Elijah and the Widow Ravens water flour oil

Elijah and the Widow Ravens, water, flour, oil and miracles! Prepared by Karen Adolph, St Philip’s Lutheran, Etobicoke, ON

Setting the Story… O The story is about Elijah, who was a prophet. O What’s a prophet?

Setting the Story… O The story is about Elijah, who was a prophet. O What’s a prophet? Ø God’s messenger. Ø Elijah is the greatest prophet in Israel!

Where does the story take place… Elijah was from Gilead. O The King is Ahab. O He is the 7 th evil king that the northern kingdom has had. O O The widow is in Zarephath.

Where in the world is this?

Where in the world is this?

When did it happen?

Setting the Story… O Elijah was hungry… O He had to run away from King Ahab and had nothing… no food O There was a drought… no water O Elijah asked a widow for water and food: she only had enough to make a biscuit O Let’s find out what happened…

Let’s read the story… O 1 Kings 17: 7 -16 O Adventure Bible page 401 O Spark Story Bible page 140

What happened? O Where is there food in the story?

What about hunger? O In the story, where is there hunger? O What do you think it would be like to be fed by ravens? Unclean birds! O I wonder what the widow was thinking when Elijah asked for the last of her food? What do you think?

Where is God in this story? O Where do you see God?

What is “trust”? O What does it mean to “trust”? O Who in the story shows us how to trust? O What happens when they trust?

What about you? O Who do you trust? O How does God provide for you?

Let’s talk about hunger… O Elijah prophesied that there would be no rain that there would be a drought O That means there were a lot of hungry people no rain means no crops O What do we know about hunger? O What does it mean to be hungry? O What does it feel like?

Hunger is real today… In the world… O 870 million people in the world do not eat enough to be healthy. O That means that one in every eight people on Earth goes to bed hungry each night. O 25, 000 children die every day of hunger or diseases resulting from hunger.

2/3 of the world is hungry! Hunger in the World starving under-fed well-fed The World Health Organization estimates that one-third of the world is well -fed, one-third is under-fed one-third is starving

And at home…

And where we live…

What can we do to help? O How can we be generous like the widow was? O What do we have to share?

Fishnets and Medical Kits O Our G. I. F. T. Time offering this year is for Fishnets and Medical Kits. Fishnets provide a family with a nourishing source of protein and a livelihood. Our offering will buy equipment like fishnets and the growing healthy fish stocks.

Let’s make a sharing box! O We will make a container for you to fill at home. O We will bring back our containers at the end of the year. O How many fishnets can we buy? O $15 each O How can you fill this box?