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Our aim in presenting these worksheets is to reinforce In the Master’s service, the material in the lesson notes and provide interesting The Christadelphian Sunday School Association Committee activities for 5-8 year old children. There is a great range of skills and different levels of development in Contact Details this age group and we have attempted to address this web: www.cssa.asn.au with a variety of activities. Please use discretion in the orders: [email protected] setting of tasks, as required by the individual student, suggestions: [email protected] so that each might be encouraged in these wonderful and dramatic scriptural events. All Bible references are taken from the King James Version unless otherwise specified.

“We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and His “He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small strength, and His wonderful works that He hath done.” and great. The LORD shall increase you more and Psalm 78:4 more, you and your children.” Psalm 115:13-14

Primary Activity Sheets 5-8 years Stage 3 of 5 www.cssa.asn.au © CSSA Please do not copy or distribute without written permission 1 Lesson 1 Mephibosheth Lesson 1 Mephibosheth 1

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CLUES ACROSS 3. Mephibosheth hurt both his ...... 5. Mephibosheth was the son of ...... 8. David made a ..... to Jonathan to look after his children. 10. David said that Mephibosheth could sit at the king’s ...... 11. David showed Mephibosheth the kindness of ....

CLUES DOWN 1. The name of Jonathan’s son. 2. As she was running away the nurse ..... Mephibosheth. 4. David told Mephibosheth to come and ..... from the king’s table. 6. A person who cannot walk is called ...... Join the dots from 1- 8 (twice) to find some things which would have 7. When he hurt his feet, Mephibosheth was ...... years old. been very useful to Mephibosheth. 9. David gave Mephibosheth Saul’s ...... Primary Activity Sheets 5-8 years Stage 3 of 5 www.cssa.asn.au © CSSA Please do not copy or distribute without written permission 2 Lesson 2 Solomon's Wisdom Lesson 2 Solomon's Wisdom Fill in the missing words.

Solomon was only a young man when he Two mothers brought a was made _ _ _ _ over ______. He baby to Solomon. They wanted to please and obey _ _ _ . God said to both said it was their own, and they wanted Solomon in a _ _ _ _ _ , “Ask what I shall give Solomon to decide you”. God gave Solomon a _ _ _ _ and whose baby understanding _ _ _ _ _ and great it was. ______as well.

Complete what Solomon asked for. Look up 1 Kings 3:9 in your Bible.

"Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart ...... Solomon said "Cut the ...... baby in two and give half to each mother," ...... but the true mother ...... said, "No, no, do not kill the baby." ...... Colour in the pictures. Primary Activity Sheets 5-8 years Stage 3 of 5 www.cssa.asn.au © CSSA Please do not copy or distribute without written permission 3 Lesson 3 The Glory of Solomon Lesson 3 The Glory of Solomon

Hidden in this find-a-word are 14 words from lesson 3. They may go for- wards, backwards, up or down. When you find a word, colour it in and Solomon built many fine cross it off the list. cities. G G R S A T E M P L E S Z N T I R O N C L O U D I G O L D G O H O U P P L N P V R L T I M B E R Solomon had a navy of A A M E T O S R V P I A ships. S S A R B R R A D E C Y N R A T E Y O M S W M E T S E V E N Y E A R S D

Brass Glory Iron Seven Temple Cedar Gold Prayed Silver Timber Cloud Hiram Sang Stone Years Solomon built a glorious Temple for God.

The queen of Sheba came to see Solomon's glory. Finish writing out 1 Kings 10:9. "Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in Solomon had fine food thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel; and many servants...... Here are four pictures about the glorious reign of Solomon. Colour the pictures then draw a line joining each title to the right picture...... " Primary Activity Sheets 5-8 years Stage 3 of 5 www.cssa.asn.au © CSSA Please do not copy or distribute without written permission 4 Lesson 4 God Feeds Elijah Lesson 4 God Feeds Elijah Fill in the missing words that the widow of Zarephath said to Elijah.

"As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a _ _ _ _ , but an ______of _ _ _ _ in a ______, and a little _ _ _ in a _ _ _ _ _ : and behold, I am gathering ______, that I may go in and dress it for _ _ and my _ _ _ , that we may eat it and _ _ _ ."

Copy out 1 Kings 17:14 ......

Primary Activity Sheets 5-8 years Stage 3 of 5 www.cssa.asn.au © CSSA Please do not copy or distribute without written permission 5 Lesson 5 Elijah Raises the Widow’s Son Lesson 5 Elijah Raises the Widow’s Son Circle the correct word in each sentence.

