Module 9, Unit 2, Lesson 1 Salvation Army Innovation in Ministry

Module 9, Unit 2, Lesson 1 Salvation Army innovation in ministry

Guiding Principle: The Salvation Army uses innovative methods to reach people for Jesus. It did in the past. It still does today.

Memory Verse: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1 (NIV)

Leader’s Background Information: From the very beginning, William Booth believed that The Salvation Army needed to use innovative methods to reach people for Jesus Christ and to accomplish the mission. In this unit, junior soldiers will learn various types of innovative ministry used throughout The Salvation Army’s history including literature, music, and gospel arts.

In this first lesson, junior soldiers will learn the definition of innovation, the example of William Booth, and specific examples of innovation throughout The Salvation Army including migration assistance and law services. Guiding Principle: The Salvation Army uses innovative methods to reach people for Jesus. It did in the past. It still does today. Scripture: Genesis 1:1 (NIV)

Activity What Kids Do Preparation Materials

HANDSHAKES: Junior soldiers practice different handshakes Create an open • None IMPACT and create their own space for play. (10-15 min) handshake to understand what it means to be innovative.

• Bibles Junior soldiers learn about • Various recycled items Review lesson. innovation through Salvation (ex: newspaper, paper towel Review verse. ILLUMINATE Army history and creating rolls, cardboard boxes, etc.) (10-15 min) Prepare tables and space for something new from • Tape the creative project. old materials. • Scissors • Markers

Junior soldiers watch as Bram talks about • Bibles INVEST the amazing innovation Have video ready to play. • Small reward (10-15 min) in The Salvation Army. Read through the • Video Junior soldiers reflect on questions ahead of time. • Small group questions the lesson and the things • Small notebook God may be saying.

Copy Take Home Worksheet. BURSTING TOWARD Copy and fold Worksheet #1, • Paper THE NEW: one for every two • Basket Junior soldiers fit themselves junior soldiers. INSPIRE • Worksheet #1 (10-15 min) through a single sheet of Practice the challenge so • Scissors paper to practice looking you can explain how to do it. • Take Home Worksheet at things in a new way. Place scissors on each table. Put basket at front of room.

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

HANDSHAKES Group Size: 8+ Preparation Time: 5 minutes Time Needed for Activity: 15 minutes

Materials: • None

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. Have the junior soldiers stand in a circle. Include yourself in the circle. 2. Invite junior soldiers to find a partner. 3. Use the information listed in the Teacher Script below to explain the handshakes and ask the discussion questions. 4. Explain the lumberjack handshake and ask the related discussion question. 5. After two minutes of discussion, tell your junior soldiers to remember who their partner is for the lumberjack handshake and have them find a new partner, if possible. If your brigade is small, junior soldiers can do handshakes with the same partner. 6. Explain the salmon handshake and ask the related discussion question. 7. After two minutes of discussion, tell your junior soldiers to remember who their partner is for the salmon handshake and have them find a new partner. 8. Explain the cow handshake and ask the related discussion question. 9. After two minutes of discussion, tell your junior soldiers to remember who their partner is for the cow handshake and have them find a new partner. 10. Ask junior soldiers to create a unique handshake together and ask the related discussion question. Allow one to two minutes for the paired discussion. 11. Ask junior soldiers to find one more new partner. Invite them to teach their new partner the handshake they just created with their last partner. Each junior soldier will have a handshake to teach and learn. 12. Ask the related discussion question. Allow one to two minutes for the paired discussion. 13. Give instructions for the “Handshake Frenzy.”

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14. Call out each of the handshakes one at a time and have junior soldiers quickly greet their partner from that specific handshake. Then after twenty seconds, or long enough for everyone to find their partner and complete the handshake, call out another handshake. Continue until all five handshakes have been completed.

Say: Hi everyone and welcome. I’m really glad to see you today. Please come and stand in a circle to hear the directions for our game. We’re going to learn some new handshakes today. Everyone choose a partner. (Pause while they do this. If there is an uneven number of junior soldiers, be someone’s partner.)

I once lived near some woods. Lumberjacks lived nearby. Every day, when they showed up for work, they greeted each other in a strange way that I had not seen before. Being the curious person that I am, I asked, “What was that?” They answered, “That’s the lumberjack handshake. You’ve never seen it before?” I said, “No, will you teach it to me?”

Demonstrate the lumberjack handshake.

Say: You begin by giving a “thumbs up,” then your partner grabs your thumb, then you grab their thumb, and finally they grab your thumb.(All four hands are in this position.) Then together you pretend to saw a log and say your names together “lumberjack style.” Move your hands back and forth saying each other’s names gruffly, in a deep lumberjack voice. Go ahead and greet your lumberjack handshake partner.

Once the partners have done this handshake, get their attention.

Say: Great job! When a lumberjack cuts down a tree, the lumber or wood is used to make things like furniture, houses, and even popsicle sticks! Take two minutes and tell your lumberjack handshake partner something you enjoy making or creating.

Allow for two minutes of discussion, then get the group’s attention.

Say: Remember who your lumberjack handshake partner is. Now find a new partner. I will teach you a new handshake with this new partner. (If you only have a few junior soldiers, they do not have to switch after each handshake. Remember to be someone’s partner if you have an uneven number of junior soldiers.)

Once everyone has found a new partner, teach the second handshake.

Say: The woods where these lumberjacks worked were right next to a river. Once a year salmon swam upstream to lay their eggs. Hundreds of salmon! Lots of fisherman came and tried to catch the fish. One morning I saw two

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fishermen greet each other in a strange way that I had never seen before. Now being the curious person that I am, I asked, “What was that?” They replied, “Oh, this is the salmon handshake. You’ve never seen it before?” I replied, “No, will you teach it to me?”

Demonstrate the salmon handshake.

Say: You begin by putting your arms straight out across from your partner, alternating your arms like a zipper. The palms of your hands should be even with the forearms of your partner. Make sure you roll your sleeves up because the sound effects on this one are fun. Then the tails of the salmon gently slap back and forth with one another. Very gently slap your hands back and forth against your partner’s forearms. Go ahead and greet your salmon handshake partner!

Once the partners have done this handshake, get their attention.

Say: Great job! Now the life of the salmon includes a challenging swim upstream. Take two minutes and tell your salmon handshake partner something that is challenging when you create something new.

Allow for two minutes of discussion, then get the group’s attention.

Say: Remember who your salmon handshake partner is. Now find a new partner. I will teach you a new handshake with this new partner.

Once everyone has found a new partner, teach the third handshake.

Say: On the other side of the river was a big dairy farm. Each morning when the workers showed up to milk the cows, I saw them greet each other in a weird way. One of them would go like this. (Demonstrate the udder hand position by lacing your hands together with your thumbs pointing up and as far apart as possible. Turn your hands upside down to create the udders.) The other person would squeeze their friend’s downward pointed thumbs and pretend to milk the udders. This is the cow handshake where one person makes the udders and the other person milks the udders. You can take turns if you want. Go ahead and greet your cow handshake partner.

Once the group has done this handshake, get their attention.

Say: Great job! Out of curiosity, did this handshake make anyone feel uncomfortable? (Raise your hand to elicit a response from the group.) Sometimes when we create new things, it can be scary at first. Tell your cow handshake partner something that might be scary when you are creating new things.

Allow for two minutes of discussion, then get the group’s attention.

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Say: Remember who your cow handshake partner is. Now find a new partner. We will do a new handshake with this new partner.

Pause until everyone has a new partner.

Say: The last three handshakes have been kind of silly, but pretty creative. Now you are going to create a new handshake with your new partner. It can be as silly and goofy as you’d like. I’m going to give you two minutes to create a new handshake with your partner.

