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Feeding 5000 (John 6)

Kate — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:59:57 +0000

Feeding 5000 (John 6)

Gift= SHARING

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Feeding 5000 (Matthew 14) | Games

Kate — Mon, 25 Apr 2016 13:52:49 +0000

The boy with the picnic in the story of the feeding of the 5000 is just one seemingly insignificant character in a sea of people, but his courage to offer what he could fed everyone. These games link to the story, the idea of sharing and the significance of one.

Falling Dominoes

Ages 7+

Small group

Requires setup time

Noisy game

Can be seated

Grab a set of dominoes or Jenga blocks or anything you can make a domino tumble line with and give the kids 3 minutes to set out as long a domino tumble as they can make. Split it into teams to want to make it a competition.

Divide and share

All Ages

Any size group

No Setup time

Quiet game

Can be seated

Sit the children in a circle or round a table and give each child a piece of paper. Ask them to fold it in half as many times as they can. 8 is the limit. Talk about how small we managed to make the piece of paper by keeping it together. Now get them to open their piece of paper up and tear it in half, placing one half in the middle of the circle. Repeat this until you have just a tiny piece of paper. How many times did they tear their paper when they give it away?

Basket relay

Under 7’s

Any size group

Requires setup time

Noisy game

Space needed

For this game, you’ll need objects to represent fish and bread, plus 12 containers to represent baskets. Take the objects and have the children play disciples by carefully placing them around the room as they ‘distribute the food’. When all the objects are distributed, they need to collect the ‘leftovers’ in the 12 baskets. Split the group in 2, sending one child from each group out to ‘fill’ a basket at a time. If possible, have 5 ‘loaves’ and ‘2 fish’ per basket.

Lean on me

All Ages

Big group

No Setup time

Noisy game

Space needed

A bit like a human domino tumble, this exercise relies on sharing the strength of those next to you, so is ideal for a group of kids with a similar build. Have everyone stand in a circle and join hands (hold each other’s wrists if hands are unsuitable for your group) slowly have the group lean to the right, left, or backwards supporting each other’s weight.

Below the napkin

Under 7’s

Small group

Requires setup time

Quiet game

Can be seated

This is a beautiful little illustration that you can teach your kids, a sort of magic trick they can try out with their friends. Take a bowl or basket and place in some food to represent the loaves and fishes, crackers work well. Place a napkin over the food and then lay out 5 pieces to represent loaves and 2 fishes too. Show the children the finished setup, saying the lunch looks small but the boy was willing to share. Mimic Jesus by holding up one cracker or other food item and breaking it in half, you’ll probably get crumbs breaking off. Grab the napkin to clean up your crumbs then get the kids to look in the bowl again. Let the children try it out.

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Feeding 5000 (John 6) | Craft 2

Kate — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 13:31:38 +0000

This is a JWL favourite craft, a “spinner reveal” that shows the baskets of leftovers after the 5000 had eaten. It’s one of those crafts that look harder to do than it is, especially as there is more room for error than you may imagine, though it does require a good level of cutting skill.

To make this craft, you will need the 1-page template printout, scissors, and some sticky tape. You may also wish to use a craft knife.

Separate the bottom section by cutting through the double line. Then cut along all the grey lines to create 3 shapes each with a small slit, and one larger piece with what looks like a half cut out bit.

If you’ve been technical and cut with a craft knife, skip this step, but for those of us who have needed to cut through the bottom of the display piece with scissors, now is the time to close the gap back up with a piece of tape.

Find the smaller piece with the baskets of leftovers on it – labelled ‘A’ on the printout. This is going to slide behind the piece that is attached to the card. From the other side, you’ll see that both the central slit and the curve around the edge line up, with the tab sticking out the side.

Take the two remaining pieces – labelled ‘B’ and ‘C’ – and line up the central slits. They should look like this. (That is piece B on top)

Time to combine. Keep the pieces with their partners and slide the 2 sets of slits together. Really, this looks a lot more complicated than it is.

Slide the pieces round until the tabs align, the little tab attached to the image of the boy and Jesus should point down, the bigger tabs need to be on-top of each other.

Time to secure your creation by sticking down the little flap that’s pointing downwards over the edge of the card.

You will also need to secure the 2 big turning flaps together, they should be the same size so glue or tape these. It is now unable to come apart.

The craft is complete, start it in this position with the tab to the left…

Spin the tab clockwise…

And the second picture appears!

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A4 size
(210 x 297 mm)

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Feeding 5000 (John 6) | Worksheet

Kate — Wed, 20 Apr 2016 12:18:40 +0000

The feeding of the 5000 and the boy with a picnic is a classic story about sharing, but sharing comes from a focus on others and not ourselves, something this worksheet explores. Puzzle, seek, draw and ponder with this sheet independently or as a small group. Suitable for those able to read themselves.

To complete the worksheet you will just need something to write with.

The PDF can can be downloaded by clicking on the image.

Ps. Doubt you’ll need it, but here is one possible solution if you do!

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Feeding 5000 (John 6) | Craft 1

Kate — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 12:24:00 +0000

The feeding of the 5000 is an iconic story and the standard craft is to make a picnic box with the boy’s lunch… and that’s what this is, a quick craft to execute that gives you a shallow ‘box’ with the five loaves and 2 fish.

If while telling the story of the 5000 you wish to ‘hide’ extra food Jesus will ‘create’ there is space in this craft to do so.

