God knows me. Jesus loves me.

The Holy Spirit leads me. I am a child of God.

Weekend Lesson Guide

 to continue the conversation at home

lesson 1— January 4

WONDER TRUTH: God Calls Us

SCRIPTURE: Luke 5

GOD’S BIG STORY: Jesus teaches the crowd from a boat, helps Simon Peter and his brother catch fish, and calls some of His first disciples to follow Him.

• Where was Jesus when He talked to the people in the story today? (by the lake)

• What happened when Jesus told Simon and his friends to put their nets in the water? (They caught a lot of fish.)

• Who did Simon and his friends decide to follow? (Jesus)

• Why do you think Simon and his friends decided to follow Jesus?

• Is it easy to follow Jesus every day?

• Why do you think we should follow Jesus?

• What does it mean to “fish for people,” and how can we do it? (Invite others to follow Jesus; we can tell them about Him; pray for others; be kind to them; invite them to church, etc.)

lesson 2— January 11

WONDER TRUTH: God Sent Jesus to Save Us

SCRIPTURE: John 4

GOD’S BIG STORY: Jesus talks with a Samaritan woman at a well and reveals that He is the Messiah, the promised One sent to save all people.

• Where was Jesus when He met the woman in our story? (traveling; Samaria)

• Why do you think the woman was at the well?

• What did Jesus ask the Samaritan woman to get Him? (a drink of water)

• What did Jesus tell the woman? (He gives living water that lasts forever; He is the Promised Savior and Messiah.)

• What did the Samaritan woman do after she met Jesus? (She told everyone about Him.)

• What would you say to Jesus if you met Him when you were out at a playground?

• What can you tell others about Jesus?

• How does Jesus save us?

lesson 3— January 18

 WONDER TRUTH: Jesus Loves Us

SCRIPTURE: Mark 10

GOD’S BIG STORY: Jesus welcomes little children, taking them in His arms and blessing them. He teaches that His kingdom belongs to those who are like little children.

• Who brought the children to Jesus? (the parents)

• Why did they bring their children to Him? (So He could bless them or speak God’s gift of love over them)

• How did the disciples respond when the children were with Jesus? (They were irritated.)

• Who’s the most important person you’ve met?

• What would you say to Jesus if you got to meet Him in person?

• How do you show God you love Him?

• How do you know Jesus loves you?

• How should we treat others, knowing Jesus loves them too?

lesson 4— January 25

WONDER TRUTH: Jesus Seeks and Saves Us

SCRIPTURE: Luke 19

GOD’S BIG STORY: Jesus seeks out a tax collector named Zacchaeus and asks to be a guest in his home where Zacchaeus changes his ways, and Jesus welcomes him back into God’s family.

• Why was Zacchaeus in a tree? (So he could see Jesus over the crowd; he was too short to see over everyone; he was looking for Jesus.)

• Why do you think people didn’t like Zacchaeus? (He was a rich tax collector; he cheated and lied and stole their money.)

• How do you think Zacchaeus felt about Jesus going to his house?

• What did Zacchaeus promise Jesus? (He told Jesus that he would give back half of all his things to people who are poor. Zacchaeus said that he would pay back all the money he stole. He would even give people more money than he took from them.)

• Who did Jesus come to seek and save? (all of us)

• How did Zacchaeus change after meeting Jesus? (He gave back what he stole—and more! He was saved and was a part of God’s family.)

• What does it mean that Jesus seeks us? How does that make you feel?

lesson 5— February 1

WONDER TRUTH: Jesus Cares for Everyone

SCRIPTURE: Luke 17

GOD’S BIG STORY: Jesus shows great care for 10 men with leprosy when He heals them and then honors the faith of one, a Samaritan, who expresses gratitude.

• How many men were sick in God’s big story? (10 men)

• What did Jesus tell them to do? (Go and show themselves to the priests.)

• What happened as the people with leprosy left? (They were healed.)

• If you were one of the people who had been healed, how would you have felt when Jesus healed you?

• Why do you think nine of the men didn’t come back to thank Jesus?

• What would you have done if Jesus had healed you?

• How does Jesus show you He cares about you?

Each week we read/watch GOD’S BIG STORY.

GOD’S BIG STORY teaches us a new WONDER TRUTH.

The WONDER TRUTH points us back to THE WORD OF WONDER.

THE WORD OF WONDER is our unit memory verse.

Memorize Scripture

In each of the series we have in Children’s Church we get a new Word of Wonder (WoW). We work work to memorize this in class and encourage children to continue memorize at home.

When children memorize the WoW they have the opportunity to find our leaders in a “silly hat” and share.

Once the WoW is successfully shared they will earn a pin to add to their lanyard. (Encourage your kids to wear their lanyards to church on Sunday.)

Please note children may only earn 1 pin per WoW, but our K5 and younger can earn gummies each week.

We want to reward the children for their hard work in memorizing scripture so we will have “PIN PARTIES” for those who have earned enough pins.

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