Sign the Overall Theme Verse: Storyteller: Let s learn the overall theme verse in sign language. (Teach the signs and say the verse with the children.) Overall Theme Verse Remember that the Lord is great and awesome! Nehemiah 4:14b Remember Make hands into fists with thumbs at the side. Touch your right thumbnail to your head, then to the thumbnail of your left hand. Lord Make an L with your right hand and bring it from left shoulder to your right hip. Great Raise both hands up to head height with palms facing out. Push hands forward and up. Then bring hands down to shoulder level and push hands slightly forward and up again. 11
Sign the : Overall Theme Verse Remember that the Lord is great and awesome! Nehemiah 4:14b Majestic Clap the hands together, then make an arc with the right hand, hand shaking. Name Extend the index and middle fingers of each hand, then stack them on top of each other to form an X. Earth Make a fist with your left hand. Place your right thumb and middle finger on the back of the left hand, near the wrist. Rock the right hand from side to side. 12
Session Sign the : Miriam Cares for Moses on the Nile Exodus 2:1-10 God Helps Your help has made me great. Psalm 18:35b Help Make a fist with your right hand with the thumb extended. Place the palm of your left hand under your right fist and lift both hands up and toward yourself. Make Make fists with both hands with thumbs curled on top of your fingers. Place the right fist on the left fist. Twist the fists so that the palms face you and tap them together again. Me Point to yourself with your right index finger. Great Raise both hands up to head height with palms facing out. Push hands forward and up. Then bring hands down to shoulder level and push hands slightly forward and up again. 22
Session Sign the : Storyteller: Let s learn the for today s session in sign language. Baptism of Jesus Matthew 3:13-17, John 1:29-34 God Loves This is my Son whom I dearly love; I find happiness in him. Matthew 3:17b My Point to yourself with your right index finger. Son Bring your thumb and extended fingers of your right hand to the right side of your forehead as if you are grasping an imaginary hat brim. Then rock the arms together in the sign for baby. 32 Love Press hands in fists over your heart. Him (Jesus) Touch your right palm with your left middle finger. Then touch your left palm with your right middle finger.
Sign the : Jesus Calms the Storm Luke 8:22-25 God Calms The God of peace will be with you. Philippians 4:9b God With right hand open, palm facing left, make a shepherd s crook; start at the top of the head and bring the hand down to the chin. Peace Place the right palm on top of the left palm. Turn your hands so that the left palm is on top of the right palm. Move both palms down and to the sides. You Point your index finger away from yourself. 42
Session Sign the : Breakfast on the Beach John 21:1-17 God Sends Then I heard the Lord s voice saying, Whom should I send, and who will go for us? I said, I m here; send me. Isaiah 6:8 Lord Make an L with your right hand and bring it from left shoulder to your right hip. Send Hold your left hand parallel to the ground, palm facing down and fingers pointing to your right. Curl your right hand toward yourself, fingers on the bottom, and hold over left hand. Flick the fingers of your right hand forward, over the back of your left hand. Go Circle hands forward, one at a time, with index fingers pointing. Me Point to yourself with your right index finger. 54