Kids Church Theme for August 2013
From the very beginning, God set up leaders on earth. We see in Genesis 1, God instructed Adam to rule over the fish in the sea, the birds in the air, and the livestock that moves on the ground. Much later in the Old Testament, God called out prophets, judges, kings, and priests to lead His people. Each of these leaders, although different in many ways, had one main thing in common. Their job was to follow God. An interesting pattern can be seen when they trusted and obeyed God—the people under their leadership prospered.
Obedience is trusting those who lead you by doing what you’re asked to do. God asks us to trust Him by giving us specific things to do to accomplish His work around us. He may even ask us to do something that seems too hard or too uncomfortable. But we can choose to trust that He’ll work out the details and take care of our needs. Then it’s easier for us to choose to obey and act on what we know, because we trust our ultimate Leader.
The monthly memory verse is: “Obey your leaders. Put yourselves under their authority. They keep watch over you. They know they are accountable to God for everything they do. Obey them so that their work will be a joy. If you make their work a heavy load, it won’t do you any good.” (Hebrews 13:17, NIrV) Often, it’s hardest to obey when God asks us to trust another person that He has chosen to lead us. But, as long as their instructions line up with God’s commands, do what they ask of us.
In Week One’s Bible story, God places Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden with just one command (Genesis 1, 2, 3:1-24). When they make their own plan and disobey God, it has profound and lasting affects. Our Bottom Line is: I should trust and obey even when I think my way is better. Our leaders see the bigger picture and understand the greater consequences.
In Week Two’s Bible story, Noah had a history of trusting God, and continued to obey God to the smallest detail while building the ark (Genesis 6–8). Even when everyone else disobeyed, Noah followed God. Our Bottom Line is: I should trust and obey even when others don’t. Developing a pattern of obedience might prepare us for trusting God in a moment when the stakes are even higher.
In Week Three’s Bible story, God makes a big promise to Abraham, and then asks Abraham to move to a new place (Genesis 12:1-5; 13:2-18; 15:1-6). Abraham doesn’t know where or how God will keep His promises. But he trusts God. Our Bottom Line is: I should trust and obey even if I don’t know how it will all work out. We always know we can trust God, so we can confidently obey.
In Week Four’s Bible story, God asks Abraham to do something shocking (Genesis 15, 18, 21, 22). When Abraham is willing to obey and sacrifice what he loves, he demonstrates his unwavering trust in God to keep His promises. Our Bottom Line is: I should trust and obey even if it costs me something. We can trust that God wants what’s best for us.
By Jessica McKee ©2013 The reThink Group. All rights reserved. www.ThinkOrange.com *Used by permission.
Parent Cue for Sunday, July 27
Each week we supply a weekly Parent Cue and Kids God Time sheet.
- The Parent Cue is meant to be a resource for you to discuss and reinforce the lesson with your kids.
- The God Time is intended to help kids learn to spend some quiet time with God on their own. (Of course, you’re welcome to help them and model it for them as they learn!)
We’re posting the upcoming week’s material for the lesson that will be taught this Sunday. Additionally, we will provide a hardcopy of these on Sunday for those who may not prefer the digital versions.
Parent Cue Discussion Spiritual Discussion Starter Sheet
For the lesson this coming week: Parent Cue July 28.
Haven’t gotten to this week’s yet? Check out the Parent Cue July 21.
God Time Quiet Time Exercise for Kids
For the lesson this coming week: God Time July 28.
Haven’t gotten to this week’s yet? Check out the one for God Time July 21.
As always, instructions are here.
Our goal as a church is provide you with resources to help your children grow spiritually. We’re doing our best to make things simple and easy. Please feel free to give us feedback on this!
Baptism Postponed
Due to weather (lightning), we postponed the baptisms on the beach. Although baptism is symbolic of death with Christ, we did not want to die during baptism. We’re looking at some dates in the future and we’ll let everyone know when we reschedule.
If you’re interested in being baptized, see me, contact me, sign up on Sunday or comment below so we can be sure you get the most up to date information and let you know about any last minute changes, including plans if it rains.
If you’re wondering what baptism is, whether you should be baptized, whether you should be baptized again, etc., the “mythstery” (Our current sermon series is titled Mythsteries: investigating myths about God and the Bible.) at our worship gathering a few weeks ago was about baptism. So check out the podcast!
Food for the Hungry
If you’re looking for a fun way to serve others outside of your daily life, some people from Deep Water will be helping serve lunch at the Salvation Army in downtown Dover on Saturday, August 3 at 11am.
Those going will help provide/prepare a meal and serve some people in the community in need. In addition to help serving, for August 3, a donation of dessert or fruit to serve approximately 40 to 50 is needed. To sign up to help or for more information, contact Cindi by text/phone (302-331-8517) contact us or comment below!
Buffalo Stampede
Reminder: We’ll be pouring water and gatorade into cups and giving them to people running the Buffalo Stampede this Saturday, July 20. A person will drive us to our water stop. We need to meet by 7:15am at Wyoming Park near the picnic tables. If you’re not sure where Wyoming Park is, check it out it on Google Places, Facebook or Foursquare. The race begins at 8am and we would probably see our last runner by 9:30. We need 4-6 people for this to work well. We have some people interested, but welcome more help! If you’re interested, comment below or contact me!