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For the Week of September 5, 2010
Fall, Lesson 1

Upper Elementary: Simple Instructions?
Supplies needed: a loaf of bread, a jar of peanut butter, a jar of jelly, a knife, a plate
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Upper Elementary Resource Links:
• What happens when you only follow directions literally? Well, in the case of making a Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich, not what you'd expect.

Middle School: God's Plan From A to Z
Using time lapse photography, this week's lesson illustrates how God's plans for our future unfold in a beautiful way.
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Middle School Resource Links:

• The metamorphosis of a larvae into a beautiful butterfly is a miraculous, lengthy process. Unless someone makes a time-lapse video, and then it's gross and creepy.

High School: Leap of Faith
Students will learn about the risks inherent in many everyday activities, and compare that to the risk of taking a step of faith.
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High School Resource Links:

• It's a dangerous world out there.
• Food poisoning statistics and symptoms:
  • http://www.cdc.gov/
  • http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/
  • https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/
• Chances of being struck by lightning:
  • http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/
• Chances of being killed by an asteroid or tornado:
  • http://www.livescience.com/
• Chances of injury or death in an automobile accident:
  • http://www.statisticstop10.com/
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_collision

Adults: The Sacred Intersection
Students will talk about how God has revealed Himself to them and what purposes He has for their lives at this moment.
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Adult Resource Links:
• This article gives good background material on the Book of Exodus.
• Background on Moses and the burning bush can be found in these articles:
  • http://www.biblegateway.com/
  • http://bible.org/seriespage/burning-bush-exodus-31-15
• This video shows St. Catherine's Monastery, built in the sixth century a.d. on the traditional site of Moses' encounter with the burning bush, and sunrise on the summit of the traditional site of Mt. Sinai. The video also shows an evergreen bramble bush in the middle of the monastery with long, hanging branches that the monks say is from the same stock as Moses' burning bush.