Teaching Staff:
Preschool: 9:30 Karen Hoffman 11:15 Jen Turner
Lower Elementary: 9:30 Pam Myers 11:15 Jen McKinnon
Upper Elementary: 11:15 Chad Humphrey
Monthly Worship Song: Our God
This week In Preschool &
Lower Elementary...
CNX Kids learned: ”God is worthy of our praise!”
Next, kids wrote about their worship
experiences in their prayer journals.
Through both pictures and words, they reflected on what worshipping God
looks and feels like for them. Finally,
kids created worship puppets with their memory verse displayed so that they
could have fun remembering “How happy
are those who can live in your house, always singing your praises.” Psalm 84:4 NLT
This week in upper elementary…
CNX Kids learned: ”God uses humble people to do big things”
This week in upper elementary, we played
a little game of limbo…”How
low can you go”??
The idea of lowering, or….humbling ourselves is a quality that is
needed to reach for the true heart of God. We learned about how Joseph
had to swallow his pride and arrogance to be able to help Pharaoh save his
people. The kids talked about their day to day lives and how they can try
to identify times when they may be putting themselves first, and instead put
God first. Making this sacrifice can help us begin to live our lives
closer to how God desires.
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
Sing Praises to the Lord!
Psalm 84
Help your children live out
this week’s Bible verse by finding
examples of it in their own lives and yours.
“How happy are those who can live in your
house, always singing your praises.” Psalm 84:4
NLT
Try out the following
activity:
Turn on your favorite worship song and
enjoy it with your child. Allow yourself
to worship freely- showing uninhibited love to the Father. Dance, sing, clap…do
whatever enters your heart! As you worship in this way, invite your child to do
the same. Establish a physical
connection by lifting him or her up or holding hands. Share in each
other’s
joy as you lean into the beauty of childlike praise!
Set aside time throughout the
week to pray together:
“Dear God, thank you for being so amazing and changing us from the inside
out! We love to sing your praises! In Jesus Name, Amen”
upper elementary School:
Encourage your child to
explain to you how they have learned ways that: God
uses humble people to do big things.
Review the weekly Bible story
by reading it together:
Joseph and his brothers (Genesis 37-50)
Help your children live out
this week’s Bible verse by finding
examples of it in their own lives and yours.
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he
will lift you up. —
James 4:10
Try out the following
activity:
Help your kids develop humility by
challenging them to do acts of secret service this week. Look for ways your
family can serve others without calling attention to yourself or getting credit
for your good deeds. Afterward, debrief with your kids about the experience and
talk about how much fun it is to make a big deal out of God and other people
instead of yourselves.
Have a Dinnertime Discussion!
At dinnertime this week, ask one of these
questions to get your family talking.
- Who are some people we can brag on today instead of on ourselves?
- Was there any time today when you were tempted to brag on yourself?
- If we had to make a humble Hall of Fame, who would be in it? Who do we know that makes a big deal out of God and others instead of themselves?
- Why do you think God like to use humble people to do big things?
Use these questions to help kids think
about what humility looks like in their everyday lives and to discover how they
can make a practice of honoring God and others above themselves.
Set aside time throughout the
week to pray together:
God, Thank You for using us to do big
things in the world. Teach us to be humble and full of You instead of full of
ourselves.
Amen
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