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Toddler Blue September

Early Childhood Essential: God is in Control

Memory Verse: “I depend on God alone.” Psalm 62:5 (GNT)

Bible Story Focus: God Rescues the Israelites (Exodus 3-14)

In this lesson, kids will hear the story of Moses and how God helped him rescue the people out of slavery in Egypt. They will learn that God sent Moses to complete the task. They will learn that God is dependable and takes care of us because God is in control.

Toddler Green and Preschool Purple September 27

Early Childhood Essential: God is in Control

Memory Verse: “I depend on God alone; I put my hope in Him.” Psalm 62:5 (GNT)

Bible Story Focus: God Rescues the Israelites (Exodus 3-14)

Circle Time: Have you ever gotten stuck? How did you get out? (Preschool Purple only)

Activities: Moses and Red Sea Sticker Page

Preschool Orange and Preschool Red September 27

Early Childhood Essential: God is in Control

Memory Verse: “I depend on God alone; I put my hope in Him.” Psalm 62:5 (GNT)

Bible Story Focus: God Rescues the Israelites (Exodus 3-14)

In this lesson, kids will hear the story of Moses and how God helped him rescue the people out of slavery in Egypt. They will learn that God heard the prayers of the Israelites asking to be rescued from slavery and sent Moses to complete the task. They will learn that God is dependable and takes care of us when we ask Him to.

Circle Time: Have you ever been to the ocean or lake before? What is the coolest part about the water?

I Wonder Questions: I wonder…how did the Israelites ask God for help? — They prayed to him and asked Him to rescue them. | I wonder…how did God rescue the Israelites? — He sent Moses to talk to the Pharaoh and then parted the red sea so they could escape. | I wonder…what is something you can ask God for help with? — Answers will vary

Activities: 8:15 & 10:45: Moses Parts Red Sea Craft | 9:30: 3D Parting Red Sea Craft

Kindergarten and 1st Grade September 27

Unit: Creation

Elementary Essential: God is Sovereign: In the beginning he created everything. Nothing is too hard for him.

Elementary Essential: In the beginning God... Thus begins the “big God story” and creates the focus for this unit: God is our creator. God created the world and all that is in it. This unit will take children through retellings of Genesis 1-2 and draw out the key themes of God’s sovereign love and His desire to be in fellowship with us.

Lesson Title: In His Image (Art)

Lesson Summary: Children will learn what it means to be in God’s image. Unlike the rest of creation, people reflect who God is in a special way. We are smaller pictures of who God is and what God is like. After reading God’s Very Good Idea by Trillia Newbell, children will create oil pastel self-portraits to remind them of who we are and how God made them to reflect his goodness into the world.

Lesson Scripture: Genesis 1:26-27, 2:7, 2:19-20

Lesson Objective: Children will recognize God created people in His image.

Application: I can celebrate the ways I am both the same and different from others. I can reflect God’s image and character into the world.

2nd and 3rd Grade September 27

Unit: Abraham: Promises Given

Elementary Essential: God is good: God always keeps His promises, and we can trust in His ways.

Elementary Essential: In this unit, children will learn how God uses Abraham and his descendants to carry out his plan of redemption. Children will study God’s covenant promise to Abraham and Isaac’s miraculous birth. They will also discover that through Christ all believers are children of Abraham who receive the promise of the ultimate Promised Land—Heaven.

Lesson Title: God Promises Descendants as Numerous as the Stars

Lesson Summary: In this lesson, children will study the images of sand on the seashore and stars in the sky to better understand the promise God gives Abraham. Later, they will discover how God keeps His promise to Abraham and Sarah in a miraculous way. They will recreate Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” to remember that nothing is impossible with God.

Lesson Scripture: Genesis 15:1-6; 22:17-18

Lesson Objective: Children will learn that with God, all things are possible.

Application: I can look at the stars and at grains of sand and know that our creator God loves and cares for me.

4th and 5th Grade September 27

Unit: Forever King: A Study of 1st Samuel

Elementary Essential: Students will spend most of the year studying the life of David as found in 1 Samuel and 2 Samuel. They’ll begin to identify how no earthly king is perfect and be prompted to explore ways that Jesus is the perfect, Forever King. They’ll end their year exploring what God’s kingdom is like.

Lesson Title: God Speaks to Samuel

Lesson Summary: 4th and 5th Graders will review the story of Samuel so far by reading The Action Bible and then read 1 Samuel 3, where God calls Samuel in the night. They will discuss that the primary way God speaks to us, reveals himself today is His Word, and how we can respond by listening to His voice. Students will play a listening game called telephone.

Essential: God is relational: He reveals himself to us in his word the Bible and invites us to talk to him through prayer.

Lesson Scripture: 1 Samuel 1-3

Lesson Objective: Children will understand the primary way God reveals Himself to us today is through His Word.

Application: I can learn about who God is and what He has done by reading the Bible.

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Sunday Morning Lessons

Classroom Curriculum

Toddler Blue September

Toddler Green and Preschool Purple September 27

Preschool Orange and Preschool Red September 27

Kindergarten and 1st Grade September 27

2nd and 3rd Grade September 27

4th and 5th Grade September 27

Large Group Worship Music

Early Childhood

Kindergarten - 3rd Grade

4th Grade & 5th Grade

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