Holy Land Caravan  

Northbrook's Elementary Sunday School classes are conducted using a "Workshop Rotation Model," an exciting and innovative way to present a theologically sound children's curriculum in hands-on, multi-sensory, and highly motivating learning workshops.

Our program, "The Holy Land Caravan," provides five different workshops (drama, art, cooking, games, and video) to explore a year-long sequence of Biblical themes and stories. The Northbrook "Caravan" is a Sunday School adventure offered to children entering first through fifth grades.

The Lessons
Each classroom will teach the same lesson in a different style for five weeks. Our children will experience the same biblically-based theme through drama, video/movies, art, games, and cooking.

The themes for the 20110-2012 Sunday school year are:

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Adam and Eve

August 14

• Money and Time September 18

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 David, the Boy October 23

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 The Gift of Jesus November 27

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 Jesus and the Children January 8

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 Triumphal Entry February 12

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Each week our children will rotate to a new room to learn more about the same theme in a different sensory way. Not only will this build familiarity, but children who may not be able to attend on a regular basis can jump in at any point and hop aboard the Holy Land Caravan!

The Activity Leader
As an activity leader on the caravan, the lesson will be matched to your God-given gifts and talents. This will allow you to teach God's word in a style that fits you. You will only teach for limited periods of time as each theme of instruction will only last five weeks.

There is an appointed chairperson for each of the five styles of instruction and they are currently recruiting teachers based on the time and talent surveys recently completed by the members of Northbrook.

The Shepherds
The role of shepherd on the Holy Land Caravan is to simply be there for our children. As a shepherd you will be the constant for each grade level, and the person with whom the children meet each week. The shepherd does a short "opening" with the class at the beginning of the lesson, then turns the class over to the Activity Leader to teach the lesson. At the end of the hour, the shepherd closes and prays with the children before they leave. The shepherd will not be teaching the lesson, and no preparation is needed. The shepherd is however encouraged to be as involved with the class as possible.

Being a shepherd to a group of children helps build a strong bond of community to the church as a whole. This role is extremely important for rotation Sunday School to be successful.





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Jesus and children

January 8 – Feb. 5
Jesus and the Children

Jesus proclaimed through his words and actions that children are valued by God. Children have important roles to play in the community of faith. Our children will have the opportunity to hear the story of Jesus welcoming the children. They will experience being a valued part of the faith community and see that we are all, young and old, children of God. They will learn that every person is someone of worth and that even children have things to teach adults.

Some of the activities for this rotation include: a Torn Paper Design and a study of Norman Rockwell’s “Do Unto Others” painting.

In Temple Treats children will make a Sharing Soup and hear the story of Stone Soup. They will also make thumbprint cookies.

In Tabernacle Tales they will hear the story of “Ruby Bridges” and discuss how children can make a difference in this world.

In Movies they will watch a portion of “A Bug’s Life” and “Finding Nemo”. They will talk about how Jesus taught us that everyone has a gift and a responsibility to share that gift.

Last but not least, in Galilean Games children will have a story “Beach Ball”, make their own “Amazing Maze to Jesus” and play a game called “All On Deck”.

See you in Holy Land Caravan!
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February 12 – March 11 Triumphal Entry

When Jesus rode into Jerusalem, the people were glad and praised God for Jesus, the Messiah who gives new life to all who believe. Children will explore the story of the triumphal entry as prophesied by Zechariah and that Jesus rode a donkey into Jerusalem during Passover as a sign of peace. The people welcomed Jesus as he came to Jerusalem by waving palm branches and shouting “Hosanna,” which means God save us. The children will experience that Palm Sunday is an opportunity to praise God through Jesus and proclaim Jesus as the Messiah.

In Antioch Art children will make their own Palm Sunday fresco painting and handprint Palm Banners. Galilean Games will host a Palm Sunday Carnival with a variety of games including Donkey Ride Relay. Mt. Sinai Movies promises to be fun with the classic Easter movie for younger children and Dateline Jerusalem (a TV news coverage of the Easter story as the news would cover it today) for older kids. A memory matching game will be made in Tales and the children will act the drama of “Journey to Jerusalem”. Palm Sunday Salad with pudding and cool whip and Scripture Salad will be gobbled up in Temple Treat. Children will even make their own palm tree from celery and cream cheese.

Hope to see you in Holy Land Caravan. Don’t forget to “Bring a Friend”.

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