AMPT
Sunday 24th October 2021
The climax of history
Welcome
Welcome to Ampt with Andrew
Prayer
Lord, thank you for your care for us and for the hope and confidence we can have as we trust you each day. Help us to understand what the Bible says about your wonderful plans for human history and about the return of Jesus as the wise and just ruler of the whole world.
AMPT
Sunday 17th October 2021
Bridge to life
Welcome
Welcome to Ampt with Ruth
Prayer
Dear Lord Jesus, we thank you that you created us to be your friends and that you love us so much. Please help us to understand the Bible passages that we are looking at today. In Jesus' name, amen.
Review
Last week we learnt that we are often busy doing good things but Jesus wants us to spend time learning from him and getting to know him.
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"Bridge to life"
AMPT
Sunday 10th October 2021
What Jesus wants
Welcome
Welcome to Ampt with Betty. Hope many of you had the opportunity to venture outdoors and enjoy the sunshine and God's creation. Please share your answers and activities via email or Ampt NBBC WhatsApp. If anyone has any prayer requests or concerns, please shoot me an email. (All requests will be dealt with confidentially).
Prayer
Dear Lord Jesus, we thank you for your love, strength and protection during the last few months of lockdown, and now as we study your word, please help us to understand and put into practice what you are about to teach us. In Jesus' name, Amen.
Review
We learnt last week that we don't need to be "good" to come to Jesus, we can come to Him with all our faults and failings and still be forgiven when we have faith that Jesus is the powerful Son of God. Do you recall who came to Jesus in last week's bible story?
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"What Jesus wants"
AMPT
Sunday 3rd October 2021
Being Thankful
Welcome
Welcome to Ampt with Ruth. I hope that you have enjoyed the school holidays and been able to enjoy lots of outdoors time.
Prayer
Dear Lord Jesus, we thank you for the holiday time and ask that you would help us to understand today's Bible passage and be able to put it into practice. In Jesus' name, amen.
Introduction
In Jesus' time, if someone visited your home, it was the custom for a slave to remove a guest's sandals, wash their feet in a bowl of water and dry them with a towel. This was becaues the weather was hot and people wore open sandals. The roads were dusty and so their feet would soon get dirty. Guests were also greeted with a kiss on each cheek.
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"Being Thankful"
AMPT
Sunday 12th September 2021
Being Restored
Welcome
Welcome to Ampt with Betty. Spring is here, school holidays are just around the corner. Please take the great opportunity to step outdoors, enjoy the nice weather and explore the surrounding parks - enjoy God's creation. Wishing all our NBBC kids and families a safe and blessed school holiday break.
Prayer
Dear God, thank you for your wonderful creation and being a source of continued comfort, strength and hope to us in our times of need. We are so grateful that we have Jesus as our eternal friend and the Holy Spirit to guide us and watch over us. Please help us understand and learn from today's bible passage. In Jesus' name, Amen.
Review
Last week we looked at Isaiah 61:1-2 and Luke 4:16-22. It was something about a fulfillment of a scripture written 700 years ago, do you recall what it was?
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"Being Restored"
AMPT
Sunday 5th September 2021
Running thread
Welcome
Welcome to Ampt with Ruth. I hope that you have all wished your dad a very Happy Father's Day and thanked him for being the best dad!
Prayer
Dear Lord God, we thank you for our dads and for their love for us. Please help us to understand and learn from the Bible passages today. In Jesus name, Amen.
Review
Can you remember from last week's lesson what the consequences were when King Solomon disobeyed God by marrying women who worshipped false Gods?
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"Running thread"
With lesson and questions
and activities.
YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL6W5Dwbm8g
AMPT
Sunday 29th August 2021
Things Go Wrong!
Welcome
Welcome to Ampt with Andrew.
Prayer
Lord, we thank you for your love and care for us at all times, even when times are tough during the Covid lockdown. Please help us to make the most of our opportunities and to look for ways of helping others when they are in need or are feeling down. Help us now to learn the lessons you want to teach us from the Bible so that we live your way and make wise choices with our lives. Amen.
