January 08th Lessons

9:00am DiscipleLand 

1st-2nd grade 

At Work with God Lesson 3--Potter
God molds His children to be righteous like Him just as a potter shapes soft clay.

Jeremiah 18 (Jeremiah and the Potter)
God Is Righteous

Verse : 

Isaiah 64:8
"Yet you, Lord, are our Father.
    We are the clay, you are the potter;
    we are all the work of your hand."

Focus:

~God wants His children to be righteous just like Him.
~God sent prophet Jeremiah to learn a lesson from a potter.
~Our hearts must be willing to be molded into the image of God like soft clay ready to be molded. 

Missionary Biography: Gladys Aylward--The Escape

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9:00am DiscipleLand

3rd-4th grade 

Amazing Words Lesson 6—Parables

Matthew 13
Jesus discloses secrets regarding the Kingdom of Heaven.

Verse Review: 

Matthew 5:16; 6:33; Luke 6:31; 7:50; Matthew 12:30

Focus:

~Jesus often taught truths about God's Kingdom through parables.
~God can use even small faith in God to do great things.
~Each person's response to God on earth determines his eternal destiny.

Missionary Biography: Jackie Pullinger—The Jesus Way

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10:45am TRU

1st-4th grade

Main Focus: Remember and Celebrate God as Redeemer
The Feast of Unleavened Bread

God commands His people to keep festivals and feasts so that they'd remember what God has done for them and not forget His goodness. During Moses' time, the people of Israel were slaves in the land of Egypt. They cried out to God to deliver them.  And God did.  God sent plagues in the land of Egypt so that the Egyptians would know that He is the only true God who overcomes all the idols they worshiped.  Right before the very last plague, God commanded the Israelites to eat in haste and to prepare the bread without yeast (unleavened bread).  God answered His people and delivered them from slavery.  He redeemed them to give them freedom and a new start.  Today, God is still our Redeemer.  He sent His Son, Jesus, to die on the cross, so that we can have a new beginning, new life, and new hope in Him.

Worship with Singing: led by Youth Band
Game: Bible Verse Dressed Up

 

Memory Verse: 

"For unto us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders.  And he will be called wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."--Isaiah 9:6

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

Review Previous Lessons:

• God Claims His People--Mosaic Covenant (Exodus 19-21; 24)
• God Is Hope--Joseph and Mary (2 Samuel 7; Matthew 1; Isaiah 7:1-14)
•  Jesus Is King--3 Wise Men (Micah 5:2; Matthew 2)