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God knows me.

Jesus loves me.

The Holy Spirit leads me.

I am a child of God.

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.

What’s Next in Children’s Church

Memorize Scripture

Each unit that we study in Children’s Church a Word of Wonder (WoW). We work work to memorize this in class and encourage them 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.

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

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This month’s lesson

Lesson 1- September 7

WONDER TRUTH: God Has a Plan

SCRIPTURE: Genesis 12; 15; 17

GOD’S BIG STORY: God makes an unbreakable promise to Abraham—one day his descendants would outnumber the stars in the sky, and through his family, God would bless the whole world.

continue the conversation at home

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

• What parts of your day do you help plan? Do you ever help plan where you will go play, what you will wear, or what you will eat?

• Abram had to pack up and move as part of God’s plan. Have you ever had to pack up and leave someplace? How did that make you feel? Sad? Excited? Scared?

• God promised Abraham he would have children, but Abraham had to wait a long time. What’s something you had to wait a long time for? What did it feel like to have to wait?

• What did God tell Abram to count to know how many children would be in his family? (the stars)

• Have you ever looked at the stars at night? What did you see? How many stars do you think there are in the sky? 

• What is one thing God promised you? (If kids need help, offer ideas such as: To always be with us, to forgive us, to love us.)  

Lesson 2 - September 14

WONDER TRUTH: God Keeps His Promises

SCRIPTURE: Genesis 18; 21

GOD’S BIG STORY: Messengers from God tell Abraham that Sarah will have a son that year, and she does, for God keeps His promises!

continue the conversation at home

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

• What did God promise Sarah and Abraham? (that they would have a baby; that they would have as many children as stars in the sky; to bless the world through their family)

• How did Sarah respond when she heard about God’s promise? (She laughed.)

• What did Sarah and Abraham name their baby? (Isaac)

• Have you ever had to wait a long time for something? How did you feel while waiting?

• The messengers asked, “Is anything too hard for God?” What is something that is hard for you to do? Would it be too hard for God?

• How would you respond if God told you something was going to happen that you thought was impossible?

• What is a promise God makes us? Do you believe He will keep that promise? (If kids need help, offer ideas such as, to save and forgive us, to adopt us into His family as children of God, to love us, to never leave us.)

Lesson 3 - September 21

WONDER TRUTH: No Matter What, God Keeps His Promises

SCRIPTURE: Genesis 25–27

GOD’S BIG STORY: When Jacob tricks his father Isaac into giving him the family blessing, God still continues His covenant promises through Jacob, for no matter what, God keeps His promises.

continue the conversation at home

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

• Who was Isaac’s dad? (Abraham)

• What were the names of Isaac and Rebekah’s twin sons? (Jacob and Esau) 

• What did Esau have that Jacob wanted? How did Jacob get what he wanted? (the birthright; Jacob tricked Esau with a bowl of stew)

• What is your favorite soup or stew?

• Has anyone ever broken a promise to you? Have you ever been tricked? How did you feel?

• Name one promise God makes to us. (If kids need help, offer ideas such as: hearing our prayers, giving us what we need, forgiving us, loving us, helping us.)

• Even though Abraham’s family made a big mistake, God still kept His promise to them. How does it make you feel to know you can trust God to be faithful to you too?  

Lesson 4 - September 28

WONDER TRUTH: God Is Faithful

SCRIPTURE: Genesis 32–33

GOD’S BIG STORY: Twenty years after tricking his way into the family’s blessing, Jacob is on his way to see his brother again when an angel wrestles with him and renames him Israel. Though people are not always faithful, God is!

continue the conversation at home

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

• How did Jacob treat his brother when they were younger? (Jacob tricked Esau; Jacob did not treat Esau well.)

• When Jacob was going to meet Esau on their way to his home, what did Jacob do to try to help Esau not be so angry? (Jacob sent animals as a gift to Esau.)

• What happened to Jacob while he was alone at night? (Jacob wrestled with an angel who looked like a man.) 

• Have you ever had a sibling or friend who was upset at you? How did it make you feel? How did you resolve (or make it better) the issue?

• What did God do in the story? (God was with Jacob; God gave Jacob a new name; God blessed and kept His promise to Jacob’s family.) 

• Who can we trust when we’re afraid? Why?

• How does it make you feel to know God keeps His promises and is faithful, no matter what we do?