Week 269 · about 45 minutes
Judges 17
Judges 17 · Memory verse Judges 17:5
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Judges 17), the matching word search and answer key (Judges 17 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a key
Hold a key. Read Judges 17 in about four minutes, stopping at Judges 17:5: “The man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Judges 17?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Judges 17 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.” That is not a motto invented for a poster. It is the first sentence a family hears when this page is opened at night.
Keep going a little further. The chapter also says, “There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he lived there.” Judges 17 opens with these words: “There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.” The line to keep is Judges 17:5: “The man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.” Carry the word “micah” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Judges 17:5: “The man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Judges 17? Then try this: Read “The man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who…” once more. What does it show you about God? You do not have to finish every verse. You can close the book after the memory verse and still have read the Bible together.
Group game
Walk the room as if you are moving through Judges 17. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Judges 17:5. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Judges 17 and write Judges 17:5 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Judges 17:5
“The man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Judges 17. Help us remember Judges 17:5 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.