Children's Worship Update

Preschool

Thank you to Jen Scholten and Scott Liesinger for your instruction today!  They worked with your children on catechism question 5.  Children learned hand motions for praise Him (extend arms forward and up in praise), love Him (cross hands over heart and then point up), Thank Him (fold hands in prayer), and Serve Him (wrist together, palms open).  There lesson today was about 1 King 17:  a prophet named Elijah.  Children ended the lesson with coloring a picture of Elijah and adding it to their journals.  (The journals stay at church, but feel free to take a look at them anytime!)

 

Elementary

Thank you Keith Scholten for your instruction with this group today!  Keith started with a review game (Catechism Toss) covering catechism questions 1 - 32.  Children then worked together to complete a True/False activity sheet.  The activity sheet was a reinforcement of questions 29 - 32.  Question 29 begins this section with:  What is sin?  Sin is any lack of conformity to, or transgression of, the law of God.  After completing the activity sheet there was a question that followed:  What does God promise to His people because Jesus took the punishment  for their sin? FORGIVENESS

 

Catechism Questioner

Thank you Ira Staley for listening to the ELEMENTARY children today as they said the answers to catechism questions.  If your child is in the elementary class, then he/she should have a catechism slip indicating the number learned in class. Thank you for all your help and reinforcement of the catechisms.  Next week the preschool class will have an opportunity to say their catechism answers. 

Family Worship Night - Clips

Thank you so much to the band:  Randy, Joey, and Abe for all you do every week with our children for Grace Kids.  Thank you to Ed, Eric, and Tracy for all your help throughout the evening.  Many thanks to Becky for creating a fun skit for Daniel and the Lions Den and our fabulous cast.  Below are a few short videos of some songs we enjoyed together during the evening. 

Young - Seeds Family Worship - Courage cd

Here, Kitty Kitty - Why Not Sea Monsters?

Rock Eternal - Seeds Family Worship - Praise cd

YUMMY! Ice cream sundaes

Children's Worship Update

Preschool

Thank you to Sandy Southard  for your instruction today!  Sandy worked with your children on catechism questions 3 and 4.  They discussed how when they act the way God tells us to, they are like a light for other people to see.   They discussed the following examples: worship=kids at church,Share =two children playing together, love = heart, Obey = children with their parents.    Today the children had a picture of the 4 things mentioned above that they colored and placed in their journals.

 

Elementary

Thank you Kristine Jasinski for your instruction with this group today!  Kristine read a lesson to the children today covering questions 29 - 32.  Question 29 begins this section with:  What is sin?  Sin is any lack of conformity to, or transgression of, the law of God.  The remaining questions to this set unpacks the answer to question 29.  The lesson today was the story of The Good Samaritan.  Have your children retell the story to you as an extension of what they learned today during children's worship.  Kristine used stick puppets to tell the story to the children. 

Catechism Questioner

Thank you Elisabeth Pajic for listening to the preschool children today as they said the answers to catechism questions.  If your child is in the preschool class, then he/she should have a catechism slip indicating the number learned in class. Thank you for all your help and reinforcement of the catechisms.  Next week the elementary class will have an opportunity to say their catechism answers. 

Kids Give Back - Highlights

I put this video together for a church announcement a couple weeks ago highlighting a few things about our Kids Give Back summer camp.  If you missed it at church take a look!! 

Sunday Communities - Memory Verse for Critters in September & October

Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth."

Since our Critter crew is so young this year, Caleb helped us out by reciting the verse and showing the hand motions.  We'll work on this verse each week and receive Smarties as a treat at the end of September and October for saying the verse well!  We'd love it if you would partner with us and reinforce Scripture memory at home!

Children's Worship Lesson Update

We are off to a great start!!  We welcomed a new crew of children today to our class and they all did a good job. There are 2 classes for children's worship:  a preschool class (children who will be 4 by summer 2012 - preschool) and an elementary class (Kindergarten - 2nd grade).  In order to help parents stay up to date with the lessons we are teaching at church I will update weekly with a brief overview of the lesson.  Regardless of the catechism questions the children are being taught at church they can move at their own pace at home.  Every other week your child will have an opportunity to say their catechisms to one of the teachers.  For every three catechisms answered correctly, your child earns an opportuntiy to pick from the catechism store.  There are a ton of fun prizes included in the store for the boys and girls to choose from for extra motivation to keep up the practice at home.

Preschool

Thank you to Heather Estes and Valerie Scholten for your instruction today!  Heather and Valerie worked with your children on catechism questions 1 and 2.  During the lesson the children listened to the cd: Ask Me Whooo.  Volume 1 of the Ask Me Whooo cd collection is located on the resource table for $15.  This is a great cd that puts the catechisms word for word to music.  Following a lesson on Who made you? (God), and What else did God make? (God made all things) the children discussed how God made everything. Then they each had a chance to draw a picture in their journals of something God made.  Ask your children what they drew in their journals.  The journals stay at church and are used weekly for children's worship.

Elementary

Thank you Jeanette Bowman for your instruction with this group today!  Jeanette read a lesson to the children today covering questions 23 - 28. Children learned more about the word covenant and discussed the meaning.  The lesson focused on question 24 - What is a covenant? (a relationship that God establishes with us and guarantees by his word.) In comparison to the preschool lessons this group does move at a faster pace with more catechisms learned weekly.  There are review weeks as well to further go over the questions.  The questions are taught as a theme together.  All 6 questions today dealt with covenant; therefore, instruction of  the definition of covenant was key to being able to grasp the meaning of the answers they are saying.

Catechism Questioner

Thank you Mark Estes for listening to the elementary children today as they said the answers to catechism questions.  If your child is in the elementary class, then he/she should have a catechism slip indicating the number learned in class. Thank you for all your help and reinforcement of the catechisms.  Next week the preschool class will have an opportunity to say their catechism answers. 

Sunday Community - September Memory Verse for Sprouts and Seekers

Psalm 100: 1-2 "Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.  Worship the Lord with gladness; come before Him with joyful songs."

Don't my kiddos look thrilled???  They actually were very excited to help me with the hand motions for the September memory verse.  The children will be working on this each week for the month of September. They will have an opportunity to say the verse at the end of the month to their teachers. 

Sunday Community classes begin next week on September 11th.