Once they have created their handshakes, get their attention.

Say: Great job! Now that you’ve created a cool, new handshake with your partner, talk about how you feel when you get to be creative and make something new.

Allow for two minutes of discussion, then get the group’s attention.

Say: Remember who your “create your own” handshake partner is. Now find a new partner. (Even if you have a small brigade and junior soldiers have not been switching each time, have everyone switch this time.)

Pause until everyone has a new partner.

Say: For this handshake, teach your new partner the handshake you and your previous partner created! Take turns teaching your handshake to your partner, so each of you will have a handshake to teach and learn. Any questions?

Once they have taught their handshakes, get their attention.

Say: Great job! Now that you’ve taught your new handshake to someone else, talk about how it felt to teach someone else something you helped create.

Allow for two minutes of discussion, then get the group’s attention.

Say: We are going to do a “Handshake Frenzy.” I’ll call out the name of a handshake. Quickly, find the partner you did that handshake with and do that handshake together. Then I will call out the name of a different handshake. Again, quickly, find the partner you did that handshake with and do that handshake together. Now when I say “quickly” and “frenzy,” it does not mean you need to push people out of the way to find your partner or be rude. Just find them quickly, do your handshake, and listen for the next handshake to be called. I will give you plenty of time to find your partner and do your handshake. Any questions? (Pause and answer any questions.) Okay, then, salmon handshake.

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Call all five handshakes, then debrief the game.

Say: In today’s lesson, we are going to talk about being innovators. An innovator is someone who presents something new and creative. In this activity, you got to be creative and invent a new handshake with your partner. When you taught your handshake to someone else, you were an innovator! Today we are going to explore examples of innovation within The Salvation Army and learn some special ways to become an innovator for God as a junior soldier in God’s Army. Let’s take our seats and learn more about this.

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Gather materials needed: recycled items, tape, scissors, markers, and (optional) world map.

Say: Tell us about something creative you did this week. Maybe you created a drawing or a poem, or maybe you thought up a creative way to solve a problem. (Encourage response.)

Today we’re learning about innovation and creativity. Innovation means doing new things or finding new ways of doing old things. From the very beginning, William Booth believed The Salvation Army needed to use innovative methods to reach people for Jesus Christ and to accomplish the mission.

Our memory verse is Genesis 1:1 (NIV). “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” The heavens and the earth were only the beginning. God created everything! And, since people are made in God’s image, people are creative, too!

Today, we’ll learn the history of The Salvation Army’s innovation in ministry.

An innovator is a person who introduces something new. Innovators need creativity, bravery, imagination, and faith. We believe the Holy Spirit leads us and gives us these things so we can innovate for Jesus. We can do new things or do old things in a new way!

Imagine sitting down with William Booth, the Founder of The Salvation Army, and talking about innovation. He might say: “Beginning as I did with a clean sheet of paper, wedded to no plan...willing to take a leaf out of anyone’s book. . . above all, to obey the direction of the Holy Spirit...we tried various methods and those that did not answer we unhesitatingly threw overboard and adopted something else.”1

What key words did you notice in this quote? (Encourage response.) We aren’t used to people talking the way people did in William Booth’s day, are we? What he meant was that we need to be creative in the way we reach people for Jesus. Try new things! If they do not work, then throw them out and try more new things!

We need to obey the leading of the Holy Spirit. William Booth believed that

1 Sandall, R. and A.R. Wiggins, The History of the Salvation Army Vol. II. (London: Salvationists Publishing and Supplies Ltd., 1950), 208.

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the Holy Spirit would show us the best way to do the mission. After all, it was God’s work, and God was the first innovator. God is creative. Creativity is an important part of being an innovator. Let’s learn more about the history of innovation in The Salvation Army as we create new things!

Place recycled items, tape, scissors, and makers in the middle of the group. As you share the examples of innovative ministry, encourage the junior soldiers to create something new with the recycled items. For example, they could use paper towel rolls, cardboard boxes, and newspaper to assemble a mini robot. When finished, have junior soldiers share their creations.

Say: Here are two examples of creative ways The Salvation Army has worked to help people and teach them about Jesus:

1. Migration Assistance (1885 until the early 1980’s) A migrant is someone who moves from one country to another. People migrate for a lot of reasons: to find better jobs, to find religious freedom, to be safe, to escape war, or because their home has been destroyed by natural disasters like hurricanes, floods, and fires, etc. Over the period of this ministry, The Salvation Army helped a quarter of a million people to emigrate, or leave their own country to settle in another country. Most of the people went from the British Isles to other areas where the British had expanded: mainly Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. (Teachers, if possible, use a map to show this journey.)

The Salvation Army helped migrants in the following ways: • Provided a service which helped migrants with needed appointments, getting the right papers, travel arrangements, etc. • Provided a way for people who could not afford the full cost of migration to borrow money. • Provided extra levels of care for migrants including helping people gain acceptance into the new country, as well as partnering with migrants before, during, and after their journeys.

2. Law Services: Salvos Legal William Booth always had a big idea of setting up a poor man’s lawyer or someone to help when a person has to go to court.

This idea inspired an Australian soldier named Luke Geary. He began giving free legal advice from his corps once a week. It started small, but it grew into The Salvation Army ministry in Australia called Salvos Legal.3 (Salvos is what Salvationists are called in Australia.) Now it has grown so people all through Australia know its name. It “has delivered about $35 million worth of free legal advice over the past five years.”4 From thirty-three workers and

2www.salvoslegal.com.au/

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180 volunteers (people who work for free) working across sixteen offices, it is expading to thirty-five offices throughout Australia. Mr. Geary wants to help as many families that cannot afford a lawyer as he can.

These are two innovative ways that The Salvation Army has helped people. Whenever The Salvation Army helps people with problems, it also teaches them about Jesus, because that is the most important part. Junior soldiers can be innovators too. The Bible reminds us that God is the only One who can create something out of nothing. When we listen to the Holy Spirit, He gives us what we need to be innovative soldiers in God’s Army.

We need: 1. Creativity 2. Bravery 3. Imagination 4. Faith

The Salvation Army uses innovative methods to reach people for Jesus. It did in the past. It still does today.

Let’s pray and ask God to guide us and give us the creativity, bravery, imagination, and faith that we need to do innovative things for Him.

If you have a small group of junior soldiers, say: Now we’re going to watch a video to teach us more.

If you have a large group of junior soldiers, say: Now we’re going to divide into two groups. Half of you will watch a video to teach us more, and the other half will work on the project. Then, we’ll switch.

If applicable, divide your junior soldiers into two groups. Settle one group in front of the TV or tablet to watch the Invest video and the others can begin working on the Inspire project. If you have only one leader, try following these instructions: While the video is playing, go over the instructions for the project with the project group. When the video ends, go through the small group questions with the video group. After both groups have completed their activity, switch.

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Memory Verse: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1 (NIV)

Say: This unit’s Scripture memory verse is Genesis 1:1. Let’s read it together.

Teaching truth to our junior soldiers is one of the most practical ways we can lead them into a relationship with God and His Word. This verse will be reviewed each week throughout this unit. Provide a small reward for those who may have memorized it today.

Say: In this week’s video, Bram talks about the amazing innovation in The Salvation Army—all the creative ways it reaches people for Jesus.

Play Video

Small Group Tip: Encourage Small Group Questions creativity as a way to call out Say: Now we are going to take some time to think about what we learned the creative nature of God in today. I’m going to ask a few questions. Try to answer each question each child. Being made in the honestly, and respect one another by listening to each other with patience image of God means that each and without judgment. person possesses creative gifts that can be used towards • What is something new you learned about the ministry of The Salvation building God’s Kingdom. Notice Army from our lesson today? and point out creative gifts as • Which one of the ministries you learned about today is your favorite you see them in the classroom, and why? and be sure to let parents know • What is one thing that ties all of these ministries together? when they come to class. • Innovation was important in The Salvation Army’s early days. It still is. Say, “Today your child painted What are some things we can do to be creative in ministry at our corps? a beautiful picture. I saw the image of God in her as she used her creativity for good.”

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BURSTING TOWARD THE NEW

Materials: • Paper • Basket • Worksheet #1, copied and folded, one for every two junior soldiers • Scissors • Take Home Worksheet

Preparation: • Copy Take Home Worksheet. • Copy and fold Worksheet #1, one for every two junior soldiers. • Practice the challenge so you can explain how to do it. • Place scissors on each table. • Place basket at front of room.

Directions: Give the junior soldiers a piece of paper and have them do the following: 1. Put cell phones or tablets in the basket (so they are not tempted to look up how to do this challenge). 2. Find a partner. 3. Try to figure out a way to fit their whole body through the whole piece of paper. 4. After five minutes, see who was successful. If someone was successful, have them explain what they did. 5. (If no one was successful, give each junior soldier a copy of Worksheet #1 and have them do the following:) Cut along the lines on Worksheet #1, being careful to stop before the edge each time. 6. Cut along the loops that are on the folded side, being careful not to cut the first and last loops. 7. Carefully open the paper up. It should be a big loop. Try and fit themselves through it.

Pass out the Take Home Worksheet.

Say: Just like Salvationists of the past, sometimes we need to look at things in a new way to try to reach people for Jesus.

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Sandall, R. and A.R. Wiggins, The History of the Salvation Army Vol. II. (London, UK: Salvationist Publishing and Supplies Ltd., 1950), 208.

Booth, William. In Darkest England: And the Way Out. (New York, NY: Funk and Wagnalls, 1890), 218.

Taken from “Migration” Subject Guide. The Salvation Army International Heritage Center. London, UK. www.salvoslegal.com.au/ www.theaustralian.com.au/business/legal-affairs/salvos-lifts-its-growth-target-to-fund-free-legal-aid/news- story/1bbbe101429e2bcd25bd4a6db0720ab4 M9U2L1, Worksheet 1: Salvation Army innovation in ministry Take Home Worksheet Module 9, Unit 2, Lesson 1 Salvation Army innovation in ministry

Shape Creations Below you will see four shapes. Let’s be creative and innovative and turn each shape into something from our own imagination. What could these shapes become? Are they part of a larger image? Turn the shapes into your creations in the space below. Then show them to a friend or family member and see if they can guess what they are. Family Bible Reading Plan This week, junior soldiers learned about how innovative The Salvation Army was in creating programs that helped those in need, specifically immigrants and those who were poor. Let’s take a look in the Bible to see what God says about immigrants and refugees, or as the Bible calls them, foreigners, and the poor.

Read through the following verses with your junior soldier this week.

DAY ONE Exodus 22:21 Can you remember, from Sunday school or Junior Soldier lessons, how the Israelites were treated in Egypt? Can you think of people you know who are were not born in America? How should we treat them? DAY TWO Leviticus 19:34 In what ways can we love people like we love ourselves and our family? What can we do as a family to show love to people DAY THREE who live here but aren’t from here? Exodus 23:6 Why might poor people be treated unfairly in a lawsuit? (Think about how much a lawsuit costs.) You learned DAY FOUR about a ministry The Salvation Army Leviticus 19:10 does in Australia that helps people What does it mean to go over your who can’t afford a lawsuit. What’s one vineyard a second time, and why thing you learned that stood out to shouldn’t people do that? How does you about that ministry? leaving grapes or crops behind help the poor and foreigner? (foreigner: person not from this country) Most of us aren’t farmers. Is there anything we can do to make sure that the poor and foreigner get food? Module 9, Unit 2, Lesson 2 Salvation Army literature

Guiding Principle: The Salvation Army uses innovative methods, like literature, to reach people for Jesus.

Memory Verse: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1 (NIV)

In this second lesson, junior soldiers will learn how The Salvation Army has used literature throughout its history as a creative way to reach people for Jesus. They will learn about the history of The War Cry and The Little Soldier. Guiding Principle:

The Salvation Army uses innovative methods, like literature, to reach people for Jesus. Scripture: Genesis 1:1 (NIV)

Activity What Kids Do Preparation Materials

TELEPHONE GAME: Junior soldiers play the telephone game to see Create an open • Phrases to be used how important written space for play. IMPACT during the game communication is because Write the phrases from the (10 min) • Index cards verbal communication can activity on the index cards. sometimes not communicate the message clearly.

• Bibles • The War Cry (if corps Junior soldiers learn about doesn’t have copies, Review lesson. The Salvation Army’s print pages from the Review verse. ILLUMINATE literary publications and most recent edition at (10-15 min) Prepare tables for the use The War Cry to create www.thewarcry.org) children to create artwork. an innovative collage. • Scissors • Tape • Poster board

Junior soldiers watch • Bibles as Bram teaches us how Have video ready to play. • Small reward INVEST The War Cry got started. (10-15 min) Read through the • Video Junior soldiers reflect on questions ahead of time. • Small group questions the lesson and the things • Small notebook God may be saying.

• Elmers glue® • Black and colored Sharpies® Copy Take Home Worksheet. • Old magazines THE WAR CRY COVER: Print out old covers • The War Cry covers INSPIRE Junior soldiers create their of The War Cry. (10-15 min) • Construction paper own cover for The War Cry. Place art supplies on a • Scissors and Tape table in front of the room. • Small white poster board (one per junior soldier) • Take Home Worksheet

TELEPHONE GAME Group Size: 4+ Preparation Time: 5 minutes Time Needed for Activity: 10 minutes

Materials: • Index cards • Phrases to be used during the game

Preparation: • Prior to class, create an open space for play. If you are indoors, put chairs around the perimeter of the room. • Write the phrases to be used during the game on index cards, one per card.

Directions: 1. The junior soldiers get into groups of six to eight (or whatever size works for your brigade) and sit on the floor in a single file line. (If any of the junior soldiers will have difficulty sitting on the floor, have everyone make a line with their chairs instead.) 2. Whisper a phrase in the ear of the first person in line. Whisper as softly as possible so nobody else can hear it. 3. That person whispers whatever he or she heard to the person sitting next to him or her. 4. The game continues in this fashion until the last person receives the message. 5. The last person says aloud the message they heard. 6. The first person says aloud the original phrase they were given. 7. Everyone gets into a different order and plays the game again with a different phrase. 8. Debrief the activity.

Note: If a virtual version of this game is needed, the leader can mouth the words of the phrase. The junior soldiers can take turns trying to guess the phrase by reading the leader’s lips. Or, all the junior soldiers can try to guess the phrase by reading the leader’s lips at the same time. The debrief is the same.

Say: Hi everyone and welcome. I’m really glad to see you today. Please get into groups of six to eight people and have a seat on the floor in a single file line. (Pause until everyone is seated.) Today we are going to play the game

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of Telephone. I will whisper a sentence in the ear of the first person in the line. That person will whisper it in the ear of the person sitting next to them. Then they will pass it on to the person sitting next to them, and so on until the last person gets the message. Then the person at the end of the line will say aloud the message they heard and the person at the front of the line will say aloud the message they started. We will play three rounds. After each round, everyone will change places.

