Esther - 3 feasts

Tim Stephenson

- 2 minutes read - 219 words

week 1: the kings feast

week 2: the queen’s feast

week 3: the Jews feast

  • recap even though Haman had been defeated, the impossible situation because his law cannot be repealed.

  • an impossible game: cut a hole in a sheet of A4 for you to get thru.

  • bridge questions

    • What’s the name of the feast (Purim, Esther 9:26)

    • What did the Jews celebrate (saved from enemy attack, Esther 9:21-22)

    • how did they celebrate? (feast, sharing, gifts to the poor, 9:22)

  • teaching

    • xerces put Mordecai in charge (have signet ring)

    • Esther pleaded for her people still under Harman’s law (prop: scroll)

    • Xerces gave permission for a new law prop: second scroll: permission to defend themselves

    • defence, followed by celebrations

    • Esther and Mordecai declared 2 days celebration in remembrance each year, called Purim

  • game: feast and fight

    • search for goodies until 'the Jews are being attacked' then dash for a shield

or

  • game: bucket battle

    • Haman’s team and Mordecai’s team

    • attack by getting scrunched up property balls into buckets whilst defended by netball style defence

    • repeat but defenders cannot use hands

  • discuss

    • Jews faced certain death

    • God provided via the second scroll

    • celebration and remembrance is a big part of being god’s people today as then

    • our problem is sin, remembering and thanking Jesus for saving us is ongoing.

    • activity sheets