Around The World

AROUND THE WORLD IN 90 DAYS
LESSONS IN WORLD MISSIONS
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Table Of Contents
How To Use Young Explorers ........................................................................................4 Setting The Stage: The Backdrop..................................................................................6 Weekly Session Plan Sheet
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How To Lead A Child To Christ ....................................................................................8 Around The World In 90 Days: Unit Introduction ......................................9
SESSION 1 WHY ARE WE GOING? / ALL ABOUT JESUS................................................10 SESSION 2 PASSENGERS NOW BOARDING / WHAT IS A MISSIONARY?....................18 SESSION 3 FILING THE FLIGHT PLAN / WHAT DOES A MISSIONARY DO? ................26 SESSION 4 CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF / HOW DOES A MISSIONARY PREPARE? ............34 SESSION 5 THIS IS YOUR PILOT SPEAKING / JESUS, ULTIMATE MISSIONARY ..........42 SESSION 6 FLIGHT CREW STANDING BY / HOW CAN I HELP? ..................................50 SESSION 7 WORLD TRAVELER / AN UNLIKELY CANDIDATE ........................................58 SESSION 8 TRAVEL ITINERARY / PAUL PREACHES WHERE HE CAN ............................66 SESSION 9 EXPERIENCING TURBULENCE / GOD DEFEATS A SORCERER..................74 SESSION 10 CLEARED FOR LANDING / GOD GIVES VICTORY ......................................82 SESSION 11 CHECK THE FLIGHT SCHEDULE / WHO CAN BE A MISSIONARY? ........90 SESSION 12 CONFIRM THE RESERVATION / WILL GOD ASK ME TO GO? ..................98 SESSION 13 CHECK THE LUGGAGE / HOW CAN I BE READY? ..................................106
Resources ..........................................................................................................................113 Enlarged Answer Pages ..............................................................................................157 Activity Sheets ................................................................................................................164
Table Of Contents
AROUND THE WORLD IN 90 DAYS (Lessons In World Missions)

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Environmental Setting
Each Young Explorers unit is centered around an exciting theme and environment that helps the Bible lessons come alive for the children. For help in creating this units environment, see Setting the Stage.
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Session Goals
The session goals describe what each child should learn during the session. The following symbol points out places in the lesson where the session goals are emphasized:
Session Structure
Sessions are divided: 1. Explorer Orientation (opening activity, giving, and praise time) 2. Exploring Session Goals (pre-Bible lesson activities)
3. Exploring the Word (Bible lesson) 4. Responding to the Word (worship and prayer, memory verse activity) 5. Applying the Word (closing activities) The activities in each section help children learn biblical truths by watching, listening, and participating. You dont need to use the activities in order. You dont even need to use all the activities described. Activities can be mixedand-matched to fit the needs of your group. But use the Bible lesson, prayer time, and verse review every week.
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Weekly Session Plan Sheet

Use the Weekly Session Plan Sheet to plan your lessons. You also can copy and hand out the sheet to your childrens church workers.
Activity Sheets
The activity sheets in the Resource section use puzzles and activities to involve children in learning. Each sheet is marked for level of difficulty: One Star () = easy Two Stars () = somewhat difficult Three Stars () = very difficult Following are suggestions for using the activity sheets. Choose activity sheets with the right level of difficulty for each child. Use the sheets after each session to reinforce session goals. Review the answers before the children leave.
How To Use Young Explorers
Pass out extra copies of the sheets for the children to take home, if there isnt sufficient time to complete them during the session. Send activity sheets to absent children with a note saying you missed them.
charts. Give each child a sticker to put on his attendance chart for each session he attends.
Bible Lessons
Along with the themerelated music, use the following suggestions to help the children understand and retain the Bible lesson better: Use a puppet to tell the Bible story. Ask one of the skit characters to tell the story. Gather children in a different place in the room. Have children ad lib role playing the Bible story as you tell it. Anything you can do to help the children focus on the Bible lesson will help them understand and retain the lesson better.
Music and Sound Effects

Music and Songs Every Young Explorers unit comes with a Music CD containing several songs which relate to biblical principles covered in the unit. Youll find suggestions in each session for using the Young Explorers songs and for incorporating other familiar songs into your childrens church time. Sound Effects Along with the themerelated music, each Young Explorers Music CD contains sound effects which can be used with the skits (see the Resource section) or at any time during the session to capture interest or make a point.
Young Explorer Resources

Use the Resources section of each Young Explorers unit to present the lessons in a variety of learning styles. Resources include training pages, music, copy and overhead masters, game ideas, announcement and offering ideas, skits, sound effects, and activity sheets.
Individual Attendance Chart

Print an attendance chart (in the Resources section) for each child. Let the children color their attendance
Copies For Helpers

Print and distribute copies of the session plans and skits for your helpers each week.
How To Use Young Explorers
Setting The Stage: The Backdrop
dd color and excitement to your Childrens Church by using a simple backdrop. Use the Backdrop from the Resources section to make a transparency or create a backdrop by painting the scene on a white sheet or large white cloth.
Lay the sheet flat on a plastic drop cloth. Use straight pins to pin the sheet to the drop cloth. Paint with tempera or fabric paints, using foam and artist brushes. Maintain good, even coverage with the paints. If using fabric marking pens, test them first. Let the painted backdrop dry flat for 24 hours.
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Buy a white flat sheet. Do not prewash it. (If you use an older sheet, add sizing to it.) Iron the sheet.
Attach the sheet to the wall. Using the Backdrop provided to make a transparency, project the backdrop image onto the sheet. Trace the lines with a pencil.
Add extras to the backdrop. Chairs, magazines, phone, suitcases, and plants will create a three-dimensional feel.
AROUND THE WORLD IN 90 DAYS (Lessons In World Missions) Setting The Stage: The Backdrop
Explorer Orientation: OPENING ACTIVITY

Activity Person responsible Materials needed
Time (# minutes)
Exploring Session Goals: PRE-BIBLE LESSON ACTIVITIES

Time (# minutes)
Exploring The Word: BIBLE LESSON

Weekly SessionPlan SHEET
Time (# minutes)
Responding To The Word: PRAYER AND WORSHIP

Time (# minutes)
Applying The Word: CLOSING ACTIVITIES

Date______ Session Number______ Session Title_____________________
Time (# minutes)
How To Lead A Child To Christ

alvation is a vital part of Childrens Church. As you present the session each week, make opportunities to invite children to accept Jesus as Savior. Following are basic steps to use when counseling children in this important area. Write the Scripture references on a card to keep in the front of your Bible.
3. The punishment for

sin is eternal separation from God and heaven. This is spiritual death. (Romans 6:23)
daily Bible reading daily prayer regular church attendance obedience to Gods commands
4. Jesus took our punishment by dying on the Cross. (Romans 5:8; 1 Peter 2:24)
Follow-up
Leading a child to Christ signals the beginning of that childs relationship with Jesus. However, just as any relationship requires work after the initial introduction, a new Christian needs to develop his relationship with Christ. In the weeks after the child prays the sinners prayer, talk with him about the experience. Keep encouraging him to be faithful to pray, read his Bible, and attend church. Let him know you are available to help him as he grows in his relationship with Christ. Use the following for reference:
Invitation
The purpose of the invitation is not to coax or plead with the children, but to give them an opportunity to accept Christ as their Savior and Lord. After you present the gospel, ask the children to bow their heads. Then ask if any child would like to receive Jesus. Invite each to come to the altar. Pray with each one who comes.
5. Salvation is free, a gift; we cannot buy it. (Ephesians 2:8,9) 6. We need to repent (be truly sorry for) and ask forgiveness for our sins. (Help the child pray, asking God for forgiveness of his sins.) (Acts 3:19) 7. By believing in Jesus and His sacrifice for us, we receive freely the gift of salvation. (Emphasize that we accept salvation through faith, not through our feelings.) Then give thanks to God for His gift. (John 1:12; Acts 16:31) 8. Tell others you have
received Jesus as your Savior. (Romans 10:9)
1. God loves everyone and wants all to become members of His family. (John 3:16; 1 John 4:9) 2. Sin prevents us from
becoming members of Gods family. The Bible says all have sinned. (Ask the child if he knows he has sinned.) Help him understand that all have sinned. (Romans 3:23; James 4:17)
Presentation
A Admit you have sinned and be sorry for your sins (Romans 3:23; Acts 3:19). B Believe Jesus is Gods Son who died for your sins (John 3:16). C Confess your sins to Jesus, repent and ask Him to forgive you (Romans 10:9).
Encourage the child to grow

as a new Christian through:
How To Lead A Child To Christ

LESSONS IN WORLD MISSIONS
UNIT GOALS
During this unit each child will understand that people in every country of the world need to hear the gospel learn ways he can do the work of God by helping everyone hear His good news
UNIT KEY VERSE

Go and make disciples of all nationsteaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. Matthew 28:19,20.
n this unit help the children focus on others and their need of salvation. This is the Great Commission Jesus gave to Christiansto tell the lost the good news that Jesus died for their sins! Children need help realizing that the Great Commission applies to them, and that they dont need to wait until they are grown to participate in Gods plan for all
Christians. Children can do much to advance the Kingdom of God! Pray that God will give you a vision for the lostness of people. Ask the Holy Spirit to help you instill that vision in the children through these sessions. As the children learn what they can do for missions and missionaries now, perhaps God will call some of them as full-time missionaries.
THIS SYMBOL
reminds you to emphasize the session goals
Unit Introduction

SESSION 1
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THIS SYMBOL
reminds you to emphasize the session goals
Why Are We Going?

ALL ABOUT JESUS
Bible Text Session Key Verse Session Goals
Matthew 2:1-12; 28:1-10,16-20; Luke 1:26-38; 2:1-40; Acts 10:38-43; Philippians 2:8,9
[Jesus] humbled himself and was fully obedient to God. He obeyed even when that caused his deathon a cross. SoGod made the name of Christ greater than every other name. Philippians 2:8,9 (NCV)
Today each child will review the good news of Jesus birth, death, and resurrection consider his part in reaching the world with the message of salvation
his session begins a quarter on two of the most vital points of a persons Christianityleading others to Jesus and submitting oneself in service to God, which for some includes answering a call from God to full-time ministry. Bring the childrens focus to why Jesus came as a baby, lived on earth, and died to take away the sins of the world. Strive to expand the childrens view beyond that of Gods gift of salvation to them, to that of Jesus being Gods gift to the whole world. Without Jesus, we have no hope. Because He not only died, but was resurrected, the world does have hope! The message of Jesus is the whole basis for the message of missions!
Unit KeyVerse
Go and make disciples of all nationsteaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. Matthew 28:19,20
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Session 1: Why Are We Going?
Explorer Orientation
OPENING ACTIVITY AND PRAISE
The Cure
(5-10 minutes) Before class re-label the bottles CURE FOR SIN. Once the water supply in a town named EVERYWHERE got contaminated. Before anyone knew what happened people in EVERYWHERE started dying. It was soon discovered that the contaminant was a poison called SIN. (Write SIN on the chalkboard.) And there was no cure for it. But somewhere SOMEONE worked out a solution that would cure the problem. He was from a distant land called HEAVEN. He tasted the water that had been contaminated with sin and he died. But as He died, His blood became a solution to cure the problem. Then SOMEONE came back to life. But many of the people in EVERYWHERE had still never heard of the CURE and they continued to drink the water and die. One day SOMEONE called a boy named (child volunteer) and a girl named (childs name) to take the CURE to EVERYWHERE. (Childrens names) boarded a plane with many bottles of CURE. Can anybody guess what this story is really about? Guide the children as they realize you have been talking about sin coming into the world and that Jesus died to save people from their sins. (Childrens names) have now become missionaries and they will do their part to take the message of Jesus to the entire world. But they will need others to help them. Divide the group into two teams. (Each volunteer will represent a team.) Each of you will take your bottle of CURE, run to the board and then return to your team and give the bottle to the next person on the team. The first team that has all of its players take the CURE to the board and return to their places is the winning team.
Items Needed
Two large vitamin bottles Chalkboard and chalk Felt-tip markers Labels
Giving Time
(3 minutes) Allow the children to participate in a time of giving to the Lord. You might want them to give an offering or participate individually in a special ministry.
Praise
(10 minutes) Use the following suggested song from the Young Explorers Music CD: He Has Called Me. Add songs of your own choosing for leading the children in a time of praise. Lead in prayer for this weeks study.
Items Needed
Young Explorers Music CD
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Exploring Session Goals
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Items Needed
An adult
PRE-BIBLE LESSON ACTIVITIES

Announcements And Skit
(5 minutes) Give announcements and any guidelines you have for the children to follow during this time. Use the optional skit titled, Care Enough To Share, found on page 128.
The Plan
(10 minutes) An adult volunteer portrays a chairperson. He wears business attire and addresses the group as follows. Im glad you all were able to come today. In case you havent met me before, Im the chairperson for the Flyaway Airline Company. Our airline is faced with a critical problem. Weve come to your committee members to get your ideas on designing a plan to solve this problem. Flyaway Airlines is faced with going bankrupt because our customers are upset. They refuse to fly our airline anymore because we are not making their pets happy enough! When people fly, their pets are kept in a special compartment on the plane. We have tried to make the pets happy by giving them food and water. What else can we do? Solving this problem is urgent. Well go out of business unless we come up with a plan to keep our customers pets happy during flights. I would like for each row of committee members to talk together for a few minutes and come up with a plan that would make pets happy on our airlines. Walk by the rows to see how the children are doing. Encourage them to be creative. For example, one plan may be a doggie spa, complete with dog exercise gym and a dog jacuzzi. Allow a child from each row to report their plan. The chairperson then says, Thank you, committee members! I am confident that we will solve our problem and save our airline with one of these fantastic plans! He exits and you address the children as follows. This was a pretend meeting to come up with a plan to solve a problem. You did a great job with your ideas. There was once a different kind of problema much more serious problem than the one for Flyaway Airlines. The problem was sin. It needed a really good plan to solve it. Sin separates us from God. He is holy and sin cannot be around Him. That means when sinful people die, they cant go to be with God in heaven. God the Father came up with a plan! Gods plan was to send His son Jesus to
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earth to live in a human body. When Jesus died on the cross for our sins and then lived again, the problem of sins separating people from God was solved. Our sins can now be forgiven through Jesus and those who ask forgiveness and live for God will one day be able to live with God in heaven. Sending Jesus to earth was the answer to the biggest problem people ever knew.
Exploring The Word

BIBLE LESSON
(10 minutes) Matthew 27:26-42,57-61; 28:1-10,16-20; Luke 1:26-38; 2:1-40; Acts 1:8; 10:38-43; 1 Corinthians 15:3-7; Philippians 2:8,9
1. He Was Born In A Stable

As Gods great plan of salvation was about to happen, He sent the angel, Gabriel, to a young, unmarried woman named Mary who lived in Nazareth. Gabriel said to Mary, The Holy Spirit will create the Baby inside you. God also sent an angel to a man named Joseph. Marys parents had promised her to Joseph to be his wife. The angel told Joseph to go ahead and marry her. Then a ruler named Caesar Augustus ordered that the people in the land be counted so he would know how many people there were. Everyone had to travel back to his hometown to be counted. Joseph and Mary traveled to Bethlehem. Bethlehem was so crowded with people coming to be counted, that Joseph and Mary could find no place to stay except in a stable, which is a barn. While they were there, the baby Jesus was born. That night, while shepherds were taking care of their sheep in the fields nearby, an angel of God appeared to them. The angel said, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. A Savior has been born to you. When the angel said, for all the people, he was letting the shepherds know that the Savior was for the whole world. The angel also told the shepherds they could find the Baby lying in a manger, which is a feeding trough for animals. Suddenly, the whole sky lit up with angels singing praises to God. When the angels disappeared, the shepherds hurried to Bethlehem. They found Mary, Joseph, and the Baby, just as the angel had said.
2. He Was Confirmed As The Savior

When Jesus was about 1 1/2 months old, His parents took Him to the temple. This was something like what we do when we dedicate babies in church. While they were there, a
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man named Simeon was led by the Holy Spirit into the temple. God had told him he would not die until he had seen the Savior. When Simeon saw Jesus, he exclaimed, Lord, you have kept your promise, I can now die in peace because I have seen your salvation! Mary and Joseph were surprised! At that same moment, a prophetess named Anna, who lived in the temple praying and worshiping God, came up to the group. The Holy Spirit spoke through Anna, thanking God that He had sent the Savior. The Holy Spirit worked through Simeon and Anna to confirm to Mary and Joseph that their baby really was the Savior for whom all the Jews had been waiting.
3. He Lived As A Man
Jesus grew up in Nazareth, Mary and Josephs hometown. There He learned the things all Jewish boys learned, including the things of God. He became strong and wise and Gods special anointing was on Him. For 3 1/2 years Jesus taught people about Gods ways. He healed many sick people and worked many miracles. The religious leaders grew angry and began saying things about Jesus that were not true. Even Judas, one of Jesus disciples sold Jesus to the religious leaders so they could kill Him.
4. He Died For All People

A Jewish religious leader had Jesus beaten and then handed Him over to the Romans to be crucified. The Roman soldiers stripped Him and made a crown of thorns and placed them upon His Head. They made Him carry His cross to a place called Golgotha. As Jesus hung there on the cross people made fun of Him and told Him to come down. But Jesus knew that the reason He had come to earth was to die for our sins and He willingly died. As soon as Jesus was dead, a rich man named Joseph of Arimathea came and took Jesus body down from the cross and buried it in his own tomb.
5. He Was Raised From The Dead

But 3 days later, on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene, a woman Jesus had delivered from demons, and another woman came to the tomb and found it empty. An angel had come and rolled the stone away. Later, Mary saw Jesus in person and ran to tell the disciples He had been raised from the dead. Jesus later appeared to the disciples.
6. He Lives So All Can Be Saved

After Jesus resurrection from the dead, He walked on earth for 40 days, teaching and preaching and showing people He had really been raised from the dead. As many as 500
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people saw Him at one time. Jesus told His disciples to wait for the baptism of the Holy Spirit so they could go everywhere and tell people the good news that salvation had come for everyone. Then one day as Jesus was talking with a group of His disciples, He was taken up into heaven. The disciples returned to Jerusalem as Jesus had instructed them to prepare to take His message of salvation to everyone everywhere. Gods plan has not changed. Just as the early disciples prepared to take the message of salvation throughout the whole world, we too must do everything we can to let everyone know that Jesus died to save them from their sins.
Responding To The Word

PRAYER AND WORSHIP
Prayer
(10 minutes) Sing a few worship choruses to begin this part of the session. We must take time today to thank God for sending Jesus to earth as a baby, to live a human life, and then suffer and die so He could be our Savior! But people are not saved unless they ask forgiveness and accept Jesus as Savior. Have you invited Jesus, Gods only Son, into your life? Only you can do this. No one else can do it for you. Its your choice. Raise your hand if you want to receive Jesus today. Pray with those who respond. (See page 8 for guidance.) Without Jesus the people in the world would have no hope. Because of Jesus, we have hope and good news to share with the world! Have volunteers say a sentence or two of thanks to God for sending Jesus and for the opportunity of telling this great news to the world.
Items Needed
Six small bells Bible key verse on a transparency or chalkboard String Scissors Two paper airplanes Six sheets of white paper Tape Marker Six sponge balls or six small balls of yarn
Ring The Bell For Service

(10 minutes) Prepare ahead by stringing each bell and hanging them from the ceiling near the chalkboard. There should be three bells close together in front of each team. Photocopy or draw two airplanes. Cut out and tape them to the chalkboard. Cut paper strips 4 inches wide. Tape these on the chalkboard to the right of each plane to make them look like aerial banners. We have so much to celebrate! Jesus came to earth, experienced the things we experience, was tempted with the same temptations we face, and then suffered and died so we could receive forgiveness for our sins. We are learning about missionaries. Did you know that if Jesus had not come to earth to fulfill Gods plan, there wouldnt be any missionaries? Why? Because there would be no good news to tell anyone. No one would have any hope. They could not be forgiven for their sins and be saved from eternal punishment.
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Items Needed
Chalkboard and chalk Two lists of session review questions (same questions but in different order) Two plastic cups or containers Several wire coat hangers Box of paper clips
(Divide the group into two teams.) Our key verse tells about how Jesus came to earth as a man and died for our sins. It says, [Jesus] humbled himself and was fully obedient to God. He obeyed even when that caused hisdeath on a cross. So Godmade the name of Christ greater than every other name (NCV). Read the verse together with the children a few times, pointing to each word as it is said. Then erase the verse and form two teams from the group. You may have seen planes fly with banners behind them. Each of you will get to try to ring the three bells hanging in front of your team by throwing three of these balls at them. If you can ring at least one bell, a word of the verse will be written on your planes banner. Written on the banners is news that is found in our key verse. The first team to get all of the good news written on their airplane banners wins.
Applying The Word

CLOSING ACTIVITIES
Through The Luggage Checker
(10 minutes) Prior to the session, make two 12-inch square hoops from the coat hangers. Place half of the paper clips in one container and half in the other. Divide the group into two teams. Place a worker an equal distance from each team and give each a square hoop and a list of questions. The paper clips should be placed 3 feet in front of the workers. You will be at the chalkboard to record the scores. When I say go, the first child in each team should run to his teams paper clip box, try to throw a paper clip through the hoop the worker is holding, answer the question the worker reads to him, and race back to his team. The workers will tell me the points earned to tally under the teams score. You will receive a point for a correct answer and another for getting the paper clip through the hoop. At the end of the relay, total the points. Some examples of questions are: 1. Why did Jesus come to earth? (to save us from our sins) 2. Where was He born? (in Bethlehem; in a stable) 3. Who besides Mary and Joseph first recognized that Jesus was the Savior? (Simeon and Anna) 4. Where did Jesus grow up? (Nazareth) 5. How long did Jesus live on earth and teach people about God? (3 1/2 years) 6. How did Jesus die? (He was crucified by hanging on a cross.) 7. What happened 3 days after He was crucified? (He was raised from the dead.)
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8. How many days did Jesus walk on earth after He was raised from the dead? (40 days) 9. How many people saw Jesus at one time after He was raised from the dead? (500) 10. Where did the disciples go after Jesus was taken up into heaven? (They returned to Jerusalem to prepare to take His message throughout the world.)
JESUS
(10 minutes) Prior to the session, prepare sheets of paper divided into 25 squares (five across and five down) with the word J-E-S-U-S printed at the top of the squares. Print 24 words (names, places, Bible references, key words, etc. related to the lesson) on the chalkboard. Instruct children to write the words from the chalkboard in random order, one word for each square, on their papers. The square in the center can be a free space. Give children the buttons, pennies, or small candy to cover squares. Write all the words on slips of paper and put in a small box. In another small box write the letters J-E-S-U-S on small squares of paper. Pick a letter from the letter box and one word from the word box and read it aloud. Children may cover the space if they have what you call out. The first child to cover a whole row diagonally, horizontally, or vertically will say, Jesus died for me. Then he will quote the key verse, Philippians 2:8,9.
Items Needed
Sheets of paper Buttons, pennies, or small candy
Activity Sheets
(10 minutes) See page 4 for suggestions on how to use Activity Sheets 1-1 to 1-3.
Celebration Card Session 1, Sheet 1 Something To Sing About Session 1, Sheet 2 Rhyming Hearts Session 1, Sheet 3
Items Needed
Copies of Activity Sheets 1-1 to 1-3 Pencils
Larger copies of the answer sheets are provided on page 157.
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SESSION 2
Passengers Now Boarding

WHAT IS A MISSIONARY?
BibleText Session KeyVerse Session Goals
Matthew 5:13-16; 28:16-20; John 3:36; Romans 3:23; 5:8; 6:23; 1 John 1:9
Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation. Mark 16:15
Today each child will learn that a missionary is a person called by God to tell the good news of salvation learn how to share the message with others hat is a missionary? Does crossing the ocean make one a missionary? Todays session will show that while God calls some people to full-time missionary service, He has called all Christians to share the good news. Emphasize to the children the importance of sharing the message of Jesus. Remind them that someone had to tell them about Jesus so they could realize their need for Him as Savior. Now they too should be telling others about Jesus. There is nothing more wonderful that you can give to people than the knowledge of a God who loves them and can forgive their sin. Seeing the children in your group experience salvation and become sharers of the gospel is tremendously rewarding. Some children may even one day be dedicating their lives to God in full-time ministry. Pray that God will help the children desire to tell others about Jesus wonderful love for all people.
Unit KeyVerse
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Session 2: Passengers Now Boarding
Where Will I Land?
(5-10 minutes) Prior to the session use the construction paper to prepare squares with the names of countries on them. (If you want to be creative, you may even use the country shapes instead of squares.) Prepare small slips of paper with names that correspond to the countries you have prepared and place them in the bowl. Place the squares (or country shapes) on the floor in a large circle. Have the children walk around the circle stepping on the countries while you play marching music. When the music stops, pick a country name from the bowl. The child standing on that country must immediately say, I will go wherever God leads me. Continue the game until several children have been caught standing on a country or until 10 minutes have passed.
Items Needed
Construction paper Scissors
Giving Time
Felt-tip markers Bowl Marching music Cassette player
Praise
(10 minutes) Use the following suggested song from the Young Explorers Music CD: Go Into All Your World. Add songs of your own choosing for leading the children in a time of praise. Lead in prayer for this weeks study.
Items Needed

(5 minutes) Give announcements and any guidelines you have for the children to follow during this time. Use the optional skit titled, Missionary Heather, found on page 128.
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Items Needed
Newspaper Highlighter Felt-tip pen Printed or typed copy of the following verses with headlines: John 3:16,17
Good News, Bad News

(5 minutes) Fold the pages into newspaper form. Show the regular newspaper. How many of you have ever been in an airport? Usually you take something to do while you are waiting for your plane to be ready. Many people read newspapers while they wait. Newspapers are filled with all kinds of newsgood news and bad news. Let's see how many stories in this newspaper are good and how many are bad. Read the headlines, letting the children decide which are good and which are bad. Draw a large X over each story of bad news. Look how many stories on this page are crossed out. That is a lot of bad news, isn't it? Reading bad news makes us feel sad. Do you like to hear only bad news? No, you probably want to hear good news too. I have made a special paper that contains mostly good news. Display the Bible newspaper. This newspaper has only two pieces of bad news. Open the Bible newspaper and point to Romans 3:23 and 6:23. This is bad news. All the rest of this newspaper is good news. Today we are going to learn about this good news, and also how we can share this good news with others.
(Man Dies For Others); Romans 3:23 (Everyone Does Wrong); 5:1 (God Loves Bad People); 6:23 (Payback Time); and 1 John 1:9 (Just Do It!).
Exploring The Word

BIBLE LESSON
(10 minutes) Matthew 5:13-16; 28:16-20; John 3:36; Romans 3:23; 5:8; 6:23; 1 John 1:9
Items Needed
Bible Salted cracker for each child Unsalted cracker Flashlight Bible newspaper (from previous activity)
1. God Calls Missionaries

(Display the Bible newspaper.) This newspaper is a special newspaper full of good news. Good news is great to hear and great to share. Some people work full-time to share the good news about Jesus and how to be saved. What are some of these people who may even go to another country called? (missionaries) A missionary is someone who has a special call from God to go and tell people the good news about Jesus and salvation.
2. Gods Bad News/Good News

Missionaries have both bad news and good news to share. (Read from the Bible newspaper Romans 3:23 and 6:23.) This is bad news. Each of us has sinned. Have you ever told a lie, thought something mean about someone, or been jealous of the nice things someone else has? If so, then you have sinned. The Bible says all have sinned. We are born as sinners. Our sins separate us from God.
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God loves people but He hates their sin. God says our sins must be punished. This punishment is spending eternity in hell separated from God. Thats definitely bad news! Missionaries tell people this bad news. However, missionaries then tell people the good news. They tell people God has made a way for our sins to be forgiven. (Read 1 John 1:9 from the Bible newspaper.) If our sins are forgiven, we will not be punished or separated from God. And one day we can go to be with God forever in heaven. Now thats really good news! The reason God forgives our sin is because of Jesus. What did Jesus do to make it possible for our sins to be forgiven? (Allow responses. Review briefly Jesus suffering and death on the cross. Read John 3:16,17 and Romans 5:8 from the Bible newspaper.) When we believe in Jesus as our Savior, are sorry for our sins, and ask Him to forgive our sins, He will! This is the best news anyone can hearthat Jesus will forgive the sins of those who are sorry and ask His forgiveness. This is the good news that missionaries take to others.
3. The Power Of Salt And Light

The Bible compares missionaries and other Christians who tell about Jesus to salt. (Let a child taste both an unsalted and a salted cracker. Let him tell which cracker tasted better.) Why does it taste better? Salt changes the way food tastes. It makes food taste better. All the food tastes better, not just part of it, because of salts flavoring influence. Christians are like salt. They affect those around them by the love they show through their words and actions. People are affected by what Christians say and do. Missionaries are Christians, so they are like salt. Their actions are loving and helpful and their words are kind. Do you act like salt? Are you a good influence on kids at school who dont know Jesus? Everyone needs to hear that Jesus loves them. Do your words or actions cause them to want to know Jesus or to live better lives? (Turn off the lights and turn on the flashlight.) Jesus also compared missionaries and Christians to lights in the darkness. A light shows the way through the darkness. What would happen if you covered your flashlight while you were walking in a dark place? The flashlight couldnt help you if it was hidden. It couldnt help anyone else walking with you either. Everyone would be in the dark. Since we have the good news about salvation, we are lights for God. We can help lead people to Jesus out of the darkness of their sin. We let our lights shine by sharing the good news about Jesus through our words and actions. Being kind to a person instead of calling him names is a way to be a light for Jesus. (Suggest other examples of loving words and kind actions.) Can someone tell me about John the Baptist? The Bible says John the Baptist was a light for God. He told the people around him, who were in the darkness of sin, about Someone who could forgive them. Everyone should tell others about Jesus. Missionaries are people who tell about
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Jesus as their full-time job. God calls them into this kind of ministry. However, God expects all Christians to be salt and lightto tell others that God loves everyone and wants them to be saved. As we live for Jesus and tell about the good news of salvation, we are being missionaries too.

