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[] March 2 & 3 2014 .:. Small Group Team Time Pathways Church Childre !s Mi istry " #ee$e d %leme tary

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Bible Story: I Will Always Love You (lost son) Luke 15:11-20 Bottom Line: Everyone needs to be forgiven, even me Memory Verse: !"orgive t#e t#ings you are #olding against one anot#er "orgive, $ust as t#e Lord forgave you % Colossians 3:13, NIrV Life App: "orgiveness&de'iding t#at someone w#o #as wronged you doesn(t #ave to )ay Basic Truth: I 'an trust *od no matter w#at

This week, were disco erin!:

In t#is wee+(s ,ible story, -esus told a story about a son w#o sinned against #is fat#er and made terrible '#oi'es "Luke #$:##%&'() .#e turning )oint for t#e son was t#e moment #e reali/ed t#at #e was wrong 0e didn(t say #e made a mista+e 0e owned t#at w#at #e did was wrong and returned #ome to see+ #is fat#er(s forgiveness 1ur ,ottom Line is2 * eryone needs to be for!i en, e en me) It(s so easy to rationali/e our selfis# '#oi'es or ma+e e3'uses for our bad de'isions ,ut reali/ing t#at we do t#ings wrong against ot#ers and need to as+ forgiveness is an im)ortant )art of growing u) 0aving t#e 'ourage to as+ for t#at forgiveness is a sign of maturity .#e mont#ly memory verse is2 +,or!i e the thin!s you are holdin! a!ainst one another) ,or!i e, -ust as the Lord for!a e you). Colossians 3:13, NIrV As+ing *od for forgiveness is essential in our relations#i) wit# 0im It(s t#e start of our relations#i) wit# 0im and 'ontinuing to as+ 0is forgiveness brea+s down t#e barriers in our #earts *od always offers us forgiveness for our sins

0elcome Time
/ollect tithes, offerin!s 0hat 1ou 2eed: An offering 'ontainer 0hat 1ou 3o: As+ +ids about t#e grossest t#ing t#ey(ve ever eaten .ry to t#in+ of gross food 'ombinations and as+ t#em if t#ey would ever eat t#ose t#ings Invite +ids to )ut t#eir offering in t#e 'ontainer

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,or!i eness 5opscotch 0hat 1ou 2eed: 4as+ing ta)e, ro'+ 0hat 1ou 3o: 5se mas+ing ta)e to 'reate a #o)s'ot'# board of seven s6uares on t#e floor "orm t#e mas+ing ta)e into letters t#at s)ell t#e word !forgive,% starting at t#e beginning of t#e #o)s'ot'# s6uares *ive ea'# student a turn to go t#roug# t#e board wit#out ste))ing out of t#e s6uares 7e3t, )la'e a ro'+ on one of t#e s6uares and e3)lain t#at as +ids go t#roug# t#is ne3t round, t#ey #ave to free/e w#en t#ey )la'e t#eir foot on t#at s6uare w#ile you read a senten'e out loud des'ribing a situation in w#i'# t#ey may need forgiveness one day W#en you(re finis#ed reading, t#ey #ave to say, !8lease forgive me % 9ome e3am)le senten'es2 You a''identally #it someone in t#e fa'e w#ile )laying s)orts You get angry wit# a family member and 'all #im:#er a bad name You are su))osed to ta+e t#e garbage out but forget You ta+e t#e last s'oo) of food at t#e table wit#out as+ing if anyone else wants it You fall aslee) at nig#t and wa+e u) for s'#ool, forgetting you #ad #omewor+ to do You were )ut in '#arge of #olding ti'+ets for a movie, but you lose t#em You dro) your mom or dad(s 'ell )#one and it brea+s You s#are about a sur)rise )arty t#at was meant to be +e)t )rivate ;ebrief, tal+ing about #ow t#is e3)erien'e was for t#em As+ if doing t#is 'aused t#em to t#in+ of any ot#er situations w#ere t#ey mig#t a'tually need to as+ someone for forgiveness Share an a!e%appropriate story about a time when you reali6ed you needed to ask for someones for!i eness) 1ou can also relate this to when you chose to recei e 7ods for!i eness for your sins when you decided to become a /hristian) 0hat 1ou Say: +8ts a lot easier to for!i e someone who asks for it, isnt it9 Thats why its important to reali6e when we e done somethin! wron! and ask the other person for for!i eness) * eryone needs to be for!i en, e en me).

;rayer Time
0hat 1ou 2eed: 4as+ing ta)e, ro'+ 0hat 1ou 3o: .a+e )art in an a'tive )rayer by giving t#e students one more '#an'e to )lay #o)s'ot'# wit# a new format of s+i))ing t#e s6uare wit# t#e ro'+ in it Instead of t#is being a #ig#<energy a'tivity, '#allenge t#em to wal+ slowly t#roug# ea'# s6uare w#ile t#in+ing about ot#ers t#ey may need to forgive or w#o t#ey mig#t need to as+ forgiveness from =#allenge t#em to )ray for t#ese )eo)le and situations 0hat 1ou Say:

!It(s o+ay if someone didn(t 'ome to mind, but if *od did draw your attention to a )erson or situation, t#in+ about w#at it means to forgive t#ose )eo)le If you feel li+e tal+ing about it wit# someone, I(m willing to listen * eryone needs to be for!i en, e en me) ,or!i eness can restart your relationship like that </=2T>=L%ALT%3*L*T* option you ha e to restart your computer) 1ou really can /=2T>=L how you respond, make an ALTernate choice to for!i e, and 3*L*T* the impact of what that person did to you) I want to )ray for you even now as we end our time W#en it 'omes to )rayer and wondering w#et#er or not *od +nows w#at 0e(s tal+ing about, 8 can trust 7od no matter what).

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=oey 7ooey Slop 0hat 1ou 2eed: =ornstar'#, s)oon, water, small 'u)s, 8o)si'le sti'+s 0hat 1ou 3o: *ive ea'# +id a small 'u) 9)oon a small amount of 'ornstar'# into ea'# +id(s 'u) Let +ids slowly add very small amounts of water a little at time and stir wit# t#eir sti'+ Let +ids 'ontinue to add water to t#eir 'ornstar'# until t#ey end u) wit# a gooey )lay substan'e Let t#em #ave some fun )laying wit# it and en$oying its gooey<ness 0hat 1ou Say: !Even t#oug# t#e goo you made is te'#ni'ally edible, you wouldn(t want to a'tually eat it> [Transition] Today in Lar!e 7roup, we are !oin! to hear about a man who was left with no other choice than to eat slop that was meant for animals to eat, not humans?. Lead your grou) to t#e Large *rou) area