Good News - Elementary
I Will Tell Everyone About Jesus
This Week’s Bible Verse: “But the believers who were scattered preached the Good News about Jesus wherever they went.” Acts 8:4
This Week’s EXCLUSIVE: The Great Commission and Ascension
Matthew 28:18-20 (Commission) Acts 1;6-9 (Ascension)
Family Activity:
Set buckets or cups in a race course around your house or apartment. Use as many cups as you have members in your family. Give family members a piece of paper and have them write out Acts 8:4 “But the believers who were scattered preached the Good News about Jesus wherever they went.” Cut up each copy of the verse into the same number of pieces as you have family members. Give each person all the pieces of one section of the verse. For example, one would have all the pieces with the beginning of the verse and one would have the end, etc. Race against the clock to put one piece of paper in each cup or bucket. Congratulate whoever is the fastest. Discuss that all of the cups now have the complete Bible Verse in them. Ask what would have happened if one of them had decided to not play and do his or her part of the race. None of the cups would have the complete verse. In this game it took all of us working together to take the message to all the places it needed to go. In life we need to all work together and do our part to take God’s message everywhere it needs to go. Make sure that you are doing your part of spreading God’s message by inviting your friends to church and telling them about the Good News of Jesus.
Good News Jr. Pre-K & Toddlers
Main Point: I Will Tell Others About Jesus!
Bible Story: The Great Commission - Matthew 28:16-20, Mark 16:15-19, Acts 1:8 (NLT)
Bible Verse: “For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 (NLT)
Family Activity - How Was Your Day?
At the dinner table, take turns telling about something that happened that day. Your kids will probably tell you about an event. Use that event to lead them into telling you more about the event. Your conversation might sound like this:
What did you do today?
I colored.
You colored today - what did you color?
I colored a tree.
What color did you color the tree?
I colored the tree green.
After that, tell your family it’s good to tell people about things that happen in our lives, but it’s very important to tell people about Jesus. Demonstrate telling someone about Jesus using the four points below. After you have told the story of Jesus, have the rest of the family take turns telling Jesus’ story.
• Jesus is God’s Son.
• He came to show us that He loves us.
• He took the punishment for our sins by dying on the cross.
• He fulfilled His promise and is now alive!
Explain to your kids that just like when people ask about our day, and we tell them what happened, when people ask about Jesus, we can tell them what we have learned. Pray together and ask God to give you opportunities to tell others about Him.
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Sunday, April 29, 2012
Sunday, April 22, 2012
This Week in NewLife Kids
Good News - Elementary
I Will Obey Jesus
This Week’s Bible Verse: “But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand.” Matthew 7:26
This Week’s EXCLUSIVE: Reinstatement of Peter John 21:1-19
Family Activity:
Design a scavenger hunt for your family members. Give clues to different locations. Each clue should have an instruction to obey. Some suggested rules are: no running, no pushing, go through the steps in order. Some suggested tasks are: doing push ups, finding a picture of each family member, looking up a verse in the Bible and reading it out loud, looking through a newspaper or magazine until you find a family member’s name. At the end, the winner should get a cool prize. The prize could be a special treat or a special privilege that your children will enjoy. Discuss with your children that if they had not obeyed, they would not have gotten the prize. In the same way that we needed to obey the instructions during the game, we need to obey Jesus in life. When we do, things will go better for us.
Good News Jr. Pre-K & Toddlers
Main Point: I Will Obey!
Bible Story: Miraculous catch of fish John 21:1-10 (NLT)
Bible Verse: “For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 (NLT)
Family Activity - Simon Says
Take time this week to play “Simon Says” as a family. After you play the game, sit down with your children and talk about obedience.
Explain to your family that great leaders know that God wants us to obey Him. We obey God by obeying the things He tells us in the Bible and by obeying our parents. Remind your children that when they obey you (their parents) and their teachers, they are obeying God as well. Pray with your children and ask God to help them to be obedient to Him and also to you.
See you Next Sunday!
I Will Obey Jesus
This Week’s Bible Verse: “But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand.” Matthew 7:26
This Week’s EXCLUSIVE: Reinstatement of Peter John 21:1-19
Family Activity:
Design a scavenger hunt for your family members. Give clues to different locations. Each clue should have an instruction to obey. Some suggested rules are: no running, no pushing, go through the steps in order. Some suggested tasks are: doing push ups, finding a picture of each family member, looking up a verse in the Bible and reading it out loud, looking through a newspaper or magazine until you find a family member’s name. At the end, the winner should get a cool prize. The prize could be a special treat or a special privilege that your children will enjoy. Discuss with your children that if they had not obeyed, they would not have gotten the prize. In the same way that we needed to obey the instructions during the game, we need to obey Jesus in life. When we do, things will go better for us.
Good News Jr. Pre-K & Toddlers
Main Point: I Will Obey!
Bible Story: Miraculous catch of fish John 21:1-10 (NLT)
Bible Verse: “For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 (NLT)
Family Activity - Simon Says
Take time this week to play “Simon Says” as a family. After you play the game, sit down with your children and talk about obedience.
Explain to your family that great leaders know that God wants us to obey Him. We obey God by obeying the things He tells us in the Bible and by obeying our parents. Remind your children that when they obey you (their parents) and their teachers, they are obeying God as well. Pray with your children and ask God to help them to be obedient to Him and also to you.
See you Next Sunday!
Sunday, April 15, 2012
This Week In New LifeKids
Good News – Elementary
I Will See Answers When I have Doubts
This Week’s Bible Verse: Then Jesus told him, ‘You believe because you have seen me. Blessed are those who believe without seeing me.’ John 20:29 (NLT)
This Week’s EXCLUSIVE: Thomas experiences doubt John 20:19-29
Family Activity:
Go to the library as a family. Bring along some trivia cards from a board game you own or some questions you make up. Divide your family into teams. Make sure a parent or older sibling is on each team to help younger family members. Also, for younger children write questions they can easily find the answers to. Examples are: What color is a Lion? What kinds of trees have needles instead of leaves? Where do anteaters live? What color is Elmo’s fur? Shuffle the cards and give each team a question. Have the teams race to find the answers to the questions. It is not enough to already know the answer. Each team needs to find a photo, book, magazine, or article that answers the question. The team that finds their source and shows it to the other team first wins. Remember to observe the library rules! Don’t run or yell as you race. Play as many rounds as you have time for. Congratulate the winning team and talk about the different sources you used to answer questions. Just like the library has many sources to answer our doubts about many subjects, we have many sources to answer our doubts and questions about God. Remind your children that they can come to you for answers to their doubts and you can all go to God, the Bible, and your pastors with doubts as well.
Good News Jr. Pre-K & Toddlers
Main Point: Jesus Is Alive
Bible Story: Jesus appears to Mary, the disciples, and then to Thomas. John 20:11-29 (NLT)
Bible Verse: “For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 (NLT)
Family Activity - Plant A Seed
Materials Needed: potting soil, seeds or beans, and cups.
Gather your family and ask them to help you plant some seeds. As you are planting the seeds in the cups, talk about how Jesus died and was buried just like our seeds are
buried in this cup. But three days later, Jesus came back to life. Tell your family that in a little while the seed you buried in the cup is going to sprout or come alive. You will see the plants growing out of the soil. Remind them that each time they see the living plant, they can remember that Jesus is also alive!
See you next week in NewLife Kids!!
I Will See Answers When I have Doubts
This Week’s Bible Verse: Then Jesus told him, ‘You believe because you have seen me. Blessed are those who believe without seeing me.’ John 20:29 (NLT)
This Week’s EXCLUSIVE: Thomas experiences doubt John 20:19-29
Family Activity:
Go to the library as a family. Bring along some trivia cards from a board game you own or some questions you make up. Divide your family into teams. Make sure a parent or older sibling is on each team to help younger family members. Also, for younger children write questions they can easily find the answers to. Examples are: What color is a Lion? What kinds of trees have needles instead of leaves? Where do anteaters live? What color is Elmo’s fur? Shuffle the cards and give each team a question. Have the teams race to find the answers to the questions. It is not enough to already know the answer. Each team needs to find a photo, book, magazine, or article that answers the question. The team that finds their source and shows it to the other team first wins. Remember to observe the library rules! Don’t run or yell as you race. Play as many rounds as you have time for. Congratulate the winning team and talk about the different sources you used to answer questions. Just like the library has many sources to answer our doubts about many subjects, we have many sources to answer our doubts and questions about God. Remind your children that they can come to you for answers to their doubts and you can all go to God, the Bible, and your pastors with doubts as well.
Good News Jr. Pre-K & Toddlers
Main Point: Jesus Is Alive
Bible Story: Jesus appears to Mary, the disciples, and then to Thomas. John 20:11-29 (NLT)
Bible Verse: “For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 (NLT)
Family Activity - Plant A Seed
Materials Needed: potting soil, seeds or beans, and cups.
