Arlo the bear learns about Noah and the flood! 🌈

Happy Harbor has lots of boats coming through every day. And Arlo lives in a lighthouse, so his job is to help them sail in safely. But this week Arlo and Kelby find a picture of someone who brought a whole bunch of animals to safety on his boat! Plus some new great songs! Let's listen!

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Noah And The Flood

Hey parents! Use these questions as a guide to talk over this week’s lesson, Noah and the Flood, with your child after they’ve watched the video service!

1. What was your favorite part of the video we just watched? Do you have any questions about what you saw?
2. How was Noah different from the people around him?
   Noah was the only man on Earth who still walked with God and made the right choices. All of the other people were evil and were doing things God says are wrong.
3. What were God’s instructions to Noah? Why might that have seemed strange?
   God told Noah to build a boat and put two of each animal on it. It was strange because God warned of a flood, but it had never even rained like that before! Noah had to have faith and trust God’s plan.
4. What did God promise Noah? How did he show this promise?
   God promised he would never flood the Earth again, and he put a rainbow in the sky to show his promise.
5. What are some of God’s plans for me?
   To love him forever, to love other people, and to be a part of his family.
6. Think about this part of our Bible verse: “In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will direct your paths.” What does it mean that God directs your path?
   It means he tells us what is best and the right way to live. He does that by speaking to us through the Bible, through his helper the Holy Spirit, by talking to us through other Christians, or by talking to him in prayer.

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Today's Bible Story Comes Genesis 6-8 (from Bible Gateway)

6 Then the people began to multiply on the earth, and daughters were born to them. 2 The sons of God saw the beautiful women[a] and took any they wanted as their wives. 3 Then the Lord said, “My Spirit will not put up with[b] humans for such a long time, for they are only mortal flesh. In the future, their normal lifespan will be no more than 120 years.”

4 In those days, and for some time after, giant Nephilites lived on the earth, for whenever the sons of God had intercourse with women, they gave birth to children who became the heroes and famous warriors of ancient times.

5 The Lord observed the extent of human wickedness on the earth, and he saw that everything they thought or imagined was consistently and totally evil. 6 So the Lord was sorry he had ever made them and put them on the earth. It broke his heart. 7 And the Lord said, “I will wipe this human race I have created from the face of the earth. Yes, and I will destroy every living thing—all the people, the large animals, the small animals that scurry along the ground, and even the birds of the sky. I am sorry I ever made them.” 8 But Noah found favor with the Lord.

The Story of Noah

9 This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, the only blameless person living on earth at the time, and he walked in close fellowship with God. 10 Noah was the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

11 Now God saw that the earth had become corrupt and was filled with violence. 12 God observed all this corruption in the world, for everyone on earth was corrupt. 13 So God said to Noah, “I have decided to destroy all living creatures, for they have filled the earth with violence. Yes, I will wipe them all out along with the earth!

14 “Build a large boat[c] from cypress wood[d] and waterproof it with tar, inside and out. Then construct decks and stalls throughout its interior. 15 Make the boat 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.[e] 16 Leave an 18-inch opening[f] below the roof all the way around the boat. Put the door on the side, and build three decks inside the boat—lower, middle, and upper.

17 “Look! I am about to cover the earth with a flood that will destroy every living thing that breathes. Everything on earth will die. 18 But I will confirm my covenant with you. So enter the boat—you and your wife and your sons and their wives. 19 Bring a pair of every kind of animal—a male and a female—into the boat with you to keep them alive during the flood. 20 Pairs of every kind of bird, and every kind of animal, and every kind of small animal that scurries along the ground, will come to you to be kept alive. 21 And be sure to take on board enough food for your family and for all the animals.”

22 So Noah did everything exactly as God had commanded him.

The Flood Covers the Earth

7 When everything was ready, the Lord said to Noah, “Go into the boat with all your family, for among all the people of the earth, I can see that you alone are righteous. 2 Take with you seven pairs—male and female—of each animal I have approved for eating and for sacrifice,[g] and take one pair of each of the others. 3 Also take seven pairs of every kind of bird. There must be a male and a female in each pair to ensure that all life will survive on the earth after the flood. 4 Seven days from now I will make the rains pour down on the earth. And it will rain for forty days and forty nights, until I have wiped from the earth all the living things I have created.”

5 So Noah did everything as the Lord commanded him.

6 Noah was 600 years old when the flood covered the earth. 7 He went on board the boat to escape the flood—he and his wife and his sons and their wives. 8 With them were all the various kinds of animals—those approved for eating and for sacrifice and those that were not—along with all the birds and the small animals that scurry along the ground. 9 They entered the boat in pairs, male and female, just as God had commanded Noah. 10 After seven days, the waters of the flood came and covered the earth.

11 When Noah was 600 years old, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the underground waters erupted from the earth, and the rain fell in mighty torrents from the sky. 12 The rain continued to fall for forty days and forty nights.