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"THINGS GO WRONG"
AMPT
Sunday 22nd August 2021
God Moves In
Welcome
Welcome to Ampt with Betty. Spring is almost here, I hope you have had a chance to go outdoors during the week to enjoy God's creation and re-boot your minds and body.
Prayer
Dear God, thank you for your wonderful creation and being a source of continued comfort, strength and hope to us in our times of need. We are so grateful that we have Jesus, your son, as our mediator (advocate), and you are always ready to forgive our wrongdoings when we are truly sorry. Please help us to understand and learn from today's bible passage. In Jesus' name, Amen.
Review
Last week we looked at 2 Samuel 11:1-12;15, can you remember what was the bad thing King David did?
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"GOD MOVES IN"
Family Food Craft Fun: Building Solomon's Temple
AMPT
Sunday 15th August 2021
David: A King who goes wrong
Welcome
Welcome to Ampt with Ruth, thank you for looking at this Bible passage with me. Even though we are in lockdown once again, let us remember all the good things in our life to thank God for.
Prayer
Dear Lord Jesus, thank you that you love us no matter what, and that you are always ready to forgive any wrongdoings when we are truly sorry. Please help us to understand and learn from today's Bible passage. In Jesus' name, Amen.
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"DAVID: A KING WHO GOES WRONG"
With lesson and questions
and activities.
YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxBRL4X8iTY
AMPT
Sunday 6th December 2020
CHRISTMAS
JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON
Welcome
Welcome to Ampt with Ruth
Prayer
Dear Lord God, please help us to remember that at Christmas we are celebrating Jesus’ birthday. We thank you for Jesus, the first and best Christmas gift. Thank you that Jesus loves us and wants to be with us today. Amen
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"JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON"
With lesson and questions
and activities.
YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d39dQhQP38A
AMPT
Sunday 25th July 2021
David a new King
Welcome
Welcome to Ampt with Ruth
Prayer
Dear Lord Jesus, we thank you for being with us this week and helping us as we study at home. Please help us to understand the BIble passage today. In Jesus' name, Amen.
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"DAVID A NEW KING"
With lesson and questions
and activities.
YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcZ_Yy8aWo0
YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsX3tYbai1Q
AMPT
Sunday 29th November 2020
GOD IS OUR PROVIDER
Welcome to Ampt with Andrew.
Today we think about how God promises to provide for our needs. But does he really provide for us? And can we really trust him to help us?
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"Choosing the Right Path"
With lesson and questions
YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb4UHHmA6VU
"Don't worry, God cares for you"|
AMPT
Sunday 22nd November 2020
Choosing the Right Path
Welcome to Ampt with Andrew.
Where are you heading with your life? We all want to make wise choices about which path to take, but who do we listen to for help in making this decision? Today we look at some things Jesus said about choosing the right path.
Prayer
Lord we thank you for this opportunity to learn more about you today in the online Ampt lesson. Please help us to understand this lesson and to make wise choices about the path we choose in life.
YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZURNG595F0
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"Choosing the Right Path"
With lesson, questions and activities.
AMPT
Sunday 15th November 2020
Honouring Jesus
Welcome to Ampt with Betty.
Let us pray:-
Dear Lord, thank you for being our guiding force and for your love and protection whatever we do
and wherever we go. Help us to remember what you teach us and guide us so that we can apply that
to our daily lives, and when we fail please forgive us and help us to get back on track.
Please help us to love you with all that we are and have and also to love others as ourselves.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Bible reading from John 12:1-8 NIV
Jesus Anointed at Bethany
12 Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 2 Here a dinner was given in Jesus’ honour. Martha served, while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him. 3 Then Mary took about a pint[a] of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
4 But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him, objected, 5 “Why wasn’t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year’s wages.” 6 He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag, he used to help himself to what was put into it.
7 “Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “It was intended that she should save this perfume for the day of my burial. 8 You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me.”
Memory Verse from Revelation 4:11 NIV
“You are worthy, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honour and power,
for you created all things,
and by your will they were created
and have their being.”
YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/JBu35aeF4LU
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"Honouring Jesus" With lesson, questions and activities.
Awesome Activities
"honouring Jesus"
AMPT
Sunday 8th November 2020
Love God, Love People
Welcome to Ampt with Betty.
Let us pray:-
Dear Lord, we are very thankful to you, a loving and merciful God and all you have blessed us with.
Please help us to love you with all that we are and have and also to love others as ourselves.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Bible reading for today and also our memory verse comes from Matthew 22:35-40 ( NIV)
35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: 36 “Teacher, which is the
greatest commandment in the Law?”
37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and
with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is
like it: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’ 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNvRodoWh8c
Click here for this week Lesson
"Love People, Love God"
With lesson, questions and activities.
Hearts
Template
Activities
AMPT
Sunday 18th October 2020
"God is Our Battle Fighter"
Welcome to Ampt with Ruth.
Let us pray:-
Dear Lord, thank you for being our guiding force and for your love and protection whatever we do
and wherever we go. Help us to remember what you teach us and guide us so that we can apply that
to our daily lives, and when we fail please forgive us and help us to get back on track.
Please help us to love you with all that we are and have and also to love others as ourselves.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Click here for this week Lesson
"God is Our Battle Fighter"
With lesson, questions and activities.
YouTube Video: Exodus 17:8-15
AMPT
Sunday 13th Sept 2020
"Foolish Rich Man"
Welcome to Ampt with Betty.
Last week we discussed about how good trees bear good fruits and bad trees, bad fruits.
What we say, think and do reveal what is truly stored inside our hearts. So, we need to guard our hearts
and consistently seek God’s wisdom and protection. Today, we have another interesting parable to look
at and that is the Foolish Rich Man.
Let us pray:-
Dear Lord, open our eyes and ears so that you may be able to speak to us and help us to understand
the bible passage we are about to study. Amen
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"Foolish Rich Man"
Printable Activity Sheet
Fun With Food
Fun with Food
AMPT
Sunday 6th Sept 2020
"Special Father's Day Edition"
Welcome to Ampt with Betty.
Last week we looked at being humble and serving others. Today, we are going to look at what is
stored inside our hearts.
Let us pray:-
Dear Lord, open our eyes and ears so that you may be able to speak to us and help us to understand
the bible passage we are about to study. Amen.
Click here for this week Lesson, questions and activity.
"JESUS, TEACHING TRUTH"
A Tree and Its Fruit
43 “No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.44 Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers. 45 A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. Luke 6:43-45 NIV
Father's Day Craft
Baking With Betty
AMPT
Sunday 30th August 2020
"JESUS THE SERVANT"
Welcome to Ampt with Ruth.
Let’s pray.
Dear Lord Jesus, we thank you for the example that you set for us of serving and caring for others. Please help us to understand the Bible passage today and to put it into practice. Amen
INTRODUCTION
If you were very good at a sport and in fact were the captain of your team, I wonder how you would feel about being asked to cut up fruit for the half time break or put the equipment away at the end of the game?
Might you feel that wasn’t your job?
Jesus is God’s Son; let’s see what He had to say about keeping humble and serving others.
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"JESUS THE SERVANT"
AMPT
Sunday 23rd August 2020
"Family Holiday in Jerusalem for the Passover Festival"
Luke 2:41-52
Welcome to AMPT with Ruth.
Let’s pray
Dear Lord Jesus, we thank you for our family and ask that you would help us to understand and learn from your example in the Bible passage today. Amen.
Introduction
In today’s Bible passage, Jesus was 12 years old when his family went on their annual holiday trip to Jerusalem from their home in Nazareth. They were going to celebrate the Passover festival. The trip was around 140 kilometers and could have taken 5 days to walk. They travelled in a big group of friends and family. The Passover festival was a great time of feasting and new things to see and do. The Passover festival is still celebrated today and is a reminder that God, in a miraculous way, allowed the Israelite people to escape from slavery in Egypt.
Have you ever been lost, maybe in a shopping center or in a large crowd? I am sure that your parents would have been very, very upset, looking everywhere for you and asking others for help! Jesus’ parents couldn’t find him and looked for him for 3 days!!!
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The Boy Jesus in the Temple
Activity Sheet
AMPT
Sunday 16th August 2020
"Breaking the Rules"
Mark 3:1-6
Today we look at an incident in which Jesus met hostility from the religious leaders of his time. It was because he broke the rules by healing a man on the Sabbath day.
But whose rules were they?
But first we deal with a major health crisis that has arisen on the planet Mars.
This Weeks Lesson and Activities
'Breaking the Rules'
Questions
Breaking the Rules
Craft
A Clean Heart Helicopter
AMPT
Sunday 9th August 2020
"POWER TO HEAL"
Mark 1:29-39
Today’s Ampt lesson is about the power of Jesus to heal. People were amazed at what he did. But where did Jesus get this power and how is this important for us today?
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Please look at the introductory video (Video 1) and then look at the Bible story video (Video 2).
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On the text below underline the words in the Bible story that speak about the power of Jesus to
heal. In another colour underline the words that show how people reacted when they saw this.
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Then have a go at the questions (Sheet 2).
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You might like to do the puzzle (Sheet 3).
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For a bit of extra fun, have a look at how a kid was able to use lemons to make a light bulb glow (Video 3)! How did he do that? What is so special about lemons?
This Weeks Lesson and Activities
POWER TO HEAL
Questions
Power to Heal
Power Source Puzzle
Activity Sheets
AMPT
Sunday 2nd August 2020
Matthew 15:32-39
Welcome to Ampt with Betty.
Last week we looked at having faith when we face any type of storms in our lives because we know
Jesus is there in the midst of our storms waiting to intercede and help us out. We need to have faith
and trust in Him who has the power over all the earth. Today we are going to continue to see more of
Jesus’ amazing power as he performs a miracle infront of 4000 people! Yes ….a much bigger audience
than those in the fishing boat .
Prayer
Dear Lord, open our eyes and ears so that you may be able to speak to us and help us to understand
your mighty power over all things. Please help us to trust in you, for whatever situations we find ourselves
in. We know you love us all and we love you too. Amen.
This Weeks Lesson and Activities
4000 for Lunch
4000 for Lunch
Activity Sheets
AMPT
Sunday 27th July 2020
Matthew 8:23-27
Welcome to Ampt with Betty.
Last week we learnt about the faith of a Roman officer, and today we will look at faith again, this time
it is about Jesus’ disciples.
Prayer
Dear Lord, open out eyes and ears so that you may be able to speak to us and help us to understand
your mighty power over all things and that you love us very much and you will help us when we face
difficult times. Amen.
This Weeks Lesson and Activities
STORM STOPPER
Jesus Calms a storm
Jesus Calms the Storm
Wordsearch
Crafting with Betty 2.0
AMPT
Sunday 12th July 2020
TRUST IN GOD
Welcome
Welcome to Ampt with Ruth. I hope that you have enjoyed the school holidays.
Prayer
Let’s pray. Dear Lord God we thank you that you are always ready to listen to our prayers and that we can trust you to help us and be with us. Amen
This Weeks Lesson and Activities
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YouTube video: Song: We Trust (Psalm 20:7)
AMPT
Sunday 24th May 2020
Parable of the Farmer Sowing Seed
Welcome
Welcome to Ampt with Ruth. Today is part of May Missions Month at NBBC. This time last year the Ampt and Ignite groups helped to make gingerbread biscuits and served scones with jam and cream to raise money to help support our Missions workers.
Prayer
Dear Lord Jesus, we pray for the Mission workers who are telling others about your love, locally and overseas. Please help us to understand today’s Bible reading, videos and to enjoy the activities. Amen
Open PDF for this weeks Lesson
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"Parable of the Farmer Sowing Seed "
including videos and activities.
AMPT
Sunday 17th May 2020
NABOTH'S VINEYARD
Welcome to Ampt online with Ruth.
Today we hear more about King Ahab and his wicked wife Jezebel. We learn that we need to be happy with what we have. We also learn that God is just and is more powerful than powerful men.
Prayer
Let’s pray together.
Dear Lord Jesus, we thank you that you love us and care for us and ask that you would help us to remember everything that we have to be thankful for.
Amen
Lesson Video