Children’s Chapel
August 27, 2017
Theme: Moses
and the Nile
Bible Reference: Exodus 2: 1-10
· Welcome: Welcome all and
ask if we have any new friends. Introduce new friends.
· Church Practice and Calendar:
We
continue in the liturgical season of Ordinary Time. The cloth on
our Children’s Chapel altar is green
today which is the color we use during Ordinary Time. Who would like to move the arrow on our
liturgical calendar? (Allow one child to come up to the calendar to move the
arrow forward one week.) The arrow is now pointing to the twelth green
square. You will also notice that in big
church the altar frontal, church dressings, and clergy stoles are green. (Light
altar candles.) We light these
candles to remind us that Christ is the light of the world. We also remember
that God is always with us, that Jesus lives in our hearts and that we are
inspired by the power of the Holy Spirit. Before we begin our Bible lesson
today, let us pray the collect or prayer of the week.
· Children’s
Collect for August 27th:
Let Us Pray: Heavenly Father,
gather us all, your children,
together in unity by your Holy Spirit, and let your love shine through
each one of us that all will be made whole through Jesus Christ our Lord, who
lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
· Introduction: We have
learned in Children’s Chapel that the Bible is made up of two parts. Raise your
hand if you would like to tell me what we call the two parts of the Bible
(Allow answers.) You are right! The two parts of the Bible are the Old
Testament and the New Testament. The New Testament begins when Jesus is born.
We hear about Jesus’ life and teachings, his death and resurrection and about
things that happened after Jesus ascended to heaven. In big church we listen to
both the Old Testament and the New Testament as well as a Psalm and the Epistle
from the apostle Paul each week. In Children’s Chapel we talk about just one of
those four Bible readings read in Big Church, but whatever we listen to in here
is also what your parents are listening to in Big Church. Lately we have been
listening to Bible stories from the New Testament. Today, though we are going
to listen to a Bible Story from the Old Testament. Some of you may have heard
this story before. What is wonderful about the Bible is that we can listen to
these stories over and over again and each time hear something different that
God is trying to speak to our hearts. Today’s story is about a little baby
named Moses. This story comes from the Book of Exodus in the Old Testament. Let’s listen
· Bible
Story: Read Aloud: pp
32-33 of Tomie dePaula’s “Book of Bible Stories
For Teacher Reference:
Exodus 2: 1-10
2Now
a man from the house of Levi went and married a Levite woman. 2The
woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was a fine baby, she
hid him three months. 3When
she could hide him no longer she got a papyrus basket for him, and plastered it
with bitumen and pitch; she put the child in it and placed it among the reeds
on the bank of the river. 4His
sister stood at a distance, to see what would happen to him.
5The
daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river, while her attendants
walked beside the river. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her maid
to bring it. 6When she opened it, she saw the
child. He was crying, and she took pity on him, “This must be one of the
Hebrews’ children,” she said. 7Then
his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and get you a nurse from the
Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?” 8Pharaoh’s
daughter said to her, “Yes.” So the girl went and called the child’s mother. 9Pharaoh’s
daughter said to her, “Take this child and nurse it for me, and I will give you
your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed it. 10When
the child grew up, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and she took him as
her son. She named him Moses, “because,” she said, “I drew him out of the
water.”
· Response: In the Bible
story we just listened to, We learn that the baby Moses is placed in a basket
and put into the river in the hopes that he will be rescued by someone who
finds him. Moses’ mother did this because his life was in danger because the
Pharaoh or the ruler of the land of Egypt had ordered that all Hebrew baby boys
be put to death. This was a horrible thing that the Pharaoh had ordered to be
done. Moses’ mother was a Hebrew woman from the Levite family. She wanted to
save her baby son and thought the only way for him to live was for her to place
him in a basket and hope that someone would find him. Moses’ mother had great
faith in God that her baby boy would be rescued. The Baby Moses was miraculously
rescued by Pharaoh’s own daughter who unknowingly gave him back to his own
mother who was her servant! What a miracle! In the same way, God has rescued
each of us through the gift of his son Jesus. There will be both good and
difficult times in all of our lives. The good news is that God is always with
each of us. Just as Moses’ mother drew near to god and trusted in his power
alone to rescue her baby son, we too draw near to God as we trust in him in
every part of our lives.
· Closing
Prayer: Heavenly Father, we thank you for the gift of your son Jesus.
Strengthen us in hope and peace as we trust in you that we are always rescued
in your holy love. Amen
Let us pray. Heavenly Father,
· Response
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