January 07th Lessons

9:00am DiscipleLand1st-2nd grade 

Why We Got the Bible Lesson 4--The Bible Guides My Future

God’s Word Guides--Psalm 119:105-128 

God equips me to serve Him when I choose His way.

Verse: 

" Your word is a lamp for my feet,
    a light on my path."—Psalm 119:105

Focus:

~God’s Word lights our paths and explains God’s way to live.

~When people are willing to choose God, He guides them in His ways.

~Missionary Cameron Townsend desired to provide people with God’s Word in their own language.

Inspire Action: Cameron Townsend—Missionary to Guatemala

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9:00am DiscipleLand

3rd-4th grade 
Powerful Messengers Lesson 4—Changes

Acts 11

 The Holy Spirit charges believers to take Jesus’ message into new regions.

Verse: 

“When they heard this, they had no further objections and praised God, saying, “So then, even to Gentiles God has granted repentance that leads to life."

—Acts 11:18

Focus:

~Some believers who obey the Lord’s leading may be criticized and misunderstood.

~Some may resist change, even when God directs it.

~The Gospel message must not change, but the methods used to share it will vary.

Missionary Biography: Roque Gonzalez de Santa Cruz—1628, Paraguay

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10:45am TRU 1st-4th grade 
Remember and Celebrate: Feast of First Fruit

Celebrating God as Trustworthy

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. God led the Israelites out of Egypt and promised them a land of their own.  This promised land was a good and fertile land, filled with milk and honey.  God commands His people to celebrate the feast of First Fruit to help them remember that He is trustworthy and that He always keeps His promises.
This feast also reminds God's people that after the dead of the winter, God brings life again.  In the Bible, Jesus is referred to as the First Fruit.  After Jesus' death and burial, believers can have eternal life.  God promised us eternal life and the promise is fulfilled through His Son, Jesus.  God is trustworthy.

Worship with Youth Band
Game: Have You Grown in Your Skills?

Memory Verse:

"The Lord your God is with you,

 the Mighty Warrior who saves.

He will take great delight in you;

    in his love he will no longer rebuke you,

    but will rejoice over you with singing.”  --Zephaniah 3:17

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.