He restores my soul, Sunday School Oct. 3

1st to 5th Grade: 

This week in 3rd to 5th grade, we took a break from our regular lessons in the 3^rd-5^th grade class to do a project emphasizing the idea of restoration.

In our classroom, we had many prayer books that had broken bindings and were just generally in bad shape. Instead of throwing them out though, we gave one to each child and allowed them to re-create it using colorful duct tape and fancy contact paper. 

It was so interesting to see how each child took the same materials and made it into something different. And how each book, with the addition of those materials, became stronger and more usable! 

Although perhaps the spiritual lesson was not explicit, the idea is that God does the same with us—takes our broken parts and restores them, just as Psalm 23 says, “He restores my soul.”

We loved seeing the children be so energetic about the project and the re-creation of those prayer books. When they were done, we had them familiarize themselves with the contents by searching for Psalms 23 and 51 as we continue to work on memorizing Psalm 23.

Pre-K and K:
God Shows His Power

God showed his mighty power by sending the plagues to Egypt. He protected his people and kept them safe from the plagues. He was getting ready to keep his promise and lead his people out of Egypt. (Exodus 7-10).  
God says, "Let My People Go!"