Preschool
Hannah's Prayer
1 Samuel 1; 2:18-19
BIG IDEA: We can talk to God and tell Him we love Him.
GET TALKING:
- What did Hannah do at the Tabernacle? (Prayed to God)
- What did Hannah ask God for? (A baby boy.)
- God answered her prayer, what was her baby boy's name? (Samuel)
- When Samuel was older, he lived at the Tabernacle. What did his mom bring him each year? (A new coat.)
ACTION PLAN: Name a time when you can talk to God.
PRAYER: Thank God for loving you, and tell Him you love Him, too.
OCTOBER MEMORY VERSE:
"We must obey God." Acts 5:29
Pre-K/Kindergarten
Hannah's Prayer
1 Samuel 1; 2:18-19
BIG IDEA: We can talk to God and tell Him we love Him.
GET TALKING:
- Why was Hannah so sad? (She really wanted a baby.)
- When she was talking to God, what did she promise to do? (If God gave her a baby boy, she promised to bring him back to the Tabernacle to stay and be God's helper.)
- God answered Hannah's prayer. What was her boy's name? (Samuel)
- When he was old enough, Samuel stayed with Eli at the tabernacle and learned how to be God's helper. What did Hannah bring him every year when she came to visit? (A new coat.)
ACTION PLAN: Describe some times when you might talk to God.
PRAYER: Thank God for loving you, and tell Him you love Him, too.
OCTOBER MEMORY VERSE:
"We must obey God." Acts 5:29
Elementary
Abram’s Big Journey
Genesis 11:27 - 12:9, 13:1-18
BIG IDEA: I can follow God’s call and be confident that He cares for me.
GET TALKING:
- What did God tell Abram to do? (He told him it was time to move to the new land God would give him.)
- Why do you think Abram chose to follow God’s call?
- When we seek the kingdom of God, we try to learn more about God and obey Him. What are some ways that you can learn more about God? (Talk to Him. Read the Bible. Go to church.)
- When is a time you need to remember one of God’s promises? (When I go to sleep at night. When someone disappoints me. When I feel sad or alone.)
CONNECTING TO JESUS: Abram is an important person in God’s great plan. God called him to be the beginning of a whole nation - a nation that God would use to give us the Bible AND to whom God would send His own Son, Jesus! Now we can trust God and become part of His family. It’s all because of what Jesus did for us!
ACTION PLAN: Identify God’s promises that give me confidence in His care now and for the future.
OCTOBER MEMORY VERSE:
"Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others." Philippians 2:4