HIGHS AND LOWS:
Write down one high and one low from your week in your prayer journal. Pastor Breen or a student volunteer will gather them in prayer.
REVIEW:
What still sticks with you from our lesson on the prophets? If you can’t remember, feel free to consult your one sentence summary in your prayer journal.
OUT LOUD PRAYER: Summer Prayer Chain
After today, confirmation class will be in recess for the summer. We are dispersing, just like those who were sent into exile in Babylon. As we prepare to disperse, let’s promise to pray for one another in a prayer chain. You can find this activity on the Good God Idea blog here: https://goodgodideas.wordpress.com/2016/05/17/summer-prayer-chain/
CONNECT BIBLE ACTIVITY #1: Turn in your Connect Bible to page 451 and read the paragraph of background information under “2 Kings 25:1-12.” Do the activity provided (make a copy for Pastor Breen if you are doing this for homework).
DWELLING IN THE WORD: 2 Kings 25:1-12
Read 2 Kings 25:1-12 from the New Revised Standard version of the Bible. Underline things you have questions about. Circle things you like or would like to discuss more.
Content Questions: Answer the following questions as completely as possible (group activity: do this with your parents):
What scares, confuses, or challenges me in this text?
What is my favorite part of this text? Why?
What stories or memories does this text stir up in you? You might remember a time when you spaced out during church, or did something with your body that you didn’t really feel in your heart, for example.
What is God doing in this text? What is God up to?
CONNECT BIBLE ACTIVITY #2: Turn in your Connect Bible to page 972 and read the paragraph of background information under “Daniel 3:4-7.” Then, read the information on the next page under “Daniel 3:24-30. Choose and complete one of the the activities provided (make a copy for Pastor Breen if you are doing this for homework).
DWELLING IN THE WORD: Daniel 3:8-30
Read Daniel 3:8-30 from the New Revised Standard version of the Bible. Underline things you have questions about. Circle things you like or would like to discuss more.
Content Questions: Answer the following questions as completely as possible (group activity: do this with your parents):
What scares, confuses, or challenges me in this text?
What is my favorite part of this text? Why?
What stories or memories does this text stir up in you? You might remember a time when you stood up for something that you believed in, even if you knew that you would suffer consequences, for example.
What is God doing in this text? What is God up to?
RETURN TO THE BIBLE MOVIE: At the beginning of the year when we watched the movie “The Bible” we witnessed the fall of King Nebuchadnezzar into madness, but not his redemption. Let’s see what it says in the book of Daniel in the Bible!
DWELLING IN THE WORD: Daniel 4:28-37
Read Daniel 4:28-37 from the New Revised Standard version of the Bible. Underline things you have questions about. Circle things you like or would like to discuss more.
Content Questions: Answer the following questions as completely as possible (group activity: do this with your parents):
What scares, confuses, or challenges me in this text?
What is my favorite part of this text? Why?
What stories or memories does this text stir up in you? You might remember a time when you were behaving in a crazy manner and returned to yourself, or a time when you saw that in a movie or on TV, for example.
What is God doing in this text? What is God up to?
CONNECT BIBLE ACTIVITY #3: Turn in your Connect Bible to page 894 and read the paragraph of background information under “Jeremiah 50:4-7.” Do the activity provided (make a copy for Pastor Breen if you are doing this for homework).
DWELLING IN THE WORD: Jeremiah 50:4-10
Read Jeremiah 50:4-7 from the New Revised Standard version of the Bible. Underline things you have questions about. Circle things you like or would like to discuss more.
Content Questions: Answer the following questions as completely as possible (group activity: do this with your parents):
What scares, confuses, or challenges me in this text?
What is my favorite part of this text? Why?
What stories or memories does this text stir up in you? You might remember a time when you were far from home, for example.
What is God doing in this text? What is God up to?
TALKING TO GOD/TAKING IT HOME
- During this week, in your prayers, try using “Ever-Present God” as your title for God to remind you of the role of the prophets. Emphasize “thy kingdom come” when you pray the Lord’s Prayer.
Deep Roots Confirmation 