13 That very day Noah had gone into the boat with his wife and his sons—Shem, Ham, and Japheth—and their wives. 14 With them in the boat were pairs of every kind of animal—domestic and wild, large and small—along with birds of every kind. 15 Two by two they came into the boat, representing every living thing that breathes. 16 A male and female of each kind entered, just as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord closed the door behind them.

17 For forty days the floodwaters grew deeper, covering the ground and lifting the boat high above the earth. 18 As the waters rose higher and higher above the ground, the boat floated safely on the surface. 19 Finally, the water covered even the highest mountains on the earth, 20 rising more than twenty-two feet[h] above the highest peaks. 21 All the living things on earth died—birds, domestic animals, wild animals, small animals that scurry along the ground, and all the people. 22 Everything that breathed and lived on dry land died. 23 God wiped out every living thing on the earth—people, livestock, small animals that scurry along the ground, and the birds of the sky. All were destroyed. The only people who survived were Noah and those with him in the boat. 24 And the floodwaters covered the earth for 150 days.

The Flood Recedes

8 But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and livestock with him in the boat. He sent a wind to blow across the earth, and the floodwaters began to recede. 2 The underground waters stopped flowing, and the torrential rains from the sky were stopped. 3 So the floodwaters gradually receded from the earth. After 150 days, 4 exactly five months from the time the flood began,[i] the boat came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. 5 Two and a half months later,[j] as the waters continued to go down, other mountain peaks became visible.

6 After another forty days, Noah opened the window he had made in the boat 7 and released a raven. The bird flew back and forth until the floodwaters on the earth had dried up. 8 He also released a dove to see if the water had receded and it could find dry ground. 9 But the dove could find no place to land because the water still covered the ground. So it returned to the boat, and Noah held out his hand and drew the dove back inside. 10 After waiting another seven days, Noah released the dove again. 11 This time the dove returned to him in the evening with a fresh olive leaf in its beak. Then Noah knew that the floodwaters were almost gone. 12 He waited another seven days and then released the dove again. This time it did not come back.

13 Noah was now 601 years old. On the first day of the new year, ten and a half months after the flood began,[k] the floodwaters had almost dried up from the earth. Noah lifted back the covering of the boat and saw that the surface of the ground was drying. 14 Two more months went by,[l] and at last the earth was dry!

15 Then God said to Noah, 16 “Leave the boat, all of you—you and your wife, and your sons and their wives. 17 Release all the animals—the birds, the livestock, and the small animals that scurry along the ground—so they can be fruitful and multiply throughout the earth.”

18 So Noah, his wife, and his sons and their wives left the boat. 19 And all of the large and small animals and birds came out of the boat, pair by pair.

20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord, and there he sacrificed as burnt offerings the animals and birds that had been approved for that purpose.[m] 21 And the Lord was pleased with the aroma of the sacrifice and said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of the human race, even though everything they think or imagine is bent toward evil from childhood. I will never again destroy all living things. 22 As long as the earth remains, there will be planting and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night.”

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What is Happy Harbor?

Welcome to Happy Harbor, where we know that God made you, God loves you, and God wants to be your friend! Join Arlo the bear, Tilly the penguin, and Kelby the Octopus as they go on their adventures in Happy Harbor each week!

And parents, you can join in the fun with craft and activity ideas in the show notes and ways to talk about the Bible story with each episode!

