Sunday, September 28th

Teaching Staff:

Preschool: 9:30 Nicole Humphrey 11:15 Randi Baumgartner and Lauren Kirkman

Lower Elementary: 9:30 Nicole Humphrey 11:15 Wade and Lisa Shelden

Upper Elementary: 11:15 Steve Hand

Monthly Worship Song: Our God

This week In Preschool & Lower Elementary...

CNX Kids learned: ”Jesus Loves me no matter what!”

On Sunday, preschoolers and lower elementary students learned about a man named Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus didn’t have ANY friends. He was a tax collector, and the only thing he loved was money. He loved money so much he took it from people all the time. One day, Zacchaeus heard that Jesus was coming to town! Everyone knew that Jesus was amazing, so they all crowded around to see Him. There was just one problem. Zacchaeus was very, very short. He knew Jesus was coming, and he wanted to see Jesus, but he couldn’t see over all the tall people! So Zacchaeus climbed up a tall tree so he could see Jesus. What happened next was awesome! Not only did Zacchaeus see Jesus, but Jesus also saw Zacchaeus up in the tree! And even though Jesus knew all the bad things Zacchaeus had done, Jesus still loved him!

To remember our Bible story, kids wrote in their prayer journals about times they had done things they weren’t proud of.  They also made a craft of a tree with Zacchaeus in it.  Together, we celebrated how wonderful it is that Jesus loves us—no matter what!

This week in upper elementary…

CNX Kids learned: ” God is faithful”

This week in upper elementary, kids discovered how God is a faithful Covenant partner by seeing how He rescued the Israelites from a sticky situation…

Because Joseph’s family — the Bible calls them the Israelites — got so big, the Egyptians were afraid of them. The Egyptians made the Israelites their slaves and were really mean to them. They made them work really, really hard all the time.  The Israelites kept having more and more children, and that made the Egyptians even more afraid that they would take over Egypt. So the new Pharaoh did something really bad. When the Israelites had a baby, if it was a girl, she could live. But if it was a boy, this Pharaoh ordered his soldiers to throw the baby in the Nile River so that the boys wouldn’t grow up to fight against the Egyptians. The Israelites didn’t know what to do. They were completely stuck. They could not escape Egypt on their own. So they cried out to God for help….and God heard their prayers!

Like the Israelites, wherever we go, whatever we do, God will never leave our side. He is our faithful friend no matter what sticky situation we find ourselves in.

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

Luke 19:1-8

When Zacchaeus met Jesus he learned that God loved him, no matter what, and it changed him forever.

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:

Cuddle up with your child and pray. “Dear God, thank You for giving [name of child] so many wonderful friends. Thank You for . . . [name some of your child’s friends]. But most of all, thank You for giving him Jesus to be his friend forever. You are such a good God, and we love You very much. In Jesus name, amen.”

Set aside time throughout the week to pray together:

“Dear God, sometimes we do things that are wrong and we’re very sorry. Thank You for forgiving us and loving us no matter what. Please help us do what is right and obey what You say. 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 is faithful

Review the weekly Bible story by reading it together:

Israelites Stuck In Egypt (Exodus 1-3)

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

The Lord is righteous in all his ways and faithful in all he does. — Psalm 145:17

Try out the following activity:

Take some sticky notes and keep them on the kitchen table with a pen all week long. At meal times, have everyone go around and write down either one sticky situation God has helped them through in the past or a current sticky situation where they need to remember that God is with them.

Have a Dinnertime Discussion!

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

• What is the stickiest thing on the table right now?
• What are the stickiest situations we have been in as a family?
• How did God show up in those situations?
• Who needs to be reminded most today that God always sticks with us?

Use these questions to help kids think about how God is a faithful Covenant partner who walks with us and helps us through the most difficult situations in life.

Set aside time throughout the week to pray together:

Dear God, You are faithful. Thank you for sticking with us no matter what. Help us to remember that whatever sticky situation we’re in, you’ll be there to help. We love You!

Amen