Today was the sixth week of The Great Sky Bridge Showdown where preschoolers are pretending to be a part of a construction crew building a great bridge that connects two tall buildings, and elementary schoolers are learning how to become wise builders who follow Jesus’ blueprints for their lives!
SpringTown & Treehouse (Preschool)
ImagiNation, Jump Street & Shockwave (Elementary School)
Need to Know: Share With Others!
Every day we have things that we need, and we need others to share with us. Every day we also have something that we can share with others in need. Today we learned to Share With Others as we read about the woman in Shunem who shared her food and her home with Elisah in 2 Kings 4:8-17. When she shared with Elisha she did not expect anything in return. She shared because she loved God, and because of this good attitude, God blessed her beyond her wildest dreams by giving her a child!
Ask your kids how it makes them feel when others share with them. Remind them that they can make others feel that same way by sharing. Remind your child that EVERYTHING we have is something God has shared with us, and that because God has shared everything with us, we should be happy to share EVERYTHING we have with others.
One thing you can share with others is God’s word. It’s always good to memorize God’s word in case you want to share it with somebody and you do not have a Bible nearby. Practice and share our Memory Verse with someone this week:
“Anyone who hears and obeys these teachings of mine is like a wise person who built a house on solid rock. Rain poured down, rivers flooded, and winds beat against that house. But it did not fall, because it was built on solid rock” - Matthew 7:24-25
Motions for younger elementary kids: “Anyone who hears (cup hand around ear) and obeys (swing arms in marching motion) these teachings of mine, (hold Bible) is like a wise person (point to head) who built a house (hammer) on solid rock (pound fists on top of each other). Rain poured down, (wiggle fingers from up high to down low) rivers flooded, (palms up; lift hands from down low) and winds beat against that house. (sway side to side) But it did not fall, (stand/sit up straight and firm) because it was built on solid rock (pound fists on top of each other).” - Matthew 7:24-25 (hold up seven fingers)