Memory Verse Dec. 03-Jan. 07

November 26th Lessons

9:00am DiscipleLand
1st-2nd Grade
How We Got the Bible Lesson 13--Quarter Review
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9:00 am DiscipleLand
3rd-4th Grade
Eyewitnesses Lesson 13--Quarter Review
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10:45am TRU

1st-4th grade

Remember and Celebrate: Feast of Unleavened Bread

Celebrating God as Redeemer

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. During Moses' time, the people of Israel were slaves in the land of Egypt. They cried out to God to deliver them.  And God did.  God sent plagues in the land of Egypt so that the Egyptians would know that He is the only true God who overcomes all the idols they worshiped.  Right before the very last plague, God commanded the Israelites to eat in haste and to prepare the bread without yeast (unleavened bread).  God answered His people and delivered them from slavery.  He redeemed them to give them freedom and a new start.  Today, God is still our Redeemer.  He sent His Son, Jesus, to die on the cross, so that we can have a new beginning, new life, and new hope in Him.

Worship with Youth Band
Game: 4 Corners

Memory Verse: 

"with a mighty hand and outstretched arm; His love endures forever." --Psalm 136:12

Review Sunday

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.

November 19th Lessons

9:00am DiscipleLand

1st-2nd Grade

How We Got the Bible Lesson 12--God's Word Is Eternal

(The Eternal Word--Isaiah 6:1-13, 40:6-8)

God protects the Bible so it stays the same and true forever.

Verse Review:

Nehemiah 8:8; 2 timothy 2:15; Psalm 19:7a; Psalm 33:4; Hebrews 4:12

Focus:

~God preserves the Bible so His word will never change.
~God's Word is eternal, it will not change through time.
~Isaiah answered God's call to speak God's Words.

Missionary Biography: Cameron Townsend--World Travel and Famous People

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9:00am DiscipleLand

3rd-4th Grade

Eyewitnesses Lesson 12--Surprise Ending

Acts 9:1-31

The Holy Spirit transforms people into Christians who follow and serve God.

Verse Review:
Acts 5:42; Galatians 6:10; 1 Corinthians 16:13; Matthew 5:10; Romans 10:14

Focus:

~Saul persecuted those who believed in Jesus.
~Saul encountered Jesus as he traveled to Damascus.
~After Saul's conversion, he began to boldly speak about Jesus as the Messiah.

Missionary Biography: Amy Carmichael--India Today

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10:45am TRU 1st-4th grade 

Main Focus: God Is Almighty

(Hannah and Samuel--1 Samuel 1-3)

Anticipate: Name That Sound

Our God is a powerful and mighty God. And because He loves us, He chooses to listen to our prayers and at times answer them in unexpected ways. And as our Creator God, He knows each of us, our hopes, fears, strengths and desires. And He knows us by name. Would you recognize God calling to you if you heard Him?

Worship with singing:  Youth Band

Game: When The Music Ends
Memory Verse:
"with a mighty hand and outstretched arm; His love endures forever." --Psalm 136:12

In today's story, we heard about a man who had two wives, Hannah and Peninnah.  While Peninnah had children, Hannah had none.  Because of that, Hannah was in deep anguish.  Hannah prayed to the Lord Almighty for a son.  Lord Almighty also means someone who stands before you to protect and fight for you.  After Hannah prayed, the Lord Almighty heard her and remembered her.  In due time, she had a son, just as she asked the Lord.  When Samuel grew older, Hannah dedicated him to serve the Lord all the days of his life and praised the Lord for being the Almighty God.  God did not forget Hannah and blessed her with 5 more children.  Now Samuel stayed with Eli, the priest, in the temple of God.  One night, Samuel heard a voice calling his name.  For three times, he went to Eli.  Finally, Eli realized it was God calling Samuel and instructed Samuel to answer the Lord the next time He called.  Samuel did as instructed and listened attentively to the Lord.  The Lord later on called Samuel to be a priest and a prophet of God and spoke God's message to the Israelites.  Samuel led Israel into a new time in which godly leaders modeled obedience to God.

RESPOND: Give Thanks Tin

What’s happening next week? Thanksgiving! How thankful Hannah must have been when God heard her prayer for a child. She kept her promise and dedicated Samuel to God. God then blessed her even
more with other children.
When we ask God for something really important we might remember to give thanks. But it’s the small things that make our lives better and easier every day that we need to also remember. Those are often the God given
acts and things its easy to take for granted but that make up the bulk of our lives!

Bless:"with a mighty hand and outstretched arm; His love endures forever." --Psalm 136:12

May our children be blessed by God Almighty.  My they praise Him for the things He has done and will do in their lives.

November 12th Lessons

9:00am DiscipleLand

1st-2nd Grade

How We Got the Bible Lesson 11--God's Word Is Alive

(Jeremiah vs. Jehoiakim--Jeremiah 36)

God speaks through His Word, the Bible and makes it alive to people everywhere.

Verse:
" For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart."  --Hebrews 4:12

Focus:

~God's Word is alive, fresh and powerful.
~Some people try to undermine the power of God's Word.
~God speaks to people through the words in the Bible.
~Jesus has the words of life.