Gather your family and ask them to help you plant some seeds. As you are planting the seeds in the cups, talk about how Jesus died and was buried just like our seeds are
buried in this cup. But three days later, Jesus came back to life. Tell your family that in a little while the seed you buried in the cup is going to sprout or come alive. You will see the plants growing out of the soil. Remind them that each time they see the living plant, they can remember that Jesus is also alive!
See you next week in NewLife Kids!!
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Happy Easter
This Week in NewLife Kids
Good News - Elementary
I Can Believe What Jesus Says
This Week’s Bible Verse: “For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 (NLT)
This Week’s EXCLUSIVE: The crucifixion, death, burial, resurrection, and empty tomb - John 19, Matthew 28:1-10
Family Activity:
Hide candy around the house in several spots. Gather your family and tell them that you have hidden the candy. Tell them where the first hiding place is. Then tell them to go get the candy and come back and you will tell them the next place. After the first two hiding places, start to tell them places to look where there is no candy. Do this about every other time. Eventually, they will become less enthusiastic about running to look for the candy as they realize you are not always telling the truth. After they have found all the candy, ask your family if they could believe what you said. Ask your family if they would have been able to believe you if you had always done what you said you would do. Remind your family that Jesus always did everything that He said He would do, including coming back from the dead. Jesus said that He would die, that He would come back to life, and that He would meet His disciples afterward. Because Jesus did everything He said, we can trust that He will do everything that He has promised us.
Good News Jr. Pre-K & Toddlers
Main Point: Jesus Loves Me!
Bible Story: The crucifixion and resurrection - Matthew 27:11 - 28:10
Bible Verse: “For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 (NLT)
Family Activity
Materials Needed: Black, red, white, yellow, and green paper and a stapler.
Sit down together as a family and make a Wordless Book. Give each person a set of the papers and get them in same order as the colors listed below. Staple the papers together at the top of the pages. Then, talk about what each color means. You can also look up the verse for each color in the Bible.
BLACK – Sin - Everyone has sinned or done bad things. (Romans 3:23)
RED – Blood - Jesus died on the cross for our sins. (1 John 1:7)
WHITE – Pure - Because Jesus took the punishment for our since, we are clean again. (Psalm 51:7)
YELLOW – Heaven - When we believe that Jesus did these things for us, we can live with Him in Heaven someday. (John 14:2)
GREEN – Grow - Jesus wants us to keep learning more about Him by reading the Bible and coming to church. (2 Peter 3:18)
Explain to your children that great leaders know all these things about Jesus. And, because of these things, they know that Jesus loves them! Tell your family members that they can use the books to tell others that Jesus loves them, too!
Have a wonderful week and we'll see you in NewLife Kids next Sunday!!
Good News - Elementary
I Can Believe What Jesus Says
This Week’s Bible Verse: “For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 (NLT)
This Week’s EXCLUSIVE: The crucifixion, death, burial, resurrection, and empty tomb - John 19, Matthew 28:1-10
Family Activity:
Hide candy around the house in several spots. Gather your family and tell them that you have hidden the candy. Tell them where the first hiding place is. Then tell them to go get the candy and come back and you will tell them the next place. After the first two hiding places, start to tell them places to look where there is no candy. Do this about every other time. Eventually, they will become less enthusiastic about running to look for the candy as they realize you are not always telling the truth. After they have found all the candy, ask your family if they could believe what you said. Ask your family if they would have been able to believe you if you had always done what you said you would do. Remind your family that Jesus always did everything that He said He would do, including coming back from the dead. Jesus said that He would die, that He would come back to life, and that He would meet His disciples afterward. Because Jesus did everything He said, we can trust that He will do everything that He has promised us.
Good News Jr. Pre-K & Toddlers
Main Point: Jesus Loves Me!
Bible Story: The crucifixion and resurrection - Matthew 27:11 - 28:10
Bible Verse: “For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 (NLT)
Family Activity
Materials Needed: Black, red, white, yellow, and green paper and a stapler.
Sit down together as a family and make a Wordless Book. Give each person a set of the papers and get them in same order as the colors listed below. Staple the papers together at the top of the pages. Then, talk about what each color means. You can also look up the verse for each color in the Bible.
