Scripture Reference
Genesis 2:15-23 (NIV)
"The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. And the Lord God commanded the man, 'You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for if you eat it you will surely die.'
The Lord God said, 'It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.'
Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the beasts of the field and all the birds of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds of the air and the beasts of the field.
But for Adam no suitable helper was found. So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man's ribs and closed up the place with flesh. Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.
The man said, 'This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman', for she was taken out of man'."
Memory Verse
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." Genesis 1:1
Activity
I thought we were done with our Creation Box, but Kiera had other plans. Truth be told, I think Andrew did too, he just didn't verbalize it as well! Kiera wanted to add Eve to the Box and Andrew just kept asking to get it down today, saying "God ma- people! God ma- Andrew! (God made people and God made Andrew.)
How It Went
Kiera was excited to add another piece to the Creation Box. I guess tomorrow we'll be adding a serpent and probably acting out Genesis 3.
Another Fun Activity
Depending on the ages of the children you're working with, it might be fun to talk about Adam naming the animals. How did he choose all those names? You might even let the kids cut animal pictures from old magazines. They could use the whole picture, or put parts of different animals together to make one whole animal. Then have the children give names to all the animals that they've crafted.
