KiDS Weekly Experience Guide & Parent Cue: week of December 27th
We hope you had a wonderful Christmas with your families! As 2020 winds to an end and as we look toward a new year, we hope you will be able to take a few minutes to reflect on what blessings you have received this year and make some goals for the new year. Thanks for partnering with us during a challenging year! We are grateful for opportunities, at church or from your home, to come alongside you as parents and assist you as you lead your kids in their faith journey. If you haven’t taken advantage of the tools or resources listed below in previous weeks, we hope that you will use THIS week of online church to engage your kids with this content. This is also a great time to begin some new traditions as a family. Right Now Media is a great place to look for family devotionals that you can use to grow closer to each other and to God. If you haven’t already subscribed, you can go here to sign up for free.
If you haven’t already handed in your Give Joy Bingo cards, this is the last week to do so. Since we are meeting online this week, you can email a photo of your child’s card to kidsmin@northridgerochester.com. For every BINGO card returned - Kids Ministry will donate $5 to Beyond Partners to help strengthen families, end poverty, and seek justice. If you misplaced your card in all the Christmas chaos, you can find the Bingo card HERE.
Preschool Resources
Bible Story: The First Christmas Gift - Always With Us
Big Idea: God gave us His Son, Jesus, as the very first Christmas present. Jesus is Immanuel, God with us. He shines a light so we can see what God is like!
Step 1: Watch the video with your preschoolers.
Step 2: Review with your kids.
Ask your kids: How do you know what God is like? (I look at Jesus!)
Step 3: Practice the Memory Verse with your preschoolers.
Memory Verse: “...they will call him Immanuel, which means ‘God is with us.” Mathew 1:23 NLT
Step 4: Print the Adventure Guide to use with your preschooler throughout the week.
Elementary Resources
STEP 1: Read the Bible Passage with your kids
Bible Story: Simeon and Anna Welcome Jesus • Luke 2:22-40;(Galatians 4:4-7)
STEP 2: Choose a worship video to sing with your kids
STEP 3: Watch the Video with your Kids
STEP 4: Practice this month’s Bible Verse with your kids.
Memory Verse: "But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me." Micah 7:7 NIV
STEP 5: Review with your kids.
Big Idea: Jesus is the one we’ve been waiting for.
Ask Your Kids: Who is someone in your life you can tell about God who doesn’t know about God yet?