WOW: wk2 3/14/2010

Howdy parents,

I know for most of you, this is the beginning of the Spring Break in your respective ISD.
We still have fairly good student attendance on Sunday.

Theme: Luke 15:11-32 - Parable of the Lost Son
(and yet who do you identify with? the Lost Son? or his Brother?)

As the class material suggests it, our goal is re-emphasis the Loving, Compassionate, Forgiving Heavenly Father.



Ice-breaking Game: (Miss the target/mark - dart game)

It's no strange game to most of the kids - aiming the dart and 1-2-3 set to go!
The main idea we're trying to bring out is "Sin" - as in greek word, the meaning of it reads, "Miss the target".

As usual, we divided entire class into two teams, boys and girls. Each team has four (4) chances to score while they aim the dart. To my surprise, girls score 22 points while 9 for boys. :)

Needless to say, that everyone gets excited about the game - the analogy is to transform the dart (miss the mark) game into "Sin" concept; Or rather, the transgression and miss-the-mark (as in God's standard).

Next we went straight into the verses - Luke 15: 11 -32 (路加福音).

I suppose the highlight of the parable lies in verse 32,
"你這個兄弟、是死而復活、失而又得的、所以我們理當歡喜快樂".
Video Clip Viewing:

The parable renders itself fairly clear to the students as they grab the 小兒子's foolish act and decision to ask his father, 家業分給我...

I found a 3-parts bible teaching clips that feature the Lost Son parable; To illustrate the story, we show the 2nd and 3rd part of the video (approximately 10 minutes in length).

In particular, we focus on the last part of the parable where the Father was revealing his mercy/compassion;
Verse 15:20, "他父親看見、就動了慈心、跑去抱著他的頸項、連連與他親嘴"

What a vivid picture to portrait our Father in Heaven!

Preview on "Building God's Kingdom" board-game:

Due to time shortage, we had to postpone our board game: Building God's Kingdom - one house at a time. (see Fig.) We'll try it next week. (some kids already shows excitement)

Verse memorization:
Nehemiah 9:17b
"你是樂意饒恕人、有恩典、有憐憫、不輕易發怒、有豐盛慈愛的　神".


Shortly before the lunch break, guess what? the class asks for another dart game :))

We did, and here is the final score:
Boys: 38 points
Girls: 41 points

Until next week... have a wonderful and God-blessed week!

KLUP!
-Sam
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