MATERIALS LIST COLOR SWATCH 3RD & 4TH GRADE Lesson 1 June 2, 2019 Teacher Devotional After finishing college, I found myself in need of glasses. My diagnosis— nearsightedness means up close objects are clear, but faraway objects are blurry. Until putting on that first pair of glasses, I did not realize just how bad my vision had become. I do not remember having trouble seeing as a child; however, somewhere along the way, my vision changed. Has this same situation occurred with my spiritual eyesight? The Bible addresses our spiritual sight in James 1:23-25. When we are focused on our Savior and the Word He has for His children, it is then that our sight is as it should be. Background Commentary The Holy Spirit had come and empowered the members of the church, and soon after, Peter began to preach to all those present about the salvation that is available to all who would believe (Acts 2:1-21). The Bible declares, in Acts 2:41, that the result of this preaching was “they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.” The church was growing rapidly, not only in number of members, but also in fellowship and unity (Acts 2:42-46). As a result of this spiritual growth among its membership, more souls were saved and added to the church (Acts 2:47). This group of saved, scripturally baptized believers were being blessed abundantly because they believed and followed the pattern that Jesus had set for His church members during His earthly ministry (Acts 1:8). They were fulfilling their purpose and pleasing the Lord. Lesson 1 6 - 2 - 2019 Scripture Text: Acts 2:42-47 Application: God blesses His churches when they focus on sharing Jesus with others. Lesson 1 Memory Verse: “Ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.” Acts 1:8 Basic classroom supplies SPLAT 3rd & 4th Grade Student Leaflet and sticker page SPLAT 3rd & 4th Grade Visuals: Attendance Chart Where Will I Spend Eternity? Visual Lesson 1 Apply Visual SPLAT Tell Card Binoculars (one pair for demonstration or a pair for each student) Globe A bag of miniature marshmallows Small paper cups Corkboard or foam board Colorful pushpins Salvation tracts Choose one or more: Invite your students to share any vacation plans or destinations that they have planned for the summer. Tell them they can witness to others about Jesus while they are there. Are there any aspects of their travel destinations that they can use to spark a conversation about Jesus and salvation? Provide your students with salvation tracts that they can take with them and give to others on their vacations or trips. Complete the activity on page 4 of the student leaflet. Before class, mount the Lesson 1 Apply Visual onto a corkboard or foam board and display it in your classroom (save visual to be used in Lesson 6). Talk with your students about the missionaries your church family supports and the places in the world where they are. Provide your students with colorful pushpins for them to mark the areas where these missionaries are serving. Choose one or more: Hand out the Lesson 1 Tell Cards to your students. Review the Bible account and application of today’s lesson. As a class, have your students read aloud the memory verse from side 1 of the Tell Card. Can any of your students say it from memory already? Turn your students’ attention to side 2 of the Tell Card and have several student volunteers read the activity instructions for each day of this week. An activity for helping your students memorize the memory verse is given for Monday through Friday; however, Saturday’s activity contains only blank lines. Build your students’ enthusiasm for these activities by inviting them to make suggestions for Saturday’s activity. Provide your students with pens for writing their activity ideas on the blank lines. BONUS ACTIVITIES Using the globe, challenge your students to find the countries that you name as fast as they can. These countries could be random or be ones where there are missionaries your church family supports. If there are any leftover marshmallows, let your students have a contest to see how many they can stack on top of each other. Who can build the tallest tower of marshmallows? Let your students use the binoculars to view verses of Scriptures out of a Bible across the room. Have them read the verses aloud. FOCUSED FOR THE FATHER