Thank you for volunteering to serve as a student leader in the Elementary KIDS’ Club class this Sunday, October 26! Please complete the preparation document & safety form below before Saturday at 5 PM. The form must be completed by then for you to serve as a student leader on Sunday.

Your Name:

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Student Leader Expectations

UABC Student Leaders are expected to be ready & prepared, aware of the needs around them, serve as a thoughtful ministry partner, be present and others-focused (phones are to be away during the entire class), and be a friend who speaks words of encouragement to others. After reading the expectations, please fill in the blank below: Student Leaders are expected to be _________ and others-focused.

KIDS' Club Helper Expectations

Helpers are expected to fully participate in the KIDS' Club lesson. They should be ready to help children find the story in their Bibles. Helpers should be paying attention and ready to help the teacher gather or pass out supplies when needed. If you notice children have trouble paying attention, move to sit near the children, encouraging them to engage in the class. After reading, please fill in the blank below: Helpers should be ______ to help the teacher gather or pass out supplies when needed.

Child Safety

Safety is our top priority. Student leaders are to never be alone with a child (who is not your sibling). Student leaders are never to hit (even playfully), shove, or physically harm children in any way. The AED & first aid kit are in the hallway of Koon Mission Building. When taking a child to the restroom, a student leader should stand outside of the restroom (and should never be inside the restroom with the child). Children are to not leave KIDS' Club without their parent or teenage sibling. Please fill in the blank below: The AED & first aid kit are in the ________ of Koon Mission Building.

PREPARE

Before God won the victory for His people, God formed them into a special nation—a nation loved by Him, fought for by Him, claimed by Him. By enacting Passover, God was moving the Israelites from forced manual service under the Egyptians to commanded spiritual service to the Almighty.

God gave the Israelites special rules for how to be a part of that family. He instructed them on how to celebrate their deliverance once they sat safely in the Promised Land—to celebrate Passover … “because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt” (Exodus 13:8). God knew the deliverance of His people from slavery was such a monumental event that it would be the foundational act of the nation.

After the mass exodus, the Israelites’ identity was forever changed. They were finally a people free to celebrate. They were finally a people free to worship the Lord. They were finally on their way to the Promised Land, where they would live together as God’s chosen people. Now, they were free to celebrate Passover together, year after year, as a way to remember together how God had won the battle to free them.

In Exodus 15, we can read the songs written by Moses and Miriam (Moses’ and Aaron’s sister) celebrating their deliverance from the Egyptians. In Exodus 15:20, the Bible says that Miriam took a tambourine in her hand and danced with all of the women and sang songs. In verse 21, she sang, “Sing to the Lord, for he is highly exalted. Both horse and driver he has hurled into the sea.”

I can imagine that this celebration at the side of the sea was unlike any celebration we have ever experienced. God truly showed His power and His love by winning the battle to free the Israelites from the Egyptians.

Just as the Israelites celebrated on the banks of the sea, celebrate with your kids! Lead them into a time of joyful praise to the God who still wins the battle for His people so we can be free to celebrate Him.

PRAY

Pray for the students you may serve on Sunday by name. Ask God’s Spirit to fill you and use you for His glory as you serve.

SAFETY FORM

PREPARE

PRAY

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