Sunday, August 17th

Teaching Staff:

Preschool: 9:30 Sarah Kinnarney 11:15 Chad Humphrey

Lower Elementary: 9:30 Joe Kinnarney 11:15 Jen McKinnon

Upper Elementary: 11:15 Steve Hand

Monthly Worship Song: ”Our God”

This week In Preschool & Lower Elementary...

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

On Sunday, preschoolers and lower elementary students wrapped up their Pirate Clubhouse Adventure by reviewing all the ways that the Bible is better than gold! For the past 8 weeks, kids have learned:

• The Bible says God made you and me just the way we, are and we are wonderfully made!
• The Bible says God loves us all the time!
• We are part of God’s family! We have a family at home, but the Bible tells us that we also have God’s family here at church.
• The Bible says we are to look for ways to help others.
• The Bible says we can talk to God anytime. Wherever we are, whatever we’re doing, we can always talk to God. He’s always listening.
• The Bible says we should share our stuff.
• The Bible says Jesus wants to be our friend forever!

To celebrate the completion of their unit, kids had a pirate party complete with pirate hats and edible pirate ships!

This week in upper elementary…

CNX Kids learned: God will protect us from temptation and the enemy.

This Sunday, kids in upper elementary learned that sometimes we have problems staying inbounds, not just in sports but also in life. God gives us rules and boundaries to help us to live an amazing life, but sometimes we don’t stay on God’s path. Instead of listening to His voice, we listen to other voices — our friends, our own selfishness, and sometimes even God’s enemy, the devil.

In the same way that Adam and Eve did, sometimes we still think we know better than God. We want to be the boss instead of letting God be the boss. We forget that He’s the King. We forget that He’s our Dad. We forget that He loves us and always wants what’s best for us.

When we’re tempted to do what’s wrong, we’re tempted to think God is holding out on us or that He just doesn’t want us to have fun. But the fact is that He wants to protect us. He always knows what’s best.

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

PSALM 119:72, NCV

Review our Clubhouse Pirate Adventure. The Bible is better than gold.

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:

Cuddle up with your child and pray. “Dear God, thank You for

being so good to us. Thank You for giving us the Bible so we can know so many wonderful things, like how You made us and love us and Jesus wants to be our friend forever. I pray name of child will always believe those treasures. We love You, God. In Jesus name, amen.

Set aside time throughout the week to pray together:

Dear God, we love the Bible because it has Your words in it. You use it to teach us what is right and good. The Bible is better than gold! You have given us SO MANY treasures! God, we just want to say thank You for giving us so much. I pray we never forget how rich we are just having You and Your words in the Bible. We love You, God. In Jesus’ name, amen.”

Upper Elementary School:

Encourage your child to explain to you how they have learned ways that: God will protect us from temptation and the enemy.

Review the weekly Bible story by reading it together:

The Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:12-13); Adam and Eve (Genesis 1-3)

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

Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one. — Matthew 6:13

Try out the following activity:

Play a family game of tag, designating a home base where the players are safe from getting tagged. Afterward, talk about how everyone was safe as long as they stayed on base. Talk about how God wants to keep us safe from temptation this week by helping us to stay “on base” with Him. Discuss what each family member can do to stay in God’s safety zone when they are tempted.

Have a Dinnertime Discussion!

At dinnertime this week, ask one of these questions to get your family talking.

• Tell us about a time when you were in some kind of danger.
• What are some of the things we do as a family to stay safe?
• Is there any way you’ve been tempted this week?
• Think about the last time you were tempted. Did you spend time in the danger zone thinking about that temptation, or did you run straight to God’s safety zone by praying or moving on? 

Pray with kids, asking God to lead each of you away from temptation and to protect you from evil.

Continue to work on memorizing and praying the Lord’s prayer from Matthew 6 as a family.

Set aside time throughout the week to pray together:

God, You are such a good Dad in heaven. Thank You that You love us and want to keep us safe. I pray that you would help all of us to stay away from temptation this week by listening to You. Please lead us away from temptation and danger and keep us in Your safety zone. Please protect us from our enemy’s tricks. We love you. Amen