VBS 2017 booklet

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Tuesday Read:

1 Samuel 17:20-50 or any David & Goliath story from a Children’s Bible.

Act ivity #1:

Cut out large feet from cardboard. Put 2 holes in the center of the feet. Using a shoe string, tie them to your children’s feet and let them pretend to be a giant.

Act ivity #2:

Have a water balloon war with your kids. Let them be David and you be Goliath!

Prayer:

Thank you God that we can trust you like David did! Thank you for sending Jesus to defeat sin and death so we can be in heaven with you forever! Amen.

David& Goliath

David’s five s tones

David took his sling and walked down to the stream Where he found five stones that were smooth and clean Goliath saw him, stood tall, and got mad He yelled and he growled just to scare the lad But David kept walking and didn’t turn away With confidence, he looked up at Goliath to say “You come to me with your spear and a sword But I come to you IN THE NAME OF THE LORD!” David made his sling go round and round The stone flew up with a whistling sound And the giant Goliath….fell to the ground

Psalm 1

But I

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in you

5

I say,

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my

31:14

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2

trust

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O Lord;

6

“You are

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God.�

Wednesday Read:

1 Samuel 20 or any David & Jonathan story form a Children’s Bible.

Act ivity #1:

Make cookies to bring to some friends. Write a note that says thank you for being our friends!

Act ivity #2:

Make fruit cabob arrows. Put a strawberry on one end to be the point, blueberries to fill the middle of the stick and tangerine pieces to be the other end of the arrow.

Prayer:

Thank you God for giving us friends. Help us to tell all our friends about Your great love for all of us! Amen.

David& Jonathan

David and Jonathan, two peas in a pod Were the best of friends, which was planned by God The king tried to kill David, anger filled to the brim But Jonathan had a plan and protected him He gave a signal, using arrows to say Landing in front...you are safe In back...run away

Proverbs

1

A friend

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at all

s 17:17

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loves

4

times.

Thursday Read:

Psalm 150 or any King David story from a Children’s Bible.

Act ivity #1:

Using random items around the house have a Praise party. Pots, pans – anything!

Act ivity #2:

Grab your tin foil and build a crown for each of your kids and let them be king for an afternoon.

Prayer:

We praise you, God, because you keep your promises.

Thank you that Jesus is king forever and ever! Amen.

David is King

God said, “Samuel, I have chosen one Who’ll be king someday A young boy who is humble And trusts what I say” “Go to Bethlehem to see All eight of Jesse’s sons When the new king stands before you I’ll say, “Samuel, he’s the one”

The last of Jesse’s boys was David, A brave, young shepherd boy The Lord said, “Go! Anoint him, For he will bring you joy” Samuel anointed David He would later be the king Many Psalms and songs he’d write God’s praises he would sing!

Psalm 1

Let Everything that

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praise

5

praise

150:6

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has breath

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the Lord,

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the Lord.

T he Hokey Pokey F F You put your right hand in. You put your right hand out.

F C You put your right hand in and you shake it all about.

C You do a dance for Jesus and you praise Him all day long.

C F That’s what it’s all about.

VERSES: Put your left arm in…

Put your right leg in…

Put your left leg in…

Put your nose in…

Put your backside in…

Put your whole self in…

T hank you

for sharing your amazing kids with us at VBS! We’ve had a great time learning about King David. We learned about his battle with Goliath, his friendship with Jonathan and how God kept His promise in making David king of God’s people! Each of these pages shows a small part of what the kids learned while they were with us, but more importantly you can read the poems and Bible verses in these pages to continue to teach them at home. If you are interested in learning more about how to talk to your kids about Jesus you can visit our website for more information about Faith@Home or call to talk to one of our pastors.

Jesus loves YOU!

Jenny Mathiesen Director of Children’s Ministries

Helpful links:

www.bethellutheran.church/faith-at-home www.familylife.com www.focusonthefamily.com www.faithathome.com/parentresources

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