Oct. 16th Lessons

9:00am DiscipleLand

1st-2nd grade 
Family Life with God Lesson 7--Clothes
1 Samuel 2:18-21 (Samuel's Clothes)

God Is Generous

Verse : 

Luke 12:28a
 " If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you—you of little faith!"

Focus:

~God provides our clothing.  He is generous.
~Samuel's mother, Hannah, made a new coat for him each year.
~Believers can honor God in the way they dress and live.

Missionary Biography: William Carey--It Takes A Team

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9:00am DiscipleLand

3rd-4th grade 

Follow the King Lesson 7—Born of the Spirit

John 3

Jesus gives new life to those who believe in Him.

Verse : 

John 3:16

 " For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

Focus:

~Those who believe in Jesus are given new life and born again.
~Those who are born again receive eternal life.
~Jesus came to forgive sins and give eternal life to those who would believe.
Missionary Biography: Hudson Taylor—The China Inland Mission 

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10:45am TRU

1st-4th grade

Main Focus: God Is Faithful

Jacob (Genesis 27:41-28:17, 32-33)

Anticipate: Draw Impossible

Sometimes we want things to happen a certain way but we find that that path is impossible in real life. When we are stubborn and insist on doing things our way, we create situations for ourselves that may not be intended, just like Jacob and Rebecca’s plotting forced Jacob to have to leave his mother and go to work for his uncle for 20 years.

Worship with songs: led by Youth Band 

Game: Name Toss

Memory Verse: 

"Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus."--Philippians 1:6

Esau became furious and wanted to hurt Jacob because Jacob stole his birthright and his blessing.  Again, Rebekah forgot to trust that God is faithful and took matters into her own hands.  She instructed Jacob to run away to uncle Laban's until things got better.  Things did not get better back home.  And Rebekah and Jacob's decision caused them to never see each other again.  Jacob ended up working for Laban for 20 years before God told him to go back home.  Jacob was still afraid.  He thought because of his cheating and sin, God would not keep His promises to bless him and take care of him.  But that's not who God is.  God is always faithful.  God kept His promises to Jacob, brought him safely home and bless him with all he needed.  Though we make mistakes like Jacob did, God is faithful and He finishes what He starts.

Respond: "Moving Home" Relay Game

After all of Jacob’s years away doing his own thing he decides to go home and bring all his family, servants and animals. He tried to make many decisions on his own but every time his own plans had unintended consequences. Regardless, God took care of him and his family. God is faithful if we put our whole trust in Him. As humans we try various ways to get things done, like Jacob. When we don’t choose to ask God for help or go to other people before God we make achieving those goals harder.

Bless

Psalm 100:4-5

“Enter his gates with thanksgiving
    and his courts with praise;
    give thanks to him and praise his name.
5 For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;

   his faithfulness continues through all generations.”

 May the children see God's faithfulness in their lives.  May they praise Him for His goodness and love.