Oct. 25th Lessons

9:00am DiscipleLand

1st-2nd grade 
How We Got The Bible Lesson 8--Scholars Made English Translations (Tell Your Children--Deuteronomy 11:1-21)

Bible scholars have translated the Bible into many English versions.

Verse:
" Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth."  --2 Timothy 2:15

Focus:

~God wants everyone to know His Word.

~God's words must be translated for people to understand them in their own language.

~John Wycliffe and William Tyndale overcame obstacles and translated the Bible into English.

Missionary Biography: Cameron Townsend--Camp Wycliffe's Beginnings

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9:00am DiscipleLand

3rd-4th grade 
Eyewitnesses Lesson 7--Loyal Hearts

Acts 4:32-5:42

The Holy Spirit encourages believers to remain loyal to God.

Verse :
"Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Messiah."--Acts 5:42

Focus:

~The early Church enjoyed unity and freely shared what they have with each other.
~Ananias and Sapphira wanted to honor themselves more than God.
~Believers must obey God rather than people.

Missionary Biography: Amy Carmichael--Kimonos and Petticoats

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10:45am TRU 

1st-4th grade 

Main Focus: God Is in Control (Numbers 9-20--Wandering in the Wilderness)

Anticipate: Making A Banner

Many ancient families or tribes carried banners when they walked around as a group.  This helped them know to stay together.  In the wilderness, the Israelites followed God as He led them with a cloud of fire.  Whenever the people followed, they walked within their tribes under each family's banner.  The banners help people find their way back to their families as well as serving as a reminder that they belonged to a community as God's chosen people.

 

Memory Verse: "'Let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the LORD, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight," declares the LORD."  (Jeremiah 9:24)


Now that the Israelites had encamped at the foot of Mount sinai, ready to set out for the Promised Land, God's presence settled over the tabernacle in the form of a cloud of fire.  The Israelites had to observe the cloud of fire to know when to settle and when to pack up and move on.  They had to learn to depend on God completed and trust that God is always in control.  But this lesson was not easy, for many of the Israelites chose to grumble and complain instead of trusting that God is in control. Again and again, they grumbled.  Finally, when the 12 spies returned from exploring in the new land and reported what they had seen, the people would not trust that the land which God had promised them was good for them.  They rejected God and refused to believe that God is in control.  At the end, God told the people that anyone older than 20 years old would not go into the land.  Only their children would.  The story ended here with a sad notion.  If only the Israelites would depend on God and trust that He is in control.

Worship Response: Take What You Need to Depend on God

God is in control.  He loves and cares about us.  We can surrender to God's control during difficult times and let God use the tough situations to help us grow deeper in our relationship with Him.  We made booklets of verses as reminders that we can always depend on God.

RESPOND: Solving Puzzles

The children solved puzzles to reveal pictures of today's story.

May our children know that God is in control of every moment of their lives.  May they receive His comfort and peace each day as they depend on Him.