PRAYER AND WORSHIP
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Items Needed
10 airplane shapes from Copy Master 1: Airplane Patterns Bible Key verse printed on chalkboard Tape
Prayer
(10 minutes) Sing a few worship choruses to begin this part of the session. Ask the children to close their eyes and bow their heads. If you have accepted Jesus as your Savior, God expects you to tell others about Jesus by your words and actions. Every Christian is to be like a missionary by telling others the good news. If you dont know Jesus personally, you are one Jesus died for so you can be forgiven of sin. Would you accept Him now? (See page 8 for guidance.) Pray over the group, asking God to help each child share the good news of salvation with others. Also pray that those God chooses to call into full-time missionary work will be sensitive to His call and respond to it. Have those children who would like to accept Jesus come and stand near you. Tell the other children to pray for Gods help to tell others about Him while you are praying individually with those accepting Jesus.
At The Airport
(5-7 minutes) Greetings, fellow passengers! I hope each of you is willing to go and share the good news of Jesus with people who dont know about Him. Todays key verse tells us to Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation, Mark 16:15. Have the group repeat the verse with you a couple times. Point to each word on the chalkboard (or transparency if you used that instead) as it is said. The words all creation mean every person. We were all created by God so we are His creation. The words good news refer to salvation through Jesus. As you know, some missionaries go to foreign countries, like Africa or Russia. Others share the message of Jesus with people in their own countries, like here in America. Lets pretend we are in an airport. Some of us will be flying to other countries. Others will be taking flights within our own country. I will pick one person at a time. I will ask the person one of two questions. If I say, The people in what foreign country need to hear about Jesus? he should answer with the
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name of a foreign country, such as Spain. But if I ask, What person in your country needs to hear about Jesus? he should tell the name of someone he knows who is not a Christian. For example, he might say, My cousin, Jeremy. After answering the question, he must say the key verse. If he says it correctly, he will get a plane on the chalkboard for his team. Form two teams, erase the verse, and begin the game. Ask questions to the teams alternately. A worker can tape the planes on the board. Ask the foreign country questions only of the older children. Play until everyone has had a chance to answer. Remember, God wants you to share the good news with those who need it!
Applying The Word

CLOSING ACTIVITIES
Successful Witness Transparency
(5 minutes) Prior to the session, write the three points below on the transparency, along with the ABCs of Salvation. As our key verse told us, God expects each of us to share the good news of Jesus with all creation, with everyone. That can be a difficult thing if youve never thought about how to share Jesus. Lets talk about three steps to help you be a good witness for Jesus. Listen closely because we will use them later in a game. Cover the transparency with the sheet of paper and reveal one point at a time. 1. Be like Jesus. People need to see that you are like Jesus. If you talk and act like Jesus, people will listen when you talk about Him. Do your best to do what is right and refuse to do what is wrong. That proves to others that you know Jesus. 2. Listen to the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit helps us to live like Jesus. He lets us know when weve done wrong and need to ask forgiveness for sin. The Spirit also helps us know when we should talk to a certain person about Jesus and will help us know what to say. 3. Explain the ABCs of Salvation. AAll have sinned. Explain to the person that everyone has sinned (Romans 3:23). He must first admit he is a sinner. BBelieve. Tell the person he must believe Jesus is Gods Son who died for your sins (John 3:16). CConfess. Let the person know he must confess his sin and ask forgiveness. Then he must tell other people what Jesus did for him and that he now plans to live for Jesus (1 John 1:9; Romans 10:9,10).
Items Needed
Overhead projector Sheet of paper Transparency
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Items Needed
Flashlight
Pass It On
(5 minutes) Seat the children in a circle and turn off the lights. Turn on the flashlight and hold it as you whisper to a child, Jesus loves you and wants to forgive your sins. Pass it on. The child should then hold the flashlight as he whispers the message to the child next to him. Continue until all have played. Isnt it great that Jesus loves us and can forgive our sins! Arent you thankful someone cared about you and took the time to tell you about Jesus? We are to care about others in the same way and tell them about Jesus.
Tell The Other Half

(5-10 minutes) Before the session write on slips of paper verses (along with their references) that can be used in witnessing to unsaved people. Prepare half as many verses as you have children and number the verses. Write only the corresponding numbers on a second set of paper slips. Divide the class into two equal teams. I want Team #1 to pretend you have heard about Jesus and you have accepted Him as your Savior. About half of the people in the world have not heard enough about Jesus to understand that they need to be saved from their sins. Team #2, I want you to pretend that you dont know about Jesus. Then give the verses to Team #1 and the corresponding numbers to Team #2. When I say Go, I want you to find a partner who has the same number you do. (If there is one more in one team than in the other, you or another worker can take a number.) As soon as everyone has found his partner, we will start with #1. We will all listen as the person from Team #1 reads his verse to his partner in Team #2. If your group is large, you may choose two volunteer teams with 5-10 children. For a smaller team, you may repeat by reversing the order and giving the verses to Team #2 and the corresponding numbers to Team #1.
Items Needed
Paper Felt-tip markers List of verses on salvation. Suggested verses are: Romans 3:23; 5:8; 6:23; Isaiah 1:18; John 3:16; 3:17; Romans 10:9,10; and 1 John 1:9.
Successful Witnessing Game
Items Needed
Witnessing transparency used earlier Toss-Across game (or transparency, overhead projector, and marker)
(10 minutes) Divide the group into two teams. Review the points on the transparency. Alternate choosing one person from each team, asking a question and letting him toss if he answers correctly. If a Toss-Across is not available, do ticktacktoe on a transparency. Use the following five questions as often as necessary. 1. What is the first step in being a successful witness? (Live like Jesus.) 2. What is the second step in being a successful witness? (Listen to the Holy Spirit.) 3. A stands for what? (Admitadmit you are a sinner.) 4. B stands for what? (Believebelieve in Jesus.) 5. C stands for what? (Confessconfess your sins and ask forgiveness.)
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Chalk Talk
(5 minutes) Draw a large traffic light and the equation gospel = good news on the chalkboard. The word gospel means good news. Missionaries share the good news of salvation with as many people as possible. This traffic light will help us remember what a missionary is and does. Point to the green light. What does a green light mean? It means go. This green light can remind us of our key verse. Say Mark 16:15 in unison. Missionaries go where people have not heard the good news about Jesus. Point to the red light. What does the red light mean? The red light means stop. Missionaries want people to stop living a sinful life and turn to God. Point to the yellow light. A yellow light means the light is going to change. This yellow light can remind us that people change when they hear the good news and ask Jesus to forgive their sins. Point to the appropriate lights in turn. Missionaries go to where people havent heard about Jesus. They try to get people to stop living in sin and give their lives to God. People who do this have changed lives. Every Christian should be like a missionary by telling others about Jesus.
Items Needed
Chalkboard and colored chalk
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Activity Sheets
Your Important Job Session 2, Sheet 1 Shine For Jesus Session 2, Sheet 2 Missionary Scrabble Session 2, Sheet 3
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SESSION 3
Filing The Flight Plan

WHAT DOES A MISSIONARY DO?
BibleText Session KeyVerse
Psalm 126:5,6; Matthew 28:18-20; Luke 8:5-15; John 4:24; 2 Timothy 2:2; 4:2,5; 1 Peter 2:9
Go and make disciples of all nationsteaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. Matthew 28:19, 20
Session Goals
Today each child will understand that every flight has a purpose and a destination seek to learn what Gods plan is for his life, whether it be missions or another area of service ust as an airplane flight has a purpose for being and a destination point, there is a purpose for our lives and a place where we are going. God has designed a flight plan for each of us. Missionaries have a unique flight plan. Their purpose is to share the gospel in destinations near and far. God may have designed this special plan for some children in your group. For others He may have a quite different flight plan of service to Him. Help the children realize that one flight plan is not more important to God than others. What matters to God is our willingness to follow and obey whatever plan He gives. Encourage the children to stay close to God every day through prayer, Bible study, and obedience to His Word. As they walk with Christ on a daily basis, He will direct their steps into His perfect flight plan for their lives.
Unit KeyVerse
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Session 3: Filing The Flight Plan
Tools
(5 minutes) Let volunteers stand up front and hold the tools. How many of you have stood at the window of an airport and watched the workers outside running around the airplane, in and out of it, doing various jobs? There are so many jobs to do to get the airplane ready to fly. What kind of job do you think this is used for? Have the child with the dolly step forward. For loading suitcases on the plane, or taking them off. What kind of job do you think this is used for? Have the child holding the gas can step forward. This might be used by the person putting gas into the plane. Have the children with the screwdriver and wrench step forward. What kind of job is this used for? There are people who work on the planes engine, people who clean the plane, people who fill it with gas, and people who load the luggage. There are many people doing other jobs too! Each of the workers has a specific job to do. Everyone has the abilities and tools needed to do the job. God has a job and a plan for how He wants each of us to serve Him. God will give us the abilities and tools needed to do the job well. Lets make sure to follow Gods plan for our lives and do our best at whatever He gives us to do.
Items Needed
Empty gas can Screwdriver Wrench Luggage dolly
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Items Needed
Giving Time
Praise
(10 minutes) Use the following suggested song from the Young Explorers Music CD: Go Into All Your World. Add songs of your own choosing for leading the children in a time of praise. Lead in prayer for this weeks study.
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(5 minutes) Give announcements and any guidelines you have for the children to follow during this time. Use the optional skit titled, The Pilots Job, found on page 129.
Flight Plan
Items Needed
United States map
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Items Needed
Overhead projector Bible Sheet of paper Transparency made from Overhead Master 1: Evangelize
(3 minutes) Its important when traveling to have a reason for the trip and a plan of how to get there. Its especially important for an airplane pilot. Display the map. Where is Washington D.C.? Point to Washington D.C. after the children respond. You wouldnt want to take a trip to Washington D.C. on a plane that wasnt flying anywhere in particular and didnt have directions to get to Washington D.C., would you? You would never reach Washington D.C. that way. Thousands of planes are flying at the same time. If pilots just flew wherever they wanted instead of having a plan and a place to go, the planes would crash into each other and many people would die. Pilots follow a flight plan; its a kind of map. It shows the purpose for the flight, such as getting you to Washington D.C., and the route to take to get there safely. Did you know that God has a flight plan for each of us? His plan tells what purpose He has for our lives and what we should do to get where He wants us to be.
Exploring The Word

BIBLE LESSON
(10 minutes) Psalm 126:5,6; Matthew 28:18-20; Luke 8:5-15; John 4:24; 2 Timothy 2:2; 4:2,5; 1 Peter 2:9
1. A Missionarys Flight Plan

Jesus said to Go and make disciples of all nationsteaching them to obey everything I have commanded you (Matthew 28:19,20). A disciple is someone who obeys and follows his leader. Being a missionary is more than just going and telling people about Jesus. Missionaries are to help people become obedient followers of God.
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2. Step 1Evangelize
Who knows the first thing missionaries must do to make disciples? The first step in making a disciple is to tell people the good news about forgiveness of sins through Jesus. A person cant obey and follow Jesus if he doesnt know who Jesus is and hasnt asked Jesus to forgive his sins. (Show the first point of the transparency from Overhead Master 1. Use the sheet of paper to cover the other points.) To evangelize is to tell others about salvation and help them accept Jesus as their Savior. Evangelism is the first step in making disciples. Some missionaries may pray and teach and talk and preach for many years before even one person accepts Jesus. But a missionary follows Gods plan for his life and continues to faithfully tell about Jesus. His work may be hard and seem fruitless, but the person, the missionary, and all of heaven feel great joy when a person is saved (Psalm 126:5,6). Besides talking and preaching, what is another way missionaries can tell about God? Missionaries also tell people about God by their actions. They sometimes provide medical help, give food and clothes to the poor, or build schools for children so they can learn and be taught about God. A missionary does these things to show Gods love to the people. Remember that what we say (we love God) must agree with what we do (show our love in our actions). Sometimes people need to see by what we do that God really does love them before they will listen to our words about Jesus.
3. Step 2Worship
Once a person has accepted Jesus as his Savior, the missionary has two other types of work to do in helping him become a disciple. First, a missionary has to teach new Christians how to worship God. (Read John 4:24. Show point 2 on the transparency.) In false religions, people are taught wrong things about God. They dont know God is kind or that they can be close to Him. So missionaries teach these new Christians the truth about God. They show new believers how to worship God by obeying, loving, trusting, and praying to Him because of their love for Him. Missionaries help the people understand that God will help them live for Him through the power of the Holy Spirit.
4. Step 3Train
The other thing missionaries do is train new Christians to live as Jesus wants. (Remove the paper to show the last point on the transparency.) Accepting Jesus as Savior is only the beginning of being a Christian. After a person accepts Jesus, it is very important for him to learn and grow as a Christian so Satan cant get him to turn away from God. (You may want to briefly review the kinds of soil in the Parable Of The Sower from Luke 8:5-15.) So part of a missionarys job is to train new believers so they are strong in their belief in Jesus.
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One way a missionary trains new believers is by being a good example of someone who lives for God. He obeys God and does whatever he can to help the people. The new believers see that a Christian is to obey God and also help people. Missionaries also train new believers by telling them what the Bible says so they will know how they should live as they learn more about God. (Read 2 Timothy 2:2 and 4:2,5.) The new believers must also be taught how to be part of a church, helping each other grow in Christ and working together to bring unsaved people to Jesus. They are trained to tell about Jesus just as you have been. When a missionary has discipled them, new Christians begin to do the work of a missionary also. They tell others about Jesus or evangelize, they show others by their actions how to worship God, and they train new believers to live like Jesus. A missionarys work isnt just preachingit is making disciples for Jesus.
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Items Needed
Bible Key verse on a transparency or chalkboard Eight airplane seat shapes Stopwatch

PRAYER AND WORSHIP
Prayer
(10 minutes) Ask the children to close their eyes as you begin the time of prayer. Just as God has a plan for missionariesa special purpose and direction for their livesGod has a special plan for your lives and directions on how to live out that plan. If you know Jesus as your Savior, God wants to guide you in His plan for you. You must live for Him every day and let Him guide you. If you have not accepted Jesus as your Savior, you are not living Gods plan for you. He sent His only Son to die for our sins so we can be part of His family. Jesus wants you to be sorry for your sin, believe in Him, and ask Him to forgive you. Thats how you can be born into His family. If you want His plan for you today, come and stand here with me. Pray individually with each who responds, while the remaining children spend time in private prayer for wisdom and strength in following Gods plan for their lives.
Airplane Seats
(10 minutes) Cut construction paper into shapes of airplane seats (side view). Use a marker to print the verse on one side of the shapes as follows: Go and make disciples / of all nations / teaching them / to obey everything / I have / commanded you. / Matthew 28:19,20. The flight plan of a missionary is to do the job God has given him. He goes to
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the country where God has called him to go and follows Gods plan to evangelize, to worship, and to train. Of course, God has a flight plan for each of us to follow, and it may or may not be missionary service. Whatever Gods plan is for your life, part of that plan is doing what Matthew 28:19,20 saysmaking disciples for Jesus. Say the verse together a few times while pointing to the words on the transparency or chalkboard. Lets play a game to learn our verse. Divide the group into two teams. I have here several airplane seats. On the back side of each seat is part of the key verse. The seats are not in order. I will pick eight people from one team and give each a seat. They are to hold the seat with the words facing away from them until I say go. Then they will turn the seats over and arrange themselves so the airplane seats show the verse in the right order. They cant trade cards. I will time the first team to see how long it takes them. Then Ill pick eight passengers from the other team to try to beat the first teams time. Play the game at least two times.
Ability/Plan Match
(10 minutes) Duplicate and cut out the tickets on Copy Master 2: Ability/Plan Tickets. (There should be an equal number in each category.) On each ticket labeled ABILITY print an ability, such as good in science or likes to build things. On the PLAN ticket, print a life plan that matches one of the ability tickets, such as become a missionary doctor or help build a church in Africa. (If your group has an odd number of children, a worker or yourself can join in to make the number even.) God decides what interests and abilities we will have and what His plan for us is before we are even born. God gives us certain likes and abilities so we will enjoy His plans for us and do them well. I am going to hand out two kinds of tickets to you. Some of you will have ability tickets and others will receive plan tickets. Ability tickets (hold one up with the word ABILITY facing the group) tell what a certain person likes and is able to do. For example, this one says likes to build things. The plan tickets (hold one up) tell what kind of work God could have planned for that person to do. For example, this one says help build a church in Africa. These two make a pair because God could use the person who is able and likes to build things to do the job of building a church in Africa. Im going to give a ticket to each of you. Then I want you to find the person with the ticket that makes a pair with yours. Raise your hand when you find your partner. Distribute the tickets. Read the tickets to the younger children. Then call go. When all the children are paired, read through the matching ability/plan tickets so the children will become aware of how God has given people likes and abilities that go along with His plan for their lives. Remember, God has given you special likes and abilities that fit His special plan just for you!
Items Needed
Tickets made
as described from Copy Master 2: Ability/Plan Tickets
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Items Needed
Pencil Bond paper Scissors Tape Overhead projector Transparency made from Overhead Master 1: Evangelize
Person Chain
(5 minutes) Cut a sheet of paper in half lengthwise, then make one long strip by taping the two segments together end to end. Fold the paper accordion-style into six or eight segments and draw a very simple outline of a person on the top segment. During the session as you discuss the information below, casually cut along the lines of the person outline. Pace your cutting so you reach the unfolding point at the correct spot in the discussion. Today weve been talking about the parts of a missionarys job. Who remembers what the first part is? The first part is to evangelize, or tell others about Jesus so they will want to accept Him as their Savior. They tell people that Jesus died for our sins. He will forgive their sins if they ask. Show a transparency from Overhead Master 1 on the overhead projector. After people have accepted Jesus as their Savior, the missionary begins to teach them how to worship. He shows new Christians how to worship through obeying, loving, and trusting God. The missionary also trains people how to live as Jesus wants. Who remembers a way missionaries train new Christians? Missionaries train by setting an example of living for God. They also teach about the Bible. Show this part on the overhead projector. Before long the person the missionary has been discipling (hold up the cutout figure) begins to witness to and disciple others. (Unfold top flap so two figures show.) And that person tells others about Jesus and training just continues on and on. (Unfold entire chain.) One missionary who is faithful to do the job God gave him helps many people become disciples of Jesus. Will you be faithful to do the job God gives you to do?
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Items Needed
Two sheets of paper Review Questions
Applying The Word

CLOSING ACTIVITIES
Team Flying Relay
(15 minutes) Divide the children into teams. Let two volunteers each fold a paper airplane for his team. Have the teams line up single file next to each other. Give an airplane to the first person in each line. Alternate between the teams, letting them answer a question about the lesson or recite the key verse. If the child answers or recites the verse correctly, he may fly the plane. If not, he gives the plane to the next child and goes to the back of the line to try again later. Mark the flying distance to see which teams plane goes the longest distance. If your group is large, choose 10 children at a time to play. The real goal is review; the game is for fun.
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Discover The Flight Plan

(5 minutes) Ahead of time cover sheets of paper with waxed paper. Pressing very hard with a sharp pencil, trace this sessions memory verse, Go and make disciples of all nationsteaching them to obey everything I have commanded you, (Matthew 28:19,20). Give each child one of the pieces of paper. Then distribute paint brushes and tempera paints. As the children brush the paint over the paper, the verse will appear as if by magic. Have the children say the memory verse together, then encourage them to take their papers home for further review.
Items Needed
8 1/2- by 11inch sheets of paper Equal number and size of waxed paper Sharp pencil Tempera paint Paint brushes
Activity Sheets
Plane Plan Session 3, Sheet 1 Fit It In Session 3, Sheet 2 What Do Missionaries Do? Session 3, Sheet 3
Items Needed
Copies of Activity
Sheets 3-1 to 3-3 Pencils
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SESSION 4
Cleared For Takeoff

HOW DOES A MISSIONARY PREPARE?
Acts 4:13,14,19,20; 13:1-3; Galatians 1:15-18; 2 Timothy 3:14-17
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15
Today each child will learn a missionary must prepared before he takes off for his mission field begin to prepare himself for serving God missionary prepares for his ministry through prayer, servanthood, learning language and culture, and acquiring the support of faithful congregations. This preparation can be complex, yet the most important parts of preparation, such as prayer, giving, and servanthood, can be started in childhood. Pray for the Holy Spirits help to challenge the children to begin preparing now for their mission fieldwhether Gods plan for them is the actual work of a missionary or the mission field found in a different career. They should learn now to act and think like Jesus, to share the Word with others, and to effectively combat temptation. If the children begin preparing now for service to God, they will become workmen who do not need to be ashamed and can correctly handle the Word of truth.
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Unit KeyVerse
Go and make disciples of all nationsteaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. Matthew 28:19
Session 4: Cleared For Takeoff
Take The Word
(5 minutes) Before class, cut Bible-shaped pieces of construction paper (one for each child about the size of a regular sheet of paper). Write the words Holy Bible in the appropriate place. Hide the Bibles around the room in somewhat obvious places. Boys and girls, pretend someone you know is taking a load of Bibles to people who have never had them. You want to help your friend collect Bibles to take with him. Look around the room to find the Bibles. When you find them bring them to the front. Ask the children to share things they have been learning about missions and why people go as missionaries. Write the childrens answers on the back of the Bibles as they mention them. Continue the activity until something is written on each of the Bibles. Encourage the children to take their Bibles home with them as a reminder of things we can do to help missionaries. Today we will learn how missionaries prepare for the mission field.
Items Needed
Construction paper Felt-tip marker Scissors
Giving Time
Praise
(10 minutes) Use the following suggested song from the Young Explorers Music CD: He Has Called Me. Add songs of your own choosing for leading a time of praise. Lead in prayer.
Items Needed
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(5 minutes) Give announcements and any guidelines you have for the children to follow during this time. Use the optional skit titled, The Airport Tower, found on page 130.
Items Needed
Teenage volunteer Sombrero Small blanket Wallet Watch Spanish/ English dictionary
Getting Ready
(5 minutes) Character enters wearing sombrero and watch, small blanket laying over one shoulder, wallet in pocket, and reading good day out of the dictionary. Bue-nos Di-as. Oh! (He notices the children.) Buenos Dias! That's good day in Spanish. I'm preparing for a missions trip. I want to go witness in Mexico with my youth group. Im only going to be there 2 weeks, but I know I have to get ready for it. Ive tried to study the culture. Culture means how the people there livelike the kind of houses they live in, the food they eat, and many other things. Missionaries who are going to other countries for a length of time have to study culture much more than I do. That is so the people there will be willing to listen and able to understand when they tell about Jesus. Im also trying to brush up on my Spanish. (He holds up the dictionary.) Most missionaries have to go to a special school where they learn the language of the country. Ive also had to work some jobs after school so I have the money to pay for my trip to Mexico. (He pulls the wallet out of his pocket.) Missions trips can be expensive! Missionaries have to work extra hard for about 1 to 2 years to get enough money to pay for their food, clothing, and a place to live while they are on the mission field. Missionaries work hard to prepare for their ministry. I want to be ready for my trip too. (He looks at his watch) Im almost late for work! Adios! (He runs off stage.)
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Items Needed
Bible Overhead projector Small blanket Transparency made from Overhead Master 2: Prepare
Exploring The Word

BIBLE LESSON
Acts 4:13,14,19,20; 13:1-3; Galatians 1:15-18; 2 Timothy 3:14-17
1. Missionaries Prepare By Becoming Like Jesus

How would you feel if you were at the dentist about to get a cavity filled when you learn your dentist has never filled a cavity before? Why would you feel this way? For a person to do well at any job, he must first do some things to prepare, such as going to college or having another person show him how to do the job correctly. The same is true of missionaries. Missionaries need to be prepared for their job. They often will be strangers in a strange land. They will face a lot of difficulties in their work and in their family relationships because of the stress of their situations. They must have learned to be strong and stay true to God in those times. When someone is called to be a missionary, he must first learn to be like Jesus. He needs to obey God in all he does. (Display section 1 of transparency made from Overhead
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Master 2: Prepare, on the overhead projector.) The Bible tell us Peter and John learned to be like Jesus by being with Him and learning from Him. They said they could not help telling about the things they had seen and heard. Learning to think, talk, and act like Jesus is the most important thing a missionary can do. How does a person learn to be like Jesus? He learns how to be like Jesus by spending time praying, studying, and obeying the Bible, telling others about Jesus, and staying true to Jesus even when he has problems in his life. Only when a Christian has learned how to be strong in the Lord in his own country is he ready to serve in another country. Barnabas and Paul spent time learning how to minister where they lived before God sent them to other places. As a person begins to be like Jesus, he learns to be a servantone who serves others. Servants do whatever needs to be done, whether it is fun or not. Missionaries dont just preach and teach. They may have to help build or clean or fix things. Missionaries learn to be servants for Jesus. When the church at Antioch collected an offering for believers in need, Paul and Barnabas served by delivering the money to the needy people. That job was not easy since the offering of gold and/or silver had to be protected from robbers. We can develop an attitude of service to others at home and at school.
2. Missionaries Prepare By Studying

Missionaries prepare for their job by studying. (Show section 2 of Overhead Master 2.) They must learn the Scriptures so they can know what to preach and teach. If you were explaining to a friend how to get to your house, you would want to give good directions so your friend wouldnt get lost. Missionaries learn to give good directions on how to know Jesus so people will come to Jesus and not stay lost in sin. Missionaries must also learn about the country where they are going. When you go to a new school, you learn your way around the school building and find out the schools rules. Missionaries must learn similar things about a country. They learn the rules of the country, how the people dress, and how to speak their language. Why is it important for missionaries to learn about the culture? They learn about the culture so they can know the people better and not hurt their feelings by doing something unacceptable. Then the people will be willing to hear about God.
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3. Missionaries Prepare By Seeking Prayer And Financial Support

Missionaries also prepare by asking a church or churches to help provide the money they need to do their missionary work. (Place section 3 of the transparency on the overhead projector.)
Missionaries do not get paid for their work, so they need other Christians to provide the money they need. We can also help them by praying for them.
4. We Must Prepare Also

If God calls you to be a full-time missionary, you will have to prepare in the ways we discussed. However, even if Gods plan for your life is not to be a full-time missionary, you still must prepare. (Place section 4 of the transparency on the overhead projector.) Maybe Gods plan for your life is to be a teacher, a doctor, or a plumber. Whatever job God provides for you to do, you still need to start preparing right now to do your best. How can you prepare now for your future? You prepare by learning about Jesus and by serving others. Also, every day you must read and obey the Bible and pray. You should tell others about Jesus by your words and by the things you do. Doing these things will prepare you to be your best at whatever job God has for you.

PRAYER AND WORSHIP
Prayer
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Bible Key verse on a transparency or chalkboard
(10 minutes) Sing a few worship choruses to begin this part of the session. Ask a musician to play as children bow their heads and close their eyes. If you have asked Jesus to forgive your sins, are you willing to become a foreign missionary if that is Gods plan for you? Are you willing to be a witness for God where you may work or live? All Christians, no matter what work they do or where they live, should be filled with the Holy Spirit. If you have not been baptized in the Holy Spirit, this is one way you can prepare for Gods calling on your life. Pray now that God will help you serve and obey Him each day. Also ask Him to baptize you in His Spirit. If you are not a Christian, the first step in preparing for Gods plan for you is to accept Jesus as your Savior. Everyone is born a sinner and needs forgiveness. Jesus died so we may be forgiven. Come and stand here with me if you want to receive Him into your life today. Pray individually with each child who desires salvation while the other children pray for Gods help and seek the baptism in the Holy Spirit.
Verse In Motion
(10 minutes) You know, a missionary cant just take off for a new country to tell others about Jesus. He
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must first prepare himself. Neither can you go to the place God has chosen for you until you are prepared. Dont wait until youre an adult to start preparing! Todays key verse tells us, Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth, 2 Timothy 2:15. Point to the verse words as the children repeat the verse a few times. This verse means we must do our best to be the person God wants us to be and give ourselves to Him. If we do our best to know Gods Word and obey Him, we wont have to be ashamed and we will know how to use Gods Word in the right way. Teach the children the following actions that correspond to the verse. Do your best (point at someone), to present yourself (arms outstretched with palms upturned), to God (point up), as one approved, (give thumbs up sign with both hands), a workman who does not (right hand in fist taps on left palm), need to be ashamed (cover eyes with hand and tilt head down), and who correctly handles the word (hands together with palms up as if holding a Bible), of truth (point up). Say the verse with the actions a few times. Then divide the group into two sides by making an imaginary line down the center. Have the children turn and face the opposite group. Explain that each side is going to say half the verse and then say the reference together. Tell each side which part of the verse they are to say. After saying it this way a few times, switch verse parts and repeat. Remember, begin preparing now for Gods plan for your life!
Tray Object Lesson

(5 minutes) Place the Bible on the tray and cover the tray with the cloth. God has a plan for your life. Maybe it is to be a full-time missionary. Or, maybe it is another type of work, such as a scientist or a writer. Lets see how you can prepare now for Gods plan for you. Remove the cloth from over the tray. This serving tray reminds us that we are to learn how to serve. When you see something that needs to be done, serve by doing the job. If you see wadded-up papers in the pews after church, learn to serve by picking them up. Can you name other ways to serve? When you serve others, you are learning to be like Jesus. Display the Bible. We also need to learn the Bible so we will know more about God and how to be like Jesus. We should read and obey the Bible every day. You are too young right now to be a missionary or start a job. Yet you are not too young to prepare for the plan God has for you. Start by learning how to serve (display tray) and how to be like Jesus (display Bible).
Items Needed
Cloth Tray Bible
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Plant seeds Two plants of quite different types Paper lunch bag 12 labeled paper leaf shapes Chalkboard and chalk Tape
Growing Plants
(10 minutes) Before the session, cut 12 leaf shapes from green construction paper. Print one of the following phrases per leaf: serving others; reading the Bible; obeying God; praying; listening to the Holy Spirit; going to church; being selfish; reading comic books; disobeying God; talking on the phone with your friends; watching TV; skipping church often. Put the labeled leaves in the paper lunch bag. Display the seeds. What do these seeds need to prepare themselves to be healthy plants? With food, water, and sunlight, these seeds will one day be growing, healthy plants. Show the plants. Just as these plants needed food, water, and sunlight to be healthy plants, Christians need certain things to prepare them to be strong Christians. How do we grow spiritually? We must read the Bible, pray, obey God, be baptized in the Holy Spirit, attend church, and serve others. Notice the difference in the plants. Each has been fed, watered, and given light, but they look very different because they are different kinds of plants. God had a different plan for each of them. In a way similar to the plants Christians who are equally strong in the Lord may still serve God very differently. God has different plans for them. Each Christian who obeys and loves God becomes what God wants him to be. Draw on the chalkboard a simple plant stalk and the outline of a trash can which is labeled TRASH. Choose 12 volunteers, one at a time, to come forward and draw a leaf from the bag. Let the child read what is written on the leaf to the group. Then the child must decide if it is part of preparing for Gods plan or not. The child should tape the leaf to the stalk if he thinks it will help prepare him for Gods plan, or to the trash can if it will not help him prepare. Continue until all 12 leaves have been taped appropriately.
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Book bag Stopwatch Bible Travel book Play dollar bill Three chairs Masking tape Chalkboard and chalk
Applying The Word

CLOSING ACTIVITIES
Relay Course
(5 minutes or longer) Use the chairs and masking tape to create a relay course. Place three chairs 6 feet in a row. Tape a starting line 15 to 20 feet from the first chair. Place the Bible, travel book, and dollar bill in the book bag. Place the bag at the start of the course. Divide the group into two teams. Alternating teams, choose one child to complete the race and time how long it takes him. To race, the child picks up the book bag, weaves through the first two chairs, sits on the
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third, and removes the items from the bag. As he holds up the Bible, his team is to say, Being like Jesus. As he holds up the travel book, his team is to say, Study culture. As he holds up the dollar bill, his team is to say, Supported by money and prayers. Then he returns the items to the bag and back to the starting line. Write this childs time on the chalkboard. Then a child from the opposing team will race. The one with the shortest time will earn his team a point for that round. Play as many rounds as time allows.
Learn A New Language

(10 minutes) During the week work out a code for the session memory verse, Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth (2 Timothy 2:15). (Example: 1=a; 2=b, 3=c.) Be sure to adapt the difficulty level to the general age of the children. (Books on codes are available at the local library or you can create your own code by using a variety of symbols.) Using the white paper, make enough copies of the coded verse for the entire group. Give a copy of the coded verse to the each child. Missionaries often go to a country where people speak a different language. Pretend you are in a country and are trying to learn to read in another language. You will have 5 minutes to figure out the words of todays key verse and write it on your paper. Then say the verse with the children several times.
Items Needed
8 1/2- by 11inch sheets of white paper Pencils Felt-tip marker
Activity Sheets
Get Ready Session 4, Sheet 1 Line Gram Session 4, Sheet 2 Preparation Plans Session 4, Sheet 3
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SESSION 5
This Is Your Pilot Speaking

JESUS, ULTIMATE MISSIONARY
Mark 10:42-45; Luke 19:10; John 3:16-21; 2 Corinthians 8:9
God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16
Today each child will realize that just as a pilot is the one most qualified to fly an airplane, Jesusthe ultimate missionaryis the One most qualified to be his example desire to follow Him
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he idea of good role models for children has recently become of concern in the secular world. Even TV ads are encouraging adults to spend time with children who do not have good role models at home. It is sad that the general public has taken so long to recognize this need. Many churches do not provide children with needed role models. Some children come from ungodly homes with hardships we cannot comprehend. Others have church-going parents who do not encourage the spiritual growth of their children. It is vital for leaders in the church to be spiritual role models. To be spiritual role models for children, leaders in the church must make Jesus their ultimate role model. We should say as the apostle Paul did, Follow my example as I follow the example of Christ (1 Corinthians 11:1).
Unit KeyVerse
Session 5: This Is Your Pilot Speaking
Hold The Ropes
(10 minutes) Prior to the session, place the slips of paper in the baskets and have them sitting on a table or chair. Divide the group into teams of six to eight. Give each of the teams a 6-foot clothesline, several clip-type clothespins, and a set of the mixed-up phrase letters. Pretend you have been assigned to help hold the ropes for someone who is going down into a place where people have never heard the gospel. The person who is going down is called a missionary. I want each team to choose two members to hold the clothesline taut and two others to pin the paper on the clothesline. Go to the baskets and get a piece of paper and a clothespin and write on the paper a way you could hold the ropes for the missionary. By holding the ropes we mean doing things we can do for the missionaries to help them with their tasks. After you have pinned your paper to the clothesline, get another paper and another clothespin and write another way you can hold the ropes for the missionary.
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Clothesline Clothes pins Slips of paper Pens or pencils Two baskets
Giving Time
Praise
(10 minutes) Use the following suggested song from the Young Explorers Music CD: Lets Go Around The World Together. Add songs of your own choosing for leading praise. Lead in prayer.
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Young

(5 minutes) Give announcements and any guidelines you have for the children to follow during this time. Use the optional skit titled, In The Air! found on page 131.
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Money Search
(7-10 minutes) Before the session, tape the $1 bill under someone's chair and tape the $5 to the bottom of your shoe. I have enough pennies in my hand for each of you to have one. I'm going to drop them on the floor and let you find one to keep before returning to your chair. Before tossing the pennies remind the children not to push or shove. Everybody will get one penny. After each child has returned to his chair say There is also a $1 bill hidden in the room. Whoever finds it gets to keep it. I'll give you a minute to find it. Allow the children to search for a minute. Believe it or not, there is also a $5 bill hidden in the room. Ill give you another minute to find it. Heres a clue: the $5 bill is touching the floor. When the minute is over, instruct the children to be seated. Ill show you where the $5 bill is in a moment. You know what I noticed while watching you search for the money? You all looked much harder to find the $5 bill than the $1 bill! You also looked harder for the $1 than for the pennies. Why? Because a $1 bill is more valuable than a penny and a $5 bill is worth a lot more than a penny. To God, every person is valuable. We are so valuable to Him that He sent His only Son Jesus to search for and save those who are lost from God. So after a person invites Jesus into his life, God wants that person to help others come to Jesus also. When we tell people about Jesus, we are helping to bring lost people to God. Reveal the $5 bill on the bottom of your shoe.
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Penny for each child $1 bill $5 bill
The Best Pilot

(5 minutes) Lets pretend we are flying in an airplane. If youve flown in one before, you know that sometimes the plane goes through what is called turbulencethe plane shakes and its a little scary. However, a trained pilot can handle turbulence. Now lets say that the plane we are on is going through some turbulence. Suddenly, the boy in front of you jumps up and says, I dont like how the pilot is flying this plane. I could do a better job. He struts toward the cockpit, pushes the pilot out of his chair, and begins to fly the plane. How would you feel? What would you do? The pilot has spent years in flight school and has at least 1500 hours of practice in flying planes. He knows what to do in all types of flying situations. Who do you want flying the planethe boy or the pilot? Which one would you want to teach you to fly a plane? Now think about life. Who do you think is the best-qualified person to teach you about life and how to live? Although Christian adults and other good role models are important, there is only one Person who is the perfect example to follow. That person is Jesus. He is like an experienced pilot. He has all the wisdom, knowledge, holiness, and
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perfection of God. Besides that, He also knows what it is like to live a human life. Jesus knows best how to live, so we should follow His example above all others. One of the things Jesus set an example for us in is witnessing. During His life on earth, Jesus showed us how to reach unsaved people and help them know God. Jesus is the ultimate missionary! If we follow His example of love and kindness, we can help lead others to God.
Exploring The Word

BIBLE LESSON
(10 minutes) Mark 10:42-45; Luke 19:10; John 3:16-21; 2 Corinthians 8:9
1. Jesus Gave Up A Perfect Life To Be A Missionary

Where did Jesus live before He came to earth? Jesus was in heaven. There all the angels worship and praise Jesus. Yet Jesus gave up all the wonderful things in heaven to come to earth. He came because we had a desperate problem and only He could solve it. Does anyone remember from last session what mankinds problem is? The problem is sin. God loves every person, but He hates sin. Every person sins, so God had to make a way for those sins to be forgiven. Some human had to live a perfect, sinless life. Then if that perfect, sinless human died to pay for sins, he would pay for everyones sins. No ordinary person could live a perfect life, so Jesus came to earth. (Display transparency made from Overhead Master 3 on the overhead projector. Cover the bottom of the transparency with the sheet of paper.) Coming to earth as a human may not seem like a hard thing to you, since you are used to living here. However, imagine living in a family where no one ever argued or got mad or was sad or got sick or died. Anything you wanted you could have. Then suddenly you were sent to live in a shack and have just barely enough food and clothes. For the first time ever you would feel hunger, sadness, pain, and sickness. In a way that compares to what it was like for Jesus when He came to earth. The Bible tells us heaven is a perfect place with everything good there. In heaven there is no pain or sadness or death. When Jesus was born on earth, He gave up the perfection of heaven. Since Jesus came as a baby, He had to grow up just like all of us do. That means Jesus knows what it is like to be a kid! As Jesus grew up, He spent His whole life being a missionarytelling people about God and how to know God. Jesus gave up all the greatness of heaven to come to earth and be just like usto feel what we feel. He came to be our Savior.
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Bible Overhead projector Sheet of paper Transparency made from Overhead Master 3: Jesus Mission
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2. Jesus Taught About God And Showed People Gods Love

Jesus lived a simple life on earth. As He grew up, His earthly father Joseph taught Him how to make furniture and other things from wood. Joseph was a carpenter. Carpenters didnt make much money, so the family was probably poor. Thats not a very glorious life for someone as great as God! Yet Jesus had come to earth to serve others, to teach them about God and how they could know God. He wanted to help people who were slaves to sin. Jesus said He came to seek and to save that which was lost. What lost thing was Jesus talking about? People are lost! They are lost in their sins, away from a loving relationship with God. People were first created to have a right relationship with God. Adam and Eve lost the relationship with God in the Garden when they sinned by disobeying. Jesus came to restore that relationship by dying on the cross for our sins. (Show the bottom of the transparency.) While on the earth, Jesus didnt spend His time with the popular, rich, or powerful people. He spent time with poor, sick, and lonely people. He taught them that God loved them. He also showed them Gods love by healing their diseases and forgiving their sins. He gave hopeless people hope and eternal life. If we look back at what we have learned about missionaries, we can see that Jesus did what all missionaries do, and much more. Jesus was sent by God, told people about God, showed them Gods love, and taught them Gods Word. But Jesus did more than that because He also provided a way of salvation by dying on the cross for our sins. Jesus was the ultimate missionary!
3. Jesus Is Our Role Model

Jesus is our perfect role model, which means we should do our best to be like Him. Jesus showed us the right way to live in every area of life. One way we can follow Jesus example is to help lost people come to God. Jesus did this by the things He said and did. We must tell others about God. Thats what Jesus did. We should be kind to them so they can see Gods love in us. Lets determine to follow Jesus example and reach lost people.
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PRAYER AND WORSHIP
Prayer
(10 minutes) Sing a few worship choruses to begin this part of the session. Jesus came to earth to save the lost. If you have not accepted Jesus as your Savior, you are one who is still lost and Jesus wants you to come to Him and ask forgiveness for your sins.
If you want to live with Him in heaven, you must accept Him and live for Him on earth. If you are a Christian, Jesus wants you to follow His example of telling people about Gods love. Even if you think youve followed Jesus example most of the time, theres always more we can do to be like Him. It is our love for Jesus that gives us the desire to obey God, follow His example, and share the news of Jesus. If we arent following Jesus example in the way we live, we must ask God to help us love Him more so we will desire to obey Him and care about people who are lost. God desires that every person know about Him and have the opportunity to repent and be saved. He loves every person, including all of us in this room today. If you want Jesus in your life, come and stand by me now. Use page 8 to explain what salvation involves, then invite the children to receive Jesus into their lives. Pray individually with each who responds while the remaining children pray about loving Jesus more and following His example in living and reaching others for God.
Team Hunt
(10 minutes) Carry the pictures inside the Bible. (Use pictures from magazines or photocopied photographs, as actual photos might get bent). Im glad we have Jesus as our example for how to live and how to bring lost people to God. Without His example wed be as helpless to witness for Him as that boy who tried to fly the plane without any pilot training. God has not left us on our own to figure out life or how to tell others about Jesus as our example. We couldnt have a more qualified example than that! While Jesus was on earth, He told about His purpose for being here. Jesus said, God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. Jesus purpose in coming was to die for all sin so everyone who accepts Him can live forever in heaven instead of perishing, or going to hell. Repeat the verse a couple of times with the group, pointing to each word as it is said. Then erase the verse and appoint two teams. Now I need you to close your eyes and cover them with your hands. A few workers are going to quickly hide pictures of people around the room. (The pictures have to be hidden now instead of earlier. Otherwise the children would have found them while searching for money during the Money Search activity.) After allowing sufficient time, tell the children to open their eyes. Many people need to know God loves them so much He sent Jesus to save them from perishing. If you can find a picture of a person and then quote the key verse from memory, you will receive a point for your team.
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Bible Key verse written on a transparency or chalkboard Several pictures of people
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Follow His Example

(10 minutes) Prepare by writing on the cards the names of the children in your group, one name per card. On an equal number of cards, write a fictitious name and a need, such as Jeremy broke his arm, Nathan fell off his bike, or Renae has no one to play with. Put the childrens name cards in one box and the situation cards in the other. This activity is to help the children apply Jesus example of sharing the good news to situations they might encounter. Who remembers from our Bible lesson how Jesus led people to God? Jesus told people about God and how to know Him. He also showed people through His actions that God is real and He loves people. Choose two volunteers to come forward and stand by the boxes. The child at the name box should draw out a card and read the name. The child whose name is drawn should stand. Then a situation card is drawn and read to the child standing. He must explain how he could show Gods love in that situation. For example, if Jeremy broke his arm is drawn, the child must tell how he could show Gods love to Jeremy. Possible answers would be to visit him, make a card for him, call him, pray for him, etc.
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Two small boxes Index cards Marker
Applying The Word

CLOSING ACTIVITIES
Review Game
(10 minutes) Divide the group into an X and an 0 team. Draw a ticktacktoe grid on the chalkboard. Give the first child on Team X a statement to which he will answer true or not true. If he answers correctly, he may place an X on the grid. If incorrect, give the correct answer and clarify any confusion. Alternate teams until one team row completes a row or a column to win. Here are some statements to get your started: 1. Jesus was in heaven before He came to earth. (True) 2. Jesus had a special mission to fulfill on earth. (True) 3. Jesus lived like a king on earth. (Not true) 4. Jesus came to serve others. (True) 5. Jesus didnt like being around sick people. (Not true) 6. Our pastor is our perfect role model. (Not true) 7. While on earth, Jesus spent His time with popular and powerful people. (Not true) 8. We should follow examples only of people following Jesus example. (True) 9. Jesus became poor for us. (True)
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List of review questions Chalkboard and chalk
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Give The Right Message

(5-10 minutes) Seat the children in a semicircle. We have been given a message to give to those who dont know Jesus. It is important that we give them the right message and not one that has been changed. Thats the reason we must learn Gods Word for ourselves so that when we tell someone about Him, we will give the right information. To illustrate how we can give the wrong information if we dont study for ourselves, I will whisper the session key verse to this first child. He will whisper what he thinks I said to the next child. The activity will continue until all the children have participated. Then compare the last version of the verse with the correct one. (If you have more than 15 children, divide them into groups of 8-10.) Say John 3:16 with the children a number of times to be sure they know the correct version.
Activity Sheets
Whom To Follow? Session 5, Sheet 1 Being Like Jesus Session 5, Sheet 2 Our Example Crossword Session 5, Sheet 3
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SESSION 6
Flight Crew Standing By

HOW CAN I HELP?
Matthew 9:37,38; Philippians 4:14-20; Colossians 4:2-4; 2 Thessalonians 3:2,3; 3 John 5-8
You can help us by your prayers. 2 Corinthians 1:11
Today each child will learn ways he can take part in the work of missions by helping missionaries begin doing what he can to help missionaries ave you ever heard that children are the church of tomorrow? We may have discouraged children in the church because this misconception made them feel useless in the present. Ephesians 4:11-16 says that God places leaders in the church to prepare Gods people for service. The passage ends by saying, From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supportingpart does its work. As soon as a child receives Jesus, he becomes an important part of the church body and has a work to do. If children feel there are no places of service for them, it is because adults are not providing them with the opportunities for ageappropriate service and ministry. If your church has not provided areas of service for children, take steps to incorporate the ideas from this session into your Childrens Church from now on. Let every part of the body do its work!
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Unit KeyVerse
AROUND THE WORLD IN 90 DAYS (Lessons In World Missions) Session 6: Flight Crew Standing By
Important Parts
(5 minutes) (The picture of the airplane can be photocopied from an encyclopedia. For a large group, photocopy onto a transparency.) Show the group the airplane picture. This shows the parts of an airplane. Planes have many important parts. You couldnt fly in a plane that was missing a wing or an engine, could you? All the parts are important and have their own job to do. Name a few of the parts and what they do, such as the wings help keep the plane level when flying through the air, the engine gives it the power to go, etc. Just like the airplane has parts that are important, the Church has parts that are important. When I say the Church I dont mean our building or just the people in our church, but all the Christians in the world. Every Christian, no matter his age, is a part of the Church. Each of us, as soon as we asked Jesus to be our Lord and Savior, became a part of the Church. Just as every part in an airplane has a job to do, so we each have a job we can do. We can find ways to work in our church here, as well as help with the work of missionaries around the world. You are an important part of the Church. Today well learn ways each of us can do our part to make the Church healthy and strong.
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Diagrammed picture of an airplane
Giving Time
Praise
(10 minutes) Use the following suggested song from the Young Explorers Music CD: I Will Pray. Add songs of your own choosing for leading the children in a time of praise. Lead in prayer for this weeks study.
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(5 minutes) Give announcements and any guidelines you have for the children to follow during this time. Use the optional skit titled, It Takes All Of Us! found on page 132.
Items Needed
Box of toothpicks Rubber band Picture of a tree
More Is Stronger
(5 minutes) Let several children come to the front of the room. Give each a toothpick. Can you break the toothpick you have? Let the children demonstrate how easy it is to break a single toothpick. Then bind 10 or 12 toothpicks together with a rubber band. Ask a volunteer to break the toothpick bundle, without separating the toothpicks. These toothpicks show us something about missionary work. One missionary alone can easily fail or be broken. But when joined together with Christians at home who support and pray for him or her, together they are a strong force. Show the picture of a healthy tree. Toothpicks come from trees. What makes a strong tree? A healthy tree has a strong trunk and branches and green leaves because it has good roots. If a tree's roots are not healthy, then the tree will not be healthy. The roots provide water, food, and support for the part of the tree above the ground. Although roots are not seen, a tree cannot live without them. Roots are very important. Missions work can be compared to a tree. The missionaries are visible, like the trunk, branches, and leaves of a tree. But the people who pray for them and give money to their work are like the roots. Without the support of other Christians, missionaries could not get their work done.
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Bible Play money Prayer list Stationery with pen Welcome sign
Exploring The Word

BIBLE LESSON
(10 minutes) * Matthew 9:37,38; Philippians 4:14-20; Colossians 4:2-4; 2 Thessalonians 3:2,3; 3 John 5-8 (To prepare the prayer list, print on a sheet of paper the following points: 1. Pray for God to send workers. 2. Pray for people to hear the gospel. 3. Pray for the needs of missionaries.)
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1. We Can Pray For Missionaries And Their Work

One way we can help with the work of missions is to pray. (Call the name of a child who is a good reader. Have him come forward, stand by you, and hold the prayer list.) There are a few different things to pray for in the area of missionary work. Here is a prayer list. (Childs name), what is first on the list? (Let child read the first item.) a. We must pray that God will send workers, or missionaries, to the areas where lost people are so they can hear about Jesus. Jesus told His disciples, "Pray for laborers to work in the fields." He wasnt talking about farmers fields. The fields meant the millions of people waiting to hear that God loves them and will forgive their sins. He said to pray that there would be workers willing to go tell those people about God. (Childs name), what is next on the prayer list? (Let the child read the second item.) b. We can pray that missionaries will be allowed and able to teach people who need to hear about God. Satan doesnt want people to accept Jesus so he tries to keep them from hearing about Jesus by causing the local authorities to purposely make trouble for the missionaries. We should pray that missionaries will be allowed to preach the good news and people will accept Jesus into their lives. (Childs name), what is the last item on the prayer list? (Let child read the last item. Then thank him for his help and let him return to his seat.) c. We can pray for missionaries specific needs. They have everyday needs for food, clothes, medical help, and other things. They also have needs while they are ministering to people. When we learn of a need, such as a missionary in Africa who needs protection from an angry tribe or one in the Philippines who is discouraged, we should ask God to help those workers. Missionaries need our prayers. All Christians are to be prayer missionaries. God will reward us for our obedient ministry just as much as He will reward missionaries who leave home to minister.
2. We Can Give Offerings For Missions

(Have a child come forward and hold the play money for the group to see.) Missionaries need money to do their work. When Christians in Philippi heard that Paul needed money for his missionary work, they sent offerings to him. This allowed Paul to tell more people about Jesus. We too should give money to help missionaries and their work. When missionaries go where God sends them, they need money for a place to live, food to eat, and clothes to wear while they are there. They also need money for things, such as Bibles, Sunday School books, and materials to build churches. The money we give helps buy these things. (Thank the child and let him return to his seat.)
3. We Can Write Missionaries Letters Of Encouragement

Have you ever gone to summer camp and after just a few days, you wanted to go home? (Allow a child to share his experience of being homesick.) You missed home and family. Imagine
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how homesick missionaries get. They have to leave their home and perhaps their whole country! Everything is different in another countrythe food, the houses, the language, and the customs. It can be very lonely for the missionary. How can we help missionaries not feel so lonely and homesick? (Allow responses. Then have a child come and hold up the stationery and pen.) Writing letters to missionaries can encourage them and help them not feel so homesick. Adult missionaries can get lonely and homesick, but it can be even harder for their children. If you were a missionarys kid who had to live in another country, wouldnt you like to have someone from home write to you? (Thank the child and let him return to his seat.)
4. We Can Show Hospitality To Missionaries On Furlough

(Have a child come and hold the welcome sign.) Besides praying, giving money, and writing letters, the first Christians also gave their missionaries a place to stay and food to eat when they were in their area. This welcome sign represents someone welcoming a missionary into his home. John, one of Jesus disciples, wrote a letter to a man who welcomed missionaries into his home. John encouraged this man to keep showing kindness to missionaries who traveled through his town. Our missionaries today return every few years (usually 4 years) to raise money for their work. This is called a furlough. We should be friendly and show an interest in their work for God. They need to know people support their work and care about them. When a missionary comes to our church, remember to be friendly and kind to him. (Thank the child and let him return to his seat.) You can take part in missions. Remember, each of you is important to the Church and to God. When you support missionaries with prayers, money, letters, or friendliness when they visit, you are doing your important part in the Church.

