{ "programName": "Some Assembly Required", "studyName": "Week 1", "lessonName": "Elijah", "lessonImage": "https://files.churchpdf.com/Lift/graphic_design_content/everythingisawesomeboxmain.jpg", "name": "Large Group (K-2ND)", "lessonDescription": "If you want your finished project to look the way it does on the box, you had better follow the directions. Kids will learn that in our lives we need to follow God’s directions.", "sections": [ { "name": "Intro Countdown and Ice Breaker", "actions": [ { "actionType": "play", "content": "Title Slide", "files": [ { "name": "Title Slide", "url": "https://files.churchpdf.com/Lift/graphic_design_content/everything_is_awesome.jpg" } ] }, { "actionType": "play", "content": "Countdown", "files": [ { "name": "Countdown Video", "url": "https://files.churchpdf.com/Lift/video_content/5_min_countdown.mp4", "thumbnail": "https://files.churchpdf.com/Lift/video_content/5_min_countdown_thumbnail.png" } ] }, { "actionType": "play", "content": "Welcome Video", "files": [ { "name": "Welcome Video", "url": "https://files.churchpdf.com/Lift/video_content/welcome_motion.mp4", "thumbnail": "https://files.churchpdf.com/Lift/graphic_design_content/everyting_is_awesome_welcome.jpg", "loop": true, "seconds": null } ], "role": "" }, { "actionType": "play", "content": "Icebreaker Slide", "files": [ { "name": "Icebreaker Slide", "url": "https://files.churchpdf.com/Lift/leader_resources/series_graphics/icebreaker_ws.jpg" } ] }, { "actionType": "note", "content": "**Items Needed:**\n\nA jar of peanut butter, a jar of jelly, two slices of bread, a knife, a spoon,\n\nand a napkin", "role": "" }, { "actionType": "do", "content": "**Instructions:**\n\nHave kids take turns giving you instructions on how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Tell them they need to be very specific. Do exactly as they say, interpreting their words literally. So if they say, “take a piece of bread,” then tear off a small piece of bread. If they say, “Put peanut butter on the bread,” then set the jar of peanut butter on top of the loaf of bread This should be a fun/funny activity in which they learn that if they aren’t specific, things may not go according to plan! Note: if you have any severe peanut allergies in your group, you could switch the ingredients to a ham and cheese sandwich." }, { "actionType": "play", "content": "Ice Breaker Game", "files": [ { "name": "Erase Race", "url": "https://files.churchpdf.com/Lift/game_videos/erase_race.mp4", "thumbnail": "https://files.churchpdf.com/Lift/game _videos/erase_race.png" } ] } ] }, { "name": "Worship", "actions": [ { "actionType": "play", "content": "Worship Slide", "files": [ { "name": "Worship", "url": "https://files.churchpdf.com/Lift/leader_resources/series_graphics/worship_ws.jpg" } ] }, { "actionType": "play", "content": "I Have Decided To Follow Jesus", "files": [ { "name": "I Have Decided To Follow Jesus", "url": "https://files.churchpdf.com/Lift/worship_videos/i_have_decided_to_follow_jesus.mp4", "thumbnail": "https://files.churchpdf.com/Lift/worship_videos/i_have_decided_to_follow_jesus.png" } ] }, { "actionType": "play", "content": "Jesus Loves Me", "files": [ { "name": "Jesus Loves Me", "url": "https://files.churchpdf.com/Lift/worship_videos/jesus_loves_me.mp4", "thumbnail": "https://files.churchpdf.com/Lift/worship_videos/jesus_loves_me.png" } ] }, { "actionType": "play", "content": "I've Got The Joy", "files": [ { "name": "I've Got The Joy", "url": "https://files.churchpdf.com/Lift/worship_videos/i_ve_got_the_joy.mp4", "thumbnail": "https://files.churchpdf.com/Lift/worship_videos/i_ve_got_the_joy.png" } ] } ] }, { "name": "Memory Verse Activity", "actions": [ { "actionType": "play", "content": "Memory Verse", "files": [ { "name": "Memory Verse", "url": "https://files.churchpdf.com/Lift/leader_resources/memory_verse_graphics/memory_verse_wide_niv.jpg" } ] }, { "actionType": "do", "content": "Have the kids read the verse together. Read it normally, then in a whisper, then really, really loud!\n\n“For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.” -Hebrews\n\n3:4 (NIV)" } ] }, { "name": "OBJECT LESSON", "actions": [ { "actionType": "play", "content": "Object Lesson", "files": [ { "name": "Object Lesson", "url": "https://files.churchpdf.com/Lift/leader_resources/series_graphics/objectlesson_ws.jpg" } ] }, { "actionType": "play", "content": "Lesson 1 Elijah", "files": [ { "name": "Lesson 3 Noah", "url": "https://files.churchpdf.com/Lift/bible_story_videos/lesson_1_-_elijah.mp4", "thumbnail": "https://files.churchpdf.com/Lift/bible_story_videos/lesson_1_-_elijah.png" } ] }, { "actionType": "note", "content": "**Items Needed:** Bankers boxes.\n\n*Note: Bankers boxes can be purchased online or at any office supply store, They are made to be*\n\n*assembled without tape. Step-by-step assembly instructions are pictured on the box. You may choose to*\n\n*assemble these in a variety of ways.