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CREATIVE DRAMALEADER GUIDE<strong>Hannah</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Samuel</strong>(1 <strong>Samuel</strong> 1:9-27)LowerElementaryWorkshop Focus: God knows your name.Keep these tips in mind as you welcome kids to the workshop <strong>and</strong> explore the storytogether.• Each week, remember to welcome kids to the rotation. Keep in mind that forsome kids it may be the first time they are visiting your workshop!• If kids have heard the story several times during previous weeks, read it again!Kids learn through repetition, <strong>and</strong> every workshop will explore the Bible storyin a slightly different way.• Remember that the Shepherds are there to support you as they accompanykids each week.• Be sure to visit www.sparksundayschool.<strong>org</strong> to download the Family Page for thisstory. Make copies of it <strong>and</strong> ask Shepherds to distribute it during the Wrap Up.Open the Bible (10 minutes)<strong>Hannah</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Samuel</strong> StorytellingLearn the meaning of your name. Bookmark names of kids in the group.Welcome to Creative Drama! My name is [Name]. My name means [meaning].Who would like to share what your name means? Allow kids to share. Read themeanings of kids’ names. No matter what your name is, God knows it! God knowsyour name. God knows a name in today’s story. There are three people in ourstory today. Let’s hear what their names mean. Eli mean “ascension,” <strong>Hannah</strong>means “favor,” <strong>and</strong> <strong>Samuel</strong> means “God has heard.”H<strong>and</strong> a Spark Story Bible out to each of the kids. Help kids find God Calls <strong>Samuel</strong>on pages 122–125. Encourage kids to follow along as you read. This is a story aboutsomething that happens during the night. Help me tell this story. Clap yourh<strong>and</strong>s every time I read “God,” “Eli,” or “<strong>Samuel</strong>.” Help kids practice clappingtheir h<strong>and</strong>s once for each syllable in the name as follows.• God (Clap once.)• Eli (Clap twice.)• <strong>Samuel</strong> (Clap three times.)Spark ResourcesSpark Story BiblesSuppliesBaby name book or InternetresourceCREATIVE DRAMACreative Drama Workshop, <strong>Hannah</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Samuel</strong> Rotation Leader Guide. Spark Sunday School © 2011Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. May be reproduced for local use only.<strong>Hannah</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Samuel</strong> — 91
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