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Nov 20th, 2016 .:. .:. Room 301

Pathways Kids Weekend Small Groups

This curriculum is for the 6, 7, and 8 year olds.

This Weeks Scope

Keeping Up with Mephibosheth

Bible Story: Keeping Up with Mephibosheth (David and Mephibosheth) 2 Samuel 9:1-13
Bottom Line: Honor others by keeping your promises.
Memory Verse: Love one another deeply. Honor others more than yourselves. Romans 12:10, NIrV
Life App: Honorletting someone know you see how valuable they really are.
Basic Truth: I should treat others the way I want to be treated.

Welcome Time
Welcome kids and spend time engaging in conversation and catching up. Get ready to experience
todays story.
Before kids arrive, pray for each regular attendee by name. Pray for those who might visit your group
for the first time. Pray that kids would understand what it means to make a promise and to give your
word about something. Ask God to help kids follow through on the things they say theyll do.
What You Need: Offering container
What You Do:
Collect kids offerings as they arrive.
Ask kids what promises others have made to them or they have made to others.
Talk about what a promise isdoing what you say you will do.
Lead your kids to large group.

Activity #1
What You Need: Who Am I Cards Activity Page, tape, scissors
What You Say:
Before David (show David card) became king, he and Sauls (show Saul card) son Jonathan (show
Jonathan card) were best friends and David (show David card) promised he would always be there for
Jonathan (show Jonathan card). When he heard about Jonathan (show Jonathan card) and Sauls
(show Saul card) deaths, David (show David card) wanted to keep his promise. So, now that he was
king, he asked if there was anyone left in Jonathans (show Jonathan card) family he could honor. He
found out that Jonathans (show Jonathan card) son Mephibosheth (show Mephibosheth card) was
still alive, so he called for him and promised to take care of him and his son Mika (show Mika card).
What You Do:
Tape a card to each kids back without letting kids see which card they have.
Let them mingle around your space, giving each other clues about the person on their backs
without using any of the names of the people.
Each kid can only give each person one clue before moving on to the next person.
When kids have guessed who they are, they can take their card off their back and tape it to the
front of their shirt.
What You Say:
David kept his promise to Jonathan even after Jonathan had died. He knew how important it was to
[Bottom Line] honor others by keeping your promises. We can keep our promises to our friends
and family like David did. [Make It Personal] (Tell kids about a time you kept a promise even
though you didnt want to or it was hard to.) When we keep our promises to others, it shows that we
care enough about them to put them ahead of ourselves.

Activity #2
What You Need: Keep Your Promises Activity Page labels, markers
What You Do:
Give each kid a Keep Your Promises label to color
Kids can keep this picture as a reminder to be like David and [Bottom Line] honor others by
keeping your promises.
What You Say:
Giving honor to others is not always easy. Sometimes its hard to keep our promises. [Make It
Personal] (Share a kid-appropriate story about when you kept a promise even though it was
hard. Tell how you felt as well as how it impacted the other person/people.) Have you ever kept a
promise that was hard to keep? (Pause for responses.) What was it?
So heres the thing to remember: [Bottom Line] Honor others by keeping your promises. When you
do, youll show others a great example of who God is and how much He loves them.

Prayer
Opposites

Time

What You Need: Bible, Love One Another Activity Pages; 1 for each SGL, construction paper,
markers, scissors
What You Do:
Invite a child to say this months verse from memory.
Link the command to love one another deeply with todays Bottom Line.
Let each child cut a strip of construction paper, and then use the Love One Another Activity
Page to walk kids through the steps of making paper people chains. (Distribute the markers and
scissors when needed.)
Lead kids to write the Bible verse on their chains and then label each person on the chain as a
person to whom they can keep their promises.
What You Say:
Romans 12:10 tells us to Love one another deeply. When we truly love others, well look hard for
ways to honor them by keeping our promises. So remember: [Bottom Line] honor others by keeping
your promises.

guide the kids to hold the paper chain people they made.
Lead to kids to pray silently, asking God to help them love others deeply by keeping their
promises.
Close the prayer using the conversation below as a guide.

What You Say:

Dear God, thank You for recording the story of David and Mephibosheth in the BibleYour book of
promises to us. Lord, help us be like David and honor others by doing what we say were going to do.
Help us keep our promises no matter what. Thank You. We love you, Lord. Amen.
Have each kid tell their parents the Bottom Line[Bottom Line] honor others by keeping your
promisesand show them the paper people chain they made.