Preschool: Thank You, God, for the Bible: Session 3—Paul Helped a Friend (June 19)

1s & 2s— Match Bibles to Outlines

Bible Story: Paul Helped a Friend Philemon
Life Point: People wrote God’s words in the Bible.
Weekly Verse: All that the Bible says is from God. 2 Timothy 3:16

Materials: Teaching Picture 3, poster board, marker, three or four Bibles of different sizes

• Lay the Bibles on the poster board and trace around each one with the marker. Place the Bibles and Teaching Picture on the floor next to the poster. 
• Invite a preschooler to match each Bible to its outline. Comment that Paul wrote a letter to a friend, and those words are in the Bible.
• Point to Paul in the Teaching Picture.

3–Pre-K— Make a Door Knob Reminder

Bible Story: Paul Helped a Friend Philemon
Life Point: People wrote God’s words in the Bible.
Weekly Verse: All that the Bible says is from God. 2 Timothy 3:16

Materials: Teaching Picture 3; door knob hangers: adhesive labels printed with the Weekly Verse; markers; colorful circle, star, and heart stickers

• Place the materials on a table. Give each child a door knob hanger and Weekly Verse sticker. Explain that they can hang these reminders on their bedroom door knobs to remind them that the Bible’s words come from God, even though people wrote them.
• Tell the Bible story as children decorate their hangers. Comment that words that Paul wrote are in our Bible today.
• Point to Paul in the Teaching Picture. Discuss how writing today is different from writing in Paul’s day.

Kindergarten—Create in a Writing Center

Bible Story: Paul Helped a Friend Philemon
Life Point: People wrote God’s words in the Bible.
Weekly Verse: All that the Bible says is from God. 2 Timothy 3:16

Materials: Teaching Picture 3; old briefcase or box; variety of paper such as copy paper, legal pads, and notepads; variety of writing implements, such as markers, gel pens, and colored pencils

• Place the paper in the briefcase or box. Place the writing implements on a table within children’s reach. Display the Teaching Picture. Print the Weekly Verse on a sheet of paper.
• Invite boys and girls to create in the center. Suggest they copy the verse and decorate it. Some children may want to draw only. 
• Talk about the Bible story. Comment that Paul wrote a letter to a friend, and the words in our Bible.
• Call attention to the Teaching Picture. Ask the children to tell how writing today is different from writing in Paul’s time.