NOVEMBER 1, 2020 - CGKIDS

Parents - 

Below are some resources for our children in children’s ministry. Please note that our Preschool - 3rd grade children are hearing the same story so that portion of the resources for the Sunday will be the same. The response options are different and have been created to be age appropriate. However, if you choose to reenact the story, you can have all ages participate. If you have multiple children in your family the Godly Play option for the K/1 grade room is a good option to adapt to all family members. 



For Our Younger Preschool children:

  1. Pray with your toddler. It can be something simple like - God, thank you for loving us. Thank you for all of your promises that you made and that you keep. Thank you for Jesus. Amen.

  2. Sing Father Abraham.

  3. Watch the video above with today’s story.

  4. Color a picture of the tent.




For Our Older Preschool Room children:

  1. Have your child say a prayer before they begin. If they struggle, it can be something simple like: Thank you God for today. Thank you for all the people in the Bible. Thanks for all of your promises that you keep!

  2. Remind the children that the story they are about to watch is from the Bible.

  3. Watch the video above of our Godly Play story. 

  4. Wonder - Answer the wondering questions on the video. 

  5. Respond - If you have popsicle sticks at home, make a tent to remember how Abraham and Sarah travelled through the desert. Here are some examples. You could also use strips of construction paper or copy paper.

  6. Sing with Mr. Larry and Ms. Gayle’s video. 




For Our Kindergarten and 1st Grade children:

  1. Have your child say a prayer before they begin. If they struggle, it can be something simple like: Thank you God for today. We thank you for the promises that you made to the People of God and to us. 

  2. Remind the children that the story they are about to watch is from the Bible.

  3. Watch the video above. 

  4. Wonder - answer the wondering questions from the video.

  5. Respond- If you have popsicle sticks at home, make a tent to remember how Abraham and Sarah travelled through the desert. Here are some examples. You could also use strips of construction paper or copy paper.

  6. Sing with Mr. Larry and Ms. Gayle’s video or sing 



For Our 2nd and 3rd grade children:

  1. Have your child say a prayer before they begin. If they struggle, it can be something simple like: Thank you God for today. Thank you for sending us your Son, Jesus. Please help us make others aware of Jesus’ love for them and how He gave to save us from our sins. 

  2. Remind the children that the story they are about to watch is from the Bible.

  3. Watch the video above.

  4. Wonder about the questions in the video. 

  5. Response - Draw a map of where all Abraham and Sarah travelled. Did you catch all of the same of the cities? Use your Bibles to write the names of the cities down on your map. (see the verses below).

  6. Read some of the story of Abraham that was covered in our story today. You can find it in Genesis 12:1-9; Genesis 15:1-6 and Genesis 17:15-21.

  7. In your journals, answer the questions that Pastor Erik asked in the service. You can also answer the questions in the Gospel Guide

For Our 4th and 5th Graders:

  1. Have your child pray.

  2. Read Genesis 22:1-7

  3. Journal the following: Do you think God knew that Abraham loved his son? Imagine you were Abraham. How would you feel? What about if you were Isaac?

  4. Read Genesis 22:8-18.

  5. Journal the following: What does the angel say? What happened with the sacrifice? What does it mean to submit? In the end, Abraham was right. God is good and he did take care of Isaac.

  6. Submission means giving up getting our own way. How do you think Abraham submitted to God? What was God trying to find out?

  7. Write down Genesis 22:18. Then write, God is good and will take care of me.

I want to highlight some resources for you to talk to your children about race, racism and diversity. 

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