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Slides and Printables

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Program Videos

Conductor Carl Act 2

Conductor Carl Act 3

Big Point Video Short

Conductor Carl Act 1

Big Story Video

Engineer Courtney is getting into a mixed up problem. When someone wants us to make a wrong choice, sometimes the right move is to tell them to get out.

Upside Down Week 3

I Won't Celebrate Bad Things!

Join Conductor Carl and his friends as they lead your kids on an adventure through God’s word. These imaginative and engaging lessons will have your early childhood kids and volunteers loving every minute of their time at the Train Station. Included are lessons for Kindergarten-3s, 2-year-olds and a story for babies and toddlers. Lessons include videos, graphics, coloring sheets, and both large and small group lessons. The junior lessons tie directly with the corresponding elementary lesson.

Ark Kids Junior

An ongoing curriculum for Early Childhood

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Big Story Slides

https://content.lessons.church/files/lesson/g3IVo2fZIcR/10w0Wupiy8e/UD JR L3 Big Story Slides.zip?dt=1680233095913

Countdown Video

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1080p

Big Verse Slide

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Preschool Clean Up Song

https://content.lessons.church/files/program/BVLAFRqSzX1/9ur1wCUIFdP/preschool-clean-up-song.mp4?dt=1630777756678

Conductor Carl Title Slide

https://content.lessons.church/files/program/BVLAFRqSzX1/bALs77QD7N5/conductor-carl-title-slide.mp4?dt=1630756004559

Rules Video

https://content.lessons.church/files/program/BVLAFRqSzX1/eGS32Yho9To/ccf-rules-video.mp4?dt=1630778071576

Title Slide Steam Whistle

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2min Countdown

https://content.lessons.church/files/program/BVLAFRqSzX1/HSDgV6a0-Dx/jr-2-minute-countdown.mp4?dt=1648677059976

Icebreaker Game

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pptx

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Welcome Slides

https://content.lessons.church/files/lesson/g3IVo2fZIcR/KLDnCZARzuY/UD JR L3 Welcome Slides.zip?dt=1680233510326

The Big Do

https://content.lessons.church/files/program/BVLAFRqSzX1/LHtdCIFuzEt/cc-big-do-slide.mp4?dt=1630726373409

4 min Countdown

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Lesson Plan

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docx

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To say that we’re living in a crazy world is a huge understatement! The kids in our ministries are growing up in a world that seems to be getting harder and harder to navigate. Wrong is called right; right is up to the individual; having a differing opinion is intolerant and logic seems to have gone by the wayside. However, our kids aren’t the first to experience this kind of world. Daniel and his friends were violently taken from their homes and thrown into a foreign world where literally nothing was familiar. Yet God was with them and they knew it. Daniel’s life gives us some time-tested principles that can help our kids realize that it is possible to live right-side-up in an upside-down world!!

Upside Down

Large Group

Countdown from 10

Prior to Engage 2, stuff a trash bag with paper so that it appears to be filled up.



Leader

Rules

Welcome

**Host** and **Co-Host** enter, dressed in overalls. The **Co-Host** also is wearing the party hat.



**Host**

Welcome to the Train Station, Jr. Conductors! I hope that you are ready for another fun day with Conductor Carl and his friends.



**Co-Host**

Look at me, Jr. Conductors. What does it look like I’m ready to do?





**Host**

You’re right; it does look like he/she is ready for a party. Do you like to go to parties? What kind of parties have you been to?





**Co-Host**

Let’s see if you can use these clues to guess what they might be celebrating.



The slides will have clues for different holidays or celebrations such as Christmas, birthday, Thanksgiving, etc. Ask the kids what each picture is and what they think it might represent.



**Host**

You did a great job. I love to celebrate with my friends and family, but there are some things that we don’t want to celebrate, ever. Today we’ll discover how to think like God and celebrate good things. Let’s get ready and give us a big, “Choo-choo!” 

