June 25th Lessons

9:00am DiscipleLand 

1st-2nd grade 

Village Life with God, Lesson 4--Plants and Herbs

God created plants and herbs for people to enjoy.
Numbers 13-14--The 12 Spies

God Is Love

Verse: Psalm 103:8

Focus:

~God loves us and will provide what is best for us.

~The Promised Land produced wonderful food for God's people.

~Only 2 out of the 12 spies trusted in God's love and power.

Missionary Biography: David Livingstone--Off to Africa

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9:00am DiscipleLand

3rd-4th grade

Triumphant Over All: Lesson 4--Signs

Jesus warns His followers to be prepared for trials after His death.

John 12:20-50; Luke 21:5-36

Verse: Luke 21:31

Focus:

~Jesus brought light and salvation through His death and resurrection.
~Jesus warned that many terrible events will happen before His 2nd return..
~Every word in the Bible will be fulfilled exactly as written.

Missionary Biography: Mark and Gloria Zook--Arrival

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10:45am TRU

1st-4th grade

Main Focus: God's Power Changes Everything
Healing of the Beggar

(Acts 3:1-10; Acts 5)

Anticipate: "What Do You See?" 

Imagine seeing the world the way God sees it!  We get God's perspective on the world when we trust and obey Jesus and receive the Holy Spirit.  It is through God's power that we are changed and become different people.  As the Spirit makes us more like Jesus, we can see things  a new and different way--God's way.

Worship with Youth Band
Game: "Turn and Change!"

Memory Verse: 

“He provided redemption for his people; he ordained his covenant forever--holy and awesome is his name.”                                          —Psalm 111:9

Jesus 

Respond: "Balloon Race"

God's Holy Spirit moves us and leads us in His directions.  

Bless:

“He provided redemption for his people; he ordained his covenant forever—holy and awesome is his name.”  Psalm 111:9

May our children know that God's power changes everything and allow His Holy Spirit to direct them to do God's will.

June 18th Lessons

9:00am DiscipleLand 

1st-2nd grade 

Village Life with God, Lesson 3--Season and Weather

God controls the seasons and weather to accomplish His purposes.
1 Kings 17:1-17; 18:41-46--Elijah and the Draught

God Is Unchanging.

Verse: Leviticus 26:4

Focus:

~God is unchanging.

~God is in control of the weather.

~Elijah used the weather to show that God is in control.

Missionary Biography: David Livingstone--A Missionary Trusts God

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9:00am DiscipleLand

3rd-4th grade

Triumphant Over All: Lesson 3--The King Answers

Jesus amazes everyone with His insight to the Scriptures.

Luke 20:20-21:4

Verse: Luke 20:39-40

Focus:

~The religious leaders could not trick Jesus because He is God who knows all things.
~Jesus used one question to help people realized that Christ is God.
~God value willing giving from the heart instead of giving out of obligation.

Missionary Biography: Mark and Gloria Zook--Training with New Tribes Mission

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10:45am TRU

1st-4th grade

Main Focus: God's Spirit Changes Everything
Ascension and Holy Spirit

(Matthew 28:16-20; Acts 1-2)

Anticipate: "Test of Strength" 

With the help of the Holy Spirit, Peter became bold as he preached to the crowd during Pentecost.  As a result, 3,000 people came to believe in Jesus Christ.

Worship with Youth Band
Game: "Change of Status"

Memory Verse: 

“He provided redemption for his people; he ordained his covenant forever--holy and awesome is his name.”                                          —Psalm 111:9

Respond: "The Spirit Changes Everything"

Before He returned to heaven, Jesus told His disciples to make disciples. This may feel overwhelming at times, but God doesn’t expect us to do it alone: We have the Holy Spirit inside us to give us strength. God desires to see us live like new creations, so He sends His Holy Spirit to live in us. God’s Spirit changes everything, He changes us and teaches us what God wants us to know. Think about how one ingredient in our next activity can change everything in the same way God’s Spirit changes everything.

Bless:

“He provided redemption for his people; he ordained his covenant forever—holy and awesome is his name.”  Psalm 111:9

May our children know that God’s Spirit has changed them so that they might become more like Jesus.

June 11th Lessons

9:00am DiscipleLand 

1st-2nd grade 

Village Life with God, Lesson 2--Travel

God shows His people the way as they travel.
Genesis 32-33--Jacob's Return

Jesus Is the Way

Verse: Psalm 86:11

Focus:

~Jesus is the only way to God.

~God told Jacob to return to the land where he was born.

~Jacob feared returning to his brother, Esau.
~God wants His followers to reconcile with one another.

