Parent’s Corner- October 14, 2018

“Show me your ways, LORD, teach me your paths.  Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.”  Psalm 25:4-5

Praying for your kids. . . I’m sure it’s something you do often. 

I’ve had the privilege of meeting with a group of women for the last eleven years or so.  We pray for our children, their teachers, their schools, the other students at the school, the administration. . . if it has to do with the school, we do our best to cover it in prayer.  Our prayer sheets have Bible verses on them with significant words left out.  We are encouraged to pray these verses with our child’s name in them.  Taking the verse above as an example. . .

“Show ____________ Your ways, O Lord, teach ____________ Your paths, guide him/her in Your truth and teach ____________, for you are ______________’s God and Savior, may _____________’s hope be in you all day long.  (from Psalm 25:4-5)

 

This is a beautiful way to personalize Scripture. . . God’s words to us. . . and our kids should know that they are His words to them as well!

May you find joy in your parenting journey this week!

 

This week in Sunday School-

2/3s- Samuel

Scripture- 1 Samuel 3:1-18

Lesson Truth- Samuel listened to God.

Aims for the Children- to do at least one of the following during this lesson

1.     Participate in a listening game

2.     Identify Samuel as a good listener

3.     Tell whom Samuel listened to

4.     Demonstrate good listening habits as teacher reads from the Bible

5.     Identify the Bible as God’s book to us

 

4s-K- God Gives Jericho to Israel

Scripture- Joshua 6

Lesson Goal- Students will be encouraged to obey because of God’s ability to do what He says.

Bible Truths-

1.     God told Israel to walk around the city once a day for six days and on the seventh day seven times, ending in a shout.

2.     When the priests blew the trumpets and the people shouted, the walls of Jericho fell.

3.     God instructed Israel to conquer Jericho in this way to show that it was by His power that the walls fell.

Key Verse- “And the Lord said to Joshua: ‘See! I have given Jericho into your hand, its king, and the mighty men of valor.” Joshua 6:2

 

1st-2nd, 3rd-5th- God Gives Jericho to Israel

Scripture- Joshua 6

Lesson Goal- Students will be encouraged to obey because of God’s ability to do what he says.

Lesson Objectives- Students will be able to

1.     Give examples of God’s encouragement

2.     Describe the difficulty that Israel faced at Jericho

3.     Repeat the instructions given to the people.

4.     Retell what happened when the people shouted.

5.     Analyze why God brought down the wall.

Key Verse- “And the Lord said to Joshua: ‘See! I have given Jericho into your hand, its king, and the mighty men of valor.” Joshua 6:2

 

 

Children’s Church- Jesus Calls the Disciples

Scripture- Matthew 4:12-25

Lesson Goal- The student will respond to Jesus’ authority as God’s Messiah by obeying Him.

Bible Truths-  

1.     Jesus fulfilled prophecy when He moved to Capernaum.

2.     Jesus told the people, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

3.     Jesus called Andrew, Peter, James, and John to be disciples.

Key Verse- “Then He said to them, ‘Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.”  They immediately left their nets and followed Him.”  Matthew 4:19-20