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Every Kind of PrayerJeff shares four elements of prayer we should include in our lives.
Every Kind of Prayerby Jeff Davidson
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Timing is EverythingWhen we should move fast and when we should move slow.
Timing is Everythingby Rob Barnes
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenDecember 29Never stop celebrating Jesus.We finish up the month in Matthew 2:1-12. Wise Men from the east traveled long and far to meet Jesus. When they saw the star in the sky, they did everything they could to find the promised Savior. It didn’t matter that it took them a while to get to Jesus, because they knew that Jesus was worth celebrating. No matter when or where.
Bottom Line: Never stop celebrating Jesus. After the Christmas decorations come down, it can be easy for kids to assume that the spirit of Christmas gets packed away too. We want kids to realize that they don’t need a fancy holiday to celebrate Jesus. They can celebrate when they sing to Jesus, read the Bible, and show Jesus’ love to others. Jesus can be celebrated anytime and anywhere!
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December 29 Never stop celebrating Jesus. We finish up the month in Matthew 2:1-12. Wise Men from the east traveled long and far to meet Jesus. When they saw the star in the sky, they did everything they could to find the promised Savior. It didn’t matter that it took...
Celebrate Jesus with othersDecember 22
December 22 Celebrate Jesus with others. For week 4 we continue the story in Luke 2:8-20. Jesus was born, and it was now time to announce it to the world. Instead of heading to the wealthiest people, some angels visited the shepherds and announced Jesus’ birth to them...
Celebrate because God sent a SaviorDecember 15
December 15 Celebrate because God sent a Savior In week three, we head to Luke 2:1-7 for the birth of Jesus! This Word that God had promised from the beginning had finally arrived as a humble baby. It may not have been as everyone thought, such as a warrior or someone...
Celebrate because God is with youDecember 8
December 8 Celebrate because God is with you. In week two, we turn to Luke 1:26-38 and Matthew 1:18-25. On both occasions, an angel visited Mary and Joseph to inform them that they would be the parents of the coming Savior of the world. They would call him Immanuel,...
God always had a plan to send JesusDecember 1
December 1 God always had a plan to send Jesus. We kick off week 1 at the very beginning. In John 1:1-5, 14, we learn that before there was anything, even life itself, there was the Word. Jesus was this Word — a light that became a human to shine in the darkness and...
Jesus showed us how to giveNovember 24
November 24 Jesus showed us how to give. We close out the month in 1 John 3:16-18. John was writing to a group of believers to encourage them and remind them about Jesus’ love for them. John described how Jesus gave the greatest example of love when he gave his life...
Give with a good attitudeNovember 17
November 17 Give with a good attitude. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
I always have something to giveNovember 10
November 10 You always have something to give. Can you think of a time when someone gave something to you or shared with you, even when they didn’t have much to give? Just the fact that they thought of you made their gift so much more meaningful. When we trust God...
God gives us good thingsNovember 3
November 3 God gives us good things. We start the month with an insight from James 1:17a: “Every good and perfect gift is from God.” (NIrV) Every good thing in our lives comes from God, starting with the gift of Jesus. When we take the time to reflect on all that God...
Know when to stopOctober 27
October 27 Know when to stop. We end the month in Proverbs 25:16 with another one of Solomon’s wise sayings—this time about food: “If you find honey, eat just enough. If you eat too much of it, you will throw up.” Of course, Solomon’s words are true about more than...
Think before you actOctober 20
October 20 Think before you act. In week 3, we head to 1 Samuel 24, where we find David on the run from his enemy, King Saul. Saul’s jealousy got the best of him, so he set out to kill David. While on the hunt, he entered a cave to relieve himself, which also happened...
Think before you speakOctober 13
October 13 Think before you speak. In week 2, we head to Proverbs 12:18, where Solomon spoke about the power of words. He said, “The words of thoughtless people cut like swords. But the tongue of wise people brings healing.” Thoughtless, mean, and hurtful words can...
Be ready to do the right thingOctober 6
October 6 Be ready to do the right thing. We start the month in Luke 4:1-13. We see how Jesus was led into the desert by the Spirit and tempted by the devil for 40 days. Jesus was able to face these temptations because He was prepared and understood God’s Word. In...
Jesus is the light of the worldSeptember 29
September 29 Jesus is the light of the world. For week 4, we head to 2 Corinthians 1:3-4. Paul was writing a letter to the church in Corinth in which he shared about the troubles he and Timothy had faced. Yet in the midst of all their difficulties, Paul and Timothy...
Comfort others the way God comforts youSeptember 22
September 22 Comfort others the way God comforts you. For week 4, we head to 2 Corinthians 1:3-4. Paul was writing a letter to the church in Corinth in which he shared about the troubles he and Timothy had faced. Yet in the midst of all their difficulties, Paul and...
Make time to help othersSeptember 15
September 15 Make time to help others. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
Use what you have to help othersSeptember 8
September 8 Use what you have to help others. In week 2, we read about a massive miracle found in John 6:1-13. Jesus had just crossed over the Sea of Galilee with His disciples when a massive crowd arrived. Jesus knew that the people would be hungry . . . and instead...
You can shine God’s lightSeptember 1
September 1 You can shine God's light. We wrap up the month in Romans 12:2. Paul was writing a letter to the Romans in which he encouraged them to “let [their] way of thinking be completely changed.” Paul wanted to remind the believers that God could continually...
Never stop growing in wisdomAugust 25
August 25 Never stop growing in wisdom. We wrap up the month in Romans 12:2. Paul was writing a letter to the Romans in which he encouraged them to “let [their] way of thinking be completely changed.” Paul wanted to remind the believers that God could continually...
Hang out with wise peopleAugust 18
August 18 Hang out with wise people. For week 3, we head to 2 Chronicles 10. King Solomon’s son, Rehoboam, was now king, and the people came to ask him to lighten their workload. However, when presented with the opportunity to gain the people’s trust, King Rehoboam...
When you see yourself clearly, you can make the wise choiceAugust 11
August 11 When you see yourself clearly, you can make the wise choice. In week 2, we head to Matthew 7:1-5, which is part of one of Jesus’ most famous recorded messages, the Sermon on the Mount. Throughout this sermon, Jesus touched on many important lessons. One of...
Wisdom is worth searching forAugust 4
August 4 Wisdom is worth searching for. We start the month in Luke 2:41-52. Mary, Joseph, and Jesus had just traveled to Jerusalem for the Passover Feast and were headed home. Except . . .Jesus was no longer with them. Instead, He was at the temple, listening and...
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryDecember 29Never stop celebrating Jesus.We finish up the month in Matthew 2:1-12. Wise Men from the east traveled long and far to meet Jesus. When they saw the star in the sky, they did everything they could to find the promised Savior. It didn’t matter that it took them a while to get to Jesus, because they knew that Jesus was worth celebrating. No matter when or where.
Bottom Line: Never stop celebrating Jesus. After the Christmas decorations come down, it can be easy for kids to assume that the spirit of Christmas gets packed away too. We want kids to realize that they don’t need a fancy holiday to celebrate Jesus. They can celebrate when they sing to Jesus, read the Bible, and show Jesus’ love to others. Jesus can be celebrated anytime and anywhere!
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsNever stop celebrating JesusDecember 29
December 29 Never stop celebrating Jesus. We finish up the month in Matthew 2:1-12. Wise Men from the east traveled long and far to meet Jesus. When they saw the star in the sky, they did everything they could to find the promised Savior. It didn’t matter that it took...
Celebrate Jesus with othersDecember 22
December 22 Celebrate Jesus with others. For week 4 we continue the story in Luke 2:8-20. Jesus was born, and it was now time to announce it to the world. Instead of heading to the wealthiest people, some angels visited the shepherds and announced Jesus’ birth to them...
Celebrate because God sent a SaviorDecember 15
December 15 Celebrate because God sent a Savior. In week three, we head to Luke 2:1-7 for the birth of Jesus! This Word that God had promised from the beginning had finally arrived as a humble baby. It may not have been as everyone thought, such as a warrior or...
Celebrate because God is with youDecember 8
December 8 Celebrate because God is with you. In week two, we turn to Luke 1:26-38 and Matthew 1:18-25. On both occasions, an angel visited Mary and Joseph to inform them that they would be the parents of the coming Savior of the world. They would call him Immanuel,...
God always had a plan to send JesusDecember 1
December 1 God always had a plan to send Jesus. We kick off week 1 at the very beginning. In John 1:1-5, 14, we learn that before there was anything, even life itself, there was the Word. Jesus was this Word — a light that became a human to shine in the darkness and...
Jesus showed us how to giveNovember 24
November 24 Jesus showed us how to give. We close out the month in 1 John 3:16-18. John was writing to a group of believers to encourage them and remind them about Jesus’ love for them. John described how Jesus gave the greatest example of love when he gave his life...
Give with a good attitudeNovember 17
November 17 Give with a good attitude. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
You always have something to giveNovember 10
November 10 You always have something to give. Can you think of a time when someone gave something to you or shared with you, even when they didn’t have much to give? Just the fact that they thought of you made their gift so much more meaningful. When we trust God...
God gives us good thingsNovember 3
November 3 God gives us good things. We start the month with an insight from James 1:17a: “Every good and perfect gift is from God.” (NIrV) Every good thing in our lives comes from God, starting with the gift of Jesus. When we take the time to reflect on all that God...
Know when to stopOctober 27
October 27 Know when to stop. We end the month in Proverbs 25:16 with another one of Solomon’s wise sayings—this time about food: “If you find honey, eat just enough. If you eat too much of it, you will throw up.” Of course, Solomon’s words are true about more than...
Think before you actOctober 20
October 20 Think before you act. In week 3, we head to 1 Samuel 24, where we find David on the run from his enemy, King Saul. Saul’s jealousy got the best of him, so he set out to kill David. While on the hunt, he entered a cave to relieve himself, which also happened...
Think before you speakOctober 13
October 13 Think before you speak. In week 2, we head to Proverbs 12:18, where Solomon spoke about the power of words. He said, “The words of thoughtless people cut like swords. But the tongue of wise people brings healing.” Thoughtless, mean, and hurtful words can...
Be ready to do the right thingOctober 6
October 6 Be ready to do the right thing. We start the month in Luke 4:1-13. We see how Jesus was led into the desert by the Spirit and tempted by the devil for 40 days. Jesus was able to face these temptations because He was prepared and understood God’s Word. In...
Jesus is the light of the worldSeptember 29
September 29 Jesus is the light of the world. For week 4, we head to 2 Corinthians 1:3-4. Paul was writing a letter to the church in Corinth in which he shared about the troubles he and Timothy had faced. Yet in the midst of all their difficulties, Paul and Timothy...
Comfort others the way God comforts youSeptember 22
September 22 Comfort others the way God comforts you. For week 4, we head to 2 Corinthians 1:3-4. Paul was writing a letter to the church in Corinth in which he shared about the troubles he and Timothy had faced. Yet in the midst of all their difficulties, Paul and...
Make time to help othersSeptember 15
September 15 Make time to help others. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
Use what you have to help othersSeptember 8
September 8 Use what you have to help others. In week 2, we read about a massive miracle found in John 6:1-13. Jesus had just crossed over the Sea of Galilee with His disciples when a massive crowd arrived. Jesus knew that the people would be hungry . . . and instead...
You can shine God’s lightSeptember 1
September 1 You can shine God's light. We wrap up the month in Romans 12:2. Paul was writing a letter to the Romans in which he encouraged them to “let [their] way of thinking be completely changed.” Paul wanted to remind the believers that God could continually...
Never stop growing in wisdomAugust 25
August 25 Never stop growing in wisdom. We wrap up the month in Romans 12:2. Paul was writing a letter to the Romans in which he encouraged them to “let [their] way of thinking be completely changed.” Paul wanted to remind the believers that God could continually...
Hang out with wise peopleAugust 18
August 18 Hang out with wise people. For week 3, we head to 2 Chronicles 10. King Solomon’s son, Rehoboam, was now king, and the people came to ask him to lighten their workload. However, when presented with the opportunity to gain the people’s trust, King Rehoboam...
When you see yourself clearly, you can make the wise choiceAugust 11
August 11 When you see yourself clearly, you can make the wise choice. In week 2, we head to Matthew 7:1-5, which is part of one of Jesus’ most famous recorded messages, the Sermon on the Mount. Throughout this sermon, Jesus touched on many important lessons. One of...
Wisdom is worth searching forAugust 4
August 4 Wisdom is worth searching for. We start the month in Luke 2:41-52. Mary, Joseph, and Jesus had just traveled to Jerusalem for the Passover Feast and were headed home. Except . . .Jesus was no longer with them. Instead, He was at the temple, listening and...
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolDecember 29The wise men travel a long way to show Jesus they believe He is special.The wise men travel a long way to show Jesus they believe He is special. After Jesus is born, God puts a special star in the sky. The wise men follow the star a long way until it stops right over young Jesus’ house. When the wise men see Jesus, they bow down and worship Him to show that Jesus is special. Then, they gave Jesus gifts to show that Jesus is special. Jesus is special because Jesus is God’s Son.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsThe wise men travel a long way to show Jesus they believe He is special.December 29
December 29 The wise men travel a long way to show Jesus they believe He is special. The wise men travel a long way to show Jesus they believe He is special. After Jesus is born, God puts a special star in the sky. The wise men follow the star a long way until it...
We celebrate Christmas to show everyone that Jesus is specialDecember 22
December 22 We celebrate Christmas to show everyone that Jesus is special. What do we do on the day someone is born? We celebrate with a birthday party! So, that’s exactly what we’re going to do for Jesus. It’s time for us to show and tell Jesus how special He is! So,...
The shepherds run to see Jesus and then run to tell everyone about JesusDecember 15
December 15 The shepherds run to see Jesus and then run to tell everyone about Jesus. On the night Jesus is born, there are shepherds in a field taking care of their sheep. While the shepherds are watching their sheep, an angel appears. The angel tells the shepherds...
Jesus is born to show the world that God loves usDecember 8
December 8 Jesus is born to show the world that God loves us. Joseph and Mary travel a long way to the town of Bethlehem. When they finally get there, they need to find a place to stay, but there is no guest room for them. So, Joseph and Mary stay in a place where...
God sends an angel to tell Mary she is going to have His son, Jesus.December 1
December 1 God sends an angel to tell Mary she is going to have His son, Jesus. God has an important message to tell Mary so God sends an angel to Mary. When Mary first sees the angel, she is afraid, but the angel says, “Do not be afraid.” The angel tells Mary that...
I can talk to God about anythingNovember 24
November 24 I can talk to God about anything. King Hezekiah loves God, and he prays and talks to God. So, when King Hezekiah is worried about the safety of his city, he prays and talks to God about it. God sends the prophet Isaiah to tell Hezekiah that God has heard...
I can trust God no matter whatNovember 17
November 17 I can trust God no matter what. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
I can trust God will show me the wayNovember 10
November 10 I can trust God will show me the way. God loves the Israelites so much that God promises to lead them to a new home. This home will have all the food they will need. God calls it a land ‘flowing with milk and honey.’ But how do they find their new home?...
I can trust GodNovember 3
November 3 I can trust God. While taking care of his sheep, Moses sees a bush that is on fire, but there is something different about it. The leaves are still green. The bush isn’t burning up. Then, Moses hears God’s voice coming from inside the burning bush. God...
God is with me wherever I goOctober 27
October 27 God is with me wherever I go. God told Jonah to go to the city of Nineveh to tell the people who lived there to do what God says and love one another. But Jonah did not want to go to Nineveh. So, Jonah went the other way and got on a boat! While Jonah was...
God has plans for meOctober 20
October 20 God has plans for me. Joseph’s dad gave him a very special coat, which made some of his brothers so mad they sent Joseph far away to work in a place called Egypt. While Joseph was there, he was sent to jail for something he didn’t do! But one day, the king...
God always hears meOctober 13
October 13 God always hears me. Hagar and her son Ishmael were in a desert, and they ran out of water to drink. They were very thirsty. Hagar began to cry, and her son began to cry too. An angel of God told Hagar, “God has heard the boy crying.” God was with Hagar and...
God is always with meOctober 6
October 6 God is always with me. Daniel loved God and prayed to God three times a day. But some other people who worked for the king tricked the king into creating a new law that said no one could pray to God. Daniel did what he had always done. He prayed to God. When...
I love like Jesus when I help othersSeptember 29
September 29 I love like Jesus when I help others. Tabitha loved Jesus and knew the most important thing Jesus taught us to do is to love people the way Jesus loves people. Tabitha was good at sewing so she helped by making clothes for people. Helping others was how...
I am a light when I love like JesusSeptember 22
September 22 I am a light when I love like Jesus. Jesus said, “You are the light of the world.” When we love like Jesus, we shine bright like a light! Just like a friend of Jesus named Philip. Philip saw a man sitting in a chariot. The man was reading God’s words, but...
Jesus said to love one anotherSeptember 15
September 15 Jesus said to love one another. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
Jesus is a light for everyoneSeptember 8
September 8 Jesus is a light for everyone. Jesus sees a man who had been lying on a mat by a pool of water for a very long time because he could not walk. The man thought if he could get in the water, it would make him better, but he had no one to help him get into...
Jesus is the light of the worldSeptember 1
September 1 Jesus is the light of the world. God made us wonderful and loves us so much that God gave us a gift. But not just any gift. This is better than a teddy bear or a pair of shoes. God made you and loves you so much that God gave you Jesus! Jesus is a special...
God loves us so much that God gave us JesusAugust 25
August 25 God loves us so much that God gave us Jesus. God made us wonderful and loves us so much that God gave us a gift. But not just any gift. This is better than a teddy bear or a pair of shoes. God made you and loves you so much that God gave you Jesus! Jesus is...
I am important to GodAugust 18
August 18 I am important to God. God knows everything about us. God knows when we sit and when we stand. God knows what we are going to say before we say it. God even knows exactly how many hairs are on our heads. God knows everything about you and me because God made...
God made me to create, think, and helpAugust 11
August 11 God made me to create, think, and help. God made ALL people, and people are the most special thing God made because God made us to be like Him. When people have the passion to create, they are reflecting God who made everything. When people think about...
God made meAugust 4
August 4 God made me. From the top of my head to my wiggly toes, God made me wonderful! And God made you wonderful! God made every person in the whole wide world wonderful! We all have different colored eyes and different kinds of hair, but God made us all...
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LoveGod’s love displayed in the birth of Jesus.
Loveby Kurt Barnes
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryDecember 22Celebrate Jesus with others.For week 4 we continue the story in Luke 2:8-20. Jesus was born, and it was now time to announce it to the world. Instead of heading to the wealthiest people, some angels visited the shepherds and announced Jesus’ birth to them first! The shepherds ran to see Jesus, and once they did, it was news they couldn’t keep to themselves. Jesus is worth celebrating with everyone!
Bottom Line: Celebrate Jesus with others. This story reminds us that Jesus didn’t just come for the powerful or most important people. Jesus came to show everyone that they can be part of what God is doing in the world. We pray that this Christmas kids will remember that Jesus came for them and for everyone around them, and that’s a good reason to celebrate!
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsNever stop celebrating JesusDecember 29
December 29 Never stop celebrating Jesus. We finish up the month in Matthew 2:1-12. Wise Men from the east traveled long and far to meet Jesus. When they saw the star in the sky, they did everything they could to find the promised Savior. It didn’t matter that it took...
Celebrate Jesus with othersDecember 22
December 22 Celebrate Jesus with others. For week 4 we continue the story in Luke 2:8-20. Jesus was born, and it was now time to announce it to the world. Instead of heading to the wealthiest people, some angels visited the shepherds and announced Jesus’ birth to them...
Celebrate because God sent a SaviorDecember 15
December 15 Celebrate because God sent a Savior. In week three, we head to Luke 2:1-7 for the birth of Jesus! This Word that God had promised from the beginning had finally arrived as a humble baby. It may not have been as everyone thought, such as a warrior or...
Celebrate because God is with youDecember 8
December 8 Celebrate because God is with you. In week two, we turn to Luke 1:26-38 and Matthew 1:18-25. On both occasions, an angel visited Mary and Joseph to inform them that they would be the parents of the coming Savior of the world. They would call him Immanuel,...
God always had a plan to send JesusDecember 1
December 1 God always had a plan to send Jesus. We kick off week 1 at the very beginning. In John 1:1-5, 14, we learn that before there was anything, even life itself, there was the Word. Jesus was this Word — a light that became a human to shine in the darkness and...
Jesus showed us how to giveNovember 24
November 24 Jesus showed us how to give. We close out the month in 1 John 3:16-18. John was writing to a group of believers to encourage them and remind them about Jesus’ love for them. John described how Jesus gave the greatest example of love when he gave his life...
Give with a good attitudeNovember 17
November 17 Give with a good attitude. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
You always have something to giveNovember 10
November 10 You always have something to give. Can you think of a time when someone gave something to you or shared with you, even when they didn’t have much to give? Just the fact that they thought of you made their gift so much more meaningful. When we trust God...
God gives us good thingsNovember 3
November 3 God gives us good things. We start the month with an insight from James 1:17a: “Every good and perfect gift is from God.” (NIrV) Every good thing in our lives comes from God, starting with the gift of Jesus. When we take the time to reflect on all that God...
Know when to stopOctober 27
October 27 Know when to stop. We end the month in Proverbs 25:16 with another one of Solomon’s wise sayings—this time about food: “If you find honey, eat just enough. If you eat too much of it, you will throw up.” Of course, Solomon’s words are true about more than...
Think before you actOctober 20
October 20 Think before you act. In week 3, we head to 1 Samuel 24, where we find David on the run from his enemy, King Saul. Saul’s jealousy got the best of him, so he set out to kill David. While on the hunt, he entered a cave to relieve himself, which also happened...
Think before you speakOctober 13
October 13 Think before you speak. In week 2, we head to Proverbs 12:18, where Solomon spoke about the power of words. He said, “The words of thoughtless people cut like swords. But the tongue of wise people brings healing.” Thoughtless, mean, and hurtful words can...
Be ready to do the right thingOctober 6
October 6 Be ready to do the right thing. We start the month in Luke 4:1-13. We see how Jesus was led into the desert by the Spirit and tempted by the devil for 40 days. Jesus was able to face these temptations because He was prepared and understood God’s Word. In...
Jesus is the light of the worldSeptember 29
September 29 Jesus is the light of the world. For week 4, we head to 2 Corinthians 1:3-4. Paul was writing a letter to the church in Corinth in which he shared about the troubles he and Timothy had faced. Yet in the midst of all their difficulties, Paul and Timothy...
Comfort others the way God comforts youSeptember 22
September 22 Comfort others the way God comforts you. For week 4, we head to 2 Corinthians 1:3-4. Paul was writing a letter to the church in Corinth in which he shared about the troubles he and Timothy had faced. Yet in the midst of all their difficulties, Paul and...
Make time to help othersSeptember 15
September 15 Make time to help others. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
Use what you have to help othersSeptember 8
September 8 Use what you have to help others. In week 2, we read about a massive miracle found in John 6:1-13. Jesus had just crossed over the Sea of Galilee with His disciples when a massive crowd arrived. Jesus knew that the people would be hungry . . . and instead...
You can shine God’s lightSeptember 1
September 1 You can shine God's light. We wrap up the month in Romans 12:2. Paul was writing a letter to the Romans in which he encouraged them to “let [their] way of thinking be completely changed.” Paul wanted to remind the believers that God could continually...
Never stop growing in wisdomAugust 25
August 25 Never stop growing in wisdom. We wrap up the month in Romans 12:2. Paul was writing a letter to the Romans in which he encouraged them to “let [their] way of thinking be completely changed.” Paul wanted to remind the believers that God could continually...
Hang out with wise peopleAugust 18
August 18 Hang out with wise people. For week 3, we head to 2 Chronicles 10. King Solomon’s son, Rehoboam, was now king, and the people came to ask him to lighten their workload. However, when presented with the opportunity to gain the people’s trust, King Rehoboam...
When you see yourself clearly, you can make the wise choiceAugust 11
August 11 When you see yourself clearly, you can make the wise choice. In week 2, we head to Matthew 7:1-5, which is part of one of Jesus’ most famous recorded messages, the Sermon on the Mount. Throughout this sermon, Jesus touched on many important lessons. One of...
Wisdom is worth searching forAugust 4
August 4 Wisdom is worth searching for. We start the month in Luke 2:41-52. Mary, Joseph, and Jesus had just traveled to Jerusalem for the Passover Feast and were headed home. Except . . .Jesus was no longer with them. Instead, He was at the temple, listening and...
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenDecember 22Celebrate Jesus with others.For week 4 we continue the story in Luke 2:8-20. Jesus was born, and it was now time to announce it to the world. Instead of heading to the wealthiest people, some angels visited the shepherds and announced Jesus’ birth to them first! The shepherds ran to see Jesus, and once they did, it was news they couldn’t keep to themselves. Jesus is worth celebrating with everyone!
Bottom Line: Celebrate Jesus with others. This story reminds us that Jesus didn’t just come for the powerful or most important people. Jesus came to show everyone that they can be part of what God is doing in the world. We pray that this Christmas kids will remember that Jesus came for them and for everyone around them, and that’s a good reason to celebrate!
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESDevotionalParent CueRecent LessonsNever stop celebrating JesusDecember 29
December 29 Never stop celebrating Jesus. We finish up the month in Matthew 2:1-12. Wise Men from the east traveled long and far to meet Jesus. When they saw the star in the sky, they did everything they could to find the promised Savior. It didn’t matter that it took...
Celebrate Jesus with othersDecember 22
December 22 Celebrate Jesus with others. For week 4 we continue the story in Luke 2:8-20. Jesus was born, and it was now time to announce it to the world. Instead of heading to the wealthiest people, some angels visited the shepherds and announced Jesus’ birth to them...
Celebrate because God sent a SaviorDecember 15
December 15 Celebrate because God sent a Savior In week three, we head to Luke 2:1-7 for the birth of Jesus! This Word that God had promised from the beginning had finally arrived as a humble baby. It may not have been as everyone thought, such as a warrior or someone...
Celebrate because God is with youDecember 8
December 8 Celebrate because God is with you. In week two, we turn to Luke 1:26-38 and Matthew 1:18-25. On both occasions, an angel visited Mary and Joseph to inform them that they would be the parents of the coming Savior of the world. They would call him Immanuel,...
God always had a plan to send JesusDecember 1
December 1 God always had a plan to send Jesus. We kick off week 1 at the very beginning. In John 1:1-5, 14, we learn that before there was anything, even life itself, there was the Word. Jesus was this Word — a light that became a human to shine in the darkness and...
Jesus showed us how to giveNovember 24
November 24 Jesus showed us how to give. We close out the month in 1 John 3:16-18. John was writing to a group of believers to encourage them and remind them about Jesus’ love for them. John described how Jesus gave the greatest example of love when he gave his life...
Give with a good attitudeNovember 17
November 17 Give with a good attitude. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
I always have something to giveNovember 10
November 10 You always have something to give. Can you think of a time when someone gave something to you or shared with you, even when they didn’t have much to give? Just the fact that they thought of you made their gift so much more meaningful. When we trust God...
God gives us good thingsNovember 3
November 3 God gives us good things. We start the month with an insight from James 1:17a: “Every good and perfect gift is from God.” (NIrV) Every good thing in our lives comes from God, starting with the gift of Jesus. When we take the time to reflect on all that God...
Know when to stopOctober 27
October 27 Know when to stop. We end the month in Proverbs 25:16 with another one of Solomon’s wise sayings—this time about food: “If you find honey, eat just enough. If you eat too much of it, you will throw up.” Of course, Solomon’s words are true about more than...
Think before you actOctober 20
October 20 Think before you act. In week 3, we head to 1 Samuel 24, where we find David on the run from his enemy, King Saul. Saul’s jealousy got the best of him, so he set out to kill David. While on the hunt, he entered a cave to relieve himself, which also happened...
Think before you speakOctober 13
October 13 Think before you speak. In week 2, we head to Proverbs 12:18, where Solomon spoke about the power of words. He said, “The words of thoughtless people cut like swords. But the tongue of wise people brings healing.” Thoughtless, mean, and hurtful words can...
Be ready to do the right thingOctober 6
October 6 Be ready to do the right thing. We start the month in Luke 4:1-13. We see how Jesus was led into the desert by the Spirit and tempted by the devil for 40 days. Jesus was able to face these temptations because He was prepared and understood God’s Word. In...
Jesus is the light of the worldSeptember 29
September 29 Jesus is the light of the world. For week 4, we head to 2 Corinthians 1:3-4. Paul was writing a letter to the church in Corinth in which he shared about the troubles he and Timothy had faced. Yet in the midst of all their difficulties, Paul and Timothy...
Comfort others the way God comforts youSeptember 22
September 22 Comfort others the way God comforts you. For week 4, we head to 2 Corinthians 1:3-4. Paul was writing a letter to the church in Corinth in which he shared about the troubles he and Timothy had faced. Yet in the midst of all their difficulties, Paul and...
Make time to help othersSeptember 15
September 15 Make time to help others. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
Use what you have to help othersSeptember 8
September 8 Use what you have to help others. In week 2, we read about a massive miracle found in John 6:1-13. Jesus had just crossed over the Sea of Galilee with His disciples when a massive crowd arrived. Jesus knew that the people would be hungry . . . and instead...
You can shine God’s lightSeptember 1
September 1 You can shine God's light. We wrap up the month in Romans 12:2. Paul was writing a letter to the Romans in which he encouraged them to “let [their] way of thinking be completely changed.” Paul wanted to remind the believers that God could continually...
Never stop growing in wisdomAugust 25
August 25 Never stop growing in wisdom. We wrap up the month in Romans 12:2. Paul was writing a letter to the Romans in which he encouraged them to “let [their] way of thinking be completely changed.” Paul wanted to remind the believers that God could continually...
Hang out with wise peopleAugust 18
August 18 Hang out with wise people. For week 3, we head to 2 Chronicles 10. King Solomon’s son, Rehoboam, was now king, and the people came to ask him to lighten their workload. However, when presented with the opportunity to gain the people’s trust, King Rehoboam...
When you see yourself clearly, you can make the wise choiceAugust 11
August 11 When you see yourself clearly, you can make the wise choice. In week 2, we head to Matthew 7:1-5, which is part of one of Jesus’ most famous recorded messages, the Sermon on the Mount. Throughout this sermon, Jesus touched on many important lessons. One of...
Wisdom is worth searching forAugust 4
August 4 Wisdom is worth searching for. We start the month in Luke 2:41-52. Mary, Joseph, and Jesus had just traveled to Jerusalem for the Passover Feast and were headed home. Except . . .Jesus was no longer with them. Instead, He was at the temple, listening and...
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolDecember 22We celebrate Christmas to show everyone that Jesus is special.What do we do on the day someone is born? We celebrate with a birthday party! So, that’s exactly what we’re going to do for Jesus. It’s time for us to show and tell Jesus how special He is! So, pull out the hats, cupcakes, party horns, and confetti, and we will retell the story of Jesus’ birth. Christmas is when we celebrate Jesus’ birthday. We celebrate Christmas to show everyone that Jesus is special. Jesus is special because Jesus is God’s Son.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsThe wise men travel a long way to show Jesus they believe He is special.December 29
December 29 The wise men travel a long way to show Jesus they believe He is special. The wise men travel a long way to show Jesus they believe He is special. After Jesus is born, God puts a special star in the sky. The wise men follow the star a long way until it...
We celebrate Christmas to show everyone that Jesus is specialDecember 22
December 22 We celebrate Christmas to show everyone that Jesus is special. What do we do on the day someone is born? We celebrate with a birthday party! So, that’s exactly what we’re going to do for Jesus. It’s time for us to show and tell Jesus how special He is! So,...
The shepherds run to see Jesus and then run to tell everyone about JesusDecember 15
December 15 The shepherds run to see Jesus and then run to tell everyone about Jesus. On the night Jesus is born, there are shepherds in a field taking care of their sheep. While the shepherds are watching their sheep, an angel appears. The angel tells the shepherds...
Jesus is born to show the world that God loves usDecember 8
December 8 Jesus is born to show the world that God loves us. Joseph and Mary travel a long way to the town of Bethlehem. When they finally get there, they need to find a place to stay, but there is no guest room for them. So, Joseph and Mary stay in a place where...
God sends an angel to tell Mary she is going to have His son, Jesus.December 1
December 1 God sends an angel to tell Mary she is going to have His son, Jesus. God has an important message to tell Mary so God sends an angel to Mary. When Mary first sees the angel, she is afraid, but the angel says, “Do not be afraid.” The angel tells Mary that...
I can talk to God about anythingNovember 24
November 24 I can talk to God about anything. King Hezekiah loves God, and he prays and talks to God. So, when King Hezekiah is worried about the safety of his city, he prays and talks to God about it. God sends the prophet Isaiah to tell Hezekiah that God has heard...
I can trust God no matter whatNovember 17
November 17 I can trust God no matter what. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
I can trust God will show me the wayNovember 10
November 10 I can trust God will show me the way. God loves the Israelites so much that God promises to lead them to a new home. This home will have all the food they will need. God calls it a land ‘flowing with milk and honey.’ But how do they find their new home?...
I can trust GodNovember 3
November 3 I can trust God. While taking care of his sheep, Moses sees a bush that is on fire, but there is something different about it. The leaves are still green. The bush isn’t burning up. Then, Moses hears God’s voice coming from inside the burning bush. God...
God is with me wherever I goOctober 27
October 27 God is with me wherever I go. God told Jonah to go to the city of Nineveh to tell the people who lived there to do what God says and love one another. But Jonah did not want to go to Nineveh. So, Jonah went the other way and got on a boat! While Jonah was...
God has plans for meOctober 20
October 20 God has plans for me. Joseph’s dad gave him a very special coat, which made some of his brothers so mad they sent Joseph far away to work in a place called Egypt. While Joseph was there, he was sent to jail for something he didn’t do! But one day, the king...
God always hears meOctober 13
October 13 God always hears me. Hagar and her son Ishmael were in a desert, and they ran out of water to drink. They were very thirsty. Hagar began to cry, and her son began to cry too. An angel of God told Hagar, “God has heard the boy crying.” God was with Hagar and...
God is always with meOctober 6
October 6 God is always with me. Daniel loved God and prayed to God three times a day. But some other people who worked for the king tricked the king into creating a new law that said no one could pray to God. Daniel did what he had always done. He prayed to God. When...
I love like Jesus when I help othersSeptember 29
September 29 I love like Jesus when I help others. Tabitha loved Jesus and knew the most important thing Jesus taught us to do is to love people the way Jesus loves people. Tabitha was good at sewing so she helped by making clothes for people. Helping others was how...
I am a light when I love like JesusSeptember 22
September 22 I am a light when I love like Jesus. Jesus said, “You are the light of the world.” When we love like Jesus, we shine bright like a light! Just like a friend of Jesus named Philip. Philip saw a man sitting in a chariot. The man was reading God’s words, but...
Jesus said to love one anotherSeptember 15
September 15 Jesus said to love one another. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
Jesus is a light for everyoneSeptember 8
September 8 Jesus is a light for everyone. Jesus sees a man who had been lying on a mat by a pool of water for a very long time because he could not walk. The man thought if he could get in the water, it would make him better, but he had no one to help him get into...
Jesus is the light of the worldSeptember 1
September 1 Jesus is the light of the world. God made us wonderful and loves us so much that God gave us a gift. But not just any gift. This is better than a teddy bear or a pair of shoes. God made you and loves you so much that God gave you Jesus! Jesus is a special...
God loves us so much that God gave us JesusAugust 25
August 25 God loves us so much that God gave us Jesus. God made us wonderful and loves us so much that God gave us a gift. But not just any gift. This is better than a teddy bear or a pair of shoes. God made you and loves you so much that God gave you Jesus! Jesus is...
I am important to GodAugust 18
August 18 I am important to God. God knows everything about us. God knows when we sit and when we stand. God knows what we are going to say before we say it. God even knows exactly how many hairs are on our heads. God knows everything about you and me because God made...
God made me to create, think, and helpAugust 11
August 11 God made me to create, think, and help. God made ALL people, and people are the most special thing God made because God made us to be like Him. When people have the passion to create, they are reflecting God who made everything. When people think about...
God made meAugust 4
August 4 God made me. From the top of my head to my wiggly toes, God made me wonderful! And God made you wonderful! God made every person in the whole wide world wonderful! We all have different colored eyes and different kinds of hair, but God made us all...
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JoyWhat biblical joy means in comparison to worldly joy.
Joyby Simeon Wakefield
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Habakkuk Devotional – Week 3Moving Forward from the ValleyDAY 1
Trusting God in Times of Waiting
Reading: Psalm 13
Devotional: Psalm 13 is a powerful expression of waiting and longing. David begins with a heartfelt cry, “How long, Lord?” It’s a question that resonates with many of us as we face prolonged challenges and wait for God’s intervention. This psalm captures the raw emotions of feeling forgotten or overwhelmed, yet it also demonstrates a profound trust in God’s steadfast love. As you read, take note of the transition that occurs within this short Psalm. David moves from a place of sorrow and questioning to a declaration of trust and praise. This shift is a reminder that even in times of waiting and uncertainty, we can choose to trust in God’s faithful love and salvation. Reflect on any areas in your life where you feel like you are in a period of waiting or uncertainty. What are your own “How long?” questions? Bring these before God honestly and openly. Remember, God welcomes your questions and concerns, just as He did with David and Habakkuk.
DAY 2
Remembering God’s Faithfulness
Reading: Psalm 77:11-20
Devotional: Habakkuk found strength by remembering God’s past deeds. Today’s passage from Psalms echoes this practice. When we’re facing difficult times, recalling God’s faithfulness in the past can bolster our faith for the present and future. Take a moment to list specific ways God has been faithful to you in the past. How might these memories encourage you in your current circumstances? Let these recollections fuel your trust in God’s ongoing work in your life.
DAY 3
Finding Joy in God Alone
Reading: Habakkuk 3:17-19
Devotional: Habakkuk’s declaration of joy, even in dire circumstances, is a powerful testament to finding our ultimate satisfaction in God. This passage challenges us to root our joy not in our circumstances, but in God Himself. Consider areas of your life where you’re allowing external factors to dictate your joy. How might your perspective shift if you chose to rejoice in God regardless of these circumstances? Pray for the strength to find your joy in God alone, trusting Him to be your strength and sure footing.
DAY 4
Seeing Beyond Our Troubles
Reading: 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
Devotional: Paul’s words here echo Habakkuk’s transformation. Both learned to look beyond their immediate troubles to the eternal realities of God’s kingdom. Today, practice “fixing your eyes on what is unseen.” When facing challenges, try to view them through the lens of eternity. How might this eternal perspective change your approach to current difficulties? Ask God to renew you inwardly day by day, helping you to focus on the unseen realities of His kingdom.
DAY 5
Choosing Gratitude in All Circumstances
Reading: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Devotional: The story of Martin Rinkart writing a hymn of thanksgiving amidst terrible suffering illustrates the power of choosing gratitude in all circumstances. Today’s passage encourages us to rejoice always, pray continually, and give thanks in all circumstances. This isn’t about denying our pain, but about recognizing God’s presence even in our darkest moments. What might it look like for you to practice gratitude today, especially in challenging areas of your life? Ask God to help you cultivate a heart of thanksgiving, trusting that He is working all things for good.
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Moving Forward from the ValleyHabakkuk wants us to know not only that God can handle our heartache and our tears, but that in some mysterious way, it often is the very vehicle by which He leads us to more deeply experience His presence and to authentic worship. Our sorrow, our grief, that valley, that dark night of the soul, is the thing that God uses to develop our intimacy with Him.
Moving Forward from the Valleyby Kurt Barnes
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenNovember 17Give with a good attitude.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESDevotionalParent CueRecent LessonsGive with a good attitudeNovember 17
November 17 Give with a good attitude. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
I always have something to giveNovember 10
November 10 You always have something to give. Can you think of a time when someone gave something to you or shared with you, even when they didn’t have much to give? Just the fact that they thought of you made their gift so much more meaningful. When we trust God...
God gives us good thingsNovember 3
November 3 God gives us good things. We start the month with an insight from James 1:17a: “Every good and perfect gift is from God.” (NIrV) Every good thing in our lives comes from God, starting with the gift of Jesus. When we take the time to reflect on all that God...
Know when to stopOctober 27
October 27 Know when to stop. We end the month in Proverbs 25:16 with another one of Solomon’s wise sayings—this time about food: “If you find honey, eat just enough. If you eat too much of it, you will throw up.” Of course, Solomon’s words are true about more than...
Think before you actOctober 20
October 20 Think before you act. In week 3, we head to 1 Samuel 24, where we find David on the run from his enemy, King Saul. Saul’s jealousy got the best of him, so he set out to kill David. While on the hunt, he entered a cave to relieve himself, which also happened...
Think before you speakOctober 13
October 13 Think before you speak. In week 2, we head to Proverbs 12:18, where Solomon spoke about the power of words. He said, “The words of thoughtless people cut like swords. But the tongue of wise people brings healing.” Thoughtless, mean, and hurtful words can...
Be ready to do the right thingOctober 6
October 6 Be ready to do the right thing. We start the month in Luke 4:1-13. We see how Jesus was led into the desert by the Spirit and tempted by the devil for 40 days. Jesus was able to face these temptations because He was prepared and understood God’s Word. In...
Jesus is the light of the worldSeptember 29
September 29 Jesus is the light of the world. For week 4, we head to 2 Corinthians 1:3-4. Paul was writing a letter to the church in Corinth in which he shared about the troubles he and Timothy had faced. Yet in the midst of all their difficulties, Paul and Timothy...
Comfort others the way God comforts youSeptember 22
September 22 Comfort others the way God comforts you. For week 4, we head to 2 Corinthians 1:3-4. Paul was writing a letter to the church in Corinth in which he shared about the troubles he and Timothy had faced. Yet in the midst of all their difficulties, Paul and...
Make time to help othersSeptember 15
September 15 Make time to help others. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
Use what you have to help othersSeptember 8
September 8 Use what you have to help others. In week 2, we read about a massive miracle found in John 6:1-13. Jesus had just crossed over the Sea of Galilee with His disciples when a massive crowd arrived. Jesus knew that the people would be hungry . . . and instead...
You can shine God’s lightSeptember 1
September 1 You can shine God's light. We wrap up the month in Romans 12:2. Paul was writing a letter to the Romans in which he encouraged them to “let [their] way of thinking be completely changed.” Paul wanted to remind the believers that God could continually...
Never stop growing in wisdomAugust 25
August 25 Never stop growing in wisdom. We wrap up the month in Romans 12:2. Paul was writing a letter to the Romans in which he encouraged them to “let [their] way of thinking be completely changed.” Paul wanted to remind the believers that God could continually...
Hang out with wise peopleAugust 18
August 18 Hang out with wise people. For week 3, we head to 2 Chronicles 10. King Solomon’s son, Rehoboam, was now king, and the people came to ask him to lighten their workload. However, when presented with the opportunity to gain the people’s trust, King Rehoboam...
When you see yourself clearly, you can make the wise choiceAugust 11
August 11 When you see yourself clearly, you can make the wise choice. In week 2, we head to Matthew 7:1-5, which is part of one of Jesus’ most famous recorded messages, the Sermon on the Mount. Throughout this sermon, Jesus touched on many important lessons. One of...
Wisdom is worth searching forAugust 4
August 4 Wisdom is worth searching for. We start the month in Luke 2:41-52. Mary, Joseph, and Jesus had just traveled to Jerusalem for the Passover Feast and were headed home. Except . . .Jesus was no longer with them. Instead, He was at the temple, listening and...
Celebrate what God will doJuly 28
July 28 Celebrate what God will do. We wrap up the month with the biggest celebration ever in Revelation 21, 22:1-5. John received visions from God about all the things that would one day come, some of which was easier to understand than others. However, John did...
Jesus showed us how to have joyJuly 14
July 14 Jesus showed us how to have joy. In week 2, we see Jesus’ first recorded miracle found in John 2:1-11. Everyone was laughing, talking, and having a good time until…the wine ran out! Jesus knew the importance of celebrating and how it would impact that family...
Jesus brings joy to the worldJuly 7
July 7 Jesus brings joy to the world. We start the month in Luke 2:8-20. While shepherds were watching over their flock, an angel suddenly appeared, bringing great news: Jesus was born! The shepherds rushed off to see him, telling everyone about him afterward....
There’s always a reason to celebrateJune 30
June 30 There's always a reason to celebrate. We finish the month in Habakkuk 3:17-18. Habakkuk wrote these words as God’s people were about to be taken captive. Everything was going wrong in Habakkuk’s world . . . but still, he chose to trust God and choose joy....
Find joy in what you see around youJune 23
June 23 Find joy in what you see around you. In week 4, we take a look at some of David’s Psalms— specifically, Psalms 8, 16, and 19. David wrote a lot about the things he observed in nature and the world around him that God had created. Through creation, we notice...
Celebrate each step of the wayJune 16
June 16 Celebrate each step of the way. For week 3, we head to Ezra 3:10-13. At the time, God’s people were living as captives in Persia, when the new king, Cyrus, allowed them to return home to Jerusalem. However, when they returned, everything was broken down and...
Make a habit of choosing joyJune 9
June 9 Make a habit of choosing joy. In week 2, we see how God set aside times and rhythms for the Israelite people to reflect on and remember everything God had done for them. In Deuteronomy 16:13-17, we read about one celebration in particular called the Feast of...
We can have joy because of JesusJune 2
June 2 We can have joy because of Jesus. We start the month with Luke 15:1-7, where we find Jesus telling a parable about a shepherd who goes to find his lost sheep. Jesus explains that the shepherd cares so much about the missing sheep that he leaves the other 99...
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolNovember 17I can trust God no matter what.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsI can trust God no matter whatNovember 17
November 17 I can trust God no matter what. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
I can trust God will show me the wayNovember 10
November 10 I can trust God will show me the way. God loves the Israelites so much that God promises to lead them to a new home. This home will have all the food they will need. God calls it a land ‘flowing with milk and honey.’ But how do they find their new home?...
I can trust GodNovember 3
November 3 I can trust God. While taking care of his sheep, Moses sees a bush that is on fire, but there is something different about it. The leaves are still green. The bush isn’t burning up. Then, Moses hears God’s voice coming from inside the burning bush. God...
God is with me wherever I goOctober 27
October 27 God is with me wherever I go. God told Jonah to go to the city of Nineveh to tell the people who lived there to do what God says and love one another. But Jonah did not want to go to Nineveh. So, Jonah went the other way and got on a boat! While Jonah was...
God has plans for meOctober 20
October 20 God has plans for me. Joseph’s dad gave him a very special coat, which made some of his brothers so mad they sent Joseph far away to work in a place called Egypt. While Joseph was there, he was sent to jail for something he didn’t do! But one day, the king...
God always hears meOctober 13
October 13 God always hears me. Hagar and her son Ishmael were in a desert, and they ran out of water to drink. They were very thirsty. Hagar began to cry, and her son began to cry too. An angel of God told Hagar, “God has heard the boy crying.” God was with Hagar and...
God is always with meOctober 6
October 6 God is always with me. Daniel loved God and prayed to God three times a day. But some other people who worked for the king tricked the king into creating a new law that said no one could pray to God. Daniel did what he had always done. He prayed to God. When...
I love like Jesus when I help othersSeptember 29
September 29 I love like Jesus when I help others. Tabitha loved Jesus and knew the most important thing Jesus taught us to do is to love people the way Jesus loves people. Tabitha was good at sewing so she helped by making clothes for people. Helping others was how...
I am a light when I love like JesusSeptember 22
September 22 I am a light when I love like Jesus. Jesus said, “You are the light of the world.” When we love like Jesus, we shine bright like a light! Just like a friend of Jesus named Philip. Philip saw a man sitting in a chariot. The man was reading God’s words, but...
Jesus said to love one anotherSeptember 15
September 15 Jesus said to love one another. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
Jesus is a light for everyoneSeptember 8
September 8 Jesus is a light for everyone. Jesus sees a man who had been lying on a mat by a pool of water for a very long time because he could not walk. The man thought if he could get in the water, it would make him better, but he had no one to help him get into...
Jesus is the light of the worldSeptember 1
September 1 Jesus is the light of the world. God made us wonderful and loves us so much that God gave us a gift. But not just any gift. This is better than a teddy bear or a pair of shoes. God made you and loves you so much that God gave you Jesus! Jesus is a special...
God loves us so much that God gave us JesusAugust 25
August 25 God loves us so much that God gave us Jesus. God made us wonderful and loves us so much that God gave us a gift. But not just any gift. This is better than a teddy bear or a pair of shoes. God made you and loves you so much that God gave you Jesus! Jesus is...
I am important to GodAugust 18
August 18 I am important to God. God knows everything about us. God knows when we sit and when we stand. God knows what we are going to say before we say it. God even knows exactly how many hairs are on our heads. God knows everything about you and me because God made...
God made me to create, think, and helpAugust 11
August 11 God made me to create, think, and help. God made ALL people, and people are the most special thing God made because God made us to be like Him. When people have the passion to create, they are reflecting God who made everything. When people think about...
God made meAugust 4
August 4 God made me. From the top of my head to my wiggly toes, God made me wonderful! And God made you wonderful! God made every person in the whole wide world wonderful! We all have different colored eyes and different kinds of hair, but God made us all...
I can have joy forever because Jesus wants to be my friend foreverJuly 28
July 28 I can have joy forever because Jesus wants to be my friend forever. Jesus is God’s Son and Jesus wants to be our friend forever. And when Jesus is our friend forever, we can have JOY forever. Heaven will be a party that never ends, and Jesus is getting heaven...
Jesus helps us have joyJuly 14
July 14 Jesus helps us have joy. While Jesus, his mom Mary and his disciples are guests at a wedding, the servants run out of the special wedding drink. Jesus’ mom went right to the one person she knew could help— Jesus! Jesus did something only he can do and turned...
Jesus came to give the world joyJuly 7
July 7 Jesus came to give the world joy. An angel appears to tell some shepherds some good news that would cause great joy for all people. As in the whole world! Those shepherds went from frozen in fright to running with wonder! Joy had come into the world! The...
I can have joy no matter whatJune 30
June 30 I can have joy no matter what. Habakkuk reminds us that even when things don’t go our way, we can still have joy and celebrate because God loves us. Habakkuk prays to God and says that, even if he couldn’t grow any food or his farm didn’t have any animals, he...
I can have joy when I see what God has madeJune 23
June 23 I can have joy when I see what God has made. King David loved God, and he liked to write songs to God. One time he wrote a song because everywhere he looked he saw things God made that gave him joy. We can look around and see what God has made too. And we can...
I can have joy when I do hard thingsJune 16
June 16 I can have joy when I do hard things. The temple was where God’s people met to learn about God and praise God, but it had been destroyed. So God’s people decide to rebuild the temple. Temples are really big, and it was going to take a lot of hard work to...
I can have joy because God helps meJune 9
June 9 I can have joy because God helps me. God wants His people, the Israelites, to take time to thank Him for all He had done. They grew lots of food, but it was God who helped them by providing the sun and rain to help the food grow. So the Israelites got everyone...
I can have joy because God loves meJune 2
June 2 I can have joy because God loves me. Jesus tells the story of the lost sheep to help us understand just how much God loves us. A shepherd leaves 99 sheep to search for one lost sheep, and when he finds it, he rejoices! God’s love for us is big. We want our...
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryNovember 17Give with a good attitude.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsGive with a good attitudeNovember 17
November 17 Give with a good attitude. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
You always have something to giveNovember 10
November 10 You always have something to give. Can you think of a time when someone gave something to you or shared with you, even when they didn’t have much to give? Just the fact that they thought of you made their gift so much more meaningful. When we trust God...
God gives us good thingsNovember 3
November 3 God gives us good things. We start the month with an insight from James 1:17a: “Every good and perfect gift is from God.” (NIrV) Every good thing in our lives comes from God, starting with the gift of Jesus. When we take the time to reflect on all that God...
Know when to stopOctober 27
October 27 Know when to stop. We end the month in Proverbs 25:16 with another one of Solomon’s wise sayings—this time about food: “If you find honey, eat just enough. If you eat too much of it, you will throw up.” Of course, Solomon’s words are true about more than...
Think before you actOctober 20
October 20 Think before you act. In week 3, we head to 1 Samuel 24, where we find David on the run from his enemy, King Saul. Saul’s jealousy got the best of him, so he set out to kill David. While on the hunt, he entered a cave to relieve himself, which also happened...
Think before you speakOctober 13
October 13 Think before you speak. In week 2, we head to Proverbs 12:18, where Solomon spoke about the power of words. He said, “The words of thoughtless people cut like swords. But the tongue of wise people brings healing.” Thoughtless, mean, and hurtful words can...
Be ready to do the right thingOctober 6
October 6 Be ready to do the right thing. We start the month in Luke 4:1-13. We see how Jesus was led into the desert by the Spirit and tempted by the devil for 40 days. Jesus was able to face these temptations because He was prepared and understood God’s Word. In...
Jesus is the light of the worldSeptember 29
September 29 Jesus is the light of the world. For week 4, we head to 2 Corinthians 1:3-4. Paul was writing a letter to the church in Corinth in which he shared about the troubles he and Timothy had faced. Yet in the midst of all their difficulties, Paul and Timothy...
Comfort others the way God comforts youSeptember 22
September 22 Comfort others the way God comforts you. For week 4, we head to 2 Corinthians 1:3-4. Paul was writing a letter to the church in Corinth in which he shared about the troubles he and Timothy had faced. Yet in the midst of all their difficulties, Paul and...
Make time to help othersSeptember 15
September 15 Make time to help others. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
Use what you have to help othersSeptember 8
September 8 Use what you have to help others. In week 2, we read about a massive miracle found in John 6:1-13. Jesus had just crossed over the Sea of Galilee with His disciples when a massive crowd arrived. Jesus knew that the people would be hungry . . . and instead...
You can shine God’s lightSeptember 1
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Celebrate each step of the wayJune 16
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Lessons from Habakkuk’s ValleyWhat do you do when you are in the valley? What do you do when you’re struggling and you know that God could do something, but it doesn’t seem like He is? And nothing makes sense and you’re wondering, “God, where are You? What are you doing?”
Lessons from Habakkuk's Valleyby Kurt Barnes
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Habakkuk Devotional – Week 2Lessons from Habakkuk’s ValleyDAY 1
Listening to God’s Voice
Reading: Habakkuk 2:1-3
Devotional: In times of confusion or distress, our first instinct is often to cry out to God. But how often do we pause to listen for His response? Habakkuk teaches us the importance of positioning ourselves to hear God’s voice. Today, find a quiet place where you can be still before the Lord. Bring your questions and concerns to Him, then wait expectantly for His response. Remember, God may speak through Scripture, prayer, circumstances, or the counsel of other believers. Be open to His voice in all its forms.
DAY 2
Recording God’s Promises
Reading: Isaiah 30:8-11
Devotional: God instructed Habakkuk to write down the vision he received. This act of recording wasn’t just for Habakkuk’s benefit, but for future generations who would witness its fulfillment. Today, start a “promise journal.” Write down the promises God has given you through His Word or personal revelation. When doubts creep in or waiting becomes difficult, return to these written reminders of God’s faithfulness. Let them anchor your faith and remind you of God’s unwavering commitment to His word.
DAY 3
Waiting on God’s Timing
Reading: Psalm 27:13-14
Devotional: Waiting is perhaps one of the most challenging aspects of faith. In our instant-gratification culture, the idea of patiently waiting on God’s timing can feel foreign. Yet, as we see in Habakkuk, God’s delays are not denials. His timing is perfect, even when it doesn’t align with our expectations. Today, reflect on areas in your life where you’re waiting on God. How can you actively trust Him in this season of waiting? Remember, waiting isn’t passive – it’s an opportunity to serve God faithfully where you are while anticipating His future move.
DAY 4
Living by Faith
Reading: Hebrews 11:1-6
Devotional: “The righteous shall live by faith” – this profound statement from Habakkuk echoes throughout Scripture. Faith is not just a one-time decision, but a daily choice to trust God despite what we see or feel. Today, examine your life. Are there areas where you’re living by sight rather than faith? Ask God to strengthen your faith, especially in situations that seem hopeless or impossible. Remember, faith is the currency of God’s kingdom, and it pleases Him when we choose to trust Him.
DAY 5
Recognizing God’s Sovereignty
Reading: Romans 8:28-39
Devotional: Habakkuk’s journey ends with a powerful declaration: “The Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth be silent before him.” This is a reminder of God’s sovereignty over all circumstances, even when we don’t understand His ways. Today, meditate on God’s sovereignty in your life. How does knowing that God is in control change your perspective on your current challenges? Let this truth lead you to worship, knowing that nothing can separate you from His love, and that He is working all things together for your good.
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryNovember 10You always have something to give.Can you think of a time when someone gave something to you or shared with you, even when they didn’t have much to give? Just the fact that they thought of you made their gift so much more meaningful. When we trust God with what we have, God is able to do more than we can think or imagine.
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenNovember 10You always have something to give.Can you think of a time when someone gave something to you or shared with you, even when they didn’t have much to give? Just the fact that they thought of you made their gift so much more meaningful. When we trust God with what we have, God is able to do more than we can think or imagine.
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolNovember 10I can trust God will show me the way.God loves the Israelites so much that God promises to lead them to a new home. This home will have all the food they will need. God calls it a land ‘flowing with milk and honey.’ But how do they find their new home? God shows up in a big way. God leads the people with a pillar of cloud in the day and a pillar of fire at night. God shows His people the way to go and never leaves them. God stays right in front of them, morning and night, because God’s got it.
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Habakkuk Devotional – Week 1Wrestling With GodDAY 1Wrestling with God
Reading: Habakkuk 1:1-4, Genesis 32:22-32
Devotional: Like Habakkuk, we often find ourselves questioning God’s ways, especially when faced with injustice or suffering. Today’s reading reminds us that it’s okay to wrestle with God. In fact, God invites our honest questions and doubts. Jacob’s wrestling match with God resulted in a blessing and a new identity. As you reflect on areas of struggle in your life, bring them boldly before God. Remember, He would rather you wrestle with Him than walk away. How might your current struggles be an opportunity for spiritual growth and deeper intimacy with God?
DAY 2
Waiting on God’s Timing
Reading: Habakkuk 2:1-3, Psalm 27:13-14
Devotional: Waiting can be one of the most challenging aspects of our faith journey. Habakkuk positioned himself to hear from God, even when the answer seemed delayed. In our instant-gratification culture, God often calls us to wait and trust His timing. Reflect on areas in your life where you’re waiting for God to move. How can you use this time of waiting to deepen your faith and prepare for what God has in store? Remember, God’s delays are not denials. His timing is perfect, even when we can’t understand it.
Day 3
Faith in the Midst of Doubt
Reading: Mark 9:14-24, Hebrews 11:1-6
Devotional: The father’s cry in Mark 9, “I believe; help my unbelief!” resonates with many of us. Faith and doubt often coexist in our hearts. Today’s readings remind us that faith is not the absence of doubt, but rather trusting God despite our uncertainties. Hebrews 11 showcases heroes of faith who acted on their belief even when they couldn’t see the full picture. What step of faith is God calling you to take today, even if you don’t have all the answers? Remember, even a mustard seed of faith can move mountains.
Day 4
God’s Love in Our Suffering
Reading: Romans 8:35-39, 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
Devotional: When we’re in the midst of suffering, it’s easy to question God’s love. Today’s passages remind us that nothing can separate us from God’s love, and that our present sufferings are achieving an eternal glory. Reflect on a time when you experienced God’s presence in the midst of pain. How did that experience shape your faith? Remember, the cross is the ultimate demonstration of God’s love for us. Our sufferings don’t negate His love; often, they become the very means through which we experience it most profoundly.
Day 5
Hope in God’s Sovereignty
Reading: Habakkuk 3:17-19, Romans 8:28
Devotional: Habakkuk’s journey concludes with a powerful declaration of trust in God, regardless of circumstances. Similarly, Paul reminds us in Romans that God works all things for the good of those who love Him. This doesn’t mean everything that happens is good, but that God can use even our darkest moments for His purposes. Reflect on a difficult situation in your life. How might God be working in and through it? Choose to rejoice in God’s sovereignty today, trusting that He is able to bring beauty from ashes and hope from despair.
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Wrestling With GodThe prophet Habakkuk’s struggle with the question, “Why does evil sometimes seem to thrive?”
Wrestling With Godby Kurt Barnes
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DistractionThe idol of distraction, especially through our digital devices, is not easily overthrown. It requires intentionality and discipline. But as we see with David, the rewards are immeasurable – a life deeply connected to God, filled with joy, peace, and true fulfillment. By always keeping our eyes on the Lord, we will not be shaken, but will find refuge, joy, and eternal pleasures in His presence.
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September 15 Make time to help others. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
Use what you have to help othersSeptember 8
September 8 Use what you have to help others. In week 2, we read about a massive miracle found in John 6:1-13. Jesus had just crossed over the Sea of Galilee with His disciples when a massive crowd arrived. Jesus knew that the people would be hungry . . . and instead...
You can shine God’s lightSeptember 1
September 1 You can shine God's light. We wrap up the month in Romans 12:2. Paul was writing a letter to the Romans in which he encouraged them to “let [their] way of thinking be completely changed.” Paul wanted to remind the believers that God could continually...
Never stop growing in wisdomAugust 25
August 25 Never stop growing in wisdom. We wrap up the month in Romans 12:2. Paul was writing a letter to the Romans in which he encouraged them to “let [their] way of thinking be completely changed.” Paul wanted to remind the believers that God could continually...
Hang out with wise peopleAugust 18
August 18 Hang out with wise people. For week 3, we head to 2 Chronicles 10. King Solomon’s son, Rehoboam, was now king, and the people came to ask him to lighten their workload. However, when presented with the opportunity to gain the people’s trust, King Rehoboam...
When you see yourself clearly, you can make the wise choiceAugust 11
August 11 When you see yourself clearly, you can make the wise choice. In week 2, we head to Matthew 7:1-5, which is part of one of Jesus’ most famous recorded messages, the Sermon on the Mount. Throughout this sermon, Jesus touched on many important lessons. One of...
Wisdom is worth searching forAugust 4
August 4 Wisdom is worth searching for. We start the month in Luke 2:41-52. Mary, Joseph, and Jesus had just traveled to Jerusalem for the Passover Feast and were headed home. Except . . .Jesus was no longer with them. Instead, He was at the temple, listening and...
Celebrate what God will doJuly 28
July 28 Celebrate what God will do. We wrap up the month with the biggest celebration ever in Revelation 21, 22:1-5. John received visions from God about all the things that would one day come, some of which was easier to understand than others. However, John did...
Jesus showed us how to have joyJuly 14
July 14 Jesus showed us how to have joy. In week 2, we see Jesus’ first recorded miracle found in John 2:1-11. Everyone was laughing, talking, and having a good time until…the wine ran out! Jesus knew the importance of celebrating and how it would impact that family...
Jesus brings joy to the worldJuly 7
July 7 Jesus brings joy to the world. We start the month in Luke 2:8-20. While shepherds were watching over their flock, an angel suddenly appeared, bringing great news: Jesus was born! The shepherds rushed off to see him, telling everyone about him afterward....
There’s always a reason to celebrateJune 30
June 30 There's always a reason to celebrate. We finish the month in Habakkuk 3:17-18. Habakkuk wrote these words as God’s people were about to be taken captive. Everything was going wrong in Habakkuk’s world . . . but still, he chose to trust God and choose joy....
Find joy in what you see around youJune 23
June 23 Find joy in what you see around you. In week 4, we take a look at some of David’s Psalms— specifically, Psalms 8, 16, and 19. David wrote a lot about the things he observed in nature and the world around him that God had created. Through creation, we notice...
Celebrate each step of the wayJune 16
June 16 Celebrate each step of the way. For week 3, we head to Ezra 3:10-13. At the time, God’s people were living as captives in Persia, when the new king, Cyrus, allowed them to return home to Jerusalem. However, when they returned, everything was broken down and...
Make a habit of choosing joyJune 9
June 9 Make a habit of choosing joy. In week 2, we see how God set aside times and rhythms for the Israelite people to reflect on and remember everything God had done for them. In Deuteronomy 16:13-17, we read about one celebration in particular called the Feast of...
We can have joy because of JesusJune 2
June 2 We can have joy because of Jesus. We start the month with Luke 15:1-7, where we find Jesus telling a parable about a shepherd who goes to find his lost sheep. Jesus explains that the shepherd cares so much about the missing sheep that he leaves the other 99...
Practice living for GodMay 26
May 26 Practice living for God. We finish the month in Mark 12:41-44. Jesus noticed how wealthy people were giving lots of money at the temple. Then a poor widow walked up to the offering box and gave just two small coins. While this seemed like a small gift, Jesus...
Practice talking about GodMay 19
May 19 Practice talking about God. For week 3, we head to Matthew 16:13-20, where Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say I am?” After everything they’d seen Jesus do and heard Jesus say, what did they really think about Jesus? This gave Peter the perfect moment to...
Practice praying to GodMay 12
May 12 Practice praying to God. In Matthew 6:9-13 we find Jesus talking about prayer during His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus shared a model for prayer that helps us understand more about how we can talk to God. We can pray with gratitude and honesty, pray for our needs,...
Practice hearing from GodMay 5
May 5 Practice hearing from God. We start the month with Psalm 119:105, where David wrote, “Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way. It is like a light that guides me.” When we read what the authors of the Bible wrote, we can find out how God wants us to live....
God is with you while you waitApril 28
April 28 God is with you while you wait. We finish the month with a story found in Luke 2:25-35. God’s people had been waiting for hundreds of years for the Savior. God promised Simeon that he’d get to see the Messiah before he died. We believe that Simeon waited a...
When you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
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SCF Kids At HomeElementarySeptember 29Jesus is the light of the world.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsJesus is the light of the worldSeptember 29
September 29 Jesus is the light of the world. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
Comfort others the way God comforts youSeptember 22
September 22 Comfort others the way God comforts you. For week 4, we head to 2 Corinthians 1:3-4. Paul was writing a letter to the church in Corinth in which he shared about the troubles he and Timothy had faced. Yet in the midst of all their difficulties, Paul and...
Make time to help othersSeptember 15
September 15 Make time to help others. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
Use what you have to help othersSeptember 8
September 8 Use what you have to help others. In week 2, we read about a massive miracle found in John 6:1-13. Jesus had just crossed over the Sea of Galilee with His disciples when a massive crowd arrived. Jesus knew that the people would be hungry . . . and instead...
You can shine God’s lightSeptember 1
September 1 You can shine God's light. We wrap up the month in Romans 12:2. Paul was writing a letter to the Romans in which he encouraged them to “let [their] way of thinking be completely changed.” Paul wanted to remind the believers that God could continually...
Never stop growing in wisdomAugust 25
August 25 Never stop growing in wisdom. We wrap up the month in Romans 12:2. Paul was writing a letter to the Romans in which he encouraged them to “let [their] way of thinking be completely changed.” Paul wanted to remind the believers that God could continually...
Hang out with wise peopleAugust 18
August 18 Hang out with wise people. For week 3, we head to 2 Chronicles 10. King Solomon’s son, Rehoboam, was now king, and the people came to ask him to lighten their workload. However, when presented with the opportunity to gain the people’s trust, King Rehoboam...
When you see yourself clearly, you can make the wise choiceAugust 11
August 11 When you see yourself clearly, you can make the wise choice. In week 2, we head to Matthew 7:1-5, which is part of one of Jesus’ most famous recorded messages, the Sermon on the Mount. Throughout this sermon, Jesus touched on many important lessons. One of...
Wisdom is worth searching forAugust 4
August 4 Wisdom is worth searching for. We start the month in Luke 2:41-52. Mary, Joseph, and Jesus had just traveled to Jerusalem for the Passover Feast and were headed home. Except . . .Jesus was no longer with them. Instead, He was at the temple, listening and...
Celebrate what God will doJuly 28
July 28 Celebrate what God will do. We wrap up the month with the biggest celebration ever in Revelation 21, 22:1-5. John received visions from God about all the things that would one day come, some of which was easier to understand than others. However, John did...
Jesus showed us how to have joyJuly 14
July 14 Jesus showed us how to have joy. In week 2, we see Jesus’ first recorded miracle found in John 2:1-11. Everyone was laughing, talking, and having a good time until…the wine ran out! Jesus knew the importance of celebrating and how it would impact that family...
Jesus brings joy to the worldJuly 7
July 7 Jesus brings joy to the world. We start the month in Luke 2:8-20. While shepherds were watching over their flock, an angel suddenly appeared, bringing great news: Jesus was born! The shepherds rushed off to see him, telling everyone about him afterward....
There’s always a reason to celebrateJune 30
June 30 There's always a reason to celebrate. We finish the month in Habakkuk 3:17-18. Habakkuk wrote these words as God’s people were about to be taken captive. Everything was going wrong in Habakkuk’s world . . . but still, he chose to trust God and choose joy....
Find joy in what you see around youJune 23
June 23 Find joy in what you see around you. In week 4, we take a look at some of David’s Psalms— specifically, Psalms 8, 16, and 19. David wrote a lot about the things he observed in nature and the world around him that God had created. Through creation, we notice...
Celebrate each step of the wayJune 16
June 16 Celebrate each step of the way. For week 3, we head to Ezra 3:10-13. At the time, God’s people were living as captives in Persia, when the new king, Cyrus, allowed them to return home to Jerusalem. However, when they returned, everything was broken down and...
Make a habit of choosing joyJune 9
June 9 Make a habit of choosing joy. In week 2, we see how God set aside times and rhythms for the Israelite people to reflect on and remember everything God had done for them. In Deuteronomy 16:13-17, we read about one celebration in particular called the Feast of...
We can have joy because of JesusJune 2
June 2 We can have joy because of Jesus. We start the month with Luke 15:1-7, where we find Jesus telling a parable about a shepherd who goes to find his lost sheep. Jesus explains that the shepherd cares so much about the missing sheep that he leaves the other 99...
Practice living for GodMay 26
May 26 Practice living for God. We finish the month in Mark 12:41-44. Jesus noticed how wealthy people were giving lots of money at the temple. Then a poor widow walked up to the offering box and gave just two small coins. While this seemed like a small gift, Jesus...
Practice talking about GodMay 19
May 19 Practice talking about God. For week 3, we head to Matthew 16:13-20, where Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say I am?” After everything they’d seen Jesus do and heard Jesus say, what did they really think about Jesus? This gave Peter the perfect moment to...
Practice praying to GodMay 12
May 12 Practice praying to God. In Matthew 6:9-13 we find Jesus talking about prayer during His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus shared a model for prayer that helps us understand more about how we can talk to God. We can pray with gratitude and honesty, pray for our needs,...
Practice hearing from GodMay 5
May 5 Practice hearing from God. We start the month with Psalm 119:105, where David wrote, “Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way. It is like a light that guides me.” When we read what the authors of the Bible wrote, we can find out how God wants us to live....
God is with you while you waitApril 28
April 28 God is with you while you wait. We finish the month with a story found in Luke 2:25-35. God’s people had been waiting for hundreds of years for the Savior. God promised Simeon that he’d get to see the Messiah before he died. We believe that Simeon waited a...
When you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
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MoneyMoney easily becomes entangled with root idols, making it particularly potent and seductive tool for the enemy. Kurt speaks on how we can combat this.
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolSeptember 22I am a light when I love like Jesus.Jesus said, “You are the light of the world.” When we love like Jesus, we shine bright like a light! Just like a friend of Jesus named Philip. Philip saw a man sitting in a chariot. The man was reading God’s words, but the man needed help understanding what he was reading. Philip sat with the man and helped him understand God’s words. Philip chose to shine his light and help the man. Philip loved like Jesus, and we can love like Jesus too.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsI am a light when I love like JesusSeptember 22
September 22 I am a light when I love like Jesus. Jesus said, “You are the light of the world.” When we love like Jesus, we shine bright like a light! Just like a friend of Jesus named Philip. Philip saw a man sitting in a chariot. The man was reading God’s words, but...
Jesus said to love one anotherSeptember 15
September 15 Jesus said to love one another. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
Jesus is a light for everyoneSeptember 8
September 8 Jesus is a light for everyone. Jesus sees a man who had been lying on a mat by a pool of water for a very long time because he could not walk. The man thought if he could get in the water, it would make him better, but he had no one to help him get into...
Jesus is the light of the worldSeptember 1
September 1 Jesus is the light of the world. God made us wonderful and loves us so much that God gave us a gift. But not just any gift. This is better than a teddy bear or a pair of shoes. God made you and loves you so much that God gave you Jesus! Jesus is a special...
God loves us so much that God gave us JesusAugust 25
August 25 God loves us so much that God gave us Jesus. God made us wonderful and loves us so much that God gave us a gift. But not just any gift. This is better than a teddy bear or a pair of shoes. God made you and loves you so much that God gave you Jesus! Jesus is...
I am important to GodAugust 18
August 18 I am important to God. God knows everything about us. God knows when we sit and when we stand. God knows what we are going to say before we say it. God even knows exactly how many hairs are on our heads. God knows everything about you and me because God made...
God made me to create, think, and helpAugust 11
August 11 God made me to create, think, and help. God made ALL people, and people are the most special thing God made because God made us to be like Him. When people have the passion to create, they are reflecting God who made everything. When people think about...
God made meAugust 4
August 4 God made me. From the top of my head to my wiggly toes, God made me wonderful! And God made you wonderful! God made every person in the whole wide world wonderful! We all have different colored eyes and different kinds of hair, but God made us all...
I can have joy forever because Jesus wants to be my friend foreverJuly 28
July 28 I can have joy forever because Jesus wants to be my friend forever. Jesus is God’s Son and Jesus wants to be our friend forever. And when Jesus is our friend forever, we can have JOY forever. Heaven will be a party that never ends, and Jesus is getting heaven...
Jesus helps us have joyJuly 14
July 14 Jesus helps us have joy. While Jesus, his mom Mary and his disciples are guests at a wedding, the servants run out of the special wedding drink. Jesus’ mom went right to the one person she knew could help— Jesus! Jesus did something only he can do and turned...
Jesus came to give the world joyJuly 7
July 7 Jesus came to give the world joy. An angel appears to tell some shepherds some good news that would cause great joy for all people. As in the whole world! Those shepherds went from frozen in fright to running with wonder! Joy had come into the world! The...
I can have joy no matter whatJune 30
June 30 I can have joy no matter what. Habakkuk reminds us that even when things don’t go our way, we can still have joy and celebrate because God loves us. Habakkuk prays to God and says that, even if he couldn’t grow any food or his farm didn’t have any animals, he...
I can have joy when I see what God has madeJune 23
June 23 I can have joy when I see what God has made. King David loved God, and he liked to write songs to God. One time he wrote a song because everywhere he looked he saw things God made that gave him joy. We can look around and see what God has made too. And we can...
I can have joy when I do hard thingsJune 16
June 16 I can have joy when I do hard things. The temple was where God’s people met to learn about God and praise God, but it had been destroyed. So God’s people decide to rebuild the temple. Temples are really big, and it was going to take a lot of hard work to...
I can have joy because God helps meJune 9
June 9 I can have joy because God helps me. God wants His people, the Israelites, to take time to thank Him for all He had done. They grew lots of food, but it was God who helped them by providing the sun and rain to help the food grow. So the Israelites got everyone...
I can have joy because God loves meJune 2
June 2 I can have joy because God loves me. Jesus tells the story of the lost sheep to help us understand just how much God loves us. A shepherd leaves 99 sheep to search for one lost sheep, and when he finds it, he rejoices! God’s love for us is big. We want our...
I can live for GodMay 26
May 26 I can live for God. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego have a choice to make. Are they going to live for the king and do what the king says OR are they going to live for God and do what God says? Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego choose to live for God. They know...
I can talk about God to othersMay 19
May 19 I can talk about God to others. Jeremiah is a prophet, and he tells God’s people important things like “God loves you with a forever kind of love” and “God has plans for you.” And we want preschoolers to know that they can talk about God to others too. They can...
I can pray to GodMay 12
May 12 I can pray to God. Hannah talks to God when she is sad because she knows she can talk to God anytime, anywhere, and about anything. And after Hannah cries out to God and talks to Him about why she is so sad, she isn’t sad anymore. We want preschoolers to know...
I can hear from GodMay 5
May 5 I can hear from God. When King Josiah’s workers find scrolls with God’s words on them, he quickly reads the scrolls to hear from God. We want preschoolers to know they can hear from God too. Every time they listen to or read a Bible story, they can hear from God...
I shine when I do what Jesus saysApril 28
April 28 I shine when I do what Jesus says. The Bible teaches us that when we do what Jesus says—like when we don’t argue or complain—we will shine like stars! There will be people around us who complain or argue, but we can choose to do what Jesus says with a happy...
Jesus says to love like HimApril 21
April 21 Jesus says to love like Him. Jesus tells his friends to love people the way he loves them. So the early church did what Jesus says and loved like Jesus! If someone needed a coat, a person would share their coat. If someone needed a place to stay, a person...
Jesus says to tell others about HimApril 14
April 14 Jesus says to tell others about Him. Jesus gives his friends an important job to do—to go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus is alive and he wants to be their friend forever—and we can do that job too! When we go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus...
Jesus says to let my light shineApril 7
April 7 Jesus says to let my light shine. Jesus says that we are the light of the world. We can shine our light to show the world that Jesus loves them and wants to be their friend forever. We all have the choice to either hide or shine our light, and we want...
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenSeptember 22Comfort others the way God comforts you.For week 4, we head to 2 Corinthians 1:3-4. Paul was writing a letter to the church in Corinth in which he shared about the troubles he and Timothy had faced. Yet in the midst of all their difficulties, Paul and Timothy were still able to praise God because of the comfort God offered them. In this passage, Paul encouraged the believers in Corinth to offer comfort to others who were in trouble because of the comfort they had experienced from God.
Bottom Line: Comfort others the way God comforts you. What brings you the most comfort? Maybe it’s a blanket, ice cream, or giving your pet a big squeeze. Maybe it’s talking with a friend or binge-watching your favorite show. As good as those choices may be, the best comfort of all comes from God. And because of God’s comfort towards us, we can be a comfort to others too.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESDevotionalParent CueRecent LessonsComfort others the way God comforts youSeptember 22
September 22 Comfort others the way God comforts you. For week 4, we head to 2 Corinthians 1:3-4. Paul was writing a letter to the church in Corinth in which he shared about the troubles he and Timothy had faced. Yet in the midst of all their difficulties, Paul and...
Make time to help othersSeptember 15
September 15 Make time to help others. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
Use what you have to help othersSeptember 8
September 8 Use what you have to help others. In week 2, we read about a massive miracle found in John 6:1-13. Jesus had just crossed over the Sea of Galilee with His disciples when a massive crowd arrived. Jesus knew that the people would be hungry . . . and instead...
You can shine God’s lightSeptember 1
September 1 You can shine God's light. We wrap up the month in Romans 12:2. Paul was writing a letter to the Romans in which he encouraged them to “let [their] way of thinking be completely changed.” Paul wanted to remind the believers that God could continually...
Never stop growing in wisdomAugust 25
August 25 Never stop growing in wisdom. We wrap up the month in Romans 12:2. Paul was writing a letter to the Romans in which he encouraged them to “let [their] way of thinking be completely changed.” Paul wanted to remind the believers that God could continually...
Hang out with wise peopleAugust 18
August 18 Hang out with wise people. For week 3, we head to 2 Chronicles 10. King Solomon’s son, Rehoboam, was now king, and the people came to ask him to lighten their workload. However, when presented with the opportunity to gain the people’s trust, King Rehoboam...
When you see yourself clearly, you can make the wise choiceAugust 11
August 11 When you see yourself clearly, you can make the wise choice. In week 2, we head to Matthew 7:1-5, which is part of one of Jesus’ most famous recorded messages, the Sermon on the Mount. Throughout this sermon, Jesus touched on many important lessons. One of...
Wisdom is worth searching forAugust 4
August 4 Wisdom is worth searching for. We start the month in Luke 2:41-52. Mary, Joseph, and Jesus had just traveled to Jerusalem for the Passover Feast and were headed home. Except . . .Jesus was no longer with them. Instead, He was at the temple, listening and...
Celebrate what God will doJuly 28
July 28 Celebrate what God will do. We wrap up the month with the biggest celebration ever in Revelation 21, 22:1-5. John received visions from God about all the things that would one day come, some of which was easier to understand than others. However, John did...
Jesus showed us how to have joyJuly 14
July 14 Jesus showed us how to have joy. In week 2, we see Jesus’ first recorded miracle found in John 2:1-11. Everyone was laughing, talking, and having a good time until…the wine ran out! Jesus knew the importance of celebrating and how it would impact that family...
Jesus brings joy to the worldJuly 7
July 7 Jesus brings joy to the world. We start the month in Luke 2:8-20. While shepherds were watching over their flock, an angel suddenly appeared, bringing great news: Jesus was born! The shepherds rushed off to see him, telling everyone about him afterward....
There’s always a reason to celebrateJune 30
June 30 There's always a reason to celebrate. We finish the month in Habakkuk 3:17-18. Habakkuk wrote these words as God’s people were about to be taken captive. Everything was going wrong in Habakkuk’s world . . . but still, he chose to trust God and choose joy....
Find joy in what you see around youJune 23
June 23 Find joy in what you see around you. In week 4, we take a look at some of David’s Psalms— specifically, Psalms 8, 16, and 19. David wrote a lot about the things he observed in nature and the world around him that God had created. Through creation, we notice...
Celebrate each step of the wayJune 16
June 16 Celebrate each step of the way. For week 3, we head to Ezra 3:10-13. At the time, God’s people were living as captives in Persia, when the new king, Cyrus, allowed them to return home to Jerusalem. However, when they returned, everything was broken down and...
Make a habit of choosing joyJune 9
June 9 Make a habit of choosing joy. In week 2, we see how God set aside times and rhythms for the Israelite people to reflect on and remember everything God had done for them. In Deuteronomy 16:13-17, we read about one celebration in particular called the Feast of...
We can have joy because of JesusJune 2
June 2 We can have joy because of Jesus. We start the month with Luke 15:1-7, where we find Jesus telling a parable about a shepherd who goes to find his lost sheep. Jesus explains that the shepherd cares so much about the missing sheep that he leaves the other 99...
Practice living for GodMay 26
May 26 Practice living for God. We finish the month in Mark 12:41-44. Jesus noticed how wealthy people were giving lots of money at the temple. Then a poor widow walked up to the offering box and gave just two small coins. While this seemed like a small gift, Jesus...
Practice talking about GodMay 19
May 19 Practice talking about God. For week 3, we head to Matthew 16:13-20, where Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say I am?” After everything they’d seen Jesus do and heard Jesus say, what did they really think about Jesus? This gave Peter the perfect moment to...
Practice praying to GodMay 12
May 12 Practice praying to God. In Matthew 6:9-13 we find Jesus talking about prayer during His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus shared a model for prayer that helps us understand more about how we can talk to God. We can pray with gratitude and honesty, pray for our needs,...
Practice hearing from GodMay 5
May 5 Practice hearing from God. We start the month with Psalm 119:105, where David wrote, “Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way. It is like a light that guides me.” When we read what the authors of the Bible wrote, we can find out how God wants us to live....
God is with you while you waitApril 28
April 28 God is with you while you wait. We finish the month with a story found in Luke 2:25-35. God’s people had been waiting for hundreds of years for the Savior. God promised Simeon that he’d get to see the Messiah before he died. We believe that Simeon waited a...
When you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
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SCF Kids At HomeElementarySeptember 22Comfort others the way God comforts you.For week 4, we head to 2 Corinthians 1:3-4. Paul was writing a letter to the church in Corinth in which he shared about the troubles he and Timothy had faced. Yet in the midst of all their difficulties, Paul and Timothy were still able to praise God because of the comfort God offered them. In this passage, Paul encouraged the believers in Corinth to offer comfort to others who were in trouble because of the comfort they had experienced from God.
Bottom Line: Comfort others the way God comforts you. What brings you the most comfort? Maybe it’s a blanket, ice cream, or giving your pet a big squeeze. Maybe it’s talking with a friend or binge-watching your favorite show. As good as those choices may be, the best comfort of all comes from God. And because of God’s comfort towards us, we can be a comfort to others too.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsComfort others the way God comforts youSeptember 22
September 22 Comfort others the way God comforts you. For week 4, we head to 2 Corinthians 1:3-4. Paul was writing a letter to the church in Corinth in which he shared about the troubles he and Timothy had faced. Yet in the midst of all their difficulties, Paul and...
Make time to help othersSeptember 15
September 15 Make time to help others. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
Use what you have to help othersSeptember 8
September 8 Use what you have to help others. In week 2, we read about a massive miracle found in John 6:1-13. Jesus had just crossed over the Sea of Galilee with His disciples when a massive crowd arrived. Jesus knew that the people would be hungry . . . and instead...
You can shine God’s lightSeptember 1
September 1 You can shine God's light. We wrap up the month in Romans 12:2. Paul was writing a letter to the Romans in which he encouraged them to “let [their] way of thinking be completely changed.” Paul wanted to remind the believers that God could continually...
Never stop growing in wisdomAugust 25
August 25 Never stop growing in wisdom. We wrap up the month in Romans 12:2. Paul was writing a letter to the Romans in which he encouraged them to “let [their] way of thinking be completely changed.” Paul wanted to remind the believers that God could continually...
Hang out with wise peopleAugust 18
August 18 Hang out with wise people. For week 3, we head to 2 Chronicles 10. King Solomon’s son, Rehoboam, was now king, and the people came to ask him to lighten their workload. However, when presented with the opportunity to gain the people’s trust, King Rehoboam...
When you see yourself clearly, you can make the wise choiceAugust 11
August 11 When you see yourself clearly, you can make the wise choice. In week 2, we head to Matthew 7:1-5, which is part of one of Jesus’ most famous recorded messages, the Sermon on the Mount. Throughout this sermon, Jesus touched on many important lessons. One of...
Wisdom is worth searching forAugust 4
August 4 Wisdom is worth searching for. We start the month in Luke 2:41-52. Mary, Joseph, and Jesus had just traveled to Jerusalem for the Passover Feast and were headed home. Except . . .Jesus was no longer with them. Instead, He was at the temple, listening and...
Celebrate what God will doJuly 28
July 28 Celebrate what God will do. We wrap up the month with the biggest celebration ever in Revelation 21, 22:1-5. John received visions from God about all the things that would one day come, some of which was easier to understand than others. However, John did...
Jesus showed us how to have joyJuly 14
July 14 Jesus showed us how to have joy. In week 2, we see Jesus’ first recorded miracle found in John 2:1-11. Everyone was laughing, talking, and having a good time until…the wine ran out! Jesus knew the importance of celebrating and how it would impact that family...
Jesus brings joy to the worldJuly 7
July 7 Jesus brings joy to the world. We start the month in Luke 2:8-20. While shepherds were watching over their flock, an angel suddenly appeared, bringing great news: Jesus was born! The shepherds rushed off to see him, telling everyone about him afterward....
There’s always a reason to celebrateJune 30
June 30 There's always a reason to celebrate. We finish the month in Habakkuk 3:17-18. Habakkuk wrote these words as God’s people were about to be taken captive. Everything was going wrong in Habakkuk’s world . . . but still, he chose to trust God and choose joy....
Find joy in what you see around youJune 23
June 23 Find joy in what you see around you. In week 4, we take a look at some of David’s Psalms— specifically, Psalms 8, 16, and 19. David wrote a lot about the things he observed in nature and the world around him that God had created. Through creation, we notice...
Celebrate each step of the wayJune 16
June 16 Celebrate each step of the way. For week 3, we head to Ezra 3:10-13. At the time, God’s people were living as captives in Persia, when the new king, Cyrus, allowed them to return home to Jerusalem. However, when they returned, everything was broken down and...
Make a habit of choosing joyJune 9
June 9 Make a habit of choosing joy. In week 2, we see how God set aside times and rhythms for the Israelite people to reflect on and remember everything God had done for them. In Deuteronomy 16:13-17, we read about one celebration in particular called the Feast of...
We can have joy because of JesusJune 2
June 2 We can have joy because of Jesus. We start the month with Luke 15:1-7, where we find Jesus telling a parable about a shepherd who goes to find his lost sheep. Jesus explains that the shepherd cares so much about the missing sheep that he leaves the other 99...
Practice living for GodMay 26
May 26 Practice living for God. We finish the month in Mark 12:41-44. Jesus noticed how wealthy people were giving lots of money at the temple. Then a poor widow walked up to the offering box and gave just two small coins. While this seemed like a small gift, Jesus...
Practice talking about GodMay 19
May 19 Practice talking about God. For week 3, we head to Matthew 16:13-20, where Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say I am?” After everything they’d seen Jesus do and heard Jesus say, what did they really think about Jesus? This gave Peter the perfect moment to...
Practice praying to GodMay 12
May 12 Practice praying to God. In Matthew 6:9-13 we find Jesus talking about prayer during His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus shared a model for prayer that helps us understand more about how we can talk to God. We can pray with gratitude and honesty, pray for our needs,...
Practice hearing from GodMay 5
May 5 Practice hearing from God. We start the month with Psalm 119:105, where David wrote, “Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way. It is like a light that guides me.” When we read what the authors of the Bible wrote, we can find out how God wants us to live....
God is with you while you waitApril 28
April 28 God is with you while you wait. We finish the month with a story found in Luke 2:25-35. God’s people had been waiting for hundreds of years for the Savior. God promised Simeon that he’d get to see the Messiah before he died. We believe that Simeon waited a...
When you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
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Modern IdolsGod created us to love and worship Him above all things; our sin consists of the fact that we have chosen a bunch of things to love and worship in addition to God. And throughout the whole story of the Bible, God challenges us in and is rescuing us from our worship of false gods. Following Jesus means we have to be intentional about not following after someone or something else. Following the path of Jesus means turning away from other paths. Jesus isn’t an add on to our life, He is Lord.
Modern Idolsby Kurt Barnes
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SCF Kids At HomeElementarySeptember 15Make time to help others.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsComfort others the way God comforts youSeptember 22
September 22 Comfort others the way God comforts you. For week 4, we head to 2 Corinthians 1:3-4. Paul was writing a letter to the church in Corinth in which he shared about the troubles he and Timothy had faced. Yet in the midst of all their difficulties, Paul and...
Make time to help othersSeptember 15
September 15 Make time to help others. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
Use what you have to help othersSeptember 8
September 8 Use what you have to help others. In week 2, we read about a massive miracle found in John 6:1-13. Jesus had just crossed over the Sea of Galilee with His disciples when a massive crowd arrived. Jesus knew that the people would be hungry . . . and instead...
You can shine God’s lightSeptember 1
September 1 You can shine God's light. We wrap up the month in Romans 12:2. Paul was writing a letter to the Romans in which he encouraged them to “let [their] way of thinking be completely changed.” Paul wanted to remind the believers that God could continually...
Never stop growing in wisdomAugust 25
August 25 Never stop growing in wisdom. We wrap up the month in Romans 12:2. Paul was writing a letter to the Romans in which he encouraged them to “let [their] way of thinking be completely changed.” Paul wanted to remind the believers that God could continually...
Hang out with wise peopleAugust 18
August 18 Hang out with wise people. For week 3, we head to 2 Chronicles 10. King Solomon’s son, Rehoboam, was now king, and the people came to ask him to lighten their workload. However, when presented with the opportunity to gain the people’s trust, King Rehoboam...
When you see yourself clearly, you can make the wise choiceAugust 11
August 11 When you see yourself clearly, you can make the wise choice. In week 2, we head to Matthew 7:1-5, which is part of one of Jesus’ most famous recorded messages, the Sermon on the Mount. Throughout this sermon, Jesus touched on many important lessons. One of...
Wisdom is worth searching forAugust 4
August 4 Wisdom is worth searching for. We start the month in Luke 2:41-52. Mary, Joseph, and Jesus had just traveled to Jerusalem for the Passover Feast and were headed home. Except . . .Jesus was no longer with them. Instead, He was at the temple, listening and...
Celebrate what God will doJuly 28
July 28 Celebrate what God will do. We wrap up the month with the biggest celebration ever in Revelation 21, 22:1-5. John received visions from God about all the things that would one day come, some of which was easier to understand than others. However, John did...
Jesus showed us how to have joyJuly 14
July 14 Jesus showed us how to have joy. In week 2, we see Jesus’ first recorded miracle found in John 2:1-11. Everyone was laughing, talking, and having a good time until…the wine ran out! Jesus knew the importance of celebrating and how it would impact that family...
Jesus brings joy to the worldJuly 7
July 7 Jesus brings joy to the world. We start the month in Luke 2:8-20. While shepherds were watching over their flock, an angel suddenly appeared, bringing great news: Jesus was born! The shepherds rushed off to see him, telling everyone about him afterward....
There’s always a reason to celebrateJune 30
June 30 There's always a reason to celebrate. We finish the month in Habakkuk 3:17-18. Habakkuk wrote these words as God’s people were about to be taken captive. Everything was going wrong in Habakkuk’s world . . . but still, he chose to trust God and choose joy....
Find joy in what you see around youJune 23
June 23 Find joy in what you see around you. In week 4, we take a look at some of David’s Psalms— specifically, Psalms 8, 16, and 19. David wrote a lot about the things he observed in nature and the world around him that God had created. Through creation, we notice...
Celebrate each step of the wayJune 16
June 16 Celebrate each step of the way. For week 3, we head to Ezra 3:10-13. At the time, God’s people were living as captives in Persia, when the new king, Cyrus, allowed them to return home to Jerusalem. However, when they returned, everything was broken down and...
Make a habit of choosing joyJune 9
June 9 Make a habit of choosing joy. In week 2, we see how God set aside times and rhythms for the Israelite people to reflect on and remember everything God had done for them. In Deuteronomy 16:13-17, we read about one celebration in particular called the Feast of...
We can have joy because of JesusJune 2
June 2 We can have joy because of Jesus. We start the month with Luke 15:1-7, where we find Jesus telling a parable about a shepherd who goes to find his lost sheep. Jesus explains that the shepherd cares so much about the missing sheep that he leaves the other 99...
Practice living for GodMay 26
May 26 Practice living for God. We finish the month in Mark 12:41-44. Jesus noticed how wealthy people were giving lots of money at the temple. Then a poor widow walked up to the offering box and gave just two small coins. While this seemed like a small gift, Jesus...
Practice talking about GodMay 19
May 19 Practice talking about God. For week 3, we head to Matthew 16:13-20, where Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say I am?” After everything they’d seen Jesus do and heard Jesus say, what did they really think about Jesus? This gave Peter the perfect moment to...
Practice praying to GodMay 12
May 12 Practice praying to God. In Matthew 6:9-13 we find Jesus talking about prayer during His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus shared a model for prayer that helps us understand more about how we can talk to God. We can pray with gratitude and honesty, pray for our needs,...
Practice hearing from GodMay 5
May 5 Practice hearing from God. We start the month with Psalm 119:105, where David wrote, “Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way. It is like a light that guides me.” When we read what the authors of the Bible wrote, we can find out how God wants us to live....
God is with you while you waitApril 28
April 28 God is with you while you wait. We finish the month with a story found in Luke 2:25-35. God’s people had been waiting for hundreds of years for the Savior. God promised Simeon that he’d get to see the Messiah before he died. We believe that Simeon waited a...
When you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenSeptember 15Make time to help others.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESDevotionalParent CueRecent LessonsComfort others the way God comforts youSeptember 22
September 22 Comfort others the way God comforts you. For week 4, we head to 2 Corinthians 1:3-4. Paul was writing a letter to the church in Corinth in which he shared about the troubles he and Timothy had faced. Yet in the midst of all their difficulties, Paul and...
Make time to help othersSeptember 15
September 15 Make time to help others. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
Use what you have to help othersSeptember 8
September 8 Use what you have to help others. In week 2, we read about a massive miracle found in John 6:1-13. Jesus had just crossed over the Sea of Galilee with His disciples when a massive crowd arrived. Jesus knew that the people would be hungry . . . and instead...
You can shine God’s lightSeptember 1
September 1 You can shine God's light. We wrap up the month in Romans 12:2. Paul was writing a letter to the Romans in which he encouraged them to “let [their] way of thinking be completely changed.” Paul wanted to remind the believers that God could continually...
Never stop growing in wisdomAugust 25
August 25 Never stop growing in wisdom. We wrap up the month in Romans 12:2. Paul was writing a letter to the Romans in which he encouraged them to “let [their] way of thinking be completely changed.” Paul wanted to remind the believers that God could continually...
Hang out with wise peopleAugust 18
August 18 Hang out with wise people. For week 3, we head to 2 Chronicles 10. King Solomon’s son, Rehoboam, was now king, and the people came to ask him to lighten their workload. However, when presented with the opportunity to gain the people’s trust, King Rehoboam...
When you see yourself clearly, you can make the wise choiceAugust 11
August 11 When you see yourself clearly, you can make the wise choice. In week 2, we head to Matthew 7:1-5, which is part of one of Jesus’ most famous recorded messages, the Sermon on the Mount. Throughout this sermon, Jesus touched on many important lessons. One of...
Wisdom is worth searching forAugust 4
August 4 Wisdom is worth searching for. We start the month in Luke 2:41-52. Mary, Joseph, and Jesus had just traveled to Jerusalem for the Passover Feast and were headed home. Except . . .Jesus was no longer with them. Instead, He was at the temple, listening and...
Celebrate what God will doJuly 28
July 28 Celebrate what God will do. We wrap up the month with the biggest celebration ever in Revelation 21, 22:1-5. John received visions from God about all the things that would one day come, some of which was easier to understand than others. However, John did...
Jesus showed us how to have joyJuly 14
July 14 Jesus showed us how to have joy. In week 2, we see Jesus’ first recorded miracle found in John 2:1-11. Everyone was laughing, talking, and having a good time until…the wine ran out! Jesus knew the importance of celebrating and how it would impact that family...
Jesus brings joy to the worldJuly 7
July 7 Jesus brings joy to the world. We start the month in Luke 2:8-20. While shepherds were watching over their flock, an angel suddenly appeared, bringing great news: Jesus was born! The shepherds rushed off to see him, telling everyone about him afterward....
There’s always a reason to celebrateJune 30
June 30 There's always a reason to celebrate. We finish the month in Habakkuk 3:17-18. Habakkuk wrote these words as God’s people were about to be taken captive. Everything was going wrong in Habakkuk’s world . . . but still, he chose to trust God and choose joy....
Find joy in what you see around youJune 23
June 23 Find joy in what you see around you. In week 4, we take a look at some of David’s Psalms— specifically, Psalms 8, 16, and 19. David wrote a lot about the things he observed in nature and the world around him that God had created. Through creation, we notice...
Celebrate each step of the wayJune 16
June 16 Celebrate each step of the way. For week 3, we head to Ezra 3:10-13. At the time, God’s people were living as captives in Persia, when the new king, Cyrus, allowed them to return home to Jerusalem. However, when they returned, everything was broken down and...
Make a habit of choosing joyJune 9
June 9 Make a habit of choosing joy. In week 2, we see how God set aside times and rhythms for the Israelite people to reflect on and remember everything God had done for them. In Deuteronomy 16:13-17, we read about one celebration in particular called the Feast of...
We can have joy because of JesusJune 2
June 2 We can have joy because of Jesus. We start the month with Luke 15:1-7, where we find Jesus telling a parable about a shepherd who goes to find his lost sheep. Jesus explains that the shepherd cares so much about the missing sheep that he leaves the other 99...
Practice living for GodMay 26
May 26 Practice living for God. We finish the month in Mark 12:41-44. Jesus noticed how wealthy people were giving lots of money at the temple. Then a poor widow walked up to the offering box and gave just two small coins. While this seemed like a small gift, Jesus...
Practice talking about GodMay 19
May 19 Practice talking about God. For week 3, we head to Matthew 16:13-20, where Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say I am?” After everything they’d seen Jesus do and heard Jesus say, what did they really think about Jesus? This gave Peter the perfect moment to...
Practice praying to GodMay 12
May 12 Practice praying to God. In Matthew 6:9-13 we find Jesus talking about prayer during His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus shared a model for prayer that helps us understand more about how we can talk to God. We can pray with gratitude and honesty, pray for our needs,...
Practice hearing from GodMay 5
May 5 Practice hearing from God. We start the month with Psalm 119:105, where David wrote, “Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way. It is like a light that guides me.” When we read what the authors of the Bible wrote, we can find out how God wants us to live....
God is with you while you waitApril 28
April 28 God is with you while you wait. We finish the month with a story found in Luke 2:25-35. God’s people had been waiting for hundreds of years for the Savior. God promised Simeon that he’d get to see the Messiah before he died. We believe that Simeon waited a...
When you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolSeptember 15Jesus said to love one another.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsI am a light when I love like JesusSeptember 22
September 22 I am a light when I love like Jesus. Jesus said, “You are the light of the world.” When we love like Jesus, we shine bright like a light! Just like a friend of Jesus named Philip. Philip saw a man sitting in a chariot. The man was reading God’s words, but...
Jesus said to love one anotherSeptember 15
September 15 Jesus said to love one another. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
Jesus is a light for everyoneSeptember 8
September 8 Jesus is a light for everyone. Jesus sees a man who had been lying on a mat by a pool of water for a very long time because he could not walk. The man thought if he could get in the water, it would make him better, but he had no one to help him get into...
Jesus is the light of the worldSeptember 1
September 1 Jesus is the light of the world. God made us wonderful and loves us so much that God gave us a gift. But not just any gift. This is better than a teddy bear or a pair of shoes. God made you and loves you so much that God gave you Jesus! Jesus is a special...
God loves us so much that God gave us JesusAugust 25
August 25 God loves us so much that God gave us Jesus. God made us wonderful and loves us so much that God gave us a gift. But not just any gift. This is better than a teddy bear or a pair of shoes. God made you and loves you so much that God gave you Jesus! Jesus is...
I am important to GodAugust 18
August 18 I am important to God. God knows everything about us. God knows when we sit and when we stand. God knows what we are going to say before we say it. God even knows exactly how many hairs are on our heads. God knows everything about you and me because God made...
God made me to create, think, and helpAugust 11
August 11 God made me to create, think, and help. God made ALL people, and people are the most special thing God made because God made us to be like Him. When people have the passion to create, they are reflecting God who made everything. When people think about...
God made meAugust 4
August 4 God made me. From the top of my head to my wiggly toes, God made me wonderful! And God made you wonderful! God made every person in the whole wide world wonderful! We all have different colored eyes and different kinds of hair, but God made us all...
I can have joy forever because Jesus wants to be my friend foreverJuly 28
July 28 I can have joy forever because Jesus wants to be my friend forever. Jesus is God’s Son and Jesus wants to be our friend forever. And when Jesus is our friend forever, we can have JOY forever. Heaven will be a party that never ends, and Jesus is getting heaven...
Jesus helps us have joyJuly 14
July 14 Jesus helps us have joy. While Jesus, his mom Mary and his disciples are guests at a wedding, the servants run out of the special wedding drink. Jesus’ mom went right to the one person she knew could help— Jesus! Jesus did something only he can do and turned...
Jesus came to give the world joyJuly 7
July 7 Jesus came to give the world joy. An angel appears to tell some shepherds some good news that would cause great joy for all people. As in the whole world! Those shepherds went from frozen in fright to running with wonder! Joy had come into the world! The...
I can have joy no matter whatJune 30
June 30 I can have joy no matter what. Habakkuk reminds us that even when things don’t go our way, we can still have joy and celebrate because God loves us. Habakkuk prays to God and says that, even if he couldn’t grow any food or his farm didn’t have any animals, he...
I can have joy when I see what God has madeJune 23
June 23 I can have joy when I see what God has made. King David loved God, and he liked to write songs to God. One time he wrote a song because everywhere he looked he saw things God made that gave him joy. We can look around and see what God has made too. And we can...
I can have joy when I do hard thingsJune 16
June 16 I can have joy when I do hard things. The temple was where God’s people met to learn about God and praise God, but it had been destroyed. So God’s people decide to rebuild the temple. Temples are really big, and it was going to take a lot of hard work to...
I can have joy because God helps meJune 9
June 9 I can have joy because God helps me. God wants His people, the Israelites, to take time to thank Him for all He had done. They grew lots of food, but it was God who helped them by providing the sun and rain to help the food grow. So the Israelites got everyone...
I can have joy because God loves meJune 2
June 2 I can have joy because God loves me. Jesus tells the story of the lost sheep to help us understand just how much God loves us. A shepherd leaves 99 sheep to search for one lost sheep, and when he finds it, he rejoices! God’s love for us is big. We want our...
I can live for GodMay 26
May 26 I can live for God. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego have a choice to make. Are they going to live for the king and do what the king says OR are they going to live for God and do what God says? Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego choose to live for God. They know...
I can talk about God to othersMay 19
May 19 I can talk about God to others. Jeremiah is a prophet, and he tells God’s people important things like “God loves you with a forever kind of love” and “God has plans for you.” And we want preschoolers to know that they can talk about God to others too. They can...
I can pray to GodMay 12
May 12 I can pray to God. Hannah talks to God when she is sad because she knows she can talk to God anytime, anywhere, and about anything. And after Hannah cries out to God and talks to Him about why she is so sad, she isn’t sad anymore. We want preschoolers to know...
I can hear from GodMay 5
May 5 I can hear from God. When King Josiah’s workers find scrolls with God’s words on them, he quickly reads the scrolls to hear from God. We want preschoolers to know they can hear from God too. Every time they listen to or read a Bible story, they can hear from God...
I shine when I do what Jesus saysApril 28
April 28 I shine when I do what Jesus says. The Bible teaches us that when we do what Jesus says—like when we don’t argue or complain—we will shine like stars! There will be people around us who complain or argue, but we can choose to do what Jesus says with a happy...
Jesus says to love like HimApril 21
April 21 Jesus says to love like Him. Jesus tells his friends to love people the way he loves them. So the early church did what Jesus says and loved like Jesus! If someone needed a coat, a person would share their coat. If someone needed a place to stay, a person...
Jesus says to tell others about HimApril 14
April 14 Jesus says to tell others about Him. Jesus gives his friends an important job to do—to go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus is alive and he wants to be their friend forever—and we can do that job too! When we go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus...
Jesus says to let my light shineApril 7
April 7 Jesus says to let my light shine. Jesus says that we are the light of the world. We can shine our light to show the world that Jesus loves them and wants to be their friend forever. We all have the choice to either hide or shine our light, and we want...
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How to Help Your Children Love GodWe can never force our kids to love God. But we can be selective in the environments we place them in. We can expose them to the right people and the spiritual experiences that increase the likelihood of them growing in their faith in Jesus. So, what experiences do we want to expose our children to?
How to Help Your Children Love Godby Kurt Barnes
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SCF Kids At HomeElementarySeptember 8Use what you have to help others.In week 2, we read about a massive miracle found in John 6:1-13. Jesus had just crossed over the Sea of Galilee with His disciples when a massive crowd arrived. Jesus knew that the people would be hungry . . . and instead of sending them on their way, He had compassion on them and fed them. With a little boy’s small meal of only five loaves and two fish, Jesus turned a small amount of food into a huge blessing.
Bottom Line: Use what you have to help others. Some light is better than no light. Whether it’s a flashlight lighting up what’s in front of you or a spotlight illuminating the whole stage, each light impacts those who need it. God has given each of us something we can offer to help someone else—whether we have a lot or only a little. Any amount of light can make a difference in someone’s life.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsComfort others the way God comforts youSeptember 22
September 22 Comfort others the way God comforts you. For week 4, we head to 2 Corinthians 1:3-4. Paul was writing a letter to the church in Corinth in which he shared about the troubles he and Timothy had faced. Yet in the midst of all their difficulties, Paul and...
Make time to help othersSeptember 15
September 15 Make time to help others. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
Use what you have to help othersSeptember 8
September 8 Use what you have to help others. In week 2, we read about a massive miracle found in John 6:1-13. Jesus had just crossed over the Sea of Galilee with His disciples when a massive crowd arrived. Jesus knew that the people would be hungry . . . and instead...
You can shine God’s lightSeptember 1
September 1 You can shine God's light. We wrap up the month in Romans 12:2. Paul was writing a letter to the Romans in which he encouraged them to “let [their] way of thinking be completely changed.” Paul wanted to remind the believers that God could continually...
Never stop growing in wisdomAugust 25
August 25 Never stop growing in wisdom. We wrap up the month in Romans 12:2. Paul was writing a letter to the Romans in which he encouraged them to “let [their] way of thinking be completely changed.” Paul wanted to remind the believers that God could continually...
Hang out with wise peopleAugust 18
August 18 Hang out with wise people. For week 3, we head to 2 Chronicles 10. King Solomon’s son, Rehoboam, was now king, and the people came to ask him to lighten their workload. However, when presented with the opportunity to gain the people’s trust, King Rehoboam...
When you see yourself clearly, you can make the wise choiceAugust 11
August 11 When you see yourself clearly, you can make the wise choice. In week 2, we head to Matthew 7:1-5, which is part of one of Jesus’ most famous recorded messages, the Sermon on the Mount. Throughout this sermon, Jesus touched on many important lessons. One of...
Wisdom is worth searching forAugust 4
August 4 Wisdom is worth searching for. We start the month in Luke 2:41-52. Mary, Joseph, and Jesus had just traveled to Jerusalem for the Passover Feast and were headed home. Except . . .Jesus was no longer with them. Instead, He was at the temple, listening and...
Celebrate what God will doJuly 28
July 28 Celebrate what God will do. We wrap up the month with the biggest celebration ever in Revelation 21, 22:1-5. John received visions from God about all the things that would one day come, some of which was easier to understand than others. However, John did...
Jesus showed us how to have joyJuly 14
July 14 Jesus showed us how to have joy. In week 2, we see Jesus’ first recorded miracle found in John 2:1-11. Everyone was laughing, talking, and having a good time until…the wine ran out! Jesus knew the importance of celebrating and how it would impact that family...
Jesus brings joy to the worldJuly 7
July 7 Jesus brings joy to the world. We start the month in Luke 2:8-20. While shepherds were watching over their flock, an angel suddenly appeared, bringing great news: Jesus was born! The shepherds rushed off to see him, telling everyone about him afterward....
There’s always a reason to celebrateJune 30
June 30 There's always a reason to celebrate. We finish the month in Habakkuk 3:17-18. Habakkuk wrote these words as God’s people were about to be taken captive. Everything was going wrong in Habakkuk’s world . . . but still, he chose to trust God and choose joy....
Find joy in what you see around youJune 23
June 23 Find joy in what you see around you. In week 4, we take a look at some of David’s Psalms— specifically, Psalms 8, 16, and 19. David wrote a lot about the things he observed in nature and the world around him that God had created. Through creation, we notice...
Celebrate each step of the wayJune 16
June 16 Celebrate each step of the way. For week 3, we head to Ezra 3:10-13. At the time, God’s people were living as captives in Persia, when the new king, Cyrus, allowed them to return home to Jerusalem. However, when they returned, everything was broken down and...
Make a habit of choosing joyJune 9
June 9 Make a habit of choosing joy. In week 2, we see how God set aside times and rhythms for the Israelite people to reflect on and remember everything God had done for them. In Deuteronomy 16:13-17, we read about one celebration in particular called the Feast of...
We can have joy because of JesusJune 2
June 2 We can have joy because of Jesus. We start the month with Luke 15:1-7, where we find Jesus telling a parable about a shepherd who goes to find his lost sheep. Jesus explains that the shepherd cares so much about the missing sheep that he leaves the other 99...
Practice living for GodMay 26
May 26 Practice living for God. We finish the month in Mark 12:41-44. Jesus noticed how wealthy people were giving lots of money at the temple. Then a poor widow walked up to the offering box and gave just two small coins. While this seemed like a small gift, Jesus...
Practice talking about GodMay 19
May 19 Practice talking about God. For week 3, we head to Matthew 16:13-20, where Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say I am?” After everything they’d seen Jesus do and heard Jesus say, what did they really think about Jesus? This gave Peter the perfect moment to...
Practice praying to GodMay 12
May 12 Practice praying to God. In Matthew 6:9-13 we find Jesus talking about prayer during His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus shared a model for prayer that helps us understand more about how we can talk to God. We can pray with gratitude and honesty, pray for our needs,...
Practice hearing from GodMay 5
May 5 Practice hearing from God. We start the month with Psalm 119:105, where David wrote, “Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way. It is like a light that guides me.” When we read what the authors of the Bible wrote, we can find out how God wants us to live....
God is with you while you waitApril 28
April 28 God is with you while you wait. We finish the month with a story found in Luke 2:25-35. God’s people had been waiting for hundreds of years for the Savior. God promised Simeon that he’d get to see the Messiah before he died. We believe that Simeon waited a...
When you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
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The Next StepOne of the things we see in the life of Jesus is that He is always encouraging His disciples to take their Next Step of faith. When He first called them, they weren’t really ready to do everything that He would eventually ask them to do … but that didn’t stop Jesus. He invited them to do life with Him, and He taught them to be like Him … and He did that by continually providing opportunities for them to grow by taking their Next Step with Him. He does the same for us.
The Next Stepby Rob Barnes
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolSeptember 1Jesus is the light of the world.God made us wonderful and loves us so much that God gave us a gift. But not just any gift. This is better than a teddy bear or a pair of shoes. God made you and loves you so much that God gave you Jesus! Jesus is a special gift because Jesus is God’s Son and because Jesus wants to be your friend forever. Our prayer for preschoolers is that they will know that God made us, God loves us, and Jesus wants to be our friend forever.
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September 1 Jesus is the light of the world. God made us wonderful and loves us so much that God gave us a gift. But not just any gift. This is better than a teddy bear or a pair of shoes. God made you and loves you so much that God gave you Jesus! Jesus is a special...
God loves us so much that God gave us JesusAugust 25
August 25 God loves us so much that God gave us Jesus. God made us wonderful and loves us so much that God gave us a gift. But not just any gift. This is better than a teddy bear or a pair of shoes. God made you and loves you so much that God gave you Jesus! Jesus is...
I am important to GodAugust 18
August 18 I am important to God. God knows everything about us. God knows when we sit and when we stand. God knows what we are going to say before we say it. God even knows exactly how many hairs are on our heads. God knows everything about you and me because God made...
God made me to create, think, and helpAugust 11
August 11 God made me to create, think, and help. God made ALL people, and people are the most special thing God made because God made us to be like Him. When people have the passion to create, they are reflecting God who made everything. When people think about...
God made meAugust 4
August 4 God made me. From the top of my head to my wiggly toes, God made me wonderful! And God made you wonderful! God made every person in the whole wide world wonderful! We all have different colored eyes and different kinds of hair, but God made us all...
I can have joy forever because Jesus wants to be my friend foreverJuly 28
July 28 I can have joy forever because Jesus wants to be my friend forever. Jesus is God’s Son and Jesus wants to be our friend forever. And when Jesus is our friend forever, we can have JOY forever. Heaven will be a party that never ends, and Jesus is getting heaven...
Jesus helps us have joyJuly 14
July 14 Jesus helps us have joy. While Jesus, his mom Mary and his disciples are guests at a wedding, the servants run out of the special wedding drink. Jesus’ mom went right to the one person she knew could help— Jesus! Jesus did something only he can do and turned...
Jesus came to give the world joyJuly 7
July 7 Jesus came to give the world joy. An angel appears to tell some shepherds some good news that would cause great joy for all people. As in the whole world! Those shepherds went from frozen in fright to running with wonder! Joy had come into the world! The...
I can have joy no matter whatJune 30
June 30 I can have joy no matter what. Habakkuk reminds us that even when things don’t go our way, we can still have joy and celebrate because God loves us. Habakkuk prays to God and says that, even if he couldn’t grow any food or his farm didn’t have any animals, he...
I can have joy when I see what God has madeJune 23
June 23 I can have joy when I see what God has made. King David loved God, and he liked to write songs to God. One time he wrote a song because everywhere he looked he saw things God made that gave him joy. We can look around and see what God has made too. And we can...
I can have joy when I do hard thingsJune 16
June 16 I can have joy when I do hard things. The temple was where God’s people met to learn about God and praise God, but it had been destroyed. So God’s people decide to rebuild the temple. Temples are really big, and it was going to take a lot of hard work to...
I can have joy because God helps meJune 9
June 9 I can have joy because God helps me. God wants His people, the Israelites, to take time to thank Him for all He had done. They grew lots of food, but it was God who helped them by providing the sun and rain to help the food grow. So the Israelites got everyone...
I can have joy because God loves meJune 2
June 2 I can have joy because God loves me. Jesus tells the story of the lost sheep to help us understand just how much God loves us. A shepherd leaves 99 sheep to search for one lost sheep, and when he finds it, he rejoices! God’s love for us is big. We want our...
I can live for GodMay 26
May 26 I can live for God. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego have a choice to make. Are they going to live for the king and do what the king says OR are they going to live for God and do what God says? Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego choose to live for God. They know...
I can talk about God to othersMay 19
May 19 I can talk about God to others. Jeremiah is a prophet, and he tells God’s people important things like “God loves you with a forever kind of love” and “God has plans for you.” And we want preschoolers to know that they can talk about God to others too. They can...
I can pray to GodMay 12
May 12 I can pray to God. Hannah talks to God when she is sad because she knows she can talk to God anytime, anywhere, and about anything. And after Hannah cries out to God and talks to Him about why she is so sad, she isn’t sad anymore. We want preschoolers to know...
I can hear from GodMay 5
May 5 I can hear from God. When King Josiah’s workers find scrolls with God’s words on them, he quickly reads the scrolls to hear from God. We want preschoolers to know they can hear from God too. Every time they listen to or read a Bible story, they can hear from God...
I shine when I do what Jesus saysApril 28
April 28 I shine when I do what Jesus says. The Bible teaches us that when we do what Jesus says—like when we don’t argue or complain—we will shine like stars! There will be people around us who complain or argue, but we can choose to do what Jesus says with a happy...
Jesus says to love like HimApril 21
April 21 Jesus says to love like Him. Jesus tells his friends to love people the way he loves them. So the early church did what Jesus says and loved like Jesus! If someone needed a coat, a person would share their coat. If someone needed a place to stay, a person...
Jesus says to tell others about HimApril 14
April 14 Jesus says to tell others about Him. Jesus gives his friends an important job to do—to go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus is alive and he wants to be their friend forever—and we can do that job too! When we go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus...
Jesus says to let my light shineApril 7
April 7 Jesus says to let my light shine. Jesus says that we are the light of the world. We can shine our light to show the world that Jesus loves them and wants to be their friend forever. We all have the choice to either hide or shine our light, and we want...
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenSeptember 1You can shine God’s light.We wrap up the month in Romans 12:2. Paul was writing a letter to the Romans in which he encouraged them to “let [their] way of thinking be completely changed.” Paul wanted to remind the believers that God could continually change the way they thought, which would allow them to focus on God’s plan. When we spend time talking to God, learning from Scripture, and listening to others who follow God, we’ll be able to figure out what God wants to do in our lives.
Bottom Line: Never stop growing in wisdom. Wisdom isn’t something that we find one time and then we’re done. It’s a continuous learning process that we’ll encounter for the rest of our lives. As we gain knowledge, we should want to gain God’s wisdom too. It’s not enough just to know something. We have to do something with what we know in order for it to make a difference.
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September 1 You can shine God's light. We wrap up the month in Romans 12:2. Paul was writing a letter to the Romans in which he encouraged them to “let [their] way of thinking be completely changed.” Paul wanted to remind the believers that God could continually...
Never stop growing in wisdomAugust 25
August 25 Never stop growing in wisdom. We wrap up the month in Romans 12:2. Paul was writing a letter to the Romans in which he encouraged them to “let [their] way of thinking be completely changed.” Paul wanted to remind the believers that God could continually...
Hang out with wise peopleAugust 18
August 18 Hang out with wise people. For week 3, we head to 2 Chronicles 10. King Solomon’s son, Rehoboam, was now king, and the people came to ask him to lighten their workload. However, when presented with the opportunity to gain the people’s trust, King Rehoboam...
When you see yourself clearly, you can make the wise choiceAugust 11
August 11 When you see yourself clearly, you can make the wise choice. In week 2, we head to Matthew 7:1-5, which is part of one of Jesus’ most famous recorded messages, the Sermon on the Mount. Throughout this sermon, Jesus touched on many important lessons. One of...
Wisdom is worth searching forAugust 4
August 4 Wisdom is worth searching for. We start the month in Luke 2:41-52. Mary, Joseph, and Jesus had just traveled to Jerusalem for the Passover Feast and were headed home. Except . . .Jesus was no longer with them. Instead, He was at the temple, listening and...
Celebrate what God will doJuly 28
July 28 Celebrate what God will do. We wrap up the month with the biggest celebration ever in Revelation 21, 22:1-5. John received visions from God about all the things that would one day come, some of which was easier to understand than others. However, John did...
Jesus showed us how to have joyJuly 14
July 14 Jesus showed us how to have joy. In week 2, we see Jesus’ first recorded miracle found in John 2:1-11. Everyone was laughing, talking, and having a good time until…the wine ran out! Jesus knew the importance of celebrating and how it would impact that family...
Jesus brings joy to the worldJuly 7
July 7 Jesus brings joy to the world. We start the month in Luke 2:8-20. While shepherds were watching over their flock, an angel suddenly appeared, bringing great news: Jesus was born! The shepherds rushed off to see him, telling everyone about him afterward....
There’s always a reason to celebrateJune 30
June 30 There's always a reason to celebrate. We finish the month in Habakkuk 3:17-18. Habakkuk wrote these words as God’s people were about to be taken captive. Everything was going wrong in Habakkuk’s world . . . but still, he chose to trust God and choose joy....
Find joy in what you see around youJune 23
June 23 Find joy in what you see around you. In week 4, we take a look at some of David’s Psalms— specifically, Psalms 8, 16, and 19. David wrote a lot about the things he observed in nature and the world around him that God had created. Through creation, we notice...
Celebrate each step of the wayJune 16
June 16 Celebrate each step of the way. For week 3, we head to Ezra 3:10-13. At the time, God’s people were living as captives in Persia, when the new king, Cyrus, allowed them to return home to Jerusalem. However, when they returned, everything was broken down and...
Make a habit of choosing joyJune 9
June 9 Make a habit of choosing joy. In week 2, we see how God set aside times and rhythms for the Israelite people to reflect on and remember everything God had done for them. In Deuteronomy 16:13-17, we read about one celebration in particular called the Feast of...
We can have joy because of JesusJune 2
June 2 We can have joy because of Jesus. We start the month with Luke 15:1-7, where we find Jesus telling a parable about a shepherd who goes to find his lost sheep. Jesus explains that the shepherd cares so much about the missing sheep that he leaves the other 99...
Practice living for GodMay 26
May 26 Practice living for God. We finish the month in Mark 12:41-44. Jesus noticed how wealthy people were giving lots of money at the temple. Then a poor widow walked up to the offering box and gave just two small coins. While this seemed like a small gift, Jesus...
Practice talking about GodMay 19
May 19 Practice talking about God. For week 3, we head to Matthew 16:13-20, where Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say I am?” After everything they’d seen Jesus do and heard Jesus say, what did they really think about Jesus? This gave Peter the perfect moment to...
Practice praying to GodMay 12
May 12 Practice praying to God. In Matthew 6:9-13 we find Jesus talking about prayer during His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus shared a model for prayer that helps us understand more about how we can talk to God. We can pray with gratitude and honesty, pray for our needs,...
Practice hearing from GodMay 5
May 5 Practice hearing from God. We start the month with Psalm 119:105, where David wrote, “Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way. It is like a light that guides me.” When we read what the authors of the Bible wrote, we can find out how God wants us to live....
God is with you while you waitApril 28
April 28 God is with you while you wait. We finish the month with a story found in Luke 2:25-35. God’s people had been waiting for hundreds of years for the Savior. God promised Simeon that he’d get to see the Messiah before he died. We believe that Simeon waited a...
When you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
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SCF Kids At HomeElementarySeptember 1You can shine God’s light.We wrap up the month in Romans 12:2. Paul was writing a letter to the Romans in which he encouraged them to “let [their] way of thinking be completely changed.” Paul wanted to remind the believers that God could continually change the way they thought, which would allow them to focus on God’s plan. When we spend time talking to God, learning from Scripture, and listening to others who follow God, we’ll be able to figure out what God wants to do in our lives.
Bottom Line: Never stop growing in wisdom. Wisdom isn’t something that we find one time and then we’re done. It’s a continuous learning process that we’ll encounter for the rest of our lives. As we gain knowledge, we should want to gain God’s wisdom too. It’s not enough just to know something. We have to do something with what we know in order for it to make a difference.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsYou can shine God’s lightSeptember 1
September 1 You can shine God's light. We wrap up the month in Romans 12:2. Paul was writing a letter to the Romans in which he encouraged them to “let [their] way of thinking be completely changed.” Paul wanted to remind the believers that God could continually...
Never stop growing in wisdomAugust 25
August 25 Never stop growing in wisdom. We wrap up the month in Romans 12:2. Paul was writing a letter to the Romans in which he encouraged them to “let [their] way of thinking be completely changed.” Paul wanted to remind the believers that God could continually...
Hang out with wise peopleAugust 18
August 18 Hang out with wise people. For week 3, we head to 2 Chronicles 10. King Solomon’s son, Rehoboam, was now king, and the people came to ask him to lighten their workload. However, when presented with the opportunity to gain the people’s trust, King Rehoboam...
When you see yourself clearly, you can make the wise choiceAugust 11
August 11 When you see yourself clearly, you can make the wise choice. In week 2, we head to Matthew 7:1-5, which is part of one of Jesus’ most famous recorded messages, the Sermon on the Mount. Throughout this sermon, Jesus touched on many important lessons. One of...
Wisdom is worth searching forAugust 4
August 4 Wisdom is worth searching for. We start the month in Luke 2:41-52. Mary, Joseph, and Jesus had just traveled to Jerusalem for the Passover Feast and were headed home. Except . . .Jesus was no longer with them. Instead, He was at the temple, listening and...
Celebrate what God will doJuly 28
July 28 Celebrate what God will do. We wrap up the month with the biggest celebration ever in Revelation 21, 22:1-5. John received visions from God about all the things that would one day come, some of which was easier to understand than others. However, John did...
Jesus showed us how to have joyJuly 14
July 14 Jesus showed us how to have joy. In week 2, we see Jesus’ first recorded miracle found in John 2:1-11. Everyone was laughing, talking, and having a good time until…the wine ran out! Jesus knew the importance of celebrating and how it would impact that family...
Jesus brings joy to the worldJuly 7
July 7 Jesus brings joy to the world. We start the month in Luke 2:8-20. While shepherds were watching over their flock, an angel suddenly appeared, bringing great news: Jesus was born! The shepherds rushed off to see him, telling everyone about him afterward....
There’s always a reason to celebrateJune 30
June 30 There's always a reason to celebrate. We finish the month in Habakkuk 3:17-18. Habakkuk wrote these words as God’s people were about to be taken captive. Everything was going wrong in Habakkuk’s world . . . but still, he chose to trust God and choose joy....
Find joy in what you see around youJune 23
June 23 Find joy in what you see around you. In week 4, we take a look at some of David’s Psalms— specifically, Psalms 8, 16, and 19. David wrote a lot about the things he observed in nature and the world around him that God had created. Through creation, we notice...
Celebrate each step of the wayJune 16
June 16 Celebrate each step of the way. For week 3, we head to Ezra 3:10-13. At the time, God’s people were living as captives in Persia, when the new king, Cyrus, allowed them to return home to Jerusalem. However, when they returned, everything was broken down and...
Make a habit of choosing joyJune 9
June 9 Make a habit of choosing joy. In week 2, we see how God set aside times and rhythms for the Israelite people to reflect on and remember everything God had done for them. In Deuteronomy 16:13-17, we read about one celebration in particular called the Feast of...
We can have joy because of JesusJune 2
June 2 We can have joy because of Jesus. We start the month with Luke 15:1-7, where we find Jesus telling a parable about a shepherd who goes to find his lost sheep. Jesus explains that the shepherd cares so much about the missing sheep that he leaves the other 99...
Practice living for GodMay 26
May 26 Practice living for God. We finish the month in Mark 12:41-44. Jesus noticed how wealthy people were giving lots of money at the temple. Then a poor widow walked up to the offering box and gave just two small coins. While this seemed like a small gift, Jesus...
Practice talking about GodMay 19
May 19 Practice talking about God. For week 3, we head to Matthew 16:13-20, where Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say I am?” After everything they’d seen Jesus do and heard Jesus say, what did they really think about Jesus? This gave Peter the perfect moment to...
Practice praying to GodMay 12
May 12 Practice praying to God. In Matthew 6:9-13 we find Jesus talking about prayer during His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus shared a model for prayer that helps us understand more about how we can talk to God. We can pray with gratitude and honesty, pray for our needs,...
Practice hearing from GodMay 5
May 5 Practice hearing from God. We start the month with Psalm 119:105, where David wrote, “Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way. It is like a light that guides me.” When we read what the authors of the Bible wrote, we can find out how God wants us to live....
God is with you while you waitApril 28
April 28 God is with you while you wait. We finish the month with a story found in Luke 2:25-35. God’s people had been waiting for hundreds of years for the Savior. God promised Simeon that he’d get to see the Messiah before he died. We believe that Simeon waited a...
When you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
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The Great FeastThe story of the Great Feast in Luke 14.
The Great Feastby Kurt Barnes
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenAugust 25Never stop growing in wisdom.We wrap up the month in Romans 12:2. Paul was writing a letter to the Romans in which he encouraged them to “let [their] way of thinking be completely changed.” Paul wanted to remind the believers that God could continually change the way they thought, which would allow them to focus on God’s plan. When we spend time talking to God, learning from Scripture, and listening to others who follow God, we’ll be able to figure out what God wants to do in our lives.
Bottom Line: Never stop growing in wisdom. Wisdom isn’t something that we find one time and then we’re done. It’s a continuous learning process that we’ll encounter for the rest of our lives. As we gain knowledge, we should want to gain God’s wisdom too. It’s not enough just to know something. We have to do something with what we know in order for it to make a difference.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESDevotionalParent CueRecent LessonsNever stop growing in wisdomAugust 25
August 25 Never stop growing in wisdom. We wrap up the month in Romans 12:2. Paul was writing a letter to the Romans in which he encouraged them to “let [their] way of thinking be completely changed.” Paul wanted to remind the believers that God could continually...
Hang out with wise peopleAugust 18
August 18 Hang out with wise people. For week 3, we head to 2 Chronicles 10. King Solomon’s son, Rehoboam, was now king, and the people came to ask him to lighten their workload. However, when presented with the opportunity to gain the people’s trust, King Rehoboam...
When you see yourself clearly, you can make the wise choiceAugust 11
August 11 When you see yourself clearly, you can make the wise choice. In week 2, we head to Matthew 7:1-5, which is part of one of Jesus’ most famous recorded messages, the Sermon on the Mount. Throughout this sermon, Jesus touched on many important lessons. One of...
Wisdom is worth searching forAugust 4
August 4 Wisdom is worth searching for. We start the month in Luke 2:41-52. Mary, Joseph, and Jesus had just traveled to Jerusalem for the Passover Feast and were headed home. Except . . .Jesus was no longer with them. Instead, He was at the temple, listening and...
Celebrate what God will doJuly 28
July 28 Celebrate what God will do. We wrap up the month with the biggest celebration ever in Revelation 21, 22:1-5. John received visions from God about all the things that would one day come, some of which was easier to understand than others. However, John did...
Jesus showed us how to have joyJuly 14
July 14 Jesus showed us how to have joy. In week 2, we see Jesus’ first recorded miracle found in John 2:1-11. Everyone was laughing, talking, and having a good time until…the wine ran out! Jesus knew the importance of celebrating and how it would impact that family...
Jesus brings joy to the worldJuly 7
July 7 Jesus brings joy to the world. We start the month in Luke 2:8-20. While shepherds were watching over their flock, an angel suddenly appeared, bringing great news: Jesus was born! The shepherds rushed off to see him, telling everyone about him afterward....
There’s always a reason to celebrateJune 30
June 30 There's always a reason to celebrate. We finish the month in Habakkuk 3:17-18. Habakkuk wrote these words as God’s people were about to be taken captive. Everything was going wrong in Habakkuk’s world . . . but still, he chose to trust God and choose joy....
Find joy in what you see around youJune 23
June 23 Find joy in what you see around you. In week 4, we take a look at some of David’s Psalms— specifically, Psalms 8, 16, and 19. David wrote a lot about the things he observed in nature and the world around him that God had created. Through creation, we notice...
Celebrate each step of the wayJune 16
June 16 Celebrate each step of the way. For week 3, we head to Ezra 3:10-13. At the time, God’s people were living as captives in Persia, when the new king, Cyrus, allowed them to return home to Jerusalem. However, when they returned, everything was broken down and...
Make a habit of choosing joyJune 9
June 9 Make a habit of choosing joy. In week 2, we see how God set aside times and rhythms for the Israelite people to reflect on and remember everything God had done for them. In Deuteronomy 16:13-17, we read about one celebration in particular called the Feast of...
We can have joy because of JesusJune 2
June 2 We can have joy because of Jesus. We start the month with Luke 15:1-7, where we find Jesus telling a parable about a shepherd who goes to find his lost sheep. Jesus explains that the shepherd cares so much about the missing sheep that he leaves the other 99...
Practice living for GodMay 26
May 26 Practice living for God. We finish the month in Mark 12:41-44. Jesus noticed how wealthy people were giving lots of money at the temple. Then a poor widow walked up to the offering box and gave just two small coins. While this seemed like a small gift, Jesus...
Practice talking about GodMay 19
May 19 Practice talking about God. For week 3, we head to Matthew 16:13-20, where Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say I am?” After everything they’d seen Jesus do and heard Jesus say, what did they really think about Jesus? This gave Peter the perfect moment to...
Practice praying to GodMay 12
May 12 Practice praying to God. In Matthew 6:9-13 we find Jesus talking about prayer during His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus shared a model for prayer that helps us understand more about how we can talk to God. We can pray with gratitude and honesty, pray for our needs,...
Practice hearing from GodMay 5
May 5 Practice hearing from God. We start the month with Psalm 119:105, where David wrote, “Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way. It is like a light that guides me.” When we read what the authors of the Bible wrote, we can find out how God wants us to live....
God is with you while you waitApril 28
April 28 God is with you while you wait. We finish the month with a story found in Luke 2:25-35. God’s people had been waiting for hundreds of years for the Savior. God promised Simeon that he’d get to see the Messiah before he died. We believe that Simeon waited a...
When you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolAugust 25God loves us so much that God gave us Jesus.God made us wonderful and loves us so much that God gave us a gift. But not just any gift. This is better than a teddy bear or a pair of shoes. God made you and loves you so much that God gave you Jesus! Jesus is a special gift because Jesus is God’s Son and because Jesus wants to be your friend forever. Our prayer for preschoolers is that they will know that God made us, God loves us, and Jesus wants to be our friend forever.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsGod loves us so much that God gave us JesusAugust 25
August 25 God loves us so much that God gave us Jesus. God made us wonderful and loves us so much that God gave us a gift. But not just any gift. This is better than a teddy bear or a pair of shoes. God made you and loves you so much that God gave you Jesus! Jesus is...
I am important to GodAugust 18
August 18 I am important to God. God knows everything about us. God knows when we sit and when we stand. God knows what we are going to say before we say it. God even knows exactly how many hairs are on our heads. God knows everything about you and me because God made...
God made me to create, think, and helpAugust 11
August 11 God made me to create, think, and help. God made ALL people, and people are the most special thing God made because God made us to be like Him. When people have the passion to create, they are reflecting God who made everything. When people think about...
God made meAugust 4
August 4 God made me. From the top of my head to my wiggly toes, God made me wonderful! And God made you wonderful! God made every person in the whole wide world wonderful! We all have different colored eyes and different kinds of hair, but God made us all...
I can have joy forever because Jesus wants to be my friend foreverJuly 28
July 28 I can have joy forever because Jesus wants to be my friend forever. Jesus is God’s Son and Jesus wants to be our friend forever. And when Jesus is our friend forever, we can have JOY forever. Heaven will be a party that never ends, and Jesus is getting heaven...
Jesus helps us have joyJuly 14
July 14 Jesus helps us have joy. While Jesus, his mom Mary and his disciples are guests at a wedding, the servants run out of the special wedding drink. Jesus’ mom went right to the one person she knew could help— Jesus! Jesus did something only he can do and turned...
Jesus came to give the world joyJuly 7
July 7 Jesus came to give the world joy. An angel appears to tell some shepherds some good news that would cause great joy for all people. As in the whole world! Those shepherds went from frozen in fright to running with wonder! Joy had come into the world! The...
I can have joy no matter whatJune 30
June 30 I can have joy no matter what. Habakkuk reminds us that even when things don’t go our way, we can still have joy and celebrate because God loves us. Habakkuk prays to God and says that, even if he couldn’t grow any food or his farm didn’t have any animals, he...
I can have joy when I see what God has madeJune 23
June 23 I can have joy when I see what God has made. King David loved God, and he liked to write songs to God. One time he wrote a song because everywhere he looked he saw things God made that gave him joy. We can look around and see what God has made too. And we can...
I can have joy when I do hard thingsJune 16
June 16 I can have joy when I do hard things. The temple was where God’s people met to learn about God and praise God, but it had been destroyed. So God’s people decide to rebuild the temple. Temples are really big, and it was going to take a lot of hard work to...
I can have joy because God helps meJune 9
June 9 I can have joy because God helps me. God wants His people, the Israelites, to take time to thank Him for all He had done. They grew lots of food, but it was God who helped them by providing the sun and rain to help the food grow. So the Israelites got everyone...
I can have joy because God loves meJune 2
June 2 I can have joy because God loves me. Jesus tells the story of the lost sheep to help us understand just how much God loves us. A shepherd leaves 99 sheep to search for one lost sheep, and when he finds it, he rejoices! God’s love for us is big. We want our...
I can live for GodMay 26
May 26 I can live for God. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego have a choice to make. Are they going to live for the king and do what the king says OR are they going to live for God and do what God says? Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego choose to live for God. They know...
I can talk about God to othersMay 19
May 19 I can talk about God to others. Jeremiah is a prophet, and he tells God’s people important things like “God loves you with a forever kind of love” and “God has plans for you.” And we want preschoolers to know that they can talk about God to others too. They can...
I can pray to GodMay 12
May 12 I can pray to God. Hannah talks to God when she is sad because she knows she can talk to God anytime, anywhere, and about anything. And after Hannah cries out to God and talks to Him about why she is so sad, she isn’t sad anymore. We want preschoolers to know...
I can hear from GodMay 5
May 5 I can hear from God. When King Josiah’s workers find scrolls with God’s words on them, he quickly reads the scrolls to hear from God. We want preschoolers to know they can hear from God too. Every time they listen to or read a Bible story, they can hear from God...
I shine when I do what Jesus saysApril 28
April 28 I shine when I do what Jesus says. The Bible teaches us that when we do what Jesus says—like when we don’t argue or complain—we will shine like stars! There will be people around us who complain or argue, but we can choose to do what Jesus says with a happy...
Jesus says to love like HimApril 21
April 21 Jesus says to love like Him. Jesus tells his friends to love people the way he loves them. So the early church did what Jesus says and loved like Jesus! If someone needed a coat, a person would share their coat. If someone needed a place to stay, a person...
Jesus says to tell others about HimApril 14
April 14 Jesus says to tell others about Him. Jesus gives his friends an important job to do—to go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus is alive and he wants to be their friend forever—and we can do that job too! When we go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus...
Jesus says to let my light shineApril 7
April 7 Jesus says to let my light shine. Jesus says that we are the light of the world. We can shine our light to show the world that Jesus loves them and wants to be their friend forever. We all have the choice to either hide or shine our light, and we want...
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryAugust 25Never stop growing in wisdom.We wrap up the month in Romans 12:2. Paul was writing a letter to the Romans in which he encouraged them to “let [their] way of thinking be completely changed.” Paul wanted to remind the believers that God could continually change the way they thought, which would allow them to focus on God’s plan. When we spend time talking to God, learning from Scripture, and listening to others who follow God, we’ll be able to figure out what God wants to do in our lives.
Bottom Line: Never stop growing in wisdom. Wisdom isn’t something that we find one time and then we’re done. It’s a continuous learning process that we’ll encounter for the rest of our lives. As we gain knowledge, we should want to gain God’s wisdom too. It’s not enough just to know something. We have to do something with what we know in order for it to make a difference.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsNever stop growing in wisdomAugust 25
August 25 Never stop growing in wisdom. We wrap up the month in Romans 12:2. Paul was writing a letter to the Romans in which he encouraged them to “let [their] way of thinking be completely changed.” Paul wanted to remind the believers that God could continually...
Hang out with wise peopleAugust 18
August 18 Hang out with wise people. For week 3, we head to 2 Chronicles 10. King Solomon’s son, Rehoboam, was now king, and the people came to ask him to lighten their workload. However, when presented with the opportunity to gain the people’s trust, King Rehoboam...
When you see yourself clearly, you can make the wise choiceAugust 11
August 11 When you see yourself clearly, you can make the wise choice. In week 2, we head to Matthew 7:1-5, which is part of one of Jesus’ most famous recorded messages, the Sermon on the Mount. Throughout this sermon, Jesus touched on many important lessons. One of...
Wisdom is worth searching forAugust 4
August 4 Wisdom is worth searching for. We start the month in Luke 2:41-52. Mary, Joseph, and Jesus had just traveled to Jerusalem for the Passover Feast and were headed home. Except . . .Jesus was no longer with them. Instead, He was at the temple, listening and...
Celebrate what God will doJuly 28
July 28 Celebrate what God will do. We wrap up the month with the biggest celebration ever in Revelation 21, 22:1-5. John received visions from God about all the things that would one day come, some of which was easier to understand than others. However, John did...
Jesus showed us how to have joyJuly 14
July 14 Jesus showed us how to have joy. In week 2, we see Jesus’ first recorded miracle found in John 2:1-11. Everyone was laughing, talking, and having a good time until…the wine ran out! Jesus knew the importance of celebrating and how it would impact that family...
Jesus brings joy to the worldJuly 7
July 7 Jesus brings joy to the world. We start the month in Luke 2:8-20. While shepherds were watching over their flock, an angel suddenly appeared, bringing great news: Jesus was born! The shepherds rushed off to see him, telling everyone about him afterward....
There’s always a reason to celebrateJune 30
June 30 There's always a reason to celebrate. We finish the month in Habakkuk 3:17-18. Habakkuk wrote these words as God’s people were about to be taken captive. Everything was going wrong in Habakkuk’s world . . . but still, he chose to trust God and choose joy....
Find joy in what you see around youJune 23
June 23 Find joy in what you see around you. In week 4, we take a look at some of David’s Psalms— specifically, Psalms 8, 16, and 19. David wrote a lot about the things he observed in nature and the world around him that God had created. Through creation, we notice...
Celebrate each step of the wayJune 16
June 16 Celebrate each step of the way. For week 3, we head to Ezra 3:10-13. At the time, God’s people were living as captives in Persia, when the new king, Cyrus, allowed them to return home to Jerusalem. However, when they returned, everything was broken down and...
Make a habit of choosing joyJune 9
June 9 Make a habit of choosing joy. In week 2, we see how God set aside times and rhythms for the Israelite people to reflect on and remember everything God had done for them. In Deuteronomy 16:13-17, we read about one celebration in particular called the Feast of...
We can have joy because of JesusJune 2
June 2 We can have joy because of Jesus. We start the month with Luke 15:1-7, where we find Jesus telling a parable about a shepherd who goes to find his lost sheep. Jesus explains that the shepherd cares so much about the missing sheep that he leaves the other 99...
Practice living for GodMay 26
May 26 Practice living for God. We finish the month in Mark 12:41-44. Jesus noticed how wealthy people were giving lots of money at the temple. Then a poor widow walked up to the offering box and gave just two small coins. While this seemed like a small gift, Jesus...
Practice talking about GodMay 19
May 19 Practice talking about God. For week 3, we head to Matthew 16:13-20, where Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say I am?” After everything they’d seen Jesus do and heard Jesus say, what did they really think about Jesus? This gave Peter the perfect moment to...
Practice praying to GodMay 12
May 12 Practice praying to God. In Matthew 6:9-13 we find Jesus talking about prayer during His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus shared a model for prayer that helps us understand more about how we can talk to God. We can pray with gratitude and honesty, pray for our needs,...
Practice hearing from GodMay 5
May 5 Practice hearing from God. We start the month with Psalm 119:105, where David wrote, “Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way. It is like a light that guides me.” When we read what the authors of the Bible wrote, we can find out how God wants us to live....
God is with you while you waitApril 28
April 28 God is with you while you wait. We finish the month with a story found in Luke 2:25-35. God’s people had been waiting for hundreds of years for the Savior. God promised Simeon that he’d get to see the Messiah before he died. We believe that Simeon waited a...
When you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
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The Compassionate Vineyard OwnerLooking at the compassion and grace of the vineyard owner in the Parable of the Vineyard Worker.
The Compassionate Vineyard Ownerby Kurt Barnes
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenAugust 18Hang out with wise people.For week 3, we head to 2 Chronicles 10. King Solomon’s son, Rehoboam, was now king, and the people came to ask him to lighten their workload. However, when presented with the opportunity to gain the people’s trust, King Rehoboam sought out wise counsel . . . and unwise counsel. Unfortunately, Rehoboam chose to listen to his unwise friends, which led to catastrophic consequences for him and for God’s people.
Bottom Line: Hang out with wise people. There’s a famous saying: “Show me your friends and I’ll show you your future.” The people we allow into our lives have the power to influence us, both positively and negatively. That doesn’t mean we should cast people off and ignore them, but it does mean that we need to be aware of who we let speak into our lives and our situation. If we spend time with wise people, then we know it’ll be worth it in the end.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESDevotionalParent CueRecent LessonsHang out with wise peopleAugust 18
August 18 Hang out with wise people. For week 3, we head to 2 Chronicles 10. King Solomon’s son, Rehoboam, was now king, and the people came to ask him to lighten their workload. However, when presented with the opportunity to gain the people’s trust, King Rehoboam...
When you see yourself clearly, you can make the wise choiceAugust 11
August 11 When you see yourself clearly, you can make the wise choice. In week 2, we head to Matthew 7:1-5, which is part of one of Jesus’ most famous recorded messages, the Sermon on the Mount. Throughout this sermon, Jesus touched on many important lessons. One of...
Wisdom is worth searching forAugust 4
August 4 Wisdom is worth searching for. We start the month in Luke 2:41-52. Mary, Joseph, and Jesus had just traveled to Jerusalem for the Passover Feast and were headed home. Except . . .Jesus was no longer with them. Instead, He was at the temple, listening and...
Celebrate what God will doJuly 28
July 28 Celebrate what God will do. We wrap up the month with the biggest celebration ever in Revelation 21, 22:1-5. John received visions from God about all the things that would one day come, some of which was easier to understand than others. However, John did...
Jesus showed us how to have joyJuly 14
July 14 Jesus showed us how to have joy. In week 2, we see Jesus’ first recorded miracle found in John 2:1-11. Everyone was laughing, talking, and having a good time until…the wine ran out! Jesus knew the importance of celebrating and how it would impact that family...
Jesus brings joy to the worldJuly 7
July 7 Jesus brings joy to the world. We start the month in Luke 2:8-20. While shepherds were watching over their flock, an angel suddenly appeared, bringing great news: Jesus was born! The shepherds rushed off to see him, telling everyone about him afterward....
There’s always a reason to celebrateJune 30
June 30 There's always a reason to celebrate. We finish the month in Habakkuk 3:17-18. Habakkuk wrote these words as God’s people were about to be taken captive. Everything was going wrong in Habakkuk’s world . . . but still, he chose to trust God and choose joy....
Find joy in what you see around youJune 23
June 23 Find joy in what you see around you. In week 4, we take a look at some of David’s Psalms— specifically, Psalms 8, 16, and 19. David wrote a lot about the things he observed in nature and the world around him that God had created. Through creation, we notice...
Celebrate each step of the wayJune 16
June 16 Celebrate each step of the way. For week 3, we head to Ezra 3:10-13. At the time, God’s people were living as captives in Persia, when the new king, Cyrus, allowed them to return home to Jerusalem. However, when they returned, everything was broken down and...
Make a habit of choosing joyJune 9
June 9 Make a habit of choosing joy. In week 2, we see how God set aside times and rhythms for the Israelite people to reflect on and remember everything God had done for them. In Deuteronomy 16:13-17, we read about one celebration in particular called the Feast of...
We can have joy because of JesusJune 2
June 2 We can have joy because of Jesus. We start the month with Luke 15:1-7, where we find Jesus telling a parable about a shepherd who goes to find his lost sheep. Jesus explains that the shepherd cares so much about the missing sheep that he leaves the other 99...
Practice living for GodMay 26
May 26 Practice living for God. We finish the month in Mark 12:41-44. Jesus noticed how wealthy people were giving lots of money at the temple. Then a poor widow walked up to the offering box and gave just two small coins. While this seemed like a small gift, Jesus...
Practice talking about GodMay 19
May 19 Practice talking about God. For week 3, we head to Matthew 16:13-20, where Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say I am?” After everything they’d seen Jesus do and heard Jesus say, what did they really think about Jesus? This gave Peter the perfect moment to...
Practice praying to GodMay 12
May 12 Practice praying to God. In Matthew 6:9-13 we find Jesus talking about prayer during His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus shared a model for prayer that helps us understand more about how we can talk to God. We can pray with gratitude and honesty, pray for our needs,...
Practice hearing from GodMay 5
May 5 Practice hearing from God. We start the month with Psalm 119:105, where David wrote, “Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way. It is like a light that guides me.” When we read what the authors of the Bible wrote, we can find out how God wants us to live....
God is with you while you waitApril 28
April 28 God is with you while you wait. We finish the month with a story found in Luke 2:25-35. God’s people had been waiting for hundreds of years for the Savior. God promised Simeon that he’d get to see the Messiah before he died. We believe that Simeon waited a...
When you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolAugust 18I am important to God.God knows everything about us. God knows when we sit and when we stand. God knows what we are going to say before we say it. God even knows exactly how many hairs are on our heads. God knows everything about you and me because God made us… because God loves us…and because we are important to God.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsI am important to GodAugust 18
August 18 I am important to God. God knows everything about us. God knows when we sit and when we stand. God knows what we are going to say before we say it. God even knows exactly how many hairs are on our heads. God knows everything about you and me because God made...
God made me to create, think, and helpAugust 11
August 11 God made me to create, think, and help. God made ALL people, and people are the most special thing God made because God made us to be like Him. When people have the passion to create, they are reflecting God who made everything. When people think about...
God made meAugust 4
August 4 God made me. From the top of my head to my wiggly toes, God made me wonderful! And God made you wonderful! God made every person in the whole wide world wonderful! We all have different colored eyes and different kinds of hair, but God made us all...
I can have joy forever because Jesus wants to be my friend foreverJuly 28
July 28 I can have joy forever because Jesus wants to be my friend forever. Jesus is God’s Son and Jesus wants to be our friend forever. And when Jesus is our friend forever, we can have JOY forever. Heaven will be a party that never ends, and Jesus is getting heaven...
Jesus helps us have joyJuly 14
July 14 Jesus helps us have joy. While Jesus, his mom Mary and his disciples are guests at a wedding, the servants run out of the special wedding drink. Jesus’ mom went right to the one person she knew could help— Jesus! Jesus did something only he can do and turned...
Jesus came to give the world joyJuly 7
July 7 Jesus came to give the world joy. An angel appears to tell some shepherds some good news that would cause great joy for all people. As in the whole world! Those shepherds went from frozen in fright to running with wonder! Joy had come into the world! The...
I can have joy no matter whatJune 30
June 30 I can have joy no matter what. Habakkuk reminds us that even when things don’t go our way, we can still have joy and celebrate because God loves us. Habakkuk prays to God and says that, even if he couldn’t grow any food or his farm didn’t have any animals, he...
I can have joy when I see what God has madeJune 23
June 23 I can have joy when I see what God has made. King David loved God, and he liked to write songs to God. One time he wrote a song because everywhere he looked he saw things God made that gave him joy. We can look around and see what God has made too. And we can...
I can have joy when I do hard thingsJune 16
June 16 I can have joy when I do hard things. The temple was where God’s people met to learn about God and praise God, but it had been destroyed. So God’s people decide to rebuild the temple. Temples are really big, and it was going to take a lot of hard work to...
I can have joy because God helps meJune 9
June 9 I can have joy because God helps me. God wants His people, the Israelites, to take time to thank Him for all He had done. They grew lots of food, but it was God who helped them by providing the sun and rain to help the food grow. So the Israelites got everyone...
I can have joy because God loves meJune 2
June 2 I can have joy because God loves me. Jesus tells the story of the lost sheep to help us understand just how much God loves us. A shepherd leaves 99 sheep to search for one lost sheep, and when he finds it, he rejoices! God’s love for us is big. We want our...
I can live for GodMay 26
May 26 I can live for God. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego have a choice to make. Are they going to live for the king and do what the king says OR are they going to live for God and do what God says? Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego choose to live for God. They know...
I can talk about God to othersMay 19
May 19 I can talk about God to others. Jeremiah is a prophet, and he tells God’s people important things like “God loves you with a forever kind of love” and “God has plans for you.” And we want preschoolers to know that they can talk about God to others too. They can...
I can pray to GodMay 12
May 12 I can pray to God. Hannah talks to God when she is sad because she knows she can talk to God anytime, anywhere, and about anything. And after Hannah cries out to God and talks to Him about why she is so sad, she isn’t sad anymore. We want preschoolers to know...
I can hear from GodMay 5
May 5 I can hear from God. When King Josiah’s workers find scrolls with God’s words on them, he quickly reads the scrolls to hear from God. We want preschoolers to know they can hear from God too. Every time they listen to or read a Bible story, they can hear from God...
I shine when I do what Jesus saysApril 28
April 28 I shine when I do what Jesus says. The Bible teaches us that when we do what Jesus says—like when we don’t argue or complain—we will shine like stars! There will be people around us who complain or argue, but we can choose to do what Jesus says with a happy...
Jesus says to love like HimApril 21
April 21 Jesus says to love like Him. Jesus tells his friends to love people the way he loves them. So the early church did what Jesus says and loved like Jesus! If someone needed a coat, a person would share their coat. If someone needed a place to stay, a person...
Jesus says to tell others about HimApril 14
April 14 Jesus says to tell others about Him. Jesus gives his friends an important job to do—to go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus is alive and he wants to be their friend forever—and we can do that job too! When we go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus...
Jesus says to let my light shineApril 7
April 7 Jesus says to let my light shine. Jesus says that we are the light of the world. We can shine our light to show the world that Jesus loves them and wants to be their friend forever. We all have the choice to either hide or shine our light, and we want...
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryAugust 18Hang out with wise people.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsHang out with wise peopleAugust 18
August 18 Hang out with wise people. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
When you see yourself clearly, you can make the wise choiceAugust 11
August 11 When you see yourself clearly, you can make the wise choice. In week 2, we head to Matthew 7:1-5, which is part of one of Jesus’ most famous recorded messages, the Sermon on the Mount. Throughout this sermon, Jesus touched on many important lessons. One of...
Wisdom is worth searching forAugust 4
August 4 Wisdom is worth searching for. We start the month in Luke 2:41-52. Mary, Joseph, and Jesus had just traveled to Jerusalem for the Passover Feast and were headed home. Except . . .Jesus was no longer with them. Instead, He was at the temple, listening and...
Celebrate what God will doJuly 28
July 28 Celebrate what God will do. We wrap up the month with the biggest celebration ever in Revelation 21, 22:1-5. John received visions from God about all the things that would one day come, some of which was easier to understand than others. However, John did...
Jesus showed us how to have joyJuly 14
July 14 Jesus showed us how to have joy. In week 2, we see Jesus’ first recorded miracle found in John 2:1-11. Everyone was laughing, talking, and having a good time until…the wine ran out! Jesus knew the importance of celebrating and how it would impact that family...
Jesus brings joy to the worldJuly 7
July 7 Jesus brings joy to the world. We start the month in Luke 2:8-20. While shepherds were watching over their flock, an angel suddenly appeared, bringing great news: Jesus was born! The shepherds rushed off to see him, telling everyone about him afterward....
There’s always a reason to celebrateJune 30
June 30 There's always a reason to celebrate. We finish the month in Habakkuk 3:17-18. Habakkuk wrote these words as God’s people were about to be taken captive. Everything was going wrong in Habakkuk’s world . . . but still, he chose to trust God and choose joy....
Find joy in what you see around youJune 23
June 23 Find joy in what you see around you. In week 4, we take a look at some of David’s Psalms— specifically, Psalms 8, 16, and 19. David wrote a lot about the things he observed in nature and the world around him that God had created. Through creation, we notice...
Celebrate each step of the wayJune 16
June 16 Celebrate each step of the way. For week 3, we head to Ezra 3:10-13. At the time, God’s people were living as captives in Persia, when the new king, Cyrus, allowed them to return home to Jerusalem. However, when they returned, everything was broken down and...
Make a habit of choosing joyJune 9
June 9 Make a habit of choosing joy. In week 2, we see how God set aside times and rhythms for the Israelite people to reflect on and remember everything God had done for them. In Deuteronomy 16:13-17, we read about one celebration in particular called the Feast of...
We can have joy because of JesusJune 2
June 2 We can have joy because of Jesus. We start the month with Luke 15:1-7, where we find Jesus telling a parable about a shepherd who goes to find his lost sheep. Jesus explains that the shepherd cares so much about the missing sheep that he leaves the other 99...
Practice living for GodMay 26
May 26 Practice living for God. We finish the month in Mark 12:41-44. Jesus noticed how wealthy people were giving lots of money at the temple. Then a poor widow walked up to the offering box and gave just two small coins. While this seemed like a small gift, Jesus...
Practice talking about GodMay 19
May 19 Practice talking about God. For week 3, we head to Matthew 16:13-20, where Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say I am?” After everything they’d seen Jesus do and heard Jesus say, what did they really think about Jesus? This gave Peter the perfect moment to...
Practice praying to GodMay 12
May 12 Practice praying to God. In Matthew 6:9-13 we find Jesus talking about prayer during His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus shared a model for prayer that helps us understand more about how we can talk to God. We can pray with gratitude and honesty, pray for our needs,...
Practice hearing from GodMay 5
May 5 Practice hearing from God. We start the month with Psalm 119:105, where David wrote, “Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way. It is like a light that guides me.” When we read what the authors of the Bible wrote, we can find out how God wants us to live....
God is with you while you waitApril 28
April 28 God is with you while you wait. We finish the month with a story found in Luke 2:25-35. God’s people had been waiting for hundreds of years for the Savior. God promised Simeon that he’d get to see the Messiah before he died. We believe that Simeon waited a...
When you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
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The Prodigal SonIt’s never too late to come home to Jesus.
The Prodigal Sonby Rob Barnes
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolAugust 11God made me to create, think, and help.God made ALL people, and people are the most special thing God made because God made us to be like Him. When people have the passion to create, they are reflecting God who made everything. When people think about justice, order, and laws of nature, they are reflecting God who is wise. When a person helps someone in need, they are reflecting God who helps His people. God made us to be like Him – to be creative, to think, and to help! God made us all wonderful.
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August 11 God made me to create, think, and help. God made ALL people, and people are the most special thing God made because God made us to be like Him. When people have the passion to create, they are reflecting God who made everything. When people think about...
God made meAugust 4
August 4 God made me. From the top of my head to my wiggly toes, God made me wonderful! And God made you wonderful! God made every person in the whole wide world wonderful! We all have different colored eyes and different kinds of hair, but God made us all...
I can have joy forever because Jesus wants to be my friend foreverJuly 28
July 28 I can have joy forever because Jesus wants to be my friend forever. Jesus is God’s Son and Jesus wants to be our friend forever. And when Jesus is our friend forever, we can have JOY forever. Heaven will be a party that never ends, and Jesus is getting heaven...
Jesus helps us have joyJuly 14
July 14 Jesus helps us have joy. While Jesus, his mom Mary and his disciples are guests at a wedding, the servants run out of the special wedding drink. Jesus’ mom went right to the one person she knew could help— Jesus! Jesus did something only he can do and turned...
Jesus came to give the world joyJuly 7
July 7 Jesus came to give the world joy. An angel appears to tell some shepherds some good news that would cause great joy for all people. As in the whole world! Those shepherds went from frozen in fright to running with wonder! Joy had come into the world! The...
I can have joy no matter whatJune 30
June 30 I can have joy no matter what. Habakkuk reminds us that even when things don’t go our way, we can still have joy and celebrate because God loves us. Habakkuk prays to God and says that, even if he couldn’t grow any food or his farm didn’t have any animals, he...
I can have joy when I see what God has madeJune 23
June 23 I can have joy when I see what God has made. King David loved God, and he liked to write songs to God. One time he wrote a song because everywhere he looked he saw things God made that gave him joy. We can look around and see what God has made too. And we can...
I can have joy when I do hard thingsJune 16
June 16 I can have joy when I do hard things. The temple was where God’s people met to learn about God and praise God, but it had been destroyed. So God’s people decide to rebuild the temple. Temples are really big, and it was going to take a lot of hard work to...
I can have joy because God helps meJune 9
June 9 I can have joy because God helps me. God wants His people, the Israelites, to take time to thank Him for all He had done. They grew lots of food, but it was God who helped them by providing the sun and rain to help the food grow. So the Israelites got everyone...
I can have joy because God loves meJune 2
June 2 I can have joy because God loves me. Jesus tells the story of the lost sheep to help us understand just how much God loves us. A shepherd leaves 99 sheep to search for one lost sheep, and when he finds it, he rejoices! God’s love for us is big. We want our...
I can live for GodMay 26
May 26 I can live for God. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego have a choice to make. Are they going to live for the king and do what the king says OR are they going to live for God and do what God says? Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego choose to live for God. They know...
