Preschool
Philip & the Ethiopian
Acts 8:26-40
BIG IDEA: Everyone, both kids and grown-ups, can share the good news of Jesus.
GET TALKING:
- Who visited Philip? (An angel.)
- What did the Angel tell him to do? (God wants you to walk down the road out of the city.)
- Who did Philip see on the road? And what was he doing? (An Ethiopian man in a chariot, reading the Bible on a scroll.)
- How did Philip help the Ethiopian man? (He helped explain the Bible and shared the good news of Jesus to the man.)
- The Ethiopian was happy to hear the news. What did he ask Philip to do? (Baptize him.)
ACTION PLAN: Think of someone you can tell the good news of Jesus to this week.
PRAYER: Thank God for the good news of Jesus' love.
APRIL MEMORY VERSE:
"Hear the word of God and obey it." Luke 11:28
Pre-K/Kindergarten
Philip & the Ethiopian
Acts 8:26-40
BIG IDEA: It doesn't matter how old we are, young or old, we can ALL tell others about Jesus.
GET TALKING:
- What did an angel tell Philip to do? (Go walk along the road, away from the city.)
- Who did Philip see on the road? (An Ethiopian riding in a chariot.)
- What was the Ethiopian doing? (Reading a Bible scroll.)
- How did Philip help this man? (He helped him understand what he was reading, and told him the good news about Jesus.)
- The Ethiopian believed, and asked Philip to do what? (To baptize him.)
- Why are people baptized? (To show that they believe in Jesus have become part of God's family.)
ACTION PLAN: Think of people that you can tell about Jesus this week.
PRAYER: Ask God to give you chances to tell others about Jesus.
APRIL MEMORY VERSE:
"Hear the word of God and obey it." Luke 11:28
Elementary
Sleeping Through the Storm
Mark 4:35-41
BIG IDEA: Jesus gives me peace in scary times.
GET TALKING:
- Why do you think Jesus continued to sleep during such a bad storm? (He knew God would take care of them. He knew He had power over the storm.)
- Why did Jesus’ friends think He didn’t care about them? (Because He continued to sleep, even through the commotion of the storm and His friends’ attempts to save their boat.)
- How did Jesus show them He would help them when they asked? (By calming the storm with the words, “Peace! Be still!”)
- Why do you think Jesus’ friends were so amazed when He stopped the storm? (They didn’t realize He had power over wind and waves. They didn’t realize how powerful He really was.)
CONNECTING TO JESUS: Jesus slept through the howling storm because He was the one who made both the wind and the waves - they were His! His disciples did not fully understand who Jesus was, so His actions surprised them. But we can know who Jesus truly is because we have God’s Word, the Bible. The more we know about Jesus, the Savior sent by God, the more we can fully trust Him.
ACTION PLAN: Describe what it means to have peace from Jesus, and pray for peace in my life.
APRIL MEMORY VERSE:
"I trust in God's unfailing love for ever and ever." Psalm 52:8
We are also currently learning the Old Testament books of the Bible...
LAW : Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
HISTORY: Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings, 1 & 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther
POETRY: Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon