Our Bible lesson this week is about the giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses.
Once Jesus was asked about the greatest commandment, to which he replied, "Love the Lord your 
God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.  This is the first and greatest
commandment.  And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself'." (Matthew 22)
This week the children will learn how the Ten Commandments relate to Jesus' commands
and how they can show love to God and others.
   
 

 * God gave Moses the Ten Laws (or Commandments) on Mt. Sinai.

 * While Moses was gone to the mountain, Aaron gathered the people's gold and made an idol
     shaped like a calf. When Moses saw what they had done, he crushed the golden calf into
     powder and poured it into the water.  Moses made the people drink the water.

   The account of the giving of the Ten Commandments can be found in the book of 
   Exodus, chapters 19 and 20.

   1.  Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
   2.  Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.
   3.  Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.
   4.   Remember the Sabbath day,to keep it holy.
   5.   Honour thy father and thy mother.
   6.   Thou shalt not kill.
   7.   Thou shalt not commit adultery.
   8.   Thou shalt not steal.
   9.   Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
   10. Thou shalt not covet.

                                        Exodus 20: 1-17

   1.  You shall have no other gods before me.
   2.  You shall not make for yourselves an idol.
   3.  You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God.
   4.   Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
   5.   Honor your father and your mother.
   6.   You shall not murder.
   7.   You shall not commit adultery.
   8.   You shall not steal.
   9.   You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
   10. You shall not covet.

You can see Ten Commandment memory pegs at: http://gardenofpraise.com/mempeg2.htm