BBC 2019: Joseph, Slave & Prisoner

We had another great week at BBC!  The kids are really learning their Bible Verses!  Out of the 70 kids who came this week, 22 could quote all 7 verses.  Many others could quote at least 5.  My personal goal for the kids is that by the last week, everyone can at least quote 1 verse. 

This week, we made Senet games from DVD cases I got from the public library.  The kids decorated four throwing sticks.  B from Newmanstown did an amazing job with her sticks.  They also glued beads together to make 10 playing pieces.  I hope they enjoy teaching their parents and friends how to play this game.  Instead of the Lego bag, I brought the Animal bag.  Some of my groups were getting tired of Legoes.  It was fun to see what they did with the animals.  I had two boys who quickly separated the insects from the other animals.  The girls tended to play with the cats and horses.  The other activity they could do during this time was Four Square in the Air. 

During Bible Time, we talked about who is good.  I laughed when two of the younger kids from Campbelltown told me their older siblings were good.  One group insisted I was good!  Then we looked at what God's Word had to say about this subject.  Romans 3:12 and Mark 10:18 shows us that No one is truly good all the time, except God.  Then 1 Cor. 15:2-3 and 2 Cor. 5:21 tells us that Jesus took our sin when he died on the cross to not only forgive our sins but to make us right (good)  in God's eyes.  Finally, we looked at Romans 10:13.  Here we discovered that it is only those who believe in Jesus (and what He did on the cross) that can be saved (made right). 

The Bible Verse challenged focused on not giving up.  Two kids were each given a bottle of water which they had to raise over their head and then drop them down for 50 times  (100 for the other kids).  The other kids counted for them.  This group of kids really showed endurance.  You could see that some were struggling to make 50 but they were determined not to give up.  This tied into Hebrews 10:23, where the writer is challenges us to not give up our hope that God will do what He said He will do: welcome all those who believe in Jesus into heaven. 

The Bible Lesson focused on Joseph as his time as a slave & prisoner (Genesis 39-41).  I told the lesson using figure cut outs.  The kids learned to say NO (and some times run away) when they are temped to do sin.  They also learned that God is with them during the good and bad times. 

We played the review game using a large SENET board.  This game me a chance to teach them the game of senet so that when they take their craft home, they can play it with others.  It also helped me see how much they remembered from the Bible Lesson.  Since all the groups were disappointed to not finish the game, I was a success. 

We finished the club with WATER GAMES.  Their favorite game is still Drip, Drip, Drop!