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Module 4, Unit 2, Lesson 1 the Soldier As a Disciple Module 4, Unit 2, Lesson 1 The soldier as a disciple Guiding Principle: Being a junior soldier means being on the move and following Jesus. Memory Verse: “But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do.” 1 Peter 1:15 (NIV) Leader’s Background Information: In this unit, we will be learning about the movement of The Salvation Army. We will ask questions like: what makes it move, how does it keep moving and what is my part as a junior soldier in making The Salvation Army move? In Lesson One, we are going to explore the idea that being a junior soldier is not simply changing into a uniform or adopting The Salvation Army as your church. It is more about making a statement that you are a disciple of Jesus and are following Him in soldier- like fashion. Being a junior soldier is about finding out where Jesus is going, joining Him, and moving with Him. Guiding Principle: Being a junior soldier means being on the move and following Jesus. Scripture: 1 Peter 1:15 (NIV) Activity What Kids Do Preparation Materials DISCIPLE TAG: Place boundary markers for Junior soldiers play a game IMPACT the area junior soldiers will where the numbers grow • Boundary markers (10 min) play in. as they get tagged. Junior soldiers learn Review lesson. ILLUMINATE that following Jesus means • Bibles (10-15 min) Review verse. being on the move. Junior soldiers watch Kat try to build a bicycle • Video Have video ready to play. INVEST from scratch all by herself. • Small group questions (10-15 min) Read through the questions Junior soldiers reflect on the • Small notebook ahead of time. lesson and the things God • Small reward may be saying. • Small canvas or cardboard • Cardboard • Drywall compound • Wax paper • Household items for texturing Have a sample prepared. • Acrylic craft paints SKYLINE SCULPTURE: Place the cardboard on one • Paintbrushes Junior soldiers make a table and the other materials • Assorted screws, washers INSPIRE skyline of their city as a needed for constructing on (10-15 min) • Colored paper, book pages, reminder that we are to be another table. newspaper soldiers everywhere we go. Copy Worksheets #1-11. • Scissors Copy Take Home Worksheet. • Tacky Glue • Mod Podge® • Sharpies® • Wooden craft sticks • Copies of Worksheet #1-11 • Take Home Worksheet Teachers: If you are printing out the lessons for teaching, be sure to select “Fit” under Page Size. One idea to keep the junior soldiers engaged is to set up stations! If you have a large group, play the game and teach the lesson with the junior soldiers all together, then divide into two groups. The first group will watch the video and go through the small group questions and the second can work on the Inspire project, then switch. IMPACT DISCIPLE TAG1 Group size: 8+ Preparation Time: 15 minutes Time Needed for Activity: 10 minutes Materials: • Boundary markers Preparation: • Prior to class create an open space for play. If you are indoors, put chairs around the perimeter of the room. If you are outside, find an open space to play that is free of debris or obstacles. Directions: 1. Set up marker cones at two different ends of a playing field or basketball court. 2. Have the junior soldiers stand on one side of the field behind a starting line. Make sure everyone can see and hear you. 3. Identify where the finish line is. 4. Designate one junior soldier to start out in the middle of the playing area as the Tagger. 5. This game will have several rounds. 6. Round 1: At your command, (GO!) everyone will run across the field and try to make it across the finish line without getting tagged by the Tagger. If anyone gets tagged by the Tagger, they will join hands with the Tagger and become part of the Tagger team for Round 2. 7. Round 2: If your Tagger was able to tag a few players, the Tagger Team is now bigger and has a larger span. At your command, (GO!) everyone runs across the field again and tries to cross the finish line without getting tagged. Anyone who was tagged by the Tagger Team would be absorbed into the Tagger Team for Round 3. 8. This continues until everyone is absorbed into the Tagger Team. Say: Please come and stand behind this starting line to hear the directions for our game. This game is called Disciple Tag. Everyone will start behind this line here except for one person who will be our Tagger. The Tagger will start out in the middle of the field/court. Can everyone see the finish line across the field/court? We will play several rounds of this game. I will start the first round by saying, “Go!” As soon as you hear me say, “Go,” everyone will 1 Adapted from the game Blob Tag. New Games Book. (San Francisco, CA: The Headlands Press, Ind., 1976), p. 107. M4U2L1: The soldier as a disciple 3 IMPACT run across the field and try to make it across the finish line without getting tagged by the Tagger. If you get tagged by the Tagger, you join hands with him or her and become part of the Tagger team for Round 2. Then I will say, “GO” to start Round 2. Again, everyone will try and run across the field/court without getting tagged. If you do get tagged, you hold hands with the Tagger team and we will begin Round 3. Are there any questions? (Choose your first Tagger.) Let’s begin with as our first Tagger. Ready, GO! (Play several rounds until eventually everyone is absorbed into the Tagger team.) Safety: Encourage children to tag others without hurting them. With any running game there is risk of a collision. After the game, say: In today’s lesson we are going to talk about the Holiness Movement and how The Salvation Army spread very quickly when it first began. For example in 1882, five Salvationists landed in Australia. In two years time, there were over 20,000 soldiers and adherents in 46 corps! That’s a lot of people in a short amount of time. Just like in this game, we started out with one person as the Tagger, and in only a few short rounds we absorbed everyone in the group. That’s what we do as disciples; we tell others about God until everyone has heard the news! Let’s take our seats and learn a little bit more about being on the move with Jesus. 4 M4U2L1: The soldier as a disciple ILLUMINATE Say: When The Salvation Army first began, it spread quickly. People were intrigued by the idea that Jesus was concerned with the people who were not welcome in church buildings. It was, and still is, a movement. What is a movement? A movement is a group of people “on the move.” They are not stationary; they do not sit still. Rather, they have constant activity because they believe in their cause and their mission. Remember the example I just told you about The Salvation Army’s movement in Australia in 1882? Only five Salvationists landed in Australia and, in two years time, there were over 20,000 soldiers and adherents in 46 corps. That was an Army on the move! Being a junior soldier is not simply showing up on Sunday or wearing your junior soldier uniform. (Ask your junior soldiers to stand up.) Being a junior soldier means that you are part of a movement that stretches across the globe. There are junior soldiers in over 128 countries that stand with you. We are a movement being led by Jesus. (Junior soldiers can take their seats.) Here are a few key truths that help us understand what it means to be a part of this movement. Because these key truths are all about Jesus on the move, a movement activity has been added to each key truth. Say: Key Truth 1: Jesus is on the move. (Have the junior soldiers stand up behind their chairs and walk in a circle around the table.) John 1:14 (NIV) says, “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.” Another way to look at this is that Jesus moved into the neighborhood. Now, that verse is talking about when Jesus put on human skin and bones and became a human like us. But the idea behind it is that He MOVED from heaven to Earth. He changed His address to be near us. And now He moves all over the earth to teach, love, and heal people. Do you think it was hard for Jesus to move from heaven to Earth? Why or why not? Key Truth 2: Jesus moves in unexpected places. (Have the junior soldiers and yourself stand on their chairs.) Luke 5:27-31 (NIV) says: “After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. ‘Follow me,’ Jesus said to him, and Levi got up, left everything and followed him. Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, ‘Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?’ Jesus answered them, ‘It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.’” M4U2L1: The soldier as a disciple 5 ILLUMINATE What did you notice about Jesus in these verses? We will find Jesus pursuing friendship with people who you wouldn’t think He should pursue friendship with.
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