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SUNDAY MORNINGS

October 7, 2018, Week 1 Grade: 1-2

Friend Request Accepted Bible: Friend Request Accepted (Accept one another) • Romans 12:16 (Supporting: Romans 15:7) Bottom Line: Friends accept each other. Memory Verse: “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.” Proverbs 17:17, NIV Life App: Friendship—treating others the way you want to be treated. Basic Truth: I should treat others the way I want to be treated. Social: Setting the Tone for the Experience (9:00, 10:15, 11:30) 9:00 & 11:30 Can You Do This? • No supplies needed 10:15 Survey Says! • “What’s Your Fave?” (Activity Page) • Pencil or pen Bible: Communicating God’s Truth in Engaging Ways (9:15, 10:30, 11:45) • Bible Presentation in Large Group Groups: Creating a Safe Place to Connect (9:40, 10:55, 12:10) 9:00 & 11:30 Connect Tag • Bible 10:15

Who Is Your Friend? • “Gingerbread Person” (Activity Page); one for each kid • Crayons, markers in the following colors: orange, red, green, pink blue, brown, purple, yellow, black • Tape • Bible Prayer (9:50, 11:05, 12:20)



No supplies needed

Dismiss (10:00, 11:15, 12:30)

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SUNDAY MORNINGS

October 7, 2018, Week 1 Grade: 1-2

Friend Request Accepted Bible: Friend Request Accepted (Accept one another) • Romans 12:16 (Supporting: Romans 15:7) Bottom Line: Friends accept each other. Memory Verse: “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.” Proverbs 17:17, NIV Life App: Friendship—treating others the way you want to be treated. Basic Truth: I should treat others the way I want to be treated.

Social: Providing Time for Fun Interaction (Small Groups, 15 minutes) Welcome kids and spend time engaging in conversation and catching up. Get ready to experience today’s Bible Truth. 9:00 & 11:30 Can You Do This? What You Need: No supplies needed What You Do: See how many kids in your group can wiggle their ears, curl their tongue, and touch their toes without bending their knees. Ask them if there are any other special “talents” they can do and would like to demonstrate to the group. What You Say: “All of us have special talents, but we don’t all have the same special talents, do we? God made each of us unique. [Transition] Let’s go to Large Group to learn how God wants us to be unique and be a good friend.” Lead your group to the Large Group area. 10:15 Survey Says! What You Need: “What’s Your Fave?” (Activity Page), a pen or pencil What You Do: Ask each question on the survey, and judge the response by a show of hands. Mark the number of hands next to each answer. What You Say: “Thanks for helping out! There are a lot of different answers here. We don't all like the same things. It’s pretty cool how God made each of us different. [Transition] Even though some of our answers were different and we like different things, we can all still be friends. Let’s go to Large Group to hear more!” Lead your group to the Large Group area.

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SUNDAY MORNINGS

October 7, 2018, Week 1 Grade: 1-2

Friend Request Accepted Bible: Friend Request Accepted (Accept one another) • Romans 12:16 (Supporting: Romans 15:7) Bottom Line: Friends accept each other. Memory Verse: “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.” Proverbs 17:17, NIV Life App: Friendship—treating others the way you want to be treated. Basic Truth: I should treat others the way I want to be treated.

Bible: Communicating God’s Truth in Engaging Ways (Large Group, 25 minutes) GETTING READY 1. Opener/Closer What You Need: What You Need: •

Host

2. Bible Truth What You Need: • •

Historyteller Bible

3. Worship What You Need: •

Power Praise Team

Music and Sound Effects (SFX): • “Raise Your Hands High” • “This Love” •

“My God Can”

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SUNDAY MORNINGS

October 7, 2018, Week 1 Grade: 1-2

Friend Request Accepted Bible: Friend Request Accepted (Accept one another) • Romans 12:16 (Supporting: Romans 15:7) Bottom Line: Friends accept each other. Memory Verse: “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.” Proverbs 17:17, NIV Life App: Friendship—treating others the way you want to be treated. Basic Truth: I should treat others the way I want to be treated.

Bible: Communicating God’s Truth in Engaging Ways (Large Group, 25 minutes) Engage kids’ hearts through a dynamic and interactive Bible Truth, worship, and prayer experience in a Large Group setting. CG: 10 Second count down CG: Theme Slide Host enters. Opener HOST: “Hey, everybody! I’m so glad that you’re here today! Wow, we already in October and that means that we are only 11 more Sundays until Christmas. What?! Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. if you’re new here, we’ve been watching some friends form a band. I think it’s time we check up on them, their band, and their friendship. Let’s have a look.” CG: 252 Intro Wk 1 HOST: “Uhm, personally, I think a cowbell is pretty cool. I’m not too worried about them. They’ve already been through a lot. They have a great friendship. They will figure this thing out. “You guys who have been hanging out with us these past few weeks, help me out. What’s friendship? Treating others …” KIDS: “… the way you want to be treated!” HOST: “That’s right! Friendship is [Recycle] treating others the way you want to be treated. And that’s not always easy, and you’ve got to work TOGETHER. (Pause.) I mean, think about it. Sometimes we hurt each other’s feelings, or we want other people to do things OUR way. But real friendship means putting your friends FIRST! “Real friendship is like our new theme verse for this month, Proverbs 17:17. Check this out. CG: Memory Verse Slide “‘A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.’

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“Man. That’s good stuff. You guys say it with me!” KIDS and HOST: “‘A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.’” HOST: “That’s what our Bible Truth is all about. I say we welcome [Historyteller’s Name] to tell us more.” Host exits. Historyteller enters. SETTING UP THE BIBLE TRUTH HISTORYTELLER: “Our Bible Truth today is about a really important part of friendship—accepting people. That’s right: [Impress] friends accept each other! “We’ve been talking about friendship and what it means to treat others the way we want to be treated. And each week we’ve had a different verse that helps show us what it means to be a friend. “Today we’re going to look at a really cool verse from Paul’s letter to the Romans. It’s Romans 12:16. Listen to this. (Open the Bible to Romans 12:16 and read.) ‘Agree with each other. Don’t be proud. Be willing to be a friend of people who aren’t considered important. Don’t think that you are better than others.’ (NIrV) “I have a video here that I want you to watch and then we’re going to talk about it. Be watching for good friend things.” CG: 252 Movie WRAPPING UP THE BIBLE TRUTH “Remember that verse we talked about a minute ago? This is what Paul was talking about. He was telling the Romans to be a friend to people who may not seem important. He was reminding them not to think they were better than others. He wanted them to accept people who might be different. “Listen to this awesome verse that also comes from Paul’s letter, a little bit later on. (Open the Bible to Romans 15:7 and read.) ‘Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.’ (NIV) CG: Week 1 Verse “Even if someone is different—even if we’re not sure we have anything in common with someone—we should accept that person and treat them the way we want to be treated. Because [Impress] friends accept each other.” WRAPPING UP THE BIBLE TRUTH HISTORYTELLER: “Now, here’s what Paul meant when he wrote, ‘just as Christ accepted you.’ God loved us so much that He sent His Son, Jesus, to be our Savior—to take the punishment for the wrong things we do—so we could have a relationship with God forever! That’s what God has done for us. “And that’s why it’s so important for us to accept others—to treat them like they’re important, even if they’re different from us. Because when we show them love, we’re showing everyone how amazing God’s love really is.

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SUNDAY MORNINGS

October 7, 2018, Week 1 Grade: 1-2

HISTORYTELLER: “Awesome! Let’s pray.” Pray HISTORYTELLER: “God, thank You for making each one of us with our own unique personality and interests. Thank You for giving us the chance to celebrate those differences and show friendship by accepting each other. It’s so amazing that You chose to accept US by sending Jesus to be our Savior. Please help us to accept the people around us. Please give us the courage to see past what’s on the outside and get to know others for what they’re really like on the inside. We want to accept others like You’ve accepted us. We love You! We ask these things in Jesus’ name, amen.” “If you have an offering with you today, raise your hand and we will bring the bucket over to you.” “Now, up on your feet and give some love to my friends and yours, our Power Praise team!” Power Praise team enters as Historyteller exits. Worship SFX: “Raise Your Hands Up” SFX: “This Love” SFX: “My God Can” Host enters as Power Praise Team exits. CG: 252 Outro Wk 1 Closer “It’s so easy for us to look at how someone looks and think we know everything about them. But you never know—maybe the guy who always seems so serious about school also knows a ton about baseball. Maybe it turns out that it’s really fun to play video games with him. Or you’d never know that the girl who practices swimming every morning is also an awesome singer or maybe she’s really good at art. “There’s so much more to people than we might think at first. God made us all different, and He wants us to accept those differences. He doesn't want those differences to keep us apart. God created friendship, and He knows that we’re better friends when we accept each other. CG: Bottom Line Slide “Say this with me: [Impress] friends accept each other.” KIDS and HOST: [Impress] “Friends accept each other.” HOST: “That’s awesome. It’s time for you guys to talk more about friendship in our small groups. Have a great time.” Dismiss children to their Small Groups. CG: Small Group Slide

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SUNDAY MORNINGS

October 7, 2018, Week 1 Grade: 1-2

Friend Request Accepted Bible: Friend Request Accepted (Accept one another) • Romans 12:16 (Supporting: Romans 15:7) Bottom Line: Friends accept each other. Memory Verse: “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.” Proverbs 17:17, NIV Life App: Friendship—treating others the way you want to be treated. Basic Truth: I should treat others the way I want to be treated.

