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New Rotation starts September 21^st

MOSES -- “Let My People Go”

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Exodus: action packed and lots to learn….

We started our Moses series by watching the movie The Prince of Egypt.  There’s so much to cover that the movie will help set the stage for the workshops to follow.  Moses’ life was full of adventure and challenges!  He escaped death as an infant; he was raised by the Egyptians in Pharaoh’s family; he saw injustice in the treatment of the slaves and had to flee after his actions went too far; he started over as a shepherd until God called him through a burning bush; he found his birth family and faced Pharaoh with God’s message and led the Hebrews to freedom from slavery.  And that’s just the beginning!

In the book of Exodus, we’ll meet one of the most important biblical people.  He is referred to more in the New Testament than anyone else from the Old Testament!

Moses Workshops will include:

Art – We’ll make our own burning bush to remind us that God calls us, that we don’t have to be perfect to do God’s work on earth, and that all ground we meet God on is holy ground.

Games – We’ll learn more about the events of the story and understand them through some games.

Computer – We’ll go on some “Exodus Adventures” using a 3D adventure game.  Through the eyes of Robin, a teenage archaeologist, we’ll fly in a helicopter to Goshen and then to Midian to find the burning bush.  After visiting Pharaoh’s Palace and learning about the plagues, we’ll follow Robin to base to learn more about the story’s meaning for her life.

Cooking – Always a favourite workshop!   We’ll make a “Plate of Plague” to eat and “Nile River Blood Red Sippers” to drink as we look at the plagues part of the Exodus story.  God, through Moses and Aaron as his messengers, used the horrible 10 plagues to force Pharaoh to free the people.  Some changes are not easy to make!

 

Moses Workshop Rotation Schedule:

Class	Sept 14	Sept 21	Sept 28	Oct 5	Oct 12	Oct 19
Explorers (JK SK)	Movie “The Prince of Egypt”	Art	Games	Computer	Thanksgiving Sunday Come give thanks with us!	Cooking
Adventurers (Gr 1-2)		Cooking	Art	Games		Computer
Trekkers (Gr 3-4)		Games	Computer	Cooking		Art
Questers (Gr 5-7)		Computer	Cooking	Art		Games

 

Sunday School Offering – This fall we’re participating in the CLWR We Care Project.  All Sunday School offering collected as well as items for Children’s or Students Kits will be sent overseas to children in refugee camps.  We’ll send more information soon.  If you want to find out more, go to http://www.clwr.org/WeCare.pdf

Snacks – the kids love to finish off with a treat from the snack table.  If you’d like to contribute a snack, please sign up on the Sunday School entrance bulletin board.