David & Goliath -- Computer Center

Bible Exploration - Workshop: Computer Center

Month: June Bible Story: David and Goliath

Year (B): 1 Scripture: I Samuel 17

Bible Memory Verse: “Go and may the Lord be with you.” I Sam. 17:37b

Workshop	Concept	Teacher
1. Temple/Art Center	God is with us.
2. Video Center	God is guiding us.
3. Computer Center	Finding courage in God
4. Drama Center	Identifying Giants in our lives.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

· Able to identify events in their faith journeys that give them courage

MATERIALS:

· Computers (with CDroms), 4 copies of David and Goliath CDrom put out by Kids Interactive Bible.

· Paper and pens. Bibles with timelines in them.

PLAN: Intro. Find Memory verse in Bible, review

1. Introduce explorers to computers. (10 minutes)

· Divide into roughly equal teams around the computers.

· Explorers take turns to do different parts of CD

2. Start with “David fights Goliath” (20 minutes)

· Explorers find answers to questions

· Use scavenger hunt

· Explorers not playing on CD at the time can watch for clues and answer questions

· They can take turns looking over list

3. Next, explorers take turns navigating “Discovering the Bible” and explore what having courage in God means. (15min)

· Explorers will make a timeline of David’s life and put his fight with Goliath on the timeline.

· Next, put David’s life on a timeline of Bible events.

4. Do Bible Memory (under games) as time allows.

David and Goliath -- CD Guide

Take turns working through David Fights Goliath section of the CDrom, David and Goliath by Interactive Bible for kids. There are 10 sections to this part. If there are two or three persons at your station, each can operate the mouse through two of them, etc. While one person takes a turn with the mouse, one or two others can be scribes. One can read the questions and record the answers. The other can read the scavenger hunt and record the answers. Switch rolls each time you switch the person operating the mouse.

QUESTIONS:

1. Who was the King of Israel when David visited his brothers? What do you know about this king?

2. What was the name of Goliath’s nation? What do you know about them?

3. What was Goliath’s challenge?

4. What did David think about Goliath’s challenge?

5. What did the King offer to do for the man who fought & killed Goliath?

6. What did the King tell David after David said that he would fight Goliath? Why did the King change his mind?

7. Why did David think he could beat Goliath?

8. How did Goliath react when he saw David coming to fight him?

9. What did David say to Goliath?

10. What did David use to fight Goliath? What happened?

Answers for Leaders

As they discuss questions 1-10

1. Saul. Discuss who Saul was, the time period in Israel’s history, etc.

2. The Philistines. Discuss who they were, their five cities along the coast, etc. Use a map, if available, to show where they were.

3. One to one combat with him. The loser’s people would become slaves to the winner’s people.

4. He was amazed that no one in the Israelite army would fight Goliath.

5. 1. Make him rich

2. Give his daughter to him in marriage.

3. Honor his whole family

6. Saul answered, “Ridiculous!” Discuss why Saul may have changed him mind.

7. He was a shepherd and had to kill lions and bears to protect sheep. God would protect him from Goliath just like God protected him from the wild animals.

8. Goliath ridiculed David.

9. David answered, “You’re fighting with a sword and spear, but I’m fighting with the power of God.”

10. David used a sling. Discuss what happened. What eventually happened to David? He became King.

Scavenger Hunt

Take turns being the scavenger hunt scribe. This person calls out what you are looking for and writes down the answer.

1. Where is the man with a bowtie hiding?

2. Whose weapon melts?

3. Who kisses?

4. Who catches a fly?

5. What is too heavy to be carried?

6. Where is the shark hiding?

7. Who throws a ball?

8. Who shoots a spit ball?

9. What explodes?

10. Who goes fishing?

Scavenger Hunt Answers

1. In the flower pot.

2. Goliath’s spear.

3. The chickens.

4. The snake.

5. The sword.

6. In the kiddie pool.

7. The wolf in the hills by the tree.

8. The rat behind the tree.

9. The red box.

10. The narrator.

MORE IDEAS FOR LEADERS

Under part 3 under PLAN, tell the explorers to check out the Discover the Bible Section on the main menu.

1. Use this section to put the story of David and Goliath on a timeline of David’s life. Put the events listed in order.

2. Notice how David recounts events in his past (I Sam. 17:34-37) from which he draws courage.

a. What are some events in Israel’s history that might give David (and us) courage?

b. Put these events on David’s timeline.

3. Use a time line in a bible to locate the life of David. List the highlights that lead up to the stories of David and the highlights that follow on a time line. The explorers can take this time line home and illustrate it. Bring it back to be posted in the computer lab.

During Part 4, explorers could take turns trying to remember the memory verses. They could help each other out when someone gets stuck. Discuss courage and finding courage in God. The following memory verses can be easily related to the story of David and Goliath and finding courage in God:

1. I Samuel 17:37a

2. Psalm 7:10

3. Proverbs 30:5

4. I Chronicles 16:11

5. Ephesians 6:10

Other group activities include the matching game, or the connect the dots game. Explorers could try to guess what the picture will be as the dots are connected. This last part can be used if time allows.