Sunday, October 19th

Teaching Staff:

Preschool: 9:30 Nicole Humphrey 11:15 Tomra Bazer

Lower Elementary: 9:30 Janie Schwab 11:15 Jen McKinnon

Upper Elementary: 11:15 Chad Humphrey

Monthly Worship Song: He Reigns

This week In Preschool & Lower Elementary...

CNX Kids learned: ”God’s got it!”

On Sunday, preschoolers and lower elementary students learned that God spoke to Moses in an AMAZING way… God was talking to Moses through the burning bush. He told Moses that he was to go to help the people who were being mistreated by the mean king. God told Moses that He would be with him and protect him.  Moses trusted God and did what God told him to do. Only God had the power to talk to Moses from the bush. God has all the power.

To remember this lesson, kids made a burning bush craft tell you all about how God had the power to speak to Moses through a burning bush. God has the power to speak to us, too! J

This week in upper elementary…

CNX Kids learned: ” Our relationship with God gives us confidence in God”

The upper elementary kids stepped into the BIG story of David and Goliath this week.  We talked about how having a relationship WITH God, and a confidence IN God can lead to powerful things.  David took his faith in God, along with his trust that God was bigger than Goliath, and saved his people with 5 small stones.  The kids were able to take home a “stone of confidence” with a word that represented their relationship with God, and a word of a time that they felt they could have relied on our BIG God a little more.  No matter how tall the giant is that we may have in front of us, our God is always bigger.

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 has the power to speak to me.

Moses and the Burning Bush • Exodus 3

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

“God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9, NLT

Try out the following activity:

We want your child to always remember that God is with him wherever he goes. Getting in the car is the perfect time to teach this truth and practice this month’s memory verse. Each time you get in the car tell your child, “We’re going to the [name of place]. God is with us at the [name of place] because ‘God is with you wherever you go.’ Joshua 1:9.” Keep doing this all month long, and before you know it, your child will truly believe that God is with

him wherever he goes!

Set aside time throughout the week to pray together:

“Dear God, thank You for hearing us and speaking to us, too. Thank You for being with us wherever we go.  You are so powerful and wonderful, God, and we love You! In Jesus’ name, amen.”

upper elementary School:

Encourage your child to explain to you how they have learned ways that: Our relationship with God gives us confidence in God

Review the weekly Bible story by reading it together:

David and Goliath (1 Samuel 17)

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

The Lord is with me; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? — Psalm 118:6

Try out the following activity:

Go on a scavenger hunt in your backyard or in a nearby park looking for five smooth stones. The stones should be large enough to write on. After you find them, talk to your child about God’s character and brainstorm five things you know about God that help you have confidence in God in any situation. Use a marker or paint to write one word on each stone to remind you of God’s character. Place the five smooth stones on your dining room table this week to help you talk about God’s character each day.

Have a Dinnertime Discussion!

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

• What was the smallest problem you faced today?
• What was the biggest problem you faced today?
• Which seemed bigger at the time, your gigantic problem or God?
• Which one of your five smooth stones would have been good to remember today?

Use these questions to help kids have confidence in God’s character so that they can rely on Him on protect and provide for them no matter what problems they face.

Set aside time throughout the week to pray together:

God, You are a big God. We know that no one and nothing is bigger than you, not even our problems. Please help us to be confident this week no matter what problems we face because we know You love us and will never leave us.. Amen