Name of God #9 - Jehovah Tsur - the Lord is My Rock

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Option #1: Have cement blocks with rope tied between – the kids try to walk across the valley

                Then kids walk across rocks to reach the other side

                Compare/Contrast…ropes and sand are fun to play in but not secure…rocks are sure footing

Option #2: Have pillows on each table and building blocks. Everyone needs to help build a (hollow) house on top of the pillow. The group leader walks around as visiting and bumps various tables to see if the house can withstand the "storm."

                 Tables can then put the pillow on the floor and build a new house on top of the table.

Jehovah Tsur – the Lord is my Rock

                                First used by Moses in his song in Deuteronomy 32; also used by Hannah in her song of Thanksgiving in 1 Sam 2:2 and in SEVERAL Psalms

Building on the Rock – Matthew 7:24-27

                Read together

                Discuss what it means

                First line – those who “hear these words of Mine and act on them…” So what were Jesus’ words to build on?

Praising the Lord our Rock

                Young kids will go to back room to learn “Jesus is The Rock and He Rolls my Blues Away” (option to have the children sing the song to open the worship service)

                Handout on Songs in the Bible: Hannah’s 1 Sam 2:2 (worksheet answers)

Take Home:

                Craft (I used one from Oriental Trading which is no longer available.)