Pre-K and K:
 God Provides Food
God cared for the Israelites by giving them food. God still provides for his children's needs (Exodus 16).

 

"Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today."  Exodus 14:13b  

1st to 5th Grade:
This week we spent another week talking about Elijah. Because this story is full of drama, we decided to act it out and perform it for our parents. The show was called “True or False?”: you’ll see why.

This time, God called Elijah to go speak to King Ahab. It was a scary thing for Elijah to do—because Elijah had been the one to predict the drought, Ahab had been trying to kill Elijah for three years!

God gave Elijah the courage to speak to Ahab and suggest a means of determining who was the real God—God, the God of Israel, or Baal, who most people worshipped. They would both build altars to their respective god and whichever God sent fire to the offering was the true God. 

Elijah called the 450 prophets of Baal and the people to Mt. Carmel. The prophets of Baal built an offering to Baal and then pleaded with him to send down fire. But nothing happened. 

Elijah told them to call louder, for Baal might be asleep or on a trip. Still, nothing happened. 

Finally, it was Elijah’s turn. He built an altar with wood and stones and dug a trench all around the altar. He asked four servants to pour jugs of water, drenching the altar. Three times he commanded the servants to pour out the water, which soaked the altar and filled the trench.

Then Elijah prayed.

Immediately, God sent down fire, which burned up the soaked wood, stones and even the water in the trench. The people knew that God was the true God.