1. Elijah went to a widow woman who lived at ZAREPHATH BETHLEHEM

2. The widow woman had ONE BOY THREE BOYS

3. The widow’s son became very FAT SICK

4. The boy was brought back to life by the power of ELIJAH GOD

Start at the letter E (by the arrow) and going clockwise write down every 3rd letter, to find 3 words from lesson 5. Write them on the lines.

Colour in the picture. Primary Activity Sheets 5-8 years Stage 3 of 5 www.cssa.asn.au © CSSA Please do not copy or distribute without written permission 6 Lesson 6 Elijah on Mount Carmel Lesson 6 Elijah on Mount Carmel

After three and a half years of famine God was going to send _ _ _ _ . Elijah took all Israel to ______to prove who was the true _ _ _ . Baal was seen as a ______but Yahweh answered Elijah by sending _ _ _ _ from ______. The evil prophets of _ _ _ _ were destroyed. God showed His mercy and sent rain when Elijah prayed _ _ _ _ _ times.

Hidden in the find-a-word are 10 words from Lesson 6. They maygo forwards, backwards, up or down. When you find a word, colour it and cross it off the list.

T W E L V E S M K X Y L A A B T K X Altar Baal Q C I Y Q K O Z D Bullock R O J K X M N Q E Contest Elijah A N A W A T E R L Killed T T H M Q X S Z L Mt Carmel Prophets L E M R A C T M I Twelve A S B U L L O C K Stones Water S T E H P O R P X Use your imagination to help make the picture become more real. You may wish to try cellophane for flames, sandpaper or cardboard for stones, dead matches for the wood, glitter for the water and red paper for the sacrifice. Primary Activity Sheets 5-8 years Stage 3 of 5 www.cssa.asn.au © CSSA Please do not copy or distribute without written permission 7 Lesson 7 Elijah and the Still Small Voice Lesson 7 Elijah and the Still Small Voice 1 2 3

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STILL SMALL VOICE CLUES ACROSS 1. Elijah rested under a ..... tree. 4. God told Elijah that 7,000 Israelites were still ..... 7. The name of the mountain where Elijah went. 8. Elijah sheltered in a .... at Mt. Horeb. 10. Elisha was ploughing with 12 yoke of .....

CLUES DOWN 1. Ahab’s wicked wife. 2. Jezebel wanted to kill...... 3. Elijah said, “I, I ...... am left.” 4. Elijah went without food for ..... days and nights. 5. God was not in the ...... Colour in the picture that shows how God spoke to Elijah to tell him to 6. God spoke to Elijah in a still, small ...... go back to his people. 9. An ..... woke Elijah up. Primary Activity Sheets 5-8 years Stage 3 of 5 www.cssa.asn.au © CSSA Please do not copy or distribute without written permission 8 Lesson 8 Elijah and the Fiery Chariot Lesson 8 Elijah and the Fiery Chariot Write down the first letter of each little picture to find some words from today’s lesson.

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Cut out the words at the bottom of the page and glue them in the right places. 1. Elisha asked for a double portion of Elijah’s ......

2. A chariot and horses of ...... parted Elijah from Elisha.

3. Elijah was taken up by a ......

4. Elisha saw Elijah ...... so he knew he would receive the ‘double portion’ of his spirit.

Colour in the chariot. You may like to sprinkle glitter over it too! FIRE TAKEN AWAY SPIRIT WHIRLWIND

Primary Activity Sheets 5-8 years Stage 3 of 5 www.cssa.asn.au © CSSA Please do not copy or distribute without written permission 9 Lesson 9 The Kind Woman of Shunem Lesson 9 The Kind Woman of Shunem Cut out the words at the top of the page and glue them in the right places.

CHILDREN BOY YEAR GEHAZI

Elisha's servant ______told Elisha that the

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Elisha said "Next ______you will have a

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Hidden in the find-a-word are 12 words from Lesson 9. They may go forwards, backwards, up or down. When you find a word, colour it and cross it off the list. S H U N A M M I T E D N I K H L A D Y O L A M P S T A N D P M O O R I X Q E E Y S T O O L Y M L B P I Z A H E G Z B X M B A B Y B O Y A S Q M E N U H S L T T L

Baby Boy Gehazi Lampstand Shunem Bed Kind Room Stool Colour Elisha’s room. Cut out the furniture that the kind lady of Shunem Elisha Lady Shunammite Table put in Elisha’s room and glue them into place. Primary Activity Sheets 5-8 years Stage 3 of 5 www.cssa.asn.au © CSSA Please do not copy or distribute without written permission 10 Lesson 9 The Kind Woman of Shunem Lesson 9 The Kind Woman of Shunem

