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Wrap Up and Review Activities In your spiral on the next clean page, tell of a time when you made a good or a bad choice. What were your consequences for your choice? Explain how you handled your consequences. Do you think you will continue to make that same choice? Why or why not? Check to make sure you put your NAME and DATE on the page. Look in your booklet and find pages 3-7, 3-8, and 3-10. Complete all three pages as a group . This is called collaborating . Let Olivia be the scribe (that means she writes down the answers) for page 3-7 as you all work on the crosswords together. Let Caleb be the scribe for page 3-8 while everyone thinks of better answers to the printed letters. Let Joshua be the scribe for page 3-10 as you all work together ( collaborate ) to figure out the best course of action concerning the broken window. Ask Creed to illustrate your answers on page 3-10. Sande, Corlette. The Young Peace Maker Teaching Students to Respond to Conflict God’s Way ...

Learning the Word of God and putting it in your heart is always time well spent. So continue to be diligent in practicing and reciting our Bible verses. Cover the brown words below with your hand and try to say Galatians 6:7. Do not deceive yourselves; no one makes a fool of God. A man will reap exactly what he plants. Galatians 6:7 Concerning consequences: You may have heard some of these sayings: "What goes around comes around." "You get what you deserve."   "You reap what you sow." It is important to understand that the person who makes a choice deserves the consequence. For instance, if you make a choice, it is not your parent's fault if you receive a consequence. Remember that consequences are directly related to your own choices. Look in the glossary of your spiral and find the definition for AUTHORITY. Authority is the power or right to give orders,   make decisions, and enforce obedience ...

Bible verse review. So far in our study we've learned four Bible verses. How many can you say from memory? Give it a go . . . Can you say Psalms 139:13-14? Here's a hint: "For you created . . ." How about John 3:16-17? Extra good job if you were able to say verse 17 too!! Do you remember Romans 12:18? It starts, "If it is possible . . ." Then James 4:1-2 doesn't mince any words. Can you say it?  "What causes . . ." And this week's verse is Galatians 6:7. Practice saying it, and later you will also write it in your spiral: Do not deceive yourselves; no one makes a fool of God. A man will reap exactly what he plants.  Now we continue our lesson from last time. Look at three pages in your workbook 3-2, 3-3, and 3-4. Follow along with the characters as you listen to this audio clip. Choose LISTEN IN BROWSER option. WeckTech · Choose Your Consequences Consequences come after choices. They can be immediate o...

To modify lessons for younger learners, have them do all the listening exercises. Then have a reader ask them the questions allowing them time to illustrate their answers. Reduce the number of questions if necessary or limit the answer choices. Before we start this week's lessons, we need to define some unfamiliar words we will be using this week. Go to the last 5 pages of this spiral and mark them as a glossary. Then look up the following words and copy their definitions into your spiral on the first glossary page. REAP         RESTITUTION          PREDICT         AUTHORITY Also copy your Bible memory verse for this week: Do not deceive yourselves; no one makes a fool of God. A man will reap exactly what he plants.   Galatians 6:7 TEV This one little verse sure packs a wallop! Several words really stand out. The word "fool" is used as an opposite description ...

Let's review our choices when we are faced with conflict: We can choose to ESCAPE. (Run from confrontation, blame others or circumstances, or simply deny that there is a problem.) These choices rarely resolve conflicts or build stronger relationships and are usually considered bad choices. We can choose to ATTACK. (Use insults or put-downs, gossip, or fight.) These choices actually make conflict worse and are usually considered bad choices. We can choose to WORK-IT-OUT. (Overlook, talk it through, or get help.) These are the choices that please God and usually speed up the problem-solving and reconciliation process. They are good choices. Again, let's think back to our story about Tony and his mom. Cover the green words below and answer these questions: 1. What kind of choices did Tony make? 2. What were the choices he made? 3. What good choices could Tony have made instead? Let's admit that Tony made bad choices. He chose to argue with his mother, stomp out of the room, an...

  There is so much good news in the word of God! Here in Galatians 5:22-23 is an example: But the fruit  of the Spirit is love,  joy, peace,  forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,   gentleness and self-control.  Against such things there is no law.   Look on page 2-7 of your booklet and read all the words in the illustration. Ask yourself, "Have I said these words to a friend or sibling? Have I acted these ways with those around me?"  I am happy to report, I have seen these "good fruits" in all of you! And I am delighted that your hearts are already being nourished to behave in good ways. And I know that you will continue to grow good fruits out of your good heart if you keep on working at it.  These are some of the things I have already seen: Root: The desire to love and please God . Fruit--Love: a loving heart shows an unselfish concern for others and desires to do good to them. Fruit--Patience: A patient heart will wait without...

FAC tells this story: Many, many years ago, when personal computers first became a common item, I was taking classes that taught me how to program them and write or "code" instructions for computers. These instructions are called software.  I wasn't very good at writing code, but I did learn something very important about programming.  If you write good code, that is, if you are careful to consider the timing and sequence, and if you design the best possible functions without excessive or unnecessary commands, then you will get a good software program that runs smoothly. Otherwise, if you just string commands together, and fail to create a logical flow of action, then you won't get a smooth-running program, you will get a mess! A mess that might even damage the computer's components. As a result, software programmers say, "Garbage in, garbage out!"   It means that if the programmed code is bad the computer will not function well. And the opposite can be ...

Welcome to this week's lesson. Let's pray: Dear Lord, guide my learning this week. Help me to have an open heart and mind as I work through the lessons. I desire to get to the root of my conflicts with others and to please You in the way I speak, act, and feel. In Jesus' name, Amen . This week we will start to dig out the ROOT  of our conflicts with others . James 4:1-2 is our Bible memory verse for this week: What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don't they come from your desires that battle within you? You want something but don't get it. Listen to this story about Tony and his mom. Choose the  LISTEN IN BROWSER  option. WeckTech · Star Runner Stormed Outp.35 Look on page 2-2 of your booklet to see a cartoon rendition of this story. (Later, you may color it if you have extra time.) Cover the green words below and answer this question: Where does Tony's response fit on the slippery slope? If you said "attack and escape response" you are correct....

[Jesus said,] "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God." Matthew 5:9 On page 1-9 of your workbook is a test.  Don't worry, you won't be graded! (Phew!)  Stop here and complete page 1-9. This activity can be modified for younger learners by using situations C or D only. And for non-readers, have a reader read situation C with these answer choices 1, 4, 7, and 10.   Were any of your answers 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, or 9? Did you use any answers more than once? If you were to give yourself a grade on this test, would it be an A, B or C? No matter what your grade on your test is, make sure you know this: God is with you - even in conflict! He will help you stay on top of the slippery slope. Because He is with you, you can be confident that conflict is an opportunity to do good things. Specifically, through conflict you can learn to grow to please God, be more Christ-like, and to learn to serve others better. Now you get to evaluate how Bible characters ...

Note these Bible verses about anger and quarreling. Avoiding a fight is a mark of honor; only fools insist on quarreling.  Proverbs 20:3 Control your temper, for anger labels you a fool.  Ecclesiastes 7:9 Fools vent their anger,      but the wise quietly hold it back.  Proverbs 29:11 Even children are known by the way they act, whether their conduct is pure, and whether it is right.    Proverbs 20:11 Here are some suggestions to help work out differences before they become conflicts: Rocks-Scissors-Paper is a quick way to settle a dispute and continue a fun activity with a friend or a sibling, but it only works with TWO players. TWO partners play a quick round by pounding an open palm with the other fist. On the third pound "declare" showing a rock, or a scissors, or a paper. Check to see who won and then abide by the outcome . If someone argues about the outcome, the arguer automatically forfeits the win. If there is a tie, go again, otherwi...

Can you say your Bible verse from memory?  Cover the blue words below and give it a go. If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. Romans 12:18 How did you do?  Great job . Our last lesson left Kent and James in quite a pickle. But know this: they will never resolve their conflict using escape or attack responses. These tactics will, in fact, make the matter worse and not better. So, what will help to solve the conflict ? Keep in mind that nobody likes to be called out in front of people. It is embarrassing for all of us. Two of the work-it-out responses can be accomplished personally and privately. This is not just a suggestion or recommendation. Do not call out anyone in front of others. Respect their feelings. Try these approaches for resolution found on page 1-6 of your booklet: OVERLOOK AN OFFENSE This is where you deal with an offense by yourself . You simply decide to forgive a wrong action and walk away from the conflict. Perhaps...