David

Sunday School Projects & Activities

• David and Goliath - (young children) A measuring and comparing exercise that helps children undertand the size of Goliath
• David and Goliath (LEGOs®) - Matthew tells the story of David and Goliath using LEGOs and PowerPoint
• David's Prayer Journal - Shep and Lily discuss David's psalms and encourage kids to keep their own prayer journal

Fun & Games

• Abigail's Offering - Color or circle the items Abigail offers to David after Nabal offends him
• All About David - A fun fill in the blank activity about King David.
• Bathsheba - Look at the two pictures and circle the differences
• Coloring Page - David and Goliath
• Coloring Page - David and Jonathan
• Coloring Page - David Playing the Lyre
• Coloring Page - David Plays for King Saul
• Coloring Page - David Refuses to Take Revenge on Saul
• Coloring Page - The Lord is My Shepherd
• David and Goliath - Find as many words as you can in the letters
• David Crossword - A fun crossword about David and Goliath
• David Defeats Goliath - A fun printable crossword puzzle about David and Goliath
• David Finds His Way Out - Saul is asleep help David find his way to safety
• David Flees from Saul - Read the story and find your way through the maze to the cave where David is hiding
• Disguises - Match the person with the disguise they wore.
• Fill in the Blank (Samuel, Saul, David) - Choose the correct word from a list to answer the questions
• Five Smooth Stones - Read the story of David and Goliath and then travel through the maze finding all 5 stones
• God Helps David - Color the items David stopped from hurting his sheep and God's army
• How David Became King - Read the story of how David was chosen to be King. Fill in the blanks using the words in the word bank.
• Jonathan and David - Write the first letter of each picture to uncover Jonathan's gift of love to David
• Jonathan's Secret Code - Use morse code to decode Jonathan's messages to David when King Saul wanted to hurt David
• Missing Picture - Local Boy Defeats Giant - Draw the picture for a newspaper article called Local Boy Defeats Giant
• The Psalms—Songs to the Lord - Find your way through the maze of musical instruments
• A Question About David - Who was David's great grandfather?
• A Question about Psalms - Identify which two psalms David wrote in the cave
• Rearrange the Letters - Juggle the letters in the sentence to reveal "The Lord is my Shepherd"
• Samuel Anoints David - Fill in the missing pieces of the picture and color.
• The Shepherd Boy of Bethlehem - Solve the puzzle to find out how David is picked as the new King
• True Friends - Find out what Jonathan said to David by circling the capital letters in the winding list, and then writing them in order on the spaces below.
• True or False (Samuel and Saul) - Read statements about Samuel and Saul and decide if they are true or false. If false, correct the statement to make it true.
• Which Route for David - Determine which route David should take as he flees King Saul
• Word Search (Samuel, Saul, David) - Have fun finding words from the stories of Samuel, Saul, David and Goliath in this word search puzzle

Read a Story

David Anointed King by Samuel
Read 1 Samuel 16

• David, the Shepherd (preschool children)
• The Anointing of David (younger children)
• A Good Heart (younger children)
• A New King (younger children)
• Samuel Anoints David (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

David Plays for Saul
Read 1 Samuel 16: 14-23

• David Plays the Harp (younger children)
• David Plays for King Saul (older children/teens)

David and Goliath
Read 1 Samuel 17

• David & Goliath (younger children)
• David and Goliath (younger children)
• David and Goliath (younger children)
• Shep and Lily: Lessons We Can Learn from David (younger children)
• David Kills Goliath (older children/teens)
• How David Killed the Giant Goliath (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

Jonathan and David's Friendship
Read 1 Samuel 20

• Best Friends (younger children)
• David and Jonathan (younger children)
• Jonathan and Michal Save David's Life (older children/teens)
• Jonathan Warns David (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

David a Fugitive
Read 1 Samuel 21-24:22

• In Hiding (younger children)
• David Flees for His Life (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

Nabal, David, and Abigail
Read 1 Samuel 25

• David Meets Abigail (younger children)
• Discussion Questions

Saul's Pursuit of David
Read 1 Samuel 26

• In Hiding (younger children)
• David Finds Saul Asleep (older children/teens)
• Saul Hunts David (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

Johnathan and Saul are Killed
Read 2 Samuel 1-9

• The Shepherd Boy Becomes King (older children/teens)
• What Happened to a Lame Prince (older children/teens)

David and Bathsheba
Read 2 Samuel 11

• David's Sin (older children/teens)
• David's Sin and His Punishment (older children/teens)
• The Prophet's Story of the Little Lamb (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

The Prophet Nathan
Read 2 Samuel 12:1-14

• Discussion Questions

David's Children - Amnon, Absalom, and Tamar
Read 2 Samuel 13

• The Wicked Prince Who Tried to Steal his Father's Kingdom (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

Absalom Tries to Become King
Read 2 Samuel 15-19

• Absalom Loses His Life (older children/teens)
• Absalom Tries to Become King (older children/teens)

David's Psalms
Read Psalms

• King David (younger children)
• The Shepherd's Psalm (younger children)
• Discussion Questions

Listen to a Story

• David and Goliath - (told by Thor Johnson)

Holy Land Tours

• Beersheba - The story of Abraham, Sarah, Hagar, Ishmael and Isaac, the story of Lot's wife and Sodom and Gomorrah, the story of David, Abigail and Nabal.
• Jericho - King Saul tries to kill David, Rahab and the spies, the Children of Israel walk across the Jordan river, the walls of Jericho fall, Elisha heals the water supply, Jesus heals blind Bartimaeus, Jesus meets Zacchaeus
• Megiddo - People visit judges at the gates of the city, Boaz and Ruth, Absalom (David's son)