Jonah Bible Time Jonah was a prophet of God. It was his job to deliver messages from God to people. One day God asked Jonah to go to the big city of Nineveh and tell the people there to stop doing bad things. But Jonah didn’t want to go, so he jumped on a ship headed far away from Nineveh. When the ship got out to sea, a huge storm came. The ship was going to sink! Jonah knew why. “It’s all my fault!”Jonah told the sailors.“Throw me into the water and the storm will stop!” So they threw Jonah into the wild sea and the storm did stop. JAM @ home Activities • What’s the weather? – Use a bed sheet to play this weather game. Windy – shake sheet up and down gently Storm – stand up and shake sheet up and down as much as possible. Calm – hold sheet really still (freeze) Rainy – hold sheet taught with one hand and use other hand to make patter noises on the parachute Sunny – all hide underneath sheet – like it's a sunshade! Shout out different types of weather and do the appropriate action. The aim is to move between the different sorts of weather as quickly as possible. • Fish dens – Make a your own big fish den- a big sheet over a table works well but be as creative as you like! • Fish plates - Cut out a 45 degree segment on a paper plate to leave a mouth-shaped hole!The cut-out segment becomes the fishes tail. Once the tail is attached, colour the fish in and stick scales (bits of tissue paper etc) on to the fish. • Watch this song of Jonah’s story together Saddleback Kids LYRICS (Jonah Song) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlvuWMqAPTQ

Seed and Grow · God wanted to give Jonah a second chance, so he sent a big fish to catch Jonah and the fish swallowed him! Normally, being eaten by a big fish would be bad. But God

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Jonah

Bible Time

Jonah was a prophet of God. It was his job to deliver messages from God topeople. One day God asked Jonah to go to the big city of Nineveh and tell thepeople there to stop doing bad things.

But Jonah didn’t want to go, so he jumped on a ship headed far away fromNineveh. When the ship got out to sea, a huge storm came. The ship was going tosink!

Jonah knew why.

“It’s all my fault!” Jonah told the sailors. “Throw me into the water and the stormwill stop!” So they threw Jonah into the wild sea and the storm did stop.

JAM @ home

Activities

• What’s the weather? – Use a bed sheet to play this weather game.

Windy – shake sheet up and down gently

Storm – stand up and shake sheet up and down as much as possible.

Calm – hold sheet really still (freeze)

Rainy – hold sheet taught with one hand and use other hand to makepatter noises on the parachute

Sunny – all hide underneath sheet – like it's a sunshade!

Shout out different types of weather and do the appropriate action. Theaim is to move between the different sorts of weather as quickly aspossible.

• Fish dens – Make a your own big fish den- a big sheet over a table workswell but be as creative as you like!

• Fish plates - Cut out a 45 degree segment on a paper plate to leave amouth-shaped hole! The cut-out segment becomes the fishes tail. Once thetail is attached, colour the fish in and stick scales (bits of tissue paper etc)on to the fish.

• Watch this song of Jonah’s story together

Saddleback Kids LYRICS (Jonah Song)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlvuWMqAPTQ

Page 2: Seed and Grow · God wanted to give Jonah a second chance, so he sent a big fish to catch Jonah and the fish swallowed him! Normally, being eaten by a big fish would be bad. But God

PrayerUse the TSP (thank you, sorry, please) method to pray together

Dear God

Thank you that you love us and give us second chances. Sorry for the timeswe do and say things that are wrong. Please help us to follow your way.

Amen

Response

Both Jonah and the Ninevites needed to change and ‘do things differently'. TheNinevites needed to stop doing bad things and follow God's ways. Jonahneeded to obey God rather than disobey Him!

Think of something that you need to ‘do differently'. This might be somethingyou need to stop doing (being unkind to sibling) or start doing (obeyingparents, helping others).

Draw a picture of yourself doing the thing you would like to ‘do differently'.

Stick your picture up somewhere you will see it at home and ask God to helpyou do things differently. Remember we can talk to God if we are finding ithard to change and He will help us and give us a second chance if we mess up

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But know Jonah was sinking in the sea! God wanted to give Jonah a second chance,so he sent a big fish to catch Jonah and the fish swallowed him!

Normally, being eaten by a big fish would be bad. But God protected Jonah. Insidethe belly of the fish, Jonah prayed. He told God he was sorry for disobeying. Heasked for a second chance to do what God wanted.

And phlooey! The fish burped Jonah up on the beach! Jonah stood up, wiped himselfoff, and set off to…can you guess where?

Yep Nineveh. Just like God had wanted all along. God gave Jonah a second chanceand he gives us second chances too!

• Where did God want Jonah to go?• What did Jonah do instead?• Who rescued Jonah in the water?•