WOW wk12, 5/23/2010, G4/G5 Class

Hi parents,

Today, (wk12 - one more week, and we'll be celebrating Summer break :))
we focus on the famous LOVE chapter, 1 Corinthians/哥林多前書 13: 1 to 13.

Main focus: verses 4 and 5 (of course, 7 and 8 are essential too)

v4: 愛是恆久忍耐、又有恩慈．愛是不嫉妒．愛是不自誇．不張狂．
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

v5: 不作害羞的事．不求自己的益處．不輕易發怒．不計算人的惡．
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

Hmm... when it comes to the subject of LOVE, it can be difficult to tell the concepts this culture has influenced on everyone of us - say Hollywood style of LOVE.
Ice-Breaking:
We started out by asking in the class what the LOVE definition that this "World" or Culture (e.g., Hollywood) has to offer vs. the description recorded in the 1 Corin. 13. We put the responses into two columns;

Column A: God's definition (哥林多前書 13:1~13),
We list man items, such as (LOVE is), protect, patience, kindness, never fail, truth, not rude, no delight in evil, not being proud, etc.
Column B: WORLD/Hollywood , where it has, action, drama, romance, "kiss", girl friend vs boy friend, etc.

What a drastic difference!
But we focus on what the Bible has to say and teach us.

Bible Verses Study:
By now, we have already read thru the 1 Corinthians Chapter 13...

As we walked thru each verse - we wrote the definition down on the white board.
Those items are to be used in our next "craft" activities - it's a team work to construct the LOVE as recorded in the 1 Corinthians chapter 13 to make it come alive!!
So we call the craft project: LOVE Construction!!

LOVE Construction :) [hands-on project to "connect" to LOVE]

Time to put your thoughts and belief into concrete display - that is,
using Project Poster (fold-able three panel board) !
So each team (Boys vs. Girls) is to set out to construct the LOVE definition or ideas outlined by Paul in the Bible using the materials provided in the paper shopping bag.

To guide the students in proper setting, each bag has 3 scissors, 1 glue, 1 3M tape, newspaper, Home&Garden magazine, and TIME magazine, some "Cross" symbol card, etc, for them to utilize to design the poster.

The team that deploys or captures the most "LOVE" definition items in the final design wins!

Then the next 15 to 20 minutes are an intense discussion, brain-storm, team-work session among girls and boys' team. I am personally impressed by the eagerness and creativity demonstrated in each and every child.

When time to present their product, each team and team member is required to explain/talk about why and what each picture/text/icon means in connection to LOVE.

They all did a great JOB!

Real-life application: Missionary video viewing:
We do not stop here - I get to present a video clip about a short-term mission trip by E3 partnership ministry - to Ethiopia in Africa.

URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjADQ0uenls

Jesus comes to earth to save us - our sin are forgiven!
Isn't this what we call Missionary in today's term?

As pastor Jaeson Ma put it in his song: (web: http://jaesonma.com/ )

True love is sacrifice. (真愛是犧牲。)

Love is selfless not selfish. Love is God and God is love.
愛是無私，而 不是自私；愛是神，神就是愛。

Love is when you lay down your life for another
愛 是當你為著別人放下你自己的生命，

Memory Verse: 1 Corinthians 13: 4 to 5.

We'll see you' later... and have a wonderful and blessed week!

KLUP!

-Sam
http://matt1914.blogspot.com/