December 1, 2013
Dear Families,
We
are about half way through our study of the Gospel of John. We have
been looking at “who Jesus is” and what it means to “believe”.
In our room is a chart listing the I AM statements of Jesus. These are the things that Jesus has said about Himself.
I AM the Bread of life (John
6:48-51). Just as our bodies need food, our hearts need Jesus. For food
to be of benefit to our bodies, we must eat and digest it. For Jesus to
benefit our hearts, we must read His word, believe it and obey it.
I AM the Light of the World (John
9:5). The world we live in is dark with sin, but the light provided by
His word exposes sin and reveals paths of righteousness.
I AM the Gate (John 10:7-9) and I AM the Good Shepherd (John
10:14-16). In a sheep pen the gate keeps the sheep in and protected and
the predators out. The Shepherd takes care of the sheep, Jesus takes
care of us. The shepherd will even lay down his life for his sheep and
that’s what Jesus did for us.
You might focus on one of these I AM statements each day for four days and talk about why Jesus referred to Himself in this way. Ask, “Is Jesus really a loaf of bread, a light bulb, a gate or a shepherd?”
How is Jesus like those things? How has Jesus been that to you? Has His
word given your strength to do the right thing, or fed you truth so you
can resist temptation? How has the Bible directed you away from
stumbling and in the right direction? How does Jesus provide protection?
Parents - be sure to share your stories with your kids as to how Jesus has been these things to you.
We had a drawing for our Baskin and Robbins gift certificate and Malachi Massey was our winner!!!
We
will have another drawing in about 6 to 8 weeks so keep helping your
children with their memory verses and take home pages (sign and return).
Here are the verses for the next few weeks
John 10:10 A thief comes to steal and kill and destroy; I came to give life, life in all its fullness.
John 11:25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will have life even if he dies.”
John
12:36 The person who walks in the dark does not know where he is going.
Put your trust in the light while you have it, so they you may become
sons of light.
Jesus came not to be served, but to serve and to give His life a ransom for many
John 14:6 Jesus answered, “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
Enjoy your week,
Nancy and Severn
December 1, 2013
2's & 3's December Lessons
This
is the 2's & 3's Sunday School lessons for December. The first 4
weeks are about Jesus Birth. The 5th week is about God's love and how
much He cares for us.
Thank you,
Cindy Bare
2's & 3's Teacher
Unit 1: I'm Glad Jesus is born Bible Verse: God loved us and sent his Son. 1 John 4:10
December 1 Lesson 1 Mary Meets An Angel Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 1:26-56
We're
glad to know about God's promise, too. We can thank God for His
promise to send Jesus. We're getting ready to celebrate Jesus'
birthday at Christmastime! The Bible says, "God loved us and sent his Son."
Bible verse: God loved us and sent his son 1 John 4:10
December 8 Lesson 2 Jesus is Born Luke 2:1-7
The Bible says, "God loves us and sent his Son."
Bible verse: God loved us and sent his Son." 1 John 4:10
December 15 Lesson 3 Angel Tells the News Luke 2:8-20
The
Bible says, "god loved us and sent his Son." At Christmastime, we're
thankful for Jesus. We want to tell others that He was born!
The wise men were glad to see Jesus. They were very thankful to God for Jesus, and they worshiped Him. We can thank God for
Bible verse: God loved us and sent his Son." 1 John 4:10
December 22 Lesson 4 Wise Men Give Gifts Matthew 2:1-12
His Son, Jesus, too. We can sing and pray to tell our thanks.
Bible verse: God loved us and sent his Son." 1 John 4:10
Unit 2: Jesus Loves and Helps Me Bible Verse: I will sing of the Lord's great love forever. Psalm 89:1
December 29 Lesson 5 Jesus Tells of God's Love Matthew 6:25-34; Luke 12:22-31
I will sing of the Lord's great love forever. Psalm 89:1
4th & 5th Grade November 23, 2013
Dear Kids Zone Families,
Our memory verse for this week will be John 9:5 and is as follows: "While I am in the world, I AM the light of the world."
Jesus spoke these words to a man born blind who had never
before even seen light, only perhaps felt warmth from the sun on his
skin. Jesus gives the man sight as a way of explaining his purpose in
the world, to show us the truth. In the lesson, we will be teaching
the children two things: That if we believe in Jesus we will be shown
even more truth by Him but if we reject Him we cannot learn the truth.