Hosts

Worship

Engage 1

**Co-Host**

Oh no! Who took Chef Bananas’ ice cream? (Pause) It was Roberta the Robber! Was that a wrong choice?



**Host**

It sure was. Do you think that Engineer Courtney should have eaten the ice cream with her? Nope, Engineer Courtney needs to follow the Big Point. Let’s stand and practice the Big Point again, 



**Host**

**I Won’t Celebrate Bad Things!**

**Co-Host**

Celebrating bad things means that you join in with people who make choices that don’t please God. Do you think Engineer Courtney celebrated wrong things when she joined Roberta the Robber and ate the ice cream?

**Host**

She did. Let’s see why that’s a big problem using a game. We need two friends to join us on stage. We’re going to have a race!



**Co-host**

One of you will race with (Host) and the other will race with me. This is a 

three-legged race. That means we’ll race with one of each of our legs attached with these bands. We will have to race together the whole time. We’ll race from one side to the other.



Race each other. The Host races directly from one end to the other. The Co-host takes a few steps forward and then goes backwards. He/She moves all around the stage but never reaches the finish.





**Host**

Oh my, look at what happened in the race. (Co-host) went in the wrong direction and made his/her partner lose the race. Our team won because we both ran to the finish line.







**Co-Host**

When we celebrate wrong things, we follow people who make wrong choices, and that takes us far away from the good things God wants to give us. In fact, it can get us into big trouble. We only want to follow people who follow God. Let’s see what Engineer Courtney does next.

Engage 2

**Host** and **Co-Host** enter. Prior to the Engage, stuff a trash bag with paper so that it appears to be filled up.



**Co-Host**

I’m glad that Farmer Faith said, “No” to Roberta the Robber. She made a wise choice.



**Host**

I think it was helpful that she told Conductor Carl what happened. Engineer Courtney learned how much it hurt Chef Bananas to lose his special ice cream and why she should follow the Big Point, 



**Host**

**I Won’t Celebrate Bad Things!**



**Co-Host**

I like the verse that Conductor Carl shared from the Bible. 





**Co-Host**

Amos 5:15 (NIrV) says, “Hate evil and love good.” I thought we weren’t supposed to hate anything.



**Host**

Well, God doesn’t want us to hate people. Jesus tells us to love others, even people who are mean to us. When the Bible says to hate evil, it means that we should push unwise thoughts, words, and actions away because they’re not good for us. 







The **Co-Host** brings out the trash bag.

**Co-Host**

Jr. Conductors, what is this? (Allow for answers) It’s smelly trash. Hold your nose and say, “Gross!” What kinds of things do we put in the trash? (Allow for answers) I think this one is full of babies’ diapers.



**Host**

Would you give a smelly trash bag a big hug and snuggle with it?



**Co-Host**

Like this? 



**Host**

Jr. Conductors, would that make him/her smell bad? It would. Let’s all say, “Yuck!” If someone wanted you to hug a trash bag, would you? No! You would push it away.



**Co-Host**

Do you think I should hug this or push it away? (Pause) Can you help me push? Hold your arms out and pretend to push. 





**Host**

When you celebrate wrong things, like joining in on making fun of someone or laughing at bad words, it’s like hugging something gross that will not help you. That’s why the Bible tells us to hate evil and push it away.



**Co-Host**

But when it’s something good from God, we should love it. Let’s pretend to give something good a big hug. Worship is something good. Let’s stand and worship God now.





Big Story

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I’m glad that we don’t have to make wise choices all by ourselves. We have God’s help, and He’s given us lots of friends to help us, too. Let’s take a moment to pray for our friends here at the Train Station. Everyone, close your eyes and bow your heads. Let’s put our hand on the shoulder of someone nearby. Pray this prayer after me, “Dear Jesus, (Pause) help my friend (Pause) to follow You (Pause) and do wise things. Amen. (Pause)” I’m glad that we can help each other celebrate good things.







Engage 3

**Co-Host**

Roberta the Robber keeps making wrong choices! I’m glad that Engineer Courtney said, “No” to her and helped Chef Bananas.





