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Creation Coloring Pages by Mandy Groce

September 17, 2011 in Uncategorized with 0 Comments

Throughout the remainder of 2011, SojournKids will be studying the book of Genesis.  I’ll be featuring a lot of great resources that we’ll be using in our classrooms and that you can use at home.  To begin, here are some great coloring pages that Sojourn artist Mandy Groce created for http://ministry-to-children.com:

Days of Creation Coloring Pages

 

Let There Be Light (Creation Day One) - This coloring sheet features the events from Genesis 1:3 where God says, “Let there be light.” The picture features the sun and stars that radiate that light on the first day of creation.  This was the first day of the biblical creation story.

God Made the Sky and Sea (Creation Day Two) – This coloring sheet depicts the events from Genesis 1:6-8 where God separates the water and names the sky. This passage is often difficult to conceptualize, but Mandy’s illustration shows layers of water being forced apart as God makes room for the sky.

God Made the Land (Creation Day Three) - In this picture, the artist has shown the events from Genesis 1:9-10 where God brings forth the dry land from the sea. The image depicts several mountain peaks emerging from the ocean. This was the third day of creation.

Let the Land Produce (Creation Day Three) – This coloring sheet continues the events from the third day of creation. It is based on Genesis 1:11-13. The illustration has plants, trees, and grass that overlook an ocean scene.  The words read, “Let the land produce.”

God Made the Sun, Moon, and Stars (Creation Day Four) - Mandy drew her inspiration for this line art picture from Genesis 1:14-19. The picture has four panels, each with a different arrangement of the Sun, Moon, and stars. The words on the page read: “Signs, Seasons, Days, Years.”

God Made the Animals, Fish, and Birds (Creation Days Five & Six) - These next two coloring sheets illustrate the events in Genesis 1:20-25. There are two different options for you to download and print out. These can be coloring in by the children as you teach about God’s creative work in making the animals.

Adam and Eve in the Garden (Creation Day Six) – This printable coloring page shows the people that God made holding hands in a garden setting. The children will love coloring the mountains, flowers, and other elements surrounding the couple. This picture is an illustration of Genesis 1:26-31.

It Was Very Good (Creation Day Seven) - This final picture in the series has the words “very good” and shows the finished work. It is based on Genesis 1:30 – 2:2 where God rested from his work on the seventh day. Adam and Eve are show resting in the garden that God made for them to enjoy in the very good beginning.

Vision: Kids Music Liturgy & Bible Lesson

April 22, 2010 in Uncategorized with 1 Comment

This liturgy is a lesson on biblical stewardship in light of Sojourn’s vision to see the gospel transform everything–ourselves as individuals, our church, our city, and our world.  To learn more, visit http://vision.sojournchurch.com

Leader 1:

(Opening call & response from the Catechism for Boys & Girls)

“Who made the world?’ That’s right, GOD made everything!

“Who made you?” (Pause) That’s right, God made you.

Who made me? (Pause) God made me!

“God made us for His own glory!”

“Why did God make everything?” For His own glory. “Why did God make you?” For His own glory.

We are here to sing to God, He made us for His own glory…. to show His beauty and His excellence.

“For His own Glory” means that God has made everything to show His fame, His beauty and His goodness.

Who are we going to sing to today? Are we here to sing to Mr.______? NO!!!! What about Ms.______? No!!!

We are here to sing to God! Continue Reading…

Imagined Animals-Don’t miss this 930 exhibit!

March 4, 2009 in Uncategorized with 0 Comments

by Bradley Speaks, SojournKids & Sojourn Visual Arts.  on view February 20th – March 22, 2009 in the 2nd floor gallery.

TWO PROJECTS:

A Collaborative Project Between SojournKids and Sojourn Visual Arts

For this first project, about 40 little Picassos at Sojourn church were encouraged to draw animals out of their imaginations.  Older kids and adults then drew, collaged, and painted on top of those original drawings, making them even more wild.  Others were then asked to create names for the imagined animals and write a brief pseudo-scientific description of them.

Continuous Line Yarn Drawings by Bradley Speaks

Bradley speaks will be drawing on the walls with some unlikely tools – a hammer and nails, and a very long string.  This site-specific piece will follow the theme of imagined animals as well.

HT: The 930 Art Center: Imagined Animals.

God Has the Best Imagination, Part 3: Art Project

February 19, 2009 in Uncategorized with 0 Comments

Creation Lesson: “God Has the Best Imagination” by Scott Ramser
Psalm 95, Genesis 1

Art Project (45 minutes)

Tools: Pencil, Computer Paper, Cold press paper, watercolor paints, tempera paints, and paintbrushes

Objective: Students are to create animals from their imagination.  They are to practice brainstorming on the computer paper and ultimately draw their ideas onto the cold press paper and paint the images to finish.  (These images will then be given to the older aged groups of sojourners who will then apply other medias to finish the image.)
Procedure: Students will gather to listen to the Bible passage from which the project is derived, Genesis 1 NLT.  Then students will be instructed that in God’s creation, he created from nothing.  The students will experience the difficulty in this through personal reflection.  Students then will be shown images reflecting the obscurity and creativity of God through images of animals in nature.  They then will be encouraged to use their own creativity (being made in the image of God, we are called to be creative) to imagine new animals.  Ones they have never seen before or heard of.  They are to brainstorm their ideas onto computer pieces of paper from which they will then use these ideas to ultimately draw their “imagined animal” onto a piece of cold press watercolor paper.  Once finished with the drawing, they are to then apply color to the image.  To finish the project, the students are to name the animal, and write a description of its character and habitat.

“Today, we’re going to take what we’ve learned about God’s creation and creativity and put it into practice. We can’t make things like God made, but we can use what God has given to us. God has the very best imagination, but he’s given us great imaginations and great things to work with too.”

God Has The Best Imagination, Part 2: Bible Lesson

February 17, 2009 in Uncategorized with 0 Comments

Creation Lesson: “God Has the Best Imagination” by Mike Cosper
Psalm 95, Genesis 1

Bible Lesson/Game (25-30 minutes):
Today, we’re going to learn about the amazing things that God did when he created the world. Have you ever helped make something? Have you ever helped your mom make cookies or make a project? Raise your hand and tell us what it was:
(Point out to the kids the process – When we make things, we take ingredients and make them into something.)

Did you know that when God made the world, he made it out of nothing? Let’s listen to the Bible together:
(Involve the liturgists – Have the teacher take the role of reader 1, and two liturgists take the roles of readers 2 and 3)

(Excerpts from Genesis 1, NLT)
Reader 1: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Reader 2: Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.  And God saw that the light was good.
Reader 3: Then God said, “Let there be a space between the waters, to separate the heavens from the earth.”

Continue Reading…

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