Date: June 22, 2025
Elementary Essential: God is relational: God invites us to talk to him through prayer.
Unit Overview:
In this unit, kids will examine the way The Gospel helps us to make sense of all of life—including art. Together we will enjoy high quality children’s literature, search for places where the beauty of the Gospel intersects and points to the greatest story of all and discover how to engage with our culture in winsome ways.
Children will learn:
- That all great art contains an echo of Eden—memories of a good creation, the tragedy of our current condition, and a longing for redemption and restoration.
- How to use quality literature to notice Gospel themes, find common ground with others, and discuss these truths in winsome ways.
- To enjoy literature, engage in culture, and understand what it means to be created in the image of a creative God.
- To learn how to “hunt and gather truth” in a variety of contexts.
- The Gospel is not just for saving souls but reaching and redeeming all of creation.
Lesson Title: Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes
Lesson Overview:
Kids will read the book Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes. In this book, a little mouse is consumed by worry even though her parents tell her there is nothing to worry about. This book gets us thinking about why worry is consuming and how the Bible teaches us to deal with our worry – to trust God and give our worries to Him through prayer.
Lesson Scripture: Philippians 4:6-7
Activity: Children will do a simple science experiment to see if an egg will float or sink in tap water and saltwater. Children will have a discussion that worry “sinks” us, but when we have faith, God will strengthen and support us to “float” like the egg.
Date: June 22, 2025
Unit: Apostle’s Creed
Elementary Essential: God is Sovereign: In the beginning, he created everything. He holds all things together by the power of his word. Nothing is too hard for him.
Unit Overview:
This summer, 2nd and 3rd graders will take a closer look at The Apostles’ Creed. The Apostles’ Creed is the oldest, most widely used Christian creed in the world with its earliest versions dating back over 1,600 years ago. For centuries, parents and pastors have taught the Apostles’ Creed as “Christianity 101” to their children. The Creed states in simple, scriptural language the essential facts of our faith, from creation of the world to the coming of Christ and the eternal life promised to all who believe. Historically the creed has been used to correct error by reminding people of what’s true about the God of the Bible. These words not only shape and affirm what we believe but also connect us to other Christians who have spoken these words throughout the centuries.
Kids will:
- Memorize the Apostles’ Creed to remember and affirm what is true about the God of the Bible.
- Understand the difference between knowing about God and believing in him.
- Identify each member of the trinity and examine their unique attributes and role they play in God's rescue plan.
- Understand what it means to be part of the Church and Communion of Saints.
Lesson Title: "Almighty Maker of Heaven and Earth"
Lesson Overview:
Kids will learn that God is both intimately involved in the details of our life as our father while also being infinitely in control of all things as the almighty maker and sustainer of our universe. After watching a video that captures God’s majesty from Psalm 104, kids will see how God knows and is in control of all things, both big and small.
Lesson Scripture: Psalm 104
Activity: Each class will create a snack mix to help them remember all that God created in the beginning.
Date: June 22, 2025
Elementary Essential: God is Immutable: He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. He never changes.
Unit Overview:
4th and 5th graders will spend their summer in the Psalms. Each week, kids will explore one Psalm, be invited to dig deeper into what the Psalm teaches about God and learn how they can use the Psalm to respond to God in their everyday lives. They’ll learn that the Psalms are ancient Hebrew poems (translated into English) in the Old Testament. These poems were written for God’s people to read aloud to him in prayer and sing to him in worship.
The book of Psalms gives us many of the Bible’s so called greatest hits. Words of praise, words of lament, words of thanksgiving, words of doubt, words of repentance, and words of rejoicing. Psalms is the longest book of the Bible and captures every emotion and part of the human experience, ultimately showing us how God’s people can and should relate to him through it all. We will take a closer look at this important book for 13 weeks.
Kids will:
- Gain a deeper understanding of who God is.
- Understand what a Psalm is and how to read the genre of poetry in the Bible.
- Know how to respond to God through worship and prayer during both good times and bad.
Lesson Title: Praising God in the Psalms
Lesson Overview:
In this lesson, students will learn that Psalm 136 was written to give thanks to God for who he is: God is faithful and devoted to his people. Kids will learn that by God’s grace we have been saved. The lesson teaches that we praise God for his power, his creation, his miracles, his protection, and his everlasting love.
Lesson Scripture: Psalm 136
Activity: Kids will participate in a chanting relay in which two teams’ alternate verses of Psalm 136 sharing a joyful refrain “HIS FAITHFUL LOVE CONTINUES FOREVER!”