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By the end of this lesson the child should be able to:

• Know about Joseph’s family Genesis 37: 1-4
• Know they are part of a family
• Know they are greatly loved by our Heavenly Father

• Feel that they are special • Know God made them as they are and has an important plan and purpose for them. DOWNLOAD Ukraine Lesson #1

AS KIDS ARRIVE PRIOR TO THE LESSON (10 minutes) (Before class begins sanitize all the children’s hands. Ensure masks are worn according to Covid requirements and the children sit apart to follow all Covid protocol.) DOWNLOAD Ukrainian Visual Aids

Hide a variety of different colour strips of cloth. Let children go on a COLOR HUNT around a designated area to find strips of colored cloth. (Ensure social distancing as they seek) When they find a colored strip of cloth, the child will run back to the poster board on the classroom wall and will glue the strip of cloth to the board to make a coat with their many colors. Some child may enjoy drawing a head with beard, etc, on the top of the coat when they are finished they will have a picture of JOSEPH for the rest of the program.

Supplies needed: • Different colour strips of cloth. • Safety pins to make a coat. • A large piece of paper, glue and crayons. • Print the Joseph stickman Visual Aid and colour prior to Game #1. • Print the Joseph coat Visual Aid and colour prior to Game #1. DOWNLOAD Game #1 Visual Aids

• Print Ukrainian 'A favorite son becomes a slave' colouring pages • Print Ukrainian 'A favorite son becomes a slave' Take Home Track DOWNLOAD Joseph colouring pages

• Print Ukrainian Chapter #1 of 'And Puppy' story book, one for each child if possible. DOWNLOAD Ukrainian Chapter #1 of 'And Puppy' story book.(To be edited)

• Create a ‘Heaven Corner’ with a gold cloth on a chair, to represent Heaven, with Jesus’ crown and a wooden cross, covered with a red cloth to represent His blood DOWNLOAD Jesus crown for the children to colour

Supplies needed: • Print information for the discussion, soldier colouring pages and Adult Educational handout Download Soldier colouring pages to start the discussion Optional: Download the Ukrainian 'Adult safety pack' Adult Educational Handout

LESSON #1

1. GAMES: (10 minutes) PIN THE COAT ON JOSEPH: Print the Joseph stick man and print the Joseph coat and get the children to colour before Game #1 DOWNLOAD Game #1 'Stick man'

Take turns being blindfolded and trying to pin the COLORFUL coat onto Joseph stickman! DOWNLOAD Lesson #1 Ukrainian Game #1 Visual Aids

2. TEAM GAMES: (10 minutes)

ROBE RUN: The teacher will have two poster boards - one for each team. Tape the Joseph in his multicolouring coat oto the poster boards. Divide the class into 2 teams. (Maintain Covid social distance protocol) Children will run a relay to take turns in coloring ONE stripe with colored marker or crayon of his/her choice and then run back to the team for the next player to run to the coat. Continue until all the stripes are coloured, the team to finish first is the winner. DOWNLOAD Ukrainian Game #2

5. TEACHING:
a. Review (5 minutes)
(This being Lesson 1 there may not be a review unless this teaching comes after previous teaching)

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c. Teach the Lesson (15 minutes)

Bible Reading: Genesis 37: 3-4; 12-13; 17b-24

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Joseph was a part of a family. Even though Joseph grew up in a messed-up family, he did not allow his unusual and dysfunctional family background to get in the way of serving God. He refused to use his family history as an excuse.

They told Jesus, “Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you.”Jesus looked around at the people seated around him and answered, "Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does God’s will is my brother & sister & mother.”

Did Jesus love his real mother and brothers? Of course he did, but he also realized that he had another family. It was a family made up of those who loved his Heavenly Father and did his will.

You and I love our families, but we also have a wonderful family of faith made up of brothers and sisters who love God and love one another. It is wonderful to be a part of "The Family of God."

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But Joseph was also very important to God who loved him and you will learn later in this teaching God never left him even in Joseph’s times of difficulties.

God knew Joseph before he was even born and He had a great plan for Joseph just like He has for you.

Jeremiah 1:5a “I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born I set you apart”

Jeremiah 29:11
“ For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

Joseph's father loved him more than his brothers and Jesus was the beloved son and preferred one of the Heavenly Father.

STORY TIME:

The Story Teller reads "And Puppy' Chapter #1 'War Warning'

One child will start and tag another child and say “JOIN THE FAMILY”. They will hold hands each time one is caught and continue to tag more and hold hands until the whole class is holding hands thanking God for your family.

6. APPLICATION / ENCOUNTERING GOD:
We are not born God's Children. We are adopted by Him through Jesus. Let's come together join a circle and hold hands and thank God for our family.

CLOSING PRAYER:

Heavenly Father, we thank you for our families and we thank you for our brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus. Thank you for keeping me and all my family safe during this Coronavirus Crisis and this war. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

DISCUSSION: Send some time discussing how the war has impacted thier lives. Optional: Download Soldier colouring pages to start the conversation Download the Ukrainian 'Adult safety pack' Adult Educational Handout

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NEXT WEEK: We will learn that sometimes bad things happen to good people. Joseph is betrayed by his brothers and thrown into a pit and separated from his father.

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