May 17, 2012

NEWS FOR YOUR FAMILY

THIS WEEKEND AT KID CONNECT:

This weekend we will kick off a new unit called "Mission Expedition"! During this unit we’ll discover all about missionaries in the Bible, what missionaries do, and hear stories of missionaries at work.

Elementary children will learn the verse “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” Luke 19:10

This weekend kids can explore these inspiration stations:

Drama – Put on a puppet show about the first missionary in the Bible.
Dance – Create a dance that tells the story of the first missionary’s life.
Movie Making – Film a story of how the first missionary spread God’s love.

BEYOND OFFERING:

Over the next three years our church is going Beyond! Along with the adults, our kids will take a special offering each week to help reach people beyond our doors. We are challenging every child to bring in a quarter each week to help us reach our goal and impact other children in our community and around the world! We encourage parents to help support their child’s goal by giving them a simple chore they can complete to earn their 25¢ each week! Together we can change the world!

CONNECTION TOOLS: CONNECTING YOUR FAMILY TO GOD

ON THE CAR RIDE HOME

Ask your kids who the first missionary was. See if they can remember from today’s lesson! Then talk about why this person was the first missionary and what made this person special!

MONDAY

Find a children’s storybook Bible in your home or at your local library. Use it to walk through the life of Jesus. Read several of the stories out loud, and point out all the other stories about Jesus’ life. What tools did he use to share the Good News with the people he traveled to? How did the people respond to him throughout his life?

TUESDAY

Take a large piece of butcher paper, or combine several pieces of blank copy paper into a book. Then divide the paper into sections and create a type of comic book that tells the highlights of Jesus’ ministry on earth. For inspiration check out these great comic book bibles at your library or Christian book store: The Action Bible, The Lion Graphic Bible, The Manga Bible, Good and Evil, and The Comic Book Bible.

Wednesday

Cut up some paper into small strips and on each one write a phrase that describes an event in Jesus’ ministry. For example, “Healing the man lowered through the ceiling” or “Feeding the 5,000.” Then divide into teams and play a game of charades. Try to have your team guess which story you are acting out.

Thursday

Brainstorm a list of all the ways that Jesus showed God’s love to the people he lived around. Then choose one way and try to do the same thing for one of your neighbors.

FRIDAY

Jesus left His home in heaven to come to earth and share the Good News with us. Sometimes God calls us to leave our homes and go somewhere to share His love too. Check out Global Outreach for opportunities for your family to share God’s love. Pray about whether God is calling your family to move beyond your comfort zone and commit to one of these.

Tools for Preschoolers

Tell your child that missionaries are people who travel far from home to tell others about how much Jesus loves us. You could play a game pretending to travel to tell others about Jesus. Take a journey around the house and pretend to swim across seas (anything blue), climb over mountains (a stack of pillows), tiptoe past wild animals (stuffed animals) and then sing “Jesus Loves Me.” to their dolls or action figures.

Tools for Infants & Toddlers

EARLY CHILDHOOD CORNER

During May preschoolers and kindergartners will learn “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” Matthew 7:7. Toddlers and two’s are learning Talk to God.

This weekend we are continuing our series called Hey God! During this unit we’ll discover how prayer can connect us to God and different ways that we can pray. This weekend kids will learn about Praying for Our World.   For our memory verse, children will be learning “Listen from your home in heaven and honor the prayers of the foreigner, So that people all over the world will know who you are and what you're like.” 2 Chronicles 6:33a

This weekend kids can explore these inspiration stations:
   Prayer Station – Travel to different stations to discover ways you can pray for our world.
   Trivia Stop – Play a fun trivia game to discover interesting facts about our world.
   Photo Album – Create your own photo album featuring 4 countries that need our prayer.

Connecting kids to God, their families, their community and their world!

Salem Fields

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