Groups: Creating a Safe Place to Connect (10 minutes) Create a safe place to connect and learn how the Bible Truth applies to real life experiences, through interactive activities and discussion questions. 9:00 & 11:30 Connect Tag (Play as a Class-wide activity) What You Need: Bible What You Do: Open your Bible to Proverbs 17:17 and read it aloud to your group. Say it together several times. Then begin a game of tag. Select a child to be “It” and say the verse aloud. Then, whenever It tags someone, that person must link arms with It and say the verse with him, before they both chase the others together. The game ends when all the kids are linked and everyone has said the verse. What You Say: “It was pretty fun to get linked up and run around, and that last link was a challenge! It really shows us that everyone can see how great it is when [Impress] friends accept each other.”

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SUNDAY MORNINGS

October 7, 2018, Week 1 Grade: 1-2

10:15

Who’s Your Friend? What You Need: Precut “Gingerbread Person” (Activity Page), crayons, tape, Bible What You Do: Read Romans 12:16. Ask kids what they remember about this verse from Large Group. Then give each kid a “Gingerbread Person” Activity Page. Put the crayons/markers in the middle of the group. Ask the kids to think of one of their friends—it can be a friend from school, a relative, or someone on their sports team or gymnastics team. Once everyone has a friend in mind, read the following statements and have the kids color the area according to their answer. 1. If your friend’s first name begins with a letter between A and L, color the right arm red. If your friend’s first name begins with a letter between M and Z, color the right arm orange. 2. If your friend is in your class at school, color the left arm green. If your friend isn’t in your class, color left arm purple. 3. If your friend is a girl, color the face pink. If your friend is a boy, color the face blue. 4. If your friend likes animals, color the right leg orange. If your friend doesn’t like animals or you don’t know, color the right leg yellow. 5. Write on the body one thing you and your friend like to do together. 6. If your friend is taller than you, color the left leg brown. If you are taller than your friend, color the left leg black. After the gingerbread people have been decorated, tape the gingerbread people’s hands together and hang them in a prominent place in the room. What You Say: “Each of our paper people looks a bit different. Really, none of them are the same. [Apply] Just like our paper people, God made each of us unique. We not only look different from one another, we all like different things, too. This goes the same for our friends. What’s awesome is that God loves us all. He knows our friends will be different from us but those differences could help make being together a lot of fun! He wants us to remember [Impress] friends accept each other. [Personalize] (Tell a story about how you have a friend that is different from you but they are still very special to you. For example, maybe you have a friend who is very shy. She is not comfortable in crowds. However, you love to be around a lot of people, but you don’t make fun of your friend because she doesn’t.) God made us differently and friends accept each other and their differences.”

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SUNDAY MORNINGS

October 7, 2018, Week 1 Grade: 1-2

All Service Times

Pray and Dismiss (10 minutes) What You Need: No supplies needed What You Do: [Apply] Each kid will say “Thank you God for …” and fill in the blank with a name of a friend. Wrap up the prayer time with the following prayer. What You Say: “God, thank You for all the wonderful people You have created and who are in our lives. You know everything about us and You love each one of us. Help us to see others they way You do—to look beyond the outside and see how awesome You made each of us and each of our friends. Help us to remember that [Impress] friends accept each other. We want to show Your amazing love to our friends and the world! Amen.” Dismiss Give each child a GodTime card. Pass out Parent CUE cards as adults arrive to pick up.

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QUESTION 1: If you could pick one sport as your fave, would it be . . . A. Soccer B. Football C. Baseball

QUESTION 2: If you could pick one fave flavor of ice cream, would it be . . . A. Vanilla B. Mint Chocolate Chip C. Cookie Dough

QUESTION 3: If you had to pick out one kind of pants to wear, would they be . . . A. Shorts B. Jeans C. Workout/sweatpants

What to Do: Make one copy for each Small Group.

What’s Your Fave? ©2014 The reThink Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

What to Do: Make one copy for each kid.

Gingerbread Person ©2014 The reThink Group, Inc. All rights reserved.