Week 4 Lesson Tips

Main Point: I Will Be Kind When Others Are Mean
Bible Story: David & Jonathan - 1 Samuel 17:17-52
Memory Verse: Let your light shine before men that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in Heaven. Matthew 5:16

Lesson Review

This week's story is built on last week's story. take a few minutes to review with the kids what they learned last week.

• David and Jonathan were friends (remember the happy faces?)
• King Saul didn't like David (remember the angry face?)
• King Saul wanted to hurt David (remember the scared faces?)
• But Jonathan helped David to get away and they promises to always be friends (remember the happy faces?)

This week the King is still mad at David and is being very mean. He is being so mean to David that David is having to run and hide all the time. Begin this week's story.

Hide and Sneak

A great way to help your kids remember the lesson is to get them actively involved in the story. Here are a couple ideas.

1. Hide & Find - Hide an object in your classroom. Either before or after you tell this week's story have the children quietly - "just like David" - search for the object. They must learn to "sneak" around to find the object "just like David" had to sneak up to Saul to take his spear. You can have one item they all search for or several items.
2. Hide and Sneak - After telling the kids this week's story have them act out the story. Choose a child to be the King, another child to be David and another to be David's friend. The rest of the children are to be the King's soldiers. Place the King in the middle of the floor surrounded by his soldiers. Have them pretend to be sleeping - lay down and snoring. Then have David and his friend tiptoe through the soldiers and next to the King and take the King's spear. Have David and his friend hurry out and stand on the other side of the room (the hill) and then holler at the King and his soldiers. You can do this several times with different kids playing the part of the King, David and David's friend.
3. For fun, at the end of the lesson or at the beginning (just be aware of who your kids are and how many as it may be harder for them to settle down for a story if you do this first), pretend to be the King who is chasing David and "chase" the kids around the room. The kids have to scurry and "hide" from you. Make up some rules about how they can "hide" - they must tiptoe (because they have to be quiet), they have to tell you what they are pretending to hide behind (a bush, a tree, a cave) and you have to "chase" different ways - a skip, a hop on one foot, like a monster, on all fours, etc.