PRAYER AND WORSHIP
Prayer
(10 minutes) Sing a few worship choruses to begin this part of the session. If you are a Christian, you can start today doing your part in the work of missions. You can do things such as praying for needs, giving offerings, writing letters, and showing hospitality. You are important to Gods work even now while you are young. You
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do not have to be an adult to be used by God. Then pray for each missionary your church supports. If you have not invited Jesus into your life, He wants you to have salvation too. He died so that everyone could have forgiveness. That includes you. Accepting Him as Savior is the only way anyone will get to heaven. Would you like to know Him today? Pray with each child who responds.
Shoe Race
(10 minutes) Greetings, fellow passengers! We all have been helped at times by the prayers of others. Missionaries also need the help of people praying for them. You may think your prayer would not help a missionary, but it can. Many missionaries have told of times when someone back home was praying for them and as a result they were saved from great dangers or problems. Your prayers for a missionary are important. Todays verse says, You help us by your prayers, 2 Corinthians 1:11. Repeats the verse with the group a few times, pointing to the words as they are said. Then erase it. Now Im going to choose eight people to play a game. They will all take off their shoes and pile them in a corner of the room. When I say go, they must race to the pile, find their shoes, and put them on. Then they must run back to me and say the verse. Choose eight volunteers and conduct the race. After the last child has completed the race, have the group applaud for the participants.
Items Needed
Bible Key verse printed on a transparency or the chalkboard
Items Needed
Construction paper White paper Scissors Glue Felt-tip pens Pictures of missionaries your church supports
Applying The Word

CLOSING ACTIVITIES
Prayer Support Reminders
(5 minutes) Let each child trace his hand onto construction paper. Have him cut out the shape and glue it to white paper. Let him choose a picture of a missionary and glue it over the hand. Below that he should print the key verse and, I will pray for (name of missionary).
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Stationery and envelopes Pencils Pictures and information about missionary families
Pen Pal Program

(10-15 minutes) Display the pictures and read the information. Direct the children to choose the name of a missionarys child and write the child an encouraging letter. Their letters should include information about themselves and questions the missionarys child can answer, such
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as what the people and weather are like there. Be sure the children include their home addresses in their letters. Provide helpers for the younger children who are not proficient writers. When done, collect the letters and mail them yourself. Ask the children to report on any letters they receive back. Encourage them to pray for their pen pals. Also, on a card, give each child the address of the missionarys child he chose so he can continue to write letters.
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Felt-tip pens Paper Tape Copies of the pledge forms on Copy Master 3 Soda can or other sturdy container for each child
Support Pledges
(10 minutes) The pledge forms you have are a promise to pray for and give money to our churchs missionaries. Before you sign your pledges, be sure you plan to keep the promise. The amount of money you write on the line is how much you think you can save for missions in the next 2 months. If you know you wont have money to give, you can leave the amount line blank and just pledge to pray. Assure the children it is OK if they are unable to give and that God understands. Make the other supplies available. The children are to color their signed pledges. They can then cover the cans with construction paper and tape their pledges over the paper. They may then use felt-tip pens to decorate their cans. Tell the children to take their cans home as reminders to pray and instruct them to place their missions offerings in the cans. At the end of 2 months (or whatever time frame you choose), ask the children to return the cans with their offerings.
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Ball of yarn
Together We Can
(5-10 minutes) Seat the children in a large circle. Hold up the ball of yarn and explain that the person who has the yarn must share a way we can help missionaries from our Bible lesson today (praying for missionaries, giving missionary offerings, etc.). Tie the strand of yarn around the first childs wrist and have him begin. This child will begin by making the first statement and then throwing the yarn to another child in the circle. When everyone has had the ball, encourage the children to look at the yarn design. Discuss how each person is important in creating the finished design.
Missions Scramble
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(5-10 minutes) Before the session, cut circles from the construction paper to represent the world (one for each word of the session key verse and an extra one for the reference). Write the words on the worlds. Place them face down on a table or the floor at the front of the room. Choose an equal number of children and worlds if you have that many children. (If not, you may
write two or more words on one world. If you have a large group, you may create two or more teams and have them compete to see which team can finish first.) Pretend you are going to take the message of salvation to the world. When I say, Go, I want you to pick up a world and take it to (a designated place) where I will help you attach it to (the wall or blackboard) to form the key verse. (Let the children determine the word order, but you may help them if they falter.) After the verse has been completed, say it several times with the children.
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Light blue construction paper Scissors Felt-tip marker Tape
Mission Field Relay

(10 minutes) Divide the group into two teams and have them line up parallel to each other with the team members one behind the other. Designate an area of the room as the mission field. Choose a volunteer from each team to go first and place three or four kernels of popped popcorn on the back of their right hands. They are to go to the mission field, return to the next person on their team, and transfer the popcorn to that childs right hand without dropping any of it. If a child drops the popcorn, he must answer a unit review question or he will have to sit down. The team with a member or members still standing after the other team has been seated is the winner.
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Popcorn (cupful for game optional extra for snack)
Activity Sheets
Helping Out Session 6, Sheet 1 Helping Mazes Session 6, Sheet 2 You Can Help Session 6, Sheet 3
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SESSION 7
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World Traveler
AN UNLIKELY CANDIDATE

Acts 9:1-19; 22:17-21
I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go. Psalm 143:8
Today each child will learn how God revealed His choice of Paul as a missionary be willing to serve God in any way He directs here are times when we adults face tasks we feel incapable of accomplishing. We dont always take Philippians 4:13, I can do everything through him who gives me strength, as literally as we probably should. Similarly, the idea of being used by God as a missionary or in another capacity may cause some children to question their adequacy. Todays session can help calm those fears as the children realize that God often uses those who seem unlikely candidates. In fact, it is more often that God uses people without the expected talents in a particular area because it is easier for those people to depend upon the Spirits power than on their own human abilities. Greater spiritual victories result from their dependence on Him. Help the children understand they do not need super abilities in themselves to fulfill Gods plan for them. Their part is to be willing and obedient to do whatever He asks them to do. God will faithfully give them the strength, wisdom, and abilities needed to fulfill the plan He has for their lives.
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Session 7: World Traveler
Getting Ready To Go
(5-10 minutes) From the previous sessions in this unit, prepare 10 questions and 10 answers each written on individual strips of paper. Divide the group into two teams and give five questions and five answers to each group. Choose the oldest in each team as team leaders and allow the younger of the two to begin the game by holding up a question. The team leader of the opposite team is to say, God uses unlikely people, and hold up the answer. If the second team responds correctly by saying, God uses unlikely people, and holds up the correct answer, that team wins 5 points. If the team either fails to say, God uses unlikely people, or holds up the wrong answer, it will get no points for the response. The teams will alternate with questions and answers regardless of whether they respond correctly or not.
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20 2- by 8inch strips of paper (cut into four pieces) Felt-tip marker
Giving Time
Praise
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(5 minutes) Give announcements and any guidelines you have for the children to follow during this time. Use the optional skit titled, An Unlikely Candidate, found on page 133.
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Five pre-made
Unlikely People
(5 minutes) Prepare the cards by printing the following in all capitals, the first phrase on the front of the card, the second phrase on the back. BUSINESS EXECUTIVE/CLOWN IN A CIRCUS; ELDERLY WOMAN/PILOT OF A FIGHTER JET; TEENAGER/COLLEGE PRESIDENT; RESTAURANT COOK/STATE SENATOR; A RELIGIOUS MAN WHO PUTS CHRISTIANS IN PRISON/A MISSIONARY I am going to show you four cards. On the front of each card is listed a type of person. On the back of each card is listed something that person does. Hold up Card 1 and read it. Flip the card to the back and read the description. Continue with the next three cards. Do these things sound like they could be true? Is it likely that an elderly woman would be the pilot of a fighter plane? These examples may be extreme. It is unlikely that any of these would be true. However, do you know God often uses unlikely people to fulfill His plans? Remember Gideon, who was not a very brave man, yet God used him to lead an army? Or Esther, a poor girl God placed as queen of a country? You may feel it is unlikely you could be a pastor, or a missionary, or in another area of ministry that God may plan for you. However, God sometimes picks unlikely people for His plans. Unlikely people rely more on Him instead of trying to do things in their own strength. Hold up and read Card 5. I would say a person who puts Christians in prison would be very unlikely to be chosen as a missionary. Yet that was Gods plan for this man. Well learn today how God used this unlikely man.
8- by 10-inch or larger cards
Exploring The Word

BIBLE LESSON
(10 minutes) Acts 9:1-19; 22:17-21
Items Needed
Bible Overhead projector Sheet of paper Transparency made from Overhead Master 4: Paul
1. A Persecutor Of Christians
When you think of a missionary, you think of someone who loves and obeys God. You think of someone who is kind and gentle. Before God called a man named Saul to be a missionary, he was not kind and gentle. Saul believed he was right about everything, so he did not listen to ideas other people had. Is this the kind of person we would expect God to call to be a missionary? One of the things Saul felt he was right about was God. He did not believe Jesus is Gods
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Son. Saul thought anyone who worshiped Jesus should be punished. So Saul went around persecuting the Christians. Who knows what persecute means? It means to cause trouble for someone or hurt them because of what they believe. Saul had Christians beaten and taken to prison. (Display the top half of the transparency made from Overhead Master 4 by placing a paper sheet over the bottom half.) He even approved of Christians being killed. This man was definitely an enemy of the Church! After Saul persecuted the Christians in Jerusalem, he decided to go and persecute believers in other places too. He went to the high priest and got special permission to arrest any Christians he found in Damascus, a town about 200 miles away. He planned to bring them back to Jerusalem and have them put in prison.
2. A Changed Man
So Saul and some other men set off for Damascus, a trip that would take about 6 days. They were almost to Damascus when suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around Saul. Saul fell to the ground and heard a voice saying, Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? Saul was probably scared to answer, but he did. He asked, Who are you? The voice answered back, I am Jesus, the One you are persecuting. Now I want you to get up and go into Damascus. Someone there will tell you what you should do. When Saul stood up, he realized the bright light had left him blind. The men with him had to lead him by the hand the rest of the way to Damascus. If you have never accepted Jesus as your Savior, you probably wont experience what Saul did. You may be feeling you need something more in your life or you may be afraid of the future and want assurance of eternal life or you may feel bad about something wrong you have done. Thats the Holy Spirit speaking to your heart. He wants you to come to Jesus, ask forgiveness for your sin, and receive salvation. As Jesus dealt with Saul, God was preparing a Christian in Damascus named Ananias to talk to Saul. Ananias had heard about how Saul had been persecuting the Christians. How do you think Ananias felt when God told him to go talk to Saul? He was scared of Saul. God told Ananias He planned to use Saul to tell the good news of salvation to many people. So Ananias obeyed God and went to the house where Saul was staying. He placed his hands on Saul and prayed for him and Saul could see again. Saul accepted Jesus as his Savior and was baptized in the Holy Spirit. This enemy of the Church was now a Christian!
3. A Missionary For Christ

(Remove the paper sheet from the transparency of Overhead Master 4 to reveal the bottom half.) Saul proved he had really accepted Jesus. He went to the synagogue churches to share the gospel with people. He told them Jesus is God and they needed to follow Him. When a person is saved, he should want everyone to know what God did for him. The Christians
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were surprised because they knew Saul had always tried to stop people from following Jesus. When you became a Christian, did people believe you or did they watch for a change in your life? Because God had chosen Saul and he was willing to follow Gods plan, Saul became a great missionary for God. God still calls sinners to be saved and tell the good news to others. When Saul realized the plan God had for his life, he began to follow Gods plan. Saul the persecutor became Paul the missionary. Why? Because Paul was willing to do what God wanted him to do. We also must be willing to do whatever God wants us to do. Whatever Gods plan is for our lives, we must be willing to follow it. We may be scared or feel we cant do it, but we can trust God to help us as we live out His plan. Gods plan for us is for our good because He loves us so much.

PRAYER AND WORSHIP
Prayer
(10 minutes) Sing a few worship choruses to begin this part of the session. Ask the children to kneel at their chairs and pray that God will help them be willing to serve Him now and in the future in all He wants them to do. As they are praying, pray aloud individually for each child, touching his shoulder or head. Have your workers assist you in praying for the children. Let each child hear you ask God to help him be willing to serve God and do whatever He says. If you have not yet accepted Jesus as your Savior, you can make that important choice today. Every person is born a sinner and the only way to have a right relationship with God and live in heaven with Him someday is to ask Jesus to forgive your sins. Jesus suffered and died so you can be forgiven. If you dont accept Him, you are choosing to reject Him. Will you receive Him today? Pray individually with each who responds. (Use the Leading A Child To Christ article on page 8 as a guide.)
Items Needed
Bible Key verse written on transparency or chalkboard Tape Blindfold Stopwatch World map Four pictures of an airplane
Place The Plane

(10 minutes) Draw or photocopy and cut out four small pictures of an airplane and carry them and the world map. The other items should be available nearby. Did you ever feel you werent able to do a certain jobthat you just didnt have all the
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talent needed? Well, you never have to fear any job God asks you to do. When God asks you to do something, He gives you the strength to do it. Whatever Gods plan is for your life, He will help you do it. Our part is to be willing to work for God and obey Him. Even if the job looks too big, if God has told us to do it, we can trust Him to make it possible for us to do it. Todays key verse says, I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go. Psalm 143:8. When we place our trust in God, He will show us how to live our lives in the best way possible. Point to each verse word as you repeat it with the children several times. Im going to tape a world map to this wall. Then I will pick two people and blindfold one of them. The partner who is not blindfolded will pick a country of the world and show us where it is on the map. (Tell the child to pick a moderately large country.) To the blindfolded person, I will give a paper airplane with a piece of rolled tape on the back. I will spin the person with the plane three times and then start the stopwatch. The blindfolded person must recite the key verse before being guided by his partner to place his plane on the chosen country. His partner can only guide him by telling him to move his hand up, down, left or right. After he tapes his plane to the right country, Ill stop the stopwatch and write their time on the chalkboard. Then Ill pick two different people to try to beat their time. Continue the game about three rounds. Remember, God will help you to do whatever He asks you to do. Just be willing to trust Him and obey what He says!
Verse Pop-Up
(5-10 minutes) I will begin saying the unit key verse (Matthew 28:19,20) and when I stop, I want someone who knows the verse to stand up and say the next word (and only one word). When he sits down, I want another of you to stand up and say the next word. Continue adding a word until the entire verse has been said. When the verse has been completed lead the children in reciting it several times together.
Applying The Word

CLOSING ACTIVITIES
Whiz Ring Relay
(7-10 minutes) Briefly review the key verse together. Demonstrate how to spin the whiz ring on your index finger. Then make two team lines, with the children spaced apart so they will not hit each other with the ring when they twirl it. Give a whiz ring to the first child on each team.
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Homemade whiz rings (buttons on a 12-inch string loop)
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Have him spin it on his index finger while saying the key verse. (You will need a worker to follow the whiz ring down each relay line to be sure the key verse is said correctly.) If he says the key verse correctly, the whiz ring is passed to the next person in line. If he says it incorrectly, he must try to say the key verse again. If he drops the ring, he must start over. The first team to finish passing the whiz ring wins.
What A Mess!
(5 minutes) Have a worker wear an old blouse or shirt covered with tea or coffee stains. (The worker will be outside the classroom and then enter with the stained shirt when you are ready for this monologue.) Look at me! What a mess! Im so embarrassed. You see, I was just riding on an airplane. Everything was going just fine and we were about halfway through the flight. The seat belt sign was off so I decided it would be OK to drink some coffee (tea). Well, just as I got my coffee, the seat belt sign came on. I thought it was strange. The plane shouldnt be ready to land yet, I thought. I decided to drink my coffee anyway. Suddenly the plane hit some air turbulence. Look what happened to me! I guess I should have obeyed the seat belt sign. It just didnt make sense at the time. I figured the pilot didnt really need us to put on our seat belts. I didnt understand why, so I didnt obey. What a disaster I made! Well, Id better clean up. At least this time I can count on the room staying still! The actor exits and you address the children. This person didnt understand why he had to do what the pilot said, so he didnt obey. Maybe when God reveals His plan for your life, you wont understand why He picked that plan for you. It may even seem impossible. You may not understand why God is asking you to do it. Yet whatever it is God asks you to do, you must remember that He always knows what Hes doing, even if you dont understand. So dont be like this person and disobey just because you dont understand why God has such a plan for you. So many people knew Saul as the one who had persecuted Christians that he probably thought no one would listen to him tell about Jesus. Being a missionary was Gods plan for Paul. He was willing to obey, and God helped Paul be a great missionary. We also must trust God and obey what He tells us. Only then will we be happy and accomplish His plan for us!
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Small amount of brewed coffee or tea Adult volunteer
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Eight nation papers and review questions
Around The World

(10 minutes) Print the names of eight nations on paper, one per sheet. Prepare review questions. Play a game of Around The World by laying out the nation papers in a large circle. Group the children into two teams. Each team will pick a child as their world traveler, who stands by the first paper.
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Ask the first team a question. If they answer correctly, their traveler may move to the next paper. If they answer incorrectly, ask the other team. Alternate questions between teams. Some sample questions: 1. What important quality should people have so God can use them? (They must be willing to serve God.) 2. What was Gods plan for Sauls life? (To be a missionary) 3. What had Saul done to Christians? (He persecuted them and put them in prison.) 4. What happened to Saul on the way to Damascus? (He saw a bright light, heard from Jesus, was blinded, and believed in Jesus.) 5. Who prayed for Saul in Damascus? (Ananias) 6. True or False. God uses only people with a lot of talent. (False)
Career Willingness
(6-8 minutes) Group the children in circles of 8 to 10 with one worker per group. The worker starts by saying, If God wants me to be a (name of a career, such as a secretary), Ill be willing. The child on her right is then to repeat the phrase, add another career, then repeat the first persons career. For example, the second child might say, If God wants me to be a lawyer or a secretary, Ill be willing. Continue around the circle. End the activity by having the workers remind the children that God wants us to be willing to follow His plan for us, even if we feel inadequate or dont understand why.
Activity Sheets
Whom God Uses Session 7, Sheet 1 Message Mix Up Session 7, Sheet 2 God Wants To Use You Session 7, Sheet 3
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SESSION 8
Travel Itinerary
PAUL PREACHES WHERE HE CAN
Acts 16:11-15,40; 17:1-4,10-12,16,17,19-23,33,34; Romans 15:20
You are my witnesses, declares the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen. Isaiah 43:10
Today each child will learn Paul started churches in a variety of places consider ways he too can tell others about Jesus hristians failure to witness is most likely caused by fear of what witnessing involves or a lack of concern for the lost. The lack of concern can be overcome by emphasizing to the children the eternal destiny of those without Christ. Also, as they pray God can soften the hearts of the unsaved. The fear of witnessing will be overcome through the baptism in the Holy Spirit and teaching on the how-tos of witnessing. This session includes practical aspects to help the children become active sharers of the gospel. First, it reinforces the idea that a missionary is not the only one commanded to share the gospel; every Christian is commanded to tell about Gods love through Jesus. Second, this session helps calm the fear of witnessing by dividing the how-tos of witnessing into three forms: lifestyle, answering questions about God, and inviting people to church. Pray that the Holy Spirit will empower your group to be bold witnesses for Him.
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Session 8: Travel Itinerary
City Switch
(5-8 minutes) Today we are going to learn how Paul told about Jesus and started churches in four cities. God also wants us to be a witness in the city where we live. We are now going to play a game where we will practice witnessing to people in nearby cities. Have the children group their chairs in circles of 8 to 10 children each. Assign one worker to assist each group. Give the workers a copy of the city names list. The workers assign each player the name of a city. One child is the witness and stands outside the circle. He uses the list to say, Im will witness to people in (name of city) by (way to witness) and to people in (name of another city) by (way to witness), as mentioned under the How Tos Of Witnessing segment or specific examples under The Witnessing Game. The two children whose city name was called must switch places with each other before the witness tags them. If a child is tagged, he becomes the witness and the first witness gives him the city name list.
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Photocopies of list with names of 10 local cities
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Giving Time
Praise
(10 minutes) Use the following suggested song from the Young Explorers Music CD: He Has Called Me. Add songs for leading a time of praise. Lead in prayer for this weeks study.

(5 minutes) Give announcements and any guidelines you have for the children to follow during this time. Use the optional skit titled, Preaching Where You Can, found on page 134.
Items Needed
Large stack of play money Marker Three large pieces of lightblue construction paper
A Universal Need
(5 minutes) Prepare the paper by cutting a large circle out of each sheet. Write one of the following phrases in large letters on each of the three circles: How we look; How we live; How much money we have. Keeping the circles in the same order, flip them to the back sides, writing one word of this phrase on each, Everyone needs Jesus. Choose three children to come up front. Give them the circles, keeping them in proper order. These blue circles represent the world. The phrases on them tell how people are different from one another in the world. Now lets pretend that you were given billions of dollars so you could help people who needed money. Stand by the first child. Suppose you had a neighbor whose dad lost his job and the family needed money to keep them from losing their house. Would it matter if the family looked different from you because they were black or white or Asian or if the father was in a wheelchair or was blind? Of course not. They have a need and you can help meet the need. Hand the first child 1/3 of the money. Stand by the second child. Suppose a tropical storm destroyed everything the people on the coast of Africa had. They needed money to rebuild their homes and replace their belongings. Would it matter to you if the people wanted to build huts instead of houses? Or that they hunt and farm for food instead of going to a grocery store? No, of course not. Hand part of money to the second child. Stand by the third child. Suppose you then met a homeless person. Would you refuse to help him because he is different from you in the amount of money he has? That would be ridiculous! You would help him because he needed help. Give the last child the rest of the money. If you had the money to help anyone who needed help, it shouldnt matter if they were different from you in the way they looked, or where they lived. People are people! They all need help. God loves everyoneyoung, old, rich, poor, black, white, or handicapped. God chose us to be His witnesses to people. Have the children flip their circles. He wants us to tell about Jesus because everyone needs Jesus. Through the power of the Holy Spirit, we can help anyone, anywhere who needs to know Jesus.
Items Needed
Bible Overhead projector Transparency made from Overhead Master 5: Paul Scenes
Exploring The Word

BIBLE LESSON
(10 minutes) Acts 16:11-15,40; 17:1-4,10-12,16,17,19-23,33,34; Romans 15:20 (Before the session, photocopy Overhead Master 5: Paul Scenes, from the Leader Resources
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onto a transparency. Then cut out, and color if desired, the figure of Paul and the three scenes. Use as directed in the Bible lesson.) The apostle Pauls great desire was to preach the gospel where it hadnt been preached before. Today we are going to look at four cities where he did just that.
1. The Church In Philippi

Paul and his friends traveled to Philippi, a city in Macedonia named after Philip, a famous king of that area. Paul and his friends went down to the river looking for a place of prayer. Some women were at the river already. They were praying to God, but they did not know about Jesus yet. Paul told these women about Jesus. (Place the river scene and the figure of Paul on the overhead projector.) One of the women was Lydia, a businesswoman. She opened her heart to the message about Jesus and became a believer. She even invited Paul and his friends to stay at her house with her family. The church in Philippi began at a womens prayer meeting by a river.
2. The Church In Thessalonica

The next place Paul and his companions went to was Thessalonica, a major city of Macedonia. They went to the synagogue on the Sabbath Day for 3 weeks. (Explain that the Sabbath is like our Sunday.) Who knows what a synagogue is? A synagogue is like our church. It was a building in which believers met to read Scriptures and worship God. However, they worshiped only God the Father. They did not know about or believe in Jesus, Gods Son. Paul told them in the synagogue about Jesus. (Remove the river scene and replace with the synagogue scene, placing the Paul figure in the middle of the scene.) Each Sabbath Paul would go to the synagogue and use the Old Testament Scriptures to show the people that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God the Old Testament talks about. Then many people believed in Jesus. The church in Thessalonica began in a synagogue.
3. The Church In Berea

The next city Paul and his friends went to was Berea, about 90 miles from Thessalonica. Again, they went to the synagogue. The Bereans eagerly listened to the message and examined the Scriptures to see if what Paul was saying was true. Many believed the good news about Jesus. So the church in Berea also began in a synagogue.
4. The Church In Athens

The next city Paul went to was Athens. The people of Athens didnt worship
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God. Paul was upset to see the place full of idols. He began to talk about Jesus wherever people were gathered. Paul taught in the synagogues, but he also met people in the marketplace and talked to them there. (Replace the synagogue scene with the marketplace scene, putting Paul in the middle.) The marketplace was kind of like an outdoor store. People went to the marketplace to buy food and other items they needed. Many people listened to what Paul was saying and wanted to hear more. They brought him to an important religious court and asked him to speak. Paul talked about an altar he had seen in Athens that said, To an unknown God. He explained that the unknown God was the one true, living God. A few people believed and began to follow Jesus. Thats how the church in Athens began in the synagogues, marketplace, and a religious court.
5. Everyone Needs Jesus

In these four cities, and many others too, Paul went wherever he had to go to talk to people who needed to hear about God. The places werent important. What was important was there were people who had not heard the gospel. Paul preached by a river, in the marketplace, in the synagogues, and even in a religious court. Whatever the place, Paul faithfully told people they could receive salvation through Jesus. Paul knew God loves everyone, no matter what they look like, where they live, or how much money they have. Each person is important to Jesus. Everyone should be important to us also.

PRAYER AND WORSHIP
Prayer
(10 minutes) Sing a few worship choruses to begin this part of the session. Please close your eyes. If you are a Christian, but you are afraid to tell others about Jesus, you can pray now for help to obey God. Ask God to help you be like Jesus so people will be able to see the difference in your life. Also ask the Holy Spirit for boldness to tell others about Jesus and invite people to church. If you have not accepted Jesus as your Savior, you can do that today. He came to earth to die so people can be forgiven. He does not want anyone to be lost and not be able to go to heaven. Everyone has sinned. All you have to do is be truly sorry for your sin and ask Jesus to forgive you, and He will. If you want to receive Jesus into your life, come and stand with me. As some
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respond, tell the others to think of two people at home, at school, or in their neighborhoods who do not know Jesus. They are to pray for Gods help to share the gospel with these people as you pray with each one desiring salvation.
Airplane Toss
(10 minutes) Ahead of time write the names of three continents on the three pieces of paper. Tape or staple each sign to a top flap of one of the boxes. Before the session begins, place the boxes in a row, with openings and signs facing the group. The extra planes will only be needed to replace planes that get bent. Carry the planes in your Bible. Are you beginning to feel like a missionary? You should. You are like a missionary when you share the gospel with anyone, anywhere who needs to hear it. It could be your mom or dad. It could be your next door neighbor. It could even be the bully at school! It doesnt matter where you are or who it is, if someone is not saved or has a problem, you can share the good news about Jesus. Our key verse today says, You are my witnesses, declares the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen. Thats wonderfulGod has chosen each of you to be His witnesses! Repeat the verse with the group, pointing to each word as it is said, until the children are confident with it. Then group them into two teams. As you can see, here in the front are three boxes labeled with the names of three continents. I have in my hand two airplanes. I am going to pick two people at a time, one from each team. They will both stand next to me about 10 feet from the boxes. Each one will get a chance to quote the key verse from memory. Whoever quotes it correctly gets 10 points for his team. If he quotes it correctly, he also gets a chance to send (throw) his plane with the gospel to one of the continents. If his plane lands in a box, it counts for an extra 10 points. The team with the most points will win our game for today. If a person does not quote the verse correctly, thank him for a good try and allow him to be seated. Continue the game until a good percentage of the group has played. Remember, fellow passengers, God has chosen you as His servants, His witnesses! Talk about Jesus every chance you get. Share the gospel with anyone, anywhere who needs to hear it!
Items Needed
Bible Key verse written on a
transparency or chalkboard Three pieces of paper Marker Three large boxes Two or more paper airplanes with the word gospel written on them Tape or stapler
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Local map Large question mark cut from paper Invitation Flashlight Colored pushpins Chalkboard and chalk
The How-Tos Of Witnessing

(10 minutes) The apostle Paul was Gods witness. In what cities was Paul Gods witness? In Philippi Paul told Lydia and other women about Jesus. Lydia heard the message, believed it, and accepted Jesus. In Thessalonica, Berea, and Athens Paul told about Jesus. Many people believed and asked Jesus into their lives. You are Gods witness if you have asked Jesus to come into your life. Print You are Gods
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witness on the chalkboard and underline it. There are probably people in your family or neighborhood who havent asked Jesus into their lives. Some may not have heard much about Jesus. You can be Gods witness to tell those people about Jesus because you know Him personally. Mark your church location on the map. Let several volunteers place pushpins where they live. We live in different places. God has put us where we live to share Jesus there. Through each of us, everyone around us should have the chance to hear the gospel and accept Jesus as Savior. You can tell others about Jesus in several ways. Print on the chalkboard 1. Answer questions about God and church. Let a child hold up the large question mark. When someone asks you about God or church, you can tell the person what you know. Print 2. Invite people to church. Let a child hold up the invitation. You can ask people to go to church with you. You may even want to send invitations to your friends asking them to go to church with you when theres a special activity, such as a Christmas program. Print 3. Treat others as Jesus wants. Let a child hold up the flashlight. More than just your words tell about Jesus. Your actions speak too. If you are kind and treat others as Jesus would want, people see there is something different about you. They will want to know what makes you different. Being kind is a reflection of Jesus in your life. Its like a light to others. They might ask you about your actions. You can explain that its because you know and love Jesus that you are kind to everyone. Pauls great desire was to preach the gospel where people did not know about Jesus. Many people in the world, even in your neighborhood, do not know the truth about Jesus. Some have never even heard His name; some have not heard the truth about Him. As Gods witness, His chosen servant, you can tell others the true and good news about Jesus!
Applying The Word

CLOSING ACTIVITIES
Items Needed
Chalkboard and chalk or transparency Marker List of witnessing statements
The Witnessing Game

(10 minutes) Every day we have many opportunities for witnessing. We must be alert so we wont miss an opportunity to show or tell someone about Jesus. Who can name one of the three ways to witness? Allow a response. Then review the three ways: inviting people to church, answering questions about God and church, and being like Jesus. Draw a ticktacktoe grid on the chalkboard. Choose an X and 0 team. A team can place its X or 0 only when a team player can tell you which of the three types of witnessing
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a statement fits. Do one sample to be sure the children understand how to play. 1. You ask the elderly man across the street to come to your churchs childrens musical. 2. A friend at school attends the Mormon church. He wants to know what your church teaches. 3. A friends brother was killed in an auto accident. He wonders if heaven is real. 4. Some kids at school are passing around a magazine you know is wrong. You refuse to look at the magazine. 5. Your Sunday School class is having an ice skating party. You ask a friend to come. 6. You invite your grandparents to watch you get baptized in water. 7. You had planned to play soccer with friends after school. Your mom says she needs your help around the house. You stay home to help her. 8. Someone asks you why your church takes Communion. 9. You are friendly to the new child at school and invite him to your churchs Wednesday night kids club meeting.
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Activity Sheets
Sharing Jesus Session 8, Sheet 1 His Witnesses Session 8, Sheet 2 Memory Maze Session 8, Sheet 3
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SESSION 9
Experiencing Turbulence
GOD DEFEATS A SORCERER

