WORLD SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSONS AND HANDOUTS FOR THIS WEEK
World Sunday School first appeared on the Internet on May 14, 2003. Since that time, this independent website has supplied weekly graded Sunday School lessons and handouts (and, often, coloring pages) to help Sunday School teachers worldwide. We hope to help preserve the Sunday School movement which had its glory days in the 1930's. In a time when so many churches are downsizing Sunday Schools, we aim to preserve this Christian teaching to enrich the life of children and youth worldwide.
JUNIOR/ADULT LESSON - July 17, 2022
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CURRENT LESSON PLAN
Unmarked Poison
July 17, 2022
Understanding God’s Word Many times in teaching I have echoed the importance of prayer and getting into God’s word. This is crucial to living skillfully and in victory. God’s word is our source of strength! In this lesson it is my prayer that we begin to understand God’s word more and I hope to teach you some steps we can take to get the most from God’s word as we read and study it. If we take this approach and apply the steps, it will make God’s word come alive to us and we can be more effective in everyday life through Christ.
CURRENT HANDOUT
Unmarked Poison
- Ask the students - Do you remember when you were a small child your parents would pick up a bottle of poison and show you the picture of a skull and cross bones? They taught you that that sign was a sign of poison. They warned you not to touch it, because it could kill you.
- Ask the students - Do you remember when you were a child and said something naughty, how your mother would take you to the bathroom and wash your mouth out with soap? The next time, before you said that same thing, you would remember the soap, and stop before you spoke, wouldn't you? Your mother was trying to teach you to control your tongue. But did she?
- Gossip is damaging. I know that words spoken cannot be retrieved; yet, sometimes, when I am not letting the Holy Spirit take control in my life, I give in to the evil of gossip. It is tempting to sit and have a gabfest with a friend, exchanging juicy bits of information—which may even be true—to the detriment of your target. But, has the shoe ever been on the other foot? Have YOU been the target of someone else's gossip? It hurts doesn't it?
- How can you keep from hurting other people with words?
- What does the Bible say?
- Describe the joy and personal reward of humble dedication - the
indwelling Christ
- Challenge students to serve others in humility this week
- Prayer
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GRADE 3-6 LESSON - July 17, 2022
CURRENT LESSON PLAN - Joseph 7 - God's Record Book, by Lisa DeVinney
Author’s Notes: Today we’ll be concluding our lesson series on the life of Joseph. We’ll look at his reunion with his father, Jacob; then the final days of both Jacob’s and Joseph’s lives. We’ll review the many great things we learned about Joseph, but find that, in the end, the thing that God found most important about his life is something we might have skipped over, altogether. And since it’s God’s record book that counts, we’ll look at what God has to say about the faith of Joseph, and how that faith was demonstrated in his final days.
CURRENT HANDOUT
Joseph 7 - God's Record Book, by Lisa DeVinney
Fill in the Blanks
- When Pharaoh heard Joseph’s brothers had come to Egypt, he encouraged Joseph to send them back for their father.
- Joseph gave extra gifts to Benjamin.
- When Jacob heard that Joseph was alive, he fainted.
- God told Jacob that he should not be afraid to go to Egypt.
- Jacob said he was ready to die once he had seen Joseph’s face for himself.
True or False
1. When he left for Egypt, Jacob left some of his sons at home to guard their property.
2. Jacob adopted and blessed Joseph’s two sons as his own.
3. Jacob was buried in a special tomb in Egypt.
4. Joseph had Jacob’s body embalmed.
5. Joseph wanted to be buried in one of Egypt’s great pyramids.
Joseph 7 - God's Record Book, by Lisa DeVinney
- When Pharaoh heard Joseph’s brothers had come to Egypt, he encouraged Joseph to send them back for their father.
- Joseph gave extra gifts to Benjamin.
- When Jacob heard that Joseph was alive, he fainted.
- God told Jacob that he should not be afraid to go to Egypt.
- Jacob said he was ready to die once he had seen Joseph’s face for himself.
True or False
1. When he left for Egypt, Jacob left some of his sons at home to guard their property.
2. Jacob adopted and blessed Joseph’s two sons as his own.
3. Jacob was buried in a special tomb in Egypt.
4. Joseph had Jacob’s body embalmed.
5. Joseph wanted to be buried in one of Egypt’s great pyramids.
Lisa's Other Grade 3-6 Lessons
-- Lisa DeVinney
PRIMARY LESSON - July 17, 2022
CURRENT LESSON PLAN
Let There Be, by Julie Pisacane
Opening Prayer: May our gracious God open our eyes to see all the goodness He places in front of us and around us every day. May we see the gems of hope and goodness sparkle in the parts of The Bible we read today.
CURRENT HANDOUT
Let There Be, by Julie Pisacane
Bible readings and focus:
1. Have you ever looked at nature around you?
and were blessed by knowing God created it?
Read Genesis 1:1-5
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.
And the evening and the morning were the first day
2. How long do you think God has known you?
strong>Read the following from Psalm 139:
14 I will give you praise, for I am strangely and delicately formed;
your works are great wonders, and of this my soul is fully conscious.
15 My frame was not unseen by you when I was made secretly,
and strangely formed in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book all my days were recorded, even those which were purposed before they had come into being.
17 How dear are your thoughts to me, O God! how great is the number of them!
3. Have you ever sung a song? Did you know God sings too?
Zephaniah 3
: 17 The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
4. How about we all sing a song now?
Julie Pisacane ©
Close in Prayer.
and were blessed by knowing God created it?
Read Genesis 1:1-5
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.
And the evening and the morning were the first day 2. How long do you think God has known you? strong>Read the following from Psalm 139:
14 I will give you praise, for I am strangely and delicately formed;
your works are great wonders, and of this my soul is fully conscious.
15 My frame was not unseen by you when I was made secretly,
and strangely formed in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book all my days were recorded, even those which were purposed before they had come into being.
17 How dear are your thoughts to me, O God! how great is the number of them!
3. Have you ever sung a song? Did you know God sings too?
Zephaniah 3
: 17 The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
4. How about we all sing a song now?
Julie Pisacane ©