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Imagine That!: a 4-Week Teaching Series for Children's Ministry TOPIC: Elisha SCRIPTURE: 2 Kings DECORATING THEME: Art class AGE GROUP: Elementary (Get the Preschool version here !) In an art class, you'll discover everything you need to know about using your imagination to create brilliant pieces of art. Sometimes, the things you create can help solve a need or show the world something amazing about who God is. In this 4-week series, kids will hear about some of the amazing things God did through Elisha to help people imagine how their gifts could make a difference. They'll see how God asks us to help each other, God can do impossible things, and how God helps us solve big problems . By the end, we'll start to see the wonderful things we can do when we know God gives us more than we can imagine. BIG IDEAS & BIBLE STORIES God asks us to help each other. (Elisha and the Widow's Oil: 2 Kings 4:1-7; Galatians 5:13-14, 22-26) God can do impossible things. (Elisha and the Shunnamite's Son: 2 Kings 4:8-37; 1 Corinthians 12:4-6, 12-19) God helps us solve big problems. (Elisha and the Famine: 2 Kings 4:38-44; Philippians 4:4-9) God gives us more than we can imagine. (Elisha and Naaman: 2 Kings 5:1-14; Ephesians 6:10-20) WEEKLY CURRICULUM SUMMARIES: This week, kids see how Elisha helped a widow get out of debt. Art isn't just about putting colors on a canvas to make something beautiful-our creations can help people, too. This week, we'll hear about the time when Elisha worked with a widow to help get her out of debt. Elisha knew she had a need and used his creativity to help her because God asks us to help each other. This week, kids see how Elisha prayed for God to bring the Shunammite's son back to life. Some paintings are so large they seem impossible to make-especially when we're first learning about art! This week, we'll hear the story of when Elisha prayed for God to bring the Shunammite's son back to life. The Shunammite knew that what Elisha was asking was a big, impossible task that could never happen, but Elisha knew that God can do impossible things. This week, kids see how Elisha took care of others during a famine. When we leave an art class, we can feel inspired to create things that end up being quite a challenge. This week, we'll see how God helped Elisha with a challenge as he took care of others during a famine. Whenever he faced a problem, Elisha knew God could help him create a solution because God helps us solve big problems. This week, kids see how Naaman received Elisha's help to be healed of leprosy. Art class can help remind us we all create with the same types of materials-the only difference is our imagination! This week, we'll take a look at the story of when Naaman asked for Elisha's help to be healed of leprosy. Instead of getting a meeting with Elisha, Naaman was asked to dream big and do something creative to help him see that God gives us more than we can imagine. MEMORY VERSE: "For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works." - Ephesians 2:10a (NIV)

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