Colour the Shunammite woman and her baby. Cut out the baby. Slit Look up 2 Kings 4:10 and read it carefully. Which picture above is like along the dotted line above the mother's arm and slip the baby in so that Elisha's room? Colour it in and place a large red cross over the wrong she is holding him. pictures. Primary Activity Sheets 5-8 years Stage 3 of 5 www.cssa.asn.au © CSSA Please do not copy or distribute without written permission 11 Lesson 10 Elisha Helps the Woman of Shunem Lesson 10 Elisha Helps the Woman of Shunem

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CLUES ACROSS 3. The boy sneezed ...... times. 6. The Shunammite woman did not tell her husband that their son had ...... 8. The Shunammite woman held her son on her ...... 9. His father was in the fields doing the ...... 10. Elisha put his ...... on the boy’s eyes.

CLUES DOWN 1. The boy went to his father and said “My ...... ”. 2. The Shunammite woman went to get ...... 4. The boy went to his father in the ...... 5. Elisha put his ...... on the boy's hands 7. Elisha shut the door so he could ...... to God. Colour the picture of the boy and his father in the field.

Primary Activity Sheets 5-8 years Stage 3 of 5 www.cssa.asn.au © CSSA Please do not copy or distribute without written permission 12 Lesson 11 Naaman the Leper Lesson 11 Naaman the Leper Put a  by the sentences which are correct, and a X by the sentences which are wrong.

1. Naaman had leprosy.

2. A little servant girl told Naaman’s wife about the prophet in Israel.

3. The king of Israel was able to cure Naaman.

4. A servant of Elisha told Naaman to wash 7 times in the River Jordan

5. Naaman did not wash in the River Jordan and was not cured.

6. Naaman did wash in the River Jordan and was cured.

Look carefully in the picture and find the name of the prophet the Jewish Join the dots to finish the picture of Naaman washing in the River Jordan. maid is telling Naaman’s wife could cure Naaman. Colour it in. Primary Activity Sheets 5-8 years Stage 3 of 5 www.cssa.asn.au © CSSA Please do not copy or distribute without written permission 13 Lesson 12 Jonah the Prophet Lesson 12 Jonah the Prophet Hidden in the find-a-word are 11 words from Lesson 12. They may go forwards, backwards, up or down. When you find a word, colour it and cross it off the list.

F J O N A H X M K H I D A R K N E S S I S Z Y A W A N U R D H S I H S R A T O D S B E L L Y Z M L E Q Y P E E L S A I N Y E B O J O P P A X X N I N E V E H S Q

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Colour this picture by the numbers and you will find something from Lesson 12 - Colour Code: 1 = grey 2 = blue Primary Activity Sheets 5-8 years Stage 3 of 5 www.cssa.asn.au © CSSA Please do not copy or distribute without written permission 14 Lesson 13 Hezekiah Lesson 13 Hezekiah

N H E Z E K I A H B He opened and repaired the house of the LORD and D T A T R U S T E D set the Levites and Priests R S S D E N A E L C their tasks. P L E O P O L M A D R E V O S S A P M O A G E R S R M L B O Y N N S Y A D E S R The idols and high places were broken down. O A S S Y R I A N S

Hidden in the find-a-word are 12 words from today’s lesson. They may go forwards, backwards, up or down. When you find a word, colour it and cross it off the list.

Angel Lambs The great passover was kept Assyrians Passover with all Israel invited. Cleaned Pray Days Seven Doors Temple Hezekiah Trusted

His reign began at 25 years of age.

Draw a line from each sentence to the correct picture and colour in the pictures.

Primary Activity Sheets 5-8 years Stage 3 of 5 www.cssa.asn.au © CSSA Please do not copy or distribute without written permission 15 Lesson 14 Josiah Lesson 14 Josiah On this scroll, copy out the words of 2 Kings 22:2

Fill in the missing words to complete the story.

