Memory Verse May 31st-June 28th

May 24th Lessons

9:00am DiscipleLand

1st-2nd grade 

Church Worship
The Church Is One Body--1 Corinthians 12:12-31

God's people worship Him today through local churches around the world.

"For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ.."--1 Corinthians 12:12

Jesus is the head of the Church.

9:00am DiscipleLand

3rd-4th grade 

Luke 19 (The Pharisees--Marriage; Families--Little Children; Rich oung Ruler--Eternal Life; Disciples--Heavenly Inheritance)

Jesus shows that faithfulness to God and to family matters most. 

During Jesus' time on earth, man people came to Him with inportant questions.  Jesus' answers showed what matters most to God.

“‘For I say to you, that to everyone who has will be given; and from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.”

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10:45am TRU

1st-4th grade 

Ms. Lisa and the youth band led us in singing..

Every quarter, our TRU children would participate in the game of ZONK! to help them remember what they've discovered during the past several weeks in the Big God Story.

Click on each week's topic to read more about the lesson).

• Jesus Appears to His Disciples (John 20)
• Jesus Reinstates Peter.  Jesus Redeems! (John 21)
• God Is The Lord of Sabbath (Matthew 12:1-14)
• Jesus Is Freedom (Luke 12:13-34)
• The Father Is Love--story of The Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32)
• The Big God Story (Genesis to Revelation)

May the Holy Spirit enable our children to live righteously.  May our children grow to be more and more like our Savior, Jesus, and celebrate Jesus' sacrifice on the cross as the sacrifice for their sins. 

May 17th Lessons

 9:00am DiscipleLand

1st-2nd grade 

Synagogue Worship
Paul in Thessalonica--Acts 17:1-15

God's people gathered in community synagogues to worship Him.

"not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching."--Hebrews 10:25

Jesus is the Messiah.

note: ask your student if he remembers what the words "synagogue" (local congregations where the Jews met after the Temple was destroyed) and "Messiah" (God's promised one) mean.
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9:00am DiscipleLand

3rd-4th grade 

Luke 17:7-18:14 (A Servant's Duty, A Thankful Leper, Watching for Jesus' Return and Prayer and a Persistent Widow)

Jesus demonstrates how faith in Him touches every area of life.

People who are faithful believe that serving God is their duty and that God deserves to be thanked.  They watch for Jesus to return, keep praying because they believe God will answer their prayers, and believe what the Bible says about sin and that they need God's forgiveness. 

“Whoever tries to keep their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it.” --Luke 17:33

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10:45am TRU

1st-4th grade 

The Big God Story (Genesis to Revelation)
We started our worship time observing and singing with the bell choir.  What a treat!

Bell Choir Presentation

Bell Choir Presentation

Today, we walked through the Big God Story from Genesis to Revelation.  The Big God Story gets better and better as we hear it.  Everything ties together and points to Jesus.  God is so patient with us.  God used the lives of all of the people we heard about today to weave a beautiful story of His love for us.  He created His story throughout time for the purpose of bringing Jesus Christ, our Savior, to earth for all people.  The Big God Story is still being written today.  And we are all part of the Big God Story and we can tell others of God's great love!

"May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ !"                                            --1 John 3:1

May our children receive hope and encouragement through The Big God Story. May they worship Him this week and follow His plan for their lives.

May 10th Lessons

 9:00am DiscipleLand

1st-2nd grade 

Holiday Worship

Bible-Time Holidays--Leviticus 23

God's people celebrate holidays ("holy days") to remember how God has helped them.

"The Lord has done it this very day;
    let us rejoice today and be glad."--Psalms 118:24

He Is God-Who-Sanctifies.
(note: ask your child if he remembers what "sanctify" means.  "Sanctify" means to make holy.)
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9:00am DiscipleLand

3rd-4th grade 

Luke 16

Jesus encourages His followers to use money in ways that please God.

In class, Mr. Allen talked about earthly riches vs. heavenly riches, money has no real or lasting rewards, and we should be trustworthy with everything God gives us so He will trust us with true riches.

“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

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10:45am TRU

1st-4th grade 

The Father Is Love (Luke 15:11-32)--The Prodigal Son

Singing with the youth band

Some of the  children noticed that even though this Sunday was Mothers' Day, the lesson was fatherly themed.  It's about the Father's love.  

As Jesus told the disciples the parable of the prodigal son, He revealed some beautiful and amazing truths about God the Father. He is kind, compassionate, forgiving, loving, and gracious.

We talked about the father never stopped longing for his son to return home, and when the son "came to his senses", he started heading towards the right direction (repentance and asking for forgiveness), and how we should understand the heart of the father and rejoice with our God when the lost is found. 

This is a beautiful story of redemption.  And our Father in heaven today, is still welcoming us with opened arms.  When we tell Him our troubles, He forgives us and helps us.

Large Group Respond Activity--We can bring to God our troubles

"See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!  And that is what we are!"                                                           --1 John 3:1

Small Group Respond Activity

May our children know that they are children of God. May they experience His love when they feel sad, confused, or lost. May they remember their Father in heaven will always respond to them in love, for He is love.

There are a few Heavenly Father verses for the children to look up at home:

2 Corinthians 6:18

Ephesians 5:19-20

Galatians 4:6

John 14:1-3

May 03 Lessons

 9:00am DiscipleLand

1st-2nd grade 

Solomon's Temple--2 Chronicles 5-7

God's people built a magnificent Temple in Jerusalem to exalt Him.

"Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?"--1 Corinthians 3:16

God is Spirit.

9:00am DiscipleLand

3rd-4th grade 

Luke 15

Jesus truly cares about people and seeks to bring them to God.

“In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

"--Luke 15:10

God cares!

10:45am TRU

1st-4th grade 

Jesus is Freedom (Luke 12:13-34)

Anticipate activity: Heavy Burden activity

Our sins and worries weight us down

Matthew 6:26-27 6

“Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?”

Jesus Is Freedom activity

God sent His Son, Jesus, to set us free from our sin and from the pain our sin causes. Jesus is freedom, and He invites us to live in that freedom as His followers.

May our children know that the Father loves them and will always take care of them.  May they know that Jesus is freedom and trust Him to give them everything they need.  May our children
rest in Him and be free from worry.