God’s Promises to Abraham
This page takes you
through the various activities we had at Messy Church on 9th September 2017.
Have a look and try a few!
Abram’s tent
Fold the tent and stick
the flaps together with double sided tape
Add Abram, Sarah and Lot his
nephew
Abram travelled with his family a long way, to
the place God asked him to go. They lived in tents.
Have you stayed in a tent?
What would it be like to live in a tent all the time and move from place to
place?
Sand picture
Put glue on one part of
the picture. Then sprinkle the colour of sand you want and press it down.
Then do the same with the
next part of the picture and so on.
Do you like walking in
sand? What does it feel like?
Passport
Draw a picture of Abram,
fill in his details and stamp his entry and departure visas to show he has
travelled
Abram and his family moved across many
countries. In today’s countries , they started from Ur, in south Iraq and
travelled through Syria to southern Turkey. Many years later they travelled on
through Syria and Lebanon to Israel.
Have you travelled to
other countries? Where have you been? Where would you like to go?
Make a Compass
Float a small circle of foam
on the water
Brush a needle along the
magnet in one direction. You need to do it 30 or 40 times in the same direction
Place the needle on the
card and watch it turn
Check it’s direction with
the compass
Abram and his family walked a long way.
–From Ur to Haran was about 600 miles
–From Haran to Bethel was about 400 miles
They walked by a big river
to help them find the way
If you go somewhere new
how do you find the way?
Star tea light
Stick stars on the jar
then brush glue over it. Roll it in glitter. Then peel the stars off. When you
put a tea light in, the light will shine through the stars
God promised Abram that he would have as many
descendants as there are stars in the sky
When you are in a dark
place and look at the sky you can see a lot of stars? How would you count them?
Star headband
Make a headband the right
size for your head
Stick on a star that says
‘I am a friend of God’
Stick on more stars to
decorate your headband
Abram trusted God and God was pleased with
him
What is it like to have
friends? What is it like to be God’s friend?
Star painting
Hold a star against the paper
then dab paint around it with a sponge. When you take the paint away a star
shape will be left
God promised Abram that he would have as many
descendants as there are stars in the sky
How many stars can you see
on the picture?
Count grains
How many grains of rice
can you count on a teaspoon?
How many stars are in the
jar?
God told Abram that no-one will be able to
count all his family. It would be as easy to count all the sand on the
seashore.
Abram knew the Arabian desert. Its 2,300,300
sq km big, the second largest desert on earth. So when God said he would have
as many descendant as grains of sand he knew that would be a big number.
What is the biggest number
you can think of?
Decorate plate
Write on the plate ‘God
always keeps his promises’
Decorate it with stars
Abraham had to wait a long time but he trusted
God and God did keep his promises
Have you ever had to wait
for something you had been promised? Did you wait patiently?
Door plaque
Paint your name on a door
plaque and decorate it with jewels or punched shapes
Stick double sided tabs on
the corners on the back so that you can stick it up when you get it home
God changed Abram’s and Sarai’s name
•Abram changed to Abraham which means ‘Father
of many’
•Sarai changed to Sarah meaning ‘princess ’
Do you know what your name
means?
Baby cupcake
Wrap a jelly baby in some
icing, like a cloth for it
Cut a hole out in the
centre of the cupcake and place the baby in the hole, like a cot for the baby
Abraham and Sarah were very old when they had a
baby. So old that they didn’t think they could have one.
Who is the oldest person
you know? Who is the youngest?
Family tree
Make the pipe cleaners
into a tree. Write the names of your family on leaves and hang them on the
tree. You can include aunts, uncles, cousins, as many of your family as you can
think of
God promised Abraham that he would have a very
big family, grand children, great grand children, great great grand children
and so on, til they became a nation
How many people can you
think of in your family?
Promise envelope
Fold the envelope, and
stick the sides together
Write something you
promise to do on the card and put it in the envelope
God promised Abraham that he would live in a
new place, that he would have many descendants and that he would be famous
You can keep the envelope
or give it to someone if you have promised something for them
Will you keep your
promise?
Promise Bag
Make a backpack by
sticking the straps, and fasteners onto the bag
Choose some promises of
God to put in your bag
You can also draw other
things you would like to have in your bag
Abraham and his family moved country several
times
If you moved country what
would be the most important things you would put in your bag?
Adult Colouring
Colour in one of these
pictures or draw your own.
God promised Abraham and Sarah that they would
have many children, as many as the stars in the sky. He even changed their
names to show it. But they had to wait until they were very old, and they could
no longer see how it would happen to actually have a baby.
Are you hoping for
something? Maybe you have waited a long time. Talk to God about your hopes.
Prayer Cross
Take a piece of paper and
write on it or draw a picture of anything you would like us to pray for you.
The prayers in here will
be passed on to a team of people who pray every month for Messy Church
Roll your paper up and put
it in one of the tubes in the cross
