City Kids Parent Take-Home Mark 4 Big truth: Jesus’s true followers accept his word and bear fruitChrist connection: The words of Jesus bring lifeFaith Response: Children who listen to Jesus and bear good fruit Memory verse: Ezekiel 37:23bI will … cleanse them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God. Dinner-table questions Family Activity: Four soils …
Follow the leader
City Kids Parent Take-Home Mark 3 Big truth: Jesus picked 12 ordinary men to do extraordinary things Christ connection: Jesus calls people to follow HimFaith Response: Children who listen to Jesus and follow Him Memory verse: Ezekiel 37:23bI will … cleanse them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God. Dinner-table questions Family Activity: Follow me! …
Get Up!
City Kids Parent Take-Home Mark 2 Big truth: Jesus has the power to forgive sins Christ connection: Jesus is God so He can forgive sins Faith Response: Children who trust Jesus to forgive their sins Memory verse: Ezekiel 37:23bI will … cleanse them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God. Dinner-table questions Family Activity: Stretcher …
Mr. Clean
City Kids Parent Take-Home We’re back in the gospels after a bit of a break. The word gospel means “good news”. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John each tell us the good news about Jesus; the long-awaited Prophet, Priest and King who is also the snake crusher we’ve been longing for since the garden! Mark 1 Big truth: Our sins make …
The Sermon That Was
City Kids Parent Take-Home We’ve been seeing that Jesus is the promised Saviour of the world who will crush the snake’s head! Matthew 4 Big truth: Jesus proclaimed that he had come to crush the snake’s rule and bring in his own kingdom.Christ connection: Jesus preached that He is Lord and Saviour Faith Response: Children who come to Jesus to …
The Sin That Wasn’t
City Kids Parent Take-Home We’ve been seeing that Jesus is the promised Saviour of the world! John the Baptist was telling everyone this in last week’s lesson. Matthew 4 Big truth: Jesus resisted Satan’s temptation through the word of God.Christ connection: Jesus chose not to save himself but instead saves us Faith Response: Children who love Jesus for dying on …
The Pointer and the Point
City Kids Parent Take-Home We’re a few lessons into the New Testament in the Biggest Story: Jesus, the long-awaited Snake Crusher and the true Prophet, Priest and King had arrived on earth. Last week the Wise Men recognised Jesus as the true King. This week John the Baptist tells everyone that they need Jesus. Matthew 3 Big truth: John the …
Wise Men, Smart Move
City Kids Parent Take-Home Last week we finally started New Testament in the Biggest Story: Jesus, the long-awaited Snake Crusher and the true Prophet, Preist and King had arrived on earth. This week we see the Wise Men recognise Jesus as the true King. Matthew 2 Big truth: Jesus is the King of all nations. Christ connection: Jesus is the …
A New Baby and a New Beginning
City Kids Parent Take-Home Now we come to the second half of the Bible called the New Testament. Actually, this “half” is quite a bit shorter than the first “half,” but it begins a new covenant with God’s people and the climax of the story that began in the garden. What we saw in shadow and symbols in the Old …