*" }, { "actionType": "do", "content": "1. **Have a student come up front and see if they can assemble the box without help. Allow more students top help, if needed.**\n\n2. **Have 2 or 3 students come up front and race to see who can assemble their box first.**\n\n3. **Give one unassembled box to each group of 5 to 8 students. See which team can assemble their box the fastest.**\n\n## While the instructions are simple, these boxes can be tricky, and even frustrating, if you have never assembled one before. After the activity, ask…\n\n- Who likes following directions to assemble things?\n- Do you think the directions on our boxes were good?\n- What could have made those directions better?\n- What would you rather follow? Complicated instructions? Or clear, simple ones?\n\n\n\nWhen Jesus showed up, the religious leaders had 613 laws from the Old Testament that they had to follow. But when people asked Jesus about his directions, he kept going back to just two; (1) Love God, and (2) Love people. Jesus said that this summed up all the other instructions. In other words, if we love God, and love people, then just about all those other rules fall into place. And that makes sense. The Old Testament had laws like, “don’t steal things,” “don’t lie,” don’t worship idols, and “don’t kill people.”\n\nBut let me ask you something. If you really love your grandma, are you going to steal from her house? And if you really love your brother or sister, and you going to tell lies about them? And if you really love God, are you going to make a clay statue and worship it? And if you really love your best friend, will your mom or dad have to remind you not to kill them?\n\nJesus taught us to love God and to love people. And everything else that he taught, and that the Old Testament taught before him, falls into one of those two categories; loving God, and loving people.\n\nJesus gave us really simple instructions to follow, didn’t he? Now, loving people isn’t always easy. Sometimes people can be hard to love. But the idea of loving others is clear and simple for us to understand." } ] }, { "name": "LARGE GROUP GAME", "actions": [ { "actionType": "play", "content": "Game Time Slide", "files": [ { "name": "Game Time Slide", "url": "https://files.churchpdf.com/Lift/leader_resources/series_graphics/gametime_ws.jpg" } ] }, { "actionType": "do", "content": "### **BUILD IT!**\n\n### **Items Needed:**\n\nA small LEGO kit\n\n### **Instructions:**\n\nChoose one player for this game. Have him sit at a table. Start a clock, and hand the LEGO set to the player. Player has 60 seconds to assemble the LEGO kit by following the directions inside. If the player can finish in 60 seconds or less, he gets to keep the LEGO bricks.\n\n### **Variation:**\n\nDo a few test runs with the Lego kit. If you find 90 seconds or 2 minutes are needed, then give the kid extended time. Use larger Legos or DUPLO for younger kids.\n\n### **What’s The Point?**\n\nGod will bless us when we live life by following his directions." } ] }, { "name": "Large Group Lesson ", "actions": [ { "actionType": "play", "content": "Lesson Time Slide", "files": [ { "name": "Lesson Time Slide", "url": "https://files.churchpdf.com/Lift/leader_resources/series_graphics/lessontime_ws.jpg" } ] }, { "actionType": "say", "content": "**Bottom Line:**\n\nGod wants us to follow his direction.\n\n**Objective:**\n\nKids will learn why they need to follow God’s lead.\n\n**Key Passage:**\n\n1 Kings 17:7-24, Elijah and the Widow\n\n**Introduction:**\n\nHow many of you guys like to build things? How many fans of LEGO bricks or Mega\n\nBlocks do we have here this morning? \n\nIf you’re a building block fan, you’re in luck, because for the next four weeks, we’re going to be talking all about your favorite thing!\n\nLEGO bricks are one of the most popular toys in the world. LEGO, Mega Blocks, and other building blocks are incredibly flexible toys. You can use them to build just about anything you can imagine. You can make cars, rockets, boats, houses, skyscrapers, animals, monsters, and everyone’s favorite - space ships!\n\nSometimes it’s fun to freestyle and build whatever your imagination can dream up, but there are times when it’s helpful to have some direction. For example, how many of you have ever received a Star Wars LEGO kit? Or maybe a Super Heroes kit? Those kits come with specific parts made for a specific purpose. Kids and adults buy those sets because they want to make something specific, like a Millennium Falcon or a Batmobile.You can play around with the kits and build just about anything you can dream up, but if you want to build that Millennium Falcon or that Batmobile, the best way to do it is to follow directions.\n\nFollowing directions is crucial to living for God. God made each one of us with a specific purpose in mind, just like those special LEGO kits. Only you can fulfill that purpose, and the only way you can make it happen is to follow God’s direction.\n\nToday we’re going to look at a passage from the Old Testament. In this story, a man and a woman are both asked to follow directions. The directions given to them seem foolish at first, especially to the woman, but when they follow the directions, we see how God blesses them both.\n\n**Read: 1 KINGS 17:7-24**\n\n**Main Point:**\n\nElijah was a prophet. He was in need of a place to stay and food to eat. God told him to find a poor widow who had almost nothing and ask her for food. Sounds foolish, I know, but it was God’s direction.\n\nThe woman probably thought Elijah was crazy, asking her to sacrifice some of her food for him, but just as Elijah found God’s directions to be good, the woman found them to be good as well. She kept on making food for her, her son, and Elijah, and her food never ran out.\n\nThen tragedy struck. The woman’s son dies, and the woman questions whether or not God really loves her. But God gives Elijah the power to raise the woman’s son from the dead.\n\nHad Elijah not obeyed God, he would have gone without food. Had the woman not obeyed Elijah, she’d have run out of food. She would also have lost her son forever. God blessed the prophet and the woman for following his directions and for showing us the way to live.\n\n**Drive It Home:**\n\nGod has a plan for each and every one of you. You are as unique and special as the pieces created in each custom LEGO set. You were designed to fulfill a plan that God has laid out for you. It’s up to us to follow directions.\n\nWe can start following directions by following the Bible and looking at the example Jesus set for us. God gave us the Bible to teach us who he is and how we should live. Through the Bible we learn to love others. We learn what sin is and how that keeps us apart from God. And we learn how God sent Jesus to pay the price for our sin so we could be forgiven and have eternal life.\n\nWe gain further direction when we pray. When we take our problems, our hopes, and our requests to God, he not only hears us, he answers us. God will open doors that need opening. He will close other doors to keep us from going the wrong way. And most importantly He will forgive us when we call on the name of Jesus and ask for forgiveness for our sin.\n\nGod has big plans for you. Some of you in here may one day be full-time ministers or even mission workers. Some of you in here have a simpler plan. It may be as simple as being a friend to a new kid who moves into the house down the street. Whatever God’s plan is, follow his lead. Big or small, obey God and follow his direction.\n\nGod blessed the prophet who obeyed him. He blessed the woman who obeyed the prophet. He will bless us when we follow his direction and submit our lives to him.\n\n\n\n**Close With A Simple Prayer:**\n\nDear God, Give us direction so that we may live a life that brings glory to your name. In Jesus’ name, Amen" } ] }, { "name": "Small Group Discussion", "actions": [ { "actionType": "play", "content": "Offering Slide", "files": [ { "name": "Offering Slide", "url": "https://files.churchpdf.com/Lift/leader_resources/series_graphics/offering_ws.jpg" } ] }, { "actionType": "play", "content": "Small Group Slide", "files": [ { "name": "Small Group Slide", "url": "https://files.churchpdf.com/Lift/leader_resources/series_graphics/smallgroups_ws.jpg" } ], "role": "" }, { "actionType": "say", "content": "**Icebreaker:**\n\nWhat’s the biggest LEGO project you have built?\n\n**Memory Verse Activity:**\n\nHebrews 3:4 Ask the kids what they think the writer was trying to say when he wrote these words. Then ask them how this verse is connected to today’s story.\n\n**Small Group/Game Activity:**\n\nHave the kids act out today’s story, but have them move and act like LEGO people.\n\n**Discussion Questions:**\n\n- What did God tell Elijah to do?\n- What happened when the woman obeyed Elijah?\n- How did God bless Elijah and the woman for their obedience?\n- What are Jesus’ main instructions for us?\n- What does it look like to follow Jesus’ instructions? Can you give an example?\n\n**Simple Prayer:**\n\nDear God,\n\nThank you for creating us the way you did. Show us the way to live so we can fulfill the plans you have for us.\n\nIn Jesus’ name,\n\nAmen" } ] }, { "name": "CRAFT ACTIVITY", "actions": [ { "actionType": "do", "content": "**CRAFT ACTIVITY**\n\nGrowing Seeds\n\nItems Needed: \n\n- Styrofoam Cups\n- Soil\n- Some type of plant seeds\n- Water\n- Colored Pens\n\n**Instructions:**\n\nHave kids put some soil in a cup and plant a seed, being sure to cover up the seed completely. Have them water their seed.Have them write the memory verse (Hebrews 3:4) on the outside of the cup with colored pens.Follow up each week and ask if anyone’s plant has sprouted." }, { "actionType": "play", "content": "See You next Week!", "files": [ { "name": "See You next Week", "url": "https://files.churchpdf.com/Lift/leader_resources/series_graphics/seeyounextweek_ws.jpg" } ] } ] } ] }