Missionary Biography: David Livingstone--God and Science

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9:00am DiscipleLand

3rd-4th grade

Triumphant Over All: Lesson 2--The King Arrives

Jesus displays His authority to judge.

Matthew 21

Verse: Matthew 21:9

Focus:

~Many Jews welcomed and celebrated Jesus as He entered Jerusalem on a donkey.
~The religious leaders challenged Jesus' authority.
~God demands true obedience, not just the appearance of it.

Missionary Biography: Mark and Gloria Zook--Rejected

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10:45am TRU

1st-4th grade

Main Focus: God Restores Relationship
Trial, Crucifixion, Resurrection

(Luke 22:63-24:8)

Anticipate: "Crown of Thorns" 

Sin separates man and the holy God.  God had a plan to restore that relationship In the Old testament, God required the Israelites to offer sacrifices to mend their broken relationship with God. Hundreds of years before Jesus came, prophet Isaiah prophesied the coming of a Redeemer, a Messiah who will once and for all, save people from their due punishment for sin.   In the Big God Story today, Jesus suffered the died on the cross to restore relationship between men and God.  The soldiers mocked Him and put on Him a crown of thorns.  The crowns we are making are made out of paper, yet they are uncomfortable to wear.  The one Jesus was forced to wear was made out of real thorns that poked and hurt.  Jesus endured the painful, terrible death to be the perfect and last sacrifice for all mankind so that because of Him, we can be in relationship with God.  

Worship with Youth Band
Game: "Restore the Circle"

Memory Verse: 

“He provided redemption for his people; he ordained his covenant forever--holy and awesome is his name.”                                          —Psalm 111:9

Jesus 

Respond: "Lock and Key"

Jesus' death and resurrection is the key to The Big God Story.  It's what The Big God Story is all about.  It's what makes it possible for us to have a relationship with Him today.  Not all keys fit all locks and that similar locks may have different keys.  It is important that we remember that there is only one key to God's kingdom.  

Bless:

“He provided redemption for his people; he ordained his covenant forever—holy and awesome is his name.”  Psalm 111:9

May our children know that Jesus suffered and died for their sins so they can be in relationship with God.

June 04 Lesson

9:00am DiscipleLand 

1st-2nd grade 

Village Life with God, Lesson 1-- Tent Living

God leads His people to wherever they can serve Him best.
Genesis 12-13--Abraham's Travels

God Is the Three-In-One

Verse: Genesis 15:6

Focus:

~God is 3 person in one-God the Father, God the Son and God the Spirit.

~In Bible times, God's people lived in tent villages as they traveled.

~As Abraham obeyed and trusting God's leading, God blessed Abraham.

Missionary Biography: David Livingstone--Determined to Learn

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9:00am DiscipleLand

3rd-4th grade

Triumphant Over All: Lesson 1--Faithfulness

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

Luke 18:31-19:27

Verse: Luke 19:17

Focus:

~Jesus came to earth to seek and save the lost.
~Investing our lives for God's Kingdom means to faithfully use what God has given us to glorify God and point others to Him.
~Those who have invested well will receive more from God.

Missionary Biography: Mark and Gloria Zook--Meet the Family

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10:45am TRU

1st-4th grade

Main Focus: God's Love Compels
Jesus' Anointing, Last Supper, Betrayal

(Matthew 26:1-56; Luke 22:1-53))

Anticipate: "Gethsemane Pictionary Mural" 

In the Big God Story today, Jesus was betrayed in the garden of Gethsemane, located on the Mount of Olives. This garden probably didn’t look like our gardens today; most likely, it looked more like a modern-day park. 

Worship with Youth Band
Game: "Toxic Swamp"

Memory Verse: 

“He provided redemption for his people; he ordained his covenant forever--holy and awesome is his name.”                                          —Psalm 111:9

Jesus performed many miraculous signs while he ministered to people on earth because he was compelled by the love of God.  God's love gave Jesus a strong desire to obey and follow God's command, even doing difficult things and going through tough times.  Just before His death, Jesus shared a last supper with His disciples, predicted His death, prayed in the garden of Gethsemane until sweat dropped like blood, and was betrayed by one of His disciples with a kiss.  And soon, God's love would compel Jesus to die on the cross for all mankind.  

Respond: "Maze of What Compels Me"

When we’re compelled by something, it means we have a strong desire to do something. Show the kids the washers and magnet. The magnet represents God’s love, and the washers represent us when we’re in relationship with Him. When we know God, His love compels us to follow Him. 

Bless:

“He provided redemption for his people; he ordained his covenant forever—holy and awesome is his name.”  Psalm 111:9

May our children have great joy as they remember that Jesus died on the cross to pay for their sins.  May God’s amazing love compel our children to tell the world about what He’s done.

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