Object: Bookmarks with Psalm 23
Good morning, boys and girls. In Israel there is a place between Jerusalem and Jericho called the Valley of Shadows. It is a deep ravine that has been cut out of the countryside by the waters which cascade down from the hill country on their way to the River Jordan.
Shepherds may often be seen in the fields above the Valley of Shadows as they tend their sheep and play on their flutes, like David did in that place when he was a boy.
What can you tell me about David? (Responses -- He was a shepherd, he killed Goliath, …
CSS Publishing Company, Let The Children Come, by Robert B. Lantz