This Week in NewLife Kids

Power UP - Elementary

Main Point: I Will Focus On God And Do What He Wants Me To Do!
Bible Verse: “So you must live as God’s obedient children. Don’t slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn’t know any better then.” 1 Peter 1:14 NLT
Bible Story: Instances from David’s life. (1 Samuel 17, 1 Samuel 26, 2 Samuel 6:14-23)

Family Activity:
Draw a target on a large piece of paper. Have each member of the family take turns writing the Main Point in the target until the entire target is filled up.

Stay Focused:
Go outside in your backyard. Take a paper target and three small balls with you. Start with the target far away and tell each person to focus on the center of the target. Then, give him or her three turns to throw the balls trying to hit as close to the center as possible. While the person is throwing, the other family members run back and forth between the target and the thrower as distractions. Once everyone has taken a turn, move the target closer and start over. As the target gets closer, have fewer people run back and forth as distractions. Continue in this manner until the target is close to the thrower and there are no distractions. It is easier to focus on the target when it is close to us because there are fewer distractions between us and the target. David stayed focused on God even when there were a lot of distractions around him. Because he was focused on God, he was able to defeat Goliath and do many other great things. When we stay focused on God and what He wants us to do, we will be able to be obedient to God and do great things, too.

Power UP Jr. – Pre-K and Toddlers

Main Point: I Will Learn From Jesus!
Bible Story: Calling Of the Disciples (Matthew 4:19, Luke 5&6)
Bible Verse: “Do what is right and good in the Lord’s sight, so all will go well with you.” Deuteronomy 6:18a (NLT)

Family Activity: Heart Lesson
Your children learned that the disciples were called by Jesus and began to follow Him. While they followed Jesus, the disciples learned from Him. We need to learn from Jesus, too.

Have family members draw a large heart on a piece of paper together. Take turns drawing pictures of ways we can learn from Jesus. You might draw a picture of a Bible or of your family going to church. By each picture, write down one lesson you can or have learned when you did each thing.

When the heart is finished, explain that we should use what we learn from God to help us in our lives. Use the things you learn by doing what is right and continuing to grow more like Jesus! Place the heart somewhere in your house to remind your family to learn from Jesus just like the disciples did.