BOTTOM LINE:
God is with me and protects me.
OBJECTIVE:
Kids will learn that, “God watches over me.”
KEY PASSAGE:
1 Samuel 18:1-16, Saul’s Jealousy of David MEMORY VERSE:
“God has said, ‘I will never leave you. I will never desert you.’” Hebrews 13:5b (NIrV) SUMMARY:
After David defeated Goliath, the people in Israel loved him. Saul became jealous of David’s popularity and tried to hurt him. But God protected David. You can believe that God loves you and is watching over you.
SIMPLE PRAYER:
Dear Jesus,
You are with us and you protect us. Thank you for watching over me.
Amen
LESSON SNAPSHOT
DAVID AND THE GIANT: THE JEALOUS KING
“God has said, ‘I will never leave you. I will never desert you.’” Hebrews 13:5b (NIrV) LARGE GROUP MV ACTIVITY: Show the kids the hand motions and ask if they remember the words of the verse that go along with them.
Hand motions: “God has said” [Lift your arms and point to the sky] “I will never leave you with your arms, ma e a sweeping down ’ motion in front of your body I will never desert you. a e another sweeping down .’
SMALL GROUP MV ACTIVITY: Ask for little ones to raise their hands if they think they know the verse. Select several kids with raised hands to recite the verse.
MEMORY VERSE
TITLE: David Protected
ITEMS NEEDED: Crown, Biblical costume CHARACTER BREAKDOWN: 1M
CHARACTERS: David
David enters, in biblical costume and wearing a crown. He addresses the audience directly.
DA ID: I am David, ing of Israel. ing of God’s people. You could say I’m a pretty big deal. But I wasn’t always ing.
David takes off his crown and sets it down.
DA ID: After I defeated Goliath, ing Saul made me a high-ran ing of cer in the army.
Saul would send me out to lead the army in battle. God was with us, and we had great success.
hen I started to become, I guess you could say, famous. eople throughout Israel new who I was. hey sang songs about me. hey celebrated me wherever I went.
ing Saul was not happy about this. e grew more and more jealous and angry. Before when the ing became angry, I would come and play my harp for him, and he would calm down. But now, not even my music helped his anger.
ne day I played my harp for him, and in his anger ing Saul threw a spear at me. e wanted to ill me. wice he tried to hurt me with his spear. But I was able to get away.
God watched over me and protected me.
David picks up his crown and puts it on.
DA ID: any other things happened from that moment until I nally became the ing you see today. hrough everything, God was with me. e watched over me. e protected me. rust God. e watches over you too.
End.
SKIT OR PUPPET SHOW
DAVID AND THE GIANT: THE JEALOUS KING
Omit
ITEMS NEEDED: Pretzel rods, several dipping options (peanut butter, hazelnut spread, jam, frosting) are a few possibilities
ADVANCED PREPARATION: Post a sign outside the preschool area that says:
oday’s snac is pret els, and list your dips . lease let your child’s teacher now if it is not o for your child to have this snac .
CONNECTION: Give ids two or three pret el rods and the dips, either in tiny cups or together on a plate. Show ids how they can dip their rods into the dips to create a special treat.
he rods can remind us of the spear in today’s story, which Saul threw at David in his anger and jealousy. e should never act out in anger to hurt someone. e can remember that God is always with us, watching over us.
God watches over me.
SNACK
No snack at this time
ITEMS NEEDED: Pretzel rods, several dipping options (peanut butter, hazelnut spread, jam, frosting) are a few possibilities
ADVANCED PREPARATION: Post a sign outside the preschool area that says:
oday’s snac is pret els, and list your dips . lease let your child’s teacher now if it is not o for your child to have this snac .
CONNECTION: Give ids two or three pret el rods and the dips, either in tiny cups or together on a plate. Show ids how they can dip their rods into the dips to create a special treat.
he rods can remind us of the spear in today’s story, which Saul threw at David in his anger and jealousy. e should never act out in anger to hurt someone. e can remember that God is always with us, watching over us.
God watches over me.