You have to be a good listener when you receive the message, and you have to be a good teller when you are sending the message. Please do not try to mess up the message on purpose. Please do your best to pass along the message that you hear. You may not repeat the message when you say it in the next person’s ear. You can only say it one time. (If you have younger junior soldiers, they can say it two times.) Make sure you say it slow enough so the person can hear it and soft enough that others sitting around you cannot hear it. So, say it not too soft, not too loud, and not too fast. Any questions? (Answer any questions. Then whisper the first message.)

Make up your own or use these phrases that you have written on index cards: • Bananas are better than biscuits for breakfast on Saturdays. • A pink pig and a pesky donkey flew a kite at night. • The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog and says hello to the cat.

After the game, say: Did everyone notice how different the messages were from the start of the line to the end of the line? It’s crazy how different some of those messages were! What are some ways we can share with others to make sure that everyone gets the same message? (Pause for responses. Be sure to add in “writing it down” if this suggestion is not offered.) Did you notice that I had the messages written down on these cards to be sure I got the message right the first time? What would have happened if I had whispered the message from the card and the given the person the card as well to pass along? Do you think the message would have gotten as confused? Why or why not? (Pause for responses.)

In today’s lesson we are going to talk about how The Salvation Army uses literature, which means things written down, to reach people for Jesus. From the beginning, The Salvation Army has used newspapers, brochures and flyers, magazines and books to be sure the message of Jesus is clear and understood. This game shows messages can easily get lost along the way if they aren’t written down. The messages in this game were really silly, but the message of Jesus is really important. Let’s take our seats and learn more about how The Salvation Army uses literature to tell people about Jesus.

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Gather materials needed: Copies of The War Cry and Peer, scissors, tape, and poster board. If your corps does not have copies, go to www.thewarcry.org and print pages from the most recent edition.

Say: Tell us about something you read this week—maybe a book, magazine, or newspaper. (Encourage response.)

Today we will continue learning about innovation and creativity. From the very beginning, William Booth believed that The Salvation Army needed to use innovative methods to reach people for Jesus Christ and to accomplish the mission.

Our memory verse is Genesis 1:1 (NIV). “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” The heavens and the earth was just the start. God created everything! And, since people are made in God’s image, people are creative, too!

Today, we’ll learn about ways The Salvation Army creatively uses literature to reach people for Jesus.

Does anyone remember the definition of innovation that we talked about last week? It is defined in Webster’s dictionary as “the introduction of something new.” An innovator is a person who introduces something new. Innovators need creativity, bravery, imagination, and faith. We believe the Holy Spirit leads us and gives us these things so we can innovate for Jesus! We can do new things or we can do old things in a new way.

Let’s learn more about innovation in literature by looking at one example: The Salvation Army magazine called The War Cry.

Place the magazines, scissors, and tape on the tables. Put the posterboard in the middle. Have the junior soldiers: Look for examples of innovation and creativity in the magazine; cut out words or pictures that express creativity to them; and tape the words and pictures on the poster board to create a brigade innovation collage.

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THE WAR CRY / SALVATIONIST PUBLICATIONS1: Say: The first copy or edition ofThe War Cry, the official magazine of The Salvation Army, was printed on December 27, 1879. Since then, The War Cry has appeared in countries all over the world. It tells people about what The Salvation Army does. But more importantly, it tells people about Jesus. The Salvation Army now issues over 150 different magazines.

The Little Soldier began in London in 1881 and is the oldest magazine of its kind in the world. Its name was later changed to The Young Soldier and again later to Young Salvationist. It still has the largest circulation (number of copies printed) of any children’s religious weekly. In 2019, its name in the United States changed to Peer.

The War Cry, edited by Commissioner George Scott Railton, first appeared in the United States on January 15, 1881. At first, there wasn’t enough money to publish (print) The War Cry regularly, so it only came out on special occasions. But, by March 1884, it became a monthly magazine and in November 1889, a weekly magazine.

The Salvation Army published different versions or editions for different amounts of time throughout the United States. An occasional German edition was published in the USA Eastern Territory beginning in October 1892. A Chinese edition published in San Francisco in 1896 and a Japanese edition published in 1924, both in what is now the USA Western Territory, did not last long. Stridsropet began in February 1891 and served Scandinavian- American Salvationists for many years. Also, a Spanish language edition, El Grito de Guerra, started in the USA Southern Territory in April 1954, and later issued by the USA National Headquarters (NHQ) until 1977, is now being published out of Mexico.

The American version of The War Cry comes out once a month. In recent years The War Cry is more for the general public and people who don’t go to church. Each of the four territories in the United States has its own newspaper. These share articles and news for Salvationists. Many of the over 130 countries in which the Salvation Army serves also publish books. Whether they are for Salvationists or for people who don’t go to church, the books, newspapers, and magazines that The Salvation Army publishes all have one goal: bring people to Jesus.

Summary of The War Cry: Literature: writings • The first edition was printed on Saturday, December 27, 1879. such as books, • The first page and first article were written by General William Booth. magazines, poetry, • The first attempts to printThe War Cry (think printing press) occurred pamphlets or after midnight and the machine broke down! By the next day, after brochures etc. repairs were made, over 1,400 copies were printed per hour.

1 Excerpt from The Historical Dictionary of The Salvation Army

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• The first printing was 17,000 magazines! After General Booth bought a new and better printing machine, the next printing was 200,000. • The War Cry was originally made to tell soldiers, officers, and the wider public about how The Salvation Army was growing. The Salvation Army uses innovative methods, like literature, to reach people for Jesus.

Last week we talked about what creative thing you think God might give you to do so that you can reach people with the love of Jesus. What others have you thought of this week? (Encourage response.)

Let’s pray asking God to guide us and give us the creativity, bravery, imagination, and faith that we need.

If you have a small group of junior soldiers, say: Now we’re going to watch a video to teach us more.

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Memory Verse: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1 (NIV)

Say: This unit’s Scripture memory verse is Genesis 1:1. Let’s read it together.

Allow a time for junior soldiers to recite this verse from memory. Review it again, providing a small reward for those who have memorized the verse. This verse will be reviewed each week throughout this unit.

Say: In this week’s video, Bram teaches us how The War Cry got started.

Play Video

Small Group Questions Small Group Tip: Encourage Say: Now we are going to take some time to think about what we learned creativity as a way to call out today. I’m going to ask a few questions. Try to answer each question the creative nature of God in honestly, and respect one another by listening to each other with patience each child. Being made in the and without judgment. image of God means that each person possesses creative • Do any of you like to write? What kinds of things do you like to write? gifts that can be used towards • When was the first edition ofThe War Cry printed? building God’s Kingdom. Notice • Why did William Booth want there to be a War Cry? and point out creative gifts as • What are some creative ways you have seen Christians trying to you see them in the classroom, tell others about Jesus? and be sure to let parents know • If you wrote a news article to tell people about Jesus, what would when they come to class. the title be? Say, “Today your child painted a beautiful picture. I saw the image of God in her as she used her creativity for good.”

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THE WAR CRY COVER

Materials: • Copies of old covers of Young Salvationist or The War Cry • Small white poster board (one per junior soldier) • Black and colored Sharpies® • Colored pencils • Old magazines • Construction paper • Scissors • School glue • Tape • Take Home Worksheet

Preparation: • Copy Take Home Worksheet. • Print out old covers of Young Salvationist or The War Cry. • Place the art supplies on a table in the front of the room.

Directions: Give each junior soldier a small piece of poster board. Have the junior soldiers do the following: 1. Think of something that is happening in the world today and how The Salvation Army is helping. 2. Look at the covers of Young Salvationist or The War Cry to get ideas. 3. Design a cover about it for The War Cry. Use art supplies provided. 4. Write their name at the bottom or on the back of their paper.

