1st-5th Grade Gospel Project Week 4: The Tower of Babel

Dear Parents,

 This week in Children’s Church, we had a visit from Mrs. Ellen Moore, our pastor’s wife and one of the missionaries on the Operation Go Team. She came to share her experiences from the recent mission trip to Peru. Thank you, Mrs. Ellen. We want to keep the children connected with our church’s outreach and mission activities. Children can and want to participate. 

We again discussed our foundational truths. These truths are vital to believing and putting together God’s Big Picture Story.

1. God Exists.

2. God Reveals Himself to us.

3. The Bible is the Story of God and what He has Done for us.

4. God Created us in His image.

5. God's Purpose for Creation: To glorify Him.

The Gospel Project in Children's Church and Sunday School continued with our 4^th piece of God’s Story, The Tower of Babel. Let’s review the first 3 pieces:

     1.     God created the world and peopl

2.    Sin entered the world

3.    Noah and the Ark

It is important to put the pieces together for your children when you discuss them.

What happened after the flood? Even after God had destroyed all life on earth through the flood, and graciously saved Noah's family and the animals, it wasn’t long before people disobeyed God again. God instructed Noah to spread out and fill the earth. Instead, people decided it best to settle. Rather than bringing glory to God by following God’s plan, people decided to glorify themselves. 

God’s plan to populate the earth following the flood could not be sidetracked. When God confused the languages of the people, they were forced to move away from one another and into people groups and nations bound by single languages. Eventually one of these nations would become God’s chosen people. Through the nation of Israel, Christ would come to save the world. 

Just in case the “Family Journal Page” didn't make it home:

Bible Passage: Genesis 11:1-9  Encourage your child to read these chapters or read it with them or to them. 

Big Picture Question: What happens when people choose to sin? Sin separates people from God and each other, but God’s plan is to heal relationships. Encourage your child to memorize the Big Picture Question and Answer each week. 

Key passage to learn this month: “So God created man in His own image; He created him in the image of God; He created them male and female.” Genesis 1:27    Encourage your child to memorize this scripture. Each child will get a chance to recite it in Children’s Church for a reward.  We will introduce a new scripture in October. 

Christ Connection for this week's lesson: God knew we would sin, and Jesus, our Creator, came to redeem us and protect us from the wrath of God by suffering for us.

Family task for the week: Build a tower together (sample materials: building blocks, deck of cards, sugar cubes, frosting and graham crackers). Discuss the big picture question. Note below what happened in the Bible story when people chose to sin by building a city and a tower.

Next week's lesson: Job 1-42

Check out Charleston Baptist's Gospel Project Blog: www.charlestonbaptistss.blogspot.com 

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