Sunday Communities for Critters and Sprouts
9/9: INTRODUCTION – Children will be creating their own Wordless Books
during Sunday Communities over the next five weeks. They will bring them home on 10/21. Today they are bringing home a “Gospel Hand”,
a cardstock hand cutout with one Wordless Book color on each finger. Please use the Gospel Hand in conjunction
with the blog as reinforcement at home of what is being learned at church. This is a lot for our children to learn but
we are so excited about sharing the gospel story with them and our hope is that,
through repetition and reinforcement, our children will become very familiar
with it!
9/16: GOLD COLOR
Reminds us of: The streets of gold in Heaven
Truth: God loves me and wants me to be with Him now
and in Heaven.
Memory Verse: “I have loved you with an everlasting
love.” Jeremiah 31:3
Song: My God is an Awesome God
Check out the videos to see what the children learned about this week for the
Wordless Book.
Explorers (Kindergarten and 1st grade): Today they heard a story of when Jesus Fed His Disciples (John 21:1-22) Ms. Jennifer went over all the books of the Bible (using a poster) with the children and then had them help her find John and the verse. The aim of the lesson was to teach that Jesus forgives our mistakes when we are sorry.
Seekers (2nd and 3rd Grade):
Today their lesson was on Luke 18:1-8 (Don't give up when you pray).
"This parable is about God wanting us to keep bringing our concerns to him. No explanation of the different elements in this parable is given - other than that God will not lose patience or become annoyed, like the judge in this parable". (Telling God's Story by Peter Enns - pg. 14)
Adventurers (4th - 6th Grade):
Today their lesson was on Jesus: Son of Man
Application you could use with your child at home from In the beginning...Jesus, pg. 257
"Explain to the children that sometimes at baseball games a team will use a pinch hitter. For example, maybe a certain player strikes out every time he comes to bat. His team is losing and really needs to get another run. The coach may decide to use a pinch hitter - another player who comes to bat in place of the player who has struck out. Would the coach use a dog as a pinch hitter? Why not? What about a plant? What about an elephant? Why not? Read Hebrews 2:14-17a. Is there a reason humans need someone like a pinch hitter? What have we continually failed to do? (Keep God's commands.) Why would God choose to send Jesus , as a real human, to save His people? (Because Jesus became like us, He can act something like a pinch hitter, taking our place to do something we could never do.) According to verses 14b-15, what did Jesus come to do for His people?
A helpful extension of the lessons for the Explorers, Seekers, and Adventurers would be to have your child find the Bible verses at home from their lesson and then you could read together and talk about what they discussed today in Sunday School.
Also don't forget to check out the following link for your child to help them with learning the Books of the Bible.
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