Lesson 1 THE MOST IMPORTANT THING

In the Beginning, God!

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TOPIC:  GOD IS the CREATOR

WHY THIS:
  The Bible begins with telling us about God. We should start there too.

VISUAL Tools:
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        Bible:  GENESIS 1:1 “In the beginning God created 
                      the heavens and the earth.”

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       OPENING Song:  God’s Top Ten

Use hand sign page to teach the club leaders before meeting starts so they can do motions as students arrive at club.

Club Officer/Helper
  1. Learn & Practice Song
  2. Prayer & Devotional Time
  3. Choose Tasks

START:
  1. Call Students & Start song
  2. Stop Song, welcome students
  3.  Introduce volunteer Prayer leader
  4.  Invite everyone to bow heads and pray
  5.  Student prays then thank them as they go

WELCOME TO BIBLE CLUB
  1.  Introduce yourself & Adult Volunteers
  2.  Where to get permission slips to join
  3. Tell them about the 5th grade helpers
  4. What time it starts (Don’t skip breakfast)
  5. What they can expect this year

Opening Prayer 
This is a good time to say short one sentence statements that teach about prayer.  Introduce a student volunteer to pray. 
 Prayer is when we talk to God.        
Today we can talk to God for our school teachers, cooks, principal and our families, …
 
Closing Prayer ( You, a student or a Guest)
“Dear God thank you for creating the earth and the heavens and me!  Thank you for all the great things that you have made for us to discover even about you. You did all those things then you can take care of me and my family too.  I  am thankful that you are God and that you are Good.”

MEMORY VERSE Tips:
Use 5 sheets of card stock. On one sheet draw and color an hour glass or a clock, on the next sheet draw hands shaping a clay pot, on another draw the moon and stars, on another draw the earth and finally the Bible. Take out the  #1 Put God 1st Commandment Visual card. 
On the back of each sheet, write the portion of the memory verse for  each picture.  Use the pictures to help them remember the verse.   
Download the lesson Plan as a PDF.  It has more instructions for hosting a Kids for Christ Club and full lesson plans. 
I.          MOST IMPORTANT THING TO KNOW  
(This Lesson is short because students will be experiencing Kids for Christ for the first time.  They will be getting adjusted and so will you.  Be patient but very attentive.  They will need to settle in.  Tell How we will be learning about God, Jesus and the holy Spirit and about the Bible.  Help know how you want them to respond and during your 1st group meeting)

What are the very first words of the Bible?
  • Do you think they must be so very important for them to be the first thing God would want to say?
  • To find the first words in the Bible we open it to the First book. Its name is Genesis,  Genesis means “The beginning“
  • So the first words of the Bible are in the first chapter and first verse.  That’s Genesis 1:1.  Say it with me, Genesis 1:1.  Hear what it says.
It says, “In the Beginning God”…

  Well there it is...  That is the most important thing you can know in your whole life!   GOD!.    

There is a lot to know about God too!

 Things like, there is only ONE God.  We need to know more.  So one thing we learn here in Genesis 1:1 is that God was already here in the beginning.  Let’s hear the rest of the verse.

                             “In the beginning God
                       created the heavens and the earth.”

  So knowing the very first words of the Bible we learn the MOST important things to know.
  1.   There is only ONE God. 
  2.   He already existed before and
  3.   He is the creator of everything. 
   He created the heavens and the earth.  Well that’s Everything that we can know anything about.  Including YOU and me.  If you keep reading you will learn much more about how God made everything.  And you can learn about God from the things He made.   But He also told us about Himself in the Bible.
  God has the very best manners.  He introduced himself to us first.  He did that again when he gave us the 10 Commandments too. Just like we introduced ourselves to you.  Lets use our good manners and introduce yourself to the person to your right. Tell them hello and what your name is, then listen when they tell you their name, use their name and say hello.  Like this, "Hello, My Name is Ms. Cindy."   What is your name?" (They say something like, "My Name is Amber." so I say,  "I'm happy to meet you. Amber"     God introduced himself 1st in the book of Genesis. He also told us that He is our creator and in the very 1st Commandment he tells us “I am the Lord your God who delivered you from Egypt and bondage"
So in Genesis God says he created us and in the Commandments God said he rescued us.  He is a good God who wants good things for us. 


Teaching with a VISUAL MEMORY VERSE:

                  Front                        Back Picture
           “In the Beginning “       Hour Glass
           “God”-                          1st Commandment Visual Card
           “Made”                         Hands forming clay pot
           “The heavens”             Stars & Moon
           “and the earth”             Earth
           “Genesis 1:1”               BIBLE

Lets look at these pictures to help us remember the verse and say it together.