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<Karen Carver>

Posted Elijah, Stand Up for God! Included in this post: Science lesson Games lesson BIBLE REFERENCE: I Kings 17 – 19 (I Kings 19:8-18) UNIT GOAL: Through the story of Elijah we learn that it is important to stand up (witness) for God and with God’s help we can do it! We just wrote a unit on Elijah, "Stand Up for God!" this summer with a little different emphasis. We used the stories of: fed by ravens, widow of Zarephath, contest on Mt. Carmel and still small voice to go with our unit goal. Trying to cover such a big story and not go down four or five roads is the hardest thing for me. Keep it simple and direct! Science Workshop Our kids love science workshops so we planned one for the Mount Carmel contest. It speaks of the two sides of our goal - wintess to our faith in God and God's presence with us as we do. We are not using a video workshop for this unit so this is the workshop which will present the story as a whole with a visit with Elijah. We create a "story line" for units which have multiple stories about one person. It is a line of rope with a picture and title/discription of each story. They are in sequential and the particular workshop story highlighted. They are placed in each workshop. The children will go to a "cave" to meet Elijah and hear his story. They return to the science lab and focus their discussion on the Mount Carmel event - point: God gives us strength to be faithful. We are using two experiments from a great little book - "It Only Takes a Spark" by Kim Marxhausen. #1 Keep Them in Their Seat Volunteer sits in a chair with feet on the ground and back straight. With one finger on their forehead you can keep them in their seat. They cannot stand up. (center of gravity) #2Test Your Strength Place a ruler on the table with several inches hanging over the edge of the table. Fold a large sheet of newspaper to make a double sheet and spread it over the ruler so the paper lies flat along the table edge. Hit the ruler that sticks out over the edge as hard as you can. You would expect everything to go flying but the paper holds the ruler in place. (the paper and about two tons of air pressure - 15 lbs per square inch of weight on every inch of paper) The class ends by looking at the unit's Bible verse - Is.41:10 and prayer. ---------------------------- Games Workshop WORKSHOP FAITH FOCUS: Sometimes we need to listen carefully to hear what God is saying to us. INTELLIGENCES: Spatial/Logical/Intrapersonal VERSE: Do not be afraid – I am with you. I am your God – let nothing terrify you! I will make you strong and help you. Is.41:10 Leader Prep: Decide how many groups you want to divide the class into. You will need at least 4-5 per group. Make a gum drop/spaghetti geometric shape for each group – difficulty level depending on age group. Plan skit found in The Children’s Worker’s Encyclopedia of Bible Teaching Ideas – Old Testament, Group Pub. pp.90-91. LESSON 1.Ask the children what stories they remember of God talking with someone. (Adam/Eve, Noah, Moses-burning bush and 10 Commandments, Samuel) 2.Sometimes we see God talking in a LOUD way, like Moses and sometimes in a QUIET way like Samuel. God talked to Elijah, too. We will find out how, but first lets see how well you can listen. 3.Do Listening Activity - How Well Do You Listen? (see below) 4.Discuss and tie into the importance of listening with our whole self. 5.Show the class the picture on the story line for the workshop lesson. Introduce the skit, having the class hum the Dragnet theme. 6.Questions – a.How did God talk to Elijah? Loud or soft? b.How does God talk to us? (prayer, conscious, friends, nature, Bible etc) 7.Give the children quiet time alone to write or draw on their journal page. 8.Close with a prayer thanking God for being as close to us as a whisper. HOW WELL DO YOU LISTEN? 1.Divide the class in groups of 4-5 children. 2.Have geometric designs made of raw spaghetti and gumdrops for each group (all different). The difficulty of the design will be determined by the age of students, but don’t make it too easy. 3.Each group will need one describer, one builder and the rest relay members. The describer has the model and tells the first person on the relay team what to do (it may be done in as many steps as the team desires), the directions are passed along the line and the builder follows their directions. You will need a large area since team members should not hear each other. 4.After the groups have had enough time gather them together with their projects. (Have them built on a tray so they can be moved) 5.Discuss: -How hard or easy was it? -How important was it for you to listen? -Do you normally listen this hard? -How can we listen to God? -Is quiet important? --- Exchange Volunteer modified title and combined two posts by same author into one. This message has been edited. Last edited by: CreativeCarol,

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