May 9- Blast Off

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Welcome!

We’re so excited that you stopped over to see what’s happening in kids ministry! Each week we’ll have all information and links you need to stay up-to-date right here in one convenient place.

We have options for you to work through the lesson with your family or set your kids up to watch one of our virtual lessons.

What we’re studying this month

BLAST OFF: A SERIES ON SPIRITUAL HABITS

If you’re a grown-up and you’ve been following Jesus for a while, you’ve probably figured out a few ways to grow spiritually. The kids you’re parenting or leading, on the other hand, aren’t grown-ups, so they might need a little help from you to figure out how, exactly, to grow spiritually. So what should spiritual growth look like for a kid? We like to think about it in terms of four spiritual habits. To help a kid grow spiritually, teach them to spend time with God, spend time with others, use their gifts, and share their story.

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How to Study at Home

  1. Get your Child a snack

  2. Read the Bible Story to your child and/or

  3. Click on the link to the YouTube Playlist for that week and watch the videos. Lessons each week brought to you by our Children’s Director Melissa. “in-person” lessons complete with worship music, videos, games, memory work, and more.

  4. Review Memory work and Pray with your kids when they are done

  5. If you have time or the desire - choose one of the follow-up activities to help the kids engage with the lesson

Weekly Lesson Plan -

INSTRUCTIONS: Look up the story in your Bible. See if your kids can guess the Big Idea.

THE BIBLE: Jesus Washes His Disciples' Feet: John 13:1-17, 34-35

BIG IDEA: We can serve others.

INSTRUCTIONS: Look up the story in your Bible and read it to your preschoolers.

  • Back in the Bible times, people didn’t have good shoes like we have now, and they didn’t have cars to take them places. So wherever they went, they had to walk through lots of sand and mud and grass, so their feet got really dirty and stinky.

  • In this story, we learned that Jesus sat down to have a meal with His friends, the disciples. And then He did something amazing.

  • He got down on the ground, took a washcloth, and washed His disciples' feet, kind of like how I'm wiping all of this dirt off my hands right now.

  • Yeah! Gross! Jesus started to wash His disciples' dirty, stinky feet. Jesus was the King — the most important person in the room!

  • Why do you think Jesus was doing that dirty job of washing their feet?

  • Jesus did it to show His disciples that it's important to serve and help others. And He told them to do the same.

  • When we serve others like Jesus did, we are showing everyone how much God loves them, and how much we love God.

PRAYER

Toddler Tips: A toddler needs may have trouble understanding the concept of prayer because they cannot see God. Echo Prayer is a good strategy to encourage and teach kids how to talk to God. The teacher or parent speaks aloud a short segment of the prayer, and the children echo back the same sentence or phrase.

Dear God, thank you that Jesus loves us and forgives us. Help us to share our story about You with others.

  • Is there anything I can pray for you about or thank God for?