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This session will focus on Jesusâ growth as part of Godâs plan. In His visit to the temple, Jesus said He was about His Fatherâs business. From an early age, Jesus began to fulfill Godâs plan of salvation.
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Foreign astrologers recognized a significant birth with the appearance of a star. Prophecy came into play again as Herodâs advisors found the birthplace of the Savior in Scripture (Micah). The focus of this session is Herodâs threat, the flight to Egypt, and Godâs protection of Jesus so He could grow and fulfill Godâs plan.
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This session will lead kids to focus on the facts of the Christmas story, learning that Jesusâ birth is part of Godâs plan to send a Savior.
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This session will connect Godâs choice of Mary and Joseph as the family for Jesus with the prophecies about the Messiah. God promised that a virgin would give birth to the Messiah, and He chose Mary. God promised that the Messiah would be part of Davidâs family and chose Joseph to raise Jesus.
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This session will help kids understand that the prophets told about Jesusâ birth hundreds of years before Jesus came. God planned to send a Messiah, His Son, and told that the special child would be born. The prophets wrote this message, and people waited for the Messiah.
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God did not just create the universe and leave it to operate on its own. This session will guide kids to understand that God works throughout creation. He provides for His creation. He continues to work His plan in the world today. We can help kids understand that God is at work in creation (even when âbadâ things happen).
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Kids: This session will guide kids to understand that even though God created people to have a relationship with Him, Adam and Eve made a deliberate choice to break that relationship through disobedience. They chose to eat from the tree that God had forbidden. Sin resulted in their ejection from the garden. Each person today continues to make the choice to sin and needs the Savior to have a relationship with God.
Preschool: This session will guide kids to understand that God made people and that people were different from the animals and other things that God made. God placed the people in the garden and told them to take care of it. -
Kids: This session will lead kids to understand that God created peopleâman and woman. God created people in His image, unlike anything else He created. God placed people in charge of His creation, to care for it and rule over it.
Preschool: This session will lead kids to understand that God made all the animals to live in the world He made. Guide kids to think about all the different kinds of fish, birds, and animals that God made. God created everything, and it was very good. -
Kids: Kids hear lots of different ideas on the beginning of creation. This session will emphasize that nothing existed but God in the beginning. God created everything through His word and His deliberate action.
Preschool: This session will emphasize that God made everything in the world and the universe. Nothing existed but God in the beginning. God created everything. -
Kids: Elijah called for a showdown between God and Baal on Mount Carmel. God responded in a mighty way. He is the only God, who deserves honor and obedience. This session will help kids think about things that may compete for the attention that God deserves (sports, school, gaming, friends). We can stress that God is the one we should obey, not other things.
Preschool: God stopped the rain, and God sent the rain again three years later. God can do anything. God can do things that people cannot do. This session will emphasize some of the things that God can do and how God is good to people today. They can learn that no one is like God; He is the only God.
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This session will lead kids to realize that the culture and world around them is often hostile to God and His will. Help kids understand that people are tempted to make choices against God. But God will be with His people always, even when they face challenging circumstances. Emphasize that God is faithful.
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God called Gideon. Gideon listened to what God said to do. Gideon obeyed God and achieved a great victory for God. This session will guide kids to understand Godâs hand in all that happenedâthe choice of Gideon, choice of the army, choice of tactics. We can lead kids to know that God is over all that happens and nothing happens that is out of Godâs control or out of His power. This session will emphasize that God is powerful.
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Moses saw a miraculous thingâthe burning bush that was not consumed. God spoke to Moses, telling him that God knew what was happening to His people and was sending Moses to free them from Egypt. This session will help kids understand that people can believe and trust the words of God. God fulfills His promises. We can emphasize that God is trustworthy.
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Kids: Paul saw something that Peter did that was not right. Peter chose to act in a way that seemed to exclude the Gentile believers. Paul told Peter the right things to do. This session will help kids understand that they (and all people) will be faced with making choices that honor God or do not honor God. Christians should choose to do those things that are right and honor God.
Preschool: Jesus called Matthew. He also chose to go and eat at Matthewâs house. Jesus loved every person. Jesus loved people that others didnât. We will lead kids to understand that people can choose to show love to all people. Loving others is a right choice. With older preschoolers, we will talk about people who may be difficult to love. -
Jesus visited His friends Mary and Martha. Note the two different ways the women chose to respond to Jesusâ visit. Martha worked on preparations; Mary sat and listened. Jesus stressed the importance of what Mary was doing. This session will help kids understand that every day they will be faced with making choicesâsome which follow God and some which do not. We can help them understand that God helps His people make good choices.
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Daniel faced a crisis. The king sent food from his table for the men to eat, food that was unclean to Jews. Daniel chose to follow Godâs Word, even when it was risky. This session will emphasize to kids that obedience to God is a choice. They can understand what God wants people to do. They can choose to obey or disobey God. We can help kids understand that they will face difficulties, especially when they try to live in obedience to God. This session will lead them to know that God will give them strength during difficult times.
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Kids: Before Moses died, he laid hands on Joshua, signifying that Joshua was Godâs choice as the new leader. Joshua listened to God as he became the leader. Joshua continued to choose to listen to God and follow Godâs instructions as he led the people into Canaan. This session will help kids understand that Godâs people choose to use their abilities to follow God and honor God.
Preschool: God made people able to make choices. People can make right and wrong choices. Joshua and Caleb made the right choice; they wanted to obey God. But the people of Israel chose to disobey God and not go into the land He told them to go to. They had to face consequences for disobeying. People today make right and wrong choices. Help kids begin to understand that every choice has a consequence. Also, stress that no one can always do what God says; everyone makes wrong choices. God loves people and will forgive them when they do make wrong choices. God wants people to obey Him. -
Jesus helped His disciples in a miraculous way. Jesus, through His power, showed love for His friends and helped them have what they needed. This session will help kids understand that no matter what our needs are, Jesus has the power to fulfill them.
We can guide older kids to see the miracle of forgiveness and restoration to Peter as Jesus tells him to feed his sheep. -
Kids will learn that Jesus is Godâs Son, and He can heal diseases and sicknesses as only God can. In this case, Jesus did not heal Lazarus while he was sick; Jesus came and restored Lazarus to life! Jesus taught through these miracles that He is the Messiah sent by God. This session can help kids know that Jesus has the power to heal people, but not all people are healed physically on earth. That is a hard concept to kids who have lost a parent or loved one to illness.
Preschoolers can learn that Jesus made people well (healed) and did the other things He did because He is Godâs Son. Jesus also showed God's love to others when He made them well. - Se mer
