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.