**Host**

If someone tries to get you to join them in doing something that doesn’t please 

God, you can say, “No,” too. Let’s all practice our Big Point again, 



**Host**

**I Won’t Celebrate Bad Things!**



**Co-Host**

Daniel didn’t celebrate with the king, either. He told the king exactly what God wrote on the wall.



**Host**

You can tell your family about God writing on the wall when you do the Big Do this week. 



**Host**

Have a party at the end of the week to celebrate all of the ways your family obeyed God!



**Co-Host**

Let’s practice celebrating good things. We’re going to tell you different things that a kid might do. If it’s something that God would like, let’s celebrate by shouting, “Yay!” Practice doing that now.



**Host**

If it’s something that God wouldn’t like, then say, “No way!” Let’s practice doing that.



Give the kids various scenarios such as calling someone a name, going to church, obeying your parents, pushing someone down, saying kind words, keeping a promise, disobeying your parents, etc. Have them respond after each one.





**Host**

I think you are ready to join in making wise choices. Let’s say our Big Point once more, 







**Host**

**I Won’t Celebrate Bad Things!**







Big Review

 - Did our Big Point say I Will Celebrate Bad Things or **I Won’t Celebrate Bad Things?**



 - Pretend to eat some ice cream. What flavor is your ice cream? How many scoops are on your ice cream cone? Who stole Chef Bananas’ ice cream? **Roberta the Robber** Who did she convince to eat the ice cream with her? **Engineer Courtney**





 - Pretend to hug a squishy, soft stuffed animal. What would you do if 
someone handed you a smelly bag of trash? Would you hug it or push it away? The Big Verse, in Amos 5:15 (NIrV) says, “Hate evil and love (bad / **good**.)”



 - What kinds of things do you find at a party? (List the items, such as eating a piece of cake, dancing in your seat, etc., and pretend to interact with them) In our Big Story, who threw a party to make fun of God? **King** Who told the king what God had written on the wall? **Daniel** Did Daniel join the party or tell the king he was wrong? **Told the king he was wrong**



 - Let’s stand and tiptoe, like we’re sneaking. (Tiptoe) Who tried to come back and take more ice cream from Chef Bananas? **Roberta the Robber** Did Engineer Courtney help or say, “No?” **She said, “No”** What are some wrong choices we don’t want to agree with? **Saying unkind words, disobeying our parents, hurting others** What are some wise choices you can say, “Yes” to? **Reading your Bible, coming to church, praying, worshipping God**



 - What did Conductor Carl tell us to do in the Big Do? **Have a party to celebrate how you & your family obeyed God**

Clean Up

Midweek / Classroom

Small Group Split

Small Group Leaders, begin by splitting the kids into the desired number of Small Groups. Take a few moments to welcome your group. Afterwards go over the rules of the room and talk about the positive reinforcement tool.

It’s time for us to visit our friends at the Train Station! Let me hear you say, “Choo-choo!” 



We’re going to count it down with Conductor Carl, and then let’s stand up to worship God! 



Icebreaker

Welcome to the Train Station, Jr. Conductors! My name is Engineer (Insert your name). Today we will find out how following Jesus helps us to live right in this mixed-up world. Let’s play a game with mixed-up choices right now! We will try to match some pictures. The tricky thing is that they are upside down. You might want to turn your head around so you can see them the right way.

If your tech allows it, Use the Icebreaker PowerPoint to play a matching game with the kids. Otherwise you can print them and cut out, or just use a regular memory type card game for each small group. Talk about how the pictures are funny because they are upside down.

Good job! We matched all the pictures. It was hard to know at first what the pictures were because they were upside down. It’s better when things are the right way. I think someone is making upside down choices at the Train Station today. Let’s find out who it is! 



