Bible Teaching For Kids: Babies-Twos

The Big Idea: God loves me.

The Bible Story: God Loved Isaac (Genesis 26:12-33)

Connecting Points this week:

• Give your child a small suitcase or backpack to use. As he drops toys in the bag, talk about Isaac. Tell your child that Isaac had to move to a new home but God was with him. God loved Isaac and said He would take care of Isaac.
• Pray and thank God for food before you eat a meal. As you eat, tell your child that God loves him and your family. Comment that God helps your family have what you need.

Bible Teaching For Kids: Threes

The Big Idea: I can show love to people around me.

The Bible Story: Isaac Was Kind(Genesis 26:12-33)

Connecting Points this week:

• This week focus on ways your family can show love to neighbors and others around you. List people that have needs and pray for them together. Guide your children to think of people who may not treat them kindly. Comment that we need to pray for those people, too, and work to get along with them.
• Read Romans 12:18 with your kids. Post the verse in your kitchen or other prominent place as a reminder to get along and show love to others.
• If you have a conflict with someone, tell your child about it. (Avoid details; just mention that a person upset you or did something hurtful.) Talk about how you responded and whether that was a right choice (showed love) or a wrong choice (did not show love). Encourage your child to think of other ways you could have responded.

Worship KidStyle: PreK-Kindergarten

The Big Idea: I can show love to others by recognizing when I hurt them.

The Bible Story: Jacob and Esau (Genesis 25:24-26; 27:35,41; 32:1-7, 13-21; 33:1-5, 8-11)

Connecting Points this week:

• If your child acts mean or says unkind things to a family member or friend, ask: “Did you know you hurt [person] by what you did (or said)? We learned at church we show love to people by recognizing when we hurt them. Please tell [person] you are sorry.”
• As your child watches TV, notice when someone in the program is mean or says unkind words. Comment: “That person was mean (or said unkind words). We learned we can show love to people by recognizing when we hurt them.”
• Ask: “Do you know when you hurt someone with your words or by what you do?” Encourage responses. Say: “We can show love by recognizing when what what we said or what we did hurt someone. We can tell the person we are sorry.”

Worship KidStyle: Children

The Big Idea: I can help people and treat them the way I want to be treated.

The Bible Story: The Shunammite Woman Went to Elisha for Help (2 Kings 4:8-37)

Connecting Points this week:

• Talk with your children about how they want to be treated. Ask: “How do you feel when someone treats you in a bad way? Do you ever want to treat someone the same way to ‘get even.’?”
• As you watch television with your children this week, look for ways people treat one another. Talk with your children about the people’s actions. Ask: “Do these people’s actions please God?”
• As a family, take time to do something nice and unexpected for someone in your neighborhood.

From: James Jackson, Parent2Parent: Helping Parents Keep It All Together http://parent2parent.ning.com

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Dads, treat your daughters to a night to remember and demonstrate to them the way they should be treated! It’s a Pretty in Pink winter ball for dads to celebrate their precious girls (ages 4 and up). Here’s 5 ways to make it a night she’ll always remember.

1.  Get dressed up in your best! Not only will she love dressing up for the night, she’ll feel special when you do the same. No tux rental necessary. This isn’t the prom or your wedding day. Nice pants and a tie will be just fine. In case you haven’t worn one in a while, try this link for tie tying demos (http://www.tieanecktie.com/)

2. Leave the house for a while and come pick her up at the front door like a date! Do all the things your dad told you to do on a date (open doors, pull out chairs, etc.) as a demo for how she should be treated. When she’s older, she won’t want some guy honking the horn for her to run outside when she sees how special it is to be treated like a lady.

3. Do dinner before hand, just the two of you (or more of you if you have more than one daughter)! Light hors’dourves and dessert will be served at the ball. Use the dinner before hand as a way to spend even more time together. Take her to a restaurant that you wouldn’t normally go to and enjoy the occasion.

4. Bust a move in the Dads only dad contest! Who knows? You might even win. She might say she’s embarrassed but secretly, she’ll love having a dad who can let loose, act crazy, and wrangle the spotlight for a few moments.

5. Tell her over and over how pretty and how special she is and how much you LOVE spending time with her. Your daughter is going to grow up one day (very soon) and she’ll choose a guy to love her based on the love she’s experienced at home from her father. She’ll build her understanding on how she should be treated based on the way you treat her so use this night as a way to help build that foundation into her esteem and into her future.

Get tickets in the Gallery on Sunday mornings or by visiting www.rollinghillscommunity.org and plan to attend the first Rolling Hills Father Daughter Ball.

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Bible Teaching For Kids: Babies-Twos

The Big Idea: Jesus loves me.

The Bible Story: Jesus and Zacchaeus (Luke 19:1-10)

Connecting Points this week:

• Look in a mirror with your child. Point to his eyes, ears, nose, and so forth. (Or call out a facial feature and ask him to point to it.) Say: “Jesus loves you!”
• As you play in the yard or walk in the neighborhood, stop by a tree. Talk about the Bible story. Say: “Jesus loved Zacchaeus. Jesus loves you and me, too.”

Bible Teaching For Kids: Threes

The Big Idea: I can show love to God (and obey Him).

The Bible Story: Abram Moved to a New Home (Genesis 12:1-9)

Connecting Points this week:

• Find a time to sit with your child and talk about the Bible story. Talk about how Abram obeyed God and moved to a new place to live. Tell your child that doing what God says is a way to show love to God.
• When your family is in the car together or waiting together, recall Bible verses that tell us what God says to do. Talk about specific ways your family could obey God by doing what the Bible says.
• This week notice when your child acts in kind and loving ways. Say something like: “You were kind when you let your brother have a turn. Showing love and being kind are things the Bible tells us to do. You show love to God when you obey what the Bible says.”

Worship KidStyle: PreK-Kindergarten

The Big Idea: I can discover ways to obey God.

The Bible Story: Abram Moved to a New Home (Genesis 12:1-9)

Connecting Points this week:

• As you prepare dinner or make cookies this week, let your child help. Give him or her specific tasks to do. Comment: “You will need to obey my directions to make the meal/cookies. We can obey God each day. You are obeying God when you do what I tell you to do.”
• As you drive, invite your child to name ways to obey God. Include worship, pray, sing, tell people about Jesus and God, read our Bibles, and do what is right.
• After your child makes a right choice, say: “You made the right choice and obeyed me. Abram made the right choice and obeyed God.”

Worship KidStyle: Children

The Big Idea: I can tell the truth no matter what.

The Bible Story: Samuel Told the Truth (1 Samuel 3)

Connecting Points this week:

• Talk with your children about situations in which they are tempted to not tell the truth. Ask: “Why do you think it is difficult for people to tell the truth all the time? Do you think people feel they will get in trouble if they do something, but do not tell the truth? What happens when we do not tell the truth?”
• Throughout the week look for opportunities to express appreciation to your children for telling the truth.
• Share about a time you did not tell the truth to someone (your parents, friends, co-workers) and what happened as a result.
• Talk about consequences of not telling the truth.

From: James Jackson, Parent2Parent: Helping Parents Keep It All Together http://parent2parent.ning.com

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