I can talk about God to othersMay 19
May 19 I can talk about God to others. Jeremiah is a prophet, and he tells God’s people important things like “God loves you with a forever kind of love” and “God has plans for you.” And we want preschoolers to know that they can talk about God to others too. They can...
I can pray to GodMay 12
May 12 I can pray to God. Hannah talks to God when she is sad because she knows she can talk to God anytime, anywhere, and about anything. And after Hannah cries out to God and talks to Him about why she is so sad, she isn’t sad anymore. We want preschoolers to know...
I can hear from GodMay 5
May 5 I can hear from God. When King Josiah’s workers find scrolls with God’s words on them, he quickly reads the scrolls to hear from God. We want preschoolers to know they can hear from God too. Every time they listen to or read a Bible story, they can hear from God...
I shine when I do what Jesus saysApril 28
April 28 I shine when I do what Jesus says. The Bible teaches us that when we do what Jesus says—like when we don’t argue or complain—we will shine like stars! There will be people around us who complain or argue, but we can choose to do what Jesus says with a happy...
Jesus says to love like HimApril 21
April 21 Jesus says to love like Him. Jesus tells his friends to love people the way he loves them. So the early church did what Jesus says and loved like Jesus! If someone needed a coat, a person would share their coat. If someone needed a place to stay, a person...
Jesus says to tell others about HimApril 14
April 14 Jesus says to tell others about Him. Jesus gives his friends an important job to do—to go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus is alive and he wants to be their friend forever—and we can do that job too! When we go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus...
Jesus says to let my light shineApril 7
April 7 Jesus says to let my light shine. Jesus says that we are the light of the world. We can shine our light to show the world that Jesus loves them and wants to be their friend forever. We all have the choice to either hide or shine our light, and we want...
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenAugust 11When you see yourself clearly, you can make the wise choice.In week 2, we head to Matthew 7:1-5, which is part of one of Jesus’ most famous recorded messages, the Sermon on the Mount. Throughout this sermon, Jesus touched on many important lessons. One of these truths was that we shouldn’t judge other people. When we judge others without first looking at ourselves, we miss out on the work God is doing in us to shape us and help us grow.
Bottom Line: When you see yourself clearly, you can make the wise choice. It’s easy to see something that others have done to wrong you. But when we wrong someone else? That’s not always easy to see. It’s important that we take the time to examine ourselves so we can love others the way God wants us to…and so we can continue growing in wisdom.
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August 11 When you see yourself clearly, you can make the wise choice. In week 2, we head to Matthew 7:1-5, which is part of one of Jesus’ most famous recorded messages, the Sermon on the Mount. Throughout this sermon, Jesus touched on many important lessons. One of...
Wisdom is worth searching forAugust 4
August 4 Wisdom is worth searching for. We start the month in Luke 2:41-52. Mary, Joseph, and Jesus had just traveled to Jerusalem for the Passover Feast and were headed home. Except . . .Jesus was no longer with them. Instead, He was at the temple, listening and...
Celebrate what God will doJuly 28
July 28 Celebrate what God will do. We wrap up the month with the biggest celebration ever in Revelation 21, 22:1-5. John received visions from God about all the things that would one day come, some of which was easier to understand than others. However, John did...
Jesus showed us how to have joyJuly 14
July 14 Jesus showed us how to have joy. In week 2, we see Jesus’ first recorded miracle found in John 2:1-11. Everyone was laughing, talking, and having a good time until…the wine ran out! Jesus knew the importance of celebrating and how it would impact that family...
Jesus brings joy to the worldJuly 7
July 7 Jesus brings joy to the world. We start the month in Luke 2:8-20. While shepherds were watching over their flock, an angel suddenly appeared, bringing great news: Jesus was born! The shepherds rushed off to see him, telling everyone about him afterward....
There’s always a reason to celebrateJune 30
June 30 There's always a reason to celebrate. We finish the month in Habakkuk 3:17-18. Habakkuk wrote these words as God’s people were about to be taken captive. Everything was going wrong in Habakkuk’s world . . . but still, he chose to trust God and choose joy....
Find joy in what you see around youJune 23
June 23 Find joy in what you see around you. In week 4, we take a look at some of David’s Psalms— specifically, Psalms 8, 16, and 19. David wrote a lot about the things he observed in nature and the world around him that God had created. Through creation, we notice...
Celebrate each step of the wayJune 16
June 16 Celebrate each step of the way. For week 3, we head to Ezra 3:10-13. At the time, God’s people were living as captives in Persia, when the new king, Cyrus, allowed them to return home to Jerusalem. However, when they returned, everything was broken down and...
Make a habit of choosing joyJune 9
June 9 Make a habit of choosing joy. In week 2, we see how God set aside times and rhythms for the Israelite people to reflect on and remember everything God had done for them. In Deuteronomy 16:13-17, we read about one celebration in particular called the Feast of...
We can have joy because of JesusJune 2
June 2 We can have joy because of Jesus. We start the month with Luke 15:1-7, where we find Jesus telling a parable about a shepherd who goes to find his lost sheep. Jesus explains that the shepherd cares so much about the missing sheep that he leaves the other 99...
Practice living for GodMay 26
May 26 Practice living for God. We finish the month in Mark 12:41-44. Jesus noticed how wealthy people were giving lots of money at the temple. Then a poor widow walked up to the offering box and gave just two small coins. While this seemed like a small gift, Jesus...
Practice talking about GodMay 19
May 19 Practice talking about God. For week 3, we head to Matthew 16:13-20, where Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say I am?” After everything they’d seen Jesus do and heard Jesus say, what did they really think about Jesus? This gave Peter the perfect moment to...
Practice praying to GodMay 12
May 12 Practice praying to God. In Matthew 6:9-13 we find Jesus talking about prayer during His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus shared a model for prayer that helps us understand more about how we can talk to God. We can pray with gratitude and honesty, pray for our needs,...
Practice hearing from GodMay 5
May 5 Practice hearing from God. We start the month with Psalm 119:105, where David wrote, “Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way. It is like a light that guides me.” When we read what the authors of the Bible wrote, we can find out how God wants us to live....
God is with you while you waitApril 28
April 28 God is with you while you wait. We finish the month with a story found in Luke 2:25-35. God’s people had been waiting for hundreds of years for the Savior. God promised Simeon that he’d get to see the Messiah before he died. We believe that Simeon waited a...
When you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryAugust 11When you see yourself clearly, you can make the wise choice.In week 2, we head to Matthew 7:1-5, which is part of one of Jesus’ most famous recorded messages, the Sermon on the Mount. Throughout this sermon, Jesus touched on many important lessons. One of these truths was that we shouldn’t judge other people. When we judge others without first looking at ourselves, we miss out on the work God is doing in us to shape us and help us grow.
Bottom Line: When you see yourself clearly, you can make the wise choice. It’s easy to see something that others have done to wrong you. But when we wrong someone else? That’s not always easy to see. It’s important that we take the time to examine ourselves so we can love others the way God wants us to…and so we can continue growing in wisdom.
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August 11 When you see yourself clearly, you can make the wise choice. In week 2, we head to Matthew 7:1-5, which is part of one of Jesus’ most famous recorded messages, the Sermon on the Mount. Throughout this sermon, Jesus touched on many important lessons. One of...
Wisdom is worth searching forAugust 4
August 4 Wisdom is worth searching for. We start the month in Luke 2:41-52. Mary, Joseph, and Jesus had just traveled to Jerusalem for the Passover Feast and were headed home. Except . . .Jesus was no longer with them. Instead, He was at the temple, listening and...
Celebrate what God will doJuly 28
July 28 Celebrate what God will do. We wrap up the month with the biggest celebration ever in Revelation 21, 22:1-5. John received visions from God about all the things that would one day come, some of which was easier to understand than others. However, John did...
Jesus showed us how to have joyJuly 14
July 14 Jesus showed us how to have joy. In week 2, we see Jesus’ first recorded miracle found in John 2:1-11. Everyone was laughing, talking, and having a good time until…the wine ran out! Jesus knew the importance of celebrating and how it would impact that family...
Jesus brings joy to the worldJuly 7
July 7 Jesus brings joy to the world. We start the month in Luke 2:8-20. While shepherds were watching over their flock, an angel suddenly appeared, bringing great news: Jesus was born! The shepherds rushed off to see him, telling everyone about him afterward....
There’s always a reason to celebrateJune 30
June 30 There's always a reason to celebrate. We finish the month in Habakkuk 3:17-18. Habakkuk wrote these words as God’s people were about to be taken captive. Everything was going wrong in Habakkuk’s world . . . but still, he chose to trust God and choose joy....
Find joy in what you see around youJune 23
June 23 Find joy in what you see around you. In week 4, we take a look at some of David’s Psalms— specifically, Psalms 8, 16, and 19. David wrote a lot about the things he observed in nature and the world around him that God had created. Through creation, we notice...
Celebrate each step of the wayJune 16
June 16 Celebrate each step of the way. For week 3, we head to Ezra 3:10-13. At the time, God’s people were living as captives in Persia, when the new king, Cyrus, allowed them to return home to Jerusalem. However, when they returned, everything was broken down and...
Make a habit of choosing joyJune 9
June 9 Make a habit of choosing joy. In week 2, we see how God set aside times and rhythms for the Israelite people to reflect on and remember everything God had done for them. In Deuteronomy 16:13-17, we read about one celebration in particular called the Feast of...
We can have joy because of JesusJune 2
June 2 We can have joy because of Jesus. We start the month with Luke 15:1-7, where we find Jesus telling a parable about a shepherd who goes to find his lost sheep. Jesus explains that the shepherd cares so much about the missing sheep that he leaves the other 99...
Practice living for GodMay 26
May 26 Practice living for God. We finish the month in Mark 12:41-44. Jesus noticed how wealthy people were giving lots of money at the temple. Then a poor widow walked up to the offering box and gave just two small coins. While this seemed like a small gift, Jesus...
Practice talking about GodMay 19
May 19 Practice talking about God. For week 3, we head to Matthew 16:13-20, where Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say I am?” After everything they’d seen Jesus do and heard Jesus say, what did they really think about Jesus? This gave Peter the perfect moment to...
Practice praying to GodMay 12
May 12 Practice praying to God. In Matthew 6:9-13 we find Jesus talking about prayer during His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus shared a model for prayer that helps us understand more about how we can talk to God. We can pray with gratitude and honesty, pray for our needs,...
Practice hearing from GodMay 5
May 5 Practice hearing from God. We start the month with Psalm 119:105, where David wrote, “Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way. It is like a light that guides me.” When we read what the authors of the Bible wrote, we can find out how God wants us to live....
God is with you while you waitApril 28
April 28 God is with you while you wait. We finish the month with a story found in Luke 2:25-35. God’s people had been waiting for hundreds of years for the Savior. God promised Simeon that he’d get to see the Messiah before he died. We believe that Simeon waited a...
When you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
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The Good SamaritanWhat Jesus is teaching us in the parable of The Good Samaritan.
The Good Samaritanby Kurt Barnes
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolAugust 4God made me.From the top of my head to my wiggly toes, God made me wonderful! And God made you wonderful! God made every person in the whole wide world wonderful! We all have different colored eyes and different kinds of hair, but God made us all wonderful.
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August 4 God made me. From the top of my head to my wiggly toes, God made me wonderful! And God made you wonderful! God made every person in the whole wide world wonderful! We all have different colored eyes and different kinds of hair, but God made us all...
I can have joy forever because Jesus wants to be my friend foreverJuly 28
July 28 I can have joy forever because Jesus wants to be my friend forever. Jesus is God’s Son and Jesus wants to be our friend forever. And when Jesus is our friend forever, we can have JOY forever. Heaven will be a party that never ends, and Jesus is getting heaven...
Jesus helps us have joyJuly 14
July 14 Jesus helps us have joy. While Jesus, his mom Mary and his disciples are guests at a wedding, the servants run out of the special wedding drink. Jesus’ mom went right to the one person she knew could help— Jesus! Jesus did something only he can do and turned...
Jesus came to give the world joyJuly 7
July 7 Jesus came to give the world joy. An angel appears to tell some shepherds some good news that would cause great joy for all people. As in the whole world! Those shepherds went from frozen in fright to running with wonder! Joy had come into the world! The...
I can have joy no matter whatJune 30
June 30 I can have joy no matter what. Habakkuk reminds us that even when things don’t go our way, we can still have joy and celebrate because God loves us. Habakkuk prays to God and says that, even if he couldn’t grow any food or his farm didn’t have any animals, he...
I can have joy when I see what God has madeJune 23
June 23 I can have joy when I see what God has made. King David loved God, and he liked to write songs to God. One time he wrote a song because everywhere he looked he saw things God made that gave him joy. We can look around and see what God has made too. And we can...
I can have joy when I do hard thingsJune 16
June 16 I can have joy when I do hard things. The temple was where God’s people met to learn about God and praise God, but it had been destroyed. So God’s people decide to rebuild the temple. Temples are really big, and it was going to take a lot of hard work to...
I can have joy because God helps meJune 9
June 9 I can have joy because God helps me. God wants His people, the Israelites, to take time to thank Him for all He had done. They grew lots of food, but it was God who helped them by providing the sun and rain to help the food grow. So the Israelites got everyone...
I can have joy because God loves meJune 2
June 2 I can have joy because God loves me. Jesus tells the story of the lost sheep to help us understand just how much God loves us. A shepherd leaves 99 sheep to search for one lost sheep, and when he finds it, he rejoices! God’s love for us is big. We want our...
I can live for GodMay 26
May 26 I can live for God. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego have a choice to make. Are they going to live for the king and do what the king says OR are they going to live for God and do what God says? Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego choose to live for God. They know...
I can talk about God to othersMay 19
May 19 I can talk about God to others. Jeremiah is a prophet, and he tells God’s people important things like “God loves you with a forever kind of love” and “God has plans for you.” And we want preschoolers to know that they can talk about God to others too. They can...
I can pray to GodMay 12
May 12 I can pray to God. Hannah talks to God when she is sad because she knows she can talk to God anytime, anywhere, and about anything. And after Hannah cries out to God and talks to Him about why she is so sad, she isn’t sad anymore. We want preschoolers to know...
I can hear from GodMay 5
May 5 I can hear from God. When King Josiah’s workers find scrolls with God’s words on them, he quickly reads the scrolls to hear from God. We want preschoolers to know they can hear from God too. Every time they listen to or read a Bible story, they can hear from God...
I shine when I do what Jesus saysApril 28
April 28 I shine when I do what Jesus says. The Bible teaches us that when we do what Jesus says—like when we don’t argue or complain—we will shine like stars! There will be people around us who complain or argue, but we can choose to do what Jesus says with a happy...
Jesus says to love like HimApril 21
April 21 Jesus says to love like Him. Jesus tells his friends to love people the way he loves them. So the early church did what Jesus says and loved like Jesus! If someone needed a coat, a person would share their coat. If someone needed a place to stay, a person...
Jesus says to tell others about HimApril 14
April 14 Jesus says to tell others about Him. Jesus gives his friends an important job to do—to go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus is alive and he wants to be their friend forever—and we can do that job too! When we go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus...
Jesus says to let my light shineApril 7
April 7 Jesus says to let my light shine. Jesus says that we are the light of the world. We can shine our light to show the world that Jesus loves them and wants to be their friend forever. We all have the choice to either hide or shine our light, and we want...
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryAugust 4Wisdom is worth searching for.We start the month in Luke 2:41-52. Mary, Joseph, and Jesus had just traveled to Jerusalem for the Passover Feast and were headed home. Except . . .Jesus was no longer with them. Instead, He was at the temple, listening and asking questions. Jesus knew how important it was to gain wisdom. When we ask God for wisdom, we will find it too.
Bottom Line: Wisdom is worth searching for. Think back to when you were a kid, playing pretend as you went off in search of hidden treasures. Remember the joy and excitement you got as you dug deeper and deeper into the clues—and maybe even the earth? Searching for wisdom, in a way, is like finding that hidden treasure. When we find God’s wisdom, its riches are infinitely more valuable.
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August 4 Wisdom is worth searching for. We start the month in Luke 2:41-52. Mary, Joseph, and Jesus had just traveled to Jerusalem for the Passover Feast and were headed home. Except . . .Jesus was no longer with them. Instead, He was at the temple, listening and...
Celebrate what God will doJuly 28
July 28 Celebrate what God will do. We wrap up the month with the biggest celebration ever in Revelation 21, 22:1-5. John received visions from God about all the things that would one day come, some of which was easier to understand than others. However, John did...
Jesus showed us how to have joyJuly 14
July 14 Jesus showed us how to have joy. In week 2, we see Jesus’ first recorded miracle found in John 2:1-11. Everyone was laughing, talking, and having a good time until…the wine ran out! Jesus knew the importance of celebrating and how it would impact that family...
Jesus brings joy to the worldJuly 7
July 7 Jesus brings joy to the world. We start the month in Luke 2:8-20. While shepherds were watching over their flock, an angel suddenly appeared, bringing great news: Jesus was born! The shepherds rushed off to see him, telling everyone about him afterward....
There’s always a reason to celebrateJune 30
June 30 There's always a reason to celebrate. We finish the month in Habakkuk 3:17-18. Habakkuk wrote these words as God’s people were about to be taken captive. Everything was going wrong in Habakkuk’s world . . . but still, he chose to trust God and choose joy....
Find joy in what you see around youJune 23
June 23 Find joy in what you see around you. In week 4, we take a look at some of David’s Psalms— specifically, Psalms 8, 16, and 19. David wrote a lot about the things he observed in nature and the world around him that God had created. Through creation, we notice...
Celebrate each step of the wayJune 16
June 16 Celebrate each step of the way. For week 3, we head to Ezra 3:10-13. At the time, God’s people were living as captives in Persia, when the new king, Cyrus, allowed them to return home to Jerusalem. However, when they returned, everything was broken down and...
Make a habit of choosing joyJune 9
June 9 Make a habit of choosing joy. In week 2, we see how God set aside times and rhythms for the Israelite people to reflect on and remember everything God had done for them. In Deuteronomy 16:13-17, we read about one celebration in particular called the Feast of...
We can have joy because of JesusJune 2
June 2 We can have joy because of Jesus. We start the month with Luke 15:1-7, where we find Jesus telling a parable about a shepherd who goes to find his lost sheep. Jesus explains that the shepherd cares so much about the missing sheep that he leaves the other 99...
Practice living for GodMay 26
May 26 Practice living for God. We finish the month in Mark 12:41-44. Jesus noticed how wealthy people were giving lots of money at the temple. Then a poor widow walked up to the offering box and gave just two small coins. While this seemed like a small gift, Jesus...
Practice talking about GodMay 19
May 19 Practice talking about God. For week 3, we head to Matthew 16:13-20, where Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say I am?” After everything they’d seen Jesus do and heard Jesus say, what did they really think about Jesus? This gave Peter the perfect moment to...
Practice praying to GodMay 12
May 12 Practice praying to God. In Matthew 6:9-13 we find Jesus talking about prayer during His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus shared a model for prayer that helps us understand more about how we can talk to God. We can pray with gratitude and honesty, pray for our needs,...
Practice hearing from GodMay 5
May 5 Practice hearing from God. We start the month with Psalm 119:105, where David wrote, “Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way. It is like a light that guides me.” When we read what the authors of the Bible wrote, we can find out how God wants us to live....
God is with you while you waitApril 28
April 28 God is with you while you wait. We finish the month with a story found in Luke 2:25-35. God’s people had been waiting for hundreds of years for the Savior. God promised Simeon that he’d get to see the Messiah before he died. We believe that Simeon waited a...
When you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenAugust 4Wisdom is worth searching for.We start the month in Luke 2:41-52. Mary, Joseph, and Jesus had just traveled to Jerusalem for the Passover Feast and were headed home. Except . . .Jesus was no longer with them. Instead, He was at the temple, listening and asking questions. Jesus knew how important it was to gain wisdom. When we ask God for wisdom, we will find it too.
Bottom Line: Wisdom is worth searching for. Think back to when you were a kid, playing pretend as you went off in search of hidden treasures. Remember the joy and excitement you got as you dug deeper and deeper into the clues—and maybe even the earth? Searching for wisdom, in a way, is like finding that hidden treasure. When we find God’s wisdom, its riches are infinitely more valuable.
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August 4 Wisdom is worth searching for. We start the month in Luke 2:41-52. Mary, Joseph, and Jesus had just traveled to Jerusalem for the Passover Feast and were headed home. Except . . .Jesus was no longer with them. Instead, He was at the temple, listening and...
Celebrate what God will doJuly 28
July 28 Celebrate what God will do. We wrap up the month with the biggest celebration ever in Revelation 21, 22:1-5. John received visions from God about all the things that would one day come, some of which was easier to understand than others. However, John did...
Jesus showed us how to have joyJuly 14
July 14 Jesus showed us how to have joy. In week 2, we see Jesus’ first recorded miracle found in John 2:1-11. Everyone was laughing, talking, and having a good time until…the wine ran out! Jesus knew the importance of celebrating and how it would impact that family...
Jesus brings joy to the worldJuly 7
July 7 Jesus brings joy to the world. We start the month in Luke 2:8-20. While shepherds were watching over their flock, an angel suddenly appeared, bringing great news: Jesus was born! The shepherds rushed off to see him, telling everyone about him afterward....
There’s always a reason to celebrateJune 30
June 30 There's always a reason to celebrate. We finish the month in Habakkuk 3:17-18. Habakkuk wrote these words as God’s people were about to be taken captive. Everything was going wrong in Habakkuk’s world . . . but still, he chose to trust God and choose joy....
Find joy in what you see around youJune 23
June 23 Find joy in what you see around you. In week 4, we take a look at some of David’s Psalms— specifically, Psalms 8, 16, and 19. David wrote a lot about the things he observed in nature and the world around him that God had created. Through creation, we notice...
Celebrate each step of the wayJune 16
June 16 Celebrate each step of the way. For week 3, we head to Ezra 3:10-13. At the time, God’s people were living as captives in Persia, when the new king, Cyrus, allowed them to return home to Jerusalem. However, when they returned, everything was broken down and...
Make a habit of choosing joyJune 9
June 9 Make a habit of choosing joy. In week 2, we see how God set aside times and rhythms for the Israelite people to reflect on and remember everything God had done for them. In Deuteronomy 16:13-17, we read about one celebration in particular called the Feast of...
We can have joy because of JesusJune 2
June 2 We can have joy because of Jesus. We start the month with Luke 15:1-7, where we find Jesus telling a parable about a shepherd who goes to find his lost sheep. Jesus explains that the shepherd cares so much about the missing sheep that he leaves the other 99...
Practice living for GodMay 26
May 26 Practice living for God. We finish the month in Mark 12:41-44. Jesus noticed how wealthy people were giving lots of money at the temple. Then a poor widow walked up to the offering box and gave just two small coins. While this seemed like a small gift, Jesus...
Practice talking about GodMay 19
May 19 Practice talking about God. For week 3, we head to Matthew 16:13-20, where Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say I am?” After everything they’d seen Jesus do and heard Jesus say, what did they really think about Jesus? This gave Peter the perfect moment to...
Practice praying to GodMay 12
May 12 Practice praying to God. In Matthew 6:9-13 we find Jesus talking about prayer during His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus shared a model for prayer that helps us understand more about how we can talk to God. We can pray with gratitude and honesty, pray for our needs,...
Practice hearing from GodMay 5
May 5 Practice hearing from God. We start the month with Psalm 119:105, where David wrote, “Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way. It is like a light that guides me.” When we read what the authors of the Bible wrote, we can find out how God wants us to live....
God is with you while you waitApril 28
April 28 God is with you while you wait. We finish the month with a story found in Luke 2:25-35. God’s people had been waiting for hundreds of years for the Savior. God promised Simeon that he’d get to see the Messiah before he died. We believe that Simeon waited a...
When you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
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The KingdomHow Jesus reveals the Kingdom in Matthew 13 and what that means for us.
The Kingdomby Jeff Davidson
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolJuly 28I can have joy forever because Jesus wants to be my friend forever.Paul wrote a letter to Jesus’ friends, and he told them how they could love like Jesus and help their friends have joy. We can love like Jesus and help our friends have joy when we sit with our friends while they are sad or when we are excited with our friends when they are excited. We can love like Jesus because Jesus loves us and Jesus gives us joy.
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July 28 I can have joy forever because Jesus wants to be my friend forever. Paul wrote a letter to Jesus’ friends, and he told them how they could love like Jesus and help their friends have joy. We can love like Jesus and help our friends have joy when we sit with...
Jesus helps us have joyJuly 14
July 14 Jesus helps us have joy. While Jesus, his mom Mary and his disciples are guests at a wedding, the servants run out of the special wedding drink. Jesus’ mom went right to the one person she knew could help— Jesus! Jesus did something only he can do and turned...
Jesus came to give the world joyJuly 7
July 7 Jesus came to give the world joy. An angel appears to tell some shepherds some good news that would cause great joy for all people. As in the whole world! Those shepherds went from frozen in fright to running with wonder! Joy had come into the world! The...
I can have joy no matter whatJune 30
June 30 I can have joy no matter what. Habakkuk reminds us that even when things don’t go our way, we can still have joy and celebrate because God loves us. Habakkuk prays to God and says that, even if he couldn’t grow any food or his farm didn’t have any animals, he...
I can have joy when I see what God has madeJune 23
June 23 I can have joy when I see what God has made. King David loved God, and he liked to write songs to God. One time he wrote a song because everywhere he looked he saw things God made that gave him joy. We can look around and see what God has made too. And we can...
I can have joy when I do hard thingsJune 16
June 16 I can have joy when I do hard things. The temple was where God’s people met to learn about God and praise God, but it had been destroyed. So God’s people decide to rebuild the temple. Temples are really big, and it was going to take a lot of hard work to...
I can have joy because God helps meJune 9
June 9 I can have joy because God helps me. God wants His people, the Israelites, to take time to thank Him for all He had done. They grew lots of food, but it was God who helped them by providing the sun and rain to help the food grow. So the Israelites got everyone...
I can have joy because God loves meJune 2
June 2 I can have joy because God loves me. Jesus tells the story of the lost sheep to help us understand just how much God loves us. A shepherd leaves 99 sheep to search for one lost sheep, and when he finds it, he rejoices! God’s love for us is big. We want our...
I can live for GodMay 26
May 26 I can live for God. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego have a choice to make. Are they going to live for the king and do what the king says OR are they going to live for God and do what God says? Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego choose to live for God. They know...
I can talk about God to othersMay 19
May 19 I can talk about God to others. Jeremiah is a prophet, and he tells God’s people important things like “God loves you with a forever kind of love” and “God has plans for you.” And we want preschoolers to know that they can talk about God to others too. They can...
I can pray to GodMay 12
May 12 I can pray to God. Hannah talks to God when she is sad because she knows she can talk to God anytime, anywhere, and about anything. And after Hannah cries out to God and talks to Him about why she is so sad, she isn’t sad anymore. We want preschoolers to know...
I can hear from GodMay 5
May 5 I can hear from God. When King Josiah’s workers find scrolls with God’s words on them, he quickly reads the scrolls to hear from God. We want preschoolers to know they can hear from God too. Every time they listen to or read a Bible story, they can hear from God...
I shine when I do what Jesus saysApril 28
April 28 I shine when I do what Jesus says. The Bible teaches us that when we do what Jesus says—like when we don’t argue or complain—we will shine like stars! There will be people around us who complain or argue, but we can choose to do what Jesus says with a happy...
Jesus says to love like HimApril 21
April 21 Jesus says to love like Him. Jesus tells his friends to love people the way he loves them. So the early church did what Jesus says and loved like Jesus! If someone needed a coat, a person would share their coat. If someone needed a place to stay, a person...
Jesus says to tell others about HimApril 14
April 14 Jesus says to tell others about Him. Jesus gives his friends an important job to do—to go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus is alive and he wants to be their friend forever—and we can do that job too! When we go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus...
Jesus says to let my light shineApril 7
April 7 Jesus says to let my light shine. Jesus says that we are the light of the world. We can shine our light to show the world that Jesus loves them and wants to be their friend forever. We all have the choice to either hide or shine our light, and we want...
Jesus is alive!March 31
March 31 Jesus is alive! Jesus dies, is put in a tomb, and comes back just like he said he would, so we could be his friend forever. Yes, Jesus is alive and Jesus wants to be my friend forever. And Jesus wants to be your friend forever…every child’s friend...
We can celebrate JesusMarch 24
March 24 We can celebrate Jesus. As Jesus enters Jerusalem on a donkey, the people are so excited that they lay palm branches and coats on the road to make a special path for Jesus while they cheer and shout, “Hosanna! Hosanna! Yay, Jesus!” The people waved their palm...
Jesus is a good friendMarch 17
March 17 Jesus is a good friend. Jesus does something unexpected to show His friends, the disciples, what it looks like to be a good friend. He didn’t show them how to defend someone in battle or how to convince a person to stop doing wrong. Instead, Jesus got a bowl...
Jesus wants everyone to follow himMarch 10
March 10 Jesus wants everyone to follow him. Jesus begins forming what would become his team of 12 disciples. Jesus didn’t go to the religious leaders or the powerful political leaders to pick his team. No, instead Jesus went to a fishing boat where he asked Peter,...
Jesus wants to be friends with everyone, everywhereMarch 3
March 3 Jesus wants to be friends with everyone, everywhere. The woman at the well had made wrong choices and those choices left her walking to a well, all alone, in the middle of the day. Top that with the fact that she was from a town where the people were not...
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryJuly 28Celebrate what God will do.For week 3, we head to Romans 12:15. Paul wrote to the church in Rome about what true love looked like. Part of sharing the love of Jesus means showing empathy and being sad with others who were sad or joyful with others who were joyful. When we do that, we can help others to see not only our love, but the love of Jesus too.
Bottom Line: You can help others find joy. Can you think of a time when you went through something difficult, but someone was there for you during that? What about when you received the best news ever? During the ups and downs, knowing someone was there for you helped to make that situation so much better. The same is true the other way around. We have a chance to be there for others and help them experience joy too.
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July 28 Celebrate what God will do. For week 3, we head to Romans 12:15. Paul wrote to the church in Rome about what true love looked like. Part of sharing the love of Jesus means showing empathy and being sad with others who were sad or joyful with others who were...
Jesus showed us how to have joyJuly 14
July 14 Jesus showed us how to have joy. In week 2, we see Jesus’ first recorded miracle found in John 2:1-11. Everyone was laughing, talking, and having a good time until…the wine ran out! Jesus knew the importance of celebrating and how it would impact that family...
Jesus brings joy to the worldJuly 7
July 7 Jesus brings joy to the world. We start the month in Luke 2:8-20. While shepherds were watching over their flock, an angel suddenly appeared, bringing great news: Jesus was born! The shepherds rushed off to see him, telling everyone about him afterward....
There’s always a reason to celebrateJune 30
June 30 There's always a reason to celebrate. We finish the month in Habakkuk 3:17-18. Habakkuk wrote these words as God’s people were about to be taken captive. Everything was going wrong in Habakkuk’s world . . . but still, he chose to trust God and choose joy....
Find joy in what you see around youJune 23
June 23 Find joy in what you see around you. In week 4, we take a look at some of David’s Psalms— specifically, Psalms 8, 16, and 19. David wrote a lot about the things he observed in nature and the world around him that God had created. Through creation, we notice...
Celebrate each step of the wayJune 16
June 16 Celebrate each step of the way. For week 3, we head to Ezra 3:10-13. At the time, God’s people were living as captives in Persia, when the new king, Cyrus, allowed them to return home to Jerusalem. However, when they returned, everything was broken down and...
Make a habit of choosing joyJune 9
June 9 Make a habit of choosing joy. In week 2, we see how God set aside times and rhythms for the Israelite people to reflect on and remember everything God had done for them. In Deuteronomy 16:13-17, we read about one celebration in particular called the Feast of...
We can have joy because of JesusJune 2
June 2 We can have joy because of Jesus. We start the month with Luke 15:1-7, where we find Jesus telling a parable about a shepherd who goes to find his lost sheep. Jesus explains that the shepherd cares so much about the missing sheep that he leaves the other 99...
Practice living for GodMay 26
May 26 Practice living for God. We finish the month in Mark 12:41-44. Jesus noticed how wealthy people were giving lots of money at the temple. Then a poor widow walked up to the offering box and gave just two small coins. While this seemed like a small gift, Jesus...
Practice talking about GodMay 19
May 19 Practice talking about God. For week 3, we head to Matthew 16:13-20, where Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say I am?” After everything they’d seen Jesus do and heard Jesus say, what did they really think about Jesus? This gave Peter the perfect moment to...
Practice praying to GodMay 12
May 12 Practice praying to God. In Matthew 6:9-13 we find Jesus talking about prayer during His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus shared a model for prayer that helps us understand more about how we can talk to God. We can pray with gratitude and honesty, pray for our needs,...
Practice hearing from GodMay 5
May 5 Practice hearing from God. We start the month with Psalm 119:105, where David wrote, “Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way. It is like a light that guides me.” When we read what the authors of the Bible wrote, we can find out how God wants us to live....
God is with you while you waitApril 28
April 28 God is with you while you wait. We finish the month with a story found in Luke 2:25-35. God’s people had been waiting for hundreds of years for the Savior. God promised Simeon that he’d get to see the Messiah before he died. We believe that Simeon waited a...
When you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
Jesus is aliveMarch 31
March 31 Jesus is alive. We finish March by celebrating Jesus’ resurrection as described in Luke 24:1-12, 36-49. God went to great lengths to make peace with us. All of God’s promises came true, and everything that Jesus said and did led up to this moment. When Jesus...
Jesus came to be our SaviorMarch 24
March 24 Jesus came to be our Savior. We kick off Easter week with the story of Palm Sunday as described in Matthew 21:1-11. By this time, God’s people had been waiting hundreds of years for God’s promised Savior. As Jesus’ ministry grew, the people were starting to...
You can help others make peaceMarch 17
March 17 You can help others make peace. In 1 Samuel 25:1-35, we find a story about a woman named Abigail. We read how King David was furious with a man named Nabal who had mistreated his men. David decided to get revenge . . . until Nabal’s wife, Abigail, intercepted...
You can show you care by letting go of what’s fairMarch 10
March 10 You can show you care by letting go of what's fair. For week two, we head to Genesis 13:5-18. We read how Abram and Lot’s herdsmen were arguing because there wasn’t enough land for both men’s herds. Abram chose to make peace with Lot by letting Lot choose the...
Make peace wherever you canMarch 3
March 3 Make peace wherever you can. In week one, we look at something Paul wrote in Romans 12:18: “If possible, live in peace with everyone. Do that as much as you can.” This is a big challenge! Do as much as you can to live in peace . . . with everyone! Paul was...
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenJuly 28Celebrate what God will do.For week 3, we head to Romans 12:15. Paul wrote to the church in Rome about what true love looked like. Part of sharing the love of Jesus means showing empathy and being sad with others who were sad or joyful with others who were joyful. When we do that, we can help others to see not only our love, but the love of Jesus too.
Bottom Line: You can help others find joy. Can you think of a time when you went through something difficult, but someone was there for you during that? What about when you received the best news ever? During the ups and downs, knowing someone was there for you helped to make that situation so much better. The same is true the other way around. We have a chance to be there for others and help them experience joy too.
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July 28 Celebrate what God will do. For week 3, we head to Romans 12:15. Paul wrote to the church in Rome about what true love looked like. Part of sharing the love of Jesus means showing empathy and being sad with others who were sad or joyful with others who were...
Jesus showed us how to have joyJuly 14
July 14 Jesus showed us how to have joy. In week 2, we see Jesus’ first recorded miracle found in John 2:1-11. Everyone was laughing, talking, and having a good time until…the wine ran out! Jesus knew the importance of celebrating and how it would impact that family...
Jesus brings joy to the worldJuly 7
July 7 Jesus brings joy to the world. We start the month in Luke 2:8-20. While shepherds were watching over their flock, an angel suddenly appeared, bringing great news: Jesus was born! The shepherds rushed off to see him, telling everyone about him afterward....
There’s always a reason to celebrateJune 30
June 30 There's always a reason to celebrate. We finish the month in Habakkuk 3:17-18. Habakkuk wrote these words as God’s people were about to be taken captive. Everything was going wrong in Habakkuk’s world . . . but still, he chose to trust God and choose joy....
Find joy in what you see around youJune 23
June 23 Find joy in what you see around you. In week 4, we take a look at some of David’s Psalms— specifically, Psalms 8, 16, and 19. David wrote a lot about the things he observed in nature and the world around him that God had created. Through creation, we notice...
Celebrate each step of the wayJune 16
June 16 Celebrate each step of the way. For week 3, we head to Ezra 3:10-13. At the time, God’s people were living as captives in Persia, when the new king, Cyrus, allowed them to return home to Jerusalem. However, when they returned, everything was broken down and...
Make a habit of choosing joyJune 9
June 9 Make a habit of choosing joy. In week 2, we see how God set aside times and rhythms for the Israelite people to reflect on and remember everything God had done for them. In Deuteronomy 16:13-17, we read about one celebration in particular called the Feast of...
We can have joy because of JesusJune 2
June 2 We can have joy because of Jesus. We start the month with Luke 15:1-7, where we find Jesus telling a parable about a shepherd who goes to find his lost sheep. Jesus explains that the shepherd cares so much about the missing sheep that he leaves the other 99...
Practice living for GodMay 26
May 26 Practice living for God. We finish the month in Mark 12:41-44. Jesus noticed how wealthy people were giving lots of money at the temple. Then a poor widow walked up to the offering box and gave just two small coins. While this seemed like a small gift, Jesus...
Practice talking about GodMay 19
May 19 Practice talking about God. For week 3, we head to Matthew 16:13-20, where Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say I am?” After everything they’d seen Jesus do and heard Jesus say, what did they really think about Jesus? This gave Peter the perfect moment to...
Practice praying to GodMay 12
May 12 Practice praying to God. In Matthew 6:9-13 we find Jesus talking about prayer during His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus shared a model for prayer that helps us understand more about how we can talk to God. We can pray with gratitude and honesty, pray for our needs,...
Practice hearing from GodMay 5
May 5 Practice hearing from God. We start the month with Psalm 119:105, where David wrote, “Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way. It is like a light that guides me.” When we read what the authors of the Bible wrote, we can find out how God wants us to live....
God is with you while you waitApril 28
April 28 God is with you while you wait. We finish the month with a story found in Luke 2:25-35. God’s people had been waiting for hundreds of years for the Savior. God promised Simeon that he’d get to see the Messiah before he died. We believe that Simeon waited a...
When you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
Jesus is aliveMarch 31
March 31 Jesus is alive. We finish March by celebrating Jesus’ resurrection as described in Luke 24:1-12, 36-49. God went to great lengths to make peace with us. All of God’s promises came true, and everything that Jesus said and did led up to this moment. When Jesus...
Jesus came to be our SaviorMarch 24
March 24 Jesus came to be our Savior. We kick off Easter week with the story of Palm Sunday as described in Matthew 21:1-11. By this time, God’s people had been waiting hundreds of years for God’s promised Savior. As Jesus’ ministry grew, the people were starting to...
You can help others make peaceMarch 17
March 17 You can help others make peace. In 1 Samuel 25:1-35, we find a story about a woman named Abigail. We read how King David was furious with a man named Nabal who had mistreated his men. David decided to get revenge . . . until Nabal’s wife, Abigail, intercepted...
You can show you care by letting go of what’s fairMarch 10
March 10 You can show you care by letting go of what's fair. For week two, we head to Genesis 13:5-18. We read how Abram and Lot’s herdsmen were arguing because there wasn’t enough land for both men’s herds. Abram chose to make peace with Lot by letting Lot choose the...
Make peace wherever you canMarch 3
March 3 Make peace wherever you can. In week one, we look at something Paul wrote in Romans 12:18: “If possible, live in peace with everyone. Do that as much as you can.” This is a big challenge! Do as much as you can to live in peace . . . with everyone! Paul was...
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Midnight FriendJesus’ teaching on prayer in Luke 11.
Midnight Friendby Kurt Barnes
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The Unforgiving ServantOut of the story in Matthew 18, Jesus teaches us about the importance of forgiveness.
The Unforgiving Servantby Kurt Barnes
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryJuly 14Jesus showed us how to have joy.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsJesus showed us how to have joyJuly 14
July 14 Jesus showed us how to have joy. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
Jesus brings joy to the worldJuly 7
July 7 Jesus brings joy to the world. We start the month in Luke 2:8-20. While shepherds were watching over their flock, an angel suddenly appeared, bringing great news: Jesus was born! The shepherds rushed off to see him, telling everyone about him afterward....
There’s always a reason to celebrateJune 30
June 30 There's always a reason to celebrate. We finish the month in Habakkuk 3:17-18. Habakkuk wrote these words as God’s people were about to be taken captive. Everything was going wrong in Habakkuk’s world . . . but still, he chose to trust God and choose joy....
Find joy in what you see around youJune 23
June 23 Find joy in what you see around you. In week 4, we take a look at some of David’s Psalms— specifically, Psalms 8, 16, and 19. David wrote a lot about the things he observed in nature and the world around him that God had created. Through creation, we notice...
Celebrate each step of the wayJune 16
June 16 Celebrate each step of the way. For week 3, we head to Ezra 3:10-13. At the time, God’s people were living as captives in Persia, when the new king, Cyrus, allowed them to return home to Jerusalem. However, when they returned, everything was broken down and...
Make a habit of choosing joyJune 9
June 9 Make a habit of choosing joy. In week 2, we see how God set aside times and rhythms for the Israelite people to reflect on and remember everything God had done for them. In Deuteronomy 16:13-17, we read about one celebration in particular called the Feast of...
We can have joy because of JesusJune 2
June 2 We can have joy because of Jesus. We start the month with Luke 15:1-7, where we find Jesus telling a parable about a shepherd who goes to find his lost sheep. Jesus explains that the shepherd cares so much about the missing sheep that he leaves the other 99...
Practice living for GodMay 26
May 26 Practice living for God. We finish the month in Mark 12:41-44. Jesus noticed how wealthy people were giving lots of money at the temple. Then a poor widow walked up to the offering box and gave just two small coins. While this seemed like a small gift, Jesus...
Practice talking about GodMay 19
May 19 Practice talking about God. For week 3, we head to Matthew 16:13-20, where Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say I am?” After everything they’d seen Jesus do and heard Jesus say, what did they really think about Jesus? This gave Peter the perfect moment to...
Practice praying to GodMay 12
May 12 Practice praying to God. In Matthew 6:9-13 we find Jesus talking about prayer during His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus shared a model for prayer that helps us understand more about how we can talk to God. We can pray with gratitude and honesty, pray for our needs,...
Practice hearing from GodMay 5
May 5 Practice hearing from God. We start the month with Psalm 119:105, where David wrote, “Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way. It is like a light that guides me.” When we read what the authors of the Bible wrote, we can find out how God wants us to live....
God is with you while you waitApril 28
April 28 God is with you while you wait. We finish the month with a story found in Luke 2:25-35. God’s people had been waiting for hundreds of years for the Savior. God promised Simeon that he’d get to see the Messiah before he died. We believe that Simeon waited a...
When you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
Jesus is aliveMarch 31
March 31 Jesus is alive. We finish March by celebrating Jesus’ resurrection as described in Luke 24:1-12, 36-49. God went to great lengths to make peace with us. All of God’s promises came true, and everything that Jesus said and did led up to this moment. When Jesus...
Jesus came to be our SaviorMarch 24
March 24 Jesus came to be our Savior. We kick off Easter week with the story of Palm Sunday as described in Matthew 21:1-11. By this time, God’s people had been waiting hundreds of years for God’s promised Savior. As Jesus’ ministry grew, the people were starting to...
You can help others make peaceMarch 17
March 17 You can help others make peace. In 1 Samuel 25:1-35, we find a story about a woman named Abigail. We read how King David was furious with a man named Nabal who had mistreated his men. David decided to get revenge . . . until Nabal’s wife, Abigail, intercepted...
You can show you care by letting go of what’s fairMarch 10
March 10 You can show you care by letting go of what's fair. For week two, we head to Genesis 13:5-18. We read how Abram and Lot’s herdsmen were arguing because there wasn’t enough land for both men’s herds. Abram chose to make peace with Lot by letting Lot choose the...
Make peace wherever you canMarch 3
March 3 Make peace wherever you can. In week one, we look at something Paul wrote in Romans 12:18: “If possible, live in peace with everyone. Do that as much as you can.” This is a big challenge! Do as much as you can to live in peace . . . with everyone! Paul was...
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenJuly 14Jesus showed us how to have joy.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESDevotionalParent CueRecent LessonsJesus showed us how to have joyJuly 14
July 14 Jesus showed us how to have joy. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
Jesus brings joy to the worldJuly 7
July 7 Jesus brings joy to the world. We start the month in Luke 2:8-20. While shepherds were watching over their flock, an angel suddenly appeared, bringing great news: Jesus was born! The shepherds rushed off to see him, telling everyone about him afterward....
There’s always a reason to celebrateJune 30
June 30 There's always a reason to celebrate. We finish the month in Habakkuk 3:17-18. Habakkuk wrote these words as God’s people were about to be taken captive. Everything was going wrong in Habakkuk’s world . . . but still, he chose to trust God and choose joy....
Find joy in what you see around youJune 23
June 23 Find joy in what you see around you. In week 4, we take a look at some of David’s Psalms— specifically, Psalms 8, 16, and 19. David wrote a lot about the things he observed in nature and the world around him that God had created. Through creation, we notice...
Celebrate each step of the wayJune 16
June 16 Celebrate each step of the way. For week 3, we head to Ezra 3:10-13. At the time, God’s people were living as captives in Persia, when the new king, Cyrus, allowed them to return home to Jerusalem. However, when they returned, everything was broken down and...
Make a habit of choosing joyJune 9
June 9 Make a habit of choosing joy. In week 2, we see how God set aside times and rhythms for the Israelite people to reflect on and remember everything God had done for them. In Deuteronomy 16:13-17, we read about one celebration in particular called the Feast of...
We can have joy because of JesusJune 2
June 2 We can have joy because of Jesus. We start the month with Luke 15:1-7, where we find Jesus telling a parable about a shepherd who goes to find his lost sheep. Jesus explains that the shepherd cares so much about the missing sheep that he leaves the other 99...
Practice living for GodMay 26
May 26 Practice living for God. We finish the month in Mark 12:41-44. Jesus noticed how wealthy people were giving lots of money at the temple. Then a poor widow walked up to the offering box and gave just two small coins. While this seemed like a small gift, Jesus...
Practice talking about GodMay 19
May 19 Practice talking about God. For week 3, we head to Matthew 16:13-20, where Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say I am?” After everything they’d seen Jesus do and heard Jesus say, what did they really think about Jesus? This gave Peter the perfect moment to...
Practice praying to GodMay 12
May 12 Practice praying to God. In Matthew 6:9-13 we find Jesus talking about prayer during His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus shared a model for prayer that helps us understand more about how we can talk to God. We can pray with gratitude and honesty, pray for our needs,...
Practice hearing from GodMay 5
May 5 Practice hearing from God. We start the month with Psalm 119:105, where David wrote, “Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way. It is like a light that guides me.” When we read what the authors of the Bible wrote, we can find out how God wants us to live....
God is with you while you waitApril 28
April 28 God is with you while you wait. We finish the month with a story found in Luke 2:25-35. God’s people had been waiting for hundreds of years for the Savior. God promised Simeon that he’d get to see the Messiah before he died. We believe that Simeon waited a...
When you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
Jesus is aliveMarch 31
March 31 Jesus is alive. We finish March by celebrating Jesus’ resurrection as described in Luke 24:1-12, 36-49. God went to great lengths to make peace with us. All of God’s promises came true, and everything that Jesus said and did led up to this moment. When Jesus...
Jesus came to be our SaviorMarch 24
March 24 Jesus came to be our Savior. We kick off Easter week with the story of Palm Sunday as described in Matthew 21:1-11. By this time, God’s people had been waiting hundreds of years for God’s promised Savior. As Jesus’ ministry grew, the people were starting to...
You can help others make peaceMarch 17
March 17 You can help others make peace. In 1 Samuel 25:1-35, we find a story about a woman named Abigail. We read how King David was furious with a man named Nabal who had mistreated his men. David decided to get revenge . . . until Nabal’s wife, Abigail, intercepted...
You can show you care by letting go of what’s fairMarch 10
March 10 You can show you care by letting go of what's fair. For week two, we head to Genesis 13:5-18. We read how Abram and Lot’s herdsmen were arguing because there wasn’t enough land for both men’s herds. Abram chose to make peace with Lot by letting Lot choose the...
Make peace wherever you canMarch 3
March 3 Make peace wherever you can. In week one, we look at something Paul wrote in Romans 12:18: “If possible, live in peace with everyone. Do that as much as you can.” This is a big challenge! Do as much as you can to live in peace . . . with everyone! Paul was...
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolJuly 14Jesus helps us have joy.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsJesus helps us have joyJuly 14
July 14 Jesus helps us have joy. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
Jesus came to give the world joyJuly 7
July 7 Jesus came to give the world joy. An angel appears to tell some shepherds some good news that would cause great joy for all people. As in the whole world! Those shepherds went from frozen in fright to running with wonder! Joy had come into the world! The...
I can have joy no matter whatJune 30
June 30 I can have joy no matter what. Habakkuk reminds us that even when things don’t go our way, we can still have joy and celebrate because God loves us. Habakkuk prays to God and says that, even if he couldn’t grow any food or his farm didn’t have any animals, he...
I can have joy when I see what God has madeJune 23
June 23 I can have joy when I see what God has made. King David loved God, and he liked to write songs to God. One time he wrote a song because everywhere he looked he saw things God made that gave him joy. We can look around and see what God has made too. And we can...
I can have joy when I do hard thingsJune 16
June 16 I can have joy when I do hard things. The temple was where God’s people met to learn about God and praise God, but it had been destroyed. So God’s people decide to rebuild the temple. Temples are really big, and it was going to take a lot of hard work to...
I can have joy because God helps meJune 9
June 9 I can have joy because God helps me. God wants His people, the Israelites, to take time to thank Him for all He had done. They grew lots of food, but it was God who helped them by providing the sun and rain to help the food grow. So the Israelites got everyone...
I can have joy because God loves meJune 2
June 2 I can have joy because God loves me. Jesus tells the story of the lost sheep to help us understand just how much God loves us. A shepherd leaves 99 sheep to search for one lost sheep, and when he finds it, he rejoices! God’s love for us is big. We want our...
I can live for GodMay 26
May 26 I can live for God. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego have a choice to make. Are they going to live for the king and do what the king says OR are they going to live for God and do what God says? Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego choose to live for God. They know...
I can talk about God to othersMay 19
May 19 I can talk about God to others. Jeremiah is a prophet, and he tells God’s people important things like “God loves you with a forever kind of love” and “God has plans for you.” And we want preschoolers to know that they can talk about God to others too. They can...
I can pray to GodMay 12
May 12 I can pray to God. Hannah talks to God when she is sad because she knows she can talk to God anytime, anywhere, and about anything. And after Hannah cries out to God and talks to Him about why she is so sad, she isn’t sad anymore. We want preschoolers to know...
I can hear from GodMay 5
May 5 I can hear from God. When King Josiah’s workers find scrolls with God’s words on them, he quickly reads the scrolls to hear from God. We want preschoolers to know they can hear from God too. Every time they listen to or read a Bible story, they can hear from God...
I shine when I do what Jesus saysApril 28
April 28 I shine when I do what Jesus says. The Bible teaches us that when we do what Jesus says—like when we don’t argue or complain—we will shine like stars! There will be people around us who complain or argue, but we can choose to do what Jesus says with a happy...
Jesus says to love like HimApril 21
April 21 Jesus says to love like Him. Jesus tells his friends to love people the way he loves them. So the early church did what Jesus says and loved like Jesus! If someone needed a coat, a person would share their coat. If someone needed a place to stay, a person...
Jesus says to tell others about HimApril 14
April 14 Jesus says to tell others about Him. Jesus gives his friends an important job to do—to go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus is alive and he wants to be their friend forever—and we can do that job too! When we go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus...
Jesus says to let my light shineApril 7
April 7 Jesus says to let my light shine. Jesus says that we are the light of the world. We can shine our light to show the world that Jesus loves them and wants to be their friend forever. We all have the choice to either hide or shine our light, and we want...
Jesus is alive!March 31
March 31 Jesus is alive! Jesus dies, is put in a tomb, and comes back just like he said he would, so we could be his friend forever. Yes, Jesus is alive and Jesus wants to be my friend forever. And Jesus wants to be your friend forever…every child’s friend...
We can celebrate JesusMarch 24
March 24 We can celebrate Jesus. As Jesus enters Jerusalem on a donkey, the people are so excited that they lay palm branches and coats on the road to make a special path for Jesus while they cheer and shout, “Hosanna! Hosanna! Yay, Jesus!” The people waved their palm...
Jesus is a good friendMarch 17
March 17 Jesus is a good friend. Jesus does something unexpected to show His friends, the disciples, what it looks like to be a good friend. He didn’t show them how to defend someone in battle or how to convince a person to stop doing wrong. Instead, Jesus got a bowl...
Jesus wants everyone to follow himMarch 10
March 10 Jesus wants everyone to follow him. Jesus begins forming what would become his team of 12 disciples. Jesus didn’t go to the religious leaders or the powerful political leaders to pick his team. No, instead Jesus went to a fishing boat where he asked Peter,...
Jesus wants to be friends with everyone, everywhereMarch 3
March 3 Jesus wants to be friends with everyone, everywhere. The woman at the well had made wrong choices and those choices left her walking to a well, all alone, in the middle of the day. Top that with the fact that she was from a town where the people were not...
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryJuly 7Jesus brings joy to the world.We start the month in Luke 2:8-20. While shepherds were watching over their flock, an angel suddenly appeared, bringing great news: Jesus was born! The shepherds rushed off to see him, telling everyone about him afterward. Everyone who heard the news was amazed and filled with joy!