Acts 13:4-12
The one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. 1 John 4:4
Today each child will learn how Paul was used of God to overcome Elymas the sorcerer believe that God is greater than Satan here should be no doubt of the need for Christians to be used of God to overcome Satans works. The news media reports the increase in witchcraft and occult activities, such as animal sacrifices and child molestation. Satan has also expanded his attacks on the body of believers. Sometimes when believers are reminded of Satans deeds, they lose heart. Yet we, as children of the almighty God, have no reason to lose heart. God has promised us we are more than conquerors and greater is he that is in us. God wants to use us to defeat the enemys works. If we are going to defeat the works of the enemy, however, we must be spiritually fit by having a strong relationship with Jesus through prayer, Bible study, faithful church attendance, and the infilling of the Holy Spirit. Pray for the children in your group to be committed to keeping a strong relationship with Jesus so they can thwart Satans work and withstand his attacks. Also pray the children will be convinced that God is more powerful than the devil.
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AROUND THE WORLD IN 90 DAYS (Lessons In World Missions) Session 9: Experiencing Turbulence
Use The Word
(5-10 minutes) Divide the group into teams of 8-10 children. Make sure each child has a Bible. Missionaries must know the Bible and how to use it to win people to Jesus. Today we are going to check some of our skills in using the Bible and review some Scriptures that have been used in our study about missions. Hold your Bible out in front of you with it completely closed. I will read the Scripture. Then when I say Go, I want you to find the verse and read it. The team with the first person to read the verse gets 5 points. If you attempt to read it, but you have the wrong verse, a member of the other team will be able to read the verse and win 5 points. Play until one team has earned 50 points. Some suggested verses: 2 Corinthians 1:11; Colossians 4:2-4; Matthew 28:19,20; John 20:21; Matthew 18:18-20; Acts 10:38; Philippians 2:8,9, or whatever part of the Scriptures from this unit you wish to emphasize.
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Bible (one for each child) List of verses
Giving Time
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Praise

Announcements
(5 minutes) Give announcements and any guidelines you have for the children to follow during this time. There is no skit provided for this session.
Session 9: Experiencing Turbulence AROUND THE WORLD IN 90 DAYS (Lessons In World Missions)
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Items Needed
Mirror Permanent (alcoholbased) marker Five glasses Water (to fill four glasses) Rubbing alcohol Five labels Paper towels
Fighting Satan
(5 minutes) Prepare by using the marker to print the word Satan on the mirror. Fill four glasses with water. Put one of these labels on each glass: Ignore, Ask, Put Up With, Own Power. Fill the fifth glass with rubbing alcohol and label it God. Display the glasses in the order they are discussed below. Place the mirror upright behind them. Satan likes to bother us when we are trying to serve God. He tries to tempt us to sin and he wants us to lose our trust in God. Do you think we can conquer Satan by ignoring him? Let's see what happens when we ignore Satan. Dampen towel in glass labeled Ignore and try to wipe off the writing on the mirror. The writing remains. Ignoring Satan doesn't defeat him. He is still there, tempting and tricking us. Do you think we can conquer Satan by asking him to leave us alone? Dampen towel in the Ask glass and try to erase writing. No, asking Satan to leave us alone does not defeat him. He continues to try to discourage us and to trick us into believing his lies. Do you think we can conquer Satan by just putting up with him? Dampen towel in Put Up With glass and try to remove writing. We can put up with Satan and the evil he does, but that wont defeat him. It doesnt work to just tolerate him. He is still there and his evil becomes worse as we ignore him, reason with him, or tolerate him. His evil grows worse around us. Do you think we are strong enough to conquer Satan ourselves? Dampen towel in glass labeled Own Power and try to wipe off words. Our own power cannot conquer Satan either. He can defeat us. What is the only power that can conquer Satan? Then dampen towel in the glass labeled God and wipe off the words on the mirror. The alcohol will dissolve the permanent ink. Just as the liquid in this glass is the only one that erased the word Satan, only Gods power can defeat Satan. God desires for us to use His mighty power to defeat Satan. We cant fight the devil by ourselves. We need Gods power within us to win against Satan. Todays lesson shows how Paul relied on Gods power to defeat Satan.
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Items Needed
Bible Four adult volunteers (optional, use puppets instead)
Exploring The Word

BIBLE LESSON
(10 minutes) Acts 13:4-12
1. Satan Works Against Paul

Which is more powerful, a warlock (male witch) or a Spirit-filled Christian? Listen and
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you will find out. Two weeks ago we learned how Paul accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior. Last week we learned how Paul traveled to many places to tell others about Jesus. This week we will learn about something that happened on Pauls first missionary trip. Pauls first missionary trip began when God told Paul and Barnabas to leave their home church and be missionaries to other countries. Paul, Barnabas, and a helper named John Mark, sailed to the island of Cyprus. When Paul and Barnabas got to Cyprus, they found a Jewish synagogue in the town of Salamis and began to teach about Jesus. What is a synagogue? It is a place like our church today, except that the people there only believed in God the Father, not Jesus, Gods Son. When Paul and his helpers finished teaching in the synagogue in Salamis, they traveled to the next synagogue. Their plan was to preach in every synagogue on the island, and that is what they did. They spent a lot of time convincing people to believe in Jesus as Savior. At the other end of the island was the town of Paphos, which was the capital where the governor named Sergius Paulus lived. When he heard about Paul and Barnabas and their preaching, he asked them to come and tell him what they were preaching. (Sergius enters and waves for Paul and Barnabas to come his direction. Paul and Barnabas enter from opposite side.) The Bible tells us Sergius Paulus was an intelligent and wise man. He wanted to hear about Jesus. But Sergius Paulus had an adviser who was not a good man. (Elymas enters and stands by Sergius.) This adviser didnt want him to hear about Jesus. His name was Elymas, which means sorcerer. He had that name because he was a sorcerer and a false prophet. He claimed his power was from God, but he was really using Satans power.
2. God Uses Paul To Overcome Elymas The Sorcerer

Because Elymas served Satan, he didnt want the governor to hear about Jesus. Elymas tried to stop him from believing the good news about Jesus. (Paul and Barnabas characters mime telling Sergius about Jesus. Sergius looks interested. Then Elymas stands in between them and waves his arms to distract Sergius from paying attention.) The situation was serious. One of Satans followers was trying to stop someone from learning about God. But who is more powerful than Satan? God is! Since God wanted to defeat Satans power in Elymas, God gave Paul power through the Holy Spirit to defeat him. Paul stared right at Elymas and rebuked him. (Volunteer playing Paul says the following:) You are a child of the devil and an enemy of everything that is right! You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery. Then Paul told Gods punishment for Elymas. (Paul gives pronouncement: You are going to be blind for a time. Elymas actor puts his hands to his eyes and rubs them furiously, and stumbles around, using his arms to see with.) Elymas immediately became blind. Gods power is definitely greater than Satans! When the governor saw what the power of God had done to Elymas, he immediately believed in Jesus. (Sergius exclaims, I believe!) He knew what Paul was saying about Jesus
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must be true. Because of Gods power, Satans works were defeated and Sergius Paulus came to believe in Jesus. (Sergius shakes Pauls and Barnabas hands. Then all actors exit.)
3. The Key To Overcoming Satan

Gods power is always greater than Satans. Gods power in a Spirit-filled Christian is stronger than any of Satans power. Each of us, through the power of the Holy Spirit, can defeat the works of Satan, just as Paul did. In order to defeat Satan we must be faithful to keep close to Jesus. God used Paul because Paul was keeping a close relationship with Him. Now can we stay close to God? Through daily Bible reading and prayer, going to church, and being filled with the Holy Spirit, we will have Gods power to defeat Satan when he tries to tempt us and trick us into doing wrong.
PRAYER AND WORSHIP

Prayer
(10 minutes) Sing a few worship choruses to begin this part of the session. Gods power is available for each of you to win over Satans tricks and temptations. One of his tricks is to tell people they dont need God or forgiveness. He tells people to just be like those around them. He tries to keep them from learning that only by receiving forgiveness from God can a person go to heaven. If Satan has told you these lies, you can defeat him today by accepting Jesus as your Savior. Jesus loves you so much He died for your sins. He wants only what is good for you. If you want to ask forgiveness for your sins, come and stand before me. If you are facing problems or temptations and you want God to help you win over Satan, raise your hand so I can pray for you. As you daily obey God and live for Him, His power will help you beat Satan. Pray individually for those who are seeking salvation. Use the information on page 8 to help you show the children how and why they must be saved. Pray for the children who are saved that God will give them the desire and determination to defeat Satan by doing right, by living for God every day in what they do and say.
Items Needed
Bible Key verse on transparency or chalkboard
Sign Language Verse

(10 minutes) Prepare by memorizing the sign language for the key verse. Isnt it great that we dont have to be defeated by Satan? Sometimes, when
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we think of Satan attacking us or our friends or family, we start to get scared. We must remind ourselves that Satans power can never compare with the power God has. If we have been baptized in the Holy Spirit, we have Gods power at work in us to defeat Satan! The devil doesnt stand a chance against the power of God! As todays key verse says, The one who is in you (God) is greater than the one who is in the world (Satan), 1 John 4:4. Repeat the verse with the group several times, pointing to each word as it is said. Last week we talked about sharing the gospel with people who are different from us in how they look, how they live, and how much money they have. The hearing impaired is another group that is different from us. Because of an accident or a birth defect, they cannot hear. If they cannot hear, how do they talk with other people? They use sign language. Were going to learn todays key verse in sign language. Illustrate one word at a time. Allow the children to practice a word several times before going on to the next word. After the children accomplish the verse, call on a few at a time to come to the front and quote the verse as well as signing it. Remember, Gods power is greater than Satans power!
Stabilizing Turbulence
(5 minutes) Prepare as follows. In large capital letters across the top of the poster board (long side), print TURBULENCE. Across the bottom in all caps, print STABILIZE TURBULENCE. Cut four black paper levers, identical in size. Attach the levers with brads an equal distance apart between the titles. Make sure all levers are pointing at turbulence at the beginning of the segment. Decorate the poster board with other gauges so it gives the appearance of being part of a flight panel. I want each of you to pretend you are a pilot flying an airplane. You enter into some turbulence, or rough air. The whole plane shakes. Turbulence is a common thing for a plane to go through. Yet it could be dangerous if a pilot doesnt do things he knows he should do to stabilize or handle, the turbulence. We can have turbulence in our lives as well. It is a common thing for Satan to bring his turbulence into our lives and try to shake us up. He wants us to stop sharing the gospel and quit living for God. His attacks can be dangerous if we dont do what we know are the right things to do. For air turbulence, you as a pilot would adjust the controls of the plane to stabilize it. For turbulence in life, you as a Christian have four levers on your flight panel. There are four things we should do to be able to handle, or stabilize, the turbulence that Satan sends. 1. We must pray daily. Pull down Lever 1 so it points at stabilize turbulence. 2. We must also study the Bible daily. Pull down Lever 2. Read the Bible, think about it, and memorize it. We must also our best to obey what the Bible says. 3. Attend church regularly. Pull down Lever 3. Its important to worship together and learn about God together.
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Light-colored poster board Black construction paper Scissors Marker Five brads
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4. Be filled with the Holy Spirit. Pull down Lever 4. We also need the special power that comes from being baptized in the Holy Spirit. If we are careful to do these things, we will be prepared for whatever turbulence Satan may send our way.
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Questions from lesson with oneword answers Cards with the answers printed on them
Bible Lesson Review

(5-7 minutes) (For a smaller group, you will need one question and answer for each child in your group. For larger groups, spread out answer cards at random through the group.) Hand out the answer cards. Instruct the children to stand when the question that fits their answer is read. Read the questions, letting the children stand when they hear the question that corresponds to their answer card. Have the child standing read the answer. Suggested answers to use are Paul, sorcerer, power, Holy Spirit, blind, God, governor, Elymas, Sergius Paulus, synagogue, believed, defeated, Cyprus, and Paphos.
Items Needed
Plastic 2-liter bottle Three tablespoons of baking soda Glass of vinegar Balloon
Applying The Word

CLOSING ACTIVITIES
Baking Soda Power
(5 minutes) Prepare ahead of time by putting the baking soda in the bottle. Display the bottle. What causes a volcano to erupt? Pressure inside the earth pushes lava and/or hot gases out through the earths surface, and this is a volcanic eruption. A volcanic eruption is very powerful. Quickly pour vinegar into the bottle and pull the balloon over the top. The vinegar and soda will create a gas that will inflate the balloon. What made this balloon inflate? Is there something inside the bottle that has the power to inflate things? Lead the children to realize the balloon inflated because of a force inside the bottle. We have a source of power much stronger than what is in this bottle, and much stronger than even a volcano. Our source of power is God. What is more powerful than God? Of course, nothing is. Satan is another power in our world, but God is much more powerful than Satan.
Items Needed
Copies of several missionary letters
Life Illustrations
(5 minutes) Before the session, obtain from your pastor letters from missionaries your church supports. Make photocopies. Then read the letters, highlighting examples of Satan attacking the missionaries through illness, problems, or any mention of servants of Satan.
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How soon did Satan attack Paul after Paul became a missionary? On his first missionary trip. When someone works for God, Satan tries to discourage, bother, or stop the person completely from telling people about Jesus. Satan works against missionaries today just as he did in Bible times. Our church supports several missionaries. I borrowed some missionary letters from our pastor. These missionaries have some amazing things to tell. Listen closely. Tell whom each letter is from. Read enough of each letter to be understandable, making sure to read the highlighted portions. Did you notice something common to all these letters? I did. Not only does Satan work today as he did in Bible times, but God still works today through missionaries and other believers to overcome Satan! Satan is being defeated by Gods power through believers who are close to God and full of the Holy Spirit!
Gods Power Pop-Up

(5 minutes) Divide the group into two teams. Gods Word often mentions His awesome power. We are going to play Gods Power Pop-up with some of those verses. I will give a Scripture reference and the first person to find it will stand and read the verse to the group. If he reads the correct verse, his team will receive one point. Some suggested verses: Job 36:22; Psalm 66:3; 2 Peter 1:3; 1 Corinthians 6:14; Psalm 147:5; Romans 1:20; and Jeremiah 10:12.
Items Needed
Bibles List of verses that mention Gods power
Activity Sheets
Who Is Most Powerful? Session 9, Sheet 1 Letter Cross Out Session 9, Sheet 2 Spiritual Strength Session 9, Sheet 3
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SESSION 10
Cleared For Landing

GOD GIVES VICTORY
Acts 13:13-16,49-51; 14:1-23
Stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord. 1 Corinthians 15:58
Today each child will learn that Paul established churches despite the persecution he faced determine to serve God faithfully, in spite of any persecution
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ometimes Christians have been caught off guard when faced with persecution. Jesus said in John 15:20, If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. So we should not be surprised when persecution comes our way. But persecution need not shake our faith in God or His plan for our lives. We can take heart because God has not commanded us to stand during persecution without promising us His strength to do so. That is one of the many benefits to a close relationship with Godwe can draw comfort and strength from Him. God does not ask us to fight battles in our own strength. Assure the children in your group that all Christians encounter persecution for their faith at one time or another. It may be helpful for you to share some times when you were persecuted for your faith and how God brought you through. Encourage the children to serve God faithfully despite persecution. If they will remain faithful, God will give them the strength they need to endure any persecution.
Unit KeyVerse
Session 10: Cleared For Landing
Football Role Play
(5 minutes) Pick four older boys, dividing them into two teams. Assign the defensive and the offensive positions. Allow them to role-play, trying to get a touchdown. After a few minutes, thank them and let them be seated. What is the goal of a football team? How do they try to reach that goal? Every football game starts with one team kicking the ball toward its goal. The opposing team tries to get the ball and move it back toward its goal line. When the team reaches its goal, the team earns points. During every play, the team without the ball tries to stop the team with the ball from moving toward its goal. At times players get rough and people get hurt. But both teams keep pushing on, playing to win. Life as a Christian is similar to a football game. We Christians are football players. Our goal is heaven. We keep pressing on through our problems until we reach heaven. Satan's forces of evil are like the opposing team that is playing against us. Satan will try to make life difficult for us. Satan will try to get us to give up playing and not reach our goal of going to heaven. The good news is that our coach is God! We have the best coach in the universe. If we are faithful to serve Him, He promises well win. Today we will hear about a time when Paul faced big problems. With Gods help Paul pressed through and won.
Items Needed
Football
Giving Time
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Praise
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(5 minutes) Give announcements and any guidelines you have for the children to follow during this time. Use the optional skit titled, God Gives Victory, found on page 135.
Delayed Landing
(5 minutes) Everyone take your position as pilots again! You are flying a huge airplane of a major airline company. You are coming to Miami, Florida, the goal of your flight. You radio the control tower to prepare for landing. The control tower says bad weather is causing a backup of the air traffic. You cannot land yet. You must continue circling the city until it is safe for you to land. While you are waiting to land, another airplane circling Miami nearly hits your plane. It was a close call. Would you, as the pilot of the plane, decide, I cant handle the air traffic anymore. This is just too much work. Im tired of having to circle around the city again and again and again. So Ill just get out a parachute and bail out? Of course not! Its the pilots job to land that plane. You shouldnt quit because of air traffic or having to circle the city. You need to continue flying the plane until it has safely landed in Miami. Each of us is like the pilot because we have a goal in our lives too. Our goal is not Miami, but completing the plan God has for our lives. Satan will oppose anyone who is following Gods plan, just as he opposed Paul on his first missionary trip. Sometimes Satan opposes us through other people. These people may be mean to us or try to cause trouble for us. We may be tempted to quit because we think it is too hard to keep on being a Christian. Yet that wouldnt be any more right than a pilot jumping out of his plane. You, like the pilot, should determine to be faithful to Gods plan until it is completed, no matter what happens along the way.
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Items Needed
Bible Overhead projector Transparency made from Overhead Master 6: Pauls Trip
Exploring The Word

BIBLE LESSON
(10 minutes) Acts 13:13-16,49-51; 14:1-23 (Point out the location of each city on the map on the transparency from Overhead Master 6 as it is mentioned in the lesson.)
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1. Paul And Barnabas Dont Quit

When you play a game, do you play to lose or to win? If you are playing to win, do you quit halfway through the game when things are getting tough? The apostle Paul and Barnabas played to win. They were out to win their world for Jesus. Even when things got tough, they didnt quit. Everywhere they went they told people about salvation. They also faced many problems as they told people about Jesus.
2. Paul And Barnabas In Antioch

Who can tell us what persecution means? Persecution means to be made fun of or hurt by others because you live for God. Have any of you been persecuted because you follow Jesus? (Allow a few children to share personal experiences.) In last weeks lesson Paul and Barnabas were on the island of Cyprus. After they defeated the sorcerer Elymas, they sailed back to the mainland and went to another town called Antioch, which was in Pisidia. This is not the same Antioch they started from. At this Antioch, where do you think Paul and Bamabas first went? They went to the synagogue. Just as they were hoping, the synagogue leaders asked them to teach. Paul and Barnabas told about Jesus. The good news of Jesus love spread through the whole area.
3. Persecuted In Antioch And Iconium

Although some people believed in Jesus, other people who were there didnt believe the message of salvation. They convinced the rich and powerful people of the city to persecute, or cause trouble for, Paul and Barnabas. The people persecuted Paul and Barnabas so badly they were forced to leave the city. The next day Paul and Barnabas went to a town called Iconium. There they found the synagogue and began to teach about Jesus. Many people believed, but again those who refused to believe made trouble. They talked bad about Paul and Barnabas and got a lot of people angry at the two missionaries. This time the persecutors did not just want Paul and Barnabas to leave town. They wanted to stone them to death! But Paul and Barnabas found out about the plan to kill them and left before they were harmed.
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4. Stoned In Lystra
Next Paul and Barnabas went to Lystra. Of course, they kept preaching the good news. Paul met a crippled man there and said to him, Stand up on your feet! The man jumped up and began to walk. The excited crowd thought Paul and Barnabas were gods. They started to offer sacrifices to them. This upset Paul and Barnabas. They knew only God should be worshiped. So they tried to persuade the people that they were only men and shouldnt be worshiped. The crippled man was healed by Jesus power, not their power.
Finally they convinced the people. Right after this, an angry group of people from Antioch and Iconium who had followed Paul and Barnabas to Lystra convinced some of the people that the missionaries were evil. These people threw stones at Paul until they thought he was dead. Then they dragged him outside the city and left him there. As some Christians stood around Paul, God healed him and he got up! The next day Paul and Barnabas left Lystra to work for God elsewhere. If you were Paul, and people had just tried to stone you to death, would you keep on living for Jesus? People in some parts of the world are still being killed for believing in Jesus. Persecution just makes them believe more because God gives them strength to stay true to Him. Paul stayed faithful, and God gave Paul strength to keep on working for Him. If you stay close to God through Bible study, prayer, and going to church, you will receive strength from God to handle persecution just as Paul did. Seek to be filled with Gods Holy Spirit for even greater strength and help.
5. New Churches Begin

At the next town named Derbe, Paul preached the gospel again. Many people believed in Jesus this time and a church began. Then Paul and Barnabas went back to the cities where they had been persecuted: Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch. In each city, they encouraged the believers and appointed leaders for the churches there. Paul and Barnabas finished their missionary journey. They did not let persecution stop them from doing Gods work. They did not give up when things got difficult. They were faithful to God. How about you? Do you remain faithful to God even when people make fun of you or cause trouble for you? You can make it through persecution if you keep a close relationship with Jesus. He will give you strength and comfort when you need it. Keep to your goal of following Jesus! If this has not been your goal, make it your goal today. Jesus is the only way to heaven.
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PRAYER AND WORSHIP
Prayer
(10 minutes) Sing a few worship choruses to begin this part of the session. If you are a Christian, you may be facing persecution now at school or even at home from people who dont love Jesus. Remember, you are not alone. God is always with you.
He will give you strength to face your problems. If you do your best to follow Him, you will win over persecution. If you are not a Christian, you surely want to reach heaven. The only way there is by admitting you are a sinner, believing Jesus is Gods Son who died for you, being sorry for your sin, and asking Jesus to forgive you. He suffered persecution and death to offer your life in heaven. Do you want to accept Him today? If you do, come and stand here with me. Lead in prayer. Thank God that He is more powerful than anyone. Ask God to give the children strength to serve Him faithfully during times of persecution now or in the future. Use the guide on page 8 as you pray individually for those who want to be saved. As you do this, have the remaining children pray for their unsaved family members and friends.
Soccer Toss
(10 minutes) I trust you have made the choice today to faithfully serve God no matter what problems Satan or other people throw your way. As you determine to be faithful, God will give you victory over Satan, persecution, and every other obstacle you face. Your faithfulness could help other people to believe in Jesus. God encourages us to faithfully serve Him even when we are persecuted. He says, Stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord,1 Corinthians 15:58. Review the verse with the group a few times, pointing to each word as it is said. To help us review our key verse, were going to use a soccer ball. I will say the key verse and then toss the soccer ball to one of you. After you catch it, you and I will say the key verse together. Then you will call on another person to stand before throwing the ball to him or her. After he catches the ball, the three of us, still standing, will say the verse together. That second child will then call on someone else. Well keep doing this until everyone is standing and has had a chance to say the verse. (If the group is too large to have every person catch the ball, prepare to play the game for a certain number of minutes.) The game continues until everyone has said the verse or as long as time allows. I challenge you, fellow passengers, to choose to faithfully serve God. He will give you victory and help you reach your goal of heaven!
Items Needed
Bible Soccer ball Key verse printed on transparency or chalkboard
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Items Needed
Overhead projector Transparency pen Transparency made from Overhead Master 7: Safe Landing Steps (cut out the airplane)
Applying The Word

CLOSING ACTIVITIES
A Safe Landing
(10 minutes) Before an airplane can land after a flight, there are a few things the pilot must do. He checks his instruments and makes sure he is getting close to the landing strip. Then he radios the air traffic control tower to get clearance to land. Next, he gets in the proper position to begin to descend from the sky and pushes a button so the wheels come down from the bottom of the plane. Then the pilot carefully guides the airplane down for a safe landing. Just as the pilot has to do certain things to have a safe landing, there are some things we must do to win over persecution and one day make a safe landing in heaven. We will sometimes be persecuted because we are living for Jesus. People may be unkind. But we must keep serving God if we want to make it safely to heaven. We must remember that Jesus was persecuted too. Lay the transparency from Overhead Master 7 on the overhead projector and place the airplane in the last ring. The circles around our goal represent what we should do to draw strength from God during persecution and keep us moving closer to our goal of reaching heaven. Involve the children in this activity by asking them to name things we can do to help us win over persecution. As each of the ways below is mentioned, print the way in the ring, briefly discuss the way mentioned, and then move the airplane into the next ring. Continue to guide the discussion and suggestions until all of the points below are covered and the airplane has reached the center circle. PrayWe gain strength and comfort from God when we pray. As we pray, we are reminded that God is more powerful than anyone or anything. Read the BibleWe get encouragement from the Bible. We also see how other followers of Jesus were faithful to keep serving Him in spite of persecution. God also gives us wisdom through His Word. Obey GodWhen we are faithful to obey God, He will help us keep obeying Him in times of trouble and persecution. Attend ChurchWe can share with other Christians about our hard times. They will pray with us and encourage us to keep serving God. Worshiping God and hearing His Word also strengthen us.
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Formidable Defense
(7-10 minutes) Draw an X. Then draw a vertical line to right of it and label it 50-yard. Last, draw a vertical line to the far right with the words Goal line next to it.
The X will stand for each of us. We are each like an offensive football player holding the ball and headed for our goalheaven. On our way to heaven, God wants us to live for Him and serve Him. Satan tries to keep us from reaching our goal. Often, he works through unbelieving people to try to keep us from living for God, just as he did with Paul. At times I was persecuted for living for Jesus. (Share personal examples of how people laughed at your faith, questioned your faith, or caused you other problems because of your belief in Jesus.) Put an O on the defensive side of the board for each example you give. Explain how you stood firm in these situations. Now Id like several of you to tell of a time when someone persecuted you for serving God. Let the children come up and put an O on the defensive side of the board for each example they give. Continue until the defensive side is quite full of O's. There are a lot of O's up there, arent there? There are many different ways people try to get us to stop heading toward our goal. Looking at all of these O's could make you think it is impossible to ever reach our goal, but we already know God is the winner. If we are on Gods side, we will win and reach our goal. God has promised it. Our service to God will always do what He wants it to, no matter how many people try to keep us from our goal! Use chalk to draw a line from the X, weaving in and out of the O's, to the goal line. We WILL win if we do our best and faithfully serve God!
Activity Sheets
Flying High Session 10, Sheet 1 Build A Wall Session 10, Sheet 2 A Look At Persecution Session 10, Sheet 3
Items Needed
Copies of
Activity Sheets 10-1 to 10-3 Pencils
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SESSION 11
Check The Flight Schedule

WHO CAN BE A MISSIONARY?
Ezekiel 2:1-7; Acts 1:8; 16:10; Romans 1:1-6; 2 Timothy 1:8,9
I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit. John 15:16
Today each child will learn that missionaries are believers called by God to be witnesses for Him be able to describe the requirements for being a missionary esus said the greatest commandments were to love God with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength, and to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. These two commandments encompass every part of a persons life. Though these commands are for all believers, they are especially appropriate for those God has called to some form of full-time ministry. A person involved in full-time ministry must be willing to let God develop in him the character needed to fulfill the mission given to him. This character development involves flexibility, commitment, a willingness to keep oneself in good physical and mental condition, a desire for personal growth, a sense of selfworth, and submission to spiritual and earthly authorities. These qualities should be evident in every Christian. Pray for the children to develop these qualities of godly character in their lives.
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Unit KeyVerse
AROUND THE WORLD IN 90 DAYS (Lessons In World Missions) Session 11: Check The Flight Schedule
Our Missionaries
(5 minutes) Before the session, attach the map to a bulletin board and surround it with the missionaries pictures. If the pictures are not labeled with names, attach a label at the bottom of the picture with the missionarys name and country. As the session begins, draw the childrens attention to the bulletin board. Inform them you are going to connect each missionarys picture with a piece of yarn to the country where he serves. Pick a volunteer to see if she can find the country while you are cutting the piece of string. Give her a hint. If she cannot find the country in a short time, point it out. Allow her to attach the yarn from the picture to the country. Use a new volunteer for each missionarys picture. Point out the great area covered by the missionaries over the world.
Items Needed
World map Yarn Scissors Pushpins Photos of missionaries supported by your church
Giving Time
Praise
(10 minutes) Use the following suggested song from the Young Explorers Music CD: Go Into Your World. Add songs of your own choosing for leading the children in a time of praise. Lead in prayer for this weeks study.
Items Needed

