In this lesson, children will hear about Moses being afraid of the “hero” job God had given Him. By learning about Moses and the burning bush, children will see that God is with His people. If God calls us to “hero-up” He will be with us and help us get the job done! 

• Is there anything you’re too scared to do? (ex- go down a big slide, jump into the swimming pool, put your face in the water.)

• Group Burning Bush Paint Dotters

In this lesson, we will introduce the concept of having faith in God’s plans. Anika is a young girl whose preschool teacher has asked her to do a kind of silly job. She’s not sure how it will be helpful and doesn’t know what to do. By hearing the story of the walls of Jericho children will see that God’s plan for us doesn’t always make sense to us, but that doesn’t mean there’s not a plan! God is with His people; and sometimes we just trust in His plans (or our teachers!) 

• Have you ever been to a parade? Tell me about it!

• What did God ask Joshua and his men to do?
  • March around the city six times, then on the seventh time, blow their trumpets
• What happened when Joshua listened to God’s directions exactly?
  • The walls fell down
• Why should we follow God’s way?
  • Because His way is always perfect, good, and true

• 8:15 & 10:45am: Jericho Blow Horn
• 9:30am: The Fall of Jericho

Jesus’s friends and followers asked Jesus how to pray. He gave them the Lord’s Prayer as a model. Jesus gave this prayer for his followers then, but also for his followers today. Throughout the summer, children will learn that prayer is talking with and listening to God. They will explore what prayer is, how to pray, and work to memorize The Lord’s Prayer. Each week will unpack a phrase of this famous prayer in hopes that children will understand why Jesus uses this as a model prayer to teach us how to pray to God.  

This week we’ll focus on the phrase: “Give us this day our daily bread.” We’ll read and discuss a portion of the Beatitudes that remind us that we don’t need to worry because God feeds the birds and clothes the lilies of the field, in the same way he provides for what we need.

In this 13-week unit, 4th and 5th graders will spend their time looking at some of the questions Jesus asked real people in the New Testament. Each week, students will explore a question and the context surrounding it. They will discover that Jesus did not ask questions to learn the answer but rather to help us learn more about him.

Students will explore the life and ministry of Jesus, and most importantly, they will learn about Jesus who sees us, hears us, and loves us. Students will discover that far more than our outward actions, Jesus cares about the desires of our hearts and invites us into a relationship with him.

Each lesson will be rooted in building a greater understanding of how the entire Bible points to Jesus’ work on the cross. All of Jesus’ encounters with people were built around pointing them toward the good news of his death and resurrection and how that brought us into a reconciled relationship with our Heavenly Father.  

Students will explore the question Jesus asked when he washed the disciples’ feet, “Do you understand what I have done for you?” Jesus washing the disciples’ feet was a picture of how he would cleanse them from their sins on the cross. Students will also look at all the questions we have explored so far and write on the front of a notecard a question Jesus might ask them if he was in the room with them today. On the back of the notecard, they will write something they learned or something that encourages them from Psalm 139.