Grades 3-6 Sunday School Lesson
Bible Heroines
Ruth, Part 1: Going Above and Beyond the Call of Duty

Lesson Plan

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Bible Heroines - Ruth, by Lisa DeVinney

 Memory Verse:

“And Ruth said, … whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God.”  Ruth 1:16
         
Key verses for this week: 

 “Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.”  Ruth 1:1

“And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years. And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.”  Ruth 1:4-5

“So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.”  Ruth 1:22

Fill in the Blanks

  1. Elimelech and his family left Bethlehem because of a                                      .
  2. Soon after arriving in Moab, Naomi’s husband,                                   , died.
  3.                                       sons died after being in Moab for ten years.
  4.                               chose to listen to Naomi, and stay in Moab.
  5.                    ignored Naomi’s advice, and insisted on going with her to Bethlehem.

  True or False

1.  Elimelech and his family moved to Moab to escape a drought. 
2. Naomi’s sons went back to Bethlehem to find wives. 
3. Naomi tried to convince her daughters-in-law to go back to Bethlehem with her. 
4. Naomi returned to Bethlehem as a happy woman. 
5. Naomi decided to return to Bethlehem because she had heard the famine ended.