(5 minutes) Give announcements and any guidelines you have for the children to follow during this time. Use the optional skit titled, We Each Have A Place, found on page 135.
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Items Needed
Four sheets of paper Felt-tip pen
Called To Witness
(5 minutes) Prepare the paper by printing one of the following phrases on each sheet: a witness to Jerusalem = your city; a witness to Judea = your state; a witness to Samaria = nearby states; a witness to the ends of the earth = the world. Fold each sheet into a paper airplane. I have here four paper airplanes. Im sure all of you have thrown paper airplanes before. Its fun. Im going to throw these to four children. It is important for each of you to stay seated in your chair and let the airplane come to you. Proceed to throw the four airplanes out over the group. Id like each of you who have caught a plane to stand, unfold your plane, and read aloud what it says. Allow them to do so one at a time. Do these words sound familiar? Do they remind you of something? Thats right. These phrases come from Acts 1:8. It says, You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. The phrases on the airplanes helped to explain what this verse means. We are to tell people about Jesus in our city, in our state, in the nearby states, and in the entire world. But how can we do that? Acts 1:8 also told us we need to be baptized in the Holy Spirit. Then we will have power to be Gods witnesses. God wants all of us to tell others about Him. But He also calls some Christians to witness all the time; to make sharing about Jesus their full-time job. These people are known as missionaries.
No Matter Who
(5 minutes) We have talked a lot about airplanes. A few weeks ago we talked about the different kinds of jobs involved with airplanes. Pilots fly the planes, mechanics work on the engines, people load and unload the luggage, people clean the plane, people take care of security, and people control the air traffic. All these people are needed to do different jobs to take care of the plane. How would it be if all these people had the same abilities? It is necessary for them to have the abilities needed for their jobs. Would there be any reason for these people to be all Asian, all white, or all black? How much schooling should these people have? Their race is unimportant. They should have the schooling needed to perform their tasks. These people may be different from each other in the color of their skin, in the kind of education they have, and in their abilities. Yet each of them is needed to have a safe flight. In the same way God has a job for every Christian to do. He wants us to help others come to know Jesus. It doesnt matter who we are, God can use us.
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Exploring The Word

BIBLE LESSON
(10 minutes) Ezekiel 2:1-7; Acts 1:8; 16:10; Romans 1:1-6; 2 Timothy 1:8,9
1. A Missionary Must Be Sure God Called Him

Becoming a missionary isnt the same as becoming a doctor or a computer programmer. A person can train and study to be a doctor or computer programmer, but only God can decide who will be a missionary. God calls all believers to be witnesses, but only some to be witnesses as a life work. God rarely speaks in a voice we can hear with our ears. Most often God speaks to a person by putting certain thoughts and feelings into his mind. The person knows without a doubt that God wants him to serve in some special way. Our missionaries on this map have heard Gods call to them to be missionaries. (Refer to the missionary map.) Its important for a missionary to be sure God has called him. The language, food, weather, and living conditions in a new country can be very different or unpleasant. Leaving friends and family behind is also very hard. If God has called him to be a missionary, he will be able to cope with difficulties and hardships. He will continue to obey Gods plan for him.
Items Needed
Bible Map from the Our Missionaries activity
2. The Call Of Ezekiel

Ezekiel was a prophet in the Bible who knew God had called him. God appeared to him in a vision and said, I am sending you to the Israelites. They are stubborn and may not listen, but they will know you are speaking what I tell you to. God was giving Ezekiel a difficult job, and God did not want him to be afraid. He warned Ezekiel about the problems he might have. If a missionary knows God has called him, problems are easier to handle because he knows he is doing Gods will. (If you are aware of a difficulty experienced by a missionary on the map, share it with the group.) Knowing God is with him gives him faith and courage. Then he is willing to do whatever God tells him to do.
3. The Call Of Paul

Another man in the Bible was also called by God to be a missionary. Does anyone know who this man was? Paul was called by God to be a missionary. How did Paul meet Jesus? (Briefly review Pauls conversion on the road to Damascus and his meeting with Ananias.) Paul learned what Gods plan was for his life. He said he was set apart for the gospel. God sent Paul to the places he was to take the gospel.
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One night Paul had a vision of a man from Macedonia. The man was begging Paul to come and help us. After Paul saw this vision, he went to Macedonia. He was sure of Gods call to preach there.
4. Power Of The Gospel

The message of Gods love is powerful; it is the power of God for salvation for everyone. The gospel has power to change people; it is the most powerful message we can give people. Paul encouraged a younger minister named Timothy not to be ashamed to witness. He assured Timothy that God calls missionaries for His purpose, not for what they have done. We should be happy to tell about Jesus because He is the only way to heaven. Everyone needs the power of the gospel to change their hearts and lives. God calls missionaries and every Christian and He gives them the power they need to tell the good news of salvation. Through the baptism in the Holy Spirit, God gives His witnesses power to do His work. (Read aloud Acts 1:8.) If God calls you to be a missionary, you dont have to be afraid or ashamed. God will help you obey Him, fill you with the Holy Spirit, and give you the desire to tell the wonderful news of His power to change lives through salvation.

PRAYER AND WORSHIP
Prayer
(10 minutes) Sing a few worship choruses to begin this part of the session. Bow your heads. Have you allowed God to change your heart? If you have, God has a plan for your life. You can form habits now that will make you strong in God. Then when you are old enough to be a missionary, or whatever God wants you to be, you will be ready to be used by God. Every Christian should seek to be filled with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit gives us power to live as God wants and to tell others of Gods love. If you are not saved, today you can tell God you are sorry for your sin and ask Him to forgive you. Then you can begin to prepare for Gods plan for your life. Only God knows what is in our future. He knows what is best for us and is always with us to guide and help us. Would you raise your hand if you want to invite Him into your life today? Use page 8 to present the plan of salvation. Pray individually with each child who responds for salvation. Let the remaining children pray for help to become strong in God and/or for the baptism in the Holy Spirit. Encourage children who have received the Baptism to pray with the children who are seeking the Baptism.
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Word Relay
(10 minutes) You know, one day some of you may be called by God to be missionaries. Thats exciting! But even if God does not call you to be a missionary, God has still chosen each of you to be a part of spreading the gospel. Thats exciting too! Jesus tells you about this in John 15:16. He said, I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit. That means to share the gospel with other people so they can become Christians too. We can each be like a missionary when we obey Gods command to tell others about His love right now where we live. Repeat the verse a few times with the group, pointing to each word as it is said. Then form two teams. Im going to draw a line down the center of the chalkboard. When Im finished with the instructions, Ill need each team to line up on either side of the line. Ill give a piece of chalk to the first child in each line. When I say, Go, the first child in each line will begin by printing the first word of the key verse on his teams side of the chalkboard. As soon as he finishes, he will pass the chalk to the next child, and go to the end of the line. The second child in line prints the second word of the key verse, and so on. If the child in front of you prints the wrong word, you are to erase the wrong word and write the correct one instead of writing the next word. The relay will end when one team has written the key verse correctly. If you are not sure how to spell a word, tell me the word and Ill tell you how to spell it for you to write. Play the game a few times, especially if the teams are so large that not everyone can play in one round. Remember, you have been chosen by God to go and bear fruit by telling people about salvation through Jesus.
Items Needed
Bible Chalkboard and chalk Key verse written on transparency or chalkboard
Mission Impuzzable
(10 minutes) Lightly sketch the word MISSION in large, block-style letters on the poster board. Cut out the letters. On each letter indicated, use the felt-tip pen to print as large as possible one of the following words or phrases: spiritual (M), flexible (I), healthy (S), committed (S), good attitude (I), self-worth (O), obey authorities (N). God has chosen all of us to witness for Him. But He also calls some of us to be full-time missionaries. Obeying Gods call to be a missionary is not as easy as saying, Yes, Lord, Ill go and live in another country and be a missionary. There are many traits a missionary needs. Tape the letter M to the chalkboard or let a volunteer hold it for you. A missionary must be faithful in spiritual things. He must take time every day for prayer and Bible study. He must obey the Bible too. Tape up the letter I or let a volunteer hold it. Put up succeeding letters or let volunteers
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Sheet of lightcolored poster board
Pencil Felt-tip pen Scissors Chalkboard Tape
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hold them as they are discussed. A missionary must be flexible. This means he has to adjust to changes in food, weather, clothing, customs, and language. He must realize things wont be like they were back home. Next, a missionary must take care of his physical and emotional health. He must eat a healthy diet and get enough sleep. Poor health would keep him from working for God. A missionary must also be committed. That means a person decides he will keep doing a particular thing to the very best of his ability. A missionary must be committed first of all to God, then to his family by being a good spouse and parent. He will have difficult times, but he has decided to do his best for God. A missionary also must have a good attitude. He has to be open to new ideas and ways of doing things. He must desire to keep learning about his work and about God. To have self-worth, a missionary believes that God loves him and has called him to be His servant. The missionary needs to feel good about himself and his abilities to do what God wants him to do. Last, a missionary must obey those in authority. The authorities over you are your parents, your teachers at school, the leaders here in Childrens Church, and many others. You must obey them. In the same way, missionaries have authorities over them. These people might be fellow missionaries or people in leadership positions here at home or in the country where they serve. Missionaries also must be able to work well with other people. Do you notice what word these letters spell? Mission. When a missionary does his part to be the kind of person God can use, then God can use him to reach many people with the message of salvation. If we are faithful now to obey God each day, He can use us. Preparing to be a missionary, or for any other plan God has for your life, starts right now. Going to church, daily prayer and Bible study, and obeying God will help you to become the kind of person God can use.
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Applying The Word

CLOSING ACTIVITIES
Air Traffic Controller
(10 minutes) Briefly review the traits a missionary needs to havespiritual, flexible, healthy, committed, good attitude, self-worth, obeys authorities. Then play a version of the Red Light, Green Light game. Tell the children they are planes that are trying to land at the airport. However, they must
obey the air traffic controller in order to do so safely. Have one child be the traffic controller and stand at the front of the room. The rest of the children are to line up against the opposite wall. When the controller says fly, the children advance toward him. When he says land, the children must stop immediately. If the controller says land, turns around, and sees someone moving, the plane must go back to the wall. Of those who advanced and the air traffic controller did not see them moving, he chooses one to name a quality needed for a missionary. If the child chosen can name one, he may stay where he is. If he fails to name one, he must go back to the wall. The first plane to reach the controller wins.
Password Review
(8-10 minutes) Prior to the session, print the following words on an index card: Macedonia, gospel, called, Ezekiel, Holy Spirit, Paul, witnesses, afraid, missionary, Timothy, flexible, spiritual, healthy, committed, self-worth, authorities. Shuffle the cards and place them in the box. Divide the group into two teams. Let a child from one team draw a card. He will read the word silently, then give his team a definition to help them guess the word. You may wish to set a 30-second time limit for the team to guess the word. If the team answers correctly, they score 10 points and the card is set aside. If they are incorrect or time runs out, the card is returned to the box and play returns to the other team.
Items Needed
Watch with a second hand Shoe box
Activity Sheets
Plane To Tower Session 11, Sheet 1 Plane Parts Session 11, Sheet 2 Quality Match Session 11, Sheet 3
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SESSION 12
Confirm The Reservation

WILL GOD ASK ME TO GO?
Mark 1:16-20; 2:14; John 12:2; Acts 9:36-40; 26:17; 1 Corinthians 15:58; 1 Peter 4:10,11
In all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28
Today each child will learn God desires that he be willing to obey Him whether He calls him into missions or into another area of ministry follow wherever He may lead him
very Christian should be willing to serve faithfully in some area of ministry. Without commitment, sacrifice of our wills, and focus on Jesus, we cannot positively influence our community for Jesus. If every member of the body of Christ uses gifts God gives him to serve others, the entire body will benefit. Jesus will be honored, and others will be affected. Do some soul searching this week. Ask God to help you evaluate if you are truly willing to serve Him without any ulterior motives, willing to accept His plan for your life, and willing to accept His selection of where you are to live. Are you willing to follow Gods plan whatever the cost? Relate to the children that God requires our obedience in all things, one of which is working for Him in the avenue He has chosen. God wants workers with willing hearts to help spread the good news of salvation. Are you willing?
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Unit KeyVerse
AROUND THE WORLD IN 90 DAYS (Lessons In World Missions) Session 12: Confirm The Reservation
Activity Of The Will
(5 minutes) Im going to ask you some questions. If you would be willing to do what I ask, stand up, then sit back down. If you would not be willing to do what I ask, stay seated. There are no right or wrong answers. Just answer honestly by standing or sitting. 1. Would you be willing to eat a hamburger? 2. Would you be willing to eat octopus? 3. Would you be willing to wear strange-looking clothes to school one day? 4. Would you be willing to play a game with your friends? 5. Would you be willing to learn a new language? 6. Would you be willing to live in a bigger house? 7. Would you be willing to live in a small house in Alaska? 8. Would you be willing to get a job when you grow up? 9. Would you be willing to go to a new school? 10. Would you be willing to be successful? Thank you for participating. Its easy to be willing to do things were used to doing or things that sound good. However, its harder to be willing to do something new or do something that sounds hard. All of us were willing to be successful. That sounds easy and fun. But did you know that the important key to being successful is being willing? To be successful, you need to be willing to do whatever God wants you to do. God created you to do something specific when He planned your life. God has great plans for youplans for you to be successful. But first you must be willing to follow His plans.
Giving Time
Items Needed
Praise
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Announcements
(5 minutes) Give announcements and any guidelines you have for the children to follow during this time.
Items Needed
Five signs on light-colored construction paper Five volunteers
A Perfect Plan
(5 Minutes) To prepare, print one of these titles in large letters on each paper: mechanic, food service, baggage handler, flight attendant, pilot. Remember last week we talked about the different jobs at an airport. We said those peoples jobs are important for good, safe plane travel. Those people help the passengers by doing their jobs, even though their jobs are different. God also gives Christians different jobs in which to serve Him. Some will be missionaries, some will be pastors, and others will have a completely different plan from God. But each person is just as important to God. I need some volunteers. For my first volunteer, I need someone who likes to fix things that are broken. Have the child stand up front and hold the mechanic sign. Next, I need someone who likes to be around lots of people. Give flight attendant sign to that child. Raise your hand if you like to cook. Give a child who responds the food service sign. Now I need someone who is very strong. Give the child who responds the baggage handler sign. Last, I need someone who is not afraid of heights. Give the one who responds the pilot sign. People do jobs that fit what they like and what their abilities are. Would it make any sense for someone who likes to be around lots of people never to be with people? Point at the flight attendant. No. Would it make sense for someone who liked to fix things and was afraid of heights to be a pilot? Point at the mechanic and pilot. Of course not. Some people worry that Gods plan for their lives will not be something they enjoy doing. They are afraid God will want them to do a job they are not good at and do not like. You can be sure Gods plan for you will fit the likes and abilities He has given to you. God has a perfect plan for you!
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BIBLE LESSON
(10 minutes) Mark 1:16-20; 2:14; John 12:2; Acts 9:36-40; 26:17; 1 Corinthians 15:58; 1 Peter 4:10,11
1. Tabitha Ministered At Home

Gods plan for a woman in the Bible named Tabitha was not to be a missionary. Gods plan was for her to stay right in her own town and serve Him there. (Display transparency made from Overhead Master 8: Ministering, on the projector, using the sheet of paper to cover the bottom two-thirds.) God had given Tabitha the ability to sew well. She could make clothes. So Tabitha used her ability to serve God by helping people who needed clothing. The Bible says she was always doing good and helping the poor. She gave clothes to women whose husbands had died. These women were probably too poor to buy clothes, so Tabithas sewing was a big help to them.
Items Needed
Bible Overhead projector Sheet of paper Transparency made from Overhead Master 8: Ministering
2. Lazarus Ministered Through Hospitality And Friendship

Lazarus was not a missionary either. Gods plan was for him to serve by his hospitality and friendship. The Bible tells us Lazarus and his sisters would often have Jesus over to their house to eat. (Move the sheet of paper down so the second part of the transparency shows.) Remember that some weeks ago we talked about helping missionaries by being friendly to them when they came home from the mission field? This is what Lazarus did for Jesus. Many people followed Jesus, but He didnt have many close friends. Lazarus was one of the few close friends Jesus had. Lazarus probably encouraged Jesus through his friendship.
3. Share The Gospel Full Time

Gods plan for some people is to teach and preach the gospel full time as pastors, evangelists, or missionaries. Who remembers what job Simon Peter and his brother Andrew had before Jesus called them? (Show these on the transparency as you mention them.) They were professional fisherman. When Jesus called them, the Bible says they immediately left their fishing nets and followed Him. What job did James and John have? They were fishermen, too. When Jesus called them to preach, they immediately left the fishing business and followed Jesus. Carrying on a family business is not as important as doing what Jesus wants. Who can tell me what Matthew did for a living before Jesus called him to spread the
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gospel? He was a tax collector. Tax collectors made a lot of money. But when Jesus called Matthew to preach, he immediately left his tax collection booth and followed Jesus. Making money is not as important as doing what Jesus wants. Pauls job was different from the others. Does anyone know what Paul was before he became a Christian? He was a Pharisee, a religious teacher. He did not believe Jesus is God. After Paul met Jesus on the road to Damascus, as we learned a few weeks ago, he accepted Jesus as his Savior. Paul gave up his teaching job to become a foreign missionary. Being a professional person is not as important as doing what Jesus wants.
4. Be Willing To Serve God Anywhere

As we see from Tabitha, Lazarus, Paul, and the disciples, God doesnt ask us all to do the same job. God needs people in different places doing different things. He may ask you to be like Tabitha and help the poor people in our town. He may ask you to be like Lazarus and be generous and friendly to missionaries, evangelists, pastors, or other Christians. Or He may ask you, like He did the disciples and Paul, to preach and teach the gospel full time. Whatever Jesus asks you to do and wherever He asks you to go, you can make a difference by helping people and reaching them for Jesus. You can be sure Gods plan for your life is the best plan. Are you willing to obey Gods plan for you?

PRAYER AND WORSHIP
Prayer
(10 minutes) Sing a few worship choruses to begin this part of the session. The first part of Gods plan for everyone is that we accept His Son Jesus as our Savior. Have you invited Jesus into your life yet? If not, would you like to do that now? Ask those who respond for salvation to come to the front. Explain the plan of salvation (on page 8) and pray with each individually. If you are a Christian, God has a plan for your life. Obey God by accepting His plan for you, whether it will be using your abilities to help people and share the gospel at home, or as a full-time missionary in another country. You dont need to be afraid of what God will ask you to do. He created you to fit the plan He has for you. He will work everything out for your good. God will give you strength through the Holy Spirit to do His plan for you. Pray with them about Gods plan for their lives and their willingness to obey His plan. Workers could move around the room and pray for the children individually.
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X-Ray Machine
(10 minutes) Prior to the session, print either 100, 200, or 300 point values on the lower half of seven pieces of paper. On the other three papers, print bomb on the lower half of the page. Fold each paper in half to cover the points or words. On the front, label them from 1 to 10. Some people have a difficult time accepting the career God calls them to. Thats usually because theyre afraid God will ask them to do something they dont like. Fellow passengers, God did not create you to give you a job you wouldnt like. Before you were ever born, God planned to give you the right likes, dislikes, and abilities to fit the job and ministry He has for you to do. God created your life plan for your good, with your best interests in mind. He tells us this in Romans 8:28, In all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. This verse tells us God works for our good in how many things? All! Does all include Gods plan for our life? Yes! Lets say this verse together. Repeat the verse with the group, pointing to each word as it is said. Then remove the papers from your Bible. Were going to play a game with these papers. What is one piece of equipment you see in every airport? The X-ray machine. Everyone must put the baggage they are carrying through an X-ray machine before they get on the plane. This is to make sure they arent carrying anything harmful like a bomb or weapon. Set the papers on the chalkboard rail. These papers are going to be your baggage. If I call on you to quote the verse, and you quote it correctly, you can pick a piece of baggage to go into your teams X-ray machine (box). Some of the baggage contain points for your team. Three of the pieces of baggage contain bombs which will cause your team to lose 100 points. After 10 people have correctly quoted the key verse, I will total up the points for each team. Form the teams and put a box in front of each. Begin the activity and continue until all the papers have been placed in an X-ray box. Total the points and congratulate the teams. Be sure you are willing to accept Gods plan for your life. He will work it for your good!
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Empowered
(5 minutes) Have any of you been at an airport and seen a plane getting fuel put in it? A plane is always refueled before its flight. This is just a water hose. To fuel a plane, they use a huge hose that looks like a hose on a fire truck. If a plane lands in Singapore, will they refuel it? If a plane lands in Alaska, will they refuel it? What about (name of a nearby town)? No matter where a plane is, the workers will be sure to put fuel in it so it can keep going. Would you want to fly on a plane with just a little fuel in it? It would crash before it got to where it was going. The fuel is what gives a plane its power to go. Just like workers at an airport always give the plane the power it needs to fly, so God
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always gives us the power we need to fulfill His plan for us. It doesnt matter where God asks us to serve Him, He will give us power through the Holy Spirit to keep serving Him. If God sends you to Singapore, or Alaska, or (your town), He will empower you through the Holy Spirit to do His work there. (Ask a child to read 1 Peter 4:11.) God promises to give strength. He gives you strength through the Holy Spirit so you can serve Him well and fulfill His plan for your life. Dont be afraid to obey God and accept His plan for you. No matter where it is, no matter what it is, He will help you through the Holy Spirit to serve Him.
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Obedience Game
(10 minutes) Divide the group into two relay teams and line them up behind designated starting points. At an equal distance away, set up the two chairs. You can sit in one and a have another worker sit in the other. Each is to be holding a Bible. We all must obey Gods plan for us. God may want some of you to serve Him and share the gospel through a career as a school teacher, construction worker, or businessman; others through a work as pastor or Bible college teacher. God may also want some of you to be full-time missionaries in a different country. The object of the game is for the first person in the line to run to the worker and tell him, I will obey Gods plan for me no matter what it is or where it is. (Practice this sentence with the group several times.) The worker then hands the child the Bible. The child runs once around the chair, carrying the Bible. He then hands the Bible back to the worker and runs back to his team, taking his place at the end of the line. The first team to get all its players through the relay wins. If a child says the statement incorrectly, the worker will tell him the correct version and have him say it correctly before handing him the Bible. This emphasizes the importance of being able to say it correctly, which reinforces the concept of being willing to work for God.
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Applying The Word

CLOSING ACTIVITIES
Hoop Planes
(7-10 minutes) Repeat the key verse several times together. Then divide the group into two teams. Alternate picking volunteers from each team to quote the key verse from memory. If the child quotes the verse correctly, give him three paper airplanes to try to throw through the hoop. Have a worker hold the hoop about 10 feet away from the child. Award 20 points for quoting
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the verse correctly and 10 points for each plane thrown through the hoop. Continue play as long as time permits or until a team has reached a predetermined number of points.
Verify The Flight Plan

(5-10 minutes) Divide the group into teams of 3 or 4 children or allow them to work individually. Give each child or group paper and pencils. List on the chalkboard items the children should find in the passage. Have them try to find as many as they can within 5 minutes. Examples: Find five people. Find a place mentioned. Find an occupation. Find two activities. Find two things. Find two relationships. Find an instruction. Find a person serving. Find a person at the table. (The list could go on.) After the time is up, review the answers.
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Whats The Connection?

(10 minutes) Draw a grid on the chalkboard with 16 squares. Divide the children into two teams. Ask a review question of a child on one team. If he answers correctly, print 1 in the square he chooses. Then ask Team 2 a question. Continue until one team has its number printed in four squares in a row (across, down, or diagonally). If all spaces are filled without four squares in a row, the game is tied.
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SESSION 13
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Check The Luggage

HOW CAN I BE READY?
Genesis 39:20,21; Exodus 2:1-15; 3:1-10; Acts 1:4,8; 2:4; Galatians 1:14; 2 Timothy 2:15; 3:14-17
Session KeyVerse
You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses. Acts 1:8
Session Goals
Today each child will understand that he needs to begin preparing now to work for God be able to name specific steps he can take to do so
rocrastination has caused more dreams and plans to fail than anything else. Instead of planning ahead and doing needed things today, people keep pushing decisions and necessary actions off to the never-reached tomorrow. Procrastination is as harmful in the spiritual realm as it is in the physical. We are in a race for eternal life. We cant run just when we feel like it. We must daily put forth effort to grow in Christ or we will become lukewarm and never accomplish Gods plans for us. We cant wait until tomorrow to do what God wants done today if we want to finish the race. Pray this week for the Holy Spirit to impress upon the children the importance of growing in God now so they can be prepared as His career plan for their lives unfolds.
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Session 13: Check The Luggage
What Do We Know About Missions?
(10 minutes) During the last several weeks we have been learning about missionaries and why they are needed. Some of you may someday be full-time missionaries. I am going to read some statements to you about missions. If they are true, you will clap your hands, but if they are not true, you will snap your fingers. This will require some quick thinking, but I believe you have learned some very important things and you will do well. Below are some examples of statements, but add or substitute your own as you choose. 1. It doesnt matter whether people know about Jesus or not, they will still go to heaven. (Snap) 2. About half the world still doesnt really understand how to be saved. (Clap) 3. Jesus came to earth to save the lost. (Clap) 4. God may call you to be a full-time missionary. (Clap) 5. Doctors, computer technicians, or teachers can witness for Jesus, too. (Clap) 6. If God calls us to be missionaries, he will fix everything and we wont have to worry about preparing. (Snap) 7. We can help win the world to Jesus by praying for missions. (Clap) 8. We can help win the world to Jesus by watching more television. (Snap) 9. If we are not missionaries, we are not supposed to witness to anyone. (Snap) 10. God wants everyone to be saved, even very mean people. (Clap) Read the statements quickly so the children will have to think quickly. If you feel they have responded well you may reward them all with a treat.
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Giving Time
Praise
(10 minutes) Use the following suggested song from the Young Explorers Music CD: Go Into Your World. Add songs of your own choosing for leading the children in a time of praise. Lead in prayer for this weeks study.
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Watch Four occupational hats (toys or paper: nurse, jet pilot, fireman, and construction worker)

(5 minutes) Give announcements and any guidelines you have for the children to follow during this time. Use the optional skit titled, Youve Got To Plan Ahead, found on page 136.
The Hats We Wear

(5 minutes) I need four volunteers. Choose volunteers and have them stand in a line at the front of the room. Im going to assign you a lifelong career which will begin (pause and look at watch) about right now. Go to each child and place a hat on his head as you speak to him. Here you go. You are now a nurse. You had better get over to the hospital and start taking care of the injured and sick people. Theres a shortage of nurses. They really need you. Heres a sturdy hat for you. It will protect you in case you have trouble flying your fighter jet. You never know when you may have to parachute out or something. Now here is a hat with some bright color. You, obviously, are a fireman. Youd better hurry to the station in case theres a fire. (Sniffs.) Umm, I think I smell smoke. Im sure youre fully trained in the proper life-saving methods and fire fighting. They need you. Better get right over there. Then for you, a hard hatexactly what every construction worker needs. Oh, by the way, I hope you dont mind traveling. I think you will be doing some repairs on the Brooklyn Bridge during busy New York City traffic. Stand back and look at your volunteers. Well, what are you all standing there for? You have important jobs to do. People are depending on you. What seems to be the problem here? Get a correct response from the volunteers or the audience. What! You mean to tell me none of you have been trained yet for these jobs? Give those hats back to me! The world wouldnt be a safe place if you went to do those jobs with no training or preparation. Collect the hats. All jobs need training and preparation. Would you want a nurse to give you a shot if she hadnt been trained on how to do it? Of course not. A person needs to be trained and prepared to be able to do a job well. But even more important than training and preparing for a particular job is training and preparing to work for God. Since there is work we can do for God now, and work we can do for Him in the future, we must start training and preparing right now.
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Exploring The Word

BIBLE LESSON
(10 minutes) Genesis 39:20,21; Exodus 2:1-15; 3:1-10; Acts 1:4,8; 2:4; Galatians 1:14; 2 Timothy 2:15; 3:14-17 Before the session make a transparency of Overhead Master 9: Five C's. Cut a sheet of paper to fit the shapes of the transparency. Remove each as you talk about that area. The Bible tells us true stories about people who were prepared or made ready for the work God gave them. Their situations prepared them for their work. Missionaries must have all these Cs of readiness. We too must be ready to work for God.
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1. CopingEmotional Readiness
Joseph was reared by a father who loved him more than he loved Josephs brothers. Joseph was treated special. He even got a colorful coat as a gift from his father. But Joseph needed some coping skills. God had a big job ahead for him. Joseph had to cope with some very unsettling situations in his life after his brothers sold him into slavery. He kept his cool when Potiphars wife lied about him. He did not throw a tantrum when the cupbearer forgot him in prison. Somehow Joseph learned that it is not the terrible things that happen to us that help us grow emotionally and learn to cope, but how we deal with those things. Joseph learned to cope with his terrible situations and that helped prepare him for the job of saving his family and all of Egypt from starving.
2. CultureSocial Readiness
Review the circumstances of Moses birth. God worked a miracle so Moses grew up in the palace as the son of Pharaohs daughter. He was educated in the ways of the Egyptians and in the rules and traditions of speaking to a Pharaoh. This life prepared Moses for the job God had for him. When the time came, he was ready to deal with the next Pharaoh and to be a great leader of many people.
3. CharacterPhysical Readiness
Review Moses killing of the taskmaster. When Moses took things into his own hands and handled the mistreatment of his Jewish brothers, he had to leave Egypt to escape Pharaohs anger. In the desert where he went, Moses became a shepherd. He became physically strong from being in the fields every day and night caring for a flock of sheep. A shepherds life was much different from living in the kings palace. Moses was being prepared for a big job for God. He went from being taken care of to taking care of sheep.
Through his experience he gained inner strengthhe learned humility, an important characteristic of a leader.
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4. CompetencyMental Readiness
Paul was smart. He worked hard and did his best in his studies about the Jewish religion. While Pauls plan was to advance himself in Judaism, Gods plan was to prepare him for another job. Studying hard and being instructed was necessary for Paul to become the teacher and preacher God wanted him to be. God had a big job for Paul. Besides being a missionary, Paul also wrote several books of the Bible. Paul urged Timothy to be ready to work for God too. Timothy had learned the Scriptures since he was a baby! God knew Timothy needed to know Scripture well to become a good pastor. Paul wrote letters, encouraging Timothy to learn as much as he could from the Bible because it is the source of true wisdom.
5. CourageSpiritual Readiness
Jesus knew His disciples would need special help to do the work He assigned to them. He said, Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. The disciples could not do that by themselves. They needed courage. Before going back to heaven, Jesus told His disciples to wait in Jerusalem for the Promise of the Father. For 10 days they prayed and waited in an upper room. Then with a sound like a mighty wind and what looked like flames of fire over each disciple, the Holy Spirit came. He filled the disciples and they spoke in languages they had never learned. God prepared them. Jesus had taught the disciples about God and about many spiritual things they did not fully understanduntil now. The Holy Spirit was the spiritual power that gave them the courage they needed to tell the world about Jesus. Lets follow these examples of Bible heroes by starting right now to prepare for the work God has planned for us! Take every opportunity to learn to Cope, to learn the Culture around you, to develop Character and inner strength, to gain Competency through learning in school, and to get spiritual Courage through the baptism in the Holy Spirit. These five C's will help you be ready to work for God.

