Payback or Forgiveness?

Beforehand read Genesis 41:54-45:15

Memory Verse:

• "He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west." Psalm 103:12

Craft: Create a Pyramid!

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Snack- Crackers

• Preferably shaped as a square or rectangle.
• Stack them on paper like a pyramid.
• Gobble them up and enjoy!

Games: Hide and Seek

• Hide a cup (painted silver) and have the kids find it.
• Hide three mugs in tree different bags. (Have all be different colors, but one should be silver. Mix the bags around before the kids' eyes and ask them where the SILVER cup is.

Story: Genesis 41:54-45:15

• Retell this story as best as you can
• Notice how Joseph wasn't out for revenge. It says he remembered the dreams he had long ago.
• Questions:
• What do you want to be when you grow up?
• What if you actually became what you wanted to be when you grew up?
• What do you think Joseph was feeling when He saw his brothers?
• What do you think he was feeling and thinking when he saw Benjamin, his little brother?

Memory Verse Game Ideas:

• Act it out.
• Brainstorm motions with the students to match their memory verse. When children learn movements they are less likely to “lose it” from their memory.
• Post It Cover Up
• For this activity write the memory verse on the front board of the classroom. Practice reading it once together and then use post-it notes to cover up one of the words. Then, practice reading the verse again followed by covering up a second word with post-it notes. Continue this pattern until the entire verse is covered and the children are saying the verse from memory. This is an interesting spin on traditional drilling of a verse by repetition. You could also reverse the game beginning with some words covered and have children guess the missing words.
• Find, Assemble, and Read
• Put each word from the verse onto separate sheets of paper. Hide them around and have the kids find the words. Once the kids have found the words, congregate at a meeting spot and assemble the sentence and read them.
• Pudding Words
• Smear pudding on cookie sheets. Using their fingers, have the kids write the memory verse in the pudding.
• Pudding Pictures
• Smear pudding on cookie sheets. Using their fingers, have the kids draw what they learned from the lesson in the pudding.