Preschool
Escape from Egypt
Exodus 12:31-38; 13:20-22
BIG IDEA: God cares for us wherever we go.
GET TALKING:
- Where are some of the places you like to go?
- God's people were going on a long trip, how did God lead them during the day? (Big, white cloud)
- How did God lead them at night? (Fire)
ACTION PLAN: Name some places that you go and how does God care for you there?
PRAYER: Thank God for always being with you and caring for you wherever you go.
SEPTEMBER MEMORY VERSE:
"God cares about you." 1 Peter 5:7
Pre-K/Kindergarten
Escape from Egypt
Exodus 12:31-38; 13:20-22
BIG IDEA: God cares for us wherever we go.
GET TALKING:
- Why were God's people sad? (They were slaves to a mean King in Egypt.)
- When God first told Moses he was going to lead God's people out of Egypt, was he excited or nervous? (Nervous. He was afraid he wouldn't do a good job
- Did they know where they were going? (No, Moses told them God would show them the way.)
- How did God direct them? (A cloud by day, and fire by night.)
ACTION PLAN: Name some places that you go and how does God care for you there?
PRAYER: Thank God for always being with you and caring for you wherever you go.
SEPTEMBER MEMORY VERSE:
"Give all your worries and cares to God, for He cares about you." 1 Peter 5:7 (NLT)
Elementary
First People, First Problem
Genesis 2:8 - 3:24
BIG IDEA: God loves me and made a way for me to be forgiven and be with Him forever!
GET TALKING:
- What does “sin” mean? (Doing wrong things.) Doing wrong things separates us from God.
- What were the results of Adam and Eve’s sin?
- What did God do to show that He still loved Adam and Eve - and us? (He promised to send a Savior.)
- What do you have to do before you can be a part of God’s family? (Ask Jesus to forgive me. Believe that Jesus is God’s Son and that He died for my sins.)
CONNECTING TO JESUS: God has made a way for us, His children, to be part of His family, even though we are all sinners - Jesus! Jesus is God’s perfect gift! God loves us so much that He sent Jesus to make a way for us to be forgiven for the wrong things we do and to be part of God’s family forever.
ACTION PLAN: Choose to confess my sin to God, be forgiven and join His family.
SEPTEMBER MEMORY VERSE:
"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 6:23