Oh no, Engineer Courtney has gotten into a mixed-up problem. Jr. Conductors, do you think she made a right choice by eating the ice cream? (Pause) No, me neither. But she didn’t want Roberta the Robber to think she was a baby. There is good news - God’s truth can always fix our mixed-up problems. Let’s say the Big Point together. Everyone put your hand to your ear, 

**I Won’t Celebrate Bad Things!**

Celebrate is a big word for when we happily join in with something good. If your friend wins his soccer game, you celebrate with him. Let’s all say, “Good job” and clap. But if your friend makes a wrong choice, like saying unkind words, should you say, “Good job,” and join in? No, that’s not a wise choice. When Engineer Courtney ate the ice cream with Roberta the Robber, she was celebrating Roberta taking the ice cream. That was wrong.

In your Small Group, you will get to choose between right and wrong choices. If the choice is wise, then you should celebrate! Put a party sticker on it. But if it is a wrong choice, then draw an “X” on top of it. Your Small Group Leader will help you. Everyone, turn to your leader with a bubble in your mouth.



Pass out the Activity sheet, stickers, and crayons. Work on the sheet together, explaining what each scenario is and whether it is shows a wise or wrong choice. If it shows a wise choice, have the kids put a sticker on it. If it shows an unwise choice, then help them draw and “X” over it. At the end, write the kids’ names on the papers and have them help you put the supplies away. 



Small Group Leader

Conductor Carl helped Engineer Courtney by sharing a verse from the Bible with her. 

Amos 5:15 (NIrV) says, “Hate evil and love good.” Sometimes you might think you aren’t supposed to hate things. God never wants us to hate people or good things from Him. Jesus tells us to love people, even if they aren’t nice. But we are supposed to push wrong things away from us and say, “No!” to them. Hating wrong means we won’t join in on making unwise choices. In fact, God doesn’t even want us to look at wrong things. Let’s all practice this together. I will tell you about something unwise, and I want you to say, “No!” with a serious voice and turn your head away. 



 - Your friend wants you to call another friend a mean name.

 - When your mom tells you to clean your room, you make a face and keep playing.

 - You are playing outside, and your friend invites you to run away someplace else.

 - Someone pushes you, and you want to push them back.





It’s a wise choice to follow our Big Point. Let’s sing it again, 

**I Won’t Celebrate Bad Things!** Instead, we want to celebrate good things! One of the best things to celebrate is God’s Word. We love to hear what the Bible says. In your Small Group, you will get a party hat and a cupcake as we celebrate listening to our Big Story altogether. 

     









Pass out the hats and cupcakes. Tell the kids that we will leave the hats on during the Big Story as we celebrate hearing God’s Word. They can eat their cupcakes during the story, too. 







Yay, everyone is celebrating something good and right - a true story from the Bible! This story is about Daniel and how he would not join in when the people around him made wrong choices. You can finish your cupcake while we watch.

I’m so thankful Daniel wouldn’t join the king in doing wrong. He obeyed God and told the king that what he was doing was bad. In your Small Group, you will pray our Big Verse. Everyone, turn to your Small Group Leader now, so you can pray together. 





It’s a wise choice to pray God’s Word. Let’s do that together now. Close your eyes and bow your heads. Now, repeat after me, “I will say, ‘No’ to evil.” (Pause) “I will say, ‘Yes’ to good.” Let’s do that again. (Repeat 2x) Good job! Now I will pray for all of you. (Pray)

Closing

I’m so glad Engineer Courtney told Roberta the Robber “No!” and had her leave. When someone wants you to make a wrong choice, there may be a time when you need to tell them to get out. Daniel said, “No” to joining the evil king in doing wrong in our Big Story. 



You can practice celebrating the right things when you do the Big Do this week. 



Have a party at the end of the week to celebrate all of the ways your family obeyed God! Let’s practice our Big Point one last time, 

Upside Down Week 3: I Won't Celebrate Bad Things!

Large Group

Large Group Instructions

Countdown from 10

Rules

Welcome

Engage 1

Engage 2

Big Story

Engage 3

Big Review

Clean Up

Large Group Instructions

Countdown from 10

Rules

Welcome

Engage 1

Engage 2

Big Story

Engage 3

Big Review

Clean Up

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