10:30AM CHILDREN’S WORSHIP
This school year children (4 years to Grade 2) are learning about how we worship God on Sundays and every day with a three-week lesson unit on each part of our worship service. On the last Sunday of the unit, students will complete an art project expressing that element of worship.
Offering Unit (on Jan 28, Feb 4 & 11)
We say to God: “Everything I have is yours” (part of the Story of Worship)
Hand motion: hands at waist, sweep up and out
Theme Verse: I Chronicles 29:13-14 (NIV)
Bible Story: based on 1 Cor. 16:1-4, 2 Cor. 8-9
Song: Doxology
Teaching points:
One way God provides for His people is through the Church.
God’s people gave cheerfully and generously.
At Home Discussion Starters:
What are some ways we give what we have to God?
What are some ways we can serve (do things for) others?
9:15AM SUNDAY SCHOOL
Grades K & 1
Lesson: A Crowd Praises God
Bible Passage: Luke 7:11-17
Lesson Focus: Jesus made a widow’s son alive again and people praised God.
Memory Verse: 1 John 4:19
Discussion Starters:
What did Jesus do in the story to show His power and great love for the woman in the story?
How do we see Jesus’ power and love for us in our lives?
Grades 2-5
Lesson: Living in God’s Presence
Bible Truth: God instructed Moses to build the tabernacle and place it in the center of the camp so that he would be the center of his people’s lives. (Exodus 35, 40; Numbers 2; John 1)
Lesson Focus: To learn that God designed the position of the tabernacle to teach Israel what it meant to live in his presence; to understand that the tabernacle pointed to God the Son, Jesus Christ, who would come and live among his people; to believe that God’s presence with us is the most important thing in worship and in our lives.
Memory Verse: John 1:14
Discussion Starters:
What was the significance of the tabernacle?
How is being is being in God’s presence different for us?
How are we like the tabernacle or temple?