Sunday Morning Lessons

Date: March, 2026

Early Childhood Essential: God is in control.

Memory Verse: “Nothing is impossible with God” – Luke 18:27

Bible Story Focus: Jesus Calms the Storm

Lesson Overview: In this lesson, children will hear about Jesus calming the storm! Children will learn from this story that Jesus is all-powerful, so much so that the “wind and the waves obey him”. He is in control of all things because Jesus is God and God is in control.

Date: March 15, 2026

Early Childhood Essential: God is in control.

Memory Verse: “Nothing is impossible with God” – Luke 18:27

Bible Story Focus: Jesus Calms a Storm (Luke 8:22-25)

Lesson Overview: In this lesson, children will hear about Jesus calming the storm with just his words. This will help children understand that Jesus can do anything because he has power over everything. Jesus is God and God is in control.

Circle Time Questions: (Preschool Purple Only)

• Have you ever been to the ocean? What did the waves look like?

Activities:

• Jesus Calms a Storm Coloring Page

Date: March 15, 2026

Early Childhood Essential: God is in control.

Memory Verse: “What is impossible with man is possible with God.” – Luke 18:27

Monthly Topic: The Book of Luke

Bible Story Focus: Jesus brings Jairus’s daughter back to life – Luke 8:40-56

Lesson Overview: In this lesson, children will take a look at the story of Jesus healing Jairus’ daughter. Unlike other healing stories, this girl wasn’t just sick, she has already died. But God is in control. Jesus was able to bring the girl back to life showing that Jesus has control of everything, even death.

Circle Time Questions:

• Have you ever known someone who died or a friend that had someone die?

I Wonder Questions (Snack Time Discussion):

• When Jesus was asked to heal the girl, why did it take so long to get to her?

  • A woman touched him on the way and was healed

• How did Jesus bring the girl back to life?

  • He told her to rise and she was alive again

• What happens to all people who believe in Jesus?

  • They are able to come back to life one day and live forever with Jesus

Activities:

• 8:15am/10:45am: “Mummy Break” Game

• 9:30am: Party Blower “Raise to Life” Game

Date: March 15, 2026

Unit: Lazarus

Elementary Essential: God is good: Even in the midst of hard things.

Memory Verse: "I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even if he dies." -John 11:25

Unit Overview: The miracle in John 11 of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead, is rich with theological significance for our lives. It gives us a picture of what happens spiritually in our own dead hearts when Jesus calls us to life, as well as foreshadows Jesus’ and his friends’ own physical resurrections one day. Not only that, but we get a peek behind the curtain of how our sovereign God uses even pain and suffering in our lives for his glory and our good. Kids will gain an understanding of these truths and be encouraged to believe in Jesus personally as “the resurrection and the life” in this unit.

Lesson Title: Resurrection and the Life

Lesson Overview: Kids will learn the resurrection of Lazarus was meant to point to the ultimate ones – the resurrection of Jesus just a few chapters later, and our own when Christ returns. They’ll read that after Jesus raises Lazarus, the religious leaders begin making plans to put Jesus to death. They’ll then read and discuss the story of Jesus dying and rising again to defeat sin and death once and for all. They’ll create model magic tombs to destroy as a reminder that Jesus is the resurrection and the life.

Lesson Scripture: John11, Psalm 56:8, Psalm 34:18

Lesson Objective: Identify who has power over sin and death, and has defeated them once for all (Jesus)

Lesson Application: I can have life with God forever through Jesus, who died for my sin and will one day come again.

Date: March 15, 2026

Unit: Grace and Forgiveness: The Story of Peter

Elementary Essential: God is Relational: Through Jesus, we can have a relationship with him.

Memory Verse: [Peter said,] “Repent, then, and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord.” -Acts 3:19

Unit Overview: It is easy for us to identify with Peter, for Peter’s disposition demonstrates that of a man who wants so desperately to follow Jesus, but human frailty gets in the way. Peter tried to walk on water, only to sink as he became fearful. Peter promised never to leave or deny Jesus; and only a short while later he was hiding and had denied Jesus three times. After Jesus’ death and resurrection, Peter continued to be an active disciple, preaching and sharing the message of Jesus all over the region. Along with Paul, he was very influential in continuing the growth of the church and the spreading of the Gospel. 

Lesson Title: Timeline of Peter’s Life

Lesson Overview: In this lesson, kids will listen to the story “The Friend Who Forgives” and learn of the role that Peter played in Jesus’ life and ministry. They will create their own timeline to illustrate Peter’s life as a disciple.

Lesson Scripture: Matthew 4:18-19, John 13:36-38, John 18:1-11, Luke 22:54-62, John 20:1-10, John 21:2-8, John 21:15-19

Lesson Objective: Kids will summarize what they know about Peter’s life as a disciple of Jesus.

Lesson Application: I know that God has plans for my life, just like he did for Peter.

Date: March 15, 2026

Unit: Did You Ever Wonder: A 4-Week Mini Series

Elementary Essential: God is glorious: he is worthy of all praise.

Lesson Title: God’s Rescue Plan

Lesson Overview: Using the video God’s Rescue Plan, kids will see what scripture says about creation, fall, redemption and restoration. Through discussion kids will explore what is wrong with our world, why we need a rescuer, what being rescued by God entails.

Lesson Scripture: 1 John 3:4, Isaiah 59:2, Romans 3:23, Romans 5:6-9, Romans 6:22-23

Lesson Objective: Kids will summarize what they know about Peter’s life as a disciple of Jesus.

Activity: Limbo - To have fun together, kids will play the classic game "Limbo."