SNACK
DAVID AND THE GIANT: THE JEALOUS KING
Binoculars
ITEMS NEEDED: Toilet paper rolls, crayons, stickers, tape or glue, hole punch, ribbon or string
ADVANCED PREPARATION: None
DIRECTIONS: Give each kid two toilet paper rolls to decorate as they like. When nished, af the tubes together using glue or tape into a pair of binoculars.
unch two holes into the binoculars and string the ribbon through to create a strap for the binoculars.
emind ids that binoculars can help us focus in on something important. e are important to God, but he doesn’t need binoculars to see us. God is always watching over us.
CRAFT
DAVID AND THE GIANT: THE JEALOUS KING
Preparations
Holes will be prepunched Glue dots
Cut yarn in multi lengths
ITEMS NEEDED: Blindfold, safety cones (or other small obstacles) ADVANCED PREPARATION: None
DIRECTIONS:
Set the safety cones in a straight line a few feet apart. Invite kids to move from one end of the “course” to the other, weaving in and out of the cones. Let anyone who wants to do this try a few times.
hat was pretty easy, wasn’t it It was easy because you new where to go. You could watch over the course and see the ne t step. But what if you couldn’t Does anyone want to try to do the course blindfolded
Place a blindfold over one volunteer. Make sure there are no open spaces to peek through. Your volunteer might be bold and set out on the course right away. If this happens, let the child go, with you close by to make sure they don’t get hurt.
More likely the child will step with caution. Offer your hand, and gently lead the child through the course. (You can do this with a second volunteer, if you had a bold child to begin with.)
hat wasn’t too hard, was it ow did you ma e it through so well, even when you couldn’t watch over the course It’s because I was leading you. I was watching over the course for you.
oday we are learning that God watches over me. ven when I don’t now where I am going, God does. e is with me, and if I let him, he will lead me where I need to go.
Don’t be scared God is with you. e watches over and protects you.
HANDS-ON ACTIVITY
ITEMS NEEDED: Blindfold, safety cones (or other small obstacles) ADVANCED PREPARATION: None
DIRECTIONS:
Set the safety cones in a straight line a few feet apart. Invite kids to move from one end of the “course” to the other, weaving in and out of the cones. Let anyone who wants to do this try a few times.
hat was pretty easy, wasn’t it It was easy because you new where to go. You could watch over the course and see the ne t step. But what if you couldn’t Does anyone want to try to do the course blindfolded
Place a blindfold over one volunteer. Make sure there are no open spaces to peek through. Your volunteer might be bold and set out on the course right away. If this happens, let the child go, with you close by to make sure they don’t get hurt.
More likely the child will step with caution. Offer your hand, and gently lead the child through the course. (You can do this with a second volunteer, if you had a bold child to begin with.)
hat wasn’t too hard, was it ow did you ma e it through so well, even when you couldn’t watch over the course It’s because I was leading you. I was watching over the course for you.
oday we are learning that God watches over me. ven when I don’t now where I am going, God does. e is with me, and if I let him, he will lead me where I need to go.
Don’t be scared God is with you. e watches over and protects you.
HANDS-ON ACTIVITY
DAVID AND THE GIANT: THE JEALOUS KING
MAIN LESSON
DAVID AND THE GIANT: THE JEALOUS KING
BOTTOM LINE: God is with me and protects me.OBJECTIVE: Kids will learn that, “God watches over me.”
KEY PASSAGE: 1 Samuel 18:1-16, Saul’s Jealousy of David
WORSHIP TIME:
rior to the lesson, sing one or two songs with the ids. se Ds or live lyrics of songs that the ids are familiar with.
LESSON:
oday’s story comes to us from the Bible. (Hold up a Bible.) he Bible is God’s word to us, so we now that everything it says is true. (Open the Bible and set it down in front of you as you give the lesson.)
David was the greatest ing that God’s people ever new. is life didn’t begin so great though. But God was with David every step of the way and God is with you too.
God watches over me.
ast wee , we tal ed about how David defeated the giant, Goliath. hen that
happened, the people of Israel loved David. David became a great leader and warrior.
God was with David wherever he went. God watched over David.
David lead the army to great success. he people sang songs about how great David was. hey sang about how God was with David. his made ing Saul very angry. e wanted the people to love him more than anyone. e was jealous of all the love everyone gave to David.
