Followers: Charles Mulli

“Suppose a brother or a sister has no clothes or food. Suppose one of you says to them, ‘Go. I hope everything turns out fine for you. Keep warm. Eat well.’ And suppose you do nothing about what they really need. Then what good have you done?”
James 2:15-16

This Sunday we talked about Charles Mulli and read a story about him and his family called “The Biggest Family in the World”.

Many kids thought that Charles Mulli and his family were from a long time ago, but they’re not! They’re alive and living today. Take a look at this video to see all the amazing things God is doing in Kenya with Mully Children’s Family.

We talked about generosity in Kidventure and how Charles and his wife Esther were generous. Can you think of some ways they show generosity to others?

Do you think it was always easy for them to be generous and trust that God would take care of them? What happened when they ran out of food one time? Do you remember? What happened when the new land God gave them ran out of water? How did God take care of them? (answers are at the bottom)

This series is all about following Jesus and trying to be more like him, can you think of some ways that Charles Mulli is becoming more like Jesus? What are some things that you can learn from Charles that teach you to be more like Jesus?

Read James 2:15-16. If Charles had seen the street children and saw that they needed help but did nothing to help them would he have been obeying God? We need to love and pray for others but we need to share and be generous as well.

Watch and listen to this great song about giving:

 

I like this song because it’s almost exactly what Charles Mulli said to God when he didn’t know what to do with his life, “God, I turn everything over to you, what do you want to do with me?” I also like how the song tells us that giving and being generous isn’t only about giving money. What else does the song say you can you give?

Pray together, thanking God for all the good things we have and that God will give you a heart that is generous and wants to share with others. 

(When Charles and Esther ran out of food to feed their family, they prayed and God sent a woman with a truckload of food for them. And when their new land didn’t have enough water for them Charles prayed long and hard and God showed them where to dig a hole. After digging for two days they struck fresh, clean water. Enough for everyone and all their gardens and crops!)

Followers: Pope Francis

“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.” Philippians 2:3-4

This Sunday we talked about Pope Francis. Pope Francis is the head of the Catholic church, he is responsible for 1.2 billion people. Many have said that Pope Francis is HUMBLE because he chooses to wear simple clothes, drive a small car and live in an apartment when gold robes, limos and castles are offered. But, more than this, Pope Francis cares for people. He helps the poor and the sick. He wants justice and honesty. He follows Jesus.

Questions

1 – What does the word humble mean?

2 – Do you know anyone who is humble? What does he/she do that stands out as being humble?

Read Matthew 23: 1-12

3 – In this passage Jesus is talking about the Pharisees and the teachers of the law. Today, we don’t have Pharisees or teachers of the law, but we do have priests and pastors. What were the Pharisees doing? (verse 4-7) Did Jesus think this was right? (verse 3) How does Jesus want them, and us, to act? (verse 12)

Read Philippians 2:1-11

4 – This passage reminds us that Jesus was humble. And, that we are all called to be like Him. Therefore, we are to be HUMBLE: “value others above ourselves”. What can you do to show humility, be humble?

Activity

Sit with your family and make a list of encouraging words. Now think of someone you know that might need a little encouraging today. Make them a gift package and be sure to include some of those encouraging words.

 

compliments

Followers: Mary Magdalene

“And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to Him, to love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.” Deut 10:12

Mary Magdalene was loyal.

Let’s explore this statement. Click on button below to get the questions.

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Don’t forget to practice the new songs. Go to last week’s lesson to find them.

 

Followers: Peter

“He proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ -with all boldness and without hindrance!” Acts 28:31

Click on the button and get the questions.

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We have a couple new songs for this series. Start to learn them. We’ll show you the actions on Sunday.

the BIG plan

“For God so loved the world he gave his one and only son that whoever believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16

We had a great time in Kidventure this week. We made an amazing tapestry telling the story of Easter, and all the special touches you guys put on it was fantastic.

I hope you’re enjoying your spring break. I’ll keep things simple this week and simply post a video that tells the Easter story. It’s a great reminder of what God’s BIG plan was and why it’s such good  news for us. But I will ask one question… how does it make you feel to know God loves you like crazy and sent Jesus to save you?

the BIG plan

“God did not send his Son into the world to judge the world. He sent his Son to save the world through him.” John 3:17

This is a picture of the tallest bridge in the world:

It is called the Millau Viaduct and it is in France. The Millau Viaduct is 343 metres tall and is taller than the Eiffel Tower! It is a huge bridge, a massive bridge, a GIANT bridge!

But the Millau Viaduct is nothing compared to the bridge Jesus made between us and God. THAT is an amazing, wonderful, AWESOME bridge! In Kidventure this Sunday we learned about how we were disobedient and that disobedience (or sin) separated us from God. God didn’t like that at all! He created us to be close to him, not far away! So God sent the only person who was never disobedient at all, the only person who could crush all that sin for us – Jesus! When Jesus died on the cross to crush our disobedience he made a bridge between us and God so that we could be close to God again. Isn’t that amazing, wonderful, AWESOME news?!

We also talked about how pennies are like our hearts. Do our hearts stay sparkling clean all the time? What happens when we are disobedient and sin comes into our hearts? (the pennies/our hearts get dirty)

No matter how hard we may try to keep them clean or wash them up, we can never get them sparkling clean again. Do you remember how Melodie rubbed and rubbed and rubbed to get the penny clean? Did it get nice and clean in the end? (No, it didn’t)

Is there anything you can do to make your heart clean again? If you try to be good and do good things does that make your heart clean again? If you go to church does that make your heart clean again? If you feel really badly about being disobedient does that make your heart clean again?

The only thing that can make our hearts clean again is Jesus! Do you remember how shiny the pennies got when we put them in the bowl of vinegar and salt? They got clean right away! That’s how Jesus cleans our hearts, right away!

Because Jesus was never disobedient, never sinned even once, he’s the only one who can clean the disobedience from our hearts. Jesus didn’t come to tell us what bad people we are, he came to make us clean again and be a bridge to God for us. Isn’t it good news that God sent him to save us? Wow. God must love us A LOT!!!

Pray together and thank God that he sent Jesus to make our hearts clean. Ask him to help you be more obedient and kind and loving so we can be just like Jesus.

And just a reminder that you only have a couple more weeks to memorize John 3:16! You can do it!

“For God so loved the world that he gave his only son, that whoever believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. ” John. 3:16

And for the youngest group:

“God loves me like crazy! He sent Jesus to save me!”

Now get out there and have a great week!