Sunday January 24, 2010

Our message for today was "Things are Not Always as They Appear." We played an optical illusion game and talked about the story of Lot and Abram. When Abram left Haran at the age of 75 he took his nephew, Lot with him. This worked fine until Abram's servants and Lots servants started arguing about whose animals should graze on the best land. When Abram and Lot decided to go their separate ways, Abram let Lot choose where to go. Lot looked out over the land and chose the land in the Jordan Valley. Although this looked like the best land, he ran into all sorts of trouble. Ask your child to tell you about some of the trouble he had.

Kids, here is your Parent Stumper question - How old was Abram when God changed his name to Abraham. Don't forget, I will add a marble to the jar for each kid who is able to tell me the answer. Hint: Look in Genesis 17.

Our memory verse for the remainder of January and February is Zephaniah 3:17. This is an awesome verse that reminds us of God's amazing love for us. I hope you will take the time to work with your kids on learning this verse. Hiding God's word in our hearts is a worthwhile endeavor.

Sunday January 17, 2010

This week we talked about Abram. Since he is such an important figure we will be spending more than one week on him. We briefly discussed who he was, what the kids already know about him and why he is important to us. Abram had great faith in God. He is an example to us all of how to trust God. We will be discussing him in more detail next week.

Kids- Don't forget the "Parent Stumper Question" Where was Abram from originally? The answer can be found in Genesis 11. Hint: It is not Haran.

Sunday January 10, 2010

We learned about the Tower of Babel in Children's Church on Sunday. After the flood, God told Noah and his sons to spread out over the whole earth. After a while, people forgot what God had commanded and broke the covenant with God by settling in one place. To make matters worse, they came up with a plan to build a tower to heaven. We discussed why the people wanted to do this, why this was bad, and why God made everyone speak different languages. Ask your kids if God wanted to punish the people for what they did or if He had another reason for preventing them from working together to build the tower.

Kids here is a stumper question for you to ask your parents: Who was Ehud and what totally gross thing did he do? You can find the answer in Judges 3. I will add a marble to the jar for each kid who can tell me about Ehud on Sunday!