Children Ages Toddler-3 Years

 

Materials:

• Basket
• Items around the house

Instructions: Walk around the house with your child and have them put items in the basket they are thankful for. Example; Photos of family members, clothes, favorite stuffed animal, blanket, or book. Take a photo of your child surrounded with the items they are thankful for and display someplace special in your home. This is a great activity to do year after year and to make into a Thankfulness Scrapbook.
 

 

Paul & Silas In Jail

"Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: rejoice!" Philippians 4:4

 

 

This week our Bible lesson comes from Acts 16:24-34. Paul and Silas were thrown in jail because they were teaching others about Christ. While in jail, Paul and Silas surprised the other prisoners by their joyful attitude and faith in the Lord. The bible says that,

 

"About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. ²⁶ Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everyone’s chains came loose."

Acts 16:25-26

 

The jailer was amazed how God had heard and answered Paul and Silas' prayers. Because of this, he too wanted to know how to become a follower of Christ.

 

 

 The four's class loves praise and worship time!

 

 

To accompany the pumpkin theme that various classroom are doing this week at Joyful Noise, Ms. Bev read a book titled, The Pumpkin Patch Parable by

Liz Curtis Higgs.

 

The Pumpkin Patch Parable tells the story of how we are similar to the pumpkin. Inside of us we have a sticky icky mess, but if we allow him, God will come and scoop out the bad inside of us and place his light in our lives.

 

Ms. Bev read this poem as she carved the pumpkin:

 

Pumpkin Prayer

 

              Dear God,

              Open my mind so I can learn about you. (cut the top of the pumpkin)

              Take away all my sin and forgive me for the wrong things I do. (clean out the inside)

              Open my eyes so your love I will see: (cut out eyes shaped like hearts)

              I'm sorry for turning up my nose to all you've given me.

             (cut a nose in the shape of a cross)

             Open my ears so your word I will hear. (cut ears shaped like the Bible)

             Open my mouth so I can tell others your near. (cut mouth in the shape of a fish)

             Let your light shine in all I say and do! Amen! (place a candle and light)

 

This poem was found on www.teachsundayschool.com 



The Lost Sheep

"What do you think? Suppose a man owns 100 sheep and one of them wanders away. Won't he leave the 99 sheep on the hills? Won't he go and look for the one that wandered off? What I'm about to tell you is true. If he find that sheep, he is happier about that one than about the 99 that didn't wander off. It is the same with your Father in heaven. He does not want any of his little ones to be lost." Matthew 18:12-14

 

 

The infant and toddler class can't wait for chapel time!

 

 Everybody was given a little lamb to love and care for as Ms. Bev read the
story of the Lost Sheep from the Bible.

 



The children helped make Ms. Bev's lamb "woolly" by sticking cotton balls to him.

 

Everyone made their own little lamb to remind them that Jesus loves them just as much as the shepherd loved his sheep.



The Story Of Noah

 ^"Noah did everything just as God commanded him." Genesis 6:22

 

 



A terrible thing was going to happen to the earth, the skies were going to open up and rain was going to pour down. God told Noah to build an ark that would serve as protection for Noah, his family, and two of every kind of animal. Noah obeyed God and did just as he said.

 

Animals were scattered all around the chapel. It was the children's job to find them and get them safely to the ark before it started to rain. The 3's class did a great job helping the animals!

 

 

 

 The Three's class loves chapel time!

 



 

 Check out this fantastic ark the Four's class built during free time!

 

 The Toddler classroom made a beautiful board to display their Growing in Grace projects!

Creation

"God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good." Genesis 1:31

 

         

 

         The children had a great time learning about how God created our beautiful world. The story really came alive when the children were asked to help Ms. Bev with the creation of the earth. They started with an empty box and as Ms. Bev read from the story, each child helped add items to the box until it was complete. The children learned that God loves them and that is why he created such a neat world for them to live in. God was very pleased with all he had created and he called it, "Good!"

  On the 5th day God created the birds and fish.

Then on the 6th day God created land animals and people! 

 

 

 

God created man from the dust of the ground and blew the breath of life in him.

 

 

The children learned a new song from Ministry To Children to help them remember the seven days of creation.

 

The Seven Days of Creation

To The Tune Of: "Are You Sleeping Brother John."

 

God created (echo)

Night and day (echo)

That was on the first day (echo)

It was good (echo)

 

God created (echo)

Sky and Clouds (echo)

That was on the second day (echo)

It was good (echo)

 

God created (echo)

Land and Plants (echo)

That was on the third day (echo)

It was good (echo)

 

God created (echo)

Sun, Moon, and Stars (echo)

That was on the fourth day (echo)

It was good (echo)

 

God created (echo)

Birds and Fish (echo)

That was on the fifth day (echo)

It was good (echo)

 

God created (echo)

Animals and People (echo)

That was on the sixth day (echo)

It was good (echo)

 

Then God rested (echo)

From his work (echo)

That was on the seventh day (echo)

All was good (echo)



Jesus Loves The Children

 “Love the Lord your God with all your heart…” Deut. 6:5

 

Growing in Grace had a great first week!

 

Ms. Bev's friend Leo the leopard greeted the children as they arrived to chapel. The children enjoyed giving Leo hugs and quickly realized that Leo was a friendly leopard who loves children. Leo helped Ms. Bev introduce our bible lesson from Luke chapter 18. Luke 18 says; "One day Jesus was out teaching a group of people about God's love. While he was teaching some children wanted to get closer to see him. As the children approached Jesus some men stopped them and told them that Jesus was too busy for them. However, Jesus overheard what the men said and told them to let the children come." This story reminds us that Jesus loves children and is never too busy for them.



Leo loved receiving hugs from the Toddlers!

 


 

The 2's and 4's give chapel a thumbs-up!

 



 

 Make sure to stop and take a look at our

"I can bee thumb-body with Jesus" poster located in the entryway!

 

The 3's class did a great job leading us in singing

"Jesus Love The Little Children." Check out the video clip below!