Missionary Biography: Cameron Townsend--A Second Mrs. Townsend

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9:00am DiscipleLand

3rd-4th Grade

Eyewitnesses Lesson 11--Into Africa

Acts 8:26-40

The Holy Spirit guides believers to tell others about Jesus' love and forgiveness.

Verse :
"How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?"--Romans 10:14

Focus:

~God directed Philip to an Ethiopian official who needed to hear the Good News of Jesus.
~Philip obeyed God and shared the Gospel of Jesus with the Ethiopian man.
~The Ethiopian man took the truth of the Gospel when he returned home to Africa.

Missionary Biography: Amy Carmichael--the Servant Writer

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10:45am TRU 1st-4th grade 

Main Focus: God Never Fails

(Joshua--Joshua 1-4)

Anticipate: God Is Good In Sign Lauguage

Our God is always with us but sometimes its hard to remember. We get distracted by daily life and miss the signs or messages God puts in our lives to help us. Its important to tune our hearts and minds into God’s
station… and learn the language of God through His Word, the Bible.

Worship with singing:  Youth Band
Game: Sign the Verse
Memory Verse:
"with a mighty hand and outstretched arm; His love endures forever." --Psalm 136:12

After 40 years wondering in the desert, Moses passed the responsibility of leading the Israelites to Joshua.  God commended Joshua to be strong and courageous and to meditate on His law day and night.  God wanted Joshua to model for the Israelites by spending time with God and trusting in His leading.

God commended the people to cross the Jordan River by following the Ark, which is the representation of God's presence.  Though it was flooding season and though crossing the 1/2 mile wide Jordan river was seemingly impossible, as soon as the priests who carried the Ark stepped into the river, the water stopped and piled up to form a wall!  The Israelites were able to walk on dry ground and cross the river safely.  God never fails! God then, instructed one person from each tribe to pick up a stone from the river bed and pile those stones together to build an altar in remembrance of what the Lord had done.  

RESPOND: Remembrance Stone

After God parted the Jordan river, he had the leader of each of the tribes take a Rock (show stone) and make a pile at river side. This was to be a way to remember God’s care and all the miracles He did to keep them
alive and get them to the Promise Land.  We can also remember what God has done and that He never fails!

Bless:"with a mighty hand and outstretched arm; His love endures forever." --Psalm 136:12
May our children know and trust that God never fails.  He will keep His promises to our children, because He is faithful.

November 05 Lessons

9:00am DiscipleLand

1st-2nd Grade

How We Got the Bible Lesson 10--God's Word Is True

(King Hezekiah's Trust--2 Kings 18-19)

God's Word is true, and God is true to His word.

Verse:
" For the word of the Lord is right and true;
    he is faithful in all he does.
5 The Lord loves righteousness and justice;
    the earth is full of his unfailing love."  --Psalm 33:4

Focus:

~God is the source of all truth.

~Everything in God's Word is true.  There's nothing false in it.
~King Hezekiah learned that he could trust God's Word.

Missionary Biography: Cameron Townsend--The Ministry Keeps Expending

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9:00am DiscipleLand

3rd-4th Grade

Eyewitnesses Lesson 10--Persecution

Acts 8:1-25

The Holy Spirit scatters believers to spread the Good News into new regions.

Verse :
"Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."--Matthew 5:10

Focus:

~Believers scattered from Jerusalem to surrounding areas to escape persecution.
~God has promised to bless the persecuted.
~Believers are called to witness about Jesus wherever they are.

Missionary Biography: Amy Carmichael--"Amma"

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10:45am TRU 1st-4th grade 

Main Focus: God Dwells with His People

(Building of the Tabernacle--Exodus 25-40)

Anticipate: Origami Frogs

In today's story, God gave His people detailed instructions for building the Tabernacle, where He would dwell with them.  The children had a taste of what it must have felt  to follow so many detailed instructions.

Worship with singing:  Youth Band
Game: The Leader Sits Among Us
Memory Verse:
"with a mighty hand and outstretched arm; His love endures forever." --Psalm 136:12

Today we learn that God Dwells with His people through the stories of Building of the Tabernacle.  Because God loves His people so much, He desires to dwell among His people.  However, God is holy, that those with sin (that's all of us) may not approach Him.  So God gave the people of Israelites detailed instructions to build the Tabernacle and who can and how to approach Him after sanctification. Within the Tabernacle, God's presence, the Ark of the Covenant, resides in the Holy of Holies, separated by a thick curtain to where the high priest may approach.  Sin separates people from God, and that's what the big curtain represented.  God's presence filled the Tabernacle by the form of a cloud.  The Israelites could see God's presence and knew that He was near.

God still dwells with His people today, first by sending His Son, Jesus.  Then, after Jesus' ascension, sending the Holy Spirit to dwell within each believer.  

RESPOND: Thankful Pumpkin
God is always with His people.  This pumpkin will help us remember the different times God has been with us and the times we need to have His presence in our lives.

Bless:"with a mighty hand and outstretched arm; His love endures forever." --Psalm 136:12
May our children know that God is with them, no matter where they go.