PRAYER AND WORSHIP
Prayer
(10 minutes) Sing a few worship choruses to begin this part of the session.
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God has a plan for everyones life. He sent His only Son to earth to suffer and die so we might be forgiven of our sins. Salvation is the first part of His plan for us. If you have not received Jesus as your Savior, you are not following His plan. If you want to obey God and receive forgiveness for sin, come and kneel here at the front. Pray for any who respond, using information on page 8. If you are a Christian, Gods plan for you now is to receive the Holy Spirit. God wants all believers to be filled with His Spirit so they will have power to live as He wants and to tell people about Jesus. If you desire to receive the Holy Spirit, come and kneel here so we can pray with you. Ask the children who have already been baptized in the Holy Spirit to pray for those who are seeking. Workers should pray with the children as well. Tell those praying for the Baptism to wait and pray. Talk to God. Thank Him. Worship Him. Remind them not to be afraid of praying out loud. They will know they have received the gift of the Spirit when they begin praying in a language they have never learned. (Play a tape of some instrumental worship music. It may help those who are self-conscious to pray aloud.) Before moving into the next segment, tell the children if they did not receive the baptism in the Holy Spirit today, they should not be discouraged. The believers in the Bible prayed for 9 whole days! Encourage them to continue spending time in prayer with the Lord every day for this gift. Ask God to help the children begin doing their best right now to get ready for the plan God has for them.
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Bible Two cut-out pictures of airplanes Chalk Tape Box of toothpicks Roll of Life Savers Key verse written on transparency or chalkboard
Pass It Along
(10 minutes) Draw five vertical lines on the chalkboard which are an equal distance apart. Attach tape to the backs of the airplanes. The planes should be placed to the left of the first line. Are you excited about preparing for Gods plan for your life! One of the neat things is that Gods plan doesnt start 5 years down the road. It starts now! Each day as you follow God, you will prepare more for His future plans as well as His plans for that day! Part of preparing to work for God is receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit. God gives us power and courage through the Holy Spirit to live for Him and courage to tell others about Him. He says, You will receive power/when the Holy Spirit/comes on you;/ and you will be/my witnesses, Acts 1:8. Repeat the verse with the group a few times, pointing to each word as it is said. Then form two teams. Point to the planes. These planes are ready for takeoff, but they need fuel to get to the next line. I will pick five people from each team to line up in front of the room and turn so they cant see the verse. Each person will be given a toothpick. The first person will also be given a Life Saver to hold on his toothpick. When I say go, each team member says a phrase of the verse (as shown above) while
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passing the candy on the toothpick to the next one. The team to finish the relay first gets fuel to power its plane to the next line. Then well have five new people from each team come up. The first team to power its plane past the last line wins. I hope each of you has the power of the Holy Spirit to help prepare you for Gods plan for your life!
Applying The Word

CLOSING ACTIVITIES
Make The Message
(10 minutes) Before the session, print each letter from the phrase Prepare Now on two pieces of construction paper. Divide the group into two teams. The goal is to earn letters to a secret phrase by correctly answering review questions. The first team to have the phrase taped on the chalkboard wins. Alternate asking review questions between teams. For each correct answer, tape another letter on the chalkboard for that team. Remind the children of the importance of preparing now to work for God and to be ready to work for Him in the future.
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Activity Sheets
Get Ready Session 13, Sheet 1 Be Ready Session 13, Sheet 2 Ready To Serve God Session 13, Sheet 3
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Praying With Children

BY FAITH TYSON
The little brown-eyed girl sat listening to the woman evangelist. The woman said if a person had sin in his life, he could not go to heaven. The little girl wanted very much to go to heaven. When the altar call was given, she knelt down and began to cry. The woman went to the little girl and asked her if she wanted to ask Jesus into her life. She then helped her pray a simple prayer, asking forgiveness for sin and for Jesus to be her Savior. She told the little girl to remember this special day when she had become a part of Gods family. The woman evangelist told me that 46 years ago, and I have not forgotten that day. Jesus is still my Savior and Lord! Salvation Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these (Matthew 19:14, NIV). These words of Jesus tell us it is important to take time with children when we present salvation to them. We must help them understand that accepting Christ is a lifetime commitment. Also, we must help children comprehend that Jesus will be a part of their everyday experiences: happy times, scary times, at home, at school, at play. In coming to Christ children need time to pray individually and to know the convicting power of the Holy Spirit. Let the children pray in their own words and be careful not to hurry them. However, if a child is not familiar with praying, be ready to assist him by having him repeat the sinners prayer. After a child is through praying, ask him to tell you what has happened to him. This will help clarify the meaning of the experience in his mind and help you see if he has questions that need to be clarified. In helping children come to know Christ through salvation, Childrens Church leaders must focus childrens attention on a lifetime commitment, spiritual growth through daily prayer and Bible reading, and determination to obey what the Bible teaches. Other Needs As part of their daily walk, children have prayer needs other than salvation. How do we pray with children for these needs? Here are a few things to remember when praying with children:
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Create an opportunity for prayer during the worship experience. For example: Have children give prayer requests aloud; have children with needs come to the front for prayer; or have the children raise their hands if they have something to pray about, and let other children pray with them. Children are very sincere. When they ask you to pray, they want you to take them seriously. We can address their requests as we would those of adults. Let the children know you really care about their daily lives and problems. Sometimes follow-up is necessary to let a child know you are taking his need seriously and that you care. When children dont have specific needs, pray with them anyway. Since we never know when the Holy Spirit is moving in the hearts of our children, we must take advantage of opportunities to lead them closer to God.
In Psalm 8:2 we read, From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise (NIV). Children have a natural instinct to praise God. Encourage them to do this by leading them in times of praise and worship as you pray. It is very important as leaders to provide children with a specific role model. Childrens Church leaders also need to encourage the children in their group to develop private times of prayer at home. If a child develops a personal prayer life, this habit will likely continue into adulthood. Help the children think of prayer as an ordinary part of their lives. Let them experience for themselves the power of prayer and the moving of the Holy Spirit. Remind them that God hears them just as He hears you. By doing this, you will be setting a foundation that will benefit them for the rest of their lives.
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Training
Games/Object Lessons
Children love activity! Whether you have a small or large group, games can add excitement and give the children a break in an otherwise non-physical morning. Meet this challenge by using their love for activity to review the session concepts or to memorize and understand the key verse. Encourage children to display sportsmanlike conduct at all times. Competition can be stressful for young children, so minimize the competitive aspect of games and promote the importance of each childs doing his or her best. When playing team games, try to make teams evenly matchedphysically, mentally, socially, gender, etc. When church runs long, fill the gap with one of the games below, or use them in review activities. We hope these will be adaptable to your church size and budget. by 11-inch sheet of paper. Make one copy per team. The number of teams you choose will depend on the size of your group. Cut the words apart and group them by word. If there are two or more of the same word in the verse, there will be two or more groups of that word. Hide the groups of words around your room. Have the teams search for the words. The children must stay together as a team and take only one word from each group they find. When one team has all the words of the verse, they must put them in the correct order, and, after being recognized, say the verse in unison.
Bible Trivia
Youll need five buttons for each team. Divide the group into two or more teams. Alternating teams, ask review questions from the session. Give a button to the team if they answer correctly. If they answer incorrectly, the other team may answer the question and earn a button.
Who Am I?
Ask for a volunteer to come to the front. Secretly tell him the name of a person from the Bible lesson and something that person did. Let the child act it out while the group guesses who he is and what he is doing. Allow the child who guesses correctly to do the next charade. If no one guesses correctly in one minute, reveal the answer and choose another child to do the next charade.
Key Verse Smorgasbord

Write each word and the reference to the key verse on separate, small pieces of paper. Attach each one to a bowl filled with edible treats. You may use a different kind of treat for each bowlM&Ms, candy corn, peanuts, mints, cut-up fruit, chocolate chips, animal crackers, carrot sticks, saltine crackers, etc.
Hidden Verse
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Mix the bowls up so the words are showing, but not in the correct order, and set them on a table. Each child takes a turn coming to the front and saying the verse one word at a time. Whenever he says a word in the correct order, he may take a treat from the bowl with that word on it. If he says a word out of order, remove the bowl with that word from the table. The player must continue with the verse, but cannot take a treat from any bowls that were removed.
the key verse. If the verse is said correctly, that child drops out of the game. (This is a reward, not a punishment!) If the verse is said incorrectly, the child stays in and the game continues until everyone has said the verse correctly.
Scripture Songs
Divide the group into clusters of 6 to 8 children. Each cluster should put the key verse to music, choosing a familiar tune. Some words or phrases in the verse may be repeated in order to fit the tune. When everyone is finished, have each cluster teach their version of the key verse to the group.
Key Verse News

Divide the group into teams. Give each team a page from a newspaper. Be sure to choose pages with more words and less pictures. The teams must find all the words of the key verse on their page and circle them. The words must be found whole, not by individual letters. When a team has circled all the words, they should stand up and shout the verse. Tip: This game will not work with a verse that has unusual words in it.
Clothesline Relay
Divide the group into several teams. Prior to the session, prepare a set of phrase letters for each team by printing the letters from a significant phrase from the session on individual pieces of paper. Give each team a 6foot length of clothesline, several clip-type clothespins, and a set of the mixed-up phrase letters. Each team chooses two members to hold the clothesline taut and two others to pin the letters on the clothesline in order. The first team to pin the letters in the correct order wins. Continue playing with new team members as long as time permits.
Pass the Potato

Have the children sit in a circle. A potato should be passed around the circle while music plays. When the leader stops the music, the child holding the potato must say
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AROUND THE WORLD IN 90 DAYS (LESSONS IN WORLD MISSIONS)
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Lets go around the world together and tell the good news of Jesus. Lets go around the world together and tell of His great love. From London to Batswana, Moscow to Pompei, from Sydney to Alaska, lets go teach them of Gods way!
1996 John H. Morton. Used by permission.
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Go into all your world, telling the good news. Go into all your world, tell what Gods done for you. You are the salt of the earth living by Gods word. Go into all the world, telling the good news.
1996 Nancy J. Martin & John H. Morton.
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He Has Called Me
He has called me. He has called you. He has a purpose for our lives, a job to do. Oh, Holy Spirit, we will hear; Your call, we will obey. He has called me. He has called you.
1996 Nancy J. Martin. Used by permission.
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I Will Pray
I may not be able to go overseas, but I can pray and get down on my knees. I dont have much money, Im not that old, but I know my prayers are worth more than gold! I will pray for you. When your way is hard, you will know what to do. I will pray for you. God will be with you there.
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Heart Of A Missionary
Give me the heart of a missionary; help me to see the lost those who dont love You, those who dont know You. Ill tell them at any cost. Give me the heart of a missionary; give me a heart to serve. Ill go! Ill go where You lead me to go! Ill be! Ill be what You ask me to be! Ill say! Ill say what You tell me to say! Give me a heart to serve.
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Skits
Using these skits is one way you can help insure that the children you meet with every week will understand and remember the important lessons you teach them .
Characters
The characters in the following skits will help your students see that others can face difficulties also. Have fun with these characters. BRANDON: Likes airplanes and everything connected to them. Takes an interest in learning all he can about planes and airport related things. Likes to travel. May even be interested in becoming a missionary some day. HEATHER: Likes to read about missionaries and their tales. Looks at every situation as one in which they might be able to witness to someone. A lot of things excite her. CAPTAIN TURNER: Enjoys talking with Brandon about planes. Takes him around the airport sharing different aspects of what takes place and how things work in and around the airport. Willing to share all he knows.
Ideas
The skits can be performed by live actors or, with a little modification, by puppets. If the same two actors are not available to be in childrens church every week, perform the skits using different actors. Change the names of the characters so the children arent distracted by a lack of consistency. The skits are written for male and female actors. You can use the optional sound effects provided on the Young Explorers music CD to enhance the skit. Also use sound effects at the beginning of every skit to let the children know the characters will soon be making their weekly appearance. You could also choose a sound effect to close every skit. Optional opening and closing music is provided on the Young Explorers music CD.
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Suitcases and suitcase carriers (optional, used throughout skits; see page 6 for making Airport backdrop) Chairs for waiting area Newspapers, magazines for actors to hold Male actor to play Brandon Female actress to play Heather Voice backstage for airport paging Sound effects from Young Explorers Music CD
Session 1Where Are We Going?
Care Enough To Share

(5 minutes)
HEATHER: (sighing) Ho-hummm! This waiting is driving me crazy! When will they ever announce that our plane is leaving? And we dont even know if we get to go on this plane! This stand-by flyingwhere you dont know if youll have a seat or notis for the birds! BRANDON: (sitting in waiting room chair, holding papers) Oh, I dont know, Heather. Dont you think the suspense is kinda fun? Just be patient! HEATHER: (sighing) But I dont want to be patient! I want to get on that plane and take off! (backstage voice announces that flight #102 is boarding now.) There it istheyre boarding our flightand (wailing) we dont get to go! BRANDON: (looking up from around newspaper) Just be patient. (backstage voice pages Brandon and Heather Smith, please come to the Information Desk.) HEATHER: Brandon! Theyre calling us. Ill go see what they want. (Gets up and exits; Brandon continues reading a newspaper; Heather returns) Brandon! We get to go on this flight! Comon! (Picks up her suitcase) BRANDON: I know, I know. Just be patient. That plane wont leave without us. (Stands up slowly to pick up suitcase.) HEATHER: You knew? You knew and you didnt tell me? How could you keep that good news to yourself? Some kind of brother you are! I cant believe you didnt tell me! How did you find out? BRANDON: Well, while you were in the gift shop, the flight attendant over there came and shared the good news with me. I guess I just forgot to tell you! HEATHER: You just forgot! Well, Im glad I found out this good news another way! No thanks to you, though! Good thing there wasnt a fire in the airport you forgot to tell me about! Comon, lets hurry! (both exit)
Session 2Passengers Now Boarding
Missionary Heather
(5 minutes)
HEATHER: (rushing in, looking for Brandon) Brandon, where are you? BRANDON: (sitting in waiting room chair, reading newspaper) HeatherIm right here! HEATHER: (stopping quickly to sit down by Brandon) Youll never guess what happened! BRANDON: (looking over newspaper) Sotell me! HEATHER: Just guess!
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BRANDON: No, tell me! HEATHER: Nopeguess again! BRANDON: Heather! I cant guess. It could be a million different thingsyou saw a movie star! You tripped and broke your leg. How in the world should I know what happened! HEATHER: OK. Ill tell you. BRANDON: (sarcastically) I can hardly wait! HEATHER: I just shared about Jesus with a flight attendant in the gift shop! She accepted Him as her Savior! BRANDON: (showing real excitement) Thats great Heather! Howd it happen? HEATHER: I went into the gift shop to find a magazineand this flight attendant was looking at sympathy cards. Her aunt just died, and she wanted to send a sympathy card to her uncle. She looked like she was going to cry, so I started talking to her. Then I just told her that Jesus came to earth so we didnt need to be sad anymore, and that He can take away our sins and give us real joy, even when bad things happen. She prayed the sinners prayer with me! Then I told her to find a church she could attend every Sunday. BRANDON: Hey, Heather! That makes you like a missionary! HEATHER: A missionary! But wait a minute, were just in an airportnot in a foreign country! How am I like a missionary? BRANDON: (showing real excitement) Dont you see? You shared Jesus with someone. Thats what missionaries do to! The only difference isthey usually go to another country. HEATHER: Oh, I get it! Well, if that makes me like a missionaryI sure do like feeling like a missionary feels! (gets quiet, then looks around and stands up) Hey Brandon, Ive got an idea! Lets go over there to that snack bar! Maybe theres someone else who needs to know about Jesus. BRANDON: (stands up, both begin to exit) Youre absolutely right, Heather! Telling people about Jesus sure beats waiting for an airplane to come any old day! Lets go!
Items Needed
Suitcases and suitcase carriers (optional used throughout skits) Chairs for waiting area Newspapers, magazines for actors to hold Male actor to play Brandon Female actress to play Heather Sound effects from Young Explorers Music CD
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Panel, made from painted cardboard, to look like a cockpit of an airplane Two chairs in front of the panel Male actor to play Brandon Male actor to play Captain Turner (dressed in navy sports coat with gold trim, white captains hat to simulate pilots dress)
Session 3Filing The Flight Plan
The Pilots Job

(5 minutes)
BRANDON: I cant believe youll actually be able to take me into the cockpit of the airplane, Captain Turner! Ive always wondered what the inside of the cockpit looks like when I hear a pilot talk over the intercom of the airplane. CAPTAIN TURNER: We always try to give tours of the cockpit to children who are flying on our planes! It helps them understand our jobs bettermaybe someday youll want to be a pilot. BRANDON: (Captain Turner and Brandon approach panel of cockpit) Wooowww! How
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Panel, made from painted cardboard, to look like the monitors of an airport tower Male actor to play Brandon Male actor to play Captain Turner (dressed in navy sports coat with gold trim, white captains hat, to simulate pilots dress Sound effects from Young Explorers Music Cd
did you ever learn what all these buttons and gadgets are for? CAPTAIN TURNER: I took a lot of hours of training to learn how to fly this airplane. All of these buttons and gadgets as you called them, have a purpose. We need all of these to make this airplane work. (pointing to each item as he talks about it) These are the control wheels for the me, and for my co-pilot. This is the altimeter, this is the rate-of-climb indicator, this is the turn and bank indicator . . . heres the horizon indicator, and the air-speed indicator. Over here is the radio and navigation equipment . . . and down here are the engine instruments . . . any questions? BRANDON: Yeswhat about your flight plan? Have you filed one yet for this trip were about to take? Ive always heard thats very important! CAPTAIN TURNER: It is important, Brandon. Without a flight plan, planes wouldnt know which way to go to get to their destinationand the pilots might not even remember where it is they wanted to go! Flight plans also help planes route their course, so they wont be flying into the path of any other planes, which could be extremely dangerous! Ive already filled out the flight plan, and its filed in the offices here at the airport. Good question, Brandon! BRANDON: Just checking up on you, Captain! (both start to exit) CAPTAIN TURNER: Its a good thing youre going to be on this flight, Brandon! What would we have done without you asking all the right questions? Comon, wed better see if everyone else is ready for this flight to take off!
Session 4Cleared For Take-Off
The Airport Tower

(5 minutes)
BRANDON: (entering the control tower with Captain Turner) This is incredible! What a cool place this would be to have a job! CAPTAIN TURNER: Im glad you like it, Brandon! I think this is the most interesting place in the airportthis is where everything happens! BRANDON: (looking at a monitor) Whats this for? CAPTAIN TURNER: This monitor shows all the incoming planes to this airport. The air tower controllers watch these monitors constantly, while talking to the pilots, so they can help the planes land on the right runways at the right times! BRANDON: Oh, I get it! Kind of like a policeman at an intersection! (holding out a hand) You stopOK, you go! Boy would that ever be fun! CAPTAIN TURNER: (pointing to another monitor) This monitor is especially interesting! It shows the traffic controllers which planes are ready for take-offthe controllers also need to watch that too many planes are not taking off at the same timea lot of work is involved
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before a plane can leave the airport on take-off. BRANDON: Like what, Captain Turner? CAPTAIN TURNER: First the planes are fueled, and engines and parts are checked. The baggage for each passenger is loaded in the luggage holds. The plane is also loaded with food or snacks for the passengers. Then the passengers are boarded, and flight attendants help them find the right seats. Everyone at the airport does their part to be sure a flight takes off as scheduled, even though sometimes delays keep the flight from leaving at the exact time announced. BRANDON: Boytheres a lot more to flying than I ever thought of before! CAPTAIN TURNER: Youre right Brandon! Well, are you ready to go back down to the terminal? BRANDON: I think sobut it will be a long time before I forget this visit! Thanks, Captain Turner. (Both exit.)
Session 5This Is Your Pilot Speaking
In The Air!
(5 minutes)
HEATHER: (With her head on the pillow asleep, and obviously dreaming) Brandonno! NoBrandon! BRANDON: (Looks up from magazine hes reading) Whaaa? Heather, Im not doing anything (resumes reading). HEATHER: (Still with her head on the pillow asleep) Brandonyou cantdontyou dont know how to fly BRANDON: (Looks up from magazine hes reading) Heather! Im not flying this airplane. (leans over and shakes Heather to wake her up). Wake up! Youre having a dream! HEATHER: (Starts to stir, but cant wake up . . .) Brandondont try ityou cant fly . . . (opens her eyes as Brandon is shaking her) Ohhh! Where am I? BRANDON: (Still shaking Heather) Youre on this airplane and I think you were dreaming! HEATHER: Oh, I remember! I was dreaming that you were going up to the cockpit to fly this airplane, and I was trying to stop you! You had me scared to death! BRANDON: Why would I want to do a thing like that? I met the pilot alreadyhes got everything (both actors begin shaking, as plane hits turbulence) u-un-dder cc-con-t-trol. HEATHER: (still shaking) W-What is t-this, B-Bran-don? W-Why a-are we b-bump-ing up and d-down like th-his? BRANDON: T-Tur-bulence! Lit-tle p-poc-kets of air! D-dont w-worry. The p-pi-lot k-knows w-what to d-do.
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Two seats together to resemble airplane seats Makeshift cardboard cut-out for airplane window beside one seat Pillow Male actor to play Brandon Female actress to play Heather Sound effects from Young Explorers Around The World in 90 Days Music CD
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HEATHER: (still shaking) I-I c-cer-tainly hope s-so. PILOTS VOICE: (backstage) This is your captain speaking. Weve hit some turbulence, so well be climbing to an altitude of about 30,000 feet to escape this rough riding. Please fasten your seat belts. BRANDON: S-See? The p-pi-lot knows what t-to do! (both actors lean back to simulate climbing altitude). HEATHER: (stops shaking) Wow! Thats better already! You were rightthe pilot does know what to do! BRANDON: Arent you glad it wasnt me flying this plane? HEATHER: Brandonit was just a dream! (looking out the window) Look at the view from here! BRANDON: (stretches to look out the window also) Its great, isnt it? When we know the right person is in charge of this airplaneeverythings OK! Right, Heather? HEATHER: Right, Brandonand its no dream either!
Session 6Flight Crew Standing By
It Takes All Of Us!

