WOW wk9, 5/2/2010 - G4/G5 Class

Hi parents,

Here we go again - G4/G5 Sunday class at PCAC. ( http://matt1914.blogspot.com )

A quick reminder: *Mother's Day out at the Park on next Sunday, 5/9 *
More details available online at PCAC Website,
Mother's Day outdoor worship at the Park(中英文部聯合戶外崇拜)

Theme: Acts/使徒行傳 12:1 to 18, on the account of "An angel frees Peter from the Jail".

Consider this as an action movie: what would you expect? Lots of "Mission Impossible" actions!
This time, we went straight into the bible verses; OK, Acts 12: 1 to 18.
Some of the actions, as I quote,
"有光照耀．天使拍彼得的肋旁、拍醒了他、說、快快起來．那鐵鍊就從他手上脫落下來。" WOW? Is that easy?

To help students practicing in-depth bible study, we quickly touched upon the basic 5-Ws:
1) Who, 2) When, 3) Where, 4) hoW, 5) Why. So we had some Q-n-A on identifying who, where the story took place, what happened, etc.

Next, let's jump into a quick game:
Finding these words from the Matrix (actually, a giant paper with 15X15 word-matrix) :)

And both teams (boys and girls) compete to find the keywords (each word on each piece of index card) out of the "Matrix".

The words are mainly from the bible verses: such as,
Herod, Christians, Gate, Arrested, Rhoda, Prayer, Angel, Guards, Recognized, etc.

Circle the word you found and the team cross-out the most words win!
Since the event is centered around Peter - notice that Angel frees Peter but not James, we have to explain abit on the WHY - God uses Peter later on to expand the gospel into Gentile (from Latin gentilis, by the French "gentil", female: "gentille", meaning of or belonging to a clan or tribe) refers to non-Israelite tribes or nations.

So the church is built on the true Rock - JESUS Christ.
To further impression on the concept of ROCK, we introduce Jenga - wood Block game. (J for Jesus? :))

ROCK/Jenga Action:

It's about building a "thing" as tall as it can be and as strong as it can be at the same time.

So all students went on to brain-storm on their TALL-n-Strong building thing. Oh boy, team work is such a beautiful thing as you see boys and girls working together. Not to mention that they get to critique on each other... haha.

Once they are done with their building piece - guess what? Teacher bring a FAN to blow them down!!!

First piece failed the "FAN blowing" test/trial. Then let's build it the 2nd time. As tall as it can be and as strong as it can be.

Kids got smart - this time, much conservative - flat structure, and stronger foothold to re-enforce the basic wall. OK, 2nd test - FAN blow from "Low" speed to "Medium" and "Hi" speed. All buildings tumble down.

Bible Point in Focus:

It's about spiritual foundation as we build our faith on the true ROCK - Jesus himself.

And as you probably guess it - kids cannot seem let go of Jenga game. LOL.
We let the class continue to play Jenga during/after lunch hour.

Final Winning Points:
Boys: 8 points
Girls: 9 points

Memory Verse: Psalm 91:11
"For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways."
"因他要為你吩咐他的使者、在你行的一切道路上保護你。"

Hope to see you all at the Park next Sunday - it's Mother's Day Outdoor worship.

-Sam
http://www.pcactexas.org/

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