Pass out the Take Home Worksheet.

Say: Use your cover of The War Cry to remind you that innovation and creativity are important in The Salvation Army because they help us to reach even more people for Jesus.

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“The War Cry/Salvation Army Publications” In Historical Dictionary of the Salvation Army. Edited by Merritt, John G., and Allen Satterlee. (Lanham, MA: Rowen and Littlefield, 2017), 615ff. There are two types of literature: fiction and non-fiction. Fiction books are about things that never happened and non-fiction books are about things that did actually happen. Today, you are going to use innovation and imagination to write your own fiction story. Below, you will see a short story. Try your best not to read it yet. It will ruin the fun. Find the blank spaces. Underneath the blank spaces you will see a category like your favorite color, a first name, an action verb. Find a partner and think of the most creative words you can and have your partner write them in the blanks. Then you can switch and write your partner’s words in the blanks. When all of the blanks are filled in, read your story and see how creative your writing can be!

“There once was a Salvation Army soldier named . first name last name was very , he or she kind adjective 2 and ; kind adjective 2 kind adjective 3 but there is something about the first name you chose that you will not believe! Did you know that they had a number from 2-2000 a crazy color ! It’s true! The Salvation Army plural animals soldier fed them and they your favorite food grew bigger and bigger until they were larger than . When I saw them, something really big I because I was so surprised! an action verb Take Home Worksheet Module 9, Unit 2, Lesson 2 Salvation Army literature

Family Bible Reading Plan This week, junior soldiers learned how innovative early Salvationists were in creating The War Cry and The Little Soldier. Let’s take a look at the creation passages in the Bible and use our imaginations to create our own stories.

Read through the following verses with your junior soldier this week.

DAY ONE Genesis 1:1 If you were to create a planet, or a place where a new type of race would live, what would the planet look like? What kinds of things would there be?

DAY TWO Genesis 1:21 DAY THREE So, we talked yesterday about a new planet Genesis 1:27 you might create – what would the creatures What would the creatures of your on that planet look like? What would they planet look like? How would they do? What would they eat? eat? What would they breathe? What would they do?

DAY FOUR Genesis 5:2 “…And He named them ‘Mankind’ when they were created.” How would you want to bless your creation, the creatures of your land? How do you think God blesses us? Module 9, Unit 2, Lesson 3 Salvation Army music

Guiding Principle: The Salvation Army uses innovative methods, like music, to reach people for Jesus.

Memory Verse: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1 (NIV)

In this third lesson, junior soldiers will learn how music throughout The Salvation Army’s history served as a creative way to reach people for Jesus, as they learn about the purpose of music, major events in Salvation Army music, and music resources for today.

In preparation for Illuminate, know where the following are on a world map or globe: The Netherlands, England, USA Southern territory, USA Western territory, Sweden, Indonesia, Australia, and Angola. Guiding Principle:

The Salvation Army uses innovative methods, like music, to reach people for Jesus. Scripture: Genesis 1:1 (NIV)

Activity What Kids Do Preparation Materials

ALL INCLUSIVE MUSICAL CHAIRS: Create an open Junior soldiers play a space for play. • Sturdy chairs, not folding IMPACT modified game of musical Set chairs up in a circle (one per junior soldier) (10 min) chairs where no one is with the seats facing out. • Salvation Army music removed fromthe game to Find Salvation Army • Speakers learn about inclusiveness music and have it ready. and Salvation Army music.

• Bibles Review lesson. • Worship Music Review verse. Junior soldiers learn • Player or speakers Copy Worksheet #1 about the roots and purpose • Video of music clips ILLUMINATE and cut out flags. (10-15 min) of The Salvation Army’s (link in lesson) Find a worship cd or innovative music ministry. • Worksheet #1 load music on phone. • Globe or world map Have video ready to play. • Tape

Junior soldiers • Bibles get to hear another Have video ready to play. • Small reward INVEST Sally Songs with Bram. (10-15 min) Read through the questions • Video Junior soldiers reflect ahead of time. • Small group questions on the lesson and the • Small notebook things God may be saying.

• Plastic zipper bags, sandwich size • Metal jar lids Copy Take Home Worksheet. • Loom bands/small colored Make a craft kit for rubber bands each junior soldier. MINI BANJO: • Duct tape, not black Put duct tape, washi tape, INSPIRE Junior soldiers create • Jumbo craft stick (10-15 min) scissors, craft glue, and their own mini-banjo. • Washi tape Sharpies(R) on the tables. • Scissors • Craft glue • Sequins • Black Sharpies® • Take Home Worksheet

ALL INCLUSIVE MUSICAL CHAIRS Group Size: 5+ Preparation Time: 5 minutes Time Needed for Activity: 10 minutes

Materials: • Sturdy chairs, not folding chairs (one per junior soldier) • Salvation Army music and speakers

Preparation: • Find a recording of Salvation Army music to use during the activity. • Prior to class, create an open space for play. Arrange chairs in a circle with the seats facing outwards. Start with enough chairs for everyone.

Directions: 1. Have the junior soldiers stand in a circle around the chairs arranged in the middle of the room. Include yourself in the circle. 2. Instead of everyone looking out for themselves, everyone is on one big team. 3. Play the music and have the junior soldiers walk around the chair circle. 4. When the music stops, the junior soldiers immediately sit on the chairs. In the first round, there is a chair for every junior soldier. 5. Every junior soldier must be sitting on the chairs with their feet off the floor. If they accomplish this, they have completed that round and the game continues. 6. All junior soldiers move on in each round. Remove a chair and play the music again. 7. Again, when the music stops, all junior soldiers must sit down with their feet off the floor. 8. Continue playing, removing a chair each round, until the team can no longer sit in the chairs. 9. Debrief the activity.

Note: If you need a virtual activity, play Name that Instrument. Choose sounds of instruments to play from a computer or phone. Include brass, strings, steel drum, and other uncommon instruments to make it a challenge. Ask the junior soldiers to name the instrument. Use the same debrief, starting with “William Booth...”

Say: Hi everyone and welcome. I’m really glad to see you today. Please come and stand in a circle to hear the directions for our game. We’re going to play musical chairs today! How many of you have played this game

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before? (Pause for responses.) What usually happens when the music stops? (Pause for responses.) Right, the person who can’t find a chair is out. We are changing the rules a little bit. In a moment, we’re going to start the music. Everyone will walk around the chairs just like the old game. When the music stops, everyone must find a seat and pick their feet up off of the floor. Let’s try this. (Complete Round One where everyone has a chair.)

Did everyone find a seat and pick their feet up off of the floor? Great job! Now, we are going to remove a few of the chairs. This is how we are changing things. You are all on the same team. This time when the music stops, work together to make sure everyone finds a place to sit even when there aren’t enough chairs for everyone. Everyone must be able to have their feet off the floor, too. Are there any questions? (Pause for questions.) Let’s begin! (Start music. After thirty seconds, stop the music.) Did everyone find a place to sit and pick their feet up off the floor? (Pause to observe.)

Great job! How did you do this even though there weren’t enough chairs for everyone? (Pause for answers.) Good job. You shared seats. That’s a great way to include people and make sure nobody is left out. How does it feel when someone gets left out of a game? (Pause for responses.) It doesn’t feel very good. Let’s make this a little bit harder. We’ll take away a few more chairs. (Pause until this is finished.) Remember to keep each other safe while you play this game. Nothing is worth getting hurt over. It’s important that you accomplish your goal but also make sure no one gets hurt. Let’s start the music and begin our next round. (Start music. After thirty seconds, stop the music.) Did everyone find a place to sit and pick your feet up off the floor? (Pause to observe.)

