Moses for Sunday school

Moses for Sunday school

Today was the first Sunday school of 2011 and attended in force.  My group "God Squad" (they chose the name in September) had 17 kids between 3 and 10 years old today.  We are working our way through the Lion Storyteller Bible by Bob Hartman over two years.  Today was the story of Moses in the reeds "the secret baby" with a brief mention of "the burning bush".

The session started as ever with two prayer songs and throwing of our sins via scrunched up paper onto a parachute.  We then sat in a circle, met each other and quickly caught up after Christmas.  I then read "the secret baby" story to the children, allowing them to see the pictures.  yes, I try to learn the story beforehand to improve storytelling - a lesson I learned from Mr Hartman himself.

We then have a chat about what Moses did in his life, how he was special, how God spoke to him and how his story is very similar to Jesus' story that we heard so much about at Christmas.  At this point the children brought in their own knowledge of Moses, thoughts about how God can speak to us, and some laughter about what we'd do if a bush started burning and talking to us.

I had found on t'internet a fantastic song about Moses to the tune of Incy Wincy spider (a theme this week) entitled Itsy Bitsy Moses.  

Itty bitty Moses was crying in his room,
Then came his mommy and sang a little tune.
"Hush little baby, the Lord will be your guide,
And no one will ever harm you,
for God is by your side."

Into a tiny basket, the baby Moses went,
Placed into the Nile, and to the palace sent.
"Hush little baby, the Lord will be your guide,
And no one will ever harm you,
for God is by your side."

Lovely Pharaoh's daughter saw Moses in the Nile,
Picked him up and loved him, raised him as her child.
"Hush little baby, the Lord will be your guide,
And no one will ever harm you,
for God is by your side."

I taught this to the kids and suggested we make a comic strip, one picture for each verse, of the songs story of Moses.  Luckily the kids liked that idea and they produced masterpieces which we then took into church and showed the congregation with the song.  The comic strip will be in church all week.

The Sunday school ministry is such an honour and pleasure.  It's often hard to prepare to meet everyones diverse needs, but it is worth every second.