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The Passover by Jennifer Tolbert
After over 400 years in slavery, Pharoah has agreed to "Let God's people go!" However, the hard-hearted Pharoah only relented when God issued much suffering on the Egyptian people through the plagues.
The last, and most devastating plague resulted in the death of every first born among the Egyptian households. The Hebrew people were spared as long as they followed a specific set of directions that God would give them involving the sacrifice of a lamb and the protection of a home covered in its blood. This act would give the Israelite people clues as to how God would eventually rescue them from being a slave to death! 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 Humble Yourself in the Sight of the Lord Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace Jesus, Lamb of God Story
Begin Class with Songs, Games, Table Activity, or Sharing Time
Open Class in Prayer Introducing the Story Ideas 1. Unleavened Bread from Mission Bible Class Let the children taste and compare normal bread and unleavened bread (matzo bread from specialty shops or simply the bread we use for communion). Notice the air holes in the leavened bread that make it light and fluffy. This happens when leaven (like yeast) is added to the recipe and the dough is allowed to rise. Read a recipe for yeast bread and discuss how long it takes to make it. Compare that to a simple and quick recipe for unleavened bread. “If you were in a hurry, which kind of bread would you make? Of course, we would want to make the unleavened bread because we wouldn’t have to wait for it to rise. When the Lord brought the last plague on Egypt, He told the Israelites to eat a special meal and be ready to leave Egypt quickly. They did not have time to make leavened bread.” Review the plagues using one of the games below... 2. Plague Charades from Trueway Kids
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:
Story: Remind the children why Abraham's family (known as the Hebrews) were now living in Egypt. Remind the children about the first seven plagues that God had used to convince Pharoah to let the Hebrew people go. In this story, we learn about how God used plagues--really bad things to convince Pharoah to let God's people go. However, Pharoah's heart was hard and he refused. Even after God sent terrible things like frogs, and flies and boils! Still, Pharoah went toe to toe with God! Finally, God delivered a final and terrible blow. One that would affect the prideful and disobedient Egyptians in a horrible way, but would spare obedient Hebrews. SHOW the power point The Plagues, pt 2 or read Exodus 10-12. EMPHASIZE that:
Visual AidsGod is...
Challenge the children to come up with "God is" statements based on this story such as God is faithful, God is powerful, etc.
Activities
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