(V)irtual (B)ible (S)tudy

Week 3: You Be You

Welcome to our socially distant summer! Although we cannot join in person for now, we can still learn and grow together this summer. Use this guide to explore this week’s theme and scriptures. You may move through it at whatever pace is best, but we recommend you spread it over several days.

There’s nothing I’d rather do

Than sit around the house with you

And sing – sing-a-ling-a-ling

Ring-a-ling-a-ding-ding

There’s nothing I’d rather say

Than would you like to spend the day In a song?

How can that go wrong?

You can even sing along!

“LA” CHORUS

There’s no-one I’d rather be

Than a singer in a harmony with you

Would you like that too?

Do be do be do be do

There’s nowhere I’d rather go

Than a place where we can do

Re mi fa so la

La dee da dee da dee da

“LA” CHORUS

You don’t have to go high

You don’t have to go low

You just have to go wherever that you are gonna go

You don’t have to do what

People say you should do

You just gotta help me be me and you be you

You don’t have to believe

You don’t have to doubt

You don’t have to go run around and figure it all out

You don’t have to what

People say that you should

You just gotta be who God made you

‘cause God made you good

There’s nothing I’d rather do

Than sit around the house with you and sing

There’s nothing I’d rather say

Than would you like to spend the day in the song

There’s no-one I’d rather be

Than a singer in a harmony with you

There’s nowhere I’d rather go

Than a place where we can do re mi fa so la ti do do do…

Supplies: Just yourself!

Remember our Bible verse for this week– “I will offer You my grateful heart, for I am Your unique creation, filled with wonder and awe,” (Psalm 139:14a). The psalmist is offering a grateful heart, or thanking God– that’s a prayer!

We are going to offer the same kind of prayer this week, but not by simply talking. We are going to pray using our bodies! Find a comfortable place to sit or stand where you can still focus.

Take a deep breath in, and release it. Repeat this three times. Concentrate on what it feels like for the air to go in and out of your lungs. Remember that air gives us life!

Now wiggle your toes. Focus on what they feel like on the ground underneath. Think about all of the things you can do with your feet. What is your favorite thing to use your feet for? Think about these questions while continuing to take deep breaths in and out.

Now shake your knees. Think about all of the things you can do with your legs. What is your favorite thing to use your legs for? Think about these questions while continuing to take deep breaths in and out.

Now shake your torso (the middle part of your body). Think about what your tummy does, and how all of the organs inside you keep you going. What is your favorite organ? Why? Think about these questions while continuing to take deep breaths in and out.

Now wave your arms. Think about all of the things you can do with your arms. What is your favorite thing to use your arms for? Think about these questions while continuing to take deep breaths in and out.

Now wiggle your fingers. Reach around and touch something near you (that is not another person). What does it feel like? Think about all of the things you can do with your hands. What is your favorite thing to use your hands for? Think about these questions while continuing to take deep breaths in and out.

Now gently roll your head back and forth. How many parts of your head can you name? Mouth, nose, eyes, ears, hair, and inside you have your brain! What do you like to taste? What do you like to smell? What do you like to see? What do you like to listen to? What do you like to think about? Think about these questions while continuing to take deep breaths in and out.

Now move your whole body around! Your body, mind, and heart all make up who you are. God made you unlike anybody else and loves you very much! You are good. Say, “Thank you God!”

Try screaming it: “THANK YOU GOD!”

Now try whispering it as softly as you can: “thank you, God!”

Now just silently with your heart: “Thank you God!”

Amen.

Supplies Needed: Access to one of the movies below

Optional Supplies: Your favorite movie snack!

Do you like watching movies? The fun characters and wild stories can draw us into a different world where anything is possible! Have you ever noticed that movies can teach you something about yourself or the world?

That’s how you are going to watch a movie today. Start by picking one of the movies below (or watch one that you know connects well with You Be You).

• Animated Short
  • Purl (available on Disney+ or YouTube)
• Children’s Movies
  • How to Train Your Dragon (available for streaming rental)
  • Brave (available on Disney+)
  • Mulan (available on Disney+)
  • A Bug’s Life (available on Disney+)
  • Tarzan II (available on Disney+)

If you would like, break out some popcorn or your favorite movie snack. Make the room where you are watching cozy– maybe lay out some pillows or build a blanket fort! While you watch, think about the following questions. You can also discuss them later with your family.

• Who is the main character? What are some of their character traits/how would you describe their personality?
• What do other people expect the main character to do? How do other people expect the main character to act?
• Does the main character meet those expectations? Is your answer the same in the beginning and end of the movie?
• What is it like when the main character acts how other characters want them to? What is it like when they are true to themselves?

Written by Audrey Dickison

Supplies: Computer Paper, Pen, Crayons and/or Markers, Scissors, Glue, Mirror

Optional Supplies: Construction Paper, Magazines

Have you ever created a self-portrait? It is a great way to explore and learn about yourself! The self-portraits we are creating this week are not all about our outward appearances, they will also tell about how we feel on the inside, our interests, and how we are wonderfully and uniquely made by God.

First you will need one page of computer paper. Using the pen, crayons, or markers you have, fill this page with words, drawings, and colors that describe you. Be creative! Add clippings from magazines that describe you or things you like to do. Fill the page!

If you need help thinking of things to fill your page, here are a few questions to help:

• What is your favorite color?
• What is your favorite song?
• What would your act be in a talent show?
• What is your favorite season? Why?
• How do you show love?
• How are you feeling this week?
• What is your favorite subject to learn about?
• What is something you are proud of?
• When is a time that you have been brave?
• When is a time that you helped someone?
• If you could do anything this week, what would you do?
• If you could go anywhere this week, where would you go?
• What is your favorite thing about YOU?

Once your page is full, you might want to take a picture, because you are about to cut it up into pieces for your collage self-portrait!

Get out your scissors and start cutting different shapes – squares, rectangles, triangles, circles, or even funky and fun squiggly shapes.

Get a fresh piece of paper. Draw a big, perfectly imperfect oval, circle, or other shape to be your face. If you want to cut a face shape out of paper to glue down on the page, that also works! Start placing the cutout shapes on the face for your eyes, your nose, your mouth, your hair… Use a mirror and pay attention to details. What do your eyebrows look like? Is your face happy? sad? mad? Do you wear glasses? Do you have freckles? Are you missing any teeth? If you need more shapes to use, cut more pieces from another piece of paper or magazine. Once the pieces are arranged how you want them, start gluing them down on the page. Let your artwork dry for about an hour.

Then, if you can, share your self-portrait with someone. Tell them what words and stories the pieces hold, tell them what ways God made you wonderful and special!

Challenges of the Week

Before our Zoom call on Thursday at 10:00 am, we challenge you to:

• Learn this week’s song: You Be You.
• Wear the color of the week on our Zoom call: GREEN
• Memorize this week’s scripture:
  • “I will offer You my grateful heart, for I am Your unique creation, filled with wonder and awe” Psalm 139:14a (The Voice)