Leader Guide
Optional Opening Game
- Promise Pages (4)
- Five sheets of card stock
- Rainbow and Cloud Page
- Optional: crayons or markers (violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red, brown, yellow, light blue)
- Tape
- Scissors
- Table
Make one copy of each of the four Promise Pages on cardstock in color or black and white.
Make one copy of the Rainbow and Cloud Page on cardstock in color or black and white.
If copies are in black and white, use crayons or markers to appropriately color the images.
1. Violet 2. Indigo 3. Blue 4. Green 5. Yellow 6. Orange 7. Red. (reference pages for colors)
Use scissors to cut out the 16 cards.
Shuffle the cards. Place them face down on the table in rows of 4 or 8 cards.
What can you sometimes see in the sky after it rains, and the sun comes out? A rainbow.
God put the first rainbow in the sky when Noah and the animals came out of the ark onto dry land after the flood. It was a reminder of God’s promise to Noah and to us. We will talk more about that later. We are going to play a game to find the different colors of the rainbow and a cloud.
Hold up two matching rainbow cards. There are two cards for each rainbow color and a cloud.
Separate the two cards. Players get two turns to find a match for one band of the rainbow or a cloud.
When a pair is found, we will put the two cards together and tape them on the wall.
Each player takes a turn to select one card and shows the card to the class. The same player selects a second card and shows it to the class. If the cards match, the player places them together to form the rainbow band and then the leader will tape the cards together. The cards can be taped to the wall or placed on the table. If the cards don’t match, they are turned face down again in the same position.
Continue this way until all the matching cards are found.
Note: For an easier/faster game, leave unmatched cards face up on the table.
Conclusion: Each card is only part of the rainbow. You need every part to make the rainbow.
Hold up the Rainbow and Cloud Page. Here is the complete picture.
The lesson today is about obedience, to be obedient, you must do every part of what you are told to do, not just a part.