July 16th Lessons

9:00am DiscipleLand 

1st-2nd grade 

Village Life with God, Lesson 7--Marketplace

God provides everything His people need.
Ezekiel 27:12-24--Marketplace in Type

God Is Our Provider

Verse: James 1:17a

Focus:

~God provides everything His people need.

~Bible time people came to the marketplace to buy and sell goods.

~People traded for things they needed during Bible times.

Missionary Biography: David Livingstone--God's Protection

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9:00am DiscipleLand

3rd-4th grade

Triumphant Over All: Lesson 7--Be Fruitful!

Jesus promises to help His disciples even after He ascents to heaven.

John 14:1-15:17

Vers: John 15:8

Focus:

~Jesus prepared His sickles for His departure.
~Jesus is the only way to God the Father.
~Jesus promised to send the Holy Spirit to guide and empower His followers.
~Jesus taught His followers how to be fruitful.

Missionary Biography: Mark and Gloria Zook--Chronological Bible Teaching

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10:45am TRU

1st-4th grade

Main Focus: God Wants Everyone to Know Him
Paul in Antioch

(Acts 11:19-30)

Anticipate: "First Questions"

Worship with Mr. Michael
Game: "Pass the Smile"

Memory Verse: 

“Jesus answered, 'I am the way and the truth and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through me.  If you really know me, you will know my Father as well.  From now on, you do know him and have seen him.'”                                          —John 14:6-7

After the believers were scattered outside of Jerusalem because of persecution, they went to nearby regions and started sharing the good news of Jesus with other Jews, and some even started talking about Jesus with Gentiles, non-Jews.  Antioch was one of those cities, where the first Gentile church was established.  The church in Antioch received Barnabas and his encouragement to stay faithful to Jesus' truth.  Barnabas then invited Paul to join his ministry in Antioch, and together, they ministered for a year there.  When the church in Antioch heard about the famine in Jerusalem, they were moved by the Holy Spirit and gave and sent what they had to the believers in Jerusalem.  They were also the 1st church that send out Paul and Barnabas as missionaries to other regions.  

Respond: "We Are the Church"

God's church follows God's teaching and testify for the Lord through their love for one another, just like the Antioch church.

Bless:

“Jesus answered, 'I am the way and the truth and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through me.  If you really know me, you will know my Father as well.  From now on, you do know him and have seen him.'”                                          —John 14:6-7

May our children know that God is love.  May God's Spirit use our children to show His love to others around them.