Safari | Jesus is the Greatest Gift!

December 11, 2013

Monthly Focus: Jesus is the Greatest Gift!
Bible Story: Jesus is Born | Luke 2:1-14
Weekend Activity: Christmas Tree coloring page

 

Use your toddler’s coloring page to remind your toddler Jesus is the greatest gift we will ever receive. Read the Christmas story to your toddler. Use the reading tips found on the coloring page and ask your toddler questions about the story:

  • Where was baby Jesus born?
  • What’s the best thing about Christmas?
  • Who did Jesus come for?
  • Who is the greatest gift?

 

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Mystery at Candy Cane Lane – Episode 1

December 10, 2013

Bible Story: Baby Jesus is Born | Matthew 1:18-21, 24, Luke 1:26-33, 2:1-7
Main Point: I Can Love My Family!
Virtue: Love – Showing others you care.
Memory Verse: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only son.” John 3:16a (NIV)

LESSON OVERVIEW
Holly Holiday and Timmy Tinsel love working at Candy Cane Lane, the sweetest Christmas shop on the block. But when ornaments go missing from Candy Cane Lane, it’s a mystery! This December in Quest, we will search the shop with Holly and Timmy to find the missing ornaments and learn about loving others along the way.

CANDY CANE LANE ORNAMENTS
One of Holly Holiday’s favorite things about Christmas is decorating her Christmas tree with ornaments! This month, help your child trim your tree with their own Candy Cane Lane ornaments. Each week children will receive a Christmas ornament in Quest. Help your child hang the ornament on your Christmas tree in a place where he or she can see it everyday as a reminder to what we are learning in Quest. Use the ornaments to start conversation with your child about what they are learning in Quest.

If your child missed Quest this weekend, you can print the ornament at home.

DECEMBER MEMORY VERSE
God’s word helps us know how to live. Teaching children scripture helps them build a strong spiritual foundation. Help your child learn this month’s verse, John 3:16a.

Any Quest child who recites the verse during one of the Christmas worship experiences, December 21-24, will receive a special Quest ornament.

For God (point up)
so loved the world (cross arms over chest)
that he gave (extend hands forward)
his one and only son. (hold up one finger)
John 3:16a (NIV)

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#ZackInTime: Episode 1

December 9, 2013

December Memory Verse: Luke 10:27, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind.”
Series Virtue: Love – responding with action to what God has done
Bible Story: The Boy Jesus at the Temple | Luke 2:41-52
Main Point: Love is shared.

This week, we began our brand new series, Zack in Time. We met Zack Miller, a normal kid getting ready for the holidays. Like a lot of kids, he doesn’t really understand why we do certain things around the holidays. Traditions seem kind of random and weird. Sometimes visiting relatives is awkward. Opening presents is really the most exciting part. Well, Zack meets up with Dr. Oldman and when Dr. Oldman picks up on this, he goes on a mission to help Zack understand better. Check out the first episode below:

Zack saw that some of the traditions his family does today have their roots a long time ago. Traditions help us remember what God has done. Traditions are one way that we share love with others and they help us remember God’s love.

Jesus’ family participated in a tradition called Passover, which helped the Israelites remember how God rescued them from slavery.

What traditions does your family have? As you enter into this holiday season, have discussions with your family about different traditions, where they came from, and what they help you remember. Consider starting a new tradition this year that helps you remember things God has done for you.

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52 Days of Thanks and Praise Week 5 | eKidz at Home Resources

December 7, 2013

52 Days of Thanks and Praise is an opportunity to thank God and reflect on the past 52 weeks. Pastor Steven encouraged our church to do this by spending 52 days in thanksgiving and praise.

Use these eKidz At Home resources to make the 52 Days of Thanks and Praise a FAMILY activity. We hope you and your family’s faith will increase and your offering of thanksgiving and praise becomes a part of your daily routine.

MOTION (1st – 5th Grade) | Download the Family Activity Instructions 

QUEST (3 years – Kindergarten) | Download the Prayer Calendar Prayer Bricks

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Safari | God Wants Me to Give Thanks!

December 4, 2013

Monthly Focus: God Wants Me to Give Thanks!
Bible Story: The 10 Lepers | Luke 17:11-19
Weekend Activity: Thankful Hide and Seek activity

Today we played a game of Thankful Hide and Seek! Recreate this game at home with your toddler. Ask your toddler to name things he/she is thankful for (family, food, clothes, TV, pet, etc). Print thankful pictures or draw a picture of different things your toddler is thankful for. Hide the pictures around your house and have your toddler find them. Once a picture is found, have your toddler repeat after you, ‘God wants me to give thanks. Thank you God!’

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