This week's story was from Genesis 27 about twin brothers Jacob and Esau and how Jacob tricked their father Isaac into giving him a blessing. Students in all grades heard and discussed the story, but because today is the day the Third Graders got their Bibles, we also spent a large portion of time in that classroom discovering the Bible. After we worked on how to use the Table of Contents, the difference between the Old and New Testaments, how to look up Bible passages, and generally explored our Bibles (they include stickers!).
We then played a game by forming two teams and racing to see who was fastest to put miniature wooden "books" of the Bible in the proper order on their shelves. They got some practice in using their Bibles to help them figure out the order. It was really fun, and we will continue to use our Bibles each week in Sunday School now that all Grade 3-5 students have their own!
