Dear Parents,
In Children’s Church, we again tied
everything we have learned so far together using the 7 C’s of History. Quiz
your children on these big words and their correct order. The children drew pictures from Creation. They
will be posted on a wall in the children’s hall. Your child will want you to
see what they know about the event of Creation in history from their beautiful
drawings.
Creation
Corruption - Refers to our lesson about sin coming into the world through Adam and Eve's disobedience
Catastrophe - Refers to our lesson about the worldwide flood that wiped out everything but Noah, his family, and select animals.
Confusion - Refers to our lesson about people trying to make a name for themselves by building the Tower of Babel and God confusing their languages.
Christ - We haven't gotten to this lesson about the birth for Christ, but it will come in December. However, Christ Jesus has been discussed in every lesson so far. We did review Abraham and discussed God choosing him and his descendants to be the family in whom Christ, our Messiah, will come.
Cross - We haven't gotten to this lesson about Christ's sacrifice for us on the cross, but it will come in March. However, we did review last week’s lesson about Abraham sacrificing Isaac is a portrait of God sacrificing His Son, Jesus, on the cross.
Consummation - I don't know when we will get to this lesson. We did not discuss what this word means yet. I'm sure we will discuss it soon.
In Sunday School, we moved
to next installment of God’s story, we learned that God’s plan that began with
Abraham extended far beyond his lifetime. When Isaac grew up, he started a
family of his own. Isaac’s wife, Rebekah, had twin boys, Jacob and Esau.
The lesson is about the
promise God gave Abraham. Abraham passed the knowledge of the promise to Isaac,
who told the promise to his son, Jacob. In order to reaffirm the promise, God
gave the promise to both Isaac and Jacob.
God’s plan didn’t stop
with the promise He gave to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The promise was extended
to Jacob’s descendants—and ultimately to an entire nation—leading to the birth
of a baby boy named Jesus. Jesus fulfilled God’s plan to provide salvation and
redemption for all of God’s people.
Just in case the “Family Journal Page” didn't make it home:
Bible Passage:
Genesis 25:19-26 Encourage your child to read these chapters or read it with them
or to them. Big Picture Question: How did people know God’s plan? God communicated His plan in different ways.
Key passage: “Look,
I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go. I will bring you back to
this land, for I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised
you.” Genesis 28:15 Encourage your
child to memorize this verse for the next 4 Sundays. We will have a new verse
in December.
Christ Connection: God’s wonderful plan to Abraham extended well beyond his
lifetime. The plan was shared with Rebekah, Isaac, Jacob, and eventually an
entire nation leading to the birth of a baby boy named Jesus. Jesus fulfilled
God’s plan to provide salvation and redemption for all God’s people.
Family task: Parents,
show photos of yourselves growing up, and tell stories to go with the pictures.
List ways your kids know about you as a child. (They see pictures; you and
others tell them stories.) Compare that to how we know about God and about His
plans. (We see His creation; He tells us in the Bible.)
Next week's
lesson: Genesis 25:27-34; 27:1-45
Words in italic are copied and pasted from The Gospel Project Curriculum
For more about
The Gospel Project, www.gospelproject.com
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