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What we’re studying this month
UNBELIEVABLE: A SERIES ON THE MIRACLES OF JESUS
SERIES OVERVIEW:
Kids love using their imaginations and playing make-believe! It’s fun to be creative and play with unicorns, dragons, dollhouses and LEGO bricks. But with all the things in our world that are unbelievable, kids need to know what is real and true. They need to know we can trust that God, His Word and the incredible real miracles of Jesus. In this series, kids will learn that God did things that seemed impossible and unbelievable, but those things were very real ways of showing us His power and His heart. This series will teach kids that God cares about us when we are sick, Jesus cares about us when we’re afraid, Jesus can provide for our needs, and Jesus can do the impossible.
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the Bible Challenge
ANYONE WHO CAN SAY THIS MONTHS MEMORY VERSE WITHOUT LOOKING GETS TO CHOOSE A PRIZE FROM THE PRIZE BIN
Anyone who turns in SERMON NOTES will get ONE starburst
Anyone who turns in COLORING PAGE will get ONE starburst (age 6 and under only)
Anyone who completes the study questions gets ONE starburst and ONE SMALL prize
How to Study at Home
Get your Child a snack
Read the Bible Story to your child and/or
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Review Memory work and Pray with your kids when they are done
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 -
BIG IDEA: Jesus can provide for our needs.
THE BIBLE: Jesus Feeds 5,000 People: Matthew 14:13-21
(Philippians 4:19; Matthew 6:26-33)
INSTRUCTIONS: Look up the story in your Bible and encourage kids to do the same. Read it!
This month, we’re learning about some of the unbelievable (but true) miracles of Jesus. Miracles are things that only God can do.
What was the miracle in today’s Bible story?
The miracle was that Jesus took a tiny amount of food— five small loaves of bread and two pieces of fish — and made enough food to feed over 5,000 people! In John 6:9, we learn that the loaves of bread and fish belonged to a little boy in the crowd.
If you were in a crowd full of people, would you have shared your food? How do you think the little boy felt when Jesus used his food to do a miracle?
What does this miracle tell us about Jesus?
It tells us He cared about the needs of His people, although He could have just sent them away.
Instead of sending these people away, Jesus decided to take care of them. He taught them and healed them all day long until it was dinnertime and they were hungry.
Back then, they didn’t have pizza delivery or drive-through restaurants, so they needed food! But they had Jesus.
Jesus cared about the hungry people in this story and He cares about hungry people today. Just like God provided for this group of people, He cares and provides for us today too.
What are some ways God has provided for you?
We can thank God for everything we have, because everything we have is a blessing from Him.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.
We listed a lot of ways God has blessed us and provided for us! Let’s pray and thank God.
Dear God, thank you for all the blessings you have given us and all the things you have provided for us. We love you, amen.