Gift= LISTENING

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The story of the God calling Samuel as a youngster is a great story to draw out ideas about listening, decoding, sources, support, and cooperation.

This is part of a single lesson pack, all ready to print and go.

Nighttime Sounds

All Ages

Small group

Requires setup time

Quiet game

Can be seated

Cut out the cards and separate one. Place all the remaining cards face down over random squares. Look at the picture in the remaining uncovered square; this is what we aim to find. Lift any card. Does it match the original picture? If it matches, place it face up on that square; if it doesn’t, place it face down. We now have a new image we are searching for: the one under the card you just lifted. Continue until all the cards are face up.
Link: Samuel searching for the voice’s origin.

Recognising Voices

All Ages

Any size group

No Setup time

Noisy game

Can be seated

Have the child playing Samuel sit in a chair (blindfolded, if you feel it’s needed, or with eyes closed). Point to one other child and get them to call out “young Samuel?” Can the child identify the voice?
Link: Recognising voices

That looks like a…

All Ages

Small group

Requires setup time

Noisy game

Can be seated

Take a large envelope and cut a small hole in the side. (A hole punch will do this neatly.) Slip a picture into the envelope and give it to the children. The children will probably try to move the picture about to see as much as possible.
Link: recognising things by just one part

Follow the leader

Under 7’s

Any size group

No Setup time

Noisy game

Space needed

Use this classic game where the ‘leader’ chooses an action, direction, or sound and the group need to imitate that.
Link: Samuel copied Eli’s instructions

Identify the sound

Under 7’s

Any size group

Requires setup time

Noisy game

Can be seated

If you have access to the internet within your space, then use this YouTube video to play guess the sound, the sound plays then the curtain lifts to reveal what made the sound. Others available too!
Link: Eli identifying God’s voice

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These are the Character resources provided for: Young Samuel (1 Samuel 3).

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To make this craft, you will need the 1-page template printout, scissors, a craft knife, hole punch, and a split pin (brad).

Use a craft knife to cut along the dotted line.
(For younger groups, do this before you start.)
Then, cut out both pieces.

Make holes where the small white circles indicate.

Thread the tail end of the Samuel piece through the slit.

Attach the two pieces using a split pin through the holes.

Move the tail piece to wake up Samuel.

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Hannah had left young Samuel at the Shiloh temple with the priest Eli. The temple became Samuel’s home. He slept there, ate there, and spent his days helping Eli with various jobs and learning about the God he served. As Eli got older, he started to lose his sight and needed Samuel to do more and more jobs. Eli started sleeping in a small side room and asked Samuel to sleep near the ark to protect it. And that’s where we find Samuel.

It had been a long, warm day and young Samuel was laid on a cushion fast asleep. The last thing he had heard as his eyes closed was Eli softly snoring from the side room. He was woken by a voice calling out. Samuel jumped! Was that his name he’d heard? Did Eli need him? Samuel quickly rubbed the sleep from his eyes and ran, his bare feet echoing each slap against the cold stone floor.

“Eli, Eli,” he called, “I’m coming!” However, when he reached the room, Eli was sleeping. Samuel shook him gently. “Eli, why did you call?” he asked. “I didn’t call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.”

Samuel returned to his cushions, shaking his head, confused. Did he dream the voice? Samuel settled into a comfortable position and closed his eyes to sleep again. Moments later, he heard his name called out. This time it must be Eli! Perhaps Samuel waking him had made him thirsty?

Samuel pulled himself up again and walked to the side room. “Here I am; you called me,” he said as he entered Eli’s room, but the old man was almost asleep. “I didn’t call, my son,” Eli mumbled. “Go back and lie down.”

Was there someone else in the temple? Samuel took a lamp and raised it high to look around, but the two were alone. He lay down onto the cushions again and started at the surrounding walls. Just as his eyes started to close, he heard a voice again. “Samuel” There was no doubt this time, that voice was too loud and clear to have come from outside. It must be Eli! But it wasn’t. This time, Eli realised what was happening. The voice was God’s.

“Go and lie down,” he told Samuel. If he calls you, say, “Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.” And that’s what Samuel did. He lay down, and when the voice came, he said, “Speak, Lord, your servant is listening.” Then, God spoke to him.

Samuel would hear God’s voice many times in his life. He would learn to recognise it. Samuel’s messages from God guided the people, created kings, and brought both joy and pain. God called Samuel from a young age, and his life would change the future of a nation.

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