IBCM Sunday School Materials

The Kingdom in the Woods

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Panel 1, Leo in the village near the woods
Panel 01
Once upon a time, in a small village nestled near a great forest, lived a little boy named Leo.
Panel 2, the Master Builder working on a secret project
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For as long as Leo could remember, his father, the Master Builder, had been working on a magnificent secret project deep inside the woods.
Panel 3, the Master Builder gives Leo the Blueprint
Panel 03
Master Builder: "Leo, this is the Blueprint. It holds the absolute truth of what I am going to build. Keep it safe. Study it. It will tell you exactly what the reality will look like."
Panel 4, Leo shows the Blueprint to the village
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Leo loved the Blueprint. He showed it to everyone in the village.
Panel 5, the Keepers begin acting strangely
Panel 05
But over time, some of the village leaders, called the Keepers, started acting very strange.
Panel 6, the Keepers charge villagers to see the scroll
Panel 06
The Keepers began wearing fancy robes and charging people money just to look at the scroll.
Panel 7, the Keepers boast about the paper
Panel 07
The Keepers bragged about how clean they kept the paper. They loved the praise of the villagers, but they didn't actually care about the building at all. They just loved being important.
Panel 8, a trumpet blows through the trees
Panel 08
One sunny morning, a trumpet blew through the trees.
Panel 9, the forest gate opens
Panel 09
The gate to the forest swung wide open!
Panel 10, the messenger announces the Kingdom is open
Panel 10
Messenger: "The waiting is over! The Master Builder has finished! The Kingdom is open, and everyone is invited to run inside!"
Panel 11, Leo runs toward the forest gates
Panel 11
Leo was so excited! He began running toward the forest gates.
Panel 12, Leo hears the Keepers laughing
Panel 12
But as Leo ran past the Keepers, he heard them laughing and sneering.
Panel 13, the Keepers accuse the messenger
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Keepers: "Stop! That man is trying to throw away our beautiful Blueprint! He is changing the rules!"
Panel 14, Leo looks back as the Keepers point at the messenger
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Leo stopped at the gate and looked back at them as the Keepers yelled, pointing at the messenger.
Panel 15, Leo sees the finished castle in the forest
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Then, Leo looked into the forest. There, standing in the golden sunlight, was the most beautiful stone castle he had ever seen.
Panel 16, Leo compares the Blueprint with the castle
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Leo: "Gasp!"
Leo pulled the old Blueprint out of his bag and unrolled it. He looked at the paper, and then he looked at the castle. He gasped. The castle had the exact same towers, the exact same archways, and the exact same heavy wooden doors as the drawing.
Panel 17, Leo understands the Blueprint came to life
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Leo: "The messenger isn't throwing away the Blueprint! He brought it to life! Every single line on this paper is real now!"
Panel 18, Leo walks through the gate into his father's kingdom
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Leo didn't care about the Keepers' fancy robes or their angry shouting anymore. He smiled, tucked the scroll safely under his arm, and walked through the gates into his father's beautiful, finished kingdom.