Moses Youth Study Book: In the Footsteps of the Reluctant Prophet
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Retrace the life of Moses from his modest birth and rescue as a baby to the courts of Pharaoh, from herding flocks in Midian to leading his people out of Egypt.
Join Adam Hamilton as he travels from Egypt to Mt. Sinai, the Nile, the Red Sea and the wilderness exploring the sites of Moses' life. Using historical information, archaeological data, and biblical text, Hamilton guides us in the footsteps of this reluctant prophet who grew in his relationship with God and by the end of life had successfully fulfilled the role he was given.
Turn your own reluctance into boldness as you examine the significant challenges facing Moses and how God shaped his character and life in powerful ways.
Additional components for a six-week study include the book, a comprehensive Leader Guide for adults, a children's leader guide and a DVD featuring author and pastor Adam Hamilton.
This Youth Study Book takes the ideas presented in Adam Hamilton’s book and interprets them for young people grades 6-12.
Adam Hamilton
Adam Hamilton is the founding pastor of the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Kansas City. Started in 1990 with four people, the church has grown to become the largest United Methodist Church in the United States with over 18,000 members. The church is well known for connecting with agnostics, skeptics, and spiritual seekers. In 2012, it was recognized as the most influential mainline church in America, and Hamilton was asked by the White House to deliver the sermon at the Obama inaugural prayer service. Hamilton, whose theological training includes an undergraduate degree from Oral Roberts University and a graduate degree from Southern Methodist University where he was honored for his work in social ethics, is the author of nineteen books. He has been married to his wife, LaVon, for thirty-one years and has two adult daughters.
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Moses Youth Study Book - Adam Hamilton
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THE BIRTH OF MOSES
An Origin Story Fit for a Superhero
Moses was born to an Israelite woman named Jochebed during a tumultuous time for the Israelites in Egypt. The Israelites were descendants of Jacob, who was also known by the name of Israel. Jacob moved his entire family from Canaan to Egypt after his son Joseph acquired a position of power under the Egyptian pharaoh and saved the entire region from a seven-year famine. Things went well for Jacob’s family in Egypt for decades. But eventually, as Jacob’s descendants become more numerous and the remembrance of Joseph’s deeds was lost to history, the Egyptian pharaoh came to see the Israelites, or Hebrews, as a threat.
Pharaoh forced the Israelites into hard labor and put them to work building new cities. As their population continued growing, he ordered two Hebrew midwives to kill all Israelite baby boys as they were being born. When the midwives deceived Pharaoh to avoid killing any babies, Pharaoh ordered all Israelite baby boys to be thrown into the Nile River.
Moses was born during this time. His mother hid him as long as she could to protect him. When she could hide him no longer, she placed him in a basket and set him in among the reeds near the riverbank. There he was discovered by Pharaoh’s daughter, who raised Moses as her own. Though he was Hebrew, Moses grew up as Egyptian royalty. Moses’ older sister offered to find for Pharaoh’s daughter a Hebrew woman who could nurse the baby. The nursing job, of course, went to Moses’ mother, allowing her to be a part of her child’s life.
Exodus 2:1-10, which tells us about Moses’ birth, doesn’t mention God. But God’s hand is nonetheless at work in the story. We see God in the courage of Moses’ mother, who took desperate measures to protect her son. We see God in Pharaoh’s daughter, the foreign princess who rescued Moses and raised him as her own. And we see God in Moses’ sister, who found a way to keep the family together. Even amid the discord and uncertainty, God is present and active.
A Land of Pyramids
The first thing that comes to mind when many people think of ancient Egypt is pyramids. Some even assume that the Israelite slaves were responsible for building these pyramids. In reality, the Egyptians built their pyramids long before the time of Moses. But pyramids and other great monuments were part of the Egyptian environment in which Moses and the other Israelites lived.
In Egyptian belief, the pyramids served as vehicles that would take the Egyptian pharaohs—along with their families, servants, and possessions—into the afterlife. Some historians have suggested that Egyptians believed the pyramids even propelled the pharaohs to the realm of the gods. These magnificant structures signified that the Egyptians looked upon their leaders with reverence, the type of reverence that the Israelites reserved for their God.
Moses was born into a nation of slaves but grew up in the household of a ruler who was revered like a god. He belonged to two peoples that were at odds with each other. But God had big plans for him.
Session 1 Activities
Opening Activity: Word Association (10 minutes)
Supplies: a markerboard or large sheet of paper, markers
Divide a markerboard or large sheet of paper into three columns. Title the first Ancient Egypt
; title the second Moses
; and title the third The Exodus.
Have participants name the first thing that comes to mind when they hear Ancient Egypt.
Record these in the first column. (It is fine if some answers are repeated.) Do the same with Moses
and The Exodus.
With these terms in mind, divide into teams of three or four. Have each team answer each of the following questions:
1.What is something that you know for sure about Moses and the story of the Israelites’ escape from Egypt?
2.What is one question that you have about Moses and the story of the Israelites’ escape from Egypt?
Over the next six sessions you will learn about several different aspects of Moses’ life and of the ancient Israelites’ saga. More importantly, you’ll discover how God was at work in these ancient stories and how the lessons they teach us apply to our lives and faith today.
Opening Prayer
Lord, guide us during our time together today and throughout this study. Open our minds and hearts so that we might understand what you have to say to us through the story of Moses and the ancient Israelites. Thank you for the wisdom and example of our ancestors in faith and for this time we have to learn about them. Amen.
Pyramid Contest (10 minutes)
Supplies: assorted sets of materials for building pyramids
Divide participants into groups of three or four. Challenge each group to build a pyramid, with each group using a different set of materials. One group could have paper cups, another could have drinking straws, and another children’s building blocks. Give each group two minutes to construct a pyramid from the materials provided. After two minutes, judge the pyramids and declare two winners: