Sunday, June 27th

Teaching Staff:

Preschool: 9:30 Nicole Humphrey 11:15 Jessica Coudriet

Lower Elementary: 9:30 Janie Schwab 11:15 Lisa + Wade Shelden

Upper Elementary: 11:15 Steve Hand

Monthly Worship Song: Sing, Sing, Sing!

This week In Preschool & Lower Elementary...

CNX Kids learned: ” The Bible is better than gold!”

On Sunday, preschoolers and lower elementary students read Luke 11: 1-13 and learned how Jesus taught the disciples to pray. The Jesus Storybook Bible gave beautiful language to this prayer for our kids:

“Hello Daddy!

We want to know you.

And be close to you.

Please show us how.

Make everything in the world right again.

And in our hearts, too.

Do what is best -- just like you do in heaven,

And please do it down here, too.

Please give us everything we need today.

Forgive us for doing wrong, for hurting you.

Forgive us just as we forgive other people when they hurt us.

Rescue us! We need you.

We don't want to keep running away and hiding from you.

Keep us safe from our enemies.

You're strong, God.

You can do whatever you want.

You are in charge.

Now and forever and for always!

We think you're great!

Amen!

Yes we do!”

To apply this lesson, preschoolers and lower elementary students began prayer journals that they will contribute to in upcoming lessons.  They also created a cell phone craft to remember that we can call God anytime!

This week in upper elementary…

CNX Kids learned: God is our dad in Heaven, and we can talk to Him about anything.

Today 4^th and 5^th graders read Luke 11:1-4 and learned how Jesus taught the disciples to pray.  Like the younger students, they also began prayer journals to record their weekly conversations with God. 

As their group discussion, kids talked about God’s kingdom and identified the things that would be different than the world in which we currently live.  Students had the opportunity to draw a picture of what it would like if God’s Kingdom came to earth. 

Hey Parents,

Want to explore this week’s lesson with your child at home?

Here’s how!!

Preschool + Lower Elementary:

Review the weekly Bible story by reading it together

The Bible tells me I can talk to God anytime. I can pray to God. • Jeremiah 29:12 + Luke 11:1-13

Help your children live out this week’s Bible verse by finding examples of it in their own lives and yours.

“Your teachings are worth more to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.” Psalm 119:72, NCV

Try out the following activity:

Play the “Do These Three” game with your child. Call out three things you want your child to do. For example: “Do these three! Touch your nose, run and knock on the door and them come back and sit down.” Tell your child he has to always be listening so he’ll know what to do. When you’re done playing, remind your child that God is always listening to us too!

Set aside time throughout the week to pray together:

God, thank You for bringing your kingdom to earth. Help us to want what you want. Use us to bring that good stuff into other people’s lives too. We love you. Amen.

Upper Elementary School:

Encourage your child to explain to you how they have learned ways that: God is our Dad in heaven, and we can talk to Him about anything.

Review the weekly Bible story by reading it together:

Jesus teaches the disciples to pray (Luke 11:1-4), The Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13)

Help your children live out this week’s Bible verse by finding examples of it in their own lives and yours.

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
— Matthew 6:9-10

Try out the following activity:

Have a communication scavenger hunt. Take 15 minutes as a family to go around the house and make a list of how many things you can find that your family uses to communicate — cell phones, computers, Post-It notes, etc. To make it really fun, make it a competition between parents and kids. Afterward, talk about how much people love to communicate with each other because we’re made in the image of a God who loves to talk with us too.

Take time to read through the Lord’s Prayer and begin memorizing it as a family to remind your family of the types of things Jesus taught us to pray about — the Father’s character, kingdom, provision, forgiveness, guidance, and protection.

Have a Dinnertime Discussion!

At dinnertime this week, ask some of the following questions to get your family talking.

• Who did you spend the most time talking to today? What did you talk about?
• What kinds of things can we talk to God about? Anything
• What kinds of things did Jesus talk to God about when He prayed?
• Which of the things in Jesus’ prayer do you need to talk to God about most this week?

Set aside time throughout the week to pray together:

God, thank You for bringing your kingdom to earth. Help us to want what you want. Use us to bring that good stuff into other people’s lives too. We love you.

Amen.