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the story? Allow kids to respond. God knew and cared how Hannah and Eli werefeeling, just like God knows and cares about our feelings. God knows and caresabout how we feel.Let’s tell Hannah’s story using music!Activate Faith (25 minutes)Hannah Prays—The MusicalSet Up: Designate an open area of the room as the stage. Provide additional openareas where kids can practice dancing. Place the costume pieces in an area wherekids can choose among them. Write the lyrics of each song on a separate sheet ofposter board. Make a few copies of the skit script.Activity InstructionsBefore the skit:1. Describe the skit to the kids.a. Stories that are told using music and dancing are called musicals.We’re going to tell the story we just read about Hannah, as a musical.b. The words of the songs in this musical are new, but the tunes are onesyou already know. Each of the songs may be sung in a group.c. You will have the opportunity to make up your own dances to thesongs.2. Invite volunteers to be singers and dancers in the musical. Each song may besung by a different group, an individual, or all of the kids together, dependingon the size and interest level of the group.a. Give each kid a script. Have kids note which songs they will beparticipating in. You will have a chance to practice your songs as agroup.b. Choose a costume to wear. What will help you express yourself duringyour song(s)? You may decide to wear things similar to those of othermembers of your group. Will you change your costume for differentsongs? Remember to wear something you can move in.Spark ResourcesSpark Story BiblesSpark BiblesSuppliesBible-time costumesWigsBeardsCostume jewelryFabric piecesScarvesBaby dollsPoster boardMarkersHannah Prays—The MusicalSkit Script (pages 105-106),1 per kid3. Ask one or more kids to be in charge of holding the song posters.a. Give kids copies of the script. Note when your song will be performed.Where should you stand so the singers can see the board?b. You can use markers to create a border around your poster if you wish.c. Hold the poster while the singers and dancers practice.100 — Workshop Leader Guides Creative Drama Workshop, Hannah and Samuel Rotation Leader Guide. Spark Sunday School © 2011Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. May be reproduced for local use only.
4. Invite a Shepherd or fluent reader to act as the narrator.a. Give the narrator a script.b. You will be in charge of cueing each group when it’s time for them toperform their song.5. Have kids practice their songs and decide on choreography.a. Where should everyone stand when you sing? What simple actionscan you do that show what is happening or how someone feels duringthe song?b. Have a Shepherd or older kid help guide each group.Perform the skit:1. Have the narrator stand to one side of the open stage area.2. Invite the first group and poster holder to stand at the other side of the openarea, ready to take their places at their cue.3. Direct all other kids to sit in the audience.4. Have a Shepherd help get each upcoming group ready at the side of the stageprior to their song if possible.Every year, Hannah and her husband Elkanah went to the temple to worship theLord. This is the story of what happened one year! Cue the narrator to begin.Following the skit:Gather the kids to debrief the activity. What things are different when you tell astory through music? Allow kids to respond to this and the following questions.Direct older kids to read 1 Samuel 1:10 on page 296 of their Spark Bibles. Point tothe picture on page 119 of the Spark Story Bible. How sad was Hannah? (really)Have you ever felt that sad? Did God care how sad Hannah was? (yes) What didGod do? (gave Hannah a son) Does God care when you feel really sad? (yes) Whatdoes God do for you? Just like Hannah, God knows and cares about how I feel.Send (5 minutes)CREATIVE DRAMAWrap UpRemind the Shepherds to distribute the Family Page for this story if the kids haven’talready received it, and come together for Wrap Up.Thanks for coming to Creative Drama! Hannah was very sad. God blessed herwith a baby. Who was that baby? (Samuel) How did Hannah feel after Samuelwas born? (happy) Just like Hannah, God knows and cares about our feelings.How does God show care for your feelings? Allow kids to respond.Spark ResourcesFamily PageSuppliesNoneCreative Drama Workshop, Hannah and Samuel Rotation Leader Guide. Spark Sunday School © 2011Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. May be reproduced for local use only.Hannah and Samuel — 101
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