We are all like the man born blind in that we are
born not knowing God or the truth. In order to know the truth we must
first come to know God Himself. Thank you for partnering with us to
help teach your children the truth about Christ!
The take home activity this week is an interesting
one to help reinforce the memory verse. We will be making light switch
covers with the memory verses on them in class. The children can take
them home to put on a light switch they use at home to remind them
about the memory verse. Please help them to remember this and take a
minute to recite the verse with them!
Have a blessed week,
Nancy and Severn
4th & 5th Grade November 9. 2013
Dear Kids Zone Families,
This week, the
children will be learning about the Feast of Tabernacles and what Jesus
said at it. Jesus' words at the feast supply our memory verse for the
week:
John 7:37b, "Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, 'Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.'"
Jesus
says that whoever believes in him will not be thirsty but in fact have
waters of living water flow from within them. John 7 tells us that
Jesus is talking about the gift and presence of the Holy Spirit that all
believers have access to. The Holy Spirit is the often forgotten
member of the Trinity but the one who is eternally present within us,
sustaining and comforting believers. We hope all the Kids Zone parents
can find the time to pray with their children to the Holy Spirit this
week!
We know the weeks are all busy in some way or
another! We will praying for opportunities in everyone's schedule to go
over the memory verse and pray together.
Sincerely,
Nancy and Severn
4th & 5th Grade November 17, 2013
November 17, 2013
Dear Families,
Our memory verse this week is John 8:31-32;
Jesus said. . .If you continue to obey my teachings, you are truly my followers.
Then you will know the truth and the Truth will make you free.
Be sensitive and honest with your children this week about habit you may be struggling with and allow them to be honest with you then pray with and for each other to be set free from that sin. Keep this confidential just between you, your child and the Lord. If you have trouble thinking of anything here is a list of the things that we came up with in Sunday School: lying, stealing, mean talk/gossip, put downs, bullying, anger, not doing our best, eating more that we need, evil or hurtful thoughts, putting something as more important that God, etc.
John, in his Gospel, gives us an up close and person vision or image of Jesus, and what it means to believe in Him. I encourage you to read a few paragraphs or even a chapter at dinner or before putting your child to bed. If you start today you will have read the whole Gospel before the new year.
Thank you for teaming up with your Kids Zone teachers,
Nancy and Severn
4th & 5th Grade November 12, 2013
Dear families,
You and your kids have been working hard to memorize verses and share the lessons and learning at home and we thank you.
Severn and I are always disappointed when your kids are not present and miss an important truth. We understand lives are busy and schedules very full, so as you seek to make Kids Zone a priority in your week we appreciate the effort it takes and pray that God's truths would take root and give your children a strong foundation for their lives.
We wanted to have our Ice Cream Gift Card drawing last Sunday, but there were only a few 4th and 5th graders present, so we postponed it until this coming Sunday November 17. We will have our drawing this week and the student must be present to win. Everyone has worked hard to fill up our jar with tickets.
Looking forward to a full class every week,
Nancy and Severn
You and your kids have been working hard to memorize verses and share the lessons and learning at home and we thank you.
Severn and I are always disappointed when your kids are not present and miss an important truth. We understand lives are busy and schedules very full, so as you seek to make Kids Zone a priority in your week we appreciate the effort it takes and pray that God's truths would take root and give your children a strong foundation for their lives.
We wanted to have our Ice Cream Gift Card drawing last Sunday, but there were only a few 4th and 5th graders present, so we postponed it until this coming Sunday November 17. We will have our drawing this week and the student must be present to win. Everyone has worked hard to fill up our jar with tickets.
Looking forward to a full class every week,
Nancy and Severn
4th & 5th grade November 8. 2013
Dear families,
I hope you have taken time and enjoyed reviewing the Kids Zone lessons with your children. One of the questions was -
What did Jesus mean when he said, " I am the Bread of Life that has come down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever?"
Understanding this is key to understanding who Jesus is and what He came to do. I hope your children told you about the cracker box illustration we used in class and the nutritious snack we enjoyed. In case there was some confusion or misunderstanding here is what I hope your children are learning (I would not expect all of this but this is what we are building on previous lessons)
1. from John 1:4 (first lesson) In Jesus was life (He is our creator) and His life was the light of men. We are given physical life through Jesus our creator and spiritual life through believing in Him.
2. from John 1:12 (lesson 3) We must receive Jesus, and He will become His children - adopted into His family. Receive is equal to believe.
