The adventure began! This week we followed Saul, who is also known as Paul, as he went from Jerusalem to Damascus in search of Jesus lovers. He was convinced that these people were making fun of God by declaring Jesus is God. His purpose in going to Damascus was to find these Jesus lovers who have fled Jerusalem, arrest them, and take them back to Jerusalem for trial. But God loved him so much that before Saul/Paul reached Damascus God sent a bright light to get his attention. Then a voice said, "Saul, Saul, Why are you hurting me?"
God answered, "I am Jesus, who you are hurting." God wanted Saul/Paul to believe that Jesus is the Christ; the one God had promised to send to forgive sin. God wants you to believe the same thing. In astonishment, Saul/Paul believed in Jesus. God told him to go to Damascus, but when Saul/Paul got up to obey he discovered that he was blind. Where he spent three days not eating or drinking anything, but praying.
Meanwhile in Damascus there was a Jesus lover named Ananias. God instructed Ananias to go to Saul/Paul. Ananias was to encourage Saul/Paul. Even though Ananias knew that Saul/Paul was coming to Damascus to imprison Jesus lovers like him, he obeyed and went to Saul/Paul. God used Ananias to heal Saul's blindness and to encourage him to obey Jesus. Saul/Paul was so excited over Jesus that he began to preach Jesus is the Son of God to the people of Damascus! God was going to use this Jesus hater-turn Jesus lover in an amazing way. Next week we well see what plans God had for Saul/Paul.
Then some of the kids head to the craft table. This week we made a Passport Traveler's kit out of DVD cases (that I got for free from the Annville Free Library!) They had to color a map of the Roman World. Then they made a pocket our of cut felt and glued that to the inside of the case. They added a pre-made Passport, a small pad of paper and a pencil. The neat thing about these kits is the kids can trace Paul's travels on their maps using a Dry Erase Marker.
Some of the kids really took their time coloring. Others tried to see how fast they could get done!
See how attentive the kids were while Katelyn taught Romans 2:23?
Then I introduced them to the Wordless Flipper Flapper. Eventually, the kids will make their own Wordless Flipper Flapper.
Then it was our Bible Lesson: Damascus.
SNACK TIME!
Then we returned to the tent for our Missionary Story (ran out of time for the review game). This week's missionary was Gladsy Awland, missionary to China. After club, the kids could spend their Bible Bucks at the Club Store. It was a fantastic first week of Backyard Bible Club 2017!
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