Bottom Line: Jesus brings joy to the world. We kick off the month with a Christmas party! Christmas may feel like the most natural time of year to celebrate the birth of Jesus, but we can celebrate Jesus any time of the year! Jesus was a gift that brought joy to everyone who heard the news and can still bring us joy even today.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsJesus brings joy to the worldJuly 7
July 7 Jesus brings joy to the world. We start the month in Luke 2:8-20. While shepherds were watching over their flock, an angel suddenly appeared, bringing great news: Jesus was born! The shepherds rushed off to see him, telling everyone about him afterward....
There’s always a reason to celebrateJune 30
June 30 There's always a reason to celebrate. We finish the month in Habakkuk 3:17-18. Habakkuk wrote these words as God’s people were about to be taken captive. Everything was going wrong in Habakkuk’s world . . . but still, he chose to trust God and choose joy....
Find joy in what you see around youJune 23
June 23 Find joy in what you see around you. In week 4, we take a look at some of David’s Psalms— specifically, Psalms 8, 16, and 19. David wrote a lot about the things he observed in nature and the world around him that God had created. Through creation, we notice...
Celebrate each step of the wayJune 16
June 16 Celebrate each step of the way. For week 3, we head to Ezra 3:10-13. At the time, God’s people were living as captives in Persia, when the new king, Cyrus, allowed them to return home to Jerusalem. However, when they returned, everything was broken down and...
Make a habit of choosing joyJune 9
June 9 Make a habit of choosing joy. In week 2, we see how God set aside times and rhythms for the Israelite people to reflect on and remember everything God had done for them. In Deuteronomy 16:13-17, we read about one celebration in particular called the Feast of...
We can have joy because of JesusJune 2
June 2 We can have joy because of Jesus. We start the month with Luke 15:1-7, where we find Jesus telling a parable about a shepherd who goes to find his lost sheep. Jesus explains that the shepherd cares so much about the missing sheep that he leaves the other 99...
Practice living for GodMay 26
May 26 Practice living for God. We finish the month in Mark 12:41-44. Jesus noticed how wealthy people were giving lots of money at the temple. Then a poor widow walked up to the offering box and gave just two small coins. While this seemed like a small gift, Jesus...
Practice talking about GodMay 19
May 19 Practice talking about God. For week 3, we head to Matthew 16:13-20, where Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say I am?” After everything they’d seen Jesus do and heard Jesus say, what did they really think about Jesus? This gave Peter the perfect moment to...
Practice praying to GodMay 12
May 12 Practice praying to God. In Matthew 6:9-13 we find Jesus talking about prayer during His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus shared a model for prayer that helps us understand more about how we can talk to God. We can pray with gratitude and honesty, pray for our needs,...
Practice hearing from GodMay 5
May 5 Practice hearing from God. We start the month with Psalm 119:105, where David wrote, “Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way. It is like a light that guides me.” When we read what the authors of the Bible wrote, we can find out how God wants us to live....
God is with you while you waitApril 28
April 28 God is with you while you wait. We finish the month with a story found in Luke 2:25-35. God’s people had been waiting for hundreds of years for the Savior. God promised Simeon that he’d get to see the Messiah before he died. We believe that Simeon waited a...
When you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
Jesus is aliveMarch 31
March 31 Jesus is alive. We finish March by celebrating Jesus’ resurrection as described in Luke 24:1-12, 36-49. God went to great lengths to make peace with us. All of God’s promises came true, and everything that Jesus said and did led up to this moment. When Jesus...
Jesus came to be our SaviorMarch 24
March 24 Jesus came to be our Savior. We kick off Easter week with the story of Palm Sunday as described in Matthew 21:1-11. By this time, God’s people had been waiting hundreds of years for God’s promised Savior. As Jesus’ ministry grew, the people were starting to...
You can help others make peaceMarch 17
March 17 You can help others make peace. In 1 Samuel 25:1-35, we find a story about a woman named Abigail. We read how King David was furious with a man named Nabal who had mistreated his men. David decided to get revenge . . . until Nabal’s wife, Abigail, intercepted...
You can show you care by letting go of what’s fairMarch 10
March 10 You can show you care by letting go of what's fair. For week two, we head to Genesis 13:5-18. We read how Abram and Lot’s herdsmen were arguing because there wasn’t enough land for both men’s herds. Abram chose to make peace with Lot by letting Lot choose the...
Make peace wherever you canMarch 3
March 3 Make peace wherever you can. In week one, we look at something Paul wrote in Romans 12:18: “If possible, live in peace with everyone. Do that as much as you can.” This is a big challenge! Do as much as you can to live in peace . . . with everyone! Paul was...
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolJuly 7Jesus came to give the world joy.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsJesus came to give the world joyJuly 7
July 7 Jesus came to give the world joy. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
I can have joy no matter whatJune 30
June 30 I can have joy no matter what. Habakkuk reminds us that even when things don’t go our way, we can still have joy and celebrate because God loves us. Habakkuk prays to God and says that, even if he couldn’t grow any food or his farm didn’t have any animals, he...
I can have joy when I see what God has madeJune 23
June 23 I can have joy when I see what God has made. King David loved God, and he liked to write songs to God. One time he wrote a song because everywhere he looked he saw things God made that gave him joy. We can look around and see what God has made too. And we can...
I can have joy when I do hard thingsJune 16
June 16 I can have joy when I do hard things. The temple was where God’s people met to learn about God and praise God, but it had been destroyed. So God’s people decide to rebuild the temple. Temples are really big, and it was going to take a lot of hard work to...
I can have joy because God helps meJune 9
June 9 I can have joy because God helps me. God wants His people, the Israelites, to take time to thank Him for all He had done. They grew lots of food, but it was God who helped them by providing the sun and rain to help the food grow. So the Israelites got everyone...
I can have joy because God loves meJune 2
June 2 I can have joy because God loves me. Jesus tells the story of the lost sheep to help us understand just how much God loves us. A shepherd leaves 99 sheep to search for one lost sheep, and when he finds it, he rejoices! God’s love for us is big. We want our...
I can live for GodMay 26
May 26 I can live for God. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego have a choice to make. Are they going to live for the king and do what the king says OR are they going to live for God and do what God says? Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego choose to live for God. They know...
I can talk about God to othersMay 19
May 19 I can talk about God to others. Jeremiah is a prophet, and he tells God’s people important things like “God loves you with a forever kind of love” and “God has plans for you.” And we want preschoolers to know that they can talk about God to others too. They can...
I can pray to GodMay 12
May 12 I can pray to God. Hannah talks to God when she is sad because she knows she can talk to God anytime, anywhere, and about anything. And after Hannah cries out to God and talks to Him about why she is so sad, she isn’t sad anymore. We want preschoolers to know...
I can hear from GodMay 5
May 5 I can hear from God. When King Josiah’s workers find scrolls with God’s words on them, he quickly reads the scrolls to hear from God. We want preschoolers to know they can hear from God too. Every time they listen to or read a Bible story, they can hear from God...
I shine when I do what Jesus saysApril 28
April 28 I shine when I do what Jesus says. The Bible teaches us that when we do what Jesus says—like when we don’t argue or complain—we will shine like stars! There will be people around us who complain or argue, but we can choose to do what Jesus says with a happy...
Jesus says to love like HimApril 21
April 21 Jesus says to love like Him. Jesus tells his friends to love people the way he loves them. So the early church did what Jesus says and loved like Jesus! If someone needed a coat, a person would share their coat. If someone needed a place to stay, a person...
Jesus says to tell others about HimApril 14
April 14 Jesus says to tell others about Him. Jesus gives his friends an important job to do—to go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus is alive and he wants to be their friend forever—and we can do that job too! When we go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus...
Jesus says to let my light shineApril 7
April 7 Jesus says to let my light shine. Jesus says that we are the light of the world. We can shine our light to show the world that Jesus loves them and wants to be their friend forever. We all have the choice to either hide or shine our light, and we want...
Jesus is alive!March 31
March 31 Jesus is alive! Jesus dies, is put in a tomb, and comes back just like he said he would, so we could be his friend forever. Yes, Jesus is alive and Jesus wants to be my friend forever. And Jesus wants to be your friend forever…every child’s friend...
We can celebrate JesusMarch 24
March 24 We can celebrate Jesus. As Jesus enters Jerusalem on a donkey, the people are so excited that they lay palm branches and coats on the road to make a special path for Jesus while they cheer and shout, “Hosanna! Hosanna! Yay, Jesus!” The people waved their palm...
Jesus is a good friendMarch 17
March 17 Jesus is a good friend. Jesus does something unexpected to show His friends, the disciples, what it looks like to be a good friend. He didn’t show them how to defend someone in battle or how to convince a person to stop doing wrong. Instead, Jesus got a bowl...
Jesus wants everyone to follow himMarch 10
March 10 Jesus wants everyone to follow him. Jesus begins forming what would become his team of 12 disciples. Jesus didn’t go to the religious leaders or the powerful political leaders to pick his team. No, instead Jesus went to a fishing boat where he asked Peter,...
Jesus wants to be friends with everyone, everywhereMarch 3
March 3 Jesus wants to be friends with everyone, everywhere. The woman at the well had made wrong choices and those choices left her walking to a well, all alone, in the middle of the day. Top that with the fact that she was from a town where the people were not...
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenJuly 7Jesus brings joy to the world.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESDevotionalParent CueRecent LessonsJesus brings joy to the worldJuly 7
July 7 Jesus brings joy to the world. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
There’s always a reason to celebrateJune 30
June 30 There's always a reason to celebrate. We finish the month in Habakkuk 3:17-18. Habakkuk wrote these words as God’s people were about to be taken captive. Everything was going wrong in Habakkuk’s world . . . but still, he chose to trust God and choose joy....
Find joy in what you see around youJune 23
June 23 Find joy in what you see around you. In week 4, we take a look at some of David’s Psalms— specifically, Psalms 8, 16, and 19. David wrote a lot about the things he observed in nature and the world around him that God had created. Through creation, we notice...
Celebrate each step of the wayJune 16
June 16 Celebrate each step of the way. For week 3, we head to Ezra 3:10-13. At the time, God’s people were living as captives in Persia, when the new king, Cyrus, allowed them to return home to Jerusalem. However, when they returned, everything was broken down and...
Make a habit of choosing joyJune 9
June 9 Make a habit of choosing joy. In week 2, we see how God set aside times and rhythms for the Israelite people to reflect on and remember everything God had done for them. In Deuteronomy 16:13-17, we read about one celebration in particular called the Feast of...
We can have joy because of JesusJune 2
June 2 We can have joy because of Jesus. We start the month with Luke 15:1-7, where we find Jesus telling a parable about a shepherd who goes to find his lost sheep. Jesus explains that the shepherd cares so much about the missing sheep that he leaves the other 99...
Practice living for GodMay 26
May 26 Practice living for God. We finish the month in Mark 12:41-44. Jesus noticed how wealthy people were giving lots of money at the temple. Then a poor widow walked up to the offering box and gave just two small coins. While this seemed like a small gift, Jesus...
Practice talking about GodMay 19
May 19 Practice talking about God. For week 3, we head to Matthew 16:13-20, where Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say I am?” After everything they’d seen Jesus do and heard Jesus say, what did they really think about Jesus? This gave Peter the perfect moment to...
Practice praying to GodMay 12
May 12 Practice praying to God. In Matthew 6:9-13 we find Jesus talking about prayer during His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus shared a model for prayer that helps us understand more about how we can talk to God. We can pray with gratitude and honesty, pray for our needs,...
Practice hearing from GodMay 5
May 5 Practice hearing from God. We start the month with Psalm 119:105, where David wrote, “Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way. It is like a light that guides me.” When we read what the authors of the Bible wrote, we can find out how God wants us to live....
God is with you while you waitApril 28
April 28 God is with you while you wait. We finish the month with a story found in Luke 2:25-35. God’s people had been waiting for hundreds of years for the Savior. God promised Simeon that he’d get to see the Messiah before he died. We believe that Simeon waited a...
When you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
Jesus is aliveMarch 31
March 31 Jesus is alive. We finish March by celebrating Jesus’ resurrection as described in Luke 24:1-12, 36-49. God went to great lengths to make peace with us. All of God’s promises came true, and everything that Jesus said and did led up to this moment. When Jesus...
Jesus came to be our SaviorMarch 24
March 24 Jesus came to be our Savior. We kick off Easter week with the story of Palm Sunday as described in Matthew 21:1-11. By this time, God’s people had been waiting hundreds of years for God’s promised Savior. As Jesus’ ministry grew, the people were starting to...
You can help others make peaceMarch 17
March 17 You can help others make peace. In 1 Samuel 25:1-35, we find a story about a woman named Abigail. We read how King David was furious with a man named Nabal who had mistreated his men. David decided to get revenge . . . until Nabal’s wife, Abigail, intercepted...
You can show you care by letting go of what’s fairMarch 10
March 10 You can show you care by letting go of what's fair. For week two, we head to Genesis 13:5-18. We read how Abram and Lot’s herdsmen were arguing because there wasn’t enough land for both men’s herds. Abram chose to make peace with Lot by letting Lot choose the...
Make peace wherever you canMarch 3
March 3 Make peace wherever you can. In week one, we look at something Paul wrote in Romans 12:18: “If possible, live in peace with everyone. Do that as much as you can.” This is a big challenge! Do as much as you can to live in peace . . . with everyone! Paul was...
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A Parable about ParablesIt’s easy to think about parables as “earthly stories with a heavenly meaning”. That Jesus was just using simple, every-day analogies to help people understand profound truth. That’s true to an extent, but this parable in Matthew 13 shows us that there was more to it than that. In fact, in a real twist, Jesus tells us that he sometimes told parables to obscure truth rather than illustrate it.
A Parable about Parablesby Kurt Barnes
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Real FreedomRob gives us three ways Jesus can set us free.
Real Freedomby Rob Barnes
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenJune 30There’s always a reason to celebrate.We finish the month in Habakkuk 3:17-18. Habakkuk wrote these words as God’s people were about to be taken captive. Everything was going wrong in Habakkuk’s world . . . but still, he chose to trust God and choose joy. Habakkuk ultimately found joy because of God’s faithfulness and love that nothing could take away.
Bottom Line: There’s always a reason to celebrate. Even when we face tough challenges in life, we can celebrate because we know that God sent Jesus to be our Savior. That doesn’t make our current troubles any less difficult. But it does mean that we can find peace and joy in the midst of them. We can find joy in knowing that God is ALWAYS up to something good—even when we can’t see it.
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June 30 There's always a reason to celebrate. We finish the month in Habakkuk 3:17-18. Habakkuk wrote these words as God’s people were about to be taken captive. Everything was going wrong in Habakkuk’s world . . . but still, he chose to trust God and choose joy....
Find joy in what you see around youJune 23
June 23 Find joy in what you see around you. In week 4, we take a look at some of David’s Psalms— specifically, Psalms 8, 16, and 19. David wrote a lot about the things he observed in nature and the world around him that God had created. Through creation, we notice...
Celebrate each step of the wayJune 16
June 16 Celebrate each step of the way. For week 3, we head to Ezra 3:10-13. At the time, God’s people were living as captives in Persia, when the new king, Cyrus, allowed them to return home to Jerusalem. However, when they returned, everything was broken down and...
Make a habit of choosing joyJune 9
June 9 Make a habit of choosing joy. In week 2, we see how God set aside times and rhythms for the Israelite people to reflect on and remember everything God had done for them. In Deuteronomy 16:13-17, we read about one celebration in particular called the Feast of...
We can have joy because of JesusJune 2
June 2 We can have joy because of Jesus. We start the month with Luke 15:1-7, where we find Jesus telling a parable about a shepherd who goes to find his lost sheep. Jesus explains that the shepherd cares so much about the missing sheep that he leaves the other 99...
Practice living for GodMay 26
May 26 Practice living for God. We finish the month in Mark 12:41-44. Jesus noticed how wealthy people were giving lots of money at the temple. Then a poor widow walked up to the offering box and gave just two small coins. While this seemed like a small gift, Jesus...
Practice talking about GodMay 19
May 19 Practice talking about God. For week 3, we head to Matthew 16:13-20, where Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say I am?” After everything they’d seen Jesus do and heard Jesus say, what did they really think about Jesus? This gave Peter the perfect moment to...
Practice praying to GodMay 12
May 12 Practice praying to God. In Matthew 6:9-13 we find Jesus talking about prayer during His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus shared a model for prayer that helps us understand more about how we can talk to God. We can pray with gratitude and honesty, pray for our needs,...
Practice hearing from GodMay 5
May 5 Practice hearing from God. We start the month with Psalm 119:105, where David wrote, “Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way. It is like a light that guides me.” When we read what the authors of the Bible wrote, we can find out how God wants us to live....
God is with you while you waitApril 28
April 28 God is with you while you wait. We finish the month with a story found in Luke 2:25-35. God’s people had been waiting for hundreds of years for the Savior. God promised Simeon that he’d get to see the Messiah before he died. We believe that Simeon waited a...
When you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
Jesus is aliveMarch 31
March 31 Jesus is alive. We finish March by celebrating Jesus’ resurrection as described in Luke 24:1-12, 36-49. God went to great lengths to make peace with us. All of God’s promises came true, and everything that Jesus said and did led up to this moment. When Jesus...
Jesus came to be our SaviorMarch 24
March 24 Jesus came to be our Savior. We kick off Easter week with the story of Palm Sunday as described in Matthew 21:1-11. By this time, God’s people had been waiting hundreds of years for God’s promised Savior. As Jesus’ ministry grew, the people were starting to...
You can help others make peaceMarch 17
March 17 You can help others make peace. In 1 Samuel 25:1-35, we find a story about a woman named Abigail. We read how King David was furious with a man named Nabal who had mistreated his men. David decided to get revenge . . . until Nabal’s wife, Abigail, intercepted...
You can show you care by letting go of what’s fairMarch 10
March 10 You can show you care by letting go of what's fair. For week two, we head to Genesis 13:5-18. We read how Abram and Lot’s herdsmen were arguing because there wasn’t enough land for both men’s herds. Abram chose to make peace with Lot by letting Lot choose the...
Make peace wherever you canMarch 3
March 3 Make peace wherever you can. In week one, we look at something Paul wrote in Romans 12:18: “If possible, live in peace with everyone. Do that as much as you can.” This is a big challenge! Do as much as you can to live in peace . . . with everyone! Paul was...
Be kind to people who are different from youFebruary 25
February 25 Be kind to people who are different from you. We finish the month with a familiar parable found in Luke 10:25-37. A religious leader asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus answered with the parable of the Good Samaritan. Jesus used this story to...
Be kinder than you have to beFebruary 18
February 18 Be kinder than you have to be. For week three, we turn to Matthew 5:41. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus taught, “Suppose someone forces you to go one mile. Go two miles with them.” To us, that might sound strange, but to those listening—not so much....
Be kind to the people closest to youFebruary 11
February 11 Be kind to the people closest to you. In week 2, we head to Ruth 1 and 2, where we find Naomi and her daughter-in-law, Ruth. Both of their husbands had died, and Ruth had the opportunity to return home to her family. Instead, she chose to show kindness to...
Jesus showed us how to be kindFebruary 4
February 4 Jesus showed us how to be kind. We start this month in the book of Matthew as we look at three moments of kindness from Jesus’ life. Whether Jesus was healing the sick, blessing little children, or sharing meals with people who others seemed to disregard,...
Use your words wiselyJanuary 28
January 28 Use your words wisely. We finish the month with something Paul wrote in Ephesians 4:29: “Don’t let any evil talk come out of your mouths. Say only what will help to build others up and meet their needs.” (NIrV) Our words have the power to help or hurt...
Work hardJanuary 21
January 21 Work hard. For week three, we take a closer look at Proverbs 6:6- 8: “Think about the ant! Consider its ways and be wise!” (NIrV) God created ants to take responsibility and work hard storing up food for the winter months. We can look to their example as we...
Share what you haveJanuary 14
January 14 Share what you have. In week 2, we head to Luke 12:13-21, where we find a parable Jesus told about a rich man who was focused on the wrong thing. This man was a successful farmer whose land produced a large amount of crops. He decided to build bigger and...
Love God and love othersJanuary 7
January 7 Love God and love others. We kick off the New Year in Matthew 22:36-40. The religious leaders were always trying to trap Jesus with His own words. This moment was no different. A law expert asked Jesus, out of hundreds of laws they were to follow, which one...
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolJune 30I can have joy no matter what.Habakkuk reminds us that even when things don’t go our way, we can still have joy and celebrate because God loves us. Habakkuk prays to God and says that, even if he couldn’t grow any food or his farm didn’t have any animals, he could still have joy because God loved him. We want our preschoolers to know they can, too, because God loves them too.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsI can have joy no matter whatJune 30
June 30 I can have joy no matter what. Habakkuk reminds us that even when things don’t go our way, we can still have joy and celebrate because God loves us. Habakkuk prays to God and says that, even if he couldn’t grow any food or his farm didn’t have any animals, he...
I can have joy when I see what God has madeJune 23
June 23 I can have joy when I see what God has made. King David loved God, and he liked to write songs to God. One time he wrote a song because everywhere he looked he saw things God made that gave him joy. We can look around and see what God has made too. And we can...
I can have joy when I do hard thingsJune 16
June 16 I can have joy when I do hard things. The temple was where God’s people met to learn about God and praise God, but it had been destroyed. So God’s people decide to rebuild the temple. Temples are really big, and it was going to take a lot of hard work to...
I can have joy because God helps meJune 9
June 9 I can have joy because God helps me. God wants His people, the Israelites, to take time to thank Him for all He had done. They grew lots of food, but it was God who helped them by providing the sun and rain to help the food grow. So the Israelites got everyone...
I can have joy because God loves meJune 2
June 2 I can have joy because God loves me. Jesus tells the story of the lost sheep to help us understand just how much God loves us. A shepherd leaves 99 sheep to search for one lost sheep, and when he finds it, he rejoices! God’s love for us is big. We want our...
I can live for GodMay 26
May 26 I can live for God. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego have a choice to make. Are they going to live for the king and do what the king says OR are they going to live for God and do what God says? Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego choose to live for God. They know...
I can talk about God to othersMay 19
May 19 I can talk about God to others. Jeremiah is a prophet, and he tells God’s people important things like “God loves you with a forever kind of love” and “God has plans for you.” And we want preschoolers to know that they can talk about God to others too. They can...
I can pray to GodMay 12
May 12 I can pray to God. Hannah talks to God when she is sad because she knows she can talk to God anytime, anywhere, and about anything. And after Hannah cries out to God and talks to Him about why she is so sad, she isn’t sad anymore. We want preschoolers to know...
I can hear from GodMay 5
May 5 I can hear from God. When King Josiah’s workers find scrolls with God’s words on them, he quickly reads the scrolls to hear from God. We want preschoolers to know they can hear from God too. Every time they listen to or read a Bible story, they can hear from God...
I shine when I do what Jesus saysApril 28
April 28 I shine when I do what Jesus says. The Bible teaches us that when we do what Jesus says—like when we don’t argue or complain—we will shine like stars! There will be people around us who complain or argue, but we can choose to do what Jesus says with a happy...
Jesus says to love like HimApril 21
April 21 Jesus says to love like Him. Jesus tells his friends to love people the way he loves them. So the early church did what Jesus says and loved like Jesus! If someone needed a coat, a person would share their coat. If someone needed a place to stay, a person...
Jesus says to tell others about HimApril 14
April 14 Jesus says to tell others about Him. Jesus gives his friends an important job to do—to go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus is alive and he wants to be their friend forever—and we can do that job too! When we go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus...
Jesus says to let my light shineApril 7
April 7 Jesus says to let my light shine. Jesus says that we are the light of the world. We can shine our light to show the world that Jesus loves them and wants to be their friend forever. We all have the choice to either hide or shine our light, and we want...
Jesus is alive!March 31
March 31 Jesus is alive! Jesus dies, is put in a tomb, and comes back just like he said he would, so we could be his friend forever. Yes, Jesus is alive and Jesus wants to be my friend forever. And Jesus wants to be your friend forever…every child’s friend...
We can celebrate JesusMarch 24
March 24 We can celebrate Jesus. As Jesus enters Jerusalem on a donkey, the people are so excited that they lay palm branches and coats on the road to make a special path for Jesus while they cheer and shout, “Hosanna! Hosanna! Yay, Jesus!” The people waved their palm...
Jesus is a good friendMarch 17
March 17 Jesus is a good friend. Jesus does something unexpected to show His friends, the disciples, what it looks like to be a good friend. He didn’t show them how to defend someone in battle or how to convince a person to stop doing wrong. Instead, Jesus got a bowl...
Jesus wants everyone to follow himMarch 10
March 10 Jesus wants everyone to follow him. Jesus begins forming what would become his team of 12 disciples. Jesus didn’t go to the religious leaders or the powerful political leaders to pick his team. No, instead Jesus went to a fishing boat where he asked Peter,...
Jesus wants to be friends with everyone, everywhereMarch 3
March 3 Jesus wants to be friends with everyone, everywhere. The woman at the well had made wrong choices and those choices left her walking to a well, all alone, in the middle of the day. Top that with the fact that she was from a town where the people were not...
Jesus loves meFebruary 25
February 25 Jesus loves me. Jesus tells his friends, the disciples, to let the children come to him. Parents were bringing their children to Jesus so he could bless them. The disciples, thinking they were doing what was best, told the parents to go away. I mean, Jesus...
Jesus loves us even when we do something wrongFebruary 18
February 18 Jesus loves us even when we do something wrong. Zacchaeus climbs a tree to see Jesus. We can only imagine the look on Zacchaeus’ face when he saw Jesus walking towards him as he sat perched in a tree. Maybe Zacchaeus thought Jesus was going to tell him...
Jesus is a friend to everyoneFebruary 11
February 11 Jesus is a friend to everyone. Jesus is a kind and loving friend to a woman who had done something wrong. We call her the unloved woman because she experienced anything but love from the religious leaders. Instead of love, she received judgment, hate,...
Jesus loves everyoneFebruary 4
February 4 Jesus loves everyone. Jesus touches a man who asks for help and heals him of all his boo-boos. an with leprosy. He was not someone everyone loved…or even liked, really. In fact, people stayed away from him because they didn’t want to get what he had. A...
Jesus teaches us that God loves us no matter whatJanuary 28
January 28 Jesus teaches us that God loves us no matter what. Jesus tells a story about a son who returns home to a loving father. Jesus told this story because he wants to teach us something VERY important. He wants us to know that God loves us no matter...
Jesus teaches us we can shareJanuary 21
January 21 Jesus teaches us we can share. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
Jesus teaches that God cares for usJanuary 14
January 14 Jesus teaches that God cares for us. Jesus talks about birds and flowers to teach us that God knows what we need and he cares for us. God loves us more than flowers and birds. And if God takes care of flowers and birds, that means that God will take care of...
People came to hear Jesus because He teaches important thingsJanuary 7
January 7 People came to hear Jesus because He teaches important things. When Jesus sees a large crowd of people, he teaches them important things, because he loves them. We want to begin the month with preschoolers knowing that Jesus teaches me important things, so...
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryJune 30There’s always a reason to celebrate.We finish the month in Habakkuk 3:17-18. Habakkuk wrote these words as God’s people were about to be taken captive. Everything was going wrong in Habakkuk’s world . . . but still, he chose to trust God and choose joy. Habakkuk ultimately found joy because of God’s faithfulness and love that nothing could take away.
Bottom Line: There’s always a reason to celebrate. Even when we face tough challenges in life, we can celebrate because we know that God sent Jesus to be our Savior. That doesn’t make our current troubles any less difficult. But it does mean that we can find peace and joy in the midst of them. We can find joy in knowing that God is ALWAYS up to something good—even when we can’t see it.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsThere’s always a reason to celebrateJune 30
June 30 There's always a reason to celebrate. We finish the month in Habakkuk 3:17-18. Habakkuk wrote these words as God’s people were about to be taken captive. Everything was going wrong in Habakkuk’s world . . . but still, he chose to trust God and choose joy....
Find joy in what you see around youJune 23
June 23 Find joy in what you see around you. In week 4, we take a look at some of David’s Psalms— specifically, Psalms 8, 16, and 19. David wrote a lot about the things he observed in nature and the world around him that God had created. Through creation, we notice...
Celebrate each step of the wayJune 16
June 16 Celebrate each step of the way. For week 3, we head to Ezra 3:10-13. At the time, God’s people were living as captives in Persia, when the new king, Cyrus, allowed them to return home to Jerusalem. However, when they returned, everything was broken down and...
Make a habit of choosing joyJune 9
June 9 Make a habit of choosing joy. In week 2, we see how God set aside times and rhythms for the Israelite people to reflect on and remember everything God had done for them. In Deuteronomy 16:13-17, we read about one celebration in particular called the Feast of...
We can have joy because of JesusJune 2
June 2 We can have joy because of Jesus. We start the month with Luke 15:1-7, where we find Jesus telling a parable about a shepherd who goes to find his lost sheep. Jesus explains that the shepherd cares so much about the missing sheep that he leaves the other 99...
Practice living for GodMay 26
May 26 Practice living for God. We finish the month in Mark 12:41-44. Jesus noticed how wealthy people were giving lots of money at the temple. Then a poor widow walked up to the offering box and gave just two small coins. While this seemed like a small gift, Jesus...
Practice talking about GodMay 19
May 19 Practice talking about God. For week 3, we head to Matthew 16:13-20, where Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say I am?” After everything they’d seen Jesus do and heard Jesus say, what did they really think about Jesus? This gave Peter the perfect moment to...
Practice praying to GodMay 12
May 12 Practice praying to God. In Matthew 6:9-13 we find Jesus talking about prayer during His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus shared a model for prayer that helps us understand more about how we can talk to God. We can pray with gratitude and honesty, pray for our needs,...
Practice hearing from GodMay 5
May 5 Practice hearing from God. We start the month with Psalm 119:105, where David wrote, “Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way. It is like a light that guides me.” When we read what the authors of the Bible wrote, we can find out how God wants us to live....
God is with you while you waitApril 28
April 28 God is with you while you wait. We finish the month with a story found in Luke 2:25-35. God’s people had been waiting for hundreds of years for the Savior. God promised Simeon that he’d get to see the Messiah before he died. We believe that Simeon waited a...
When you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
Jesus is aliveMarch 31
March 31 Jesus is alive. We finish March by celebrating Jesus’ resurrection as described in Luke 24:1-12, 36-49. God went to great lengths to make peace with us. All of God’s promises came true, and everything that Jesus said and did led up to this moment. When Jesus...
Jesus came to be our SaviorMarch 24
March 24 Jesus came to be our Savior. We kick off Easter week with the story of Palm Sunday as described in Matthew 21:1-11. By this time, God’s people had been waiting hundreds of years for God’s promised Savior. As Jesus’ ministry grew, the people were starting to...
You can help others make peaceMarch 17
March 17 You can help others make peace. In 1 Samuel 25:1-35, we find a story about a woman named Abigail. We read how King David was furious with a man named Nabal who had mistreated his men. David decided to get revenge . . . until Nabal’s wife, Abigail, intercepted...
You can show you care by letting go of what’s fairMarch 10
March 10 You can show you care by letting go of what's fair. For week two, we head to Genesis 13:5-18. We read how Abram and Lot’s herdsmen were arguing because there wasn’t enough land for both men’s herds. Abram chose to make peace with Lot by letting Lot choose the...
Make peace wherever you canMarch 3
March 3 Make peace wherever you can. In week one, we look at something Paul wrote in Romans 12:18: “If possible, live in peace with everyone. Do that as much as you can.” This is a big challenge! Do as much as you can to live in peace . . . with everyone! Paul was...
Be kind to people who are different from youFebruary 25
February 25 Be kind to people who are different from you. We finish the month with a familiar parable found in Luke 10:25-37. A religious leader asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus answered with the parable of the Good Samaritan. Jesus used this story to...
Be kinder than you have to beFebruary 18
February 18 Be kinder than you have to be. For week three, we turn to Matthew 5:41. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus taught, “Suppose someone forces you to go one mile. Go two miles with them.” To us, that might sound strange, but to those listening—not so much....
Be kind to the people closest to youFebruary 11
February 11 Be kind to the people closest to you. In week 2, we head to Ruth 1 and 2, where we find Naomi and her daughter-in-law, Ruth. Both of their husbands had died, and Ruth had the opportunity to return home to her family. Instead, she chose to show kindness to...
Jesus showed us how to be kindFebruary 4
February 4 Jesus showed us how to be kind. We start this month in the book of Matthew as we look at three moments of kindness from Jesus’ life. Whether Jesus was healing the sick, blessing little children, or sharing meals with people who others seemed to disregard,...
Use your words wiselyJanuary 28
January 28 Use your words wisely. We finish the month with something Paul wrote in Ephesians 4:29: “Don’t let any evil talk come out of your mouths. Say only what will help to build others up and meet their needs.” (NIrV) Our words have the power to help or hurt...
Work hardJanuary 21
January 21 Work hard. For week three, we take a closer look at Proverbs 6:6- 8: “Think about the ant! Consider its ways and be wise!” (NIrV) God created ants to take responsibility and work hard storing up food for the winter months. We can look to their example as we...
Share what you haveJanuary 14
January 14 Share what you have. In week 2, we head to Luke 12:13-21, where we find a parable Jesus told about a rich man who was focused on the wrong thing. This man was a successful farmer whose land produced a large amount of crops. He decided to build bigger and...
Love God and love othersJanuary 7
January 7 Love God and love others. We kick off the New Year in Matthew 22:36-40. The religious leaders were always trying to trap Jesus with His own words. This moment was no different. A law expert asked Jesus, out of hundreds of laws they were to follow, which one...
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RecoveryPaul was mindful of God’s amazing plan for his future. When Paul focused on what laid ahead instead of his present troubles, pain, health, situation he could remain moving forward in God’s purposes and plans for him all the way to the end. God’s not finished with you yet. You’re still here, so God still has a purpose for you.
Recoveryby Kurt Barnes
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolJune 23I can have joy when I see what God has made.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsI can have joy when I see what God has madeJune 23
June 23 I can have joy when I see what God has made. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
I can have joy when I do hard thingsJune 16
June 16 I can have joy when I do hard things. The temple was where God’s people met to learn about God and praise God, but it had been destroyed. So God’s people decide to rebuild the temple. Temples are really big, and it was going to take a lot of hard work to...
I can have joy because God helps meJune 9
June 9 I can have joy because God helps me. God wants His people, the Israelites, to take time to thank Him for all He had done. They grew lots of food, but it was God who helped them by providing the sun and rain to help the food grow. So the Israelites got everyone...
I can have joy because God loves meJune 2
June 2 I can have joy because God loves me. Jesus tells the story of the lost sheep to help us understand just how much God loves us. A shepherd leaves 99 sheep to search for one lost sheep, and when he finds it, he rejoices! God’s love for us is big. We want our...
I can live for GodMay 26
May 26 I can live for God. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego have a choice to make. Are they going to live for the king and do what the king says OR are they going to live for God and do what God says? Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego choose to live for God. They know...
I can talk about God to othersMay 19
May 19 I can talk about God to others. Jeremiah is a prophet, and he tells God’s people important things like “God loves you with a forever kind of love” and “God has plans for you.” And we want preschoolers to know that they can talk about God to others too. They can...
I can pray to GodMay 12
May 12 I can pray to God. Hannah talks to God when she is sad because she knows she can talk to God anytime, anywhere, and about anything. And after Hannah cries out to God and talks to Him about why she is so sad, she isn’t sad anymore. We want preschoolers to know...
I can hear from GodMay 5
May 5 I can hear from God. When King Josiah’s workers find scrolls with God’s words on them, he quickly reads the scrolls to hear from God. We want preschoolers to know they can hear from God too. Every time they listen to or read a Bible story, they can hear from God...
I shine when I do what Jesus saysApril 28
April 28 I shine when I do what Jesus says. The Bible teaches us that when we do what Jesus says—like when we don’t argue or complain—we will shine like stars! There will be people around us who complain or argue, but we can choose to do what Jesus says with a happy...
Jesus says to love like HimApril 21
April 21 Jesus says to love like Him. Jesus tells his friends to love people the way he loves them. So the early church did what Jesus says and loved like Jesus! If someone needed a coat, a person would share their coat. If someone needed a place to stay, a person...
Jesus says to tell others about HimApril 14
April 14 Jesus says to tell others about Him. Jesus gives his friends an important job to do—to go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus is alive and he wants to be their friend forever—and we can do that job too! When we go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus...
Jesus says to let my light shineApril 7
April 7 Jesus says to let my light shine. Jesus says that we are the light of the world. We can shine our light to show the world that Jesus loves them and wants to be their friend forever. We all have the choice to either hide or shine our light, and we want...
Jesus is alive!March 31
March 31 Jesus is alive! Jesus dies, is put in a tomb, and comes back just like he said he would, so we could be his friend forever. Yes, Jesus is alive and Jesus wants to be my friend forever. And Jesus wants to be your friend forever…every child’s friend...
We can celebrate JesusMarch 24
March 24 We can celebrate Jesus. As Jesus enters Jerusalem on a donkey, the people are so excited that they lay palm branches and coats on the road to make a special path for Jesus while they cheer and shout, “Hosanna! Hosanna! Yay, Jesus!” The people waved their palm...
Jesus is a good friendMarch 17
March 17 Jesus is a good friend. Jesus does something unexpected to show His friends, the disciples, what it looks like to be a good friend. He didn’t show them how to defend someone in battle or how to convince a person to stop doing wrong. Instead, Jesus got a bowl...
Jesus wants everyone to follow himMarch 10
March 10 Jesus wants everyone to follow him. Jesus begins forming what would become his team of 12 disciples. Jesus didn’t go to the religious leaders or the powerful political leaders to pick his team. No, instead Jesus went to a fishing boat where he asked Peter,...
Jesus wants to be friends with everyone, everywhereMarch 3
March 3 Jesus wants to be friends with everyone, everywhere. The woman at the well had made wrong choices and those choices left her walking to a well, all alone, in the middle of the day. Top that with the fact that she was from a town where the people were not...
Jesus loves meFebruary 25
February 25 Jesus loves me. Jesus tells his friends, the disciples, to let the children come to him. Parents were bringing their children to Jesus so he could bless them. The disciples, thinking they were doing what was best, told the parents to go away. I mean, Jesus...
Jesus loves us even when we do something wrongFebruary 18
February 18 Jesus loves us even when we do something wrong. Zacchaeus climbs a tree to see Jesus. We can only imagine the look on Zacchaeus’ face when he saw Jesus walking towards him as he sat perched in a tree. Maybe Zacchaeus thought Jesus was going to tell him...
Jesus is a friend to everyoneFebruary 11
February 11 Jesus is a friend to everyone. Jesus is a kind and loving friend to a woman who had done something wrong. We call her the unloved woman because she experienced anything but love from the religious leaders. Instead of love, she received judgment, hate,...
Jesus loves everyoneFebruary 4
February 4 Jesus loves everyone. Jesus touches a man who asks for help and heals him of all his boo-boos. an with leprosy. He was not someone everyone loved…or even liked, really. In fact, people stayed away from him because they didn’t want to get what he had. A...
Jesus teaches us that God loves us no matter whatJanuary 28
January 28 Jesus teaches us that God loves us no matter what. Jesus tells a story about a son who returns home to a loving father. Jesus told this story because he wants to teach us something VERY important. He wants us to know that God loves us no matter...
Jesus teaches us we can shareJanuary 21
January 21 Jesus teaches us we can share. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
Jesus teaches that God cares for usJanuary 14
January 14 Jesus teaches that God cares for us. Jesus talks about birds and flowers to teach us that God knows what we need and he cares for us. God loves us more than flowers and birds. And if God takes care of flowers and birds, that means that God will take care of...
People came to hear Jesus because He teaches important thingsJanuary 7
January 7 People came to hear Jesus because He teaches important things. When Jesus sees a large crowd of people, he teaches them important things, because he loves them. We want to begin the month with preschoolers knowing that Jesus teaches me important things, so...
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryJune 23Find joy in what you see around you.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsFind joy in what you see around youJune 23
June 23 Find joy in what you see around you. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
Celebrate each step of the wayJune 16
June 16 Celebrate each step of the way. For week 3, we head to Ezra 3:10-13. At the time, God’s people were living as captives in Persia, when the new king, Cyrus, allowed them to return home to Jerusalem. However, when they returned, everything was broken down and...
Make a habit of choosing joyJune 9
June 9 Make a habit of choosing joy. In week 2, we see how God set aside times and rhythms for the Israelite people to reflect on and remember everything God had done for them. In Deuteronomy 16:13-17, we read about one celebration in particular called the Feast of...
We can have joy because of JesusJune 2
June 2 We can have joy because of Jesus. We start the month with Luke 15:1-7, where we find Jesus telling a parable about a shepherd who goes to find his lost sheep. Jesus explains that the shepherd cares so much about the missing sheep that he leaves the other 99...
Practice living for GodMay 26
May 26 Practice living for God. We finish the month in Mark 12:41-44. Jesus noticed how wealthy people were giving lots of money at the temple. Then a poor widow walked up to the offering box and gave just two small coins. While this seemed like a small gift, Jesus...
Practice talking about GodMay 19
May 19 Practice talking about God. For week 3, we head to Matthew 16:13-20, where Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say I am?” After everything they’d seen Jesus do and heard Jesus say, what did they really think about Jesus? This gave Peter the perfect moment to...
Practice praying to GodMay 12
May 12 Practice praying to God. In Matthew 6:9-13 we find Jesus talking about prayer during His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus shared a model for prayer that helps us understand more about how we can talk to God. We can pray with gratitude and honesty, pray for our needs,...
Practice hearing from GodMay 5
May 5 Practice hearing from God. We start the month with Psalm 119:105, where David wrote, “Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way. It is like a light that guides me.” When we read what the authors of the Bible wrote, we can find out how God wants us to live....
God is with you while you waitApril 28
April 28 God is with you while you wait. We finish the month with a story found in Luke 2:25-35. God’s people had been waiting for hundreds of years for the Savior. God promised Simeon that he’d get to see the Messiah before he died. We believe that Simeon waited a...
When you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
Jesus is aliveMarch 31
March 31 Jesus is alive. We finish March by celebrating Jesus’ resurrection as described in Luke 24:1-12, 36-49. God went to great lengths to make peace with us. All of God’s promises came true, and everything that Jesus said and did led up to this moment. When Jesus...
Jesus came to be our SaviorMarch 24
March 24 Jesus came to be our Savior. We kick off Easter week with the story of Palm Sunday as described in Matthew 21:1-11. By this time, God’s people had been waiting hundreds of years for God’s promised Savior. As Jesus’ ministry grew, the people were starting to...
You can help others make peaceMarch 17
March 17 You can help others make peace. In 1 Samuel 25:1-35, we find a story about a woman named Abigail. We read how King David was furious with a man named Nabal who had mistreated his men. David decided to get revenge . . . until Nabal’s wife, Abigail, intercepted...
You can show you care by letting go of what’s fairMarch 10
March 10 You can show you care by letting go of what's fair. For week two, we head to Genesis 13:5-18. We read how Abram and Lot’s herdsmen were arguing because there wasn’t enough land for both men’s herds. Abram chose to make peace with Lot by letting Lot choose the...
Make peace wherever you canMarch 3
March 3 Make peace wherever you can. In week one, we look at something Paul wrote in Romans 12:18: “If possible, live in peace with everyone. Do that as much as you can.” This is a big challenge! Do as much as you can to live in peace . . . with everyone! Paul was...
Be kind to people who are different from youFebruary 25
February 25 Be kind to people who are different from you. We finish the month with a familiar parable found in Luke 10:25-37. A religious leader asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus answered with the parable of the Good Samaritan. Jesus used this story to...
Be kinder than you have to beFebruary 18
February 18 Be kinder than you have to be. For week three, we turn to Matthew 5:41. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus taught, “Suppose someone forces you to go one mile. Go two miles with them.” To us, that might sound strange, but to those listening—not so much....
Be kind to the people closest to youFebruary 11
February 11 Be kind to the people closest to you. In week 2, we head to Ruth 1 and 2, where we find Naomi and her daughter-in-law, Ruth. Both of their husbands had died, and Ruth had the opportunity to return home to her family. Instead, she chose to show kindness to...
Jesus showed us how to be kindFebruary 4
February 4 Jesus showed us how to be kind. We start this month in the book of Matthew as we look at three moments of kindness from Jesus’ life. Whether Jesus was healing the sick, blessing little children, or sharing meals with people who others seemed to disregard,...
Use your words wiselyJanuary 28
January 28 Use your words wisely. We finish the month with something Paul wrote in Ephesians 4:29: “Don’t let any evil talk come out of your mouths. Say only what will help to build others up and meet their needs.” (NIrV) Our words have the power to help or hurt...
Work hardJanuary 21
January 21 Work hard. For week three, we take a closer look at Proverbs 6:6- 8: “Think about the ant! Consider its ways and be wise!” (NIrV) God created ants to take responsibility and work hard storing up food for the winter months. We can look to their example as we...
Share what you haveJanuary 14
January 14 Share what you have. In week 2, we head to Luke 12:13-21, where we find a parable Jesus told about a rich man who was focused on the wrong thing. This man was a successful farmer whose land produced a large amount of crops. He decided to build bigger and...
Love God and love othersJanuary 7
January 7 Love God and love others. We kick off the New Year in Matthew 22:36-40. The religious leaders were always trying to trap Jesus with His own words. This moment was no different. A law expert asked Jesus, out of hundreds of laws they were to follow, which one...
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Genesis 22Three ways that God’s name, “Jehovah Jireh”, can change our lives.
Genesis 22by Kurt Barnes
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolJune 16I can have joy when I do hard things.The temple was where God’s people met to learn about God and praise God, but it had been destroyed. So God’s people decide to rebuild the temple. Temples are really big, and it was going to take a lot of hard work to rebuild it. But some people start celebrating after the foundation was built! We can be like the people who chose to celebrate. We can look at the good things God is doing and have joy all the time.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsI can have joy when I do hard thingsJune 16
June 16 I can have joy when I do hard things. The temple was where God’s people met to learn about God and praise God, but it had been destroyed. So God’s people decide to rebuild the temple. Temples are really big, and it was going to take a lot of hard work to...
I can have joy because God helps meJune 9
June 9 I can have joy because God helps me. God wants His people, the Israelites, to take time to thank Him for all He had done. They grew lots of food, but it was God who helped them by providing the sun and rain to help the food grow. So the Israelites got everyone...
I can have joy because God loves meJune 2
June 2 I can have joy because God loves me. Jesus tells the story of the lost sheep to help us understand just how much God loves us. A shepherd leaves 99 sheep to search for one lost sheep, and when he finds it, he rejoices! God’s love for us is big. We want our...
I can live for GodMay 26
May 26 I can live for God. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego have a choice to make. Are they going to live for the king and do what the king says OR are they going to live for God and do what God says? Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego choose to live for God. They know...
I can talk about God to othersMay 19
May 19 I can talk about God to others. Jeremiah is a prophet, and he tells God’s people important things like “God loves you with a forever kind of love” and “God has plans for you.” And we want preschoolers to know that they can talk about God to others too. They can...
I can pray to GodMay 12
May 12 I can pray to God. Hannah talks to God when she is sad because she knows she can talk to God anytime, anywhere, and about anything. And after Hannah cries out to God and talks to Him about why she is so sad, she isn’t sad anymore. We want preschoolers to know...
I can hear from GodMay 5
May 5 I can hear from God. When King Josiah’s workers find scrolls with God’s words on them, he quickly reads the scrolls to hear from God. We want preschoolers to know they can hear from God too. Every time they listen to or read a Bible story, they can hear from God...
I shine when I do what Jesus saysApril 28
April 28 I shine when I do what Jesus says. The Bible teaches us that when we do what Jesus says—like when we don’t argue or complain—we will shine like stars! There will be people around us who complain or argue, but we can choose to do what Jesus says with a happy...
Jesus says to love like HimApril 21
April 21 Jesus says to love like Him. Jesus tells his friends to love people the way he loves them. So the early church did what Jesus says and loved like Jesus! If someone needed a coat, a person would share their coat. If someone needed a place to stay, a person...
Jesus says to tell others about HimApril 14
April 14 Jesus says to tell others about Him. Jesus gives his friends an important job to do—to go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus is alive and he wants to be their friend forever—and we can do that job too! When we go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus...
Jesus says to let my light shineApril 7
April 7 Jesus says to let my light shine. Jesus says that we are the light of the world. We can shine our light to show the world that Jesus loves them and wants to be their friend forever. We all have the choice to either hide or shine our light, and we want...
Jesus is alive!March 31
March 31 Jesus is alive! Jesus dies, is put in a tomb, and comes back just like he said he would, so we could be his friend forever. Yes, Jesus is alive and Jesus wants to be my friend forever. And Jesus wants to be your friend forever…every child’s friend...
We can celebrate JesusMarch 24
March 24 We can celebrate Jesus. As Jesus enters Jerusalem on a donkey, the people are so excited that they lay palm branches and coats on the road to make a special path for Jesus while they cheer and shout, “Hosanna! Hosanna! Yay, Jesus!” The people waved their palm...
Jesus is a good friendMarch 17
March 17 Jesus is a good friend. Jesus does something unexpected to show His friends, the disciples, what it looks like to be a good friend. He didn’t show them how to defend someone in battle or how to convince a person to stop doing wrong. Instead, Jesus got a bowl...
Jesus wants everyone to follow himMarch 10
March 10 Jesus wants everyone to follow him. Jesus begins forming what would become his team of 12 disciples. Jesus didn’t go to the religious leaders or the powerful political leaders to pick his team. No, instead Jesus went to a fishing boat where he asked Peter,...
Jesus wants to be friends with everyone, everywhereMarch 3
March 3 Jesus wants to be friends with everyone, everywhere. The woman at the well had made wrong choices and those choices left her walking to a well, all alone, in the middle of the day. Top that with the fact that she was from a town where the people were not...
Jesus loves meFebruary 25
February 25 Jesus loves me. Jesus tells his friends, the disciples, to let the children come to him. Parents were bringing their children to Jesus so he could bless them. The disciples, thinking they were doing what was best, told the parents to go away. I mean, Jesus...
Jesus loves us even when we do something wrongFebruary 18
February 18 Jesus loves us even when we do something wrong. Zacchaeus climbs a tree to see Jesus. We can only imagine the look on Zacchaeus’ face when he saw Jesus walking towards him as he sat perched in a tree. Maybe Zacchaeus thought Jesus was going to tell him...
Jesus is a friend to everyoneFebruary 11
February 11 Jesus is a friend to everyone. Jesus is a kind and loving friend to a woman who had done something wrong. We call her the unloved woman because she experienced anything but love from the religious leaders. Instead of love, she received judgment, hate,...
Jesus loves everyoneFebruary 4
February 4 Jesus loves everyone. Jesus touches a man who asks for help and heals him of all his boo-boos. an with leprosy. He was not someone everyone loved…or even liked, really. In fact, people stayed away from him because they didn’t want to get what he had. A...
Jesus teaches us that God loves us no matter whatJanuary 28
January 28 Jesus teaches us that God loves us no matter what. Jesus tells a story about a son who returns home to a loving father. Jesus told this story because he wants to teach us something VERY important. He wants us to know that God loves us no matter...
Jesus teaches us we can shareJanuary 21
January 21 Jesus teaches us we can share. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
Jesus teaches that God cares for usJanuary 14
January 14 Jesus teaches that God cares for us. Jesus talks about birds and flowers to teach us that God knows what we need and he cares for us. God loves us more than flowers and birds. And if God takes care of flowers and birds, that means that God will take care of...
People came to hear Jesus because He teaches important thingsJanuary 7
January 7 People came to hear Jesus because He teaches important things. When Jesus sees a large crowd of people, he teaches them important things, because he loves them. We want to begin the month with preschoolers knowing that Jesus teaches me important things, so...
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryJune 16Celebrate each step of the way.For week 3, we head to Ezra 3:10-13. At the time, God’s people were living as captives in Persia, when the new king, Cyrus, allowed them to return home to Jerusalem. However, when they returned, everything was broken down and destroyed. The people got to work rebuilding the temple… but before they got far, they stopped to worship God and celebrate the ways that God had helped them.
Bottom Line: Celebrate each step of the way. Some tasks seem to take longer to complete than others. Whether kids are learning how to ride a bike, bake a cake, solve a math problem, or talk to new people, they learn that each step is important. The same thing is true about our relationship with God. We can choose to trust God and find joy, even when we can’t see the whole picture. We can celebrate how God is working in our lives with every step we take.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsCelebrate each step of the wayJune 16
June 16 Celebrate each step of the way. For week 3, we head to Ezra 3:10-13. At the time, God’s people were living as captives in Persia, when the new king, Cyrus, allowed them to return home to Jerusalem. However, when they returned, everything was broken down and...
Make a habit of choosing joyJune 9
June 9 Make a habit of choosing joy. In week 2, we see how God set aside times and rhythms for the Israelite people to reflect on and remember everything God had done for them. In Deuteronomy 16:13-17, we read about one celebration in particular called the Feast of...
We can have joy because of JesusJune 2
June 2 We can have joy because of Jesus. We start the month with Luke 15:1-7, where we find Jesus telling a parable about a shepherd who goes to find his lost sheep. Jesus explains that the shepherd cares so much about the missing sheep that he leaves the other 99...
Practice living for GodMay 26
May 26 Practice living for God. We finish the month in Mark 12:41-44. Jesus noticed how wealthy people were giving lots of money at the temple. Then a poor widow walked up to the offering box and gave just two small coins. While this seemed like a small gift, Jesus...
Practice talking about GodMay 19
May 19 Practice talking about God. For week 3, we head to Matthew 16:13-20, where Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say I am?” After everything they’d seen Jesus do and heard Jesus say, what did they really think about Jesus? This gave Peter the perfect moment to...
Practice praying to GodMay 12
May 12 Practice praying to God. In Matthew 6:9-13 we find Jesus talking about prayer during His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus shared a model for prayer that helps us understand more about how we can talk to God. We can pray with gratitude and honesty, pray for our needs,...
Practice hearing from GodMay 5
May 5 Practice hearing from God. We start the month with Psalm 119:105, where David wrote, “Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way. It is like a light that guides me.” When we read what the authors of the Bible wrote, we can find out how God wants us to live....