BLACK – Sin - Everyone has sinned or done bad things. (Romans 3:23)
RED – Blood - Jesus died on the cross for our sins. (1 John 1:7)
WHITE – Pure - Because Jesus took the punishment for our since, we are clean again. (Psalm 51:7)
YELLOW – Heaven - When we believe that Jesus did these things for us, we can live with Him in Heaven someday. (John 14:2)
GREEN – Grow - Jesus wants us to keep learning more about Him by reading the Bible and coming to church. (2 Peter 3:18)
Explain to your children that great leaders know all these things about Jesus. And, because of these things, they know that Jesus loves them! Tell your family members that they can use the books to tell others that Jesus loves them, too!
Have a wonderful week and we'll see you in NewLife Kids next Sunday!!
Sunday, April 1, 2012
This Week in NewLife Kids
Good News - Elementary
I Will Tell the Truth
This Week’s Bible Verse: “Truthful words stand the test of time, but lies are soon exposed.” Proverbs 12:19 (NLT)
This Week’s Main Point: I Will Tell The Truth!
This Week’s EXCLUSIVE: Peter Denies Jesus, Mark 14:66-72, Luke 22:55-62
Family Activity:
Get a stack of note cards. Have each family member write “truth” on five cards and “lie” on one card. Put all the cards together and shuffle them. Then sit as a family where each person can reach the stack of cards in the middle. Each person turns over one card. If the card is a lie all will try to be the first to slap the lie card. The last person to slap has to take the lie card and any cards underneath it. The goal of the game is to end up with the fewest cards. After the game, discuss that none of the lies went by unnoticed. Also discuss that as each card was flipped over, everyone was tense and watching, because they knew it might be a lie. Tell your family that just like in the game, lies hardly ever go unnoticed. You will almost always get caught. Tell them that just like everyone was tense and watching the deck because a lie could come up at any time, people will become tense and watchful around you if you get a reputation for lying. Lies will always bring more trouble than they are worth. That is why we should always tell the truth.
Good News Jr. Pre-K and Toddlers
Main Point: I Will Tell The Truth!
Bible Story: Peter lies about knowing Jesus - Mark 14:66-72 (NLT)
Bible Verse: “For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.”
John 3:16 (NLT)
Family Activity - Truth Ball Pass
To help your family remember that it’s important to tell the truth, play a game where everyone must tell the truth. Get a ball and have one person pass it to another person. Before the ball gets to the second person, he she must say something true about the person passing the ball. Be prepared to help your family members with some truths. For example: You help me with the dishes when I ask. You have a nice smile.
After you have played the game for awhile. Ask each person how it felt to hear something true about themselves. When we hear things that are true, we feel good. It’s the same when we say things that are true. Remind your family to always tell the truth because great leaders are known for their honesty. Pray together and ask God to help you always tell the truth.
I Will Tell the Truth
This Week’s Bible Verse: “Truthful words stand the test of time, but lies are soon exposed.” Proverbs 12:19 (NLT)
This Week’s Main Point: I Will Tell The Truth!
This Week’s EXCLUSIVE: Peter Denies Jesus, Mark 14:66-72, Luke 22:55-62
Family Activity:
Get a stack of note cards. Have each family member write “truth” on five cards and “lie” on one card. Put all the cards together and shuffle them. Then sit as a family where each person can reach the stack of cards in the middle. Each person turns over one card. If the card is a lie all will try to be the first to slap the lie card. The last person to slap has to take the lie card and any cards underneath it. The goal of the game is to end up with the fewest cards. After the game, discuss that none of the lies went by unnoticed. Also discuss that as each card was flipped over, everyone was tense and watching, because they knew it might be a lie. Tell your family that just like in the game, lies hardly ever go unnoticed. You will almost always get caught. Tell them that just like everyone was tense and watching the deck because a lie could come up at any time, people will become tense and watchful around you if you get a reputation for lying. Lies will always bring more trouble than they are worth. That is why we should always tell the truth.
Good News Jr. Pre-K and Toddlers
Main Point: I Will Tell The Truth!
Bible Story: Peter lies about knowing Jesus - Mark 14:66-72 (NLT)
Bible Verse: “For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.”
John 3:16 (NLT)
Family Activity - Truth Ball Pass
To help your family remember that it’s important to tell the truth, play a game where everyone must tell the truth. Get a ball and have one person pass it to another person. Before the ball gets to the second person, he she must say something true about the person passing the ball. Be prepared to help your family members with some truths. For example: You help me with the dishes when I ask. You have a nice smile.
After you have played the game for awhile. Ask each person how it felt to hear something true about themselves. When we hear things that are true, we feel good. It’s the same when we say things that are true. Remind your family to always tell the truth because great leaders are known for their honesty. Pray together and ask God to help you always tell the truth.
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