Great job! How did you do this even though there were even fewer chairs in this round? (Pause for answers.) Was it harder to do? (Pause for answers.) Let’s do one more round. Again, please remember to keep each other safe while still accomplishing the task. (Start music. After thirty seconds, stop the music.) Wow, great job you guys!

Safety: Monitor children as they play. Stress that safety is important, and that no one should get squished in the game.

After the game, say: In today’s lesson, we are going to talk about the history of Salvation Army music. In this game, we listened to a few Salvation Army songs while we played musical chairs. We made sure no one was left out. William Booth, the Founder of The Salvation Army, thought that The Salvation Army’s music should invite all people and make the message of salvation clear. He didn’t want anyone left out. He knew music was a way to include people who might not be included any other way. Let’s take our seats and learn more about this.

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Gather materials: Worship CD and player or songs on phone and speaker, video of song clips at www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBahfyTskdM, globe or world map, flags from Worksheet #1, and tape.

Say: Tell us about a song you sang this week. (Encourage response.)

This month we have been learning about innovation and creativity. From the very beginning, William Booth believed The Salvation Army needed to use innovative methods to reach people for Jesus Christ and to accomplish the mission. What is innovation? (Encourage response.) It is doing a new thing or doing an old thing in a new way.

Who remembers what our memory verse is? Right! Our memory verse is Genesis 1:1 (NIV). “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” The heavens and the earth were just the beginning. God created everything! And, since people are made in God’s image, people are creative too!

Today, we’ll learn about The Salvation Army’s innovation in music!

As we learn about the purpose of music in The Salvation Army, we’ll have a chance to sing, dance, and listen to different songs. As you enjoy the music, think about how music helps you connect to God’s love!

Before class, find a worship CD or load worship songs on your phone. The music should be kid-friendly and a combination of upbeat and slow/ reflective songs. As you teach the lesson, pause after each section to play part of a song. Encourage the junior soldiers to listen to the music and sing and/or dance along. Play a different song after each section. At the end, ask the children how the music helped them connect with God’s love.

Say: The Salvation Army has always had good music! From the beginning, it used music to help spread the message of Jesus throughout the world. AS a result, God has raised up writers, musicians, and composers who have used their gifts through The Salvation Army for God’s Kingdom.

Historical Roots:1 William Booth was very careful about using music groups. William Booth saw music as a means to an end. Christian music should invite people and 1 Holz, Ron. The Story Behind Salvation Army Music. Christian History (Worcester, PA: Christian History Institute, 1990) Vol. 9, Issue 2. (Original article edited for this curriculum lesson.)

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speak the message of salvation to their hearts. Today, The Salvation Army is known all over the world for its bands and songsters.

In 1914, two years after William Booth died, The Salvation Army held the Fourth International Congress. Salvationists came to London from all around the world. At that time, The Salvation Army had 1,674 brass bands with 26,000 players and 13,000 songsters in 56 countries. Today, many Army musicians and writers of music perform in musical groups outside of The Salvation Army and all over the world.

Booth’s Christian Mission, as it was called by September of 1869, grew large enough by the early 1870s for Booth and his wife, Catherine, to collect several songbooks: The Christian Mission Hymnbook, Hymns for Special Services, The Penny Revival Hymn Book, and The Children’s Mission Hymn Book. In 1876, The Christian Mission Hymn Book contained 531 standard hymns, spirituals, and songs set to popular and national tunes. In 1878, the Fry family brass quartet helped Army evangelists in the city of Salisbury. They played their instruments along with the singing. They also acted as body guards when the crowds got rowdy. Brass bands sprang up within the next few years all over the country. This was because many of the new Salvationists were interested in music. William Booth was still very careful in using music groups, but new members of The Salvation Army were excited and bravely started using music in their meetings.

In 2015, Salvationists from all over the world came to London, England for the Boundless International Congress. They met together and prayed and worshipped and celebrated 150 years of The Salvation Army. Salvation Army music groups from all around the world performed. Let’s listen to some of them. I’ll play a clip of a music group from Boundless. We’ll guess what country that group is from (see below for answers). Then we’ll tape a flag (see Worksheet #1) on the globe/world map where that musical group is from.

Play the video of musical groups. The time marking for each clip is listed below so you can advance to the next clip easily. After you play part of each clip, allow the junior soldiers to guess, or tell them, where the group is from. Then, tape a Salvation Army flag from Worksheet #1 to the globe/world map: • Clip #1: Amsterdam Staff Songsters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (00:00) • Clip #2: International Staff Band, London, England (04:49) • Clip #3: TransMission, USA Southern territory (09:00) • Clip #4: VASA Gospel Choir, Sweden (13:35) • Clip #5: Indonesia Bamboo Orchestra, Indonesia (19:07) • Clip #6: Pasadena Tabernacle Songsters, Pasadena, California, USA Western Territory (24:13) • Clip #7: MSB Melbourne Staff Band, Melbourne, Australia (32:06) • Clip #8: Paduan Suara Korps from Palu (a city on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi) (39:01)

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• Clip #9: Angola National Band from Angola (44:33) • Clip #10: International Congress Timbrelists (Timbrelists from all over the world, trick question!) (45:43)

Say: What did you notice or feel about God as you were learning about the history of music or watching the groups from all around the world? (Encourage response.)

The Salvation Army uses innovative methods, like music, to reach people for Jesus.

Do you think God might ask you to use music to reach people with the love of Jesus? Why or why not? (Encourage response.)

Let’s pray! What would you like to say to God today?

If you have a small group of junior soldiers, say: Now we’re going to watch a video to teach us more.

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Memory Verse: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1 (NIV)

Say: This unit’s Scripture memory verse is Genesis 1:1. Let’s read it together.

Say: In this week’s video, we get to hear another Sally Song with Bram.

Play Video

Small Group Questions Small Group Tip: Encourage Say: Now we are going to take some time to think about what we learned creativity as a way to call out today. I’m going to ask a few questions. Try to answer each question the creative nature of God in honestly, and respect one another by listening to each other with patience each child. Being made in the and without judgment. image of God means that each person possesses creative • Bram had to memorize a lot to sing that song. What’s one thing that gifts that can be used towards stood out to you from the song? building God’s Kingdom. Notice • Who here plays an instrument or sings in a choir or singing company? and point out creative gifts as What’s your favorite part in doing that? you see them in the classroom, • Do you have a favorite worship song that you like to sing? What is it? and be sure to let parents know • How does music help us in our relationship with God? when they come to class. • What is the purpose of the band and songsters in The Salvation Army? Say, “Today your child painted a beautiful picture. I saw the image of God in her as she used her creativity for good.”

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MINI BANJOS

Materials: • Plastic zipper bags, sandwich size (one per junior soldier) • Metal jar lids (one per banjo) • Loom bands or small colorful plastic bands (four per banjo) • Duct tape, not black • Jumbo craft sticks (one per banjo) • Washi tape • Scissors • Sequins • Craft glue • Black Sharpie® markers • Take Home Worksheet

Preparation: • Copy Take Home Worksheet. • Create a craft kit for each junior soldier: one jumbo craft stick, one lid, four loom bands, and four sequins. • Put duct tape, washi tape, scissors, and craft glue on each table.