God is with you while you waitApril 28
April 28 God is with you while you wait. We finish the month with a story found in Luke 2:25-35. God’s people had been waiting for hundreds of years for the Savior. God promised Simeon that he’d get to see the Messiah before he died. We believe that Simeon waited a...
When you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
Jesus is aliveMarch 31
March 31 Jesus is alive. We finish March by celebrating Jesus’ resurrection as described in Luke 24:1-12, 36-49. God went to great lengths to make peace with us. All of God’s promises came true, and everything that Jesus said and did led up to this moment. When Jesus...
Jesus came to be our SaviorMarch 24
March 24 Jesus came to be our Savior. We kick off Easter week with the story of Palm Sunday as described in Matthew 21:1-11. By this time, God’s people had been waiting hundreds of years for God’s promised Savior. As Jesus’ ministry grew, the people were starting to...
You can help others make peaceMarch 17
March 17 You can help others make peace. In 1 Samuel 25:1-35, we find a story about a woman named Abigail. We read how King David was furious with a man named Nabal who had mistreated his men. David decided to get revenge . . . until Nabal’s wife, Abigail, intercepted...
You can show you care by letting go of what’s fairMarch 10
March 10 You can show you care by letting go of what's fair. For week two, we head to Genesis 13:5-18. We read how Abram and Lot’s herdsmen were arguing because there wasn’t enough land for both men’s herds. Abram chose to make peace with Lot by letting Lot choose the...
Make peace wherever you canMarch 3
March 3 Make peace wherever you can. In week one, we look at something Paul wrote in Romans 12:18: “If possible, live in peace with everyone. Do that as much as you can.” This is a big challenge! Do as much as you can to live in peace . . . with everyone! Paul was...
Be kind to people who are different from youFebruary 25
February 25 Be kind to people who are different from you. We finish the month with a familiar parable found in Luke 10:25-37. A religious leader asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus answered with the parable of the Good Samaritan. Jesus used this story to...
Be kinder than you have to beFebruary 18
February 18 Be kinder than you have to be. For week three, we turn to Matthew 5:41. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus taught, “Suppose someone forces you to go one mile. Go two miles with them.” To us, that might sound strange, but to those listening—not so much....
Be kind to the people closest to youFebruary 11
February 11 Be kind to the people closest to you. In week 2, we head to Ruth 1 and 2, where we find Naomi and her daughter-in-law, Ruth. Both of their husbands had died, and Ruth had the opportunity to return home to her family. Instead, she chose to show kindness to...
Jesus showed us how to be kindFebruary 4
February 4 Jesus showed us how to be kind. We start this month in the book of Matthew as we look at three moments of kindness from Jesus’ life. Whether Jesus was healing the sick, blessing little children, or sharing meals with people who others seemed to disregard,...
Use your words wiselyJanuary 28
January 28 Use your words wisely. We finish the month with something Paul wrote in Ephesians 4:29: “Don’t let any evil talk come out of your mouths. Say only what will help to build others up and meet their needs.” (NIrV) Our words have the power to help or hurt...
Work hardJanuary 21
January 21 Work hard. For week three, we take a closer look at Proverbs 6:6- 8: “Think about the ant! Consider its ways and be wise!” (NIrV) God created ants to take responsibility and work hard storing up food for the winter months. We can look to their example as we...
Share what you haveJanuary 14
January 14 Share what you have. In week 2, we head to Luke 12:13-21, where we find a parable Jesus told about a rich man who was focused on the wrong thing. This man was a successful farmer whose land produced a large amount of crops. He decided to build bigger and...
Love God and love othersJanuary 7
January 7 Love God and love others. We kick off the New Year in Matthew 22:36-40. The religious leaders were always trying to trap Jesus with His own words. This moment was no different. A law expert asked Jesus, out of hundreds of laws they were to follow, which one...
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenJune 16Celebrate each step of the way.For week 3, we head to Ezra 3:10-13. At the time, God’s people were living as captives in Persia, when the new king, Cyrus, allowed them to return home to Jerusalem. However, when they returned, everything was broken down and destroyed. The people got to work rebuilding the temple… but before they got far, they stopped to worship God and celebrate the ways that God had helped them.
Bottom Line: Celebrate each step of the way. Some tasks seem to take longer to complete than others. Whether kids are learning how to ride a bike, bake a cake, solve a math problem, or talk to new people, they learn that each step is important. The same thing is true about our relationship with God. We can choose to trust God and find joy, even when we can’t see the whole picture. We can celebrate how God is working in our lives with every step we take.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESDevotionalParent CueRecent LessonsCelebrate each step of the wayJune 16
June 16 Celebrate each step of the way. For week 3, we head to Ezra 3:10-13. At the time, God’s people were living as captives in Persia, when the new king, Cyrus, allowed them to return home to Jerusalem. However, when they returned, everything was broken down and...
Make a habit of choosing joyJune 9
June 9 Make a habit of choosing joy. In week 2, we see how God set aside times and rhythms for the Israelite people to reflect on and remember everything God had done for them. In Deuteronomy 16:13-17, we read about one celebration in particular called the Feast of...
We can have joy because of JesusJune 2
June 2 We can have joy because of Jesus. We start the month with Luke 15:1-7, where we find Jesus telling a parable about a shepherd who goes to find his lost sheep. Jesus explains that the shepherd cares so much about the missing sheep that he leaves the other 99...
Practice living for GodMay 26
May 26 Practice living for God. We finish the month in Mark 12:41-44. Jesus noticed how wealthy people were giving lots of money at the temple. Then a poor widow walked up to the offering box and gave just two small coins. While this seemed like a small gift, Jesus...
Practice talking about GodMay 19
May 19 Practice talking about God. For week 3, we head to Matthew 16:13-20, where Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say I am?” After everything they’d seen Jesus do and heard Jesus say, what did they really think about Jesus? This gave Peter the perfect moment to...
Practice praying to GodMay 12
May 12 Practice praying to God. In Matthew 6:9-13 we find Jesus talking about prayer during His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus shared a model for prayer that helps us understand more about how we can talk to God. We can pray with gratitude and honesty, pray for our needs,...
Practice hearing from GodMay 5
May 5 Practice hearing from God. We start the month with Psalm 119:105, where David wrote, “Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way. It is like a light that guides me.” When we read what the authors of the Bible wrote, we can find out how God wants us to live....
God is with you while you waitApril 28
April 28 God is with you while you wait. We finish the month with a story found in Luke 2:25-35. God’s people had been waiting for hundreds of years for the Savior. God promised Simeon that he’d get to see the Messiah before he died. We believe that Simeon waited a...
When you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
Jesus is aliveMarch 31
March 31 Jesus is alive. We finish March by celebrating Jesus’ resurrection as described in Luke 24:1-12, 36-49. God went to great lengths to make peace with us. All of God’s promises came true, and everything that Jesus said and did led up to this moment. When Jesus...
Jesus came to be our SaviorMarch 24
March 24 Jesus came to be our Savior. We kick off Easter week with the story of Palm Sunday as described in Matthew 21:1-11. By this time, God’s people had been waiting hundreds of years for God’s promised Savior. As Jesus’ ministry grew, the people were starting to...
You can help others make peaceMarch 17
March 17 You can help others make peace. In 1 Samuel 25:1-35, we find a story about a woman named Abigail. We read how King David was furious with a man named Nabal who had mistreated his men. David decided to get revenge . . . until Nabal’s wife, Abigail, intercepted...
You can show you care by letting go of what’s fairMarch 10
March 10 You can show you care by letting go of what's fair. For week two, we head to Genesis 13:5-18. We read how Abram and Lot’s herdsmen were arguing because there wasn’t enough land for both men’s herds. Abram chose to make peace with Lot by letting Lot choose the...
Make peace wherever you canMarch 3
March 3 Make peace wherever you can. In week one, we look at something Paul wrote in Romans 12:18: “If possible, live in peace with everyone. Do that as much as you can.” This is a big challenge! Do as much as you can to live in peace . . . with everyone! Paul was...
Be kind to people who are different from youFebruary 25
February 25 Be kind to people who are different from you. We finish the month with a familiar parable found in Luke 10:25-37. A religious leader asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus answered with the parable of the Good Samaritan. Jesus used this story to...
Be kinder than you have to beFebruary 18
February 18 Be kinder than you have to be. For week three, we turn to Matthew 5:41. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus taught, “Suppose someone forces you to go one mile. Go two miles with them.” To us, that might sound strange, but to those listening—not so much....
Be kind to the people closest to youFebruary 11
February 11 Be kind to the people closest to you. In week 2, we head to Ruth 1 and 2, where we find Naomi and her daughter-in-law, Ruth. Both of their husbands had died, and Ruth had the opportunity to return home to her family. Instead, she chose to show kindness to...
Jesus showed us how to be kindFebruary 4
February 4 Jesus showed us how to be kind. We start this month in the book of Matthew as we look at three moments of kindness from Jesus’ life. Whether Jesus was healing the sick, blessing little children, or sharing meals with people who others seemed to disregard,...
Use your words wiselyJanuary 28
January 28 Use your words wisely. We finish the month with something Paul wrote in Ephesians 4:29: “Don’t let any evil talk come out of your mouths. Say only what will help to build others up and meet their needs.” (NIrV) Our words have the power to help or hurt...
Work hardJanuary 21
January 21 Work hard. For week three, we take a closer look at Proverbs 6:6- 8: “Think about the ant! Consider its ways and be wise!” (NIrV) God created ants to take responsibility and work hard storing up food for the winter months. We can look to their example as we...
Share what you haveJanuary 14
January 14 Share what you have. In week 2, we head to Luke 12:13-21, where we find a parable Jesus told about a rich man who was focused on the wrong thing. This man was a successful farmer whose land produced a large amount of crops. He decided to build bigger and...
Love God and love othersJanuary 7
January 7 Love God and love others. We kick off the New Year in Matthew 22:36-40. The religious leaders were always trying to trap Jesus with His own words. This moment was no different. A law expert asked Jesus, out of hundreds of laws they were to follow, which one...
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Psalm 1Psalm 1 (ESV)
“Blessed is the man
who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in the way of sinners,
nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
but his delight is in the law of the Lord,
and on his law he meditates day and night.
He is like a tree
planted by streams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
and its leaf does not wither.
In all that he does, he prospers.
The wicked are not so,
but are like chaff that the wind drives away.
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
for the Lord knows the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.”
Psalm 1by Kurt Barnes
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryJune 9Make a habit of choosing joy.In week 2, we see how God set aside times and rhythms for the Israelite people to reflect on and remember everything God had done for them. In Deuteronomy 16:13-17, we read about one celebration in particular called the Feast of Booths. We see in Scripture how God’s people celebrated this feast on several important occasions throughout their history.
Bottom Line: Make a habit of choosing joy. Whether it’s a birthday party, slumber party, or festive holiday, kids love celebrating with their family and friends! Just as those celebrations are a part of our everyday rhythm, we hope that kids will learn how to find moments of celebration throughout their lives that will help them remember what God has done for them.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsMake a habit of choosing joyJune 9
June 9 Make a habit of choosing joy. In week 2, we see how God set aside times and rhythms for the Israelite people to reflect on and remember everything God had done for them. In Deuteronomy 16:13-17, we read about one celebration in particular called the Feast of...
We can have joy because of JesusJune 2
June 2 We can have joy because of Jesus. We start the month with Luke 15:1-7, where we find Jesus telling a parable about a shepherd who goes to find his lost sheep. Jesus explains that the shepherd cares so much about the missing sheep that he leaves the other 99...
Practice living for GodMay 26
May 26 Practice living for God. We finish the month in Mark 12:41-44. Jesus noticed how wealthy people were giving lots of money at the temple. Then a poor widow walked up to the offering box and gave just two small coins. While this seemed like a small gift, Jesus...
Practice talking about GodMay 19
May 19 Practice talking about God. For week 3, we head to Matthew 16:13-20, where Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say I am?” After everything they’d seen Jesus do and heard Jesus say, what did they really think about Jesus? This gave Peter the perfect moment to...
Practice praying to GodMay 12
May 12 Practice praying to God. In Matthew 6:9-13 we find Jesus talking about prayer during His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus shared a model for prayer that helps us understand more about how we can talk to God. We can pray with gratitude and honesty, pray for our needs,...
Practice hearing from GodMay 5
May 5 Practice hearing from God. We start the month with Psalm 119:105, where David wrote, “Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way. It is like a light that guides me.” When we read what the authors of the Bible wrote, we can find out how God wants us to live....
God is with you while you waitApril 28
April 28 God is with you while you wait. We finish the month with a story found in Luke 2:25-35. God’s people had been waiting for hundreds of years for the Savior. God promised Simeon that he’d get to see the Messiah before he died. We believe that Simeon waited a...
When you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
Jesus is aliveMarch 31
March 31 Jesus is alive. We finish March by celebrating Jesus’ resurrection as described in Luke 24:1-12, 36-49. God went to great lengths to make peace with us. All of God’s promises came true, and everything that Jesus said and did led up to this moment. When Jesus...
Jesus came to be our SaviorMarch 24
March 24 Jesus came to be our Savior. We kick off Easter week with the story of Palm Sunday as described in Matthew 21:1-11. By this time, God’s people had been waiting hundreds of years for God’s promised Savior. As Jesus’ ministry grew, the people were starting to...
You can help others make peaceMarch 17
March 17 You can help others make peace. In 1 Samuel 25:1-35, we find a story about a woman named Abigail. We read how King David was furious with a man named Nabal who had mistreated his men. David decided to get revenge . . . until Nabal’s wife, Abigail, intercepted...
You can show you care by letting go of what’s fairMarch 10
March 10 You can show you care by letting go of what's fair. For week two, we head to Genesis 13:5-18. We read how Abram and Lot’s herdsmen were arguing because there wasn’t enough land for both men’s herds. Abram chose to make peace with Lot by letting Lot choose the...
Make peace wherever you canMarch 3
March 3 Make peace wherever you can. In week one, we look at something Paul wrote in Romans 12:18: “If possible, live in peace with everyone. Do that as much as you can.” This is a big challenge! Do as much as you can to live in peace . . . with everyone! Paul was...
Be kind to people who are different from youFebruary 25
February 25 Be kind to people who are different from you. We finish the month with a familiar parable found in Luke 10:25-37. A religious leader asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus answered with the parable of the Good Samaritan. Jesus used this story to...
Be kinder than you have to beFebruary 18
February 18 Be kinder than you have to be. For week three, we turn to Matthew 5:41. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus taught, “Suppose someone forces you to go one mile. Go two miles with them.” To us, that might sound strange, but to those listening—not so much....
Be kind to the people closest to youFebruary 11
February 11 Be kind to the people closest to you. In week 2, we head to Ruth 1 and 2, where we find Naomi and her daughter-in-law, Ruth. Both of their husbands had died, and Ruth had the opportunity to return home to her family. Instead, she chose to show kindness to...
Jesus showed us how to be kindFebruary 4
February 4 Jesus showed us how to be kind. We start this month in the book of Matthew as we look at three moments of kindness from Jesus’ life. Whether Jesus was healing the sick, blessing little children, or sharing meals with people who others seemed to disregard,...
Use your words wiselyJanuary 28
January 28 Use your words wisely. We finish the month with something Paul wrote in Ephesians 4:29: “Don’t let any evil talk come out of your mouths. Say only what will help to build others up and meet their needs.” (NIrV) Our words have the power to help or hurt...
Work hardJanuary 21
January 21 Work hard. For week three, we take a closer look at Proverbs 6:6- 8: “Think about the ant! Consider its ways and be wise!” (NIrV) God created ants to take responsibility and work hard storing up food for the winter months. We can look to their example as we...
Share what you haveJanuary 14
January 14 Share what you have. In week 2, we head to Luke 12:13-21, where we find a parable Jesus told about a rich man who was focused on the wrong thing. This man was a successful farmer whose land produced a large amount of crops. He decided to build bigger and...
Love God and love othersJanuary 7
January 7 Love God and love others. We kick off the New Year in Matthew 22:36-40. The religious leaders were always trying to trap Jesus with His own words. This moment was no different. A law expert asked Jesus, out of hundreds of laws they were to follow, which one...
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolJune 9I can have joy because God helps me.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsI can have joy because God helps meJune 9
June 9 I can have joy because God helps me. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
I can have joy because God loves meJune 2
June 2 I can have joy because God loves me. Jesus tells the story of the lost sheep to help us understand just how much God loves us. A shepherd leaves 99 sheep to search for one lost sheep, and when he finds it, he rejoices! God’s love for us is big. We want our...
I can live for GodMay 26
May 26 I can live for God. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego have a choice to make. Are they going to live for the king and do what the king says OR are they going to live for God and do what God says? Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego choose to live for God. They know...
I can talk about God to othersMay 19
May 19 I can talk about God to others. Jeremiah is a prophet, and he tells God’s people important things like “God loves you with a forever kind of love” and “God has plans for you.” And we want preschoolers to know that they can talk about God to others too. They can...
I can pray to GodMay 12
May 12 I can pray to God. Hannah talks to God when she is sad because she knows she can talk to God anytime, anywhere, and about anything. And after Hannah cries out to God and talks to Him about why she is so sad, she isn’t sad anymore. We want preschoolers to know...
I can hear from GodMay 5
May 5 I can hear from God. When King Josiah’s workers find scrolls with God’s words on them, he quickly reads the scrolls to hear from God. We want preschoolers to know they can hear from God too. Every time they listen to or read a Bible story, they can hear from God...
I shine when I do what Jesus saysApril 28
April 28 I shine when I do what Jesus says. The Bible teaches us that when we do what Jesus says—like when we don’t argue or complain—we will shine like stars! There will be people around us who complain or argue, but we can choose to do what Jesus says with a happy...
Jesus says to love like HimApril 21
April 21 Jesus says to love like Him. Jesus tells his friends to love people the way he loves them. So the early church did what Jesus says and loved like Jesus! If someone needed a coat, a person would share their coat. If someone needed a place to stay, a person...
Jesus says to tell others about HimApril 14
April 14 Jesus says to tell others about Him. Jesus gives his friends an important job to do—to go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus is alive and he wants to be their friend forever—and we can do that job too! When we go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus...
Jesus says to let my light shineApril 7
April 7 Jesus says to let my light shine. Jesus says that we are the light of the world. We can shine our light to show the world that Jesus loves them and wants to be their friend forever. We all have the choice to either hide or shine our light, and we want...
Jesus is alive!March 31
March 31 Jesus is alive! Jesus dies, is put in a tomb, and comes back just like he said he would, so we could be his friend forever. Yes, Jesus is alive and Jesus wants to be my friend forever. And Jesus wants to be your friend forever…every child’s friend...
We can celebrate JesusMarch 24
March 24 We can celebrate Jesus. As Jesus enters Jerusalem on a donkey, the people are so excited that they lay palm branches and coats on the road to make a special path for Jesus while they cheer and shout, “Hosanna! Hosanna! Yay, Jesus!” The people waved their palm...
Jesus is a good friendMarch 17
March 17 Jesus is a good friend. Jesus does something unexpected to show His friends, the disciples, what it looks like to be a good friend. He didn’t show them how to defend someone in battle or how to convince a person to stop doing wrong. Instead, Jesus got a bowl...
Jesus wants everyone to follow himMarch 10
March 10 Jesus wants everyone to follow him. Jesus begins forming what would become his team of 12 disciples. Jesus didn’t go to the religious leaders or the powerful political leaders to pick his team. No, instead Jesus went to a fishing boat where he asked Peter,...
Jesus wants to be friends with everyone, everywhereMarch 3
March 3 Jesus wants to be friends with everyone, everywhere. The woman at the well had made wrong choices and those choices left her walking to a well, all alone, in the middle of the day. Top that with the fact that she was from a town where the people were not...
Jesus loves meFebruary 25
February 25 Jesus loves me. Jesus tells his friends, the disciples, to let the children come to him. Parents were bringing their children to Jesus so he could bless them. The disciples, thinking they were doing what was best, told the parents to go away. I mean, Jesus...
Jesus loves us even when we do something wrongFebruary 18
February 18 Jesus loves us even when we do something wrong. Zacchaeus climbs a tree to see Jesus. We can only imagine the look on Zacchaeus’ face when he saw Jesus walking towards him as he sat perched in a tree. Maybe Zacchaeus thought Jesus was going to tell him...
Jesus is a friend to everyoneFebruary 11
February 11 Jesus is a friend to everyone. Jesus is a kind and loving friend to a woman who had done something wrong. We call her the unloved woman because she experienced anything but love from the religious leaders. Instead of love, she received judgment, hate,...
Jesus loves everyoneFebruary 4
February 4 Jesus loves everyone. Jesus touches a man who asks for help and heals him of all his boo-boos. an with leprosy. He was not someone everyone loved…or even liked, really. In fact, people stayed away from him because they didn’t want to get what he had. A...
Jesus teaches us that God loves us no matter whatJanuary 28
January 28 Jesus teaches us that God loves us no matter what. Jesus tells a story about a son who returns home to a loving father. Jesus told this story because he wants to teach us something VERY important. He wants us to know that God loves us no matter...
Jesus teaches us we can shareJanuary 21
January 21 Jesus teaches us we can share. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
Jesus teaches that God cares for usJanuary 14
January 14 Jesus teaches that God cares for us. Jesus talks about birds and flowers to teach us that God knows what we need and he cares for us. God loves us more than flowers and birds. And if God takes care of flowers and birds, that means that God will take care of...
People came to hear Jesus because He teaches important thingsJanuary 7
January 7 People came to hear Jesus because He teaches important things. When Jesus sees a large crowd of people, he teaches them important things, because he loves them. We want to begin the month with preschoolers knowing that Jesus teaches me important things, so...
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenJune 9Make a habit of choosing joy.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESDevotionalParent CueRecent LessonsMake a habit of choosing joyJune 9
June 9 Make a habit of choosing joy. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
We can have joy because of JesusJune 2
June 2 We can have joy because of Jesus. We start the month with Luke 15:1-7, where we find Jesus telling a parable about a shepherd who goes to find his lost sheep. Jesus explains that the shepherd cares so much about the missing sheep that he leaves the other 99...
Practice living for GodMay 26
May 26 Practice living for God. We finish the month in Mark 12:41-44. Jesus noticed how wealthy people were giving lots of money at the temple. Then a poor widow walked up to the offering box and gave just two small coins. While this seemed like a small gift, Jesus...
Practice talking about GodMay 19
May 19 Practice talking about God. For week 3, we head to Matthew 16:13-20, where Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say I am?” After everything they’d seen Jesus do and heard Jesus say, what did they really think about Jesus? This gave Peter the perfect moment to...
Practice praying to GodMay 12
May 12 Practice praying to God. In Matthew 6:9-13 we find Jesus talking about prayer during His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus shared a model for prayer that helps us understand more about how we can talk to God. We can pray with gratitude and honesty, pray for our needs,...
Practice hearing from GodMay 5
May 5 Practice hearing from God. We start the month with Psalm 119:105, where David wrote, “Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way. It is like a light that guides me.” When we read what the authors of the Bible wrote, we can find out how God wants us to live....
God is with you while you waitApril 28
April 28 God is with you while you wait. We finish the month with a story found in Luke 2:25-35. God’s people had been waiting for hundreds of years for the Savior. God promised Simeon that he’d get to see the Messiah before he died. We believe that Simeon waited a...
When you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
Jesus is aliveMarch 31
March 31 Jesus is alive. We finish March by celebrating Jesus’ resurrection as described in Luke 24:1-12, 36-49. God went to great lengths to make peace with us. All of God’s promises came true, and everything that Jesus said and did led up to this moment. When Jesus...
Jesus came to be our SaviorMarch 24
March 24 Jesus came to be our Savior. We kick off Easter week with the story of Palm Sunday as described in Matthew 21:1-11. By this time, God’s people had been waiting hundreds of years for God’s promised Savior. As Jesus’ ministry grew, the people were starting to...
You can help others make peaceMarch 17
March 17 You can help others make peace. In 1 Samuel 25:1-35, we find a story about a woman named Abigail. We read how King David was furious with a man named Nabal who had mistreated his men. David decided to get revenge . . . until Nabal’s wife, Abigail, intercepted...
You can show you care by letting go of what’s fairMarch 10
March 10 You can show you care by letting go of what's fair. For week two, we head to Genesis 13:5-18. We read how Abram and Lot’s herdsmen were arguing because there wasn’t enough land for both men’s herds. Abram chose to make peace with Lot by letting Lot choose the...
Make peace wherever you canMarch 3
March 3 Make peace wherever you can. In week one, we look at something Paul wrote in Romans 12:18: “If possible, live in peace with everyone. Do that as much as you can.” This is a big challenge! Do as much as you can to live in peace . . . with everyone! Paul was...
Be kind to people who are different from youFebruary 25
February 25 Be kind to people who are different from you. We finish the month with a familiar parable found in Luke 10:25-37. A religious leader asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus answered with the parable of the Good Samaritan. Jesus used this story to...
Be kinder than you have to beFebruary 18
February 18 Be kinder than you have to be. For week three, we turn to Matthew 5:41. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus taught, “Suppose someone forces you to go one mile. Go two miles with them.” To us, that might sound strange, but to those listening—not so much....
Be kind to the people closest to youFebruary 11
February 11 Be kind to the people closest to you. In week 2, we head to Ruth 1 and 2, where we find Naomi and her daughter-in-law, Ruth. Both of their husbands had died, and Ruth had the opportunity to return home to her family. Instead, she chose to show kindness to...
Jesus showed us how to be kindFebruary 4
February 4 Jesus showed us how to be kind. We start this month in the book of Matthew as we look at three moments of kindness from Jesus’ life. Whether Jesus was healing the sick, blessing little children, or sharing meals with people who others seemed to disregard,...
Use your words wiselyJanuary 28
January 28 Use your words wisely. We finish the month with something Paul wrote in Ephesians 4:29: “Don’t let any evil talk come out of your mouths. Say only what will help to build others up and meet their needs.” (NIrV) Our words have the power to help or hurt...
Work hardJanuary 21
January 21 Work hard. For week three, we take a closer look at Proverbs 6:6- 8: “Think about the ant! Consider its ways and be wise!” (NIrV) God created ants to take responsibility and work hard storing up food for the winter months. We can look to their example as we...
Share what you haveJanuary 14
January 14 Share what you have. In week 2, we head to Luke 12:13-21, where we find a parable Jesus told about a rich man who was focused on the wrong thing. This man was a successful farmer whose land produced a large amount of crops. He decided to build bigger and...
Love God and love othersJanuary 7
January 7 Love God and love others. We kick off the New Year in Matthew 22:36-40. The religious leaders were always trying to trap Jesus with His own words. This moment was no different. A law expert asked Jesus, out of hundreds of laws they were to follow, which one...
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God’s LoveEphesians 3:14-19 (NIV) “For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.”
God's Loveby Kurt Barnes
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryJune 2We can have joy because of Jesus.We start the month with Luke 15:1-7, where we find Jesus telling a parable about a shepherd who goes to find his lost sheep. Jesus explains that the shepherd cares so much about the missing sheep that he leaves the other 99 sheep to go look for it. After the shepherd finds his sheep, he invites his friends to help him celebrate!
Bottom Line: We can have joy because of Jesus. In Jesus’ story, the shepherd is full of joy when he finds his lost sheep. He rejoices with his friends. When we recognize that we are like the lost sheep, we can have joy because we know that God sent Jesus to rescue us! And this joy isn’t just something we keep to ourselves. We can share the good news about Jesus and celebrate when others put their faith in Him too.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsWe can have joy because of JesusJune 2
June 2 We can have joy because of Jesus. We start the month with Luke 15:1-7, where we find Jesus telling a parable about a shepherd who goes to find his lost sheep. Jesus explains that the shepherd cares so much about the missing sheep that he leaves the other 99...
Practice living for GodMay 26
May 26 Practice living for God. We finish the month in Mark 12:41-44. Jesus noticed how wealthy people were giving lots of money at the temple. Then a poor widow walked up to the offering box and gave just two small coins. While this seemed like a small gift, Jesus...
Practice talking about GodMay 19
May 19 Practice talking about God. For week 3, we head to Matthew 16:13-20, where Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say I am?” After everything they’d seen Jesus do and heard Jesus say, what did they really think about Jesus? This gave Peter the perfect moment to...
Practice praying to GodMay 12
May 12 Practice praying to God. In Matthew 6:9-13 we find Jesus talking about prayer during His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus shared a model for prayer that helps us understand more about how we can talk to God. We can pray with gratitude and honesty, pray for our needs,...
Practice hearing from GodMay 5
May 5 Practice hearing from God. We start the month with Psalm 119:105, where David wrote, “Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way. It is like a light that guides me.” When we read what the authors of the Bible wrote, we can find out how God wants us to live....
God is with you while you waitApril 28
April 28 God is with you while you wait. We finish the month with a story found in Luke 2:25-35. God’s people had been waiting for hundreds of years for the Savior. God promised Simeon that he’d get to see the Messiah before he died. We believe that Simeon waited a...
When you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
Jesus is aliveMarch 31
March 31 Jesus is alive. We finish March by celebrating Jesus’ resurrection as described in Luke 24:1-12, 36-49. God went to great lengths to make peace with us. All of God’s promises came true, and everything that Jesus said and did led up to this moment. When Jesus...
Jesus came to be our SaviorMarch 24
March 24 Jesus came to be our Savior. We kick off Easter week with the story of Palm Sunday as described in Matthew 21:1-11. By this time, God’s people had been waiting hundreds of years for God’s promised Savior. As Jesus’ ministry grew, the people were starting to...
You can help others make peaceMarch 17
March 17 You can help others make peace. In 1 Samuel 25:1-35, we find a story about a woman named Abigail. We read how King David was furious with a man named Nabal who had mistreated his men. David decided to get revenge . . . until Nabal’s wife, Abigail, intercepted...
You can show you care by letting go of what’s fairMarch 10
March 10 You can show you care by letting go of what's fair. For week two, we head to Genesis 13:5-18. We read how Abram and Lot’s herdsmen were arguing because there wasn’t enough land for both men’s herds. Abram chose to make peace with Lot by letting Lot choose the...
Make peace wherever you canMarch 3
March 3 Make peace wherever you can. In week one, we look at something Paul wrote in Romans 12:18: “If possible, live in peace with everyone. Do that as much as you can.” This is a big challenge! Do as much as you can to live in peace . . . with everyone! Paul was...
Be kind to people who are different from youFebruary 25
February 25 Be kind to people who are different from you. We finish the month with a familiar parable found in Luke 10:25-37. A religious leader asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus answered with the parable of the Good Samaritan. Jesus used this story to...
Be kinder than you have to beFebruary 18
February 18 Be kinder than you have to be. For week three, we turn to Matthew 5:41. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus taught, “Suppose someone forces you to go one mile. Go two miles with them.” To us, that might sound strange, but to those listening—not so much....
Be kind to the people closest to youFebruary 11
February 11 Be kind to the people closest to you. In week 2, we head to Ruth 1 and 2, where we find Naomi and her daughter-in-law, Ruth. Both of their husbands had died, and Ruth had the opportunity to return home to her family. Instead, she chose to show kindness to...
Jesus showed us how to be kindFebruary 4
February 4 Jesus showed us how to be kind. We start this month in the book of Matthew as we look at three moments of kindness from Jesus’ life. Whether Jesus was healing the sick, blessing little children, or sharing meals with people who others seemed to disregard,...
Use your words wiselyJanuary 28
January 28 Use your words wisely. We finish the month with something Paul wrote in Ephesians 4:29: “Don’t let any evil talk come out of your mouths. Say only what will help to build others up and meet their needs.” (NIrV) Our words have the power to help or hurt...
Work hardJanuary 21
January 21 Work hard. For week three, we take a closer look at Proverbs 6:6- 8: “Think about the ant! Consider its ways and be wise!” (NIrV) God created ants to take responsibility and work hard storing up food for the winter months. We can look to their example as we...
Share what you haveJanuary 14
January 14 Share what you have. In week 2, we head to Luke 12:13-21, where we find a parable Jesus told about a rich man who was focused on the wrong thing. This man was a successful farmer whose land produced a large amount of crops. He decided to build bigger and...
Love God and love othersJanuary 7
January 7 Love God and love others. We kick off the New Year in Matthew 22:36-40. The religious leaders were always trying to trap Jesus with His own words. This moment was no different. A law expert asked Jesus, out of hundreds of laws they were to follow, which one...
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenJune 2We can have joy because of Jesus.We start the month with Luke 15:1-7, where we find Jesus telling a parable about a shepherd who goes to find his lost sheep. Jesus explains that the shepherd cares so much about the missing sheep that he leaves the other 99 sheep to go look for it. After the shepherd finds his sheep, he invites his friends to help him celebrate!
Bottom Line: We can have joy because of Jesus. In Jesus’ story, the shepherd is full of joy when he finds his lost sheep. He rejoices with his friends. When we recognize that we are like the lost sheep, we can have joy because we know that God sent Jesus to rescue us! And this joy isn’t just something we keep to ourselves. We can share the good news about Jesus and celebrate when others put their faith in Him too.
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June 2 We can have joy because of Jesus. We start the month with Luke 15:1-7, where we find Jesus telling a parable about a shepherd who goes to find his lost sheep. Jesus explains that the shepherd cares so much about the missing sheep that he leaves the other 99...
Practice living for GodMay 26
May 26 Practice living for God. We finish the month in Mark 12:41-44. Jesus noticed how wealthy people were giving lots of money at the temple. Then a poor widow walked up to the offering box and gave just two small coins. While this seemed like a small gift, Jesus...
Practice talking about GodMay 19
May 19 Practice talking about God. For week 3, we head to Matthew 16:13-20, where Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say I am?” After everything they’d seen Jesus do and heard Jesus say, what did they really think about Jesus? This gave Peter the perfect moment to...
Practice praying to GodMay 12
May 12 Practice praying to God. In Matthew 6:9-13 we find Jesus talking about prayer during His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus shared a model for prayer that helps us understand more about how we can talk to God. We can pray with gratitude and honesty, pray for our needs,...
Practice hearing from GodMay 5
May 5 Practice hearing from God. We start the month with Psalm 119:105, where David wrote, “Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way. It is like a light that guides me.” When we read what the authors of the Bible wrote, we can find out how God wants us to live....
God is with you while you waitApril 28
April 28 God is with you while you wait. We finish the month with a story found in Luke 2:25-35. God’s people had been waiting for hundreds of years for the Savior. God promised Simeon that he’d get to see the Messiah before he died. We believe that Simeon waited a...
When you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
Jesus is aliveMarch 31
March 31 Jesus is alive. We finish March by celebrating Jesus’ resurrection as described in Luke 24:1-12, 36-49. God went to great lengths to make peace with us. All of God’s promises came true, and everything that Jesus said and did led up to this moment. When Jesus...
Jesus came to be our SaviorMarch 24
March 24 Jesus came to be our Savior. We kick off Easter week with the story of Palm Sunday as described in Matthew 21:1-11. By this time, God’s people had been waiting hundreds of years for God’s promised Savior. As Jesus’ ministry grew, the people were starting to...
You can help others make peaceMarch 17
March 17 You can help others make peace. In 1 Samuel 25:1-35, we find a story about a woman named Abigail. We read how King David was furious with a man named Nabal who had mistreated his men. David decided to get revenge . . . until Nabal’s wife, Abigail, intercepted...
You can show you care by letting go of what’s fairMarch 10
March 10 You can show you care by letting go of what's fair. For week two, we head to Genesis 13:5-18. We read how Abram and Lot’s herdsmen were arguing because there wasn’t enough land for both men’s herds. Abram chose to make peace with Lot by letting Lot choose the...
Make peace wherever you canMarch 3
March 3 Make peace wherever you can. In week one, we look at something Paul wrote in Romans 12:18: “If possible, live in peace with everyone. Do that as much as you can.” This is a big challenge! Do as much as you can to live in peace . . . with everyone! Paul was...
Be kind to people who are different from youFebruary 25
February 25 Be kind to people who are different from you. We finish the month with a familiar parable found in Luke 10:25-37. A religious leader asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus answered with the parable of the Good Samaritan. Jesus used this story to...
Be kinder than you have to beFebruary 18
February 18 Be kinder than you have to be. For week three, we turn to Matthew 5:41. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus taught, “Suppose someone forces you to go one mile. Go two miles with them.” To us, that might sound strange, but to those listening—not so much....
Be kind to the people closest to youFebruary 11
February 11 Be kind to the people closest to you. In week 2, we head to Ruth 1 and 2, where we find Naomi and her daughter-in-law, Ruth. Both of their husbands had died, and Ruth had the opportunity to return home to her family. Instead, she chose to show kindness to...
Jesus showed us how to be kindFebruary 4
February 4 Jesus showed us how to be kind. We start this month in the book of Matthew as we look at three moments of kindness from Jesus’ life. Whether Jesus was healing the sick, blessing little children, or sharing meals with people who others seemed to disregard,...
Use your words wiselyJanuary 28
January 28 Use your words wisely. We finish the month with something Paul wrote in Ephesians 4:29: “Don’t let any evil talk come out of your mouths. Say only what will help to build others up and meet their needs.” (NIrV) Our words have the power to help or hurt...
Work hardJanuary 21
January 21 Work hard. For week three, we take a closer look at Proverbs 6:6- 8: “Think about the ant! Consider its ways and be wise!” (NIrV) God created ants to take responsibility and work hard storing up food for the winter months. We can look to their example as we...
Share what you haveJanuary 14
January 14 Share what you have. In week 2, we head to Luke 12:13-21, where we find a parable Jesus told about a rich man who was focused on the wrong thing. This man was a successful farmer whose land produced a large amount of crops. He decided to build bigger and...
Love God and love othersJanuary 7
January 7 Love God and love others. We kick off the New Year in Matthew 22:36-40. The religious leaders were always trying to trap Jesus with His own words. This moment was no different. A law expert asked Jesus, out of hundreds of laws they were to follow, which one...
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolJune 2I can have joy because God loves me.Jesus tells the story of the lost sheep to help us understand just how much God loves us. A shepherd leaves 99 sheep to search for one lost sheep, and when he finds it, he rejoices! God’s love for us is big. We want our preschoolers to know that God will always love them, and when we remember how much God loves us, I can have joy all the time.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsI can have joy because God loves meJune 2
June 2 I can have joy because God loves me. Jesus tells the story of the lost sheep to help us understand just how much God loves us. A shepherd leaves 99 sheep to search for one lost sheep, and when he finds it, he rejoices! God’s love for us is big. We want our...
I can live for GodMay 26
May 26 I can live for God. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego have a choice to make. Are they going to live for the king and do what the king says OR are they going to live for God and do what God says? Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego choose to live for God. They know...
I can talk about God to othersMay 19
May 19 I can talk about God to others. Jeremiah is a prophet, and he tells God’s people important things like “God loves you with a forever kind of love” and “God has plans for you.” And we want preschoolers to know that they can talk about God to others too. They can...
I can pray to GodMay 12
May 12 I can pray to God. Hannah talks to God when she is sad because she knows she can talk to God anytime, anywhere, and about anything. And after Hannah cries out to God and talks to Him about why she is so sad, she isn’t sad anymore. We want preschoolers to know...
I can hear from GodMay 5
May 5 I can hear from God. When King Josiah’s workers find scrolls with God’s words on them, he quickly reads the scrolls to hear from God. We want preschoolers to know they can hear from God too. Every time they listen to or read a Bible story, they can hear from God...
I shine when I do what Jesus saysApril 28
April 28 I shine when I do what Jesus says. The Bible teaches us that when we do what Jesus says—like when we don’t argue or complain—we will shine like stars! There will be people around us who complain or argue, but we can choose to do what Jesus says with a happy...
Jesus says to love like HimApril 21
April 21 Jesus says to love like Him. Jesus tells his friends to love people the way he loves them. So the early church did what Jesus says and loved like Jesus! If someone needed a coat, a person would share their coat. If someone needed a place to stay, a person...
Jesus says to tell others about HimApril 14
April 14 Jesus says to tell others about Him. Jesus gives his friends an important job to do—to go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus is alive and he wants to be their friend forever—and we can do that job too! When we go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus...
Jesus says to let my light shineApril 7
April 7 Jesus says to let my light shine. Jesus says that we are the light of the world. We can shine our light to show the world that Jesus loves them and wants to be their friend forever. We all have the choice to either hide or shine our light, and we want...
Jesus is alive!March 31
March 31 Jesus is alive! Jesus dies, is put in a tomb, and comes back just like he said he would, so we could be his friend forever. Yes, Jesus is alive and Jesus wants to be my friend forever. And Jesus wants to be your friend forever…every child’s friend...
We can celebrate JesusMarch 24
March 24 We can celebrate Jesus. As Jesus enters Jerusalem on a donkey, the people are so excited that they lay palm branches and coats on the road to make a special path for Jesus while they cheer and shout, “Hosanna! Hosanna! Yay, Jesus!” The people waved their palm...
Jesus is a good friendMarch 17
March 17 Jesus is a good friend. Jesus does something unexpected to show His friends, the disciples, what it looks like to be a good friend. He didn’t show them how to defend someone in battle or how to convince a person to stop doing wrong. Instead, Jesus got a bowl...
Jesus wants everyone to follow himMarch 10
March 10 Jesus wants everyone to follow him. Jesus begins forming what would become his team of 12 disciples. Jesus didn’t go to the religious leaders or the powerful political leaders to pick his team. No, instead Jesus went to a fishing boat where he asked Peter,...
Jesus wants to be friends with everyone, everywhereMarch 3
March 3 Jesus wants to be friends with everyone, everywhere. The woman at the well had made wrong choices and those choices left her walking to a well, all alone, in the middle of the day. Top that with the fact that she was from a town where the people were not...
Jesus loves meFebruary 25
February 25 Jesus loves me. Jesus tells his friends, the disciples, to let the children come to him. Parents were bringing their children to Jesus so he could bless them. The disciples, thinking they were doing what was best, told the parents to go away. I mean, Jesus...
Jesus loves us even when we do something wrongFebruary 18
February 18 Jesus loves us even when we do something wrong. Zacchaeus climbs a tree to see Jesus. We can only imagine the look on Zacchaeus’ face when he saw Jesus walking towards him as he sat perched in a tree. Maybe Zacchaeus thought Jesus was going to tell him...
Jesus is a friend to everyoneFebruary 11
February 11 Jesus is a friend to everyone. Jesus is a kind and loving friend to a woman who had done something wrong. We call her the unloved woman because she experienced anything but love from the religious leaders. Instead of love, she received judgment, hate,...
Jesus loves everyoneFebruary 4
February 4 Jesus loves everyone. Jesus touches a man who asks for help and heals him of all his boo-boos. an with leprosy. He was not someone everyone loved…or even liked, really. In fact, people stayed away from him because they didn’t want to get what he had. A...
Jesus teaches us that God loves us no matter whatJanuary 28
January 28 Jesus teaches us that God loves us no matter what. Jesus tells a story about a son who returns home to a loving father. Jesus told this story because he wants to teach us something VERY important. He wants us to know that God loves us no matter...
Jesus teaches us we can shareJanuary 21
January 21 Jesus teaches us we can share. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
Jesus teaches that God cares for usJanuary 14
January 14 Jesus teaches that God cares for us. Jesus talks about birds and flowers to teach us that God knows what we need and he cares for us. God loves us more than flowers and birds. And if God takes care of flowers and birds, that means that God will take care of...
People came to hear Jesus because He teaches important thingsJanuary 7
January 7 People came to hear Jesus because He teaches important things. When Jesus sees a large crowd of people, he teaches them important things, because he loves them. We want to begin the month with preschoolers knowing that Jesus teaches me important things, so...
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Let’s GoBased on Deuteronomy 1, a message about moving forward as we enter into a new season as a church.
Let's Goby Rob Barnes
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolMay 26I can live for God.Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego have a choice to make. Are they going to live for the king and do what the king says OR are they going to live for God and do what God says? Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego choose to live for God. They know that, no matter what happens, God loves them. We can choose to live for God, too, because God loves me and God loves you!
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsI can live for GodMay 26
May 26 I can live for God. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego have a choice to make. Are they going to live for the king and do what the king says OR are they going to live for God and do what God says? Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego choose to live for God. They know...
I can talk about God to othersMay 19
May 19 I can talk about God to others. Jeremiah is a prophet, and he tells God’s people important things like “God loves you with a forever kind of love” and “God has plans for you.” And we want preschoolers to know that they can talk about God to others too. They can...
I can pray to GodMay 12
May 12 I can pray to God. Hannah talks to God when she is sad because she knows she can talk to God anytime, anywhere, and about anything. And after Hannah cries out to God and talks to Him about why she is so sad, she isn’t sad anymore. We want preschoolers to know...
I can hear from GodMay 5
May 5 I can hear from God. When King Josiah’s workers find scrolls with God’s words on them, he quickly reads the scrolls to hear from God. We want preschoolers to know they can hear from God too. Every time they listen to or read a Bible story, they can hear from God...
I shine when I do what Jesus saysApril 28
April 28 I shine when I do what Jesus says. The Bible teaches us that when we do what Jesus says—like when we don’t argue or complain—we will shine like stars! There will be people around us who complain or argue, but we can choose to do what Jesus says with a happy...
Jesus says to love like HimApril 21
April 21 Jesus says to love like Him. Jesus tells his friends to love people the way he loves them. So the early church did what Jesus says and loved like Jesus! If someone needed a coat, a person would share their coat. If someone needed a place to stay, a person...
Jesus says to tell others about HimApril 14
April 14 Jesus says to tell others about Him. Jesus gives his friends an important job to do—to go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus is alive and he wants to be their friend forever—and we can do that job too! When we go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus...
Jesus says to let my light shineApril 7
April 7 Jesus says to let my light shine. Jesus says that we are the light of the world. We can shine our light to show the world that Jesus loves them and wants to be their friend forever. We all have the choice to either hide or shine our light, and we want...
Jesus is alive!March 31
March 31 Jesus is alive! Jesus dies, is put in a tomb, and comes back just like he said he would, so we could be his friend forever. Yes, Jesus is alive and Jesus wants to be my friend forever. And Jesus wants to be your friend forever…every child’s friend...
We can celebrate JesusMarch 24
March 24 We can celebrate Jesus. As Jesus enters Jerusalem on a donkey, the people are so excited that they lay palm branches and coats on the road to make a special path for Jesus while they cheer and shout, “Hosanna! Hosanna! Yay, Jesus!” The people waved their palm...
Jesus is a good friendMarch 17
March 17 Jesus is a good friend. Jesus does something unexpected to show His friends, the disciples, what it looks like to be a good friend. He didn’t show them how to defend someone in battle or how to convince a person to stop doing wrong. Instead, Jesus got a bowl...
Jesus wants everyone to follow himMarch 10
March 10 Jesus wants everyone to follow him. Jesus begins forming what would become his team of 12 disciples. Jesus didn’t go to the religious leaders or the powerful political leaders to pick his team. No, instead Jesus went to a fishing boat where he asked Peter,...
Jesus wants to be friends with everyone, everywhereMarch 3
March 3 Jesus wants to be friends with everyone, everywhere. The woman at the well had made wrong choices and those choices left her walking to a well, all alone, in the middle of the day. Top that with the fact that she was from a town where the people were not...
Jesus loves meFebruary 25
February 25 Jesus loves me. Jesus tells his friends, the disciples, to let the children come to him. Parents were bringing their children to Jesus so he could bless them. The disciples, thinking they were doing what was best, told the parents to go away. I mean, Jesus...
Jesus loves us even when we do something wrongFebruary 18
February 18 Jesus loves us even when we do something wrong. Zacchaeus climbs a tree to see Jesus. We can only imagine the look on Zacchaeus’ face when he saw Jesus walking towards him as he sat perched in a tree. Maybe Zacchaeus thought Jesus was going to tell him...
Jesus is a friend to everyoneFebruary 11
February 11 Jesus is a friend to everyone. Jesus is a kind and loving friend to a woman who had done something wrong. We call her the unloved woman because she experienced anything but love from the religious leaders. Instead of love, she received judgment, hate,...
Jesus loves everyoneFebruary 4
February 4 Jesus loves everyone. Jesus touches a man who asks for help and heals him of all his boo-boos. an with leprosy. He was not someone everyone loved…or even liked, really. In fact, people stayed away from him because they didn’t want to get what he had. A...
Jesus teaches us that God loves us no matter whatJanuary 28
January 28 Jesus teaches us that God loves us no matter what. Jesus tells a story about a son who returns home to a loving father. Jesus told this story because he wants to teach us something VERY important. He wants us to know that God loves us no matter...
Jesus teaches us we can shareJanuary 21
January 21 Jesus teaches us we can share. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
Jesus teaches that God cares for usJanuary 14
January 14 Jesus teaches that God cares for us. Jesus talks about birds and flowers to teach us that God knows what we need and he cares for us. God loves us more than flowers and birds. And if God takes care of flowers and birds, that means that God will take care of...
People came to hear Jesus because He teaches important thingsJanuary 7
January 7 People came to hear Jesus because He teaches important things. When Jesus sees a large crowd of people, he teaches them important things, because he loves them. We want to begin the month with preschoolers knowing that Jesus teaches me important things, so...
The wise men go to see Jesus, God’s sonDecember 31
December 31 The wise men go to see Jesus, God's son. The wise men don’t have a train to ride, but that doesn’t stop them from following a special star and traveling a long way so they can worship the new King. Once they find Him, the wise men lay their gifts before...
Happy Birthday, JesusDecember 24
December 24 Happy Birthday, Jesus! Christmas is when we celebrate Jesus’ birthday. As we celebrate the good news that God gave us Jesus, we will retell the Christmas Story.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
The shepherds run to JesusDecember 17
December 17 The shepherds run to Jesus. An angel tells shepherds in a field that God’s Son, Jesus, has been born and that they could find him in a manger. They run to find baby Jesus in the manger with Mary and Joseph.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
Jesus is bornDecember 10
December 10 Jesus is born. Mary and Joseph travel a LONG way to the town of Bethlehem, and Jesus is born in a stable where animals sleep. Jesus wasn’t born in a fancy place, but Jesus is special because Jesus is God’s Son. God loves us so much He gave us...
God tells Mary she is going to have His Son JesusDecember 3
December 3 God tells Mary she is going to have His Son Jesus. God has an important message for Mary so God sends an angel to tell Mary that she is going to have a baby. But not just any baby. This baby is God’s Son, and His name is Jesus!DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES...
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryMay 26Practice living for God.We finish the month in Mark 12:41-44. Jesus noticed how wealthy people were giving lots of money at the temple. Then a poor widow walked up to the offering box and gave just two small coins. While this seemed like a small gift, Jesus told His disciples that this woman actually gave more than the rich people did—because she gave everything she had.
Bottom Line: Practice living for God. We know that many kids love to sing and worship God. But worship isn’t just something we do when we sing at church. Worship is really how we honor God with our whole lives—how we love others and serve them, how we give our time and talents, how we follow and praise God, and even how we rest. We want kids to practice living for God and understand what it means to worship God with every part of their life.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsPractice living for GodMay 26
May 26 Practice living for God. We finish the month in Mark 12:41-44. Jesus noticed how wealthy people were giving lots of money at the temple. Then a poor widow walked up to the offering box and gave just two small coins. While this seemed like a small gift, Jesus...
Practice talking about GodMay 19
May 19 Practice talking about God. For week 3, we head to Matthew 16:13-20, where Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say I am?” After everything they’d seen Jesus do and heard Jesus say, what did they really think about Jesus? This gave Peter the perfect moment to...
Practice praying to GodMay 12
May 12 Practice praying to God. In Matthew 6:9-13 we find Jesus talking about prayer during His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus shared a model for prayer that helps us understand more about how we can talk to God. We can pray with gratitude and honesty, pray for our needs,...
Practice hearing from GodMay 5
May 5 Practice hearing from God. We start the month with Psalm 119:105, where David wrote, “Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way. It is like a light that guides me.” When we read what the authors of the Bible wrote, we can find out how God wants us to live....
God is with you while you waitApril 28
April 28 God is with you while you wait. We finish the month with a story found in Luke 2:25-35. God’s people had been waiting for hundreds of years for the Savior. God promised Simeon that he’d get to see the Messiah before he died. We believe that Simeon waited a...
When you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
Jesus is aliveMarch 31
March 31 Jesus is alive. We finish March by celebrating Jesus’ resurrection as described in Luke 24:1-12, 36-49. God went to great lengths to make peace with us. All of God’s promises came true, and everything that Jesus said and did led up to this moment. When Jesus...
Jesus came to be our SaviorMarch 24
March 24 Jesus came to be our Savior. We kick off Easter week with the story of Palm Sunday as described in Matthew 21:1-11. By this time, God’s people had been waiting hundreds of years for God’s promised Savior. As Jesus’ ministry grew, the people were starting to...
You can help others make peaceMarch 17
March 17 You can help others make peace. In 1 Samuel 25:1-35, we find a story about a woman named Abigail. We read how King David was furious with a man named Nabal who had mistreated his men. David decided to get revenge . . . until Nabal’s wife, Abigail, intercepted...
You can show you care by letting go of what’s fairMarch 10
March 10 You can show you care by letting go of what's fair. For week two, we head to Genesis 13:5-18. We read how Abram and Lot’s herdsmen were arguing because there wasn’t enough land for both men’s herds. Abram chose to make peace with Lot by letting Lot choose the...
Make peace wherever you canMarch 3
March 3 Make peace wherever you can. In week one, we look at something Paul wrote in Romans 12:18: “If possible, live in peace with everyone. Do that as much as you can.” This is a big challenge! Do as much as you can to live in peace . . . with everyone! Paul was...
Be kind to people who are different from youFebruary 25
February 25 Be kind to people who are different from you. We finish the month with a familiar parable found in Luke 10:25-37. A religious leader asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus answered with the parable of the Good Samaritan. Jesus used this story to...
Be kinder than you have to beFebruary 18
February 18 Be kinder than you have to be. For week three, we turn to Matthew 5:41. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus taught, “Suppose someone forces you to go one mile. Go two miles with them.” To us, that might sound strange, but to those listening—not so much....
