Sunday School October 29 Lesson 1

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First United Methodist Church

• Gathering Activity
• Turn to Page 2 in your Lesson 1 Study Guide and
  unscramble the five sentences under SIGN
  SCRAMBLE.
• Review the PRESCRIBED PROMISES and read the
  related bible verses in your bible.

Adult Sunday School
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The Rainbow

• Lesson 1

Purpose To recognize that despite the
often-destructive forces of existence, Gods
promise of life endures.
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Opening Prayer
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Its a Sign!

• Symbols are extremely important when people reach
  an agreement.
• There are many ways that we signify that an
  agreement has been reached.
• Unscramble the words in the following sentences
  to reveal signs that indicate sealed agreements.

Promised, Certified, Guaranteed!
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Its a Sign

• An AEEEGGMNNT GINR shows that a ALOOPPRS for
  AAEGIMRR has been accepted.
• A CEEILNS AELPT indicates that a MOORT CEEHILV is
  allowed to operate.
• A framed ADILMOP tells us that we have CDEELMOPT
  a course of DSTUY.

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Its a Sign

• An ENGAGEMENT RING shows that a PROPOSAL for
  MARRIAGE has been accepted.
• A CEEILNS AELPT indicates that a MOORT CEEHILV is
  allowed to operate.
• A framed ADILMOP tells us that we have CDEELMOPT
  a course of DSTUY.

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Its a Sign

• An ENGAGEMENT RING shows that a PROPOSAL for
  MARRIAGE has been accepted.
• A LICENSE PLATE indicates that a MOTOR VEHICLE is
  allowed to operate.
• A framed ADILMOP tells us that we have CDEELMOPT
  a course of DSTUY.

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Its a Sign

• An ENGAGEMENT RING shows that a PROPOSAL for
  MARRIAGE has been accepted.
• A LICENSE PLATE indicates that a MOTOR VEHICLE is
  allowed to operate.
• A framed DIPLOMA tells us that we have COMPLETED
  a course of STUDY.

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Its a Sign

• A DNOW AEMNPTY says that we promise to APY the
  balance of a ACEHPRSU CEIPR.
• An ID ABDEG shows that we are authorized to EENRT
  a restricted ACILNOOT.

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Its a Sign

• A DOWN PAYMENT says that we promise to PAY the
  balance of a PURCHASE PRICE.
• An ID ABDEG shows that we are authorized to EENRT
  a restricted ACILNOOT.

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Its a Sign

• A DOWN PAYMENT says that we promise to PAY the
  balance of a PURCHASE PRICE.
• An ID BADGE shows that we are authorized to ENTER
  a restricted LOCATION.

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Its a Sign

• We use different symbols, gestures, and signs to
  communicate without words.
• Today we will look at a sign from God that
  communicates an important promise.

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Hearing the Word Genesis 820-22 (CEB) 20  Noah
built an altar to the LORD. He took some of the
clean large animals and some of the clean birds,
and placed entirely burned offerings on the
altar. 21  The LORD smelled the pleasing scent,
and the LORD thought to himself, I will not curse
the fertile land anymore because of human beings
since the ideas of the human mind are evil from
their youth. I will never again destroy every
living thing as I have done. 22  As long as the
earth exists, seedtime and harvest, cold and hot,
summer and autumn, day and night will not cease.
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Hearing the Word Genesis 98-17 (CEB) 8  God
said to Noah and to his sons with him, 9  "I am
now setting up my covenant with you, with your
descendants, 10  and with every living being
with youwith the birds, with the large animals,
and with all the animals of the earth, leaving
the ark with you. 11  I will set up my covenant
with you so that never again will all life be cut
off by floodwaters. There will never again be a
flood to destroy the earth." 12  God said, "This
is the symbol of the covenant that I am drawing
up between me and you and every living thing with
you, on behalf of every future generation. 13  I
have placed my bow in the clouds it will be the
symbol of the covenant between me and the earth.
14  When I bring clouds over the earth and the
bow appears in the clouds, 15  I will remember
the covenant between me and you and every living
being among all the creatures. Floodwaters will
never again destroy all creatures. 16  The bow
will be in the clouds, and upon seeing it I will
remember the enduring covenant between God and
every living being of all the earth's creatures."
17  God said to Noah, "This is the symbol of the
covenant that I have set up between me and all
creatures on earth."
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Discussion Questions

• Can God be manipulated by the quality of our
  worship or our supplications? If God in fact
  changes, what causes that change to occur? (pp.
  17-18)
• Does the specific response to the Flood leave the
  way open for other forms of world destruction?
  Is life in the world vulnerable to the natural
  ecological consequences of peoples action? (pp.
  18-19)
• Is the creation of the rainbow an add-on
  phenomenon to commemorate the establishment of
  the covenant or an association that God makes to
  something previously created? How important is it
  that God expressed this covenant in a visually
  significant symbol? (pp. 19-20)
• How is the gift of memory a sustaining element in
  the faith experience? In what ways does the
  narrative on pp. 20-21 point to the security of
  Gods plan for humankinds deliverance of Gods
  people?
• In what ways has God sustained you when you were
  threatened by forces of existence that you could
  not control? What are personal symbols that
  cause you to remember Gods grace? (pp. 21-22)

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Thought to Remember

• Nothing is more certain than a promise from the
  God who cannot lie!

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For Next Week.

• Read the Daily Bible Studies dated September 4
  through September 10 on the designated week day
  reprinted on pages23-29 in your Sunday School
  Study Guide for Lesson 1. These were authored by
  our former pastor, Taylor Mills.
• Read Lesson 2 dated September 10 found on pages
  3-10 in your Sunday School Study Guide for Lesson
  2. This lesson is also found on pages 12-18 of
  the Fall 2017 Quarterly.
• Pray.

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Closing Prayer
Creator God, give us the grace to see in every
aspect of your creation the promise of your
sustaining love. Help us to rest secure in the
knowledge that you will carry us through every
external circumstances that we face in daily
life. We give you honor and praise for these and
all other blessings. In Jesus name we pray.
Amen.
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Circumcision

• Next Weeks Lesson

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