The First Seven Plagues

1/17/2025

The Plagues by Jennifer Tolbert

Abraham's family has now become a great nation, however they are displaced from the land God had promised them. The new Pharoah has forgotten Joseph and what he had done for Egypt and no longer welcomes the Hebrews. In fact, he persecutes them and enslaves them. This is the story of how God used signs to prove that God was with Moses and to punish the Egyptians (and Pharoah) for their pride and unbelief.

Key Themes:

God used Moses to fulfill his promise to the Hebrews.
God used signs to prove his existence and power.
God equipped Moses to rescue the Israelites.

Memory Verse

“Now Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.” Numbers 12: 3

Songs

Books of the Old Testament
The B.I.B.L.E.
He’s Got The Whole World in His Hands
Sons of Jacob Song
Baby Moses
My God is So Big
Pharoah, Pharoah, Let My People Go
Go Down Moses
10 Plagues of Egypt Song

Story

Begin Class with Songs, Games, Table Activity, or Sharing Time

Open Class in Prayer

Introducing the Story Ideas
1.Hard vs. Soft Hearts from Mission Bible ClassCut a heart shape out of a dry, flat sponge. Pass the sponge heart around to all of the children and let them feel it. They can bend it and squeeze it because it is soft. Now pass around a stone on which you have previously drawn a heart with a waterproof marker. Talk about how hard the rock is.
Place the sponge heart and the rock heart in a shallow pan on the table. Hold up a glass of water and say, “This glass of water is like God’s word. God wants to pour His word into people’s hearts.” Slowly drip one drop of water at a time and then pour faster. Compare how the soft heart soaks up God’s word while His word just slides off of the hard heart. Talk about which heart lets the word of God inside.
“What kind of heart do you want to have?” In today’s story, we are going to learn about someone who had a very hard heart.

2. Plague Charades from Trueway Kids

Divide the group into two teams.
Give each team a set of cards with the names of the plagues.
Have each team take turns acting out the different plagues of Egypt.
The team that guesses all ten plagues first wins.

3. Pharoah's Challenge by Trueway KidsThis a fun and engaging game that allows the group to compete in a series of challenges that represent each of the plagues of Egypt.
For each plague, come up with a challenge that represents the essence of the plague. For example:

Water turned to blood: a water balloon toss with red water balloons.
Frogs: a relay race where players must hop like a frog.
Gnats: a puzzle challenge where players must untangle a bunch of strings
Flies: a fly-swatter relay race where players must swat plastic flies
Livestock diseased: a food-eating contest where players must eat something.
Boils: a hot potato game where players must pass a hot potato around.
Hail: a challenge where players must toss balls of ice into a bucket.
Locusts: a puzzle challenge where players must assemble a giant locust puzzle.
Darkness: a guess the item in the bag by touch challenge.
Death of firstborn: a blindfold challenge where players must paint the doorpost on a picture.

Story: Remind the children why Abraham's family (known as the Hebrews) were now living in Egypt. Remind the children why the Hebrews were enslaved.

In this story, we learn about how God went about freeing his people. He gave Pharoah many chances to agree and let the Hebrews go. However, each time Pharoah refused. Eventually, he tried to bargain with Moses but would never truly obey God's call to free his people.

SHOW the power point Moses and the Plagues pt 1 or read Exodus 7-9.
EMPHASIZE that: