After talking to adults a few weeks ago about "core stories" for their faith formation, we decided to focus on Miracle stories of the old and new testament for the summer--and we'll be kicking that theme off this week.
I will actually be gone this week to visit family, and Nicole Lickleider has agreed to share the story with you :D I'm so excited and so grateful! Below is what I wrote, but I told her to feel free to put her own spin on things. I really, really hope you have fun and enjoy. I'll make sure to have coloring sheets and props ready to go as well!
Baby Moses’ Miracle! (spark pp. 66-71)
A long, long time ago, back before the time of Jesus, back
before the time of King David even, the Hebrews, who were also known as the
people of God, had been taken into slavery in Egypt! They had to work long, hard hours for a mean
king named Pharoah. He was mean. He was POWERFUL! He was scared? He WAS scared of the Hebrews because there
were so many of them and he was afraid they would come together and be more
powerful than he was! He wanted to stay
in control. Not only did they work very, very, very hard as slaves, Pharoah
demanded that the Hebrews take all of their baby boys and drown them in the
nile river (glug glug glug!)
The Hebrews were very afraid because of this—EVERYONE was
afraid! Can you make a scared face for me?
See, everyone looks afraid!
But during this time, a baby boy was born to a Hebrew
mother. She LOVED this baby boy. She did
NOT want to take him and drown him in the Nile River (glug glug glug). Then, she had an idea! She took BIIIIIIG basket, coated it in tar to
make it waterproof and make it float.
One day, she put the baby in the basket, and snuck the baby into the
Nile River, placing him near the plants at the edge.
Now, the baby boy had a big sister named Miriam. She was
worried about her baby brother and she hid near the river and the plants,
keeping watch over her brother. Can you spy on anything? What’s going to happen, do you think?
What happened next was a MIRACLE!
Pharoah’s daughter came down to the river to take a bath
(they didn’t have bathtubs in those days).
As she was scrubbing and washing (pretend to scrub and wash—get the kids
to join in), she saw the basket! OH!
She asked her servant to go get it so she could see what was
inside. She opened it up and OH! She was very surprised to see a crying baby
boy! She only wondered for a second where the baby had come from. “He MUST be one of the Hebrew baby boys,” she
said. “He’s soooooo cute! Wouldn’t it be fun to keep him?”
Miriam, his sister, had an idea. She stepped out from her hiding place. “I can help you!” she said.
“I can find you someone to help take care of the baby until he’s a
little older, someone to nurse him.” The
Pharoah’s daughter was excited and happy.
“That would be perfect!”
Miriam went to tell her mother—It’s a miracle! Say it with me—IT’S A MIRACLE! The baby was safe, and his own mother would nurse him and care for him, but he would
now also be protected by Pharoah’s daughter, who would treat him like her own
son!
When he was old enough, he went to live with Pharoah’s
daughter. His mom and his sister,
Miriam, prayed that he would be safe with her.
Pharoah’s daughter decided to name him Moses, which was a Hebrew name
meaning “drew out” because she took him out of the water.
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