Directions: Give each junior soldier a craft kit. Have the junior soldiers do the following: 1. Place four loom bands over the lid, next to each other, not overlapping, like strings on a guitar. 2. Hold them in place with a piece of duct tape. 3. Cut pieces of washi tape and wrap them around the craft stick to decorate it. Leave at least an inch undecorated on one end. 4. Attach the lid with the loom bands to the craft stick with another piece of duct tape. 5. Use four small dabs of glue, two on each side, to attach the sequins to the end of the handle. These are the tuning knobs. 6. Write their name on the duct tape with a Sharpie® marker.

Pass out the Take Home Worksheet.

Say: These instruments can remind us that The Salvation Army uses music in creative ways to reach people for Jesus.

M9U2L3: Salvation Army music 9 Module 9, Unit 2, Lesson 3 Works Cited, Resources Used

Holz, Ron. The Story Behind Salvation Army Music. Christian History (Worcester, PA: Christian History Institute, 1990) Vol. 9, Issue 2. (Original article edited for this curriculum lesson.)

Merritt, John G., and Allen Satterlee. Historical Dictionary of the Salvation Army. (Lanham, MA: Rowen and Littlefield), 2017.

Orders and Regulations for Band and Songster Brigades. (London, UK: Salvationist Publishing and Supplies, 1948). (Original edited for this curriculum lesson.) www.thecrafttrain.com/mini-lid-banjos/ M9U2L3, Worksheet #1: Salvation Army music Sally has just started playing the cornet in her corps local band. Since she is a beginner player, it is sometimes hard for her to “ nd the note.” In the picture above, there are ve hidden music notes. Can you help Sally nd all the notes so that she can play in the band on Sunday morning? When you nd them, circle them and say, “Here is your note, Sally!” The notes will look like these: Take Home Worksheet Module 9, Unit 2, Lesson 3 Salvation Army music

Family Bible Reading Plan This week, junior soldiers learned about The Salvation Army’s innovation in music. Let’s take a look at some Scriptures where people worshipped God with music. DAY ONE Read through the following verses 1 Chronicles 15:16 with your junior soldier this week. In the Old Testament, some families were appointed to play worship music every day. Let’s pretend that we are one of those families. What instruments should each of us play? What songs are we going to play? Let’s spend the next minute pretending to be a family of musicians appointed to worship God!

DAY TWO 1 Chronicles 15:26–28 DAY THREE Just before this passage, the Israelites defeated 2 Chronicles 5:13 the Philistines to get back the ark of the covenant. What is your favorite musical Why do you think it was important to David and instrument? What is your the Levites to worship right after this win? What favorite song that we sing kind of song do you think they sang? in church? Let’s sing it now together as praise to God.

DAY FOUR Zephaniah 3:17 Did you know that God sings over you? What kind of songs do you think God sings over you?

Sally has just started playing the cornet in her corps local band. Since she is a beginner player, it is sometimes hard for her to “ nd the note.” In the picture above, there are ve hidden music notes. Can you help Sally nd all the notes so that she can play in the band on Sunday morning? When you nd them, circle them and say, “Here is your note, Sally!” The notes will look like these: Module 9, Unit 2, Lesson 4 Salvation Army gospel arts

Guiding Principle: The Salvation Army uses innovative methods, like gospel arts, to reach people for Jesus.

Memory Verse: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1 (NIV)

In this final lesson, junior soldiers will learn how gospel arts ministries, including drama, theatre, and dance, serve as a creative way to reach people for Jesus. They will learn about the biblical and theological foundation for arts and how the gospel arts extend throughout The Salvation Army.

In preparation for Illuminate, know where the following are on a world map or globe: USA Eastern territory, USA Western territory, Kenya, South Korea, New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga, Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru. Guiding Principle:

The Salvation Army uses innovative methods, like gospel arts, to reach people for Jesus. Scripture: Genesis 1:1 (NIV)

Activity What Kids Do Preparation Materials

ARTISTIC BINGO: Junior soldiers get • Worksheet #1 (one BINGO Copy Worksheet #1 signatures from each other card per junior soldier) IMPACT (one BINGO card on bingo cards to learn • Pens and pencils (10 min) per junior soldier) about each other’s artistic experience.

Review lesson. • Bibles Review verse. • Video of creative arts clips Junior soldier’s learn about Copy Worksheet #2 (link in lesson) ILLUMINATE The Salvation Army’s (10-15 min) and cut out flags. • Worksheet #2 innovative arts ministries. Have video of creative • Globe or world map arts clips ready to play. • Tape

Junior soldiers watch as • Bibles the SRT works on a timbrel Have video ready to play. • Small reward INVEST drill to prepare for Sunday. (10-15 min) Read through the • Video Junior soldiers reflect on questions ahead of time. • Small group questions the lesson and the things • Small notebook God may be saying.

• Old newspaper or butcher paper • Paper lunch bags • Construction paper PAPER BAG PUPPETS: Copy the Take Home • Crayons and markers Junior soldiers will Worksheet. • Scissors

INSPIRE create paper bag puppets Cover tables with old • Glue sticks or school glue (10-15 min) and use them to tell each newspaper or butcher paper. • Tape (optional) other about Jesus. Put supplies on the tables. • Staplers and staples (optional) • Other craft supplies (optional) • Take Home Worksheet

ARTISTIC BINGO Group Size: 4+ children Preparation Time: 5 minutes Time Needed for Activity: 10 minutes

Materials: • Worksheet #1 (one BINGO card per junior soldier) • Pens and pencils

Preparation: • Copy Worksheet #1 (one BINGO card per junior soldier).

Directions: 1. Have the junior soldiers stand in a circle. Include yourself in the circle. 2. Give each junior soldier an Artistic BINGO card from Worksheet #1 and a pen or pencil. 3. The junior soldiers find a partner. 4. The partners look at each other’s cards and choose one of the topics that they have done. They each tell a quick story about the topic and sign their name in the appropriate square on their partner’s card. 5. Everyone finds a new partner. They look at each other’s cards. They choose one of the topics that they have done that doesn’t already have a signature. They each tell a quick story about the topic and sign their name in the appropriate square on their partner’s card. 6. Continue until they get three signatures in a row. 7. Debrief the activity.

Note: This activity can also be done virtually if necessary. The leader cuts up a bingo card and folds the squares. The leader picks a square at random and reads it. Whoever fits that square raises their hand. The junior soldiers write down the name of one of the people raising their hand. If you have enough people in your brigade, a person’s name can only be used once. The leader will choose one of the people raising their hand to tell a quick story connected to the topic.

Say: Hi everyone and welcome. I’m really glad to see you today. Let’s form a circle to hear the directions for our game. I’m going to give each person one of these Bingo Cards. Each square has a statement, like “Enjoys singing.” Choose a partner. Look at each other’s cards. Pick one of the statements that you have done. Tell a quick story about it or say something that you learned from doing it and sign your partner’s paper in that square. After

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you have signed each other’s cards, find different partners. You can only have one name in each square. So each new partner needs to sign a different square. The goal is to get three names in a row or Bingo! Do you have any questions? (Pause and answer any questions.)

Pass out cards, pens and pencils, and let them begin.

After the game, say: In today’s lesson, we are going to learn about The Salvation Army’s gospel arts ministry. There are many different ministries within The Salvation Army that use the arts as a part of the mission. Each one of the squares on your bingo card had something to do with the arts. For example, “Has sung in a school or church singing group.” Who signed in one of these boxes on someone’s card? This is a musical gift you have! You could use that gift to help The Salvation Army reach people for Jesus. Who signed a box for this topic, “Has been in in a school play.” Did you know The Salvation Army has several dance, drama, and musical theater programs? They do! Let’s take our seats and learn more about this and how we can serve God through the arts.

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Gather materials: Video at www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X5T-rnfbGA, globe or world map, flags from Worksheet #2, and tape.

