Preschool: The Promised Land

Lesson plan for tomorrow...

The Promised Land

Welcome to Worship

-We are in a special place because God is here
-This is our special place to be with God, we can talk to God, we can listen to God, we can hear stories of God

Teach them: The Lord Be With You (and Also With You)

Songs of Praise

-Halle lu, halle lu (praise ye the lord)

-I’ve got peace like a river, love like an ocean, joy like a fountain

-People get ready, there’s a train to Jordan

Don’t need no baggage, you just get on board,

All you need is faith, to hear the diesels humming

Don’t need no ticket, you just thank the Lord

-Come into his presence singing alleluia

The Promised Land

-This is the desert, it is dry—there is no water, no food, God had to provide for his people

-So many important things happened to the Hebrew people, God’s people, in the desert

-God gave them Moses, and a cloud by day and fire by night, to lead them through the desert

-He gave them water and manna

-God gave the 10 best ways to live

-When Moses died, God gave them a new leader, Joshua

                                                  

-The Hebrew people were still the desert and soon they would be home, the promised land, but the people were afraid:

-“We cannot go into the promised land, the people are giants, we are like grasshoppers, they will kill us”, so they had to wander some more

-After many years, they came back to the Jordan River

-They were so close, they could see the promised land, they could see the huge city of Jericho

-One day, God said to Joshua “don’t be afraid, lead the people into the promised land. Be strong, have courage. I will be with you wherever you go.”

-So Joshua told the people, “God will lead the way”, and He did.

-He rolled back the water of the Jordan River… and the people passed through on dry land.

-When they were all through, God said, take 12 stones from the middle of the Jordan River

-Joshua said to the people, when your children as you what these stones mean, you will say, the people of God passed through on dry land into the promised land.  For God dried up the Jordan just like he did the Red Sea, so that everyone may know God’s power.

I wonder questions (trying to get at the rescue)

-I wonder how the people felt when Joshua told them to get ready to go into the promised land?

-I wonder how it felt when God led them through the water into the promised land?

-I wonder what the people will do now that they are in the promised land

Thanksgiving Feast

We have our time of thanksgiving; I wonder what you are thankful for today?

Read the bible story

Response time: Everyone can pick a way to tell the story

-Re-tell the story
-Art/craft: paint stones (everyone)

-Arts/craft: Coloring

-Tactile: playdough

-Imagination: train set (people get ready)