This Week in NewLife Kids

Port of Call - Elementary

Main Point  I Will Do What Is Right No Matter The Circumstances!

Bible Verse “Don’t be afraid of suffering for the Lord. Work at telling others the Good News, and fully carry out the ministry God has given you.” 2 Timothy 4:5b (NLT)

Bible Lesson  Paul and Barnabas in Iconium, Lystra, and Derbe - Acts 14

Family Activity:  Good Spaces And Bad Spaces

Gather your family to play a board game that uses one or two dice (Examples would be Trouble, or Sorry.) Use a pen and some masking tape or sticky notes to add some “good spaces” and “bad spaces” to the board. A good space would be, “Take an extra turn” or “move forward two more spaces.” A “bad space” would be “move backward two spaces,” “start over,” or “lose a turn.” When you are done with this, make a list of six things that everyone knows are things that God wants you to do. A suggested list is below.

▶ Pray for your friends.

▶ Tell people about Jesus.

▶ Read your Bible.

▶ Sing to worship God.

▶ Do kind things for others.

▶ Honor your parents.

When someone rolls the dice, he or she might land on a space where something good happens, or on a space where something bad happens. But whether a good thing happens or a bad thing happens, he or she will do the action that matches the number rolled on the dice. (If using two dice, decide before each roll, whether to act out the higher number or the lower number.)

After the game, remind your family that just like you did what was right no matter what was happening in the game, we should do what is right in our lives no matter what is happening. Whether good things or bad things are happening, we need to keep doing the right thing.

Port of Call -  Pre-K and Toddlers

Main Point: I will take care of God’s Creation.

Bible Verse:  “You must be careful to obey all the commands of the Lord your God, following his instructions in every detail.”   Deuteronomy 5:32b (NLT)

Bible Story:  Noah obeyed God and took care of the animals on the boat. - Genesis 6:17-21, 7:1-10

To help your children learn about taking care of God’s creation, you can have them be the caretakers of a pet or plant for the week.

1. Assign each child a job to do. These jobs might include feeding the pet, giving the plant or pet water, feeding and walking the pet, or moving the plant outside to get some sunshine.

2. Each time they do the job, remind them that they are taking care of God’s creation.

3. At the end of the week, talk about all the ways your family took care of God’s creation.

Take time to thank God for all the things He created.

Next Sunday is Easter.  See you at NewLife.