Posts tagged 'luke'
February 15, 2007
We continue to explore some of the stories Jesus told with the story of the Prodigal Son. We learned about Part 1 of the story. The father gives his sonan inheritance and the son makes poor choices until he is left with nothing. Because he is too ashamed to go back home, he takes a job feeding pigs. Next week we will find out how the story ends, with part 2 of the prodigal son.
To help us remember our story, we played a fun game called Feed the Pig, we ate pig cookies and made pig pictures. We also talked about the hard choices we have to make sometimes.
Q: Why did Jesus tell these stories? A: Jesus wants me to know what God is like!
Our memory verse this month is ” The Son wants to tell others about the Father.” Luke 10:22
Parents, this week play a game with your child. At bedtime, make up scenarios like the ones listed below and have your child give you a thumbs up if the person made a wise choice and a thumbs down if the person made a bad choice.
- David’s fried came to his house to play. David chose to share his new truck. Good choice or bad choice?
- Emma’s mom told her to clean up her room. Emma chose to watch t.v. instead of cleaning her room. Good choice or bad choice?
- Luke had 2 cookies. His sister Julie asked for one. Luke shared one of his cookies with Julie. Good choice or bad choice?
February 15th, 2009
Feb. 1, 2009
Why did Jesus tell these stories? Jesus wants me to know what God is like!
Today we learned the story about Jesus teaching at the temple when He was just a young boy. We’ll be learning about some of the stories Jesus would tell (like the Lost Sheep, and the Prodigal Son.) Jesus would talk to all sorts of people about God because He wants everyone to know what God is like. Our Bible verse this month reminds us of that, “The Son wants to tell others about the Father.” Luke 10:22
At the beginningof our story, Jesus was lost and Mary and Joseph couldn’t find him. To remember this part of the story, we played a hide and seek game that was a lot of fun! We also had fun talking about our dads today. Jesus has a dad just like each of us have a dad. Jesus’ dad is God.
We had fun talking about our dads!
During our talk time, our question was, “What is one thing I know about God?” Our kids shared that God made the grass, God cares for us, God loves me, God is my friend, God is Jesus’ Father, God is BIG, and lots of other fun things they know about God. This month, as we explore the stories that Jesus told, we’ll learn even more about God.
Parents, our challenge for you this week is to talk each night at bedtime about the things you know about God. It might be fun to keep a list and add to each night. At the end of this week, count how many things you listed. God has revealed lots of things about himself to us. It might be fun for you to discover what things your child has already learned about God.
February 1st, 2009
January 4, 2009
Key Question: Who loves me? Bottom Line: Jesus loves me.
Today we started a new set of stories all about Jesus. Our first story was about Jesus and the children found in our Bibles in Luke 18:15-17. In our story Jesus called children (just like us) over to be with Him. Those children were loud and silly and noisy (just like us) and he loved them!
To help us remember our story, we made puppets that look like us, made a friendship bracelet and played a few fun games like dance, dance, freeze! It’s fun to be silly!
During GreenHouse we had some fun new music. One of the songs was called Yabba Dabba and the other one was Jesus Loves Everyone! We had so much fun giving praise to God.
Our memory verse this month is something that Jesus said, “Love (cross hands over your heart) each other (open hands out) as I (point up) have loved you (wrap arms around self in a hug). John 15:12 (open hands like a book)
Parents, today we learned that Jesus loves us very much. Children need to hear that they are loved. This week look for extra opportunities to tell your child you love them. Then add, “Who else loves you? Yes, Jesus loves you!” Seek to create an environment in your home where saying I love you happens a lot!
January 4th, 2009
This week in PowerHouse we turned our attention to a simple message in loving our neighbor from Luke 10:27. Our lesson of The Good Samaritan reminds us of God’s second greatest commandment, which is to “love your neighbor as yourself.” The kids were given the task of listening for the phrase “love your neighbor” – to which they would respond – “Luke 10:27″. And when they heard someone say “Luke 10:27″ - they were to respond with “love your neighbor.” What a sharp bunch of kids we have!!! Each 2nd – 5th grade small group also had the job of putting together and presenting a skit to share with the large group. They did a FANTASTIC job representing ways in which we can “love our neighbor as ourselves.” Great work, guys!
November 5th, 2008
