June 7th Lessons

9:00am DiscipleLand

1st-2nd grade 
Village Life with God Lesson 1--Tent Living (Genesis 12-13)

God leads His people to places where they can serve Him best.

"Abram believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness."--Genesis 15:6

Focus:
~God is 3-in-1 : God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19)
~In the Old Testament, God's people lived in tent villages as they traveled.
~God blessed Abraham for his obedience and trust in Him.

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9:00am DiscipleLand

3rd-4th grade 
Triumphant Over All Lesson 1--Faithfulness
Luke 18:31-19:27

Jesus counsels His followers to invest their lives for God's Kingdom.

"'Well done, my good servant!' his master replied. 'Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.'"

                                                                                                                                        --Luke 19:17

Focus:

~Jesus came to seek and save the lost.
~Being faithful with what God's given us is to invest our lives for God's Kingdom.
~Those who invest wisely will receive more from God.

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10:45am TRU

1st-4th grade 

God's Spirit Unifies, Part 1 (Acts 8:1-8, 26-40--Philip in Samaria) 

ANTICIPATE:  Personal Picassos

The children start by working on something already “unified” --a portrait. 

Then they take the portrait apart to create an unique piece of art—something that looks inspired by the artist Picasso.

Worship with singing:  led by JrHi / High School band

Memory Verse: "So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."  (Isaiah 41:10)

Because of the Holy Spirit and what Jesus did for us on the cross, God invites everyone to be a part of the faith community.  God did not want the good news of Jesus to stay in just one place, and He was able to use something as bad as a persecution to help believers to spread His good news.  In today's story, the Holy Spirit sent Philip to a faraway place to spread the good news. Philip met an important Ethiopian man, shared the good news of Jesus and baptized him.  God's Spirit unifies believers and made a way for everyone of every race, gender, social status, and culture to come together and to believe, worship and serve the only true God.  

Engage: Encouraging the Faith Community
We talked about as a faith community, it is important for believers to pray for and encourage the missionaries.  As a response activity, each child made a card to a missionary that our church supports.  We pray that the Lord will be their strength, their protector, provider, and their source of joy as these missionaries so faithfully and courageously share the good news of Jesus.

note: names are taken out on these collages

“I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one—I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.”   --John 17:22–23

May our children know the unity that comes from God’s Spirit. May our children look to include others in our faith community. May they carry God’s message of hope and salvation to the ends of the earth.