Holy Spirit Fire-Dove MosaicTM

Bible Lesson with Mosaic Art Activity | Ages 10 to Adult

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The PDF download includes a Bible lesson, discussion questions, directions, and the pattern to make the Fire-Dove Mosaic. This 4-5 hour art project is designed for ages 10 to adult and can be completed over several sessions, such as a week-long one-hour program. Easy-to-make directions for younger children are also included.

Sample Lesson 
I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws (Ez. 36:27 NIV).

The Bible opens with a big bang (pun intended)---a dramatic account of the creation story: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters (Genesis 1:1-2 NIV). God's Spirit is pictured as brooding over the waters of chaos. In these opening verses we clearly see two persons of the Trinity---God and Spirit---working in unison to bring order to our world. However, in John's Gospel we are told that Jesus was also there: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men (John 1:1-4 NIV).

The Holy Spirit is often pictured as a hovering or descending bird, particularly a dove. At creation, the Holy Spirit hovers over the waters like a protective bird. The Hebrew term for hovering is rachaph, which means to move, flutter, or shake. This same word is used when Moses recounts God's care and deliverance for the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. Like an eagle protecting its nest, hovering over its young, God spread out his wings, took hold of Israel, and carried him on his back (Deuteronomy 32:11 CEB). The term is used again by the prophet Isaiah concerning God's protection over Israel, Like birds hovering, so the Lord of hosts will protect Jerusalem; he will protect and deliver it; he will spare and rescue it (Isaiah 31:5 NIV). 

The Holy Spirit is also pictured or associated with light and fire---representing God's glory, power, holiness, and justice. God first appeared to Moses in the burning bush and told him to take off his sandals because he was standing on holy ground (Exodus 3:2-5). 

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