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EN-E-Delilah For Parents

If You Go Looking For Trouble You’ll Find It Samson and Delilah Devotional Read the Biblical text: Judges 16:4-21   Practical At the last minute, cover a sheet of painter’s paper (with mud, or lead pencil). The sheet of paper must still be wet. What happens when a clean sheet of paper rubs against a dirty …

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EN-E-Samson Activity

The Hair Maze   Material Maze (maze attachment) Pencils   Steps Print the maze in sufficient quantities. Ask the children to do the maze.  

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EN-E-Samson Object Lesson

Strength In Weakness   Material Two cloth gloves Glue or paint   Steps The day before, take one of the gloves and soak it in paint or glue and let it dry so that it is beautiful and rigid the next day. During the lesson, ask the children: “Do you want to be strong or …

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EN-E-Samson Craft

Samson Cartoon     Material Paper bags Googly eyes Wool Images of Samson’s arms (attachment) Coloured pencils Scissors   Steps Print the images of Samson’s arms. Distribute the images of the arms to each child and ask them to cut them. Distribute 1 paper bag to each child. Then ask the children to glue the …

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EN-E-Samson Physical Activity

Who’s Stronger?     Material A big rope Several scarves that will serve as landmarks   Steps Before class, prepare the game. To do this, tie a scarf in the middle of the rope. Then place two scarves on the ground 3 or 4 meters on each side of the middle of the rope. These …

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EN-E-Samson Trigger

Are you strong? Material Dumbbells   Steps To introduce the story of Samson refer to Louis Cyr, a famous French-Canadian strongman. Louis Cyr never refused a challenge and was never defeated at home or abroad. Bring small dumbbells  and challenge the children to lift them. Ask them if they know a strong man. Make a …

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EN-E-Samson Snack

Strong Hand     Material Plastic glove Popcorn   Steps Tell the children to fill the plastic gloves with popcorn. Make the connection with the story of the day: Samson was strong.   Dumbbells   Material 1 package of fudge-stripped chocolate cookies Melted chocolate Pretzels LifeSavers style candies Vanilla icing (optional)   Steps Prepare the …

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EN-e-Gideon Physical Activity

“Group”   Material None   Steps The children walk around a field. At one point, the monitor shouts a number. The children must then group themselves into small ”groups” according to the given number. The person or persons who are alone are eliminated. At the end, to joke you can shout 300 to refer to …

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EN-E-Gideon Object Lesson

You Have Potential!   Material Balloon Bottle   Steps Place the uninflated balloon in the bottle. Put the open end of the balloon on the outer edge of the bottle neck. Bring the bottle to your lips and try to inflate the balloon. It’s not going to work. Then take the balloon out of the …

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EN-E-Gideon Trigger

You Can Do It! Material Image printed on a sheet Sticky tack   Steps Stick an image to the wall so that it is impossible for children to reach it. Ask the children to touch the image. They will realize that this is not possible… at least, not as they had imagined. Discuss the fact …

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