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.