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Sunday, September 27 in Creek Kids


Preschool – “The Great Safari”
Need to Know: We can love God by obeying Him.

Memory Verse: “This is love for God: to obey His commands.” I John 5:3

Motions: We can love [hug yourself] God by obeying [thumbs up] Him.

Review: EXODUS 3–4. The NIV Life Application Bible says: Moses made excuses because he felt inadequate for the job God asked him to do. It was natural for him to feel
that way. He was inadequate all by himself. But God wasn’t asking Moses to work alone. He offered other resources to help (God himself, Aaron, and the ability to do miracles). God
often calls us to tasks that seem too difficult, but He doesn’t ask us to do them alone. God offers us His resources, just as He did Moses. We should not hide behind our inadequacies,
as Moses did, but look beyond ourselves to the great resources available. Then we can allow God to use our unique contributions. Friends, God does not ask us to go anywhere
or do anything without providing His help. God asks us to obey and go where He leads, trusting Him to provide everything we need. When we do, God does great things through us and for us.

THIS WEEK AT HOME: Ask your child how can they obey at home this week? (Allow children to respond: make my bed, wash the dishes, brush my teeth, etc.)Have them draw a picture for you to remember how they can obey. (Give children time to draw their pictures.) Say to your child when we obey, we make God happy. Remind them that on Sunday they learned that we can love (hug yourself) God by obeying (thumbs up) Him.

Elementary – Virtue “WISDOM”

Need to Know: Virtue: Wisdom—finding out what you should do and doing it.
Memory Verse: “A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.” Proverbs 22:3, NIV

Bible Story: The Word on Wisdom (benefits of wisdom) Proverbs 22:3

Review: It’s the fourth week of the month. By now, we’re sold on the idea that wisdom is pretty important. We’re getting wiser and wiser by the minute. But there’s a catch. (1) Wisdom is finding out what you should do and doing it. (2) God is the wisest being in the universe, but we wouldn’t know that if we didn’t see His wisdom in action. (3) God does want us to be wise, to study His Word, and to seek His will. But all that studying and seeking would be for nothing if we didn’t actually DO the wise things we learned about. (4) It’s when we put our wisdom to work that we see its true benefit—to influence change in the world around us for the glory of God. This week it’s time to send the kids away with a mission: to actually do the things they’ve learned. And it’s also a good time to remind them that the search for wisdom never ends. For the rest of their lives, there will always be something new to learn.

THIS WEEK AT HOME: Review the refrigerator door handout with your child this week for some great conversation starters at the dinner table.