This Week in NewLife Kids

Port of Call - Elementary

Main Point:  I WILL BE PERSISTANT IN ALL I DO!

 Bible Verse:  “I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 (NLT)

Bible Lesson:  Paul in Corinth - Acts 18:1-11

Family Activity:  In The Cards

Gather two decks of standard playing cards. Shuffle one deck and lay all fifty-two cards out, face down. Make sure no one can see the cards as you lay them down. Shuffle the second deck and have each family member draw a card. Then family members will look through the cards that are face down to find the match for the cards they have drawn. While looking, they can not scatter the cards, but must carefully turn over each card, and then turn it back over if it does not match. All family members go at the same time. See who can find a match the fastest.

After playing, discuss that while there was a match for every card, sometimes it took a long time to find it. Tell your family that just like not every card you turned over was a match, not every person we invite to church or tell about Jesus will listen. But just like in the game where we persistently kept searching for a match, we should persistently search for people who will listen to the message about God. Point out to your family that there are fifty-two cards in the deck and fifty-two weeks in a year. Commit as a family to ask one person to come to church or talk to one person about Jesus each week this year.

Port of Call Jr. - Pre-K and Toddlers

Main Point:  I Will Be Patient

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 waited before leaving the ark. - Genesis 8:2-13   

Family Activity:To demonstrate patience, do the following activity with your family.

1. Sit everyone down at the table and tell them they can have a marshmallow now. Or they can wait two minutes and have an Oreo (or choose another snack that your children would want more than the marshmallow).

2. At the end of those two minutes, you can either go ahead and give them the Oreo or extend the activity. For example: You can have an Oreo now or wait another two minutes, and have a bowl of ice cream.

3. At the end of the activity, talk to your family about how it felt to have patience. You can ask the following questions:

“Was it hard to wait for the better snack?”

“If you had not waited, and had taken the marshmallow I first offered you, do you think you would have felt bad to see the other family members eating an Oreo?”

If we had not waited, we would have eaten the marshmallow. But because we waited, we were able to have an even better treat. When we wait, things will turn out better for us. Take time to pray, asking God to help each family member have patience this week.

 

See you Next Sunday in NewLife Kids!