Leader Guide
SuperVerse
- Bibles or the Superbook Bible App
- Ten slips of paper, one for each word of the verse, or the Superbook Wave Pattern
If you have fewer than 10 children in the class, you may combine words of the verse.
Print out the Superbook Wave Pattern or write each word of the verse on one slip of paper, large enough for the whole class to read, then scramble them.
Courage is confidence and boldness that comes from God. It isn’t easy to do the right thing when others around you do the opposite. In our video today, Joy was afraid to recommend Bonnie to the club at first. But then Joy saw how God strengthened Esther to be courageous even when she knew she might die. We can bravely do the right thing when we have Christ’s strength!
Let’s say our SuperVerse together. Philippians 4:13:
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Choose ten children to stand side by side in the front of the room. Scramble the ten pieces of paper with the SuperVerse words written on them. Give one to each of the ten children. Starting on the far left—from the class’s perspective, have the ten children create a “wave” by holding up and reading aloud their individual words—which will be out of order—and lowering their papers when done.
Did that sound right to you? No!
Ask the rest of the class to guess which reader should be first, second, third, etc. Rearrange the ten children in that order and have them read their words/phrases again, creating a “wave” with their papers. Ask the rest of the class if the verse is now correct. If not, have the class rearrange the readers again until they can say the words/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.