• • • • • • Welcome to my favorite place. It's Happy Harbor. • • We'll have so much fun playing with our friends there's. All the bear until the penguin and an octopus name can be. • • • • • • • • • • • •
Speaker B
God made • • you • • • • • god? • • • • • • • • • • • • • God wants to be • • your friend. • • • • • • • • • • • • • God made you • • • • • god • • • • • you. • • • • • God wants to be your friend. • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Speaker C
Hello friend. My name is Arlo. Welcome to Happy Harbor. At Happy Harbor we like to remind everyone that God made you. God loves you and God wants to be your friend. There are lots of people who come to Happy Harbor, so I get to remind them all of that. • • A lot of people come to the harbor in boats. Do you like boats? • • • • • I sure do. And it's my job as the lighthouse keeper to make sure the light shines bright for them so they can get into the harbor safe. Especially at night when it's dark. Let's see if there are any boats coming into the harbor now. And we can look for our friend Kelvy in the water too. • • I think he might be able to show us a picture of someone new today. • • • Let's just look through our spy glass and see. • • • • • • • • • • • • There he is.
Speaker D
Hi Kelby. Hi, Arlo and Ty finn.
Speaker C
Kelby, I was hoping to learn about someone new today.
Speaker E
That sounds fun. • •
Speaker C
Can you open your treasure chest and see who it could be?
Speaker E
I can do that, Oli. • • • • • • • • • • • • I'll just open up my treasure chest.
Speaker D
And • • uhoh bubbles, • • • • • can you help me pop them?
Speaker F
All right, here we go. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Speaker B
1234-5678, 910 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • bubbles.
Speaker F
Here we go. • • • • • •
Speaker G
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker F
Pops and bubbles. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • M. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Speaker E
Thank you for helping me. We pumped so many bubbles. Now let me see who is in here. • • • • • • • Who is this?
Speaker C
That's Noah. He had a really big boat.
Speaker D
Thanks, Kelvy. Welcome Aloe. • • •
Speaker C
I am so glad we get to learn about Noah today. He had a really big boat. I would just love to see a boat that big come into Happy Harbor. Let's see if we can find out about Noah in our special book. • • • • • • •
Speaker D
Here it is. • •
Speaker C
This is the Bible, God's special book for us. • • • • • • • • • Oh yay. The Bible train is here. I hope Tilly will be able to show us a story from the Bible today. Let's look through our spyglass and find her. • • • • •
Speaker E
Hi Tilly. Hello, Arlo. And hello, friend.
Speaker C
Do you have a special story from the Bible you could show us today?
Speaker E
Let's find out together. • • Come on, friend.
Speaker D
I'll aboard the Bible train. • • • • You too.
Speaker B
Climb up.
Speaker F
Board the Bible train. So much to learn. So glad you came. The Bible is got special books of the moment. Now let's take a look. • • • • Chug each other. You • • • • • • chug each other. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Climb up for the Bible train. So much you learn. So glad you came.
Speaker B
The Bible here's.
Speaker F
Got special books of the moment. Now let's take uh, a look. • • • • Chug each other.
Speaker B
But you don't you. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Speaker E
Are you excited? I know I am. Let's open up. Cut's special book together. And watch a Bible story. • • • • • • •
Speaker H
Stories of the Bible Jr. • • • • Noah. • • • • • • • Let's meet Noah.
Speaker D
Um, hi.
Speaker H
A very good man. • • God liked Noah. Yeah, and had a great plan. • • God said, Noah, you should build a boat.
Speaker E
Okay?
Speaker H
This high, this long, and of wood so it floats.
Speaker D
All right, got it.
Speaker H
God told Noah, uh, fill this boat with animals, tigers, giraffes, elephants and camels, • • • two by two on the ark. They'll go colors, birds, musk.
Speaker D
Okay. All here.
Speaker H
Don't forget your family. And corn and potatoes. • • • • • • The rain came down, but the ark stayed strong, • • floating Noah's family • • and the animals along. • • • After 40 days, a great wind came and put a stop to all the rain. • • • Noah sent a dove to check if it was time. • • When it didn't come back, he knew it was all fine. • • So all of the animals, every bird and every man stepped off the ark and walked on dry land. • • • • • • They found new homes in the trees and mud and thanked God for the ark that kept them safe in the flood. • • God said, I love you so much. And, um, this I will show • • by putting this in the sky. • I call it a rainbow. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Speaker E
I love that story. I wonder what other stories I could hear from the Bible. Did you know that we can always find more stories in God's special book? All we have to do is open up the Bible and take a look. Well, I have to take this train to the next stop.
Speaker D
See you around, friend. And bye, Arlo. Bye, Tuli. You too. • • • • • • • • • • •
Speaker C
I like that story of Noah in his boat. Uh, no one was friends with God. Noah had so many animals on that boat, and they all came in twos. Can you count to two with me?
Speaker I
One m • • • • two. • •
Speaker D
Let's do it again. • • •
Speaker I
One, • • two. • • • One more time. • • One, • • • two. • • • • • • •
Speaker C
I see rainbows sometimes in Happy Harbor. Let's thank God for all the wonderful things he made like rainbows by singing a song to him. Come on, let's sing together. • • •
Speaker B
Mhm. • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Speaker G
Thank you for my hands so I can clap, clap, • • clap, clap • • thank you for my feet so I can just • • • • • • • • get thank you for my voice so I can shout out • • • • • • • • • • thank you for.
Speaker B
My own • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • thank you for the birds, they sweet, sweet, • • sweet, sweet • • thank you.
Speaker G
For the pink • • • • oink, oink, • • oink, oink • • thank you for the cow they say.
Speaker B
Little milk, • • little milk. • • • I made all the end of all that. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Speaker G
Mhm. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Speaker B
Here for my own delights. HM. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Read more • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • top news stories • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • from Mirror Online. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Speaker C
Um, that was fun. • • Let's say thank you to God one more time. • • Thank you. It makes me so happy that God made so many beautiful things for us to see, like rainbows and animals. • • I am glad that God kept all the animals safe on the boat and he kept Noah safe too. • • Noah was God's friend, • • and God wants to be our friend too. I know that God is just the best friend ever. • • Well, thanks for visiting me today at Happy Harbor. I am going to look for more boats in the harbor. Maybe I'll even find a big one like Noah's boat. I'll let you know if I do. I'll see you around. • •
Speaker B
Bye. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •