This week's lessons: Jonah 3:1-5, 10 Psalm 62:5-12 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 Mark 1:14-20

Middle-School Pew-work

1And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying,

2Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.

3So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh,

according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.

4And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

5So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

10And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.

What dilemmas or hardships do you face, that you wish you didn't have to face?

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In what ways can you turn to God for help in facing those dilemmas?

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Word List

CALAMITY CHANGED TURNED WOULD THEIR JONAH BRING ABOUT WHEN WHAT WAYS UPON THEY THEM THAT SAID NRSV MIND FROM EVIL SAW NOT HOW HIS HAD GOD DID AND

(Jonah 3:10) When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil ways, God changed his mind about the calamity that he had said he would bring upon them; and he did not do it. (NRSV)

from http://www.efree.mb.ca/lectionarypuzzles free to distribute for free with this notice. Words are in a straight line in any direction
 

Across
4. kings chair, 6. reluctant prophet, 7. mourning clothes
 
Down
1. prophet-swallower, 2. days to cross Ninevah, 3. Jonah's job, 5. forgo food

Next week: Deuteronomy 18:15-20, Psalm 111, 1 Corinthians 8:1-13, Mark 1:21-28