In this lesson, children will learn the importance of loving the building. When God’s people were wandering in the wilderness, they had a special tent called the tabernacle that they carried around to be their place of worship. It was a lot of work, and it took everyone helping to make and care for the tabernacle. God’s people thought it was well worth it to have a special place for them to spend time with God. Our church building is where we come to learn about God and spend time worshipping him, we need to love it and care for it too. 

• Have you ever gone camping? What did you do?

• Classroom Tent Building

In this lesson, children will learn the importance of loving the building. When God’s people were wandering in the wilderness, they had a special tent called the tabernacle they carried around to be their place of worship. It was a lot of work, and it took everyone’s help to make and care for the tabernacle. God’s people thought it was well worth it to have a special place for them to spend time with God. Our church building is where we come to learn about God and spend time worshipping him, we need to love it and care for it too. 

• What is your favorite thing about our classroom? (ex- it has my favorite toy, I like looking out the window, the walls are my favorite color.)

• Why did God’s people take such good care of the tabernacle?
  • God’s people took care of the tabernacle because it was their special place to be with him.
• Why should we love our church building?
  • Answers will vary (ex. because it’s where we learn about God, because God wants us to take care of the things he gives us, so that others can use the church too…)
• How can we love our classroom?
  • Answers will vary.

• 8:30am/11:00am: Wooden Church Ornaments
• 9:45am: Magic Nuudle Church

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.

Kids will hear the story of Jesus’ birth and will examine why it was important for Jesus to be fully God and fully human.

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.

In this lesson, the kids will read and study the last half of Psalm 139 in which David the psalmist asks God to search his heart for any sinful ways and reveal the truth of his innermost thoughts to him. Through this Psalm of David, we learn that we are fearfully and wonderfully made by God who knows us intimately. Therefore, we need him to search our hearts and show us our sinful ways. We need Jesus to lead us in the ways that are right.