Be kind to the people closest to youFebruary 11
February 11 Be kind to the people closest to you. In week 2, we head to Ruth 1 and 2, where we find Naomi and her daughter-in-law, Ruth. Both of their husbands had died, and Ruth had the opportunity to return home to her family. Instead, she chose to show kindness to...
Jesus showed us how to be kindFebruary 4
February 4 Jesus showed us how to be kind. We start this month in the book of Matthew as we look at three moments of kindness from Jesus’ life. Whether Jesus was healing the sick, blessing little children, or sharing meals with people who others seemed to disregard,...
Use your words wiselyJanuary 28
January 28 Use your words wisely. We finish the month with something Paul wrote in Ephesians 4:29: “Don’t let any evil talk come out of your mouths. Say only what will help to build others up and meet their needs.” (NIrV) Our words have the power to help or hurt...
Work hardJanuary 21
January 21 Work hard. For week three, we take a closer look at Proverbs 6:6- 8: “Think about the ant! Consider its ways and be wise!” (NIrV) God created ants to take responsibility and work hard storing up food for the winter months. We can look to their example as we...
Share what you haveJanuary 14
January 14 Share what you have. In week 2, we head to Luke 12:13-21, where we find a parable Jesus told about a rich man who was focused on the wrong thing. This man was a successful farmer whose land produced a large amount of crops. He decided to build bigger and...
Love God and love othersJanuary 7
January 7 Love God and love others. We kick off the New Year in Matthew 22:36-40. The religious leaders were always trying to trap Jesus with His own words. This moment was no different. A law expert asked Jesus, out of hundreds of laws they were to follow, which one...
Celebrate Jesus all year longDecember 31
December 31 Celebrate Jesus all year long. We finish up our Christmas season celebration in Matthew 2:1-12. We see how the announcement of Jesus’ birth was far-reaching. Wise men from the east saw a star that set them on an adventure to find a promised king of Israel....
God’s love is for everyoneDecember 24
December 24 God's love is for everyone. For Christmas weekend, we continue the story in Luke 2:8-20. Jesus was born, and it was now time to announce it to the world. Instead of heading to the palaces and mansions, God’s angels visited the shepherds and announced...
You can have joy because God sent JesusDecember 17
December 17 You can have joy because God sent Jesus. In week three, we head to the familiar Christmas passage in Luke 2:1-7. On the surface, it might have seemed like nothing was going right for Mary and Joseph: a census, no room for them to stay, not to mention...
You can have peace because God has a planDecember 10
December 10 You can have peace because God has a plan. In week 2, we turn to Luke 1:26-56. The Messiah had been promised for generations, but no one would have guessed that God would use a young woman to bring that promise to fulfilment—including that young woman...
You can have hope because God is faithfulDecember 3
December 3 You can have hope because God is faithful. In our first week, we start in Micah 5:2, Isaiah 9:6-7, and Isaiah 7:14-15, where we discover how prophets predicted that God would send a Savior. No one could have expected that it would take hundreds of years...
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenMay 26Practice living for God.We finish the month in Mark 12:41-44. Jesus noticed how wealthy people were giving lots of money at the temple. Then a poor widow walked up to the offering box and gave just two small coins. While this seemed like a small gift, Jesus told His disciples that this woman actually gave more than the rich people did—because she gave everything she had.
Bottom Line: Practice living for God. We know that many kids love to sing and worship God. But worship isn’t just something we do when we sing at church. Worship is really how we honor God with our whole lives—how we love others and serve them, how we give our time and talents, how we follow and praise God, and even how we rest. We want kids to practice living for God and understand what it means to worship God with every part of their life.
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May 26 Practice living for God. We finish the month in Mark 12:41-44. Jesus noticed how wealthy people were giving lots of money at the temple. Then a poor widow walked up to the offering box and gave just two small coins. While this seemed like a small gift, Jesus...
Practice talking about GodMay 19
May 19 Practice talking about God. For week 3, we head to Matthew 16:13-20, where Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say I am?” After everything they’d seen Jesus do and heard Jesus say, what did they really think about Jesus? This gave Peter the perfect moment to...
Practice praying to GodMay 12
May 12 Practice praying to God. In Matthew 6:9-13 we find Jesus talking about prayer during His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus shared a model for prayer that helps us understand more about how we can talk to God. We can pray with gratitude and honesty, pray for our needs,...
Practice hearing from GodMay 5
May 5 Practice hearing from God. We start the month with Psalm 119:105, where David wrote, “Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way. It is like a light that guides me.” When we read what the authors of the Bible wrote, we can find out how God wants us to live....
God is with you while you waitApril 28
April 28 God is with you while you wait. We finish the month with a story found in Luke 2:25-35. God’s people had been waiting for hundreds of years for the Savior. God promised Simeon that he’d get to see the Messiah before he died. We believe that Simeon waited a...
When you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
Jesus is aliveMarch 31
March 31 Jesus is alive. We finish March by celebrating Jesus’ resurrection as described in Luke 24:1-12, 36-49. God went to great lengths to make peace with us. All of God’s promises came true, and everything that Jesus said and did led up to this moment. When Jesus...
Jesus came to be our SaviorMarch 24
March 24 Jesus came to be our Savior. We kick off Easter week with the story of Palm Sunday as described in Matthew 21:1-11. By this time, God’s people had been waiting hundreds of years for God’s promised Savior. As Jesus’ ministry grew, the people were starting to...
You can help others make peaceMarch 17
March 17 You can help others make peace. In 1 Samuel 25:1-35, we find a story about a woman named Abigail. We read how King David was furious with a man named Nabal who had mistreated his men. David decided to get revenge . . . until Nabal’s wife, Abigail, intercepted...
You can show you care by letting go of what’s fairMarch 10
March 10 You can show you care by letting go of what's fair. For week two, we head to Genesis 13:5-18. We read how Abram and Lot’s herdsmen were arguing because there wasn’t enough land for both men’s herds. Abram chose to make peace with Lot by letting Lot choose the...
Make peace wherever you canMarch 3
March 3 Make peace wherever you can. In week one, we look at something Paul wrote in Romans 12:18: “If possible, live in peace with everyone. Do that as much as you can.” This is a big challenge! Do as much as you can to live in peace . . . with everyone! Paul was...
Be kind to people who are different from youFebruary 25
February 25 Be kind to people who are different from you. We finish the month with a familiar parable found in Luke 10:25-37. A religious leader asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus answered with the parable of the Good Samaritan. Jesus used this story to...
Be kinder than you have to beFebruary 18
February 18 Be kinder than you have to be. For week three, we turn to Matthew 5:41. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus taught, “Suppose someone forces you to go one mile. Go two miles with them.” To us, that might sound strange, but to those listening—not so much....
Be kind to the people closest to youFebruary 11
February 11 Be kind to the people closest to you. In week 2, we head to Ruth 1 and 2, where we find Naomi and her daughter-in-law, Ruth. Both of their husbands had died, and Ruth had the opportunity to return home to her family. Instead, she chose to show kindness to...
Jesus showed us how to be kindFebruary 4
February 4 Jesus showed us how to be kind. We start this month in the book of Matthew as we look at three moments of kindness from Jesus’ life. Whether Jesus was healing the sick, blessing little children, or sharing meals with people who others seemed to disregard,...
Use your words wiselyJanuary 28
January 28 Use your words wisely. We finish the month with something Paul wrote in Ephesians 4:29: “Don’t let any evil talk come out of your mouths. Say only what will help to build others up and meet their needs.” (NIrV) Our words have the power to help or hurt...
Work hardJanuary 21
January 21 Work hard. For week three, we take a closer look at Proverbs 6:6- 8: “Think about the ant! Consider its ways and be wise!” (NIrV) God created ants to take responsibility and work hard storing up food for the winter months. We can look to their example as we...
Share what you haveJanuary 14
January 14 Share what you have. In week 2, we head to Luke 12:13-21, where we find a parable Jesus told about a rich man who was focused on the wrong thing. This man was a successful farmer whose land produced a large amount of crops. He decided to build bigger and...
Love God and love othersJanuary 7
January 7 Love God and love others. We kick off the New Year in Matthew 22:36-40. The religious leaders were always trying to trap Jesus with His own words. This moment was no different. A law expert asked Jesus, out of hundreds of laws they were to follow, which one...
Celebrate Jesus all year longDecember 31
December 31 Celebrate Jesus all year long. We finish up our Christmas season celebration in Matthew 2:1-12. We see how the announcement of Jesus’ birth was far-reaching. Wise men from the east saw a star that set them on an adventure to find a promised king of Israel....
God’s love is for everyoneDecember 24
December 24 God's love is for everyone. For Christmas weekend, we continue the story in Luke 2:8-20. Jesus was born, and it was now time to announce it to the world. Instead of heading to the palaces and mansions, God’s angels visited the shepherds and announced...
You can have joy because God sent JesusDecember 17
December 17 You can have joy because God sent Jesus. In week three, we head to the familiar Christmas passage in Luke 2:1-7. On the surface, it might have seemed like nothing was going right for Mary and Joseph: a census, no room for them to stay, not to mention...
You can have peace because God has a planDecember 10
December 10 You can have peace because God has a plan. In week 2, we turn to Luke 1:26-56. The Messiah had been promised for generations, but no one would have guessed that God would use a young woman to bring that promise to fulfilment—including that young woman...
You can have hope because God is faithfulDecember 3
December 3 You can have hope because God is faithful. In our first week, we start in Micah 5:2, Isaiah 9:6-7, and Isaiah 7:14-15, where we discover how prophets predicted that God would send a Savior. No one could have expected that it would take hundreds of years...
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TogetherA look at the “joyful gospel partnership” that Paul mentions in Philippians.
Togetherby Kurt Barnes
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolMay 19I can talk about God to others.Jeremiah is a prophet, and he tells God’s people important things like “God loves you with a forever kind of love” and “God has plans for you.” And we want preschoolers to know that they can talk about God to others too. They can tell everyone, everywhere that God loves them and has plans for them, like Jeremiah did.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsI can talk about God to othersMay 19
May 19 I can talk about God to others. Jeremiah is a prophet, and he tells God’s people important things like “God loves you with a forever kind of love” and “God has plans for you.” And we want preschoolers to know that they can talk about God to others too. They can...
I can pray to GodMay 12
May 12 I can pray to God. Hannah talks to God when she is sad because she knows she can talk to God anytime, anywhere, and about anything. And after Hannah cries out to God and talks to Him about why she is so sad, she isn’t sad anymore. We want preschoolers to know...
I can hear from GodMay 5
May 5 I can hear from God. When King Josiah’s workers find scrolls with God’s words on them, he quickly reads the scrolls to hear from God. We want preschoolers to know they can hear from God too. Every time they listen to or read a Bible story, they can hear from God...
I shine when I do what Jesus saysApril 28
April 28 I shine when I do what Jesus says. The Bible teaches us that when we do what Jesus says—like when we don’t argue or complain—we will shine like stars! There will be people around us who complain or argue, but we can choose to do what Jesus says with a happy...
Jesus says to love like HimApril 21
April 21 Jesus says to love like Him. Jesus tells his friends to love people the way he loves them. So the early church did what Jesus says and loved like Jesus! If someone needed a coat, a person would share their coat. If someone needed a place to stay, a person...
Jesus says to tell others about HimApril 14
April 14 Jesus says to tell others about Him. Jesus gives his friends an important job to do—to go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus is alive and he wants to be their friend forever—and we can do that job too! When we go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus...
Jesus says to let my light shineApril 7
April 7 Jesus says to let my light shine. Jesus says that we are the light of the world. We can shine our light to show the world that Jesus loves them and wants to be their friend forever. We all have the choice to either hide or shine our light, and we want...
Jesus is alive!March 31
March 31 Jesus is alive! Jesus dies, is put in a tomb, and comes back just like he said he would, so we could be his friend forever. Yes, Jesus is alive and Jesus wants to be my friend forever. And Jesus wants to be your friend forever…every child’s friend...
We can celebrate JesusMarch 24
March 24 We can celebrate Jesus. As Jesus enters Jerusalem on a donkey, the people are so excited that they lay palm branches and coats on the road to make a special path for Jesus while they cheer and shout, “Hosanna! Hosanna! Yay, Jesus!” The people waved their palm...
Jesus is a good friendMarch 17
March 17 Jesus is a good friend. Jesus does something unexpected to show His friends, the disciples, what it looks like to be a good friend. He didn’t show them how to defend someone in battle or how to convince a person to stop doing wrong. Instead, Jesus got a bowl...
Jesus wants everyone to follow himMarch 10
March 10 Jesus wants everyone to follow him. Jesus begins forming what would become his team of 12 disciples. Jesus didn’t go to the religious leaders or the powerful political leaders to pick his team. No, instead Jesus went to a fishing boat where he asked Peter,...
Jesus wants to be friends with everyone, everywhereMarch 3
March 3 Jesus wants to be friends with everyone, everywhere. The woman at the well had made wrong choices and those choices left her walking to a well, all alone, in the middle of the day. Top that with the fact that she was from a town where the people were not...
Jesus loves meFebruary 25
February 25 Jesus loves me. Jesus tells his friends, the disciples, to let the children come to him. Parents were bringing their children to Jesus so he could bless them. The disciples, thinking they were doing what was best, told the parents to go away. I mean, Jesus...
Jesus loves us even when we do something wrongFebruary 18
February 18 Jesus loves us even when we do something wrong. Zacchaeus climbs a tree to see Jesus. We can only imagine the look on Zacchaeus’ face when he saw Jesus walking towards him as he sat perched in a tree. Maybe Zacchaeus thought Jesus was going to tell him...
Jesus is a friend to everyoneFebruary 11
February 11 Jesus is a friend to everyone. Jesus is a kind and loving friend to a woman who had done something wrong. We call her the unloved woman because she experienced anything but love from the religious leaders. Instead of love, she received judgment, hate,...
Jesus loves everyoneFebruary 4
February 4 Jesus loves everyone. Jesus touches a man who asks for help and heals him of all his boo-boos. an with leprosy. He was not someone everyone loved…or even liked, really. In fact, people stayed away from him because they didn’t want to get what he had. A...
Jesus teaches us that God loves us no matter whatJanuary 28
January 28 Jesus teaches us that God loves us no matter what. Jesus tells a story about a son who returns home to a loving father. Jesus told this story because he wants to teach us something VERY important. He wants us to know that God loves us no matter...
Jesus teaches us we can shareJanuary 21
January 21 Jesus teaches us we can share. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
Jesus teaches that God cares for usJanuary 14
January 14 Jesus teaches that God cares for us. Jesus talks about birds and flowers to teach us that God knows what we need and he cares for us. God loves us more than flowers and birds. And if God takes care of flowers and birds, that means that God will take care of...
People came to hear Jesus because He teaches important thingsJanuary 7
January 7 People came to hear Jesus because He teaches important things. When Jesus sees a large crowd of people, he teaches them important things, because he loves them. We want to begin the month with preschoolers knowing that Jesus teaches me important things, so...
The wise men go to see Jesus, God’s sonDecember 31
December 31 The wise men go to see Jesus, God's son. The wise men don’t have a train to ride, but that doesn’t stop them from following a special star and traveling a long way so they can worship the new King. Once they find Him, the wise men lay their gifts before...
Happy Birthday, JesusDecember 24
December 24 Happy Birthday, Jesus! Christmas is when we celebrate Jesus’ birthday. As we celebrate the good news that God gave us Jesus, we will retell the Christmas Story.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
The shepherds run to JesusDecember 17
December 17 The shepherds run to Jesus. An angel tells shepherds in a field that God’s Son, Jesus, has been born and that they could find him in a manger. They run to find baby Jesus in the manger with Mary and Joseph.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
Jesus is bornDecember 10
December 10 Jesus is born. Mary and Joseph travel a LONG way to the town of Bethlehem, and Jesus is born in a stable where animals sleep. Jesus wasn’t born in a fancy place, but Jesus is special because Jesus is God’s Son. God loves us so much He gave us...
God tells Mary she is going to have His Son JesusDecember 3
December 3 God tells Mary she is going to have His Son Jesus. God has an important message for Mary so God sends an angel to tell Mary that she is going to have a baby. But not just any baby. This baby is God’s Son, and His name is Jesus!DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES...
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryMay 19Practice talking about God.For week 3, we head to Matthew 16:13-20, where Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say I am?” After everything they’d seen Jesus do and heard Jesus say, what did they really think about Jesus? This gave Peter the perfect moment to declare what he believed: that Jesus truly is the Son of God.
Bottom Line: Practice talking about God. God is continually working in our lives. When we talk about those moments with others, we can actually end up growing in our relationship with God. As kids process their growing faith, they will have questions and doubts. We want them to know that no question is off-limits when it comes to their faith. We hope that as they practice talking about God, they’ll discover that sharing about their faith isn’t so daunting. We pray that kids will find trusted adults who believe in Jesus who will help them talk through their questions about God.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsPractice talking about GodMay 19
May 19 Practice talking about God. For week 3, we head to Matthew 16:13-20, where Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say I am?” After everything they’d seen Jesus do and heard Jesus say, what did they really think about Jesus? This gave Peter the perfect moment to...
Practice praying to GodMay 12
May 12 Practice praying to God. In Matthew 6:9-13 we find Jesus talking about prayer during His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus shared a model for prayer that helps us understand more about how we can talk to God. We can pray with gratitude and honesty, pray for our needs,...
Practice hearing from GodMay 5
May 5 Practice hearing from God. We start the month with Psalm 119:105, where David wrote, “Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way. It is like a light that guides me.” When we read what the authors of the Bible wrote, we can find out how God wants us to live....
God is with you while you waitApril 28
April 28 God is with you while you wait. We finish the month with a story found in Luke 2:25-35. God’s people had been waiting for hundreds of years for the Savior. God promised Simeon that he’d get to see the Messiah before he died. We believe that Simeon waited a...
When you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
Jesus is aliveMarch 31
March 31 Jesus is alive. We finish March by celebrating Jesus’ resurrection as described in Luke 24:1-12, 36-49. God went to great lengths to make peace with us. All of God’s promises came true, and everything that Jesus said and did led up to this moment. When Jesus...
Jesus came to be our SaviorMarch 24
March 24 Jesus came to be our Savior. We kick off Easter week with the story of Palm Sunday as described in Matthew 21:1-11. By this time, God’s people had been waiting hundreds of years for God’s promised Savior. As Jesus’ ministry grew, the people were starting to...
You can help others make peaceMarch 17
March 17 You can help others make peace. In 1 Samuel 25:1-35, we find a story about a woman named Abigail. We read how King David was furious with a man named Nabal who had mistreated his men. David decided to get revenge . . . until Nabal’s wife, Abigail, intercepted...
You can show you care by letting go of what’s fairMarch 10
March 10 You can show you care by letting go of what's fair. For week two, we head to Genesis 13:5-18. We read how Abram and Lot’s herdsmen were arguing because there wasn’t enough land for both men’s herds. Abram chose to make peace with Lot by letting Lot choose the...
Make peace wherever you canMarch 3
March 3 Make peace wherever you can. In week one, we look at something Paul wrote in Romans 12:18: “If possible, live in peace with everyone. Do that as much as you can.” This is a big challenge! Do as much as you can to live in peace . . . with everyone! Paul was...
Be kind to people who are different from youFebruary 25
February 25 Be kind to people who are different from you. We finish the month with a familiar parable found in Luke 10:25-37. A religious leader asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus answered with the parable of the Good Samaritan. Jesus used this story to...
Be kinder than you have to beFebruary 18
February 18 Be kinder than you have to be. For week three, we turn to Matthew 5:41. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus taught, “Suppose someone forces you to go one mile. Go two miles with them.” To us, that might sound strange, but to those listening—not so much....
Be kind to the people closest to youFebruary 11
February 11 Be kind to the people closest to you. In week 2, we head to Ruth 1 and 2, where we find Naomi and her daughter-in-law, Ruth. Both of their husbands had died, and Ruth had the opportunity to return home to her family. Instead, she chose to show kindness to...
Jesus showed us how to be kindFebruary 4
February 4 Jesus showed us how to be kind. We start this month in the book of Matthew as we look at three moments of kindness from Jesus’ life. Whether Jesus was healing the sick, blessing little children, or sharing meals with people who others seemed to disregard,...
Use your words wiselyJanuary 28
January 28 Use your words wisely. We finish the month with something Paul wrote in Ephesians 4:29: “Don’t let any evil talk come out of your mouths. Say only what will help to build others up and meet their needs.” (NIrV) Our words have the power to help or hurt...
Work hardJanuary 21
January 21 Work hard. For week three, we take a closer look at Proverbs 6:6- 8: “Think about the ant! Consider its ways and be wise!” (NIrV) God created ants to take responsibility and work hard storing up food for the winter months. We can look to their example as we...
Share what you haveJanuary 14
January 14 Share what you have. In week 2, we head to Luke 12:13-21, where we find a parable Jesus told about a rich man who was focused on the wrong thing. This man was a successful farmer whose land produced a large amount of crops. He decided to build bigger and...
Love God and love othersJanuary 7
January 7 Love God and love others. We kick off the New Year in Matthew 22:36-40. The religious leaders were always trying to trap Jesus with His own words. This moment was no different. A law expert asked Jesus, out of hundreds of laws they were to follow, which one...
Celebrate Jesus all year longDecember 31
December 31 Celebrate Jesus all year long. We finish up our Christmas season celebration in Matthew 2:1-12. We see how the announcement of Jesus’ birth was far-reaching. Wise men from the east saw a star that set them on an adventure to find a promised king of Israel....
God’s love is for everyoneDecember 24
December 24 God's love is for everyone. For Christmas weekend, we continue the story in Luke 2:8-20. Jesus was born, and it was now time to announce it to the world. Instead of heading to the palaces and mansions, God’s angels visited the shepherds and announced...
You can have joy because God sent JesusDecember 17
December 17 You can have joy because God sent Jesus. In week three, we head to the familiar Christmas passage in Luke 2:1-7. On the surface, it might have seemed like nothing was going right for Mary and Joseph: a census, no room for them to stay, not to mention...
You can have peace because God has a planDecember 10
December 10 You can have peace because God has a plan. In week 2, we turn to Luke 1:26-56. The Messiah had been promised for generations, but no one would have guessed that God would use a young woman to bring that promise to fulfilment—including that young woman...
You can have hope because God is faithfulDecember 3
December 3 You can have hope because God is faithful. In our first week, we start in Micah 5:2, Isaiah 9:6-7, and Isaiah 7:14-15, where we discover how prophets predicted that God would send a Savior. No one could have expected that it would take hundreds of years...
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenMay 19Practice talking about God.For week 3, we head to Matthew 16:13-20, where Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say I am?” After everything they’d seen Jesus do and heard Jesus say, what did they really think about Jesus? This gave Peter the perfect moment to declare what he believed: that Jesus truly is the Son of God.
Bottom Line: Practice talking about God. God is continually working in our lives. When we talk about those moments with others, we can actually end up growing in our relationship with God. As kids process their growing faith, they will have questions and doubts. We want them to know that no question is off-limits when it comes to their faith. We hope that as they practice talking about God, they’ll discover that sharing about their faith isn’t so daunting. We pray that kids will find trusted adults who believe in Jesus who will help them talk through their questions about God.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESDevotionalParent CueRecent LessonsPractice talking about GodMay 19
May 19 Practice talking about God. For week 3, we head to Matthew 16:13-20, where Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say I am?” After everything they’d seen Jesus do and heard Jesus say, what did they really think about Jesus? This gave Peter the perfect moment to...
Practice praying to GodMay 12
May 12 Practice praying to God. In Matthew 6:9-13 we find Jesus talking about prayer during His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus shared a model for prayer that helps us understand more about how we can talk to God. We can pray with gratitude and honesty, pray for our needs,...
Practice hearing from GodMay 5
May 5 Practice hearing from God. We start the month with Psalm 119:105, where David wrote, “Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way. It is like a light that guides me.” When we read what the authors of the Bible wrote, we can find out how God wants us to live....
God is with you while you waitApril 28
April 28 God is with you while you wait. We finish the month with a story found in Luke 2:25-35. God’s people had been waiting for hundreds of years for the Savior. God promised Simeon that he’d get to see the Messiah before he died. We believe that Simeon waited a...
When you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
Jesus is aliveMarch 31
March 31 Jesus is alive. We finish March by celebrating Jesus’ resurrection as described in Luke 24:1-12, 36-49. God went to great lengths to make peace with us. All of God’s promises came true, and everything that Jesus said and did led up to this moment. When Jesus...
Jesus came to be our SaviorMarch 24
March 24 Jesus came to be our Savior. We kick off Easter week with the story of Palm Sunday as described in Matthew 21:1-11. By this time, God’s people had been waiting hundreds of years for God’s promised Savior. As Jesus’ ministry grew, the people were starting to...
You can help others make peaceMarch 17
March 17 You can help others make peace. In 1 Samuel 25:1-35, we find a story about a woman named Abigail. We read how King David was furious with a man named Nabal who had mistreated his men. David decided to get revenge . . . until Nabal’s wife, Abigail, intercepted...
You can show you care by letting go of what’s fairMarch 10
March 10 You can show you care by letting go of what's fair. For week two, we head to Genesis 13:5-18. We read how Abram and Lot’s herdsmen were arguing because there wasn’t enough land for both men’s herds. Abram chose to make peace with Lot by letting Lot choose the...
Make peace wherever you canMarch 3
March 3 Make peace wherever you can. In week one, we look at something Paul wrote in Romans 12:18: “If possible, live in peace with everyone. Do that as much as you can.” This is a big challenge! Do as much as you can to live in peace . . . with everyone! Paul was...
Be kind to people who are different from youFebruary 25
February 25 Be kind to people who are different from you. We finish the month with a familiar parable found in Luke 10:25-37. A religious leader asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus answered with the parable of the Good Samaritan. Jesus used this story to...
Be kinder than you have to beFebruary 18
February 18 Be kinder than you have to be. For week three, we turn to Matthew 5:41. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus taught, “Suppose someone forces you to go one mile. Go two miles with them.” To us, that might sound strange, but to those listening—not so much....
Be kind to the people closest to youFebruary 11
February 11 Be kind to the people closest to you. In week 2, we head to Ruth 1 and 2, where we find Naomi and her daughter-in-law, Ruth. Both of their husbands had died, and Ruth had the opportunity to return home to her family. Instead, she chose to show kindness to...
Jesus showed us how to be kindFebruary 4
February 4 Jesus showed us how to be kind. We start this month in the book of Matthew as we look at three moments of kindness from Jesus’ life. Whether Jesus was healing the sick, blessing little children, or sharing meals with people who others seemed to disregard,...
Use your words wiselyJanuary 28
January 28 Use your words wisely. We finish the month with something Paul wrote in Ephesians 4:29: “Don’t let any evil talk come out of your mouths. Say only what will help to build others up and meet their needs.” (NIrV) Our words have the power to help or hurt...
Work hardJanuary 21
January 21 Work hard. For week three, we take a closer look at Proverbs 6:6- 8: “Think about the ant! Consider its ways and be wise!” (NIrV) God created ants to take responsibility and work hard storing up food for the winter months. We can look to their example as we...
Share what you haveJanuary 14
January 14 Share what you have. In week 2, we head to Luke 12:13-21, where we find a parable Jesus told about a rich man who was focused on the wrong thing. This man was a successful farmer whose land produced a large amount of crops. He decided to build bigger and...
Love God and love othersJanuary 7
January 7 Love God and love others. We kick off the New Year in Matthew 22:36-40. The religious leaders were always trying to trap Jesus with His own words. This moment was no different. A law expert asked Jesus, out of hundreds of laws they were to follow, which one...
Celebrate Jesus all year longDecember 31
December 31 Celebrate Jesus all year long. We finish up our Christmas season celebration in Matthew 2:1-12. We see how the announcement of Jesus’ birth was far-reaching. Wise men from the east saw a star that set them on an adventure to find a promised king of Israel....
God’s love is for everyoneDecember 24
December 24 God's love is for everyone. For Christmas weekend, we continue the story in Luke 2:8-20. Jesus was born, and it was now time to announce it to the world. Instead of heading to the palaces and mansions, God’s angels visited the shepherds and announced...
You can have joy because God sent JesusDecember 17
December 17 You can have joy because God sent Jesus. In week three, we head to the familiar Christmas passage in Luke 2:1-7. On the surface, it might have seemed like nothing was going right for Mary and Joseph: a census, no room for them to stay, not to mention...
You can have peace because God has a planDecember 10
December 10 You can have peace because God has a plan. In week 2, we turn to Luke 1:26-56. The Messiah had been promised for generations, but no one would have guessed that God would use a young woman to bring that promise to fulfilment—including that young woman...
You can have hope because God is faithfulDecember 3
December 3 You can have hope because God is faithful. In our first week, we start in Micah 5:2, Isaiah 9:6-7, and Isaiah 7:14-15, where we discover how prophets predicted that God would send a Savior. No one could have expected that it would take hundreds of years...
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The Rest You NeedKurt goes over God’s gift of rest that is described is Psalm 23.
The Rest You Needby Kurt Barnes
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolMay 12I can pray to God.Hannah talks to God when she is sad because she knows she can talk to God anytime, anywhere, and about anything. And after Hannah cries out to God and talks to Him about why she is so sad, she isn’t sad anymore. We want preschoolers to know that they can talk to God too—anytime, anywhere, and about anything—just like Hannah did, because God loves me!
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsI can talk about God to othersMay 19
May 19 I can talk about God to others. Jeremiah is a prophet, and he tells God’s people important things like “God loves you with a forever kind of love” and “God has plans for you.” And we want preschoolers to know that they can talk about God to others too. They can...
I can pray to GodMay 12
May 12 I can pray to God. Hannah talks to God when she is sad because she knows she can talk to God anytime, anywhere, and about anything. And after Hannah cries out to God and talks to Him about why she is so sad, she isn’t sad anymore. We want preschoolers to know...
I can hear from GodMay 5
May 5 I can hear from God. When King Josiah’s workers find scrolls with God’s words on them, he quickly reads the scrolls to hear from God. We want preschoolers to know they can hear from God too. Every time they listen to or read a Bible story, they can hear from God...
I shine when I do what Jesus saysApril 28
April 28 I shine when I do what Jesus says. The Bible teaches us that when we do what Jesus says—like when we don’t argue or complain—we will shine like stars! There will be people around us who complain or argue, but we can choose to do what Jesus says with a happy...
Jesus says to love like HimApril 21
April 21 Jesus says to love like Him. Jesus tells his friends to love people the way he loves them. So the early church did what Jesus says and loved like Jesus! If someone needed a coat, a person would share their coat. If someone needed a place to stay, a person...
Jesus says to tell others about HimApril 14
April 14 Jesus says to tell others about Him. Jesus gives his friends an important job to do—to go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus is alive and he wants to be their friend forever—and we can do that job too! When we go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus...
Jesus says to let my light shineApril 7
April 7 Jesus says to let my light shine. Jesus says that we are the light of the world. We can shine our light to show the world that Jesus loves them and wants to be their friend forever. We all have the choice to either hide or shine our light, and we want...
Jesus is alive!March 31
March 31 Jesus is alive! Jesus dies, is put in a tomb, and comes back just like he said he would, so we could be his friend forever. Yes, Jesus is alive and Jesus wants to be my friend forever. And Jesus wants to be your friend forever…every child’s friend...
We can celebrate JesusMarch 24
March 24 We can celebrate Jesus. As Jesus enters Jerusalem on a donkey, the people are so excited that they lay palm branches and coats on the road to make a special path for Jesus while they cheer and shout, “Hosanna! Hosanna! Yay, Jesus!” The people waved their palm...
Jesus is a good friendMarch 17
March 17 Jesus is a good friend. Jesus does something unexpected to show His friends, the disciples, what it looks like to be a good friend. He didn’t show them how to defend someone in battle or how to convince a person to stop doing wrong. Instead, Jesus got a bowl...
Jesus wants everyone to follow himMarch 10
March 10 Jesus wants everyone to follow him. Jesus begins forming what would become his team of 12 disciples. Jesus didn’t go to the religious leaders or the powerful political leaders to pick his team. No, instead Jesus went to a fishing boat where he asked Peter,...
Jesus wants to be friends with everyone, everywhereMarch 3
March 3 Jesus wants to be friends with everyone, everywhere. The woman at the well had made wrong choices and those choices left her walking to a well, all alone, in the middle of the day. Top that with the fact that she was from a town where the people were not...
Jesus loves meFebruary 25
February 25 Jesus loves me. Jesus tells his friends, the disciples, to let the children come to him. Parents were bringing their children to Jesus so he could bless them. The disciples, thinking they were doing what was best, told the parents to go away. I mean, Jesus...
Jesus loves us even when we do something wrongFebruary 18
February 18 Jesus loves us even when we do something wrong. Zacchaeus climbs a tree to see Jesus. We can only imagine the look on Zacchaeus’ face when he saw Jesus walking towards him as he sat perched in a tree. Maybe Zacchaeus thought Jesus was going to tell him...
Jesus is a friend to everyoneFebruary 11
February 11 Jesus is a friend to everyone. Jesus is a kind and loving friend to a woman who had done something wrong. We call her the unloved woman because she experienced anything but love from the religious leaders. Instead of love, she received judgment, hate,...
Jesus loves everyoneFebruary 4
February 4 Jesus loves everyone. Jesus touches a man who asks for help and heals him of all his boo-boos. an with leprosy. He was not someone everyone loved…or even liked, really. In fact, people stayed away from him because they didn’t want to get what he had. A...
Jesus teaches us that God loves us no matter whatJanuary 28
January 28 Jesus teaches us that God loves us no matter what. Jesus tells a story about a son who returns home to a loving father. Jesus told this story because he wants to teach us something VERY important. He wants us to know that God loves us no matter...
Jesus teaches us we can shareJanuary 21
January 21 Jesus teaches us we can share. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
Jesus teaches that God cares for usJanuary 14
January 14 Jesus teaches that God cares for us. Jesus talks about birds and flowers to teach us that God knows what we need and he cares for us. God loves us more than flowers and birds. And if God takes care of flowers and birds, that means that God will take care of...
People came to hear Jesus because He teaches important thingsJanuary 7
January 7 People came to hear Jesus because He teaches important things. When Jesus sees a large crowd of people, he teaches them important things, because he loves them. We want to begin the month with preschoolers knowing that Jesus teaches me important things, so...
The wise men go to see Jesus, God’s sonDecember 31
December 31 The wise men go to see Jesus, God's son. The wise men don’t have a train to ride, but that doesn’t stop them from following a special star and traveling a long way so they can worship the new King. Once they find Him, the wise men lay their gifts before...
Happy Birthday, JesusDecember 24
December 24 Happy Birthday, Jesus! Christmas is when we celebrate Jesus’ birthday. As we celebrate the good news that God gave us Jesus, we will retell the Christmas Story.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
The shepherds run to JesusDecember 17
December 17 The shepherds run to Jesus. An angel tells shepherds in a field that God’s Son, Jesus, has been born and that they could find him in a manger. They run to find baby Jesus in the manger with Mary and Joseph.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
Jesus is bornDecember 10
December 10 Jesus is born. Mary and Joseph travel a LONG way to the town of Bethlehem, and Jesus is born in a stable where animals sleep. Jesus wasn’t born in a fancy place, but Jesus is special because Jesus is God’s Son. God loves us so much He gave us...
God tells Mary she is going to have His Son JesusDecember 3
December 3 God tells Mary she is going to have His Son Jesus. God has an important message for Mary so God sends an angel to tell Mary that she is going to have a baby. But not just any baby. This baby is God’s Son, and His name is Jesus!DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES...
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenMay 12Practice praying to God.In Matthew 6:9-13 we find Jesus talking about prayer during His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus shared a model for prayer that helps us understand more about how we can talk to God. We can pray with gratitude and honesty, pray for our needs, and ask for forgiveness. It’s comforting to know that we can pray while remembering that God knows us and wants to hear from us.
Bottom Line: Practice praying to God. Even if kids have grown up in a home where practicing faith is a priority, they might still think prayer is something they do before they eat dinner or get tucked into bed for the night. Of course, prayer is so much more than that. And, as kids learn about Jesus’ model prayer, we want them to understand that they can pray anytime, anywhere, and about anything—because God is always listening and wants to hear from us. We hope kids will understand more about prayer and find that talking to God can be an important part of growing in their faith.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESDevotionalParent CueRecent LessonsPractice talking about GodMay 19
May 19 Practice talking about God. For week 3, we head to Matthew 16:13-20, where Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say I am?” After everything they’d seen Jesus do and heard Jesus say, what did they really think about Jesus? This gave Peter the perfect moment to...
Practice praying to GodMay 12
May 12 Practice praying to God. In Matthew 6:9-13 we find Jesus talking about prayer during His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus shared a model for prayer that helps us understand more about how we can talk to God. We can pray with gratitude and honesty, pray for our needs,...
Practice hearing from GodMay 5
May 5 Practice hearing from God. We start the month with Psalm 119:105, where David wrote, “Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way. It is like a light that guides me.” When we read what the authors of the Bible wrote, we can find out how God wants us to live....
God is with you while you waitApril 28
April 28 God is with you while you wait. We finish the month with a story found in Luke 2:25-35. God’s people had been waiting for hundreds of years for the Savior. God promised Simeon that he’d get to see the Messiah before he died. We believe that Simeon waited a...
When you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
Jesus is aliveMarch 31
March 31 Jesus is alive. We finish March by celebrating Jesus’ resurrection as described in Luke 24:1-12, 36-49. God went to great lengths to make peace with us. All of God’s promises came true, and everything that Jesus said and did led up to this moment. When Jesus...
Jesus came to be our SaviorMarch 24
March 24 Jesus came to be our Savior. We kick off Easter week with the story of Palm Sunday as described in Matthew 21:1-11. By this time, God’s people had been waiting hundreds of years for God’s promised Savior. As Jesus’ ministry grew, the people were starting to...
You can help others make peaceMarch 17
March 17 You can help others make peace. In 1 Samuel 25:1-35, we find a story about a woman named Abigail. We read how King David was furious with a man named Nabal who had mistreated his men. David decided to get revenge . . . until Nabal’s wife, Abigail, intercepted...
You can show you care by letting go of what’s fairMarch 10
March 10 You can show you care by letting go of what's fair. For week two, we head to Genesis 13:5-18. We read how Abram and Lot’s herdsmen were arguing because there wasn’t enough land for both men’s herds. Abram chose to make peace with Lot by letting Lot choose the...
Make peace wherever you canMarch 3
March 3 Make peace wherever you can. In week one, we look at something Paul wrote in Romans 12:18: “If possible, live in peace with everyone. Do that as much as you can.” This is a big challenge! Do as much as you can to live in peace . . . with everyone! Paul was...
Be kind to people who are different from youFebruary 25
February 25 Be kind to people who are different from you. We finish the month with a familiar parable found in Luke 10:25-37. A religious leader asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus answered with the parable of the Good Samaritan. Jesus used this story to...
Be kinder than you have to beFebruary 18
February 18 Be kinder than you have to be. For week three, we turn to Matthew 5:41. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus taught, “Suppose someone forces you to go one mile. Go two miles with them.” To us, that might sound strange, but to those listening—not so much....
Be kind to the people closest to youFebruary 11
February 11 Be kind to the people closest to you. In week 2, we head to Ruth 1 and 2, where we find Naomi and her daughter-in-law, Ruth. Both of their husbands had died, and Ruth had the opportunity to return home to her family. Instead, she chose to show kindness to...
Jesus showed us how to be kindFebruary 4
February 4 Jesus showed us how to be kind. We start this month in the book of Matthew as we look at three moments of kindness from Jesus’ life. Whether Jesus was healing the sick, blessing little children, or sharing meals with people who others seemed to disregard,...
Use your words wiselyJanuary 28
January 28 Use your words wisely. We finish the month with something Paul wrote in Ephesians 4:29: “Don’t let any evil talk come out of your mouths. Say only what will help to build others up and meet their needs.” (NIrV) Our words have the power to help or hurt...
Work hardJanuary 21
January 21 Work hard. For week three, we take a closer look at Proverbs 6:6- 8: “Think about the ant! Consider its ways and be wise!” (NIrV) God created ants to take responsibility and work hard storing up food for the winter months. We can look to their example as we...
Share what you haveJanuary 14
January 14 Share what you have. In week 2, we head to Luke 12:13-21, where we find a parable Jesus told about a rich man who was focused on the wrong thing. This man was a successful farmer whose land produced a large amount of crops. He decided to build bigger and...
Love God and love othersJanuary 7
January 7 Love God and love others. We kick off the New Year in Matthew 22:36-40. The religious leaders were always trying to trap Jesus with His own words. This moment was no different. A law expert asked Jesus, out of hundreds of laws they were to follow, which one...
Celebrate Jesus all year longDecember 31
December 31 Celebrate Jesus all year long. We finish up our Christmas season celebration in Matthew 2:1-12. We see how the announcement of Jesus’ birth was far-reaching. Wise men from the east saw a star that set them on an adventure to find a promised king of Israel....
God’s love is for everyoneDecember 24
December 24 God's love is for everyone. For Christmas weekend, we continue the story in Luke 2:8-20. Jesus was born, and it was now time to announce it to the world. Instead of heading to the palaces and mansions, God’s angels visited the shepherds and announced...
You can have joy because God sent JesusDecember 17
December 17 You can have joy because God sent Jesus. In week three, we head to the familiar Christmas passage in Luke 2:1-7. On the surface, it might have seemed like nothing was going right for Mary and Joseph: a census, no room for them to stay, not to mention...
You can have peace because God has a planDecember 10
December 10 You can have peace because God has a plan. In week 2, we turn to Luke 1:26-56. The Messiah had been promised for generations, but no one would have guessed that God would use a young woman to bring that promise to fulfilment—including that young woman...
You can have hope because God is faithfulDecember 3
December 3 You can have hope because God is faithful. In our first week, we start in Micah 5:2, Isaiah 9:6-7, and Isaiah 7:14-15, where we discover how prophets predicted that God would send a Savior. No one could have expected that it would take hundreds of years...
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryMay 12Practice praying to God.In Matthew 6:9-13 we find Jesus talking about prayer during His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus shared a model for prayer that helps us understand more about how we can talk to God. We can pray with gratitude and honesty, pray for our needs, and ask for forgiveness. It’s comforting to know that we can pray while remembering that God knows us and wants to hear from us.
Bottom Line: Practice praying to God. Even if kids have grown up in a home where practicing faith is a priority, they might still think prayer is something they do before they eat dinner or get tucked into bed for the night. Of course, prayer is so much more than that. And, as kids learn about Jesus’ model prayer, we want them to understand that they can pray anytime, anywhere, and about anything—because God is always listening and wants to hear from us. We hope kids will understand more about prayer and find that talking to God can be an important part of growing in their faith.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsPractice talking about GodMay 19
May 19 Practice talking about God. For week 3, we head to Matthew 16:13-20, where Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say I am?” After everything they’d seen Jesus do and heard Jesus say, what did they really think about Jesus? This gave Peter the perfect moment to...
Practice praying to GodMay 12
May 12 Practice praying to God. In Matthew 6:9-13 we find Jesus talking about prayer during His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus shared a model for prayer that helps us understand more about how we can talk to God. We can pray with gratitude and honesty, pray for our needs,...
Practice hearing from GodMay 5
May 5 Practice hearing from God. We start the month with Psalm 119:105, where David wrote, “Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way. It is like a light that guides me.” When we read what the authors of the Bible wrote, we can find out how God wants us to live....
God is with you while you waitApril 28
April 28 God is with you while you wait. We finish the month with a story found in Luke 2:25-35. God’s people had been waiting for hundreds of years for the Savior. God promised Simeon that he’d get to see the Messiah before he died. We believe that Simeon waited a...
When you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
Jesus is aliveMarch 31
March 31 Jesus is alive. We finish March by celebrating Jesus’ resurrection as described in Luke 24:1-12, 36-49. God went to great lengths to make peace with us. All of God’s promises came true, and everything that Jesus said and did led up to this moment. When Jesus...
Jesus came to be our SaviorMarch 24
March 24 Jesus came to be our Savior. We kick off Easter week with the story of Palm Sunday as described in Matthew 21:1-11. By this time, God’s people had been waiting hundreds of years for God’s promised Savior. As Jesus’ ministry grew, the people were starting to...
You can help others make peaceMarch 17
March 17 You can help others make peace. In 1 Samuel 25:1-35, we find a story about a woman named Abigail. We read how King David was furious with a man named Nabal who had mistreated his men. David decided to get revenge . . . until Nabal’s wife, Abigail, intercepted...
You can show you care by letting go of what’s fairMarch 10
March 10 You can show you care by letting go of what's fair. For week two, we head to Genesis 13:5-18. We read how Abram and Lot’s herdsmen were arguing because there wasn’t enough land for both men’s herds. Abram chose to make peace with Lot by letting Lot choose the...
Make peace wherever you canMarch 3
March 3 Make peace wherever you can. In week one, we look at something Paul wrote in Romans 12:18: “If possible, live in peace with everyone. Do that as much as you can.” This is a big challenge! Do as much as you can to live in peace . . . with everyone! Paul was...
Be kind to people who are different from youFebruary 25
February 25 Be kind to people who are different from you. We finish the month with a familiar parable found in Luke 10:25-37. A religious leader asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus answered with the parable of the Good Samaritan. Jesus used this story to...
Be kinder than you have to beFebruary 18
February 18 Be kinder than you have to be. For week three, we turn to Matthew 5:41. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus taught, “Suppose someone forces you to go one mile. Go two miles with them.” To us, that might sound strange, but to those listening—not so much....
Be kind to the people closest to youFebruary 11
February 11 Be kind to the people closest to you. In week 2, we head to Ruth 1 and 2, where we find Naomi and her daughter-in-law, Ruth. Both of their husbands had died, and Ruth had the opportunity to return home to her family. Instead, she chose to show kindness to...
Jesus showed us how to be kindFebruary 4
February 4 Jesus showed us how to be kind. We start this month in the book of Matthew as we look at three moments of kindness from Jesus’ life. Whether Jesus was healing the sick, blessing little children, or sharing meals with people who others seemed to disregard,...
Use your words wiselyJanuary 28
January 28 Use your words wisely. We finish the month with something Paul wrote in Ephesians 4:29: “Don’t let any evil talk come out of your mouths. Say only what will help to build others up and meet their needs.” (NIrV) Our words have the power to help or hurt...
Work hardJanuary 21
January 21 Work hard. For week three, we take a closer look at Proverbs 6:6- 8: “Think about the ant! Consider its ways and be wise!” (NIrV) God created ants to take responsibility and work hard storing up food for the winter months. We can look to their example as we...
Share what you haveJanuary 14
January 14 Share what you have. In week 2, we head to Luke 12:13-21, where we find a parable Jesus told about a rich man who was focused on the wrong thing. This man was a successful farmer whose land produced a large amount of crops. He decided to build bigger and...
Love God and love othersJanuary 7
January 7 Love God and love others. We kick off the New Year in Matthew 22:36-40. The religious leaders were always trying to trap Jesus with His own words. This moment was no different. A law expert asked Jesus, out of hundreds of laws they were to follow, which one...
Celebrate Jesus all year longDecember 31
December 31 Celebrate Jesus all year long. We finish up our Christmas season celebration in Matthew 2:1-12. We see how the announcement of Jesus’ birth was far-reaching. Wise men from the east saw a star that set them on an adventure to find a promised king of Israel....
God’s love is for everyoneDecember 24
December 24 God's love is for everyone. For Christmas weekend, we continue the story in Luke 2:8-20. Jesus was born, and it was now time to announce it to the world. Instead of heading to the palaces and mansions, God’s angels visited the shepherds and announced...
You can have joy because God sent JesusDecember 17
December 17 You can have joy because God sent Jesus. In week three, we head to the familiar Christmas passage in Luke 2:1-7. On the surface, it might have seemed like nothing was going right for Mary and Joseph: a census, no room for them to stay, not to mention...
You can have peace because God has a planDecember 10
December 10 You can have peace because God has a plan. In week 2, we turn to Luke 1:26-56. The Messiah had been promised for generations, but no one would have guessed that God would use a young woman to bring that promise to fulfilment—including that young woman...
You can have hope because God is faithfulDecember 3
December 3 You can have hope because God is faithful. In our first week, we start in Micah 5:2, Isaiah 9:6-7, and Isaiah 7:14-15, where we discover how prophets predicted that God would send a Savior. No one could have expected that it would take hundreds of years...
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Persecution and ExpansionLessons we can learn from Stephen and Philip in Acts 6-8.
Persecution and Expansionby Kurt Barnes
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolMay 5I can hear from God.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsI can hear from GodMay 5
May 5 I can hear from God. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
I shine when I do what Jesus saysApril 28
April 28 I shine when I do what Jesus says. The Bible teaches us that when we do what Jesus says—like when we don’t argue or complain—we will shine like stars! There will be people around us who complain or argue, but we can choose to do what Jesus says with a happy...
Jesus says to love like HimApril 21
April 21 Jesus says to love like Him. Jesus tells his friends to love people the way he loves them. So the early church did what Jesus says and loved like Jesus! If someone needed a coat, a person would share their coat. If someone needed a place to stay, a person...
Jesus says to tell others about HimApril 14
April 14 Jesus says to tell others about Him. Jesus gives his friends an important job to do—to go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus is alive and he wants to be their friend forever—and we can do that job too! When we go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus...
Jesus says to let my light shineApril 7
April 7 Jesus says to let my light shine. Jesus says that we are the light of the world. We can shine our light to show the world that Jesus loves them and wants to be their friend forever. We all have the choice to either hide or shine our light, and we want...
Jesus is alive!March 31
March 31 Jesus is alive! Jesus dies, is put in a tomb, and comes back just like he said he would, so we could be his friend forever. Yes, Jesus is alive and Jesus wants to be my friend forever. And Jesus wants to be your friend forever…every child’s friend...
We can celebrate JesusMarch 24
March 24 We can celebrate Jesus. As Jesus enters Jerusalem on a donkey, the people are so excited that they lay palm branches and coats on the road to make a special path for Jesus while they cheer and shout, “Hosanna! Hosanna! Yay, Jesus!” The people waved their palm...
Jesus is a good friendMarch 17
March 17 Jesus is a good friend. Jesus does something unexpected to show His friends, the disciples, what it looks like to be a good friend. He didn’t show them how to defend someone in battle or how to convince a person to stop doing wrong. Instead, Jesus got a bowl...
Jesus wants everyone to follow himMarch 10
March 10 Jesus wants everyone to follow him. Jesus begins forming what would become his team of 12 disciples. Jesus didn’t go to the religious leaders or the powerful political leaders to pick his team. No, instead Jesus went to a fishing boat where he asked Peter,...
Jesus wants to be friends with everyone, everywhereMarch 3
March 3 Jesus wants to be friends with everyone, everywhere. The woman at the well had made wrong choices and those choices left her walking to a well, all alone, in the middle of the day. Top that with the fact that she was from a town where the people were not...
Jesus loves meFebruary 25
February 25 Jesus loves me. Jesus tells his friends, the disciples, to let the children come to him. Parents were bringing their children to Jesus so he could bless them. The disciples, thinking they were doing what was best, told the parents to go away. I mean, Jesus...
Jesus loves us even when we do something wrongFebruary 18
February 18 Jesus loves us even when we do something wrong. Zacchaeus climbs a tree to see Jesus. We can only imagine the look on Zacchaeus’ face when he saw Jesus walking towards him as he sat perched in a tree. Maybe Zacchaeus thought Jesus was going to tell him...
Jesus is a friend to everyoneFebruary 11
February 11 Jesus is a friend to everyone. Jesus is a kind and loving friend to a woman who had done something wrong. We call her the unloved woman because she experienced anything but love from the religious leaders. Instead of love, she received judgment, hate,...
Jesus loves everyoneFebruary 4
February 4 Jesus loves everyone. Jesus touches a man who asks for help and heals him of all his boo-boos. an with leprosy. He was not someone everyone loved…or even liked, really. In fact, people stayed away from him because they didn’t want to get what he had. A...
Jesus teaches us that God loves us no matter whatJanuary 28
January 28 Jesus teaches us that God loves us no matter what. Jesus tells a story about a son who returns home to a loving father. Jesus told this story because he wants to teach us something VERY important. He wants us to know that God loves us no matter...
Jesus teaches us we can shareJanuary 21
January 21 Jesus teaches us we can share. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
Jesus teaches that God cares for usJanuary 14
January 14 Jesus teaches that God cares for us. Jesus talks about birds and flowers to teach us that God knows what we need and he cares for us. God loves us more than flowers and birds. And if God takes care of flowers and birds, that means that God will take care of...
People came to hear Jesus because He teaches important thingsJanuary 7
January 7 People came to hear Jesus because He teaches important things. When Jesus sees a large crowd of people, he teaches them important things, because he loves them. We want to begin the month with preschoolers knowing that Jesus teaches me important things, so...
The wise men go to see Jesus, God’s sonDecember 31
December 31 The wise men go to see Jesus, God's son. The wise men don’t have a train to ride, but that doesn’t stop them from following a special star and traveling a long way so they can worship the new King. Once they find Him, the wise men lay their gifts before...
Happy Birthday, JesusDecember 24
December 24 Happy Birthday, Jesus! Christmas is when we celebrate Jesus’ birthday. As we celebrate the good news that God gave us Jesus, we will retell the Christmas Story.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
The shepherds run to JesusDecember 17
December 17 The shepherds run to Jesus. An angel tells shepherds in a field that God’s Son, Jesus, has been born and that they could find him in a manger. They run to find baby Jesus in the manger with Mary and Joseph.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
Jesus is bornDecember 10
December 10 Jesus is born. Mary and Joseph travel a LONG way to the town of Bethlehem, and Jesus is born in a stable where animals sleep. Jesus wasn’t born in a fancy place, but Jesus is special because Jesus is God’s Son. God loves us so much He gave us...
God tells Mary she is going to have His Son JesusDecember 3
December 3 God tells Mary she is going to have His Son Jesus. God has an important message for Mary so God sends an angel to tell Mary that she is going to have a baby. But not just any baby. This baby is God’s Son, and His name is Jesus!DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES...
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The Church PraysHow Jesus prayed and how we should pray.
