Three girls planned a whole project on the prophets. They talked for an extra half hour after the forty-five minute Scripture study about Malachi as the last Old Testament prophet as well as whether or not there were prophets in the New Testament, finally deciding that the Apostles were prophets because they had listened to Jesus and then they had gone out to tell others about Him. Remembering Jesus' instruction to His friends to "Go make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit," they began to talk about their own Baptism and their own call to speak Jesus' message.
Every year some of the Level III (3rd-6th grade) children read and ponder how particular prophets were called to their vocation as spokesmen for the Lord. This year the interest of the 3rd grade children led to four weeks of pondering these "calls" and brought the 4th graders into the study as well. Three girls planned a whole project on the prophets. They talked for an extra half hour after the forty-five minute Scripture study about Malachi as the last Old Testament prophet as well as whether or not there were prophets in the New Testament, finally deciding that the Apostles were prophets because they had listened to Jesus and then they had gone out to tell others about Him. Remembering Jesus' instruction to His friends to "Go make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit," they began to talk about their own Baptism and their own call to speak Jesus' message. One boy had his own idea to extend the work. Having written and illustrated a verse from each of the four prophets that were studied together, he began looking in other prophetic books to discover how each prophet was called to his role by God. While he was disappointed that many prophets did not record the way in which they first heard God's call, he did find several additional passages (with a bit of help) that allowed him to add a few more prophets to his collection.
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Carolyn Kohlhaas
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