David used to go and play his harp for the ing. ne day, as David played his harp, Saul loo ed at David with anger. ing Saul had a spear in his hand and he threw it at David, hoping to ill him. David got away. God watched over David and protected him.
David became a greater and greater warrior and leader. ventually, he too Saul’s place, becoming the ing of all of God’s people. God was with David. God watched over David.
MAIN LESSON
God is with you too. God watches over you. God watches over me.
SIMPLE PRAYER:
Dear Jesus,
You are with us and you protect us. Thank you for watching over me.
Amen
WIGGLE TAMER: Play a few rounds of Simon Says.
SMALL GROUP MEMORY VERSE ACTIVITY: Ask for little ones to raise their hands if they think they know the verse. Select several kids with raised hands to recite the verse.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
Why was King Saul angry?
What did King Saul throw at David?
Who was watching over David?
SMALL GROUP GAME OR ACTIVITY: Take the cards from the game of Memory (you can also make your own, drawing simple matching shapes onto index cards). Have kids sit in a circle. Give each child a matching pair to “watch over.” Have kids set their cards on the oor, face down. i all the cards around slowly, then arrange as you normally would for a game of emory. Go around one by one and see who can nd their pair.
Find out who was best at “watching over” their cards. Remind kids that God never fails.
He is always with us, watching over us.
MAIN LESSON DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
DAVID AND THE GIANT: THE JEALOUS KING
Feel free to use walking ropes to Auditorium for
“Simon Says”
PLAY TIME: Spend the rst 1 minutes on the oor playing with the ids. ars, dolls, bloc s, and simple pu les are great for this time.
BIBLE TIME: Seat the ids in the place they will be having snac . old up a Bible or Illustrated ids’ Bible and say, his is the Bible. God wrote the Bible. verything in the Bible is true. hen allow each child to pat the Bible with his hand.
LESSON: (Sung to the tune of “Rock a Bye Baby”:) I have no doubt that God watches me.
He’ll never leave me, this I can see.
hen I mess up or when I do fall.
Jesus still loves me, there through it all.
God watches over me.
MAKE IT REAL: After the lesson say, God loves you, and he wants you to love him too. hen point to each child and say, God loves you child’s name .
MEMORY VERSE ACTIVITY: God has said, I will never leave you. I will never desert you.’ ebrews 1 : b Ir each the ids the verse, using the following hand mo- tions: God has said ift your arms and point to the s y I will never leave you with your arms, ma e a sweeping down ’ motion in front of your body I will never desert you. a e another sweeping down .’
PRAYER TIME: As the children to fold their hands and bow their heads. Say, et’s pray before our snac . han you God for our mommies and our daddies. han you for loving me. han you for this snac we get to eat. Amen.
SNACK TIME: Wash each child’s hand with a wet wipe and then serve the snac . At
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THIS WEEK’S LESSON: THE JEALOUS KING
DAVID AND THE GIANT: THE JEALOUS KING
IN THE CAR:One morning, have each person in the vehicle talk about a time they knew that God was with them. How did they know? What did it feel like? Play worship music, and thank God for watching over you and your family.
HANGING OUT:
Make some simple musical instruments – check out YouTube or Pinterest for preschool instrument ideas. Play your instruments and make up songs about your favorite things.
Next read the story of David and Saul in 1 Samuel 18:1-16. Notice how the people made up songs about how great David was. David succeeded because he trusted in God and followed him. God was with David. Get out the instruments again, and sing songs to God.
AT DINNER:
Have kids take the lead on making a dish for one meal. Guide or assist as needed. Let them know that you are with them if they need any help or run into any trouble. During the meal, praise your child for preparing their food. Tell them that you were proud of them while you watched over them making their dish. Talk about how God is with us and watching over us at all times.
AT BEDTIME:
Snuggle up together and talk about how God watches over and protects us. Assure your kids that God is watching over them right now. He loves us and is always with us.
KEY PASSAGE:
1 Samuel 18:1-16, Saul’s Jealousy of David MEMORY VERSE:
“God has said, ‘I will never leave you. I will never desert you.’” Hebrews 13:5b (NIrV)
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