Leader Guide
SuperVerse
- SuperVerse Pattern
- White board and marker, or chalk board and chalk
- Bibles or the Superbook Bible App
Make one copy each of all 10 pages of the SuperVerse Pattern, then shuffle the pages.
Write the entire SuperVerse on the board. 1 Corinthians 1:27:
But God chose the foolish things of this world to put the wise to shame. He chose the weak things of this world to put the powerful to shame.
This verse is part of a letter that the apostle Paul wrote to believers in the church of Corinth. He was encouraging them to continue in their faith regardless of what others said about them and about their faith in Jesus. Some people who thought they were wise said that Jesus was foolish and weak for dying on the cross.
Was He really foolish to do that?
Why not?
He died to pay the price for our sins.
Was Jesus weak when He rose up from the grave?
No, He conquered sin and death!
Very few of the believers were wealthy or famous or powerful; yet God chose them. Why did God do this?
So no one could brag. Salvation does not come from our good works, or from our wisdom, or from our power. Salvation comes by faith in Jesus; it is as simple as that! The simple message of the cross puts the wise to shame—as our SuperVerse says!
Have the class read the SuperVerse on the board together once or twice, then erase it. Choose ten children to stand side by side in the front of the room. Scramble the ten pages of the SuperVerse pattern and give one to each child. Optional: choose five children and give each child two pages to hold, one in each hand.
Starting on the far left, from the class’s perspective, have the children create a “wave” by holding up, reading aloud, then lowering their individual pages. The phrases will be out of order. Ask the class if that sounded right. The answer will be no! Ask the class to tell you which reader should be first, second, third, etc. Rearrange the children in that order and have them read their phrases again, creating a “wave” with their papers. Ask the class if the verse is now correct. If not, have the class rearrange the readers again until they can say the phrases of the verse in the proper order. Finally, have the entire class follow the “wave” to say the verse together two or three times, going faster each time.
Younger children may not be able to memorize the entire SuperVerse. They may simply repeat it several times, while older children may memorize part or all of it. Be sure all children understand its meaning.