Abram leaves home is part of our Story Series ‘What’s in God’s Big Book?’ We started by making a Big Book and then each week we take out a page for our story. So far we have done God made everything , First sad day, Noah built the Ark and The big tower to Heaven ( I tell the story first and we finish by taking the page out of the book and reading the words)
The story is from Genesis 12
In the story bag have Abram and Sarah.
You can add actions to the story and ask the group to repeat phrases (I’ve written these in Bold).
Abram leaves home story idea
Say hello to Abram! Hello Abram. Abram lived a long, long time ago with his wife Sarai.
One day God spoke to Abram and said to him, ‘Leave where you live and go to a new place that I will show to you. I will bless you and make your family a great nation and bless all the world through you.’
Wow! That was a big promise.
Abram listened to God. Abram got ready to do what God had said.
He packed up his bags. He said goodbye to his neighbours and friends and off he went! Can you wave and say goodbye. He didn’t travel in a car or aeroplane. He didn’t even use a boat. But he probably had a donkey or camel to ride on and sometimes he would have walked.
Abram trusted God and was sure that God would be with him and keep his promise.
Every day he and Sarai travelled and every night they put up their tent and went fast asleep.
Today God speaks to you and me in The Bible and we should do what he says. We can trust God to keep his promises just like Abram.
Abram in his tent craft idea
I have added a download for you to print and use for Abraham standing in his tent. For full craft instructions see this post. This is one of my favourite crafts – the children really love the lift the flap element!
Hello! I love your craft with Abraham in his tent and wanted to use it for my 3-5 year olds. However, when I click on the link to download Abraham it gives a page of different men. Is there away to get the download for Abraham, please?
Hi Carrie, I’m so sorry to be so late in replying – I’ve been on holiday. The Abraham in the original craft I think I found via google. The download is my own version – I didn’t know who had drawn the Abraham I had used and didn’t want to fall foul of copyright. Many apologies for the confusion. I think the different men could be used instead if you were happy for that.