• Josiah was only a young boy of _ years old when he became king. • He wanted to lead the people back to _ _ _ and have all idols ______. • He repaired the ______. • The Book of the _ _ _ was found and read to Josiah. • The ______told how the people would be punished because of their ______but God would show mercy to the _ _ _ _ , because he humbly served Him. Colour in Josiah and his crown then cut them out and fit the crown on King Josiah. Primary Activity Sheets 5-8 years Stage 3 of 5 www.cssa.asn.au © CSSA Please do not copy or distribute without written permission 16 Lesson 15 Daniel and his Three Friends Lesson 15 Daniel and his Three Friends N O L Y B A B Z X E X S M M K I N G B H A N A N I A H U S E M I T N E T C A P T I V E S X H M O B E Y S Y K A Q K W R X L A I D A N I E L U D N N M K N T X P N G E Y S E A X Q E S Z S X M W Z M T F Z M I S H A E L O A R E F U S E D O R H A I R A Z A D Azariah King's Food Ten Days Babylon Mishael Ten Times Captives Nebuchadnezzar Water Daniel Obey Wine Hananiah Pulse King Refused Cut out the tabletop showing the pulse and water. Glue this cutout Hidden in this find-a-word are 16 words from today’s lesson. They may carefully along one edge (shaded area) to cover the table of food that go forwards, backwards, up or down. When you find a word, colour it Daniel and his friends would NOT eat. and cross it off the list. Primary Activity Sheets 5-8 years Stage 3 of 5 www.cssa.asn.au © CSSA Please do not copy or distribute without written permission 17 Lesson 16 Nebuchadnezzar's Dream Lesson 16 Nebuchadnezzar's Dream

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Join the dots to find out what the picture is then cut out the words below and glue them next to the correct parts of the image. GOLD SILVER BRASS IRON Start at the letter N (arrowed) and write down every third letter to find 2 people mentioned in today’s lesson. Write them on the lines above. IRON & CLAY JESUS CHRIST Primary Activity Sheets 5-8 years Stage 3 of 5 www.cssa.asn.au © CSSA Please do not copy or distribute without written permission 18 Lesson 17 The Fiery Furnace Lesson 17 The Fiery Furnace 1 2 3

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CLUES ACROSS 1. Nebuchadnezzar built a huge .... 4. Shadrach, Meshech and Abednego knew God could ...... them if they were faithful. 6. Anyone who disobeyed the king was put to ...... 9. Shadrach, Meshech and Abednego trusted in ...... 11. Nebuchadnezzar heated the furnace 7 times ...... 12. People who did not bow to the image were thrown into a burning ...... furnace.

CLUES DOWN 2. Everyone had to bow down when they heard the .... 3. The image was made of .... 5. Nebuchadnezzar made a new ..... and sent it throughout the land. Trace around the dotted men in the fiery furnace. Now decorate the picture 7. An .... came down to help the three faithful men. using red and orange cellophane for the flames. You might like to cut out 8. Nebuchadnezzar saw .... men walking around in the furnace. sandpaper or brown paper for the bricks of the fiery furnace too. 10. Men could bow down to the image .... be killed. Primary Activity Sheets 5-8 years Stage 3 of 5 www.cssa.asn.au © CSSA Please do not copy or distribute without written permission 19 Lesson 18 Daniel in the Lions' Den Lesson 18 Daniel in the Lions' Den Hidden in this find-a-word are 15 words from Lesson 18. Colour them in and cross them off the list. C L A Z D Y A R P I I G D A R I U S S O N E N Z W L S U N I N I M A G Y M S K X E X L O A B A B Y L O N D D K X L T H I R T Y Y O M O U T H S X S E C N I R P X Y V P A L A C E Z Z M E L A S U R E J Babylon Den Law Palace Daniel God Lions Pray Darius Jerusalem Mouths Princes Days King Music Thirty

Complete the story then add the words into the crossword. The jealous princes tricked the king into making a new 1...... Daniel still prayed 2...... 4

times a day. Daniel was thrown 5 into the 3...... 4...... even though the king tried to save him. 6

God saved Daniel by sending His 3 5...... to shut the lion’s mouths. The 6...... made a special 2 decree that everyone should fear 1 and respect the God of Daniel. Use orange or brown wool to decorate the lion’s mane. Primary Activity Sheets 5-8 years Stage 3 of 5 www.cssa.asn.au © CSSA Please do not copy or distribute without written permission 20 Lesson 19 Queen Esther Lesson 19 Queen Esther Complete the story. Proud ______refused to obey king Ahasuerus. The king decided to choose another _ _ _ _ _ . The most ______maidens in the land got ready to meet the king. Esther took only the things which the king’s ______had given to her. Because she loved God, Esther was a much nicer person, so king ______chose her to be the new queen. We must learn what God wants us to do, just as Esther learned from ______.

Decorate beautiful queen Esther in the palace. Primary Activity Sheets 5-8 years Stage 3 of 5 www.cssa.asn.au © CSSA Please do not copy or distribute without written permission 21 Lesson 19 Queen Esther Lesson 19 Queen Esther

Cut out the pieces of this jigsaw and assemble them in the box drawn on this page. Glue them on and colour the picture.

Primary Activity Sheets 5-8 years Stage 3 of 5 www.cssa.asn.au © CSSA Please do not copy or distribute without written permission 22 Lesson 20 Haman, the Jews' Enemy Lesson 20 Haman, the Jews' Enemy Fill in the missing words.

Proud Haman hated ______because he refused to _ _ _ down to him. _ _ _ _ _ planned to have all the _ _ _ _ killed, and hang Mordecai upon gallows he had specially made. ______went in to see the King, even though she had not been called. Esther invited the King and Haman to _ _ _ feasts. At the ______feast she told the King about Haman’s wicked plan. Haman was ______on the gallows he had made. Mordecai became the second ruler in all ______.

Colour the figures of Ahasuerus, Esther and wicked Haman. Cut them out and bend back the tabs. You can then glue them onto a piece of cardboard, or inside a shoe box, to make a standup scene. Primary Activity Sheets 5-8 years Stage 3 of 5 www.cssa.asn.au © CSSA Please do not copy or distribute without written permission 23 Lesson 21 Nehemiah Rebuilding the Walls Lesson 21 Nehemiah Rebuilding the Walls 1

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Nehemiah asked the king...... "Let us rise up and build"

When he got to Jerusalem...... a man who worked

When Nehemiah spoke to the ...... the other half watched people they said...... with spears and bows

The enemies round about...... the wall was finished

Half the Jews worked on ....he saw the city in ruins the wall while.....

Nehemiah was a man .....to send him back to who prayed and ...... Jerusalem

God blessed the Jews ...... made plans to and at last...... attack the Jews Glue this sheet onto thin cardboard. Colour the pictures and then cut them out. Bend back the tabs at the bottom and stand your pictures up. Primary Activity Sheets 5-8 years Stage 3 of 5 www.cssa.asn.au © CSSA Please do not copy or distribute without written permission 25 Lesson 22 Birth of John the Baptist Lesson 22 Birth of John the Baptist Copy the words of Luke 1:13 onto the scroll.

Fill in the blanks to finish the story.

An angel appeared to Zacharias as he was praying in the ______. The angel told Zacharias that his wife would have a _ _ _ . When this child grew up he would prepare the people of Israel for the coming of the ______. As he grew up, this boy was filled with the Holy ______. Zacharias and Elizabeth were to call their son _ _ _ _ . Complete the name of the new baby. Primary Activity Sheets 5-8 years Stage 3 of 5 www.cssa.asn.au © CSSA Please do not copy or distribute without written permission 26 Lesson 23 The Messiah is Born Lesson 23 The Messiah is Born Write in the words to finish the story. The angel ______told _ _ _ _ she was to have a baby _ _ _ born to her. His name was to be called _ _ _ _ _. Mary and Joseph travelled to ______, where Jesus was born in a ______. Angels praised _ _ _ at Jesus' birth and the ______, after hearing them, hurried to see the baby.

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Colour in and cut out the pictures of Mary, the baby, and the shepherd and arrange them in the stable drawn on the other page. Glue them in. Primary Activity Sheets 5-8 years Stage 3 of 5 www.cssa.asn.au © CSSA Please do not copy or distribute without written permission 27 Lesson 24 The Boyhood of Jesus Lesson 24 The Boyhood of Jesus Fill in the blanks to finish the story.

From the East came some ......

who knew Jesus had been born because they had seen

his ...... in the East. They travelled

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who wanted to kill Jesus. Colour in the picture of the wise men from the east. Primary Activity Sheets 5-8 years Stage 3 of 5 www.cssa.asn.au © CSSA Please do not copy or distribute without written permission 28 Lesson 25 John the Baptist Makes Israel Ready Lesson 25 John the Baptist Makes Israel Ready 1 2

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CLUES ACROSS 3. The prophet .... prophesied that John the Baptist would come. 6. John told people to repent and be .... 8. John wore a girdle made of ...... 10. John ate .... 12. John baptised people in the River ..... 13. The name of the Messiah was .... 14. Some of the people did .... John and were baptised.

CLUES DOWN 1. John told the ... gatherers not to collect more than they needed. 2. John .... up in the wilderness. 3. John lived in the country of ..... 4. John wore a coat of ...... hair. 5. John ate ..... 7. John told the people to change their .... 8. John said about the Messiah “I am not even worthy to undo his shoe....” 9. Another name for vipers. 11. Some people were sorry for their ..... Colour in the food that John ate. Primary Activity Sheets 5-8 years Stage 3 of 5 www.cssa.asn.au © CSSA Please do not copy or distribute without written permission 29