3. from John 20:31 (lesson 5) These things (in the Gospel of John) have been written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name.
Believing in Jesus as God, our Creator and Savior gives us eternal life.
4. from John 5:24 (lesson 7) whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal
life. Eternal life comes from hearing and believing who Jesus is.
The main point is that we may "know", have head knowledge about Jesus, but unless we "ingest" the truth that He came from and is equal to God combined with a heart response and believe, we will remain in our sin and not experience eternal life with Him.
Ok that was a lot! but hope it helps you to see the progression of the Gospel of John and our lessons up to this point. Please give me a call, send an e-mail or catch me after class, if you want to talk further.
Thank you again for giving us the opportunity to share God's truth with your children.
Nancy and Severn
I hope you have taken time and enjoyed reviewing the Kids Zone lessons with your children. One of the questions was -
What did Jesus mean when he said, " I am the Bread of Life that has come down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever?"
Understanding this is key to understanding who Jesus is and what He came to do. I hope your children told you about the cracker box illustration we used in class and the nutritious snack we enjoyed. In case there was some confusion or misunderstanding here is what I hope your children are learning (I would not expect all of this but this is what we are building on previous lessons)
1. from John 1:4 (first lesson) In Jesus was life (He is our creator) and His life was the light of men. We are given physical life through Jesus our creator and spiritual life through believing in Him.
2. from John 1:12 (lesson 3) We must receive Jesus, and He will become His children - adopted into His family. Receive is equal to believe.
3. from John 20:31 (lesson 5) These things (in the Gospel of John) have been written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name.
Believing in Jesus as God, our Creator and Savior gives us eternal life.
4. from John 5:24 (lesson 7) whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal
life. Eternal life comes from hearing and believing who Jesus is.
The main point is that we may "know", have head knowledge about Jesus, but unless we "ingest" the truth that He came from and is equal to God combined with a heart response and believe, we will remain in our sin and not experience eternal life with Him.
Ok that was a lot! but hope it helps you to see the progression of the Gospel of John and our lessons up to this point. Please give me a call, send an e-mail or catch me after class, if you want to talk further.
Thank you again for giving us the opportunity to share God's truth with your children.
Nancy and Severn
4th & 5th grade November 3, 2013
Dear Parents,
So far in the Gospel of John, we have seen the Word become flesh (the incarnation of Jesus), the first miracles and the beginnings of the conflict between belief and unbelief. The words and works of Jesus cause some to believe and follow and others to walk away in unbelief.
Today we read about the miracle of the feeding of the 5000. We discussed the value of eating nutritionally healthy food and how long it satisfies us, and we discussed Jesus’ response to the peoples returning the next day for more food. Jesus said, “I am the Bread of Life.” We also began working on our memory verse, John 6:33 (For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.) and exchanged words for pictures.
As you review the memory verse with your child, ask them to tell you what they remember from the lesson. Here are some questions to prompt their memory.
Who provided manna in the wilderness for the Israelites? (God, not Moses)
What did the people want to make Jesus after he feed 5000 people? (King)
What did Jesus mean when he said, " I am the Bread of Life that has come down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will life forever?"
Remember to return this paper with your signature for a drawing for an ice cream certificate.
We are thankful for every opportunity to spend time with your children and partner with you in their spiritual growth. Pray for us as we pray for you.
Thank you,
Nancy and Severn
So far in the Gospel of John, we have seen the Word become flesh (the incarnation of Jesus), the first miracles and the beginnings of the conflict between belief and unbelief. The words and works of Jesus cause some to believe and follow and others to walk away in unbelief.
Today we read about the miracle of the feeding of the 5000. We discussed the value of eating nutritionally healthy food and how long it satisfies us, and we discussed Jesus’ response to the peoples returning the next day for more food. Jesus said, “I am the Bread of Life.” We also began working on our memory verse, John 6:33 (For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.) and exchanged words for pictures.
As you review the memory verse with your child, ask them to tell you what they remember from the lesson. Here are some questions to prompt their memory.
Who provided manna in the wilderness for the Israelites? (God, not Moses)
What did the people want to make Jesus after he feed 5000 people? (King)
What did Jesus mean when he said, " I am the Bread of Life that has come down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will life forever?"
Remember to return this paper with your signature for a drawing for an ice cream certificate.
We are thankful for every opportunity to spend time with your children and partner with you in their spiritual growth. Pray for us as we pray for you.
Thank you,
Nancy and Severn
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)