Little Ones
Monthly Topic: “F” is for Friend
Big Idea: Jesus is A Friend to All Who Believe
Memory Verse: “Abraham believed…he was called a friend of God.” – James 2:23
Bible Story Focus: The Story of Zacchaeus | Luke 19:1-10
Monthly Songs
“Good, Good Friend” from I Count on You
Lesson summary
This month, little ones at The Crossing will be learning that Jesus is their friend through the story of Zacchaeus. They will see that Jesus became a friend to Zacchaeus when no one else would because he believed in Jesus. They will learn that Jesus is a friend to all who believe.
Preschool
Monthly Topic: “F” is for Friend
Big Idea: Jesus is A Friend to All Who Believe
Memory Verse: “Abraham believed…he was called a friend of God.” – James 2:23
Bible Story Focus: Jesus and the Samaritan Woman| John 4
Monthly Songs
“Good, Good Friend” from I Count on You
“Oh He Loves Me” from One Big Gulp
Dinner Table Discussion
Discuss the following questions as a family during dinner this week. They’re meant to prompt further conversation about what was experienced on Sunday morning.
I Wonder Questions:
I wonder… why would Jesus want to be friends with someone who sins?
All people sin, even people who believe in Jesus. Jesus is a friend to all who believe in Him.
I wonder… how do we get to live with Jesus forever?
By believing in Jesus and following him.
I wonder… what would life with Jesus forever be like?
Have a conversation with your preschooler about what you think heaven will be like. Read “A Dream of Heaven” in the Jesus Storybook Bible (pages 342-350) together this week.
Kindergarten – 4th Grade
Rotation Topic: Jesus Raises Lazarus
Dates: March 18-April 22
Key Concept: A relationship with Jesus is the only way to receive eternal life both spiritually and physically.
Objectives: After participating in the workshop unit on Lazarus, children will understand:
- Spiritual Resurrection and Life: Our hearts are spiritually dead because of sin until Jesus calls us to life. He gives us eyes to see and believe his promises (Ephesians 2; Romans 8).
- Physical Resurrection and Life: Those who are Jesus’ friends and who die will one day be brought back to life by him who is the resurrection and the life (John 3:16: 11:25-26; 1 Corinthians 15).
- God’s Care: Jesus cares deeply about the pain we’ve brought upon ourselves. Not only did he weep for us in our pain (John 11:35), but he died on a cross so he could take it away (John 3:16; 1 John 4:10).
- God’s Sovereignty: There isn’t anything—and that includes sickness and death—that happens outside of God’s will. Everything fits into his plan.
- The Role of Suffering: Our suffering is ultimately for God’s glory and our good. God uses it to strengthen our faith (Romans 8).
Scripture: John 11:1-44
Memory Verse: John 11:25, “I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even if he dies.”
Unit Overview: The miracle in John 11 of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead is rich with theological significance for our lives. It gives us a picture of what happens spiritually in our own dead hearts when Jesus calls us to life, as well as, foreshadows Jesus’ and his friends’ own physical resurrections one day. Not only that, but we get a peek behind the curtain of how our Sovereign God uses even pain and suffering in our lives for his glory and our good. Children will gain an understanding of these exciting truths and be encouraged to believe in Jesus personally as “the resurrection and the life” in this unit.
5th Grade
Grapple Question: Why Doesn’t Everyone Go to Heaven?
Kids Learn: Sin Separates Us From God
Dig Into the Bible: Isaiah 59:1-2; Matthew 7:13-14; Romans 5:20-21; 6:23
Is there a vegetable your kids can’t stand? Or perhaps a chore no one ever wants to do? That’s sort of what God is like with evil—only more so. God simply can’t stand to be in its presence! Anyone who wants to be in God’s presence must be holy as he is holy. They must accept God’s free gift of cleansing forgiveness. This week, spend some time thinking with your preteen about what it means for God to be holy and how that has an impact on your life.
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