To make this craft, you will need the 1-page template printout, scissors, and some paper glue.

Add colour, if needed, and cut out all the shapes

Take the large rectangle and fold it in half along the line.

Pro tip- if you are working with very young kids, or limited time, score the lines in advance to make folding super easy!

Fold along all the other lines, working the fold both ways then open out the rectangle.

We need the centre fold to go the opposite way between the end squares and the middle shape. Begin by folding the end squares behind to get them out of the way. Now lightly push at the intersecting points while folding the edge towards the middle. It’s easier to do than to explain!

Repeat at the other end – that’s the tricky bit done!

Now we have the base find a side and fold along the dotted lines.

Attach the side to the end squares. Repeat with the other side to make it more solid.

The food is our final step. Add a drop of glue and position where you wish. If you are working with individual pieces, start by attaching to the base then glue later pieces to the back of the food items to give height.

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Feeding 5000 (John 6) | Story

Kate — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 15:44:57 +0000

If you want the teachers page then please click on the image for the pdf.

Today’s hero is the boy with a picnic because he shows us the gift of Sharing
Essential Teachers notes:
The feeding of the 5000 is probably one of the most iconic miracles Jesus became known for, it’s not surprising that after the meal he fled for fear they would try to make him king by force. 5000 people shared witness to what happened, and it happened more than once with the story of the feeding of 4000. It’s a beautiful story about the power of being willing to try, and for one boy with his picnic lunch it would probably have been life changing.

Main Passage : John 6
Additional passages : Matthew 14 Mark 6, Luke 9.
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Have you ever felt really small? not short, or thin, or young, but small.
Perhaps you’ve been in a really big building and suddenly you’ve felt very tiny, or a really big wood and suddenly you seem very little. Today’s story is about a boy who is in a really really big crowd of people, and he must have felt very small, but God was going to teach him about how much small things matter.

There was a new rabbi everyone was talking about. His name was Jesus and he came from Nazareth. Stories started going around about the things he did and said. People were claiming he had healed them, people who hadn’t been able to walk could now walk, people with illnesses were now well, people who had never talked were singing… everybody was talking about this Jesus. And he was near…

Jesus had been seen getting into a boat to cross the sea of Galilee, but if they were quick the people could go around the edge and meet him at the mountain. Once they got onto higher ground they could look back and see young men running ahead, children and families moving together, streaming out of every village, a huge river of people were gathering. Eager to reach where Jesus would land, to see him to perform more miracles, to see what everyone was talking about.

Jesus and his disciples moved a little further up the mountain so everyone could see, but right away there was a problem. All these people journeying towards Jesus were going to need food, especially after walking so far round the water. Jesus asked his disciples and they looked worried, it would take a years wages to buy enough food for everyone to have just a tiny snack.

Nearby a small boy heard the disciples talking about food. In a bag on his shoulder was his picnic lunch, it was 5 little bread loaves made of barley, each small enough to fit in his hand, and 2 small fish. Perhaps the disciples were hungry he thought, and even though it was only a tiny amount of food he decided he would share.

He went over to one of the disciples, Andrew, and tapped him on the arm. “you can share my food” he said. Andrew looked at the boy and his little lunch, then at the huge crowd, then he thanked the boy and took the bag. The boy was a little confused, he’d expected Andrew to take a bit of bread and a fish, not everything, but perhaps Andrew needed it. Then he watched as Andrew took the food to Jesus. Wow. His food was for Jesus?

But Jesus didn’t eat the food. He looked at it and smiled. Jesus gave some instructions to his disciples and suddenly everyone was moving. People were being told to sit down on the grass in big groups. The small boy stood and watched the disciples run around until the crowd become calm and ordered. And what a crowd, it was huge, thousands of people looking towards were Jesus stood near the boy. Suddenly the boy’s lunch felt very very very tiny.

Jesus picked up a little loaf from the boys bag and held it up to heaven. In a loud voice he blessed the bread, and the fish and started to hand them out to the disciples. The first disciple took 3 of the bread loaves and one of the fish and took it to the nearest group with a puzzled look on his face. The next disciple did the same, and so did the next, and the next.

The small boy moved towards Jesus looking confused, Jesus had given out more food than was in the bag? Jesus looked up and grinned, then threw the boy a barley loaf through the air. He caught it with both hands, it was bigger than the loaves he had packed for his picnic because he needed 2 hands to hold it. While he started eating the soft bread Jesus carried on handing out food to his disciples. Before long the disciples were looking for anyone who wanted any more and collecting any that was left. 12 huge baskets were full with crumbs and fish that didn’t get eaten. Jesus walked over to the small boy and handed him his bag “thank you for sharing” he said with a grin… and then he was gone. Some of the crowd looked for him, people shouted about making him king, but he’d disappeared.

Today’s hero is the boy with a picnic because he shows us the gift of Sharing

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Feeding 5000 (John 6) | Character Images

Kate — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 12:32:19 +0000

Here are the images you need for the hero’s attributes linked to the Boy with a Picnic (John 6). Linked to the story of the feeding of the 5000.
Each hero set contains a high quality graphic of the character, a take home bible card and a colouring page.

The images are displayed small here, click on the image you wish to have, then save the image that loads.
(Please note : these images have no watermark but are not copyright free, they are only intended for classroom use.)

English

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