(5 minutes)
HEATHER: Isnt this fun! I love seeing how things work behind the scenes! It was nice of your pilot friend to let us back here to see how the airport really works! BRANDON: Me too! Comon, let me show you what Captain Turner showed me. HEATHER: (walking over by the luggage) Well, weve already seen how the flight crew loads the plane with food for the passengers, and even cleans the planesand how they refuel the planes and open the planes to work on the engines when needed. BRANDON: And of course we already know how hard the ticket attendants work to make sure everyone has a right ticket for where they want to go. And I told you about visiting the air traffic controllers tower also. HEATHER: But what about these baggage claim areas, Brandon? BRANDON: (pointing to the luggage) The baggage claim area receives all the luggage from planes that have just landed. The baggage handlers place the luggage on these conveyor belts. When they start the conveyor belt, this luggage will ride out into the airport terminal, where passengers are waiting to claim their luggage! HEATHER: Im so impressed by how many people it takes to run an airport, Brandon. BRANDON: Yeahand we havent even seen everyones job yet. It would take more time than we have to tour the whole airport to see what everyone does. For example, theres a National Weather Service station here to keep hourly records of the cloud cover, the amount of rain or snow, and the height of the clouds, and many other records, so they can give infor-
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Several suitcases lined up together to simulate baggage claim area Male actor to play Brandon Female actress to play Heather Sound effects from Young Explorers Around The World in 90 Days Music CD
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mation to the pilots. HEATHER: And what about the security guardstheyre important too! BRANDON: Oh, yeahwe see them every time we have to walk through the security gates when we come to the airport! Plus, there are airport managers, who oversee everyones jobs at the airport, from the maintenence crew, to the personnel who keep the flight plans on record. HEATHER: Well, I have to sayIm really impressed at how everyone works together to make sure these flights take off on time, are safe, and going in the right direction! BRANDON: Right! It isnt just the pilots who make the planes run! Its everyone at the airport helping to do their job that helps these planes fly. The pilot may take the actual trip, but he couldnt do it without the help of everyone else! HEATHER: Right about now, Id say Id like to see how well those workers in the snack bar work togetherwant to go? BRANDON: SureIm right behind you!
Session 7World Traveler
An Unlikely Candidate
(5 minutes)
BRANDON: (Sitting in the waiting room, reading a book, looks up when the Captain walks by) Hey, Captain Turner! Hows your day going? CAPTAIN TURNER: Hey BrandonIm great. Hows your day? BRANDON: Oh, its OK I guess. Ive just been reading this book, Be Your Own Pilot. It sounds like theres a lot of work involved in becoming a pilot! Im not sure I could do all this! CAPTAIN TURNER: Well, what does it say you need to do? BRANDON: Wellbefore any of this (pointing to the book), I need to get through school first! CAPTAIN TURNER: (laughing) Ohyes, that would be a good idea! You know Brandon, when I was your ageI was afraid to get IN an airplane, let alone pilot one. BRANDON: Were you really? How did you ever decide to become a pilot then? CAPTAIN TURNER: Well, I know I was an unlikely candidatebut as I grew older, my dad and I started building model airplanes, then I started getting more interested in real airplanes. I would come to the airport to watch airplanes take off and land, just for fununtil finally I realized that I wanted to be a pilot! BRANDON: Thats a great story, Captain Turner! Im not really doing model airplanes at home or anything, but I am interested in flying. Im not really sure yet what Ill do after school though. CAPTAIN TURNER: Well, I think youll know when the time comes. Come on with me
Items Needed
Two chairs for waiting room Male actor to play Brandon Male adult actor to play Captain Turner (dressed in navy blue sports coat with gold trim, wearing a white captains hat to simulate pilots dress)
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Ill show you the observation tower! BRANDON: Really? Thatd be greatand thanks for talking with me, Captain! (both exit)
Session 8Travel Itinerary
Preaching Where You Can

Items Needed
Two chairs for waiting room Itinerary from a travel agent Male actor to play Brandon Female actress to play Heather Sound effects from Young Explorers Around The World in 90 Days Music CD
(5 minutes)
HEATHER: (looking at sheet of paper) Boy is this ever confusing! I dont know how to read this thing! BRANDON: (very smug) Heregive it to me, Ill tell you what it says. (Looks at the paper and stops, then turns it upside down, and rightside up again) Well what is this thing, anyway? HEATHER: (grabbing the paper from his hand) Give me that back! Its obvious youre going to be no help at all! BRANDON: Heather! At least I tried! You just didnt give me enough time, thats all! HEATHER: How much time do you need to turn this upside down and rightside up again! Weve got to find someone to help us read this! BRANDON: Whats so important about this anyway? Its just a bunch of numbers#167 and 0954and ATLwhat does this all mean? HEATHER: Its our itinerary. BRANDON: Our itinerwhaty? HEATHER: ItineraryI-t-i-n-e-r-a-r-y. Itineraryit tells us which plane will go on first, what city were going to, when the plane will land, and what plane we need to get on next to get to our destination. I got it from our travel agent! All these numbers are importantbut they just seem confusing to me. Maybe we can find someone who will explain all of this to us, so we know where were going! BRANDON: You mean like an Itinerary Missionaryone who explains itineraries? HEATHER: Very funny Brandonmissionaries explain to people how to get to heaven, not to another city. Maybe that flight attendant over there could help me. BRANDON: Well, missionaries do explain to people how to get to heaventhen heaven becomes the final destination on the itinerary of Christians, right? HEATHER: (sighs impatiently) Oh! I guess youre right Brandonbut youre not helping us understand our itinerary any better. Im going to go ask that man at the desk over there. Want to come with me? (both exit)
Session 9Experiencing Turbulence There is no skit provided for session 9.
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Session 10Cleared For Landing
God Gives Victory

(5 minutes)
HEATHER: (reading from a novel-like book) Wow! . . . .Oh my! . . . .My goodness! . . . Incredible! BRANDON: (puts his book down) Heatherwould you stop it already with the Wows! and Oh, my! Youre going to drive me crazy! HEATHER: (looks up) What? Oh, sorry Brandon! Im just reading this missionary story about Jim Elliot, who went the Auca Indians in South America. BRANDON: Oh, Ive heard about him. What happened? HEATHER: (very seriously) In January 1956, Jim Elliot and four other missionaries flew in a small MAF Piper plane to a tribe in Ecuador, South America where no one had shared the Gospel. They wanted to tell the Auca Indians about Jesus. The missionaries landed on a beach of the Curaray River in eastern Ecuador. They had several friendly contacts with the fierce tribe that killed strangers, but 2 days after they landed, on January 8, all five men were speared to death by warriors of the Auca tribe. BRANDON: Wow! (pauses to think) Oh my! HEATHER: (very seriously) Can you imaginenot knowing if a tribe would even want you aroundlet alone not knowing if they would listen to you tell about Jesus? Jim left behind his wife Elisabeththeyd only been married 3 yearsand a daughter, Valerie. BRANDON: I guess it takes a lot to be a missionary, doesnt it? HEATHER: Yes! Because you dont really know if the people youre talking to will accept your message or not. But that shouldnt stop us from telling others about Jesus! BRANDON: What about the rest of your book? HEATHER: Elisabeth Elliot wrote several books, like Shadow of the Almighty, and Through Gates of Splendor, about her husband and his work, life and death. Eventually she was able to go live among the Auca Indians, and lead some of them to Jesus! BRANDON: So it really is worth it to be a missionary, in spite of all the hardships, isnt it? HEATHER: Yes, Brandon, it really is! You know what Jim Elliot said? (reading from her book, slowly and thoughtfully) He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose! Isnt that awesome?
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Two chairs side by side for waiting area Two books Male actor to play Brandon Female actress to play Heather Sound effects from Young Explorers Around The World in 90 Days Music CD
Session 11Check The Flight Schedule
We Each Have A Place

(5 minutes) BRANDON: (standing at a window looking out onto the runway). Look at that airplane.
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Two chairs for waiting room Male actor to play Brandon Male adult actor to play Captain Turner (dressed in navy blue sport coat with gold trim, wearing a white captains hat to simulate pilots dress)
Ive never seen one quite like that before! Its nose is really, really pointed, and dips down and its huge! CAPTAIN TURNER: Thats a Concorde, Brandon. It was designed in Britain and France in the 1970s. It is a supersonic jetmeaning it can fly faster than the speed of sound. It makes trips from the United States eastern coastal cities to Europe in almost half the time of other planes! BRANDON: Whoa! And whats that plane over there?it looks like some kind of military plane! Its almost standing straight in the air! CAPTAIN TURNER: Youre right Brandon! That part of the airport is for military take-off. That is a military plane, called a V/STOL plane, for Vertical /Short Take-Off and Landing. It can leave the ground with its nose pointed straight up! BRANDON: Amazing! But what about that plane right over there by that building? It has a huge nose that lifts upand it looks like they are loading something into it! CAPTAIN TURNER: Thats a C-5 GalaxyIts the worlds largest airplane, and is made to carry military tanks and equipment. Isnt it huge? BRANDON: Theres a bunch of smaller planes over thereare those for smaller people? (laughs) Just kidding! They look like they have propellers on them. CAPTAIN TURNER: They do have propellersthose are mostly commuter planes for shorter charter flights. Those planes often take people to cities where commercial flights dont go. Another plane over there is a crop duster. It is used to spray farm crops with plant food or insecticideit can fly slowly and carry large tanks of liquid chemicals. BRANDON: I had no idea there were so many kinds of airplanesbesides the 707s and 747s Im used to flying in on regular flights. I see now that we need all these different kinds of planes for different reasons! CAPTAIN TURNER: Youre right again Brandon! It reminds me of how God made all kinds of people for all kinds of jobs in His kingdom. We each look and act differentlyyet He can make a place for us all! BRANDON: Thats for sureI mean the part about us all looking and acting differently! (both laugh, and start to exit) Thanks for pointing out all those different kinds of planes. I wont forget this lesson!
Session 12Confirm The Reservation There is no skit provided for Session 12. Session 13Check The Luggage
Youve Got To Plan Ahead

(5 minutes) HEATHER: (pacing the floor in front of the waiting room chairs, looking at her watch, and holding her suitcase) Come on, Brandon! Were going to be late! Where could he be? He said
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hed meet me here 20 minutes ago (continues pacing the floor, looking at her watch and looking for Brandon). VOICE OFF-STAGE: Last call for passengers boarding Flight #777 for Judea, Samaria, and the Ends of the Earth. Again, Last call for passengers now boarding Flight #777. HEATHER: (continues pacing the floor, looking at her watch) Oh, no! If Brandon doesnt hurry, Im going to have to board that airplane on my own! BRANDON: (Comes rushing in, hair not combed, clothes wrinkled, carrying his suitcase half open with clothes hanging out of it.) Here I am, Heather! Whew! I ran as fast as I could, and I made it! HEATHER: Just barely, Brandon! They just announced the last call for boarding! BRANDON: Relax! Im here now, so everythings under control. HEATHER: (looks Brandon up and down, and rolls her eyes) You certainly dont look like everything is under control! Have you seen yourself in a mirror lately? BRANDON: Ahhh, Heather! Im OK. Everyone knows you get wrinkled when youre traveling anyway. I just decided to start out that way, thats all. HEATHER: Well, what I cant figure out iswhy werent you ready for this trip? You know that every trip takes a lot of planning and preparation ahead of time. Youve known for a long time when we were leaving, and youve had plenty of time to get ready. BRANDON: Weellll . . . would you believe it? I couldnt find my suitcase at first, so I borrowed one from my friend Chad. I thought I lost my passport, and so I had to go by and apply for another one, but then I found my first one. Then I forgot where I put my airplane tickets, so I stopped by the counter on my way here to check which flight number our plane is. Oh yeah! (whisper) And I almost forgot my favorite . . . (whispers to Heather.) HEATHER: ButBrandon! All of that should have been done way before today(sarcastically) even if you did forget your favorite Teddy Bear! Today is the day everything should have been ready so that all you had to do was come to the airport and get ready to board the plane. BRANDON: (whining to Heather) Heath-eryoure being too strict. Sometimes things just go wrong and not everyone is as organized as you, anyway! HEATHER: But you could have planned ahead betterorganized or not! Come on! Weve got to board that plane right now! BRANDON: (both start to exit, Brandon drops his head) I guess youre right Heather. Ive learned my lesson. From now on when we travel, Im going to have everything ready the night before the plane leaves. This wont happen again!
Items Needed
Suitcase for each actor Male actor to play Brandon Female actress to play Heather Someone to speak the voice offstage part Sound effects from Young Explorers Around The World in 90 Days Music CD
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1. Fold a sheet of paper in half the long way. 2. Unfold the paper and fold the two corners to the center as shown by the broken line. 3. Fold both corners again to the center. 4. Fold the paper in half again, then fold each side back as shown by the broken line. These become the wings. 5. You can add tape to hold the wings together. Tips: Honor the churchdo not fly planes in unapproved areas. Keep the wings at the same angle. Curving the top of the wings will give the plane lift.
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AROUND THE WORLD IN 90 DAYS (Lessons In World Missions) Copy Master 1: Airplane Patterns
Overhead Master 1: Evangelize
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AROUND THE WORLD IN 90 DAYS (Lessons In World Missions) Copy Master 2: Ability/Plan Tickets
Overhead Master 2: Prepare
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AROUND THE WORLD IN 90 DAYS (Lessons In World Missions) Overhead Master 3: Jesus Mission
Copy Master 3: Pledge Forms
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Overhead Master 6: Pauls Trip
Overhead Master 7: Safe Landing Steps
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Recipes From Around The World

Scones (British Isles and Scotland)
3 cups sifted flour 3 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 cup sugar 1 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup shortening 1 cup buttermilk Sift flour, baking powder, sugar and salt together. Cut in shortening. Add buttermilk and mix to a dough of plastic consistency. Roll dough out 1/2-inch thick and cut into rounds with a 2 1/2-inch cookie cutter. Cook on well-greased moderately hot griddle for 4 to 5 minutes. They should be nicely browned and perceptibly risen. Turn over and cook other side likewise. They should rise to double original thickness. If you prefer, you may bake them in a 450* oven for 15 minutes. Serve warm, spilt and generously buttered. This makes 18 scones.
Swedish Pancakes (Sweden)

2 eggs 3 heaping teaspoons sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup flour 1 cup milk Break eggs in a bowl. Mix well with a fork, then add sugar and salt. Add milk, beat in flour a little at a time. If too thick, add a little more milk. Heat small frying pan, add a coating of oleo or butter, then pour in a small amount of batter. Lift and swirl the pan to let batter make a thin coating on bottom of pan. When set, flip and cook the other side. This makes several pancakes which can be rolled and served with cinnamon and sugar, syrup, or strawberries and cream.
Mango Fool (India)

Green mangoes Cold milk Sugar to taste Take large green mangoes, peel, and cook them until they resemble applesauce. This sauce when sweetened is used for a cooling beverage or dessert by adding half again as much milk.
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Canadian Mulled Cider (Canada)

1 2 2 2 1 quart apple cider sticks cinnamon whole cloves whole allspice cup granulated sugar
Tie spices in cheesecloth bag. Boil apple cider with spices for 5 minutes at 210* on temperature-controlled top burner. Remove spice bag, add sugar and simmer for 5 minutes. Serve hot. Keep warm on low gas flame or at 150 on temperature-controlled top burner.
Hot Tea Punch (Taiwan)

6 cups boiling water 3 tablespoons tea 10 whole cloves 3 2-inch cinnamon sticks 3/4 cup orange juice 1/3 cup lemon juice 1/2 cup honey or 2/3 cup sugar Pour boiling water over tea and spices, let steep 3 to 5 minutes. Strain. Add orange and lemon juices and honey or sugar. Stir until well-blended and serve hot. Serves 6 to 8.
Mandarin Delight (China)

2 packages unflavored gelatin 6 tablespoons sugar 1 1/2 cups milk 1 tablespoon almond extract 6 1/2-ounce can mandarin oranges 1-pound can lychee nuts (or walnut pieces) 10-12 maraschino cherries Dissolve gelatin and sugar in 1/2 cup cold water. Bring 1 1/4 cups water to boil and pour over gelatin mixture. Stir mixture until clear. Add milk and almond extract and pour into a 7 1/2- by 12-inch pan. Chill until set. Chill fruit and rinse cherries. After gelatin sets, cut into squares and lift carefully into dessert glasses. Garnish with oranges, nuts, and cherries. Serves 8.
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Session 2 Key Verse
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We can Pray for Missionaries and their work We can Give offerings for Missions We can Write Missionaries letters of encouragement We can Show Hospitality to Missionaries on furlough
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Session 6 Key Verse
Celebration Card Session 1, Sheet 1
Something To Sing About Session 1, Sheet 2
Rhyming Hearts Session 1, Sheet 3
Your Important Job Session 2, Sheet 1
Shine For Jesus Session 2, Sheet 2
Missionary Scrabble Session 2, Sheet 3
Enlarged Answer Sheets
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Plane Plan Session 3, Sheet 1
Fit It In Session 3, Sheet 2
What Do Missionaries Do? Session 3, Sheet 3
Get Ready Session 4, Sheet 1
Line Gram Session 4, Sheet 2
Preparation Plans Session 4, Sheet 3
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Whom To Follow? Session 5, Sheet 1
Being Like Jesus Session 5, Sheet 2
Our Example Crossword Session 5, Sheet 3
Helping Out Session 6, Sheet 1
Helping Mazes Session 6, Sheet 2
You Can Help Session 6, Sheet 3
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Whom God Uses Session 7, Sheet 1
Message Mix Up Session 7, Sheet 2
God Wants To Use You Session 7, Sheet 3
Sharing Jesus Session 8, Sheet 1
His Witnesses Session 8, Sheet 2
Memory Maze Session 8, Sheet 3
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Who Is Most Powerful? Session 9, Sheet 1
Letter Cross Out Session 9, Sheet 2
Spiritual Strength Session 9, Sheet 3
Flying High Session 10, Sheet 1
Build A Wall Session 10, Sheet 2
A Look At Persecution Session 10, Sheet 3
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Plane To Tower Session 11, Sheet 1
Plane Parts Session 11, Sheet 2
Quality Match Session 11, Sheet 3
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Gods Plan For Me Session 12, Sheet 1
Serving God Session 12, Sheet 2
Map Math Session 12, Sheet 3
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Get Ready Session 13, Sheet 1
Be Ready Session 13, Sheet 2
Ready To Serve God Session 13, Sheet 3
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Celebration Card
Color the card and fold it on the dotted line. Cut on the solid lines. Inside draw a picture to show the gift God gave us and print the name of the person to whom you will give this special card.
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Around The World In 90 Days / Session 1 / Sheet 1 / Card 2006 Gospel Publishing House, 1445 N. Boonville Ave., Springfield, Missouri 65802 Permission to duplicate this page for classroom use only.
A CELEBRATION OF GODS LOVE
JESUS IS
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Something To Sing About

To find out why we should sing, unscramble the letters in each group of music notes. Write the words on the lines with the same numbers.
Around The World In 90 Days / Session 1 / Sheet 2 / Word Scramble 2006 Gospel Publishing House, 1445 N. Boonville Ave., Springfield, Missouri 65802 Permission to duplicate this page for classroom use only.
Rhyming Hearts
The word inside each heart rhymes with a word from the verse below. Write the rhyming verse words on the lines. Then write the verse words in correct order in the manger.
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Around The World In 90 Days / Session 1 / Sheet 3 / Fill In The Blanks 2006 Gospel Publishing House, 1445 N. Boonville Ave., Springfield, Missouri 65802 Permission to duplicate this page for classroom use only.
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Your Important Job

God wants you to do something important for Him. Color each box with the color that goes with the letter inside of it. Then write the words in yellow boxes on the lines below. You will see what God wants you to do.
Around The World In 90 Days / Session 2 / Sheet 1 / Color Message 2006 Gospel Publishing House, 1445 N. Boonville Ave., Springfield, Missouri 65802 Permission to duplicate this page for classroom use only.
Shine For Jesus

Missionaries and all Christians need to be like light. When we are lights for God, we help other people to see Jesus. Find the 12 flashlights in the picture below. Put the letters on the flashlights on the lines above the matching numbers.
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Around The World In 90 Days / Session 2 / Sheet 2 / Find The Flashlights 2006 Gospel Publishing House, 1445 N. Boonville Ave., Springfield, Missouri 65802 Permission to duplicate this page for classroom use only.
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Missionary Scrabble
Add each word to the grid. Each letter is worth one point. You earn double points for every letter in a star. How many points can you earn?
Around The World In 90 Days / Session 2 / Sheet 3 / Fill In The Words 2006 Gospel Publishing House, 1445 N. Boonville Ave., Springfield, Missouri 65802 Permission to duplicate this page for classroom use only.
Plane Plan
Draw a line from dot to dot in the order of the numbers. Then write on the lines below the words by the numbers to find something God has for you.
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Around The World In 90 Days / Session 3 / Sheet 1 / Dot to Dot Word Fill 2006 Gospel Publishing House, 1445 N. Boonville Ave., Springfield, Missouri 65802 Permission to duplicate this page for classroom use only.
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Fit It In
Words from the session are in the clouds. Can you fit each word into the right boxes? Clue: count the letters and spaces.
Around The World In 90 Days / Session 3 / Sheet 2 / Crossword 2006 Gospel Publishing House, 1445 N. Boonville Ave., Springfield, Missouri 65802 Permission to duplicate this page for classroom use only.
What Do Missionaries Do?

Each word relates to a missionarys work. Unscramble the words. Then find each unscrambled word in the puzzle below.
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Around The World In 90 Days / Session 3 / Sheet 3 / Word Find 2006 Gospel Publishing House, 1445 N. Boonville Ave., Springfield, Missouri 65802 Permission to duplicate this page for classroom use only.
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Get Ready
Draw a line from the girl to the things that will help her get ready for Gods plan for her.
Around The World In 90 Days / Session 4 / Sheet 1 / Pick What Belongs 2006 Gospel Publishing House, 1445 N. Boonville Ave., Springfield, Missouri 65802 Permission to duplicate this page for classroom use only.
Line Gram
Hold the paper at eye level and look from each of the numbered arrows. This will reveal how you should prepare for Gods plan for your life. Write the answers on the lines below.
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Around The World In 90 Days / Session 4 / Sheet 2 / Line Decoding 2006 Gospel Publishing House, 1445 N. Boonville Ave., Springfield, Missouri 65802 Permission to duplicate this page for classroom use only.
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Preparation Plans
Write on the lines under each picture how the children can be prepared for the job God gives them to do. In the last box draw a picture of yourself, fill in the information, and tell how you will be prepared for Gods plan for you. (Remember: There are some things everyone should do to be prepared for Gods plan for them.)
Around The World In 90 Days / Session 4 / Sheet 3 / Fill In The Blank 2006 Gospel Publishing House, 1445 N. Boonville Ave., Springfield, Missouri 65802 Permission to duplicate this page for classroom use only.
Whom To Follow?
You may want to be like some people who are heros to you. On each of the people below is hidden a letter. Find and circle the letters. Then print the letters in order on the line. You will see the name of the person you should most want to be like.
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Being Like Jesus

Read the situations below. Then finish the cartoons by writing what the child could tell the other child about God.
Around The World In 90 Days / Session 5 / Sheet 2 / Write A Response 2006 Gospel Publishing House, 1445 N. Boonville Ave., Springfield, Missouri 65802 Permission to duplicate this page for classroom use only.
Our Example Crossword

Fill in the crossword puzzle by using the clues given.
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ACROSS 2. As a missionary, Jesus _______ people by His actions what God is like. 3. We want to reach people with the _________. 6. If we love Jesus, we will follow His _________. 8. Jesus was the ultimate _________. 9. Who is the best role model to follow? _________.
DOWN 1. As a missionary, Jesus ______ people about God with His words. 2. Jesus came to _____ us from sin and its punishment. 4. For Jesus to leave all the good in heaven to live on earth took great _____. 5. If we accept Jesus and obey Him, we will one day live in _________. 7. Obeying God is the best _______ we can make.
Around The World In 90 Days / Session 5 / Sheet 3 / Crossword 2006 Gospel Publishing House, 1445 N. Boonville Ave., Springfield, Missouri 65802 Permission to duplicate this page for classroom use only.
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Helping Out
Color Susan in the middle of the page. Then draw a line from Susan to the four things she can do to help missionaries. Which of these things will you do to help missionaries?
Around The World In 90 Days / Session 6 / Sheet 1 / Coloring Page 2006 Gospel Publishing House, 1445 N. Boonville Ave., Springfield, Missouri 65802 Permission to duplicate this page for classroom use only.
Helping Mazes
Read the sentence at the left of each maze. Then follow the correct path to the answer.
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Around The World In 90 Days / Session 6 / Sheet 2 / Maze 2006 Gospel Publishing House, 1445 N. Boonville Ave., Springfield, Missouri 65802 Permission to duplicate this page for classroom use only.
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You Can Help

Write on the lines how you could help the Swensons, missionaries to Africa, through the situations or needs they face.
Around The World In 90 Days / Session 6 / Sheet 3 / Write The Answer 2006 Gospel Publishing House, 1445 N. Boonville Ave., Springfield, Missouri 65802 Permission to duplicate this page for classroom use only.
Whom God Uses

Color in the squares to find whom God uses to serve Him.
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Around The World In 90 Days / Session 7 / Sheet 1 / Coloring Page 2006 Gospel Publishing House, 1445 N. Boonville Ave., Springfield, Missouri 65802 Permission to duplicate this page for classroom use only.
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Message Mix-Up
Start at the W on the top row. Follow that path through the maze to an empty box. Print a W in that box. Then follow the maze path for the T and print a T in that box. When you have followed all the paths through the maze you will have unscrambled an important message.
Around The World In 90 Days / Session 7 / Sheet 2 / Fill In The Box 2006 Gospel Publishing House, 1445 N. Boonville Ave., Springfield, Missouri 65802 Permission to duplicate this page for classroom use only.
God Wants To Use You

It is an honor to serve God. Yet God can only let certain Christians work for Him. Write the letter that is in the first clue word but not the second to find out who God can use.
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Sharing Jesus
Put the first letter of each item on the line to complete the sentence.
Around The World In 90 Days / Session 8 / Sheet 1 / Letter Code 2006 Gospel Publishing House, 1445 N. Boonville Ave., Springfield, Missouri 65802 Permission to duplicate this page for classroom use only.
His Witnesses
Find and circle the underlined words in the puzzle below.
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Around The World In 90 Days / Session 8 / Sheet 2 / Word Find 2006 Gospel Publishing House, 1445 N. Boonville Ave., Springfield, Missouri 65802 Permission to duplicate this page for classroom use only.
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Memory Maze
There are several correct paths through this maze from Philippi to Athens. But if you choose the best path, you will be able to read the key verse as you travel through the maze. Then write the key verse on the lines at the bottom of the page.
Around The World In 90 Days / Session 8 / Sheet 3 / Verse Maze 2006 Gospel Publishing House, 1445 N. Boonville Ave., Springfield, Missouri 65802 Permission to duplicate this page for classroom use only.
Who Is Most Powerful?

For each set of dots, draw from dot to dot in the order of the numbers. You will see who is more powerful than anyone or anything.
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Around The World In 90 Days / Session 9 / Sheet 1 / Dot To Dot 2006 Gospel Publishing House, 1445 N. Boonville Ave., Springfield, Missouri 65802 Permission to duplicate this page for classroom use only.
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Letter Cross Out

Moving from left to right, cross out each letter of the key verse and the reference. then write the remaining letters in order on the lines. You will find five ways you can defeat Satan.
Spiritual Strength
Use the code to find ways Amber can stay strong in God so she can fight any attacks from Satan.
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Around The World In 90 Days / Session 9 / Sheet 3 / Shape Code 2006 Gospel Publishing House, 1445 N. Boonville Ave., Springfield, Missouri 65802 Permission to duplicate this page for classroom use only.
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Flying High
Print the word from each plane onto the lines below. Start with the plane that is highest in the sky and end with the lowest plane. You will see a verse you should know and obey.
_____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________
Around The World In 90 Days / Session 10 / Sheet 1 / WriteThe Verse 2006 Gospel Publishing House, 1445 N. Boonville Ave., Springfield, Missouri 65802 Permission to duplicate this page for classroom use only.
Build A Wall
Paul and Barnabas started churches in spite of the persecution they faced. Write the words in the blocks that have the same numbers and read something very important to remember when you are mistreated.
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Around The World In 90 Days / Session 10 / Sheet 2 / Building Blocks 2006 Gospel Publishing House, 1445 N. Boonville Ave., Springfield, Missouri 65802 Permission to duplicate this page for classroom use only.
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A Look At Persecution
Sometimes you may be persecuted for serving Jesus. Find and read the Bible verses below. Write in your own words what these verses mean to you.
Around The World In 90 Days / Session 10 / Sheet 3 / Write The Answer 2006 Gospel Publishing House, 1445 N. Boonville Ave., Springfield, Missouri 65802 Permission to duplicate this page for classroom use only.
Plane To Tower
Fly the plane through the maze to reach the control tower. Then on the lines below write the words that your path runs through.
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Around The World In 90 Days / Session 11 / Sheet 1 / Verse Maze 2006 Gospel Publishing House, 1445 N. Boonville Ave., Springfield, Missouri 65802 Permission to duplicate this page for classroom use only.
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Plane Parts
Some parts of the plane have been named and coded. Write the coded letters on the lines below to find seven things a missionary must be. Some letters are given for you.
Around The World In 90 Days / Session 11 / Sheet 2 / Number Code 2006 Gospel Publishing House, 1445 N. Boonville Ave., Springfield, Missouri 65802 Permission to duplicate this page for classroom use only.
Quality Match
The pictures below show children working to develop certain qualities missionaries, and all Christians, should have. Decide which quality they are developing from the list below and write the letter of the quality in the box in the corner of each scene.
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Around The World In 90 Days / Session 11 / Sheet 3 / Matching 2006 Gospel Publishing House, 1445 N. Boonville Ave., Springfield, Missouri 65802 Permission to duplicate this page for classroom use only.
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Gods Plan For Me

Draw a picture of yourself in the box. Then solve the word below by writing the letter on the line that comes after the letter given.
Around The World In 90 Days / Session 12 / Sheet 1 / Draw A Picture 2006 Gospel Publishing House, 1445 N. Boonville Ave., Springfield, Missouri 65802 Permission to duplicate this page for classroom use only.
Serving God
You may wonder how you can serve God in a regular job. Tabitha made clothes for the poor. Lazarus invited Jesus to his home. Below are pictures of people with regular jobs. Draw a line from a need to the person who can serve God by meeting the need.
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Around The World In 90 Days / Session 12 / Sheet 2 / Matching 2006 Gospel Publishing House, 1445 N. Boonville Ave., Springfield, Missouri 65802 Permission to duplicate this page for classroom use only.
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Answer the multiplication problems below. Then use the chart to see the city that matches the answer. Locate the city on the map and write the word beside it on the correct lines. You will find a special reminder.
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Quebec=be
*London=to
San Francisco= Calcutta=I San Jos= anywhere
* God * *Kano=serve * *Hong Kong=willing
Map Math
Around The World In 90 Days / Session 12 / Sheet 3 / Math Code 2006 Gospel Publishing House, 1445 N. Boonville Ave., Springfield, Missouri 65802 Permission to duplicate this page for classroom use only.
15 16 18 20 24 30 48 70
= = = = = = = =
San Francisco London Hong Kong Calcutta Quebec Buenos Aires San Jos Kano
*Buenos
Aires= must
________ ________ _______ _______ _______ ________ _______ _______ 4x5=___ 10x3=___ 6x4=___ 2x9=___ 4x4=___ 7x10=___ 5x3=___ 8x6=___
Get Ready
Add the correct vowel to finish the words found on the suitcases. These things will tell you how we can get ready.
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Around The World In 90 Days / Session 13 / Sheet 1 / Vowel Fill In 2006 Gospel Publishing House, 1445 N. Boonville Ave., Springfield, Missouri 65802 Permission to duplicate this page for classroom use only.
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Be Ready
Fill in the crossword boxes with the words on the luggage to show what we should do to be ready to work for God.
Around The World In 90 Days / Session 13 / Sheet 2 / Word Fill In 2006 Gospel Publishing House, 1445 N. Boonville Ave., Springfield, Missouri 65802 Permission to duplicate this page for classroom use only.
Ready To Serve God

Circle the correct answer.
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Setting The Stage: The Backdrop

Explorer Orientation: OPENING ACTIVITY

Exploring Session Goals: PRE-BIBLE LESSON ACTIVITIES

Exploring The Word: BIBLE LESSON

Weekly SessionPlan SHEET

Responding To The Word: PRAYER AND WORSHIP

Applying The Word: CLOSING ACTIVITIES

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2. He Was Confirmed As The Savior

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4. He Died For All People

5. He Was Raised From The Dead

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