Say: Tell us about a story you saw this week, either on TV, in the movies, or in a book. (Encourage response.)

What have we been learning about all month? Right! We have been learning about innovation and creativity. From the very beginning, William Booth believed that The Salvation Army needed to use innovative methods to reach people for Jesus Christ and to accomplish the mission. What is innovation? (Encourage response.) Innovation is doing a new thing or doing an old thing in a new way.

Our memory verse is Genesis 1:1 (NIV). “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” The heavens and the earth were just the beginning. God created everything! And, since people are made in God’s image, people are creative, too!

Today, we’ll learn about the Salvation Army’s innovation in gospel arts ministries that include drama, musical theatre, and dance!

According to Scott McElroy in Creative Church Handbook, the ministry of the arts supports the corps/church in several key ways.1

Creativity is part of our family history. God is creative in nature, in our lives, in miracles, and in the way He makes us new. He calls us, as His children, to reflect His creativity in our own lives. Participating in the arts is one way God’s people can be creative. When we let the Holy Spirit lead our creativity, He helps us to glorify God and reach people for Jesus.

Did you know that The Salvation Army has innovative gospel arts groups all over the world? We are going to watch another video of the 2015 Boundless International Congress, when Salvationists from all over the world came together. Many gospel arts groups performed there. After each clip, we’ll guess where the group is from and place a flag on the globe/world map over that country. Are you ready?

Play the video of gospel arts groups. The time marking for each clip is listed

1 This is a partial list and some have been combined. For the original list of 10, see McElroy, J. Scott. Creative Church Handbook, (InterVarsity Press, 2015), 20-35.

M9U2L4: Salvation Army gospel arts 5 ILLUMINATE

below so you can advance to the next clip easily. After you play part of each clip, have the junior soldiers guess, or tell them, where the group is from. Then, tape a Salvation Army flag from Worksheet #2 to the globe/world map:

1. USA Western Territory Hula Dancers, Hawaii (00:00) 2. Kenya West Dancers (06:27) 3. Los Angeles Korean Fan Dancers, USA Western Territory (11:07) 4. Seoul Samulnori Players, Salvation Army Boys’ Home, Seoul, Korea (16:38) 5. South America West Dancers (Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru) (22:34) 6. New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga: Te Opa Whakaora (28:59) 7. USA Eastern Territory Creative Arts Team (32:36)

Say: God created us all with different gifts and talents. We can use them in all kinds of ways to tell people about Jesus and worship God. Gospel arts give us a new way of using our feelings and our talents to show Jesus we love Him. We are blessed to be a part of an Army that stretches all around the world with gospel arts groups that look and sound different from us. When we get to Heaven, there will be people singing and dancing and using all of their talents to praise the Lord in languages we’ve never heard, but that God knows. Gospel arts groups share the message of Jesus in special ways.

The Salvation Army uses innovative methods, like gospel arts, to reach people for Jesus.

Do you think taking part in gospel arts might be a way God wants you to reach people with the love of Jesus? Why or why not ? (Encourage response.)

Let’s pray! What would you like to say to God today?

If you have a small group of junior soldiers, say: Now we’re going to watch a video to teach us more.

6 M9U2L4: Salvation Army gospel arts INVEST

Memory Verse: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1 (NIV)

Say: This unit’s Scripture memory verse is Genesis 1:1. Let’s read it together.

Allow a time for junior soldiers to recite this verse from memory. Review it again, providing a small reward for those who have memorized the verse. Since this is the last lesson in the unit, spend a few extra minutes, if necessary, to be sure each junior soldier has memorized the verse.

Say: In this week’s video, the SRT (Salvation Response Team) prepares a timbrel drill for Sunday.

Play Video

Small Group Tip: Encourage Small Group Questions creativity as a way to call out the creative nature of God in Say: Now we are going to take some time to think about what we learned each child. Being made in the today. I’m going to ask a few questions. Try to answer each question image of God means that each honestly, and respect one another by listening to each other with person possesses creative patience and without judgment. gifts that can be used towards building God’s Kingdom. Notice • Do any of you love gospel arts ministry? What do you love about it? and point out creative gifts as • What did you learn about a creative ministry that The Salvation you see them in the classroom, Army does? and be sure to let parents know • Did you hear about something that you might like to start or be a when they come to class. part of? Which one and why? Say, “Today your child painted • What is the purpose behind the gospel arts in The Salvation Army? a beautiful picture. I saw the image of God in her as she used her creativity for good.”

M9U2L4: Salvation Army gospel arts 7 INSPIRE

PAPER BAG PUPPETS

Materials: • Old newspaper or butcher paper • Paper lunch bags (one per junior soldier) • Construction paper • Crayons and markers • Scissors • Glue sticks or school glue • Tape (optional) • Staplers and staples (optional) • Other craft supplies like yarn, pipe cleaners, googly eyes, fabric scraps, glitter, sequins, etc. (whatever is left over from previous crafts, optional) • Take Home Worksheet

Preparation: • Copy the Take Home Worksheet. • Cover tables with old newspaper or butcher paper. • Place craft supplies on tables.

Directions: Give each junior a lunch bag. Have the junior soldiers do the following: 1. Write their name on the inside. 2. Use the craft supplies to create a paper bag puppet that looks like them. 3. Decorate the bottom of the bag to look like their head and face. This can include hair and ears. 4. Decorate under the fold to be their mouth. 5. Decorate the rest of the bag, front and back if they want, to be their body. This can include arms and legs if they want. 6. Taking turns, use their puppets to say something they know about Jesus.

Pass out the Take Home Worksheet.

Say: Puppets are one part of gospel arts. When we used our puppets to tell each other something about Jesus, we were participating in gospel arts ministry. When you get home, use your puppet to tell someone in your family what you learned about today in Junior Soldier class. You can tell them that The Salvation Army uses innovative methods, like gospel arts, to reach people for Jesus.

8 M9U2L4: Salvation Army gospel arts Module 9, Unit 2, Lesson 4 Works Cited, Resources Used

McElroy, J. Scott. Creative Church Handbook, (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2015), 20-35.

Creative Arts websites: www.samusiccentral.org www.saconnects.org/artsministries/ www.ussmusicandarts.org M9U2L4, Worksheet #1: Salvation Army gospel arts M9U2L4, Worksheet 2: Salvation Army gospel arts Drama Masks The arts let us pretend to be people and things that we aren’t and to show many different emotions. Below you will find two masks that the corps arts group wants to use on Sunday. They are so busy rehearsing, they’ve asked you to draw the masks for them. The first mask needs to be happy and the second mask needs to be sad. Remember to use innovation and be creative. SAD Happy Mask Mask Take Home Worksheet Module 9, Unit 2, Lesson 4 Salvation Army gospel arts

Family Bible Reading Plan This week, junior soldiers learned about The Salvation Army’s innovation in drama, theater, and dance. Let’s bring this lesson home by creating your own drama, theater, or dance piece based one of Jesus’s parables. Choose one of the parables listed below. Spend the next four days planning your creative piece. Perform it on the last day.

Read through the following verses with your junior soldiers this week.

DAY ONE Matthew 20:1-16 What is the main point in this story? How can we act this out? What would we need for props?

DAY TWO Matthew 13:1-9 What stood out to you in this story? Why do DAY THREE you think Jesus told this story? What are some Matthew 13:44-46 creative ways we could tell this story? How cool would it be to find a hidden treasure? What are some modern ideas that we could use to bring this story to life?

DAY FOUR Matthew 13:47-50 What’s the first thing you think about when you think about fishing? What makes a good fish different from a bad fish? How can we creatively tell this story?