The Church Praysby Jeff Davidson
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolApril 28I shine when I do what Jesus says.The Bible teaches us that when we do what Jesus says—like when we don’t argue or complain—we will shine like stars! There will be people around us who complain or argue, but we can choose to do what Jesus says with a happy heart. Then we will shine like the stars in the sky.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsI shine when I do what Jesus saysApril 28
April 28 I shine when I do what Jesus says. The Bible teaches us that when we do what Jesus says—like when we don’t argue or complain—we will shine like stars! There will be people around us who complain or argue, but we can choose to do what Jesus says with a happy...
Jesus says to love like HimApril 21
April 21 Jesus says to love like Him. Jesus tells his friends to love people the way he loves them. So the early church did what Jesus says and loved like Jesus! If someone needed a coat, a person would share their coat. If someone needed a place to stay, a person...
Jesus says to tell others about HimApril 14
April 14 Jesus says to tell others about Him. Jesus gives his friends an important job to do—to go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus is alive and he wants to be their friend forever—and we can do that job too! When we go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus...
Jesus says to let my light shineApril 7
April 7 Jesus says to let my light shine. Jesus says that we are the light of the world. We can shine our light to show the world that Jesus loves them and wants to be their friend forever. We all have the choice to either hide or shine our light, and we want...
Jesus is alive!March 31
March 31 Jesus is alive! Jesus dies, is put in a tomb, and comes back just like he said he would, so we could be his friend forever. Yes, Jesus is alive and Jesus wants to be my friend forever. And Jesus wants to be your friend forever…every child’s friend...
We can celebrate JesusMarch 24
March 24 We can celebrate Jesus. As Jesus enters Jerusalem on a donkey, the people are so excited that they lay palm branches and coats on the road to make a special path for Jesus while they cheer and shout, “Hosanna! Hosanna! Yay, Jesus!” The people waved their palm...
Jesus is a good friendMarch 17
March 17 Jesus is a good friend. Jesus does something unexpected to show His friends, the disciples, what it looks like to be a good friend. He didn’t show them how to defend someone in battle or how to convince a person to stop doing wrong. Instead, Jesus got a bowl...
Jesus wants everyone to follow himMarch 10
March 10 Jesus wants everyone to follow him. Jesus begins forming what would become his team of 12 disciples. Jesus didn’t go to the religious leaders or the powerful political leaders to pick his team. No, instead Jesus went to a fishing boat where he asked Peter,...
Jesus wants to be friends with everyone, everywhereMarch 3
March 3 Jesus wants to be friends with everyone, everywhere. The woman at the well had made wrong choices and those choices left her walking to a well, all alone, in the middle of the day. Top that with the fact that she was from a town where the people were not...
Jesus loves meFebruary 25
February 25 Jesus loves me. Jesus tells his friends, the disciples, to let the children come to him. Parents were bringing their children to Jesus so he could bless them. The disciples, thinking they were doing what was best, told the parents to go away. I mean, Jesus...
Jesus loves us even when we do something wrongFebruary 18
February 18 Jesus loves us even when we do something wrong. Zacchaeus climbs a tree to see Jesus. We can only imagine the look on Zacchaeus’ face when he saw Jesus walking towards him as he sat perched in a tree. Maybe Zacchaeus thought Jesus was going to tell him...
Jesus is a friend to everyoneFebruary 11
February 11 Jesus is a friend to everyone. Jesus is a kind and loving friend to a woman who had done something wrong. We call her the unloved woman because she experienced anything but love from the religious leaders. Instead of love, she received judgment, hate,...
Jesus loves everyoneFebruary 4
February 4 Jesus loves everyone. Jesus touches a man who asks for help and heals him of all his boo-boos. an with leprosy. He was not someone everyone loved…or even liked, really. In fact, people stayed away from him because they didn’t want to get what he had. A...
Jesus teaches us that God loves us no matter whatJanuary 28
January 28 Jesus teaches us that God loves us no matter what. Jesus tells a story about a son who returns home to a loving father. Jesus told this story because he wants to teach us something VERY important. He wants us to know that God loves us no matter...
Jesus teaches us we can shareJanuary 21
January 21 Jesus teaches us we can share. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
Jesus teaches that God cares for usJanuary 14
January 14 Jesus teaches that God cares for us. Jesus talks about birds and flowers to teach us that God knows what we need and he cares for us. God loves us more than flowers and birds. And if God takes care of flowers and birds, that means that God will take care of...
People came to hear Jesus because He teaches important thingsJanuary 7
January 7 People came to hear Jesus because He teaches important things. When Jesus sees a large crowd of people, he teaches them important things, because he loves them. We want to begin the month with preschoolers knowing that Jesus teaches me important things, so...
The wise men go to see Jesus, God’s sonDecember 31
December 31 The wise men go to see Jesus, God's son. The wise men don’t have a train to ride, but that doesn’t stop them from following a special star and traveling a long way so they can worship the new King. Once they find Him, the wise men lay their gifts before...
Happy Birthday, JesusDecember 24
December 24 Happy Birthday, Jesus! Christmas is when we celebrate Jesus’ birthday. As we celebrate the good news that God gave us Jesus, we will retell the Christmas Story.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
The shepherds run to JesusDecember 17
December 17 The shepherds run to Jesus. An angel tells shepherds in a field that God’s Son, Jesus, has been born and that they could find him in a manger. They run to find baby Jesus in the manger with Mary and Joseph.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
Jesus is bornDecember 10
December 10 Jesus is born. Mary and Joseph travel a LONG way to the town of Bethlehem, and Jesus is born in a stable where animals sleep. Jesus wasn’t born in a fancy place, but Jesus is special because Jesus is God’s Son. God loves us so much He gave us...
God tells Mary she is going to have His Son JesusDecember 3
December 3 God tells Mary she is going to have His Son Jesus. God has an important message for Mary so God sends an angel to tell Mary that she is going to have a baby. But not just any baby. This baby is God’s Son, and His name is Jesus!DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES...
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenApril 28God is with you while you wait.We finish the month with a story found in Luke 2:25-35. God’s people had been waiting for hundreds of years for the Savior. God promised Simeon that he’d get to see the Messiah before he died. We believe that Simeon waited a long time. But finally, when Mary and Joseph came to the temple with Baby Jesus, Simeon finally saw what he’d been waiting for.
Bottom Line: God is with you while you wait. We might have to wait for something small, like in a line at the ice cream stand…or we might have to wait for something big, like for a parent to get a new job. While it’s true that patience is harder in some situations than others, we pray that kids will remember that they don’t have to wait on their own. They can trust that God is with them while they wait.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESDevotionalParent CueRecent LessonsGod is with you while you waitApril 28
April 28 God is with you while you wait. We finish the month with a story found in Luke 2:25-35. God’s people had been waiting for hundreds of years for the Savior. God promised Simeon that he’d get to see the Messiah before he died. We believe that Simeon waited a...
When you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
Jesus is aliveMarch 31
March 31 Jesus is alive. We finish March by celebrating Jesus’ resurrection as described in Luke 24:1-12, 36-49. God went to great lengths to make peace with us. All of God’s promises came true, and everything that Jesus said and did led up to this moment. When Jesus...
Jesus came to be our SaviorMarch 24
March 24 Jesus came to be our Savior. We kick off Easter week with the story of Palm Sunday as described in Matthew 21:1-11. By this time, God’s people had been waiting hundreds of years for God’s promised Savior. As Jesus’ ministry grew, the people were starting to...
You can help others make peaceMarch 17
March 17 You can help others make peace. In 1 Samuel 25:1-35, we find a story about a woman named Abigail. We read how King David was furious with a man named Nabal who had mistreated his men. David decided to get revenge . . . until Nabal’s wife, Abigail, intercepted...
You can show you care by letting go of what’s fairMarch 10
March 10 You can show you care by letting go of what's fair. For week two, we head to Genesis 13:5-18. We read how Abram and Lot’s herdsmen were arguing because there wasn’t enough land for both men’s herds. Abram chose to make peace with Lot by letting Lot choose the...
Make peace wherever you canMarch 3
March 3 Make peace wherever you can. In week one, we look at something Paul wrote in Romans 12:18: “If possible, live in peace with everyone. Do that as much as you can.” This is a big challenge! Do as much as you can to live in peace . . . with everyone! Paul was...
Be kind to people who are different from youFebruary 25
February 25 Be kind to people who are different from you. We finish the month with a familiar parable found in Luke 10:25-37. A religious leader asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus answered with the parable of the Good Samaritan. Jesus used this story to...
Be kinder than you have to beFebruary 18
February 18 Be kinder than you have to be. For week three, we turn to Matthew 5:41. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus taught, “Suppose someone forces you to go one mile. Go two miles with them.” To us, that might sound strange, but to those listening—not so much....
Be kind to the people closest to youFebruary 11
February 11 Be kind to the people closest to you. In week 2, we head to Ruth 1 and 2, where we find Naomi and her daughter-in-law, Ruth. Both of their husbands had died, and Ruth had the opportunity to return home to her family. Instead, she chose to show kindness to...
Jesus showed us how to be kindFebruary 4
February 4 Jesus showed us how to be kind. We start this month in the book of Matthew as we look at three moments of kindness from Jesus’ life. Whether Jesus was healing the sick, blessing little children, or sharing meals with people who others seemed to disregard,...
Use your words wiselyJanuary 28
January 28 Use your words wisely. We finish the month with something Paul wrote in Ephesians 4:29: “Don’t let any evil talk come out of your mouths. Say only what will help to build others up and meet their needs.” (NIrV) Our words have the power to help or hurt...
Work hardJanuary 21
January 21 Work hard. For week three, we take a closer look at Proverbs 6:6- 8: “Think about the ant! Consider its ways and be wise!” (NIrV) God created ants to take responsibility and work hard storing up food for the winter months. We can look to their example as we...
Share what you haveJanuary 14
January 14 Share what you have. In week 2, we head to Luke 12:13-21, where we find a parable Jesus told about a rich man who was focused on the wrong thing. This man was a successful farmer whose land produced a large amount of crops. He decided to build bigger and...
Love God and love othersJanuary 7
January 7 Love God and love others. We kick off the New Year in Matthew 22:36-40. The religious leaders were always trying to trap Jesus with His own words. This moment was no different. A law expert asked Jesus, out of hundreds of laws they were to follow, which one...
Celebrate Jesus all year longDecember 31
December 31 Celebrate Jesus all year long. We finish up our Christmas season celebration in Matthew 2:1-12. We see how the announcement of Jesus’ birth was far-reaching. Wise men from the east saw a star that set them on an adventure to find a promised king of Israel....
God’s love is for everyoneDecember 24
December 24 God's love is for everyone. For Christmas weekend, we continue the story in Luke 2:8-20. Jesus was born, and it was now time to announce it to the world. Instead of heading to the palaces and mansions, God’s angels visited the shepherds and announced...
You can have joy because God sent JesusDecember 17
December 17 You can have joy because God sent Jesus. In week three, we head to the familiar Christmas passage in Luke 2:1-7. On the surface, it might have seemed like nothing was going right for Mary and Joseph: a census, no room for them to stay, not to mention...
You can have peace because God has a planDecember 10
December 10 You can have peace because God has a plan. In week 2, we turn to Luke 1:26-56. The Messiah had been promised for generations, but no one would have guessed that God would use a young woman to bring that promise to fulfilment—including that young woman...
You can have hope because God is faithfulDecember 3
December 3 You can have hope because God is faithful. In our first week, we start in Micah 5:2, Isaiah 9:6-7, and Isaiah 7:14-15, where we discover how prophets predicted that God would send a Savior. No one could have expected that it would take hundreds of years...
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryApril 28God is with you while you wait.We finish the month with a story found in Luke 2:25-35. God’s people had been waiting for hundreds of years for the Savior. God promised Simeon that he’d get to see the Messiah before he died. We believe that Simeon waited a long time. But finally, when Mary and Joseph came to the temple with Baby Jesus, Simeon finally saw what he’d been waiting for.
Bottom Line: God is with you while you wait. We might have to wait for something small, like in a line at the ice cream stand…or we might have to wait for something big, like for a parent to get a new job. While it’s true that patience is harder in some situations than others, we pray that kids will remember that they don’t have to wait on their own. They can trust that God is with them while they wait.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsGod is with you while you waitApril 28
April 28 God is with you while you wait. We finish the month with a story found in Luke 2:25-35. God’s people had been waiting for hundreds of years for the Savior. God promised Simeon that he’d get to see the Messiah before he died. We believe that Simeon waited a...
When you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
Jesus is aliveMarch 31
March 31 Jesus is alive. We finish March by celebrating Jesus’ resurrection as described in Luke 24:1-12, 36-49. God went to great lengths to make peace with us. All of God’s promises came true, and everything that Jesus said and did led up to this moment. When Jesus...
Jesus came to be our SaviorMarch 24
March 24 Jesus came to be our Savior. We kick off Easter week with the story of Palm Sunday as described in Matthew 21:1-11. By this time, God’s people had been waiting hundreds of years for God’s promised Savior. As Jesus’ ministry grew, the people were starting to...
You can help others make peaceMarch 17
March 17 You can help others make peace. In 1 Samuel 25:1-35, we find a story about a woman named Abigail. We read how King David was furious with a man named Nabal who had mistreated his men. David decided to get revenge . . . until Nabal’s wife, Abigail, intercepted...
You can show you care by letting go of what’s fairMarch 10
March 10 You can show you care by letting go of what's fair. For week two, we head to Genesis 13:5-18. We read how Abram and Lot’s herdsmen were arguing because there wasn’t enough land for both men’s herds. Abram chose to make peace with Lot by letting Lot choose the...
Make peace wherever you canMarch 3
March 3 Make peace wherever you can. In week one, we look at something Paul wrote in Romans 12:18: “If possible, live in peace with everyone. Do that as much as you can.” This is a big challenge! Do as much as you can to live in peace . . . with everyone! Paul was...
Be kind to people who are different from youFebruary 25
February 25 Be kind to people who are different from you. We finish the month with a familiar parable found in Luke 10:25-37. A religious leader asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus answered with the parable of the Good Samaritan. Jesus used this story to...
Be kinder than you have to beFebruary 18
February 18 Be kinder than you have to be. For week three, we turn to Matthew 5:41. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus taught, “Suppose someone forces you to go one mile. Go two miles with them.” To us, that might sound strange, but to those listening—not so much....
Be kind to the people closest to youFebruary 11
February 11 Be kind to the people closest to you. In week 2, we head to Ruth 1 and 2, where we find Naomi and her daughter-in-law, Ruth. Both of their husbands had died, and Ruth had the opportunity to return home to her family. Instead, she chose to show kindness to...
Jesus showed us how to be kindFebruary 4
February 4 Jesus showed us how to be kind. We start this month in the book of Matthew as we look at three moments of kindness from Jesus’ life. Whether Jesus was healing the sick, blessing little children, or sharing meals with people who others seemed to disregard,...
Use your words wiselyJanuary 28
January 28 Use your words wisely. We finish the month with something Paul wrote in Ephesians 4:29: “Don’t let any evil talk come out of your mouths. Say only what will help to build others up and meet their needs.” (NIrV) Our words have the power to help or hurt...
Work hardJanuary 21
January 21 Work hard. For week three, we take a closer look at Proverbs 6:6- 8: “Think about the ant! Consider its ways and be wise!” (NIrV) God created ants to take responsibility and work hard storing up food for the winter months. We can look to their example as we...
Share what you haveJanuary 14
January 14 Share what you have. In week 2, we head to Luke 12:13-21, where we find a parable Jesus told about a rich man who was focused on the wrong thing. This man was a successful farmer whose land produced a large amount of crops. He decided to build bigger and...
Love God and love othersJanuary 7
January 7 Love God and love others. We kick off the New Year in Matthew 22:36-40. The religious leaders were always trying to trap Jesus with His own words. This moment was no different. A law expert asked Jesus, out of hundreds of laws they were to follow, which one...
Celebrate Jesus all year longDecember 31
December 31 Celebrate Jesus all year long. We finish up our Christmas season celebration in Matthew 2:1-12. We see how the announcement of Jesus’ birth was far-reaching. Wise men from the east saw a star that set them on an adventure to find a promised king of Israel....
God’s love is for everyoneDecember 24
December 24 God's love is for everyone. For Christmas weekend, we continue the story in Luke 2:8-20. Jesus was born, and it was now time to announce it to the world. Instead of heading to the palaces and mansions, God’s angels visited the shepherds and announced...
You can have joy because God sent JesusDecember 17
December 17 You can have joy because God sent Jesus. In week three, we head to the familiar Christmas passage in Luke 2:1-7. On the surface, it might have seemed like nothing was going right for Mary and Joseph: a census, no room for them to stay, not to mention...
You can have peace because God has a planDecember 10
December 10 You can have peace because God has a plan. In week 2, we turn to Luke 1:26-56. The Messiah had been promised for generations, but no one would have guessed that God would use a young woman to bring that promise to fulfilment—including that young woman...
You can have hope because God is faithfulDecember 3
December 3 You can have hope because God is faithful. In our first week, we start in Micah 5:2, Isaiah 9:6-7, and Isaiah 7:14-15, where we discover how prophets predicted that God would send a Savior. No one could have expected that it would take hundreds of years...
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HealingKurt looks at God’s promise of healing.
Healingby Kurt Barnes
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolApril 21Jesus says to love like Him.Jesus tells his friends to love people the way he loves them. So the early church did what Jesus says and loved like Jesus! If someone needed a coat, a person would share their coat. If someone needed a place to stay, a person would share their home. If someone needed food, a person would share their food. The early church ate and talked and prayed together. They loved each other because Jesus loved them. Just like the early church, we can do what Jesus says and love like Jesus.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsJesus says to love like HimApril 21
April 21 Jesus says to love like Him. Jesus tells his friends to love people the way he loves them. So the early church did what Jesus says and loved like Jesus! If someone needed a coat, a person would share their coat. If someone needed a place to stay, a person...
Jesus says to tell others about HimApril 14
April 14 Jesus says to tell others about Him. Jesus gives his friends an important job to do—to go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus is alive and he wants to be their friend forever—and we can do that job too! When we go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus...
Jesus says to let my light shineApril 7
April 7 Jesus says to let my light shine. Jesus says that we are the light of the world. We can shine our light to show the world that Jesus loves them and wants to be their friend forever. We all have the choice to either hide or shine our light, and we want...
Jesus is alive!March 31
March 31 Jesus is alive! Jesus dies, is put in a tomb, and comes back just like he said he would, so we could be his friend forever. Yes, Jesus is alive and Jesus wants to be my friend forever. And Jesus wants to be your friend forever…every child’s friend...
We can celebrate JesusMarch 24
March 24 We can celebrate Jesus. As Jesus enters Jerusalem on a donkey, the people are so excited that they lay palm branches and coats on the road to make a special path for Jesus while they cheer and shout, “Hosanna! Hosanna! Yay, Jesus!” The people waved their palm...
Jesus is a good friendMarch 17
March 17 Jesus is a good friend. Jesus does something unexpected to show His friends, the disciples, what it looks like to be a good friend. He didn’t show them how to defend someone in battle or how to convince a person to stop doing wrong. Instead, Jesus got a bowl...
Jesus wants everyone to follow himMarch 10
March 10 Jesus wants everyone to follow him. Jesus begins forming what would become his team of 12 disciples. Jesus didn’t go to the religious leaders or the powerful political leaders to pick his team. No, instead Jesus went to a fishing boat where he asked Peter,...
Jesus wants to be friends with everyone, everywhereMarch 3
March 3 Jesus wants to be friends with everyone, everywhere. The woman at the well had made wrong choices and those choices left her walking to a well, all alone, in the middle of the day. Top that with the fact that she was from a town where the people were not...
Jesus loves meFebruary 25
February 25 Jesus loves me. Jesus tells his friends, the disciples, to let the children come to him. Parents were bringing their children to Jesus so he could bless them. The disciples, thinking they were doing what was best, told the parents to go away. I mean, Jesus...
Jesus loves us even when we do something wrongFebruary 18
February 18 Jesus loves us even when we do something wrong. Zacchaeus climbs a tree to see Jesus. We can only imagine the look on Zacchaeus’ face when he saw Jesus walking towards him as he sat perched in a tree. Maybe Zacchaeus thought Jesus was going to tell him...
Jesus is a friend to everyoneFebruary 11
February 11 Jesus is a friend to everyone. Jesus is a kind and loving friend to a woman who had done something wrong. We call her the unloved woman because she experienced anything but love from the religious leaders. Instead of love, she received judgment, hate,...
Jesus loves everyoneFebruary 4
February 4 Jesus loves everyone. Jesus touches a man who asks for help and heals him of all his boo-boos. an with leprosy. He was not someone everyone loved…or even liked, really. In fact, people stayed away from him because they didn’t want to get what he had. A...
Jesus teaches us that God loves us no matter whatJanuary 28
January 28 Jesus teaches us that God loves us no matter what. Jesus tells a story about a son who returns home to a loving father. Jesus told this story because he wants to teach us something VERY important. He wants us to know that God loves us no matter...
Jesus teaches us we can shareJanuary 21
January 21 Jesus teaches us we can share. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
Jesus teaches that God cares for usJanuary 14
January 14 Jesus teaches that God cares for us. Jesus talks about birds and flowers to teach us that God knows what we need and he cares for us. God loves us more than flowers and birds. And if God takes care of flowers and birds, that means that God will take care of...
People came to hear Jesus because He teaches important thingsJanuary 7
January 7 People came to hear Jesus because He teaches important things. When Jesus sees a large crowd of people, he teaches them important things, because he loves them. We want to begin the month with preschoolers knowing that Jesus teaches me important things, so...
The wise men go to see Jesus, God’s sonDecember 31
December 31 The wise men go to see Jesus, God's son. The wise men don’t have a train to ride, but that doesn’t stop them from following a special star and traveling a long way so they can worship the new King. Once they find Him, the wise men lay their gifts before...
Happy Birthday, JesusDecember 24
December 24 Happy Birthday, Jesus! Christmas is when we celebrate Jesus’ birthday. As we celebrate the good news that God gave us Jesus, we will retell the Christmas Story.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
The shepherds run to JesusDecember 17
December 17 The shepherds run to Jesus. An angel tells shepherds in a field that God’s Son, Jesus, has been born and that they could find him in a manger. They run to find baby Jesus in the manger with Mary and Joseph.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
Jesus is bornDecember 10
December 10 Jesus is born. Mary and Joseph travel a LONG way to the town of Bethlehem, and Jesus is born in a stable where animals sleep. Jesus wasn’t born in a fancy place, but Jesus is special because Jesus is God’s Son. God loves us so much He gave us...
God tells Mary she is going to have His Son JesusDecember 3
December 3 God tells Mary she is going to have His Son Jesus. God has an important message for Mary so God sends an angel to tell Mary that she is going to have a baby. But not just any baby. This baby is God’s Son, and His name is Jesus!DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES...
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryApril 21When you have to wait, remember what’s true.In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of Israel rebelled. They built a golden calf and began to worship it instead of worshipping God. If only they had remembered how God rescued them from Egypt and trusted God while they waited!
Bottom Line: When you have to wait, remember what’s true. We can’t avoid having to wait, but we can choose how we respond. A good way to discover patience is to think about what’s true about God: God loves us and knows what’s best for us. God cares for us and is with us. We can trust God no matter what. We pray that kids remember what’s true about God when they have to wait.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsWhen you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
Jesus is aliveMarch 31
March 31 Jesus is alive. We finish March by celebrating Jesus’ resurrection as described in Luke 24:1-12, 36-49. God went to great lengths to make peace with us. All of God’s promises came true, and everything that Jesus said and did led up to this moment. When Jesus...
Jesus came to be our SaviorMarch 24
March 24 Jesus came to be our Savior. We kick off Easter week with the story of Palm Sunday as described in Matthew 21:1-11. By this time, God’s people had been waiting hundreds of years for God’s promised Savior. As Jesus’ ministry grew, the people were starting to...
You can help others make peaceMarch 17
March 17 You can help others make peace. In 1 Samuel 25:1-35, we find a story about a woman named Abigail. We read how King David was furious with a man named Nabal who had mistreated his men. David decided to get revenge . . . until Nabal’s wife, Abigail, intercepted...
You can show you care by letting go of what’s fairMarch 10
March 10 You can show you care by letting go of what's fair. For week two, we head to Genesis 13:5-18. We read how Abram and Lot’s herdsmen were arguing because there wasn’t enough land for both men’s herds. Abram chose to make peace with Lot by letting Lot choose the...
Make peace wherever you canMarch 3
March 3 Make peace wherever you can. In week one, we look at something Paul wrote in Romans 12:18: “If possible, live in peace with everyone. Do that as much as you can.” This is a big challenge! Do as much as you can to live in peace . . . with everyone! Paul was...
Be kind to people who are different from youFebruary 25
February 25 Be kind to people who are different from you. We finish the month with a familiar parable found in Luke 10:25-37. A religious leader asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus answered with the parable of the Good Samaritan. Jesus used this story to...
Be kinder than you have to beFebruary 18
February 18 Be kinder than you have to be. For week three, we turn to Matthew 5:41. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus taught, “Suppose someone forces you to go one mile. Go two miles with them.” To us, that might sound strange, but to those listening—not so much....
Be kind to the people closest to youFebruary 11
February 11 Be kind to the people closest to you. In week 2, we head to Ruth 1 and 2, where we find Naomi and her daughter-in-law, Ruth. Both of their husbands had died, and Ruth had the opportunity to return home to her family. Instead, she chose to show kindness to...
Jesus showed us how to be kindFebruary 4
February 4 Jesus showed us how to be kind. We start this month in the book of Matthew as we look at three moments of kindness from Jesus’ life. Whether Jesus was healing the sick, blessing little children, or sharing meals with people who others seemed to disregard,...
Use your words wiselyJanuary 28
January 28 Use your words wisely. We finish the month with something Paul wrote in Ephesians 4:29: “Don’t let any evil talk come out of your mouths. Say only what will help to build others up and meet their needs.” (NIrV) Our words have the power to help or hurt...
Work hardJanuary 21
January 21 Work hard. For week three, we take a closer look at Proverbs 6:6- 8: “Think about the ant! Consider its ways and be wise!” (NIrV) God created ants to take responsibility and work hard storing up food for the winter months. We can look to their example as we...
Share what you haveJanuary 14
January 14 Share what you have. In week 2, we head to Luke 12:13-21, where we find a parable Jesus told about a rich man who was focused on the wrong thing. This man was a successful farmer whose land produced a large amount of crops. He decided to build bigger and...
Love God and love othersJanuary 7
January 7 Love God and love others. We kick off the New Year in Matthew 22:36-40. The religious leaders were always trying to trap Jesus with His own words. This moment was no different. A law expert asked Jesus, out of hundreds of laws they were to follow, which one...
Celebrate Jesus all year longDecember 31
December 31 Celebrate Jesus all year long. We finish up our Christmas season celebration in Matthew 2:1-12. We see how the announcement of Jesus’ birth was far-reaching. Wise men from the east saw a star that set them on an adventure to find a promised king of Israel....
God’s love is for everyoneDecember 24
December 24 God's love is for everyone. For Christmas weekend, we continue the story in Luke 2:8-20. Jesus was born, and it was now time to announce it to the world. Instead of heading to the palaces and mansions, God’s angels visited the shepherds and announced...
You can have joy because God sent JesusDecember 17
December 17 You can have joy because God sent Jesus. In week three, we head to the familiar Christmas passage in Luke 2:1-7. On the surface, it might have seemed like nothing was going right for Mary and Joseph: a census, no room for them to stay, not to mention...
You can have peace because God has a planDecember 10
December 10 You can have peace because God has a plan. In week 2, we turn to Luke 1:26-56. The Messiah had been promised for generations, but no one would have guessed that God would use a young woman to bring that promise to fulfilment—including that young woman...
You can have hope because God is faithfulDecember 3
December 3 You can have hope because God is faithful. In our first week, we start in Micah 5:2, Isaiah 9:6-7, and Isaiah 7:14-15, where we discover how prophets predicted that God would send a Savior. No one could have expected that it would take hundreds of years...
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenApril 21When you have to wait, remember what’s true.In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of Israel rebelled. They built a golden calf and began to worship it instead of worshipping God. If only they had remembered how God rescued them from Egypt and trusted God while they waited!
Bottom Line: When you have to wait, remember what’s true. We can’t avoid having to wait, but we can choose how we respond. A good way to discover patience is to think about what’s true about God: God loves us and knows what’s best for us. God cares for us and is with us. We can trust God no matter what. We pray that kids remember what’s true about God when they have to wait.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESDevotionalParent CueRecent LessonsWhen you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
Jesus is aliveMarch 31
March 31 Jesus is alive. We finish March by celebrating Jesus’ resurrection as described in Luke 24:1-12, 36-49. God went to great lengths to make peace with us. All of God’s promises came true, and everything that Jesus said and did led up to this moment. When Jesus...
Jesus came to be our SaviorMarch 24
March 24 Jesus came to be our Savior. We kick off Easter week with the story of Palm Sunday as described in Matthew 21:1-11. By this time, God’s people had been waiting hundreds of years for God’s promised Savior. As Jesus’ ministry grew, the people were starting to...
You can help others make peaceMarch 17
March 17 You can help others make peace. In 1 Samuel 25:1-35, we find a story about a woman named Abigail. We read how King David was furious with a man named Nabal who had mistreated his men. David decided to get revenge . . . until Nabal’s wife, Abigail, intercepted...
You can show you care by letting go of what’s fairMarch 10
March 10 You can show you care by letting go of what's fair. For week two, we head to Genesis 13:5-18. We read how Abram and Lot’s herdsmen were arguing because there wasn’t enough land for both men’s herds. Abram chose to make peace with Lot by letting Lot choose the...
Make peace wherever you canMarch 3
March 3 Make peace wherever you can. In week one, we look at something Paul wrote in Romans 12:18: “If possible, live in peace with everyone. Do that as much as you can.” This is a big challenge! Do as much as you can to live in peace . . . with everyone! Paul was...
Be kind to people who are different from youFebruary 25
February 25 Be kind to people who are different from you. We finish the month with a familiar parable found in Luke 10:25-37. A religious leader asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus answered with the parable of the Good Samaritan. Jesus used this story to...
Be kinder than you have to beFebruary 18
February 18 Be kinder than you have to be. For week three, we turn to Matthew 5:41. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus taught, “Suppose someone forces you to go one mile. Go two miles with them.” To us, that might sound strange, but to those listening—not so much....
Be kind to the people closest to youFebruary 11
February 11 Be kind to the people closest to you. In week 2, we head to Ruth 1 and 2, where we find Naomi and her daughter-in-law, Ruth. Both of their husbands had died, and Ruth had the opportunity to return home to her family. Instead, she chose to show kindness to...
Jesus showed us how to be kindFebruary 4
February 4 Jesus showed us how to be kind. We start this month in the book of Matthew as we look at three moments of kindness from Jesus’ life. Whether Jesus was healing the sick, blessing little children, or sharing meals with people who others seemed to disregard,...
Use your words wiselyJanuary 28
January 28 Use your words wisely. We finish the month with something Paul wrote in Ephesians 4:29: “Don’t let any evil talk come out of your mouths. Say only what will help to build others up and meet their needs.” (NIrV) Our words have the power to help or hurt...
Work hardJanuary 21
January 21 Work hard. For week three, we take a closer look at Proverbs 6:6- 8: “Think about the ant! Consider its ways and be wise!” (NIrV) God created ants to take responsibility and work hard storing up food for the winter months. We can look to their example as we...
Share what you haveJanuary 14
January 14 Share what you have. In week 2, we head to Luke 12:13-21, where we find a parable Jesus told about a rich man who was focused on the wrong thing. This man was a successful farmer whose land produced a large amount of crops. He decided to build bigger and...
Love God and love othersJanuary 7
January 7 Love God and love others. We kick off the New Year in Matthew 22:36-40. The religious leaders were always trying to trap Jesus with His own words. This moment was no different. A law expert asked Jesus, out of hundreds of laws they were to follow, which one...
Celebrate Jesus all year longDecember 31
December 31 Celebrate Jesus all year long. We finish up our Christmas season celebration in Matthew 2:1-12. We see how the announcement of Jesus’ birth was far-reaching. Wise men from the east saw a star that set them on an adventure to find a promised king of Israel....
God’s love is for everyoneDecember 24
December 24 God's love is for everyone. For Christmas weekend, we continue the story in Luke 2:8-20. Jesus was born, and it was now time to announce it to the world. Instead of heading to the palaces and mansions, God’s angels visited the shepherds and announced...
You can have joy because God sent JesusDecember 17
December 17 You can have joy because God sent Jesus. In week three, we head to the familiar Christmas passage in Luke 2:1-7. On the surface, it might have seemed like nothing was going right for Mary and Joseph: a census, no room for them to stay, not to mention...
You can have peace because God has a planDecember 10
December 10 You can have peace because God has a plan. In week 2, we turn to Luke 1:26-56. The Messiah had been promised for generations, but no one would have guessed that God would use a young woman to bring that promise to fulfilment—including that young woman...
You can have hope because God is faithfulDecember 3
December 3 You can have hope because God is faithful. In our first week, we start in Micah 5:2, Isaiah 9:6-7, and Isaiah 7:14-15, where we discover how prophets predicted that God would send a Savior. No one could have expected that it would take hundreds of years...
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The Power to Live Your New LifeWhat does it mean to be baptized with the Holy Spirit?
The Power to Live Your New Lifeby Rob Barnes
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolApril 14Jesus says to tell others about Him.Jesus gives his friends an important job to do—to go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus is alive and he wants to be their friend forever—and we can do that job too! When we go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus wants to be their friend forever, we are doing what Jesus says and shining our light.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsJesus says to love like HimApril 21
April 21 Jesus says to love like Him. Jesus tells his friends to love people the way he loves them. So the early church did what Jesus says and loved like Jesus! If someone needed a coat, a person would share their coat. If someone needed a place to stay, a person...
Jesus says to tell others about HimApril 14
April 14 Jesus says to tell others about Him. Jesus gives his friends an important job to do—to go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus is alive and he wants to be their friend forever—and we can do that job too! When we go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus...
Jesus says to let my light shineApril 7
April 7 Jesus says to let my light shine. Jesus says that we are the light of the world. We can shine our light to show the world that Jesus loves them and wants to be their friend forever. We all have the choice to either hide or shine our light, and we want...
Jesus is alive!March 31
March 31 Jesus is alive! Jesus dies, is put in a tomb, and comes back just like he said he would, so we could be his friend forever. Yes, Jesus is alive and Jesus wants to be my friend forever. And Jesus wants to be your friend forever…every child’s friend...
We can celebrate JesusMarch 24
March 24 We can celebrate Jesus. As Jesus enters Jerusalem on a donkey, the people are so excited that they lay palm branches and coats on the road to make a special path for Jesus while they cheer and shout, “Hosanna! Hosanna! Yay, Jesus!” The people waved their palm...
Jesus is a good friendMarch 17
March 17 Jesus is a good friend. Jesus does something unexpected to show His friends, the disciples, what it looks like to be a good friend. He didn’t show them how to defend someone in battle or how to convince a person to stop doing wrong. Instead, Jesus got a bowl...
Jesus wants everyone to follow himMarch 10
March 10 Jesus wants everyone to follow him. Jesus begins forming what would become his team of 12 disciples. Jesus didn’t go to the religious leaders or the powerful political leaders to pick his team. No, instead Jesus went to a fishing boat where he asked Peter,...
Jesus wants to be friends with everyone, everywhereMarch 3
March 3 Jesus wants to be friends with everyone, everywhere. The woman at the well had made wrong choices and those choices left her walking to a well, all alone, in the middle of the day. Top that with the fact that she was from a town where the people were not...
Jesus loves meFebruary 25
February 25 Jesus loves me. Jesus tells his friends, the disciples, to let the children come to him. Parents were bringing their children to Jesus so he could bless them. The disciples, thinking they were doing what was best, told the parents to go away. I mean, Jesus...
Jesus loves us even when we do something wrongFebruary 18
February 18 Jesus loves us even when we do something wrong. Zacchaeus climbs a tree to see Jesus. We can only imagine the look on Zacchaeus’ face when he saw Jesus walking towards him as he sat perched in a tree. Maybe Zacchaeus thought Jesus was going to tell him...
Jesus is a friend to everyoneFebruary 11
February 11 Jesus is a friend to everyone. Jesus is a kind and loving friend to a woman who had done something wrong. We call her the unloved woman because she experienced anything but love from the religious leaders. Instead of love, she received judgment, hate,...
Jesus loves everyoneFebruary 4
February 4 Jesus loves everyone. Jesus touches a man who asks for help and heals him of all his boo-boos. an with leprosy. He was not someone everyone loved…or even liked, really. In fact, people stayed away from him because they didn’t want to get what he had. A...
Jesus teaches us that God loves us no matter whatJanuary 28
January 28 Jesus teaches us that God loves us no matter what. Jesus tells a story about a son who returns home to a loving father. Jesus told this story because he wants to teach us something VERY important. He wants us to know that God loves us no matter...
Jesus teaches us we can shareJanuary 21
January 21 Jesus teaches us we can share. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
Jesus teaches that God cares for usJanuary 14
January 14 Jesus teaches that God cares for us. Jesus talks about birds and flowers to teach us that God knows what we need and he cares for us. God loves us more than flowers and birds. And if God takes care of flowers and birds, that means that God will take care of...
People came to hear Jesus because He teaches important thingsJanuary 7
January 7 People came to hear Jesus because He teaches important things. When Jesus sees a large crowd of people, he teaches them important things, because he loves them. We want to begin the month with preschoolers knowing that Jesus teaches me important things, so...
The wise men go to see Jesus, God’s sonDecember 31
December 31 The wise men go to see Jesus, God's son. The wise men don’t have a train to ride, but that doesn’t stop them from following a special star and traveling a long way so they can worship the new King. Once they find Him, the wise men lay their gifts before...
Happy Birthday, JesusDecember 24
December 24 Happy Birthday, Jesus! Christmas is when we celebrate Jesus’ birthday. As we celebrate the good news that God gave us Jesus, we will retell the Christmas Story.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
The shepherds run to JesusDecember 17
December 17 The shepherds run to Jesus. An angel tells shepherds in a field that God’s Son, Jesus, has been born and that they could find him in a manger. They run to find baby Jesus in the manger with Mary and Joseph.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
Jesus is bornDecember 10
December 10 Jesus is born. Mary and Joseph travel a LONG way to the town of Bethlehem, and Jesus is born in a stable where animals sleep. Jesus wasn’t born in a fancy place, but Jesus is special because Jesus is God’s Son. God loves us so much He gave us...
God tells Mary she is going to have His Son JesusDecember 3
December 3 God tells Mary she is going to have His Son Jesus. God has an important message for Mary so God sends an angel to tell Mary that she is going to have a baby. But not just any baby. This baby is God’s Son, and His name is Jesus!DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES...
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryApril 14When you think you can’t wait, think twice.For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you know, his brother Jacob had a pot of stew cooking on the fire. Jacob took advantage of this situation and offered a bowl in exchange for Esau’s inheritance. Turns out, Esau couldn’t resist. He lost something extremely valuable, all because he was impatient.
Bottom Line: When you think you can’t wait, think twice. Through the story of Esau, we pray that kids will discover why it’s important to have patience and wait. We will face moments when we want to rush and take the first choice that comes our way, but that might not be God’s best for us. We pray that kids will discover that when they wait, they can experience something even better than they can imagine.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsWhen you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
Jesus is aliveMarch 31
March 31 Jesus is alive. We finish March by celebrating Jesus’ resurrection as described in Luke 24:1-12, 36-49. God went to great lengths to make peace with us. All of God’s promises came true, and everything that Jesus said and did led up to this moment. When Jesus...
Jesus came to be our SaviorMarch 24
March 24 Jesus came to be our Savior. We kick off Easter week with the story of Palm Sunday as described in Matthew 21:1-11. By this time, God’s people had been waiting hundreds of years for God’s promised Savior. As Jesus’ ministry grew, the people were starting to...
You can help others make peaceMarch 17
March 17 You can help others make peace. In 1 Samuel 25:1-35, we find a story about a woman named Abigail. We read how King David was furious with a man named Nabal who had mistreated his men. David decided to get revenge . . . until Nabal’s wife, Abigail, intercepted...
You can show you care by letting go of what’s fairMarch 10
March 10 You can show you care by letting go of what's fair. For week two, we head to Genesis 13:5-18. We read how Abram and Lot’s herdsmen were arguing because there wasn’t enough land for both men’s herds. Abram chose to make peace with Lot by letting Lot choose the...
Make peace wherever you canMarch 3
March 3 Make peace wherever you can. In week one, we look at something Paul wrote in Romans 12:18: “If possible, live in peace with everyone. Do that as much as you can.” This is a big challenge! Do as much as you can to live in peace . . . with everyone! Paul was...
Be kind to people who are different from youFebruary 25
February 25 Be kind to people who are different from you. We finish the month with a familiar parable found in Luke 10:25-37. A religious leader asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus answered with the parable of the Good Samaritan. Jesus used this story to...
Be kinder than you have to beFebruary 18
February 18 Be kinder than you have to be. For week three, we turn to Matthew 5:41. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus taught, “Suppose someone forces you to go one mile. Go two miles with them.” To us, that might sound strange, but to those listening—not so much....
Be kind to the people closest to youFebruary 11
February 11 Be kind to the people closest to you. In week 2, we head to Ruth 1 and 2, where we find Naomi and her daughter-in-law, Ruth. Both of their husbands had died, and Ruth had the opportunity to return home to her family. Instead, she chose to show kindness to...
Jesus showed us how to be kindFebruary 4
February 4 Jesus showed us how to be kind. We start this month in the book of Matthew as we look at three moments of kindness from Jesus’ life. Whether Jesus was healing the sick, blessing little children, or sharing meals with people who others seemed to disregard,...
Use your words wiselyJanuary 28
January 28 Use your words wisely. We finish the month with something Paul wrote in Ephesians 4:29: “Don’t let any evil talk come out of your mouths. Say only what will help to build others up and meet their needs.” (NIrV) Our words have the power to help or hurt...
Work hardJanuary 21
January 21 Work hard. For week three, we take a closer look at Proverbs 6:6- 8: “Think about the ant! Consider its ways and be wise!” (NIrV) God created ants to take responsibility and work hard storing up food for the winter months. We can look to their example as we...
Share what you haveJanuary 14
January 14 Share what you have. In week 2, we head to Luke 12:13-21, where we find a parable Jesus told about a rich man who was focused on the wrong thing. This man was a successful farmer whose land produced a large amount of crops. He decided to build bigger and...
Love God and love othersJanuary 7
January 7 Love God and love others. We kick off the New Year in Matthew 22:36-40. The religious leaders were always trying to trap Jesus with His own words. This moment was no different. A law expert asked Jesus, out of hundreds of laws they were to follow, which one...
Celebrate Jesus all year longDecember 31
December 31 Celebrate Jesus all year long. We finish up our Christmas season celebration in Matthew 2:1-12. We see how the announcement of Jesus’ birth was far-reaching. Wise men from the east saw a star that set them on an adventure to find a promised king of Israel....
God’s love is for everyoneDecember 24
December 24 God's love is for everyone. For Christmas weekend, we continue the story in Luke 2:8-20. Jesus was born, and it was now time to announce it to the world. Instead of heading to the palaces and mansions, God’s angels visited the shepherds and announced...
You can have joy because God sent JesusDecember 17
December 17 You can have joy because God sent Jesus. In week three, we head to the familiar Christmas passage in Luke 2:1-7. On the surface, it might have seemed like nothing was going right for Mary and Joseph: a census, no room for them to stay, not to mention...
You can have peace because God has a planDecember 10
December 10 You can have peace because God has a plan. In week 2, we turn to Luke 1:26-56. The Messiah had been promised for generations, but no one would have guessed that God would use a young woman to bring that promise to fulfilment—including that young woman...
You can have hope because God is faithfulDecember 3
December 3 You can have hope because God is faithful. In our first week, we start in Micah 5:2, Isaiah 9:6-7, and Isaiah 7:14-15, where we discover how prophets predicted that God would send a Savior. No one could have expected that it would take hundreds of years...
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenApril 14When you think you can’t wait, think twice.For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you know, his brother Jacob had a pot of stew cooking on the fire. Jacob took advantage of this situation and offered a bowl in exchange for Esau’s inheritance. Turns out, Esau couldn’t resist. He lost something extremely valuable, all because he was impatient.
Bottom Line: When you think you can’t wait, think twice. Through the story of Esau, we pray that kids will discover why it’s important to have patience and wait. We will face moments when we want to rush and take the first choice that comes our way, but that might not be God’s best for us. We pray that kids will discover that when they wait, they can experience something even better than they can imagine.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESDevotionalParent CueRecent LessonsWhen you have to wait, remember what’s trueApril 21
April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
Jesus is aliveMarch 31
March 31 Jesus is alive. We finish March by celebrating Jesus’ resurrection as described in Luke 24:1-12, 36-49. God went to great lengths to make peace with us. All of God’s promises came true, and everything that Jesus said and did led up to this moment. When Jesus...
Jesus came to be our SaviorMarch 24
March 24 Jesus came to be our Savior. We kick off Easter week with the story of Palm Sunday as described in Matthew 21:1-11. By this time, God’s people had been waiting hundreds of years for God’s promised Savior. As Jesus’ ministry grew, the people were starting to...
You can help others make peaceMarch 17
March 17 You can help others make peace. In 1 Samuel 25:1-35, we find a story about a woman named Abigail. We read how King David was furious with a man named Nabal who had mistreated his men. David decided to get revenge . . . until Nabal’s wife, Abigail, intercepted...
You can show you care by letting go of what’s fairMarch 10
March 10 You can show you care by letting go of what's fair. For week two, we head to Genesis 13:5-18. We read how Abram and Lot’s herdsmen were arguing because there wasn’t enough land for both men’s herds. Abram chose to make peace with Lot by letting Lot choose the...
Make peace wherever you canMarch 3
March 3 Make peace wherever you can. In week one, we look at something Paul wrote in Romans 12:18: “If possible, live in peace with everyone. Do that as much as you can.” This is a big challenge! Do as much as you can to live in peace . . . with everyone! Paul was...
Be kind to people who are different from youFebruary 25
February 25 Be kind to people who are different from you. We finish the month with a familiar parable found in Luke 10:25-37. A religious leader asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus answered with the parable of the Good Samaritan. Jesus used this story to...
Be kinder than you have to beFebruary 18
February 18 Be kinder than you have to be. For week three, we turn to Matthew 5:41. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus taught, “Suppose someone forces you to go one mile. Go two miles with them.” To us, that might sound strange, but to those listening—not so much....
Be kind to the people closest to youFebruary 11
February 11 Be kind to the people closest to you. In week 2, we head to Ruth 1 and 2, where we find Naomi and her daughter-in-law, Ruth. Both of their husbands had died, and Ruth had the opportunity to return home to her family. Instead, she chose to show kindness to...
Jesus showed us how to be kindFebruary 4
February 4 Jesus showed us how to be kind. We start this month in the book of Matthew as we look at three moments of kindness from Jesus’ life. Whether Jesus was healing the sick, blessing little children, or sharing meals with people who others seemed to disregard,...
Use your words wiselyJanuary 28
January 28 Use your words wisely. We finish the month with something Paul wrote in Ephesians 4:29: “Don’t let any evil talk come out of your mouths. Say only what will help to build others up and meet their needs.” (NIrV) Our words have the power to help or hurt...
Work hardJanuary 21
January 21 Work hard. For week three, we take a closer look at Proverbs 6:6- 8: “Think about the ant! Consider its ways and be wise!” (NIrV) God created ants to take responsibility and work hard storing up food for the winter months. We can look to their example as we...
Share what you haveJanuary 14
January 14 Share what you have. In week 2, we head to Luke 12:13-21, where we find a parable Jesus told about a rich man who was focused on the wrong thing. This man was a successful farmer whose land produced a large amount of crops. He decided to build bigger and...
Love God and love othersJanuary 7
January 7 Love God and love others. We kick off the New Year in Matthew 22:36-40. The religious leaders were always trying to trap Jesus with His own words. This moment was no different. A law expert asked Jesus, out of hundreds of laws they were to follow, which one...
Celebrate Jesus all year longDecember 31
December 31 Celebrate Jesus all year long. We finish up our Christmas season celebration in Matthew 2:1-12. We see how the announcement of Jesus’ birth was far-reaching. Wise men from the east saw a star that set them on an adventure to find a promised king of Israel....
God’s love is for everyoneDecember 24
December 24 God's love is for everyone. For Christmas weekend, we continue the story in Luke 2:8-20. Jesus was born, and it was now time to announce it to the world. Instead of heading to the palaces and mansions, God’s angels visited the shepherds and announced...
You can have joy because God sent JesusDecember 17
December 17 You can have joy because God sent Jesus. In week three, we head to the familiar Christmas passage in Luke 2:1-7. On the surface, it might have seemed like nothing was going right for Mary and Joseph: a census, no room for them to stay, not to mention...
You can have peace because God has a planDecember 10
December 10 You can have peace because God has a plan. In week 2, we turn to Luke 1:26-56. The Messiah had been promised for generations, but no one would have guessed that God would use a young woman to bring that promise to fulfilment—including that young woman...
You can have hope because God is faithfulDecember 3
December 3 You can have hope because God is faithful. In our first week, we start in Micah 5:2, Isaiah 9:6-7, and Isaiah 7:14-15, where we discover how prophets predicted that God would send a Savior. No one could have expected that it would take hundreds of years...
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Go TogetherAre we, as a church, just running an institution—or are we part of a movement? Is the church a place you attend, or is it a movement you are personally part of?
Go Togetherby Kurt Barnes
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryApril 7Waiting can make you wise.We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can either lose our patience and get upset, or we can choose to keep our cool and think about what we can learn through our waiting. We can trust that God will help us wait well.
Bottom Line: Waiting can make you wise. There are lots of times in life when we have to wait. Kids have to wait in lines, for school to let out, or to take their turn on the playground. In some situations, it can be more difficult to wait than in others. We pray that kids will remember that the times when we have to wait can become opportunities for us to trust God and grow in wisdom.
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April 21 When you have to wait, remember what's true. In week three, we head to Exodus 32:1-35. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai. He left his brother Aaron and the rest of the Israelites to wait. Rather than waiting patiently for Moses to return, the entire nation of...
When you think you can’t wait, think twiceApril 14
April 14 When you think you can't wait, think twice. For week 2, we turn to Genesis 25:24-34, where we find one of the best examples of what happens when someone is not patient—the story of Esau. After a hunting trip, Esau was exhausted and hungry! And wouldn’t you...
Waiting can make you wiseApril 7
April 7 Waiting can make you wise. We kick off the month with a patience proverb found in Proverbs 14:29: “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish they are.” When it comes to waiting, we have a choice. We can...
Jesus is aliveMarch 31
March 31 Jesus is alive. We finish March by celebrating Jesus’ resurrection as described in Luke 24:1-12, 36-49. God went to great lengths to make peace with us. All of God’s promises came true, and everything that Jesus said and did led up to this moment. When Jesus...
Jesus came to be our SaviorMarch 24
March 24 Jesus came to be our Savior. We kick off Easter week with the story of Palm Sunday as described in Matthew 21:1-11. By this time, God’s people had been waiting hundreds of years for God’s promised Savior. As Jesus’ ministry grew, the people were starting to...
You can help others make peaceMarch 17
March 17 You can help others make peace. In 1 Samuel 25:1-35, we find a story about a woman named Abigail. We read how King David was furious with a man named Nabal who had mistreated his men. David decided to get revenge . . . until Nabal’s wife, Abigail, intercepted...
You can show you care by letting go of what’s fairMarch 10
March 10 You can show you care by letting go of what's fair. For week two, we head to Genesis 13:5-18. We read how Abram and Lot’s herdsmen were arguing because there wasn’t enough land for both men’s herds. Abram chose to make peace with Lot by letting Lot choose the...
Make peace wherever you canMarch 3
March 3 Make peace wherever you can. In week one, we look at something Paul wrote in Romans 12:18: “If possible, live in peace with everyone. Do that as much as you can.” This is a big challenge! Do as much as you can to live in peace . . . with everyone! Paul was...
Be kind to people who are different from youFebruary 25
February 25 Be kind to people who are different from you. We finish the month with a familiar parable found in Luke 10:25-37. A religious leader asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus answered with the parable of the Good Samaritan. Jesus used this story to...
Be kinder than you have to beFebruary 18
February 18 Be kinder than you have to be. For week three, we turn to Matthew 5:41. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus taught, “Suppose someone forces you to go one mile. Go two miles with them.” To us, that might sound strange, but to those listening—not so much....
Be kind to the people closest to youFebruary 11
February 11 Be kind to the people closest to you. In week 2, we head to Ruth 1 and 2, where we find Naomi and her daughter-in-law, Ruth. Both of their husbands had died, and Ruth had the opportunity to return home to her family. Instead, she chose to show kindness to...
Jesus showed us how to be kindFebruary 4
February 4 Jesus showed us how to be kind. We start this month in the book of Matthew as we look at three moments of kindness from Jesus’ life. Whether Jesus was healing the sick, blessing little children, or sharing meals with people who others seemed to disregard,...
Use your words wiselyJanuary 28
January 28 Use your words wisely. We finish the month with something Paul wrote in Ephesians 4:29: “Don’t let any evil talk come out of your mouths. Say only what will help to build others up and meet their needs.” (NIrV) Our words have the power to help or hurt...
Work hardJanuary 21
January 21 Work hard. For week three, we take a closer look at Proverbs 6:6- 8: “Think about the ant! Consider its ways and be wise!” (NIrV) God created ants to take responsibility and work hard storing up food for the winter months. We can look to their example as we...
Share what you haveJanuary 14
January 14 Share what you have. In week 2, we head to Luke 12:13-21, where we find a parable Jesus told about a rich man who was focused on the wrong thing. This man was a successful farmer whose land produced a large amount of crops. He decided to build bigger and...
Love God and love othersJanuary 7
January 7 Love God and love others. We kick off the New Year in Matthew 22:36-40. The religious leaders were always trying to trap Jesus with His own words. This moment was