Feb 26th Lessons

9:00am DiscipleLand 

1st-2nd grade 

At Work with God Lesson 10--Soldier
God's followers combat the devil's forces just as a soldier battles enemies.

1 Samuel 17:4-50 (David and Goliath)
God Is the Lord of Hosts

Verse : 

Ephesians 6:11

"Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes."

Focus:

~God is the Lord of Hosts.
~David defeated giant Goliath with the strength of the Lord.
~God gives believers spiritual armor to battle the devil. 

Missionary Biography: Gladys Aylward--94 Children on a Long Journey

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9:00am DiscipleLand

3rd-4th grade 

Amazing Words Lesson 13—Review

Review this quarter's key concepts and play review games.

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10:45am TRU

1st-4th grade

Main Focus: Remember and Celebrate God's Abundant Provision
The Feast of Harvests

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. Israel is a farming society.  They depend heavily on God's provision of rain to give them good crops each year.  As they harvest, they take time off work to celebrate and remember God's abundant provision. 

Worship with Singing: led by Youth Band
Game: What's In My Tummy?

Memory Verse: 

Memory Verse: 

"How abundant are the good things that you have stored up for those who fear you...in the sight of all, on those who take refuge in yo."--Psalm 31:19

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 Is Strength--Entering the Promised Land (Joshua 1; 3-4)
• God Is Powerful--Taking the Promised Land (Joshua 6-10)
• God Is Victorious--David and Goliath (1 Samuel 16-17)
• God Is Sovereign--King David  (2 Samuel 2; 5-7)God Blesses--Solomon, part 1  (1 Kings 1-6)
•  God Is Trustworthy--Solomon, part 2  (1 Kings 7-11)

Feb 19th Lessons

9:00am DiscipleLand 

1st-2nd grade 
At Work with God Lesson 9--Vineyard Worker

God produces spiritual fruits in His followers just as a vineyard worker harvest grapes.

1 Kings 21--Elijah and Ahab

Jesus Is the Vine and We Are the Branches

Verse: 

“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing."--John 15:5

Focus:

~Jesus is the true Vine.

~Prophet Elijah rebuked King Ahab for wrongfully taking Naboth's vineyard.

~The Holy Spirit can produce the fruit of the Spirit in the lives of believers.

Missionary Biography: Gladys Aylward--Wanted: Dead or Alive

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9:00am DiscipleLand

3rd-4th grade 

Amazing Words Lesson 12—The Messiah

John 7
Jesus invites people to believe in Him and to receive living water.
Verse Review: 

Luke 8:25; Matthew 15:18; 16:24; 17:5; 18:4

Focus:

~People, including Jesus' brothers, had trouble believing in Him.
~Jesus' teaching was directly from God the Father.
~All who believe in Jesus will receive living water, that is, the Holy Spirit.

Missionary Biography: Jackie Pullinger—The Inner City: Today's Mission Field

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10:45am TRU

1st-4th grade

Main Focus: God Is Trustworthy
Solomon, part 2  (1 Kings 7-11)

Anticipate: What Is It Puzzle

Solomon was blessed because he followed God whole heartedly at the beginning of his life. He could see the big picture and that his job was to rule God’s people wisely so he asked God for wisdom. In response God blessed him with so much more than he asked for!! When you know what to look for it can be easier to see what is right in front of you. And when you look for God in your life, you will see His blessings everywhere.

Worship with Youth Band
Game: Would You Rather?

Memory Verse: 

"How abundant are the good things that you have stored up for those who fear you...in the sight of all, on those who take refuge in yo."--Psalm 31:19

God is faithful!  He kept His promises to David and Solomon by blessing their kingdom, and giving Solomon wisdom, riches, favor and long life.  God is also faithful in keeping His word of warnings.  God warned Solomon not to worship other gods and to keep His decrees all his life.  But when Solomon gave in little by little to the idol worshipping of his wives, he stepped away from God.  As warned, the nation of Israel split in two.  God withdrew His presence from the temple and His protection from the people of Israel.  Even with this tragic ending of Solomon's reign, God is still faithful in keeping His promises to David that his kingdom will reign forever by sending the ultimate King, Jesus.  God is faithful.

Respond: Broken Heart Door Hanger

The exciting beginning to Solomon’s reign ended badly because he was no longer whole heartedly devoted to God. This broke God’ heart because His love is faithful and will never leave us. Through Jesus we can be reconciled to God and come back into covenant with Him.

Bless:

“He answered, ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”—Luke 10:27

May our children seek God with their whole heart and life. May our children follow Him and trust Him each day.

February 12th Lessons

9:00am DiscipleLand 

1st-2nd grade 
At Work with God Lesson 8--Musician

God delights in His people's praise and adoration just as musicians savor beautiful song.

1 Chronicles 15:14-29

God is Victorious

Verse: 

"It is good to praise the Lord and make music to your name, O Most High,"--Psalm 92:1

Focus:

~God is victorious.
~When the Ark of the Covenant returned to Jerusalem, God's people praised Him with music.

~God is honored and praised when we worship Him with music.

Missionary Biography: Gladys Aylward--The Mandarin's Decision

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9:00am DiscipleLand

3rd-4th grade 

Amazing Words Lesson 11—Who Is Greatest?

Matthew 18
Jesus measures greatness by a person's traits of humility, caring and forgiveness.
Verse: 

Matthew 18:4

"Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.”

Focus:

~Children are very special in the eyes of God.
~Greatness of a person is found in humility, caring and forgiveness.
~God expects us to forgive others just as He forgives our sins as often as we repent.  

Missionary Biography: Jackie Pullinger—St. Stephen's Society

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10:45am TRU

1st-4th grade

Main Focus: God Blesses
Solomon, part 1  (1 Kings 1-6)

Anticipate: How Many Blessings

God gives us so many good things that it is hard to remember them all or even think of how many blessings He has already given to us.  Writing them down is one way to count our blessings from God.

Worship with Youth Band

Game: Puppy, Monkey, Baby

Memory Verse: 

"How abundant are the good things that you have stored up for those who fear you...in the sight of all, on those who take refuge in yo."--Psalm 31:19

David’s faith not only brought him blessings (good things) from God, it also extended to bring his son Solomon good things. On top of the promises God made to David, He offered to give Solomon further blessings and Solomon asked for wisdom. This showed that his heart was in the right place and concerned more for his people than his own benefit. As a result God gave Solomon not only wisdom but also, honor, wealth, long life and fame. God blessed Solomon to be a blessing to the Israelites.  That’s the way God works because He loves us. His blessings multiply and when we realize how much He gives us all the time we remember His love for us!  The biggest blessing God gave us is His Son, Jesus.  And as we freely receive His forgiveness and salvation, we should freely give His goodness of Jesus and extend His kindness to others.  May we be a blessing to others as we have been blessed by God.

Respond: Blessing Hearts

Today we want to blessing someone else and because of God’s generosity we’ll get to bless ourselves too!

Bless:

“May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine on us—so that your ways may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations.

May the peoples praise you, God; may all the peoples praise you.” —Psalm 67:1-3

May God’s goodness and blessings overflow in the lives of our children.

Feb. 05 Lessons

9:00am DiscipleLand 

1st-2nd grade 
At Work with God Lesson 7--Shepherd
Jesus guides His people to follow Him just as shepherds lead their sheep.

John 10

Jesus is our Good Shepherd

Verse: 

"The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing."--Psalm 23:1

~Jesus is our Good Shepherd who leads us.

~Many Israelites were shepherds who cared for their sheep.

~God cares for His people just like shepherds care for their sheep.

Missionary Biography: Gladys Aylward--Caring for Orphans

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9:00am DiscipleLand

3rd-4th grade 

Amazing Words Lesson 10—Listen to Him!

Matthew 17
Jesus reveals His greatness and knowledge to disciples.

Verse: 

Matthew 17:5

 While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!”

Focus:

~Jesus's divinity was veiled when He was on earth.
~Even a little faith in God is enough to accomplish great things.
~Jesus is omniscient because He has authority over all things. 

Missionary Biography: Jackie Pullinger—The Power of Jesus

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10:45am TRU

1st-4th grade

Main Focus: God Is Sovereign
King David  (2 Samuel 2; 5-7)

Anticipate: Hidden Promises

We’ve been learning about David and how God lifted him up out of obscurity into a position of influence and power. David trusted God because of His experiences with him throughout his life, today we have the bible to help us learn about God in addition to seeing Him work in our lives. God makes many promises to us and like David, we need to live like they are true… but we can’t do that if we don’t know them.  We need to study God's word and and live out those promises knowing God is sovereign!

Worship with Youth Band

Game: Heads or Tails

Memory Verse: 

"How abundant are the good things that you have stored up for those who fear you...in the sight of all, on those who take refuge in yo."--Psalm 31:19

Because David believed that in spite of his youth, relative lack of strength and stature God could and would help him defeat Goliath, he did. We need to remember not only that God can strengthen us and that He himself is powerful, we need to remember that God is in control. That same God is willing to promise us to help, to provide and even to comfort those who love Him. Why? He has no reason nor is anything forcing Him to promise ANYTHING to us but He does it because He is our creator and He loves us.

Today we’ll learn about God’s promise to David that didn’t come true for many, many years… but because David knew God was in control, he continued to be faithful, to obey and to believe and eventually received the kingship.

Respond: GOD’s Promises Activity and Craft

How do you think David must have felt waiting for God’s promise to be fulfilled? How do you feel when something doesn’t happen as quickly as you hope? It must have been very hard for David to keep on believing that God would fulfill His promise to him battle after battle, year after year. David must have really trusted God and been convinced of God’s love for him. We need to build up that kind of trust and faith in God ourselves and unlike David we have the bible to help us if we are willing to learn its secrets.

Bless: 

“Among the gods there is none like you, Lord;
    no deeds can compare with yours.”—Psalm 86:8

May our children know God as their all-powerful King-the One who is seated in the heavenly realms, far above all earthly rulers.