Welcome
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Getting Ready to Worship
Introduction to the Unit
Gathering Song
Getting Ready for Bible Storytelling
Interactive
Storytelling
Saying Sorry to God
Saying Sorry Action
God Gives us a New Start
Prayers for Other People
Prayer Action
Thank You God
Creative Response
Sharing God's Peace
Taking God's Love
Into the World
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Saying Sorry Action
➜ Guide: Book1, p.223
For alternative actions that can be used during any unit at any time of year, see Saying Sorry Actions: Options 2, 3 and 4 on pp. 40–2 of Book 1.
Saying Sorry Action
When Moses grows up, he does something wrong.
Moses tries to hide from everyone in the wilderness.
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Sometimes we do wrong things.
We feel like we want to hide.
Let’s curl up in a ball now
and pretend we want to hide away from everyone,
hide even from God.
Lead the children in curling up into a ball or covering face.
When the group is ready:
When Moses was hiding, God came to find him.
God gave Moses a new start.
God wants to come and find us to give us a new start too.
God wants to be our best friend!
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Let’s pretend that our finger is God’s finger!
Lead the group in holding index finger up.
Let’s count to 3
and tap ourselves on the shoulder with God’s finger!
Then let’s jump up and shout:
‘God gives me a new start!’
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Tap 1, tap 2, tap 3 . . .
jump up
God gives me a new start!
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Now let’s turn to someone
and give that person a big hug
to show that God wants to be best friends with them . . .
and let that person give you a hug as well.
Lead the children in giving and receiving new starts.
When the group is ready:
I wonder how it feels to know that God
wants to be your best friend?
Can you show me?
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Let’s use our new start to share God’s love this week!