I Will Do Helpful Things For Others To Show Them God's Love

This Sunday we talked about showing God's love to others. We talked about Timothy and Paul and how they told others about God, how they helped each other and how they showed other people God's love by their actions.

You can learn more about Timothy by reading here: 1 Timothy 4:12, 1 Timothy 4:6, 1 Thessalonians 3:5-7, Philippians 2:19-20

Our memory verse this week is: 1 John 3:18
"Dear children, let's not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions." (NLT)

Special Assignment (worth 15 Action Bucks!): Find someone who is not in your family to help this week, and show them God's love. It could be playing with someone at school who doesn't have anyone to play with, it could be bringing food to a local food bank or mission or something else that will be helpful and show someone God's love. Then comment on the blog with what you did to show someone God's love. Make sure to include your first name, last initial and grade so that I know who you are. It should look like this:

Today, I helped and showed God's love by getting extra

food for some neighbors who can't afford groceries

right now and leaving it on their door step.

Ashley M., 2nd grade

The word for next Sunday is listen!

Reminder: You can get 28 Action Bucks this Sunday!

Here is how:

1) Go to the blog and tell me the secret word = 5

2) Memorize the Bible Verse = 5

3) Do the special assignment = 15

4) Come to church = 1

5) Bring your bible = 2

I Will Follow God And Make Good Choices

Today in 123 Go! We learned the importance of following God and making good choices. We heard the story of the Israelites in the desert, and how they followed God's path.

Bible Story: Exodus 13:17-14:31

Memory Verse: "Then Jesus said to his disciples, 'If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross, and follow me.'" (NLT) Matthew 16:24

(this is worth 5 Action Bucks this week!)

In life, many times we have to make a choice. We can go God's way, or the other way but how do we know which way is the right way? We can learn more about what God's way is by reading our Bible, praying, and going to church. I would like to encourage your family to talk about the importance of choices we make this week, and how we can always chose to follow God!

The word for next week is: show

Love God, Love others

This week we learned about Loving God and Loving Others.

We heard about what Jesus said in Matthew 22:35-40

Our memory verse this week is:

Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart,

all your soul, and all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment.

A second is equally important:

Love your neighbor as yourself"

Matthew 22:37-39

If you memorize this verse you get 10 action bucks!

Another way to get 10 action bucks this week is to do this project:

Write two sentences for each of the following statements and have a parent sign it.

I loved God this week by....

I loved Others this week by...

The secret word for this week is: choices

Happy Easter!

I hope that everyone had a great Easter! This Sunday we spent some time celebrating and it was a great wrap up to our 8 week series highlighting why we need Jesus, and how we can have salvation through Him alone. Next week we will start a whole new series, and I can't wait to have the kids learn more about what it means to follow Christ.

A few parents have been wondering about Action Bucks here are just a few ways your child can earn them:

Attending on Sunday morning = 1 Action Buck

Bringing your Bible to Church = 2 Action Bucks

Memorizing the weekly verse = 5 Action Bucks

Going to the Blog = 5 Action Bucks

Perfect Attendance for the month = 10 Action Bucks

There are almost alway bonus bucks each week, for things like winning a game, answering a question or staying on task. The Action Buck Store is open EVERY Sunday, so please encourage your children to earn Action Bucks!

The word for this week is: LOVE

Go and Tell Everyone About Jesus' Power!

Today in 123 Go was the final installment of the Treasure Quest series. This week your children learned the story of the Resurrection of Jesus and what that means to us. On stage, we said goodbye to Kit and Andi but not before joining them for the last chapter of their adventure. Kit was depressed after hearing about how Jesus died last week and was anxious to get back home. Andi encouraged Kit to stick around for the final stone because Jesus’ story wasn’t finished. Soon they found the “resurrection stone” puzzle, and Andi shared the Bible Story. In the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke & John, is the story of the resurrection of Jesus. After Jesus was crucified, He was buried in a tomb. To seal the tomb, a large stone was rolled in front of it. After three days, some of the women that Jesus knew went to visit the tomb. When they arrived, the women saw that the stone had been rolled aside and an angel was sitting on it. The tomb was empty. The women didn’t know where Jesus was. The angel told them that Jesus wasn’t in the tomb because He is alive! Jesus conquered death! Jesus later appeared in person to His disciples. He gave them the task of telling the rest of the world about Him. That task belongs to us as well. It is our task to tell people everywhere about Jesus and His power.

After telling the Bible story, Andi and Kit found a letter from Professor J. Bartleby O’Conner, the man who had sent them on this quest. The letter explained that it is now Kit’s job to continue on and tell the people about Jesus on every quest from now on. Andi is also congratulated on a job well done and rewarded with the responsibility of taking care of the Professor’s pet monkey, Archibald. Today, your children learned about what should now be their lifelong mission: To tell others about Jesus and to live the life God wants them to.

You can find this weeks story here:

The Resurrection of Jesus (Matthew 28:1-10; John 20:19-23; Acts 2:14-41)

This weeks Memory Verse:

"And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere..." Acts 1:8b (NLT)

Next Sunday is Easter, and we will be having a special celebration each service. We will be hunting for easter eggs and reminding the Children of the true meaning of easter. The code word this week is: HAPPY EASTER . See you Easter Sunday!

Highway 45- March 28, 2010

Last week the kids did such an amazing job memorizing the books of the Bible, everyone participated and was excited to share all that they had learned! It was a fun day for all of us, I can only hope that they will take everything they've learned and really apply it to their everyday lives.

This Sunday is Palm Sunday, as many of you know, and I have a couple fun projects and lessons planned for the kids. We will be making crosses made of palm leafs, during this project I'll be telling them the importance of Palm Sunday and how it correlates with the story of Jesus. My goal is to get them excited not only Easter, but for everything that leads up to that wonderful day like Palm Sunday and Good Friday.

Kids Night Out!

We are launching our new Kids Night Out program with Hero Adventures. This is going to be seven weeks your kids don't want to miss! Every Wednesday night April 14th - May 26th from 6:30 - 8pm your children will learn about a Hero from the Bible and they will be able to apply what they have learned about that Hero to their life.

There will be skits, games, snacks, activities and more each night. The cost is just $10 for the 1st child and $5 for each additional child for the entire 7 weeks! This means that if you have two kids, your total cost is $15 and that includes a t-shirt and snacks each week. Registration is now open, to download the registration form please go to here.