Sunday, August 31st

Teaching Staff:

Preschool: 9:30 Nicole Humphrey 11:15 Randi Baumgartner

Lower Elementary: 9:30 Joe Kinnarney 11:15 Nicole Humphrey

Upper Elementary: 11:15 Chad Humphrey

Monthly Worship Song: Kids Worship Sunday Prep: This is Amazing Grace, Sing, Sing, Sing, & Holy Is the Lord

This week In Preschool & Lower Elementary...

CNX Kids learned: ” God loves me.”

On Sunday, preschoolers and lower elementary students continued our series, On Your Mark…Get Set…Go!!

This week, our lesson was about God’s special plan for us.  Together, we talked about hopes and dreams for the future and how all of these fit into God’s wishes and love for us. 

Next, we reviewed our memory verse: Nothing Can Separate Us from God’s Love!  We talked about how when we move through life, learning God’s plan, the road can get rocky…Luckily, God is with us every step of the way!




This week in upper elementary…

CNX Kids learned: God made me to be His kid

In Upper Elementary this week, we continued to “launch” ourselves into understanding the relationship that God wants to have with us.  The kids spent time launching foam rockets with the lesson that the rockets would not launch themselves.  We had to fire them to set them in motion.   Our universe is the same way.  Someone had to launch the universe in to action and create it from nothing.  That someone was God.  The kids then made their own version of the creation story.  We learned that through all of God’s creation of light, stars, animals, and the seas that the only creation that was made with the personal touch of God’s hand was us.  All of the other creations were commanded to form.  In the creation of people, God took and molded us in His own image.  What an amazing feeling to know that God loves us so much that we were created with the delicacy of his personal touch.

Hey Parents,

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

Here’s how!!

Preschool & Lower elementary School:

Review the weekly Bible story by reading it together

God loves me and has a plan for me.

Abraham • Genesis 12:1-7

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

“Nothing can separate us from God’s love.” Romans 8:39, NIrV

Try out the following activity:

Play a game this month each time you get in and out of your car. Tell your child that to open the car door, to get in, he has to say, “God made me.” He has to say, “God loves me” to get out of his car seat. And he has to say, “Jesus wants to be my friend forever,” to open the car door, to get out. This will be a fun way to review the three basic truths all month long. We don’t want you or your child to ever forget that God made you, God loves you and Jesus wants to

be your friend forever.

Set aside time throughout the week to pray together:

“Dear God, it makes me feel so good inside knowing You love us and you have a plan for us. Sometimes it’s fun to think about what we’ll do and be when we grow up. [ Please help us to trust Your plan. You know what’s best for us. We love You! In Jesus’ name, amen.”

upper elementary School:

Encourage your child to explain to you how they have learned ways that: God made me to be His kid

Review the weekly Bible story by reading it together:

Creation (Genesis 1-2)

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

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. — Psalm 139:14

Try out the following activity:

This week your kids learned that they are God’s unique creation. Play a game this week as a family where you watch for signs of family members showing their uniqueness. Whether it’s a moment where someone demonstrates a talent such as sports or art, or whether it’s more of a “being” thing — someone just showing their one-of-a kind personality, affirm your child by saying, “Hey! Fearfully and wonderfully made!” Encourage the kids to catch their siblings and even grownups being unique too.

Have a Dinnertime Discussion!

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

• What’s the coolest thing God made that you saw today?
• Did you catch anyone in our family being unique today? Let’s celebrate that!
• Did anything happen today to make you feel not-so-special?
• Who needs an extra reminder today that God made them special? Are there any friends or people we know who need some encouragement?

Use these questions to help kids think about how God loves them so much that He would make them in such a special way. Help them think about how they can remind themselves of their identity as His masterpieces when they become discouraged.

Set aside time throughout the week to pray together:

God, thank You for making us. Thank You that You are our Dad in heaven who wants us to be a part of Your family. Help us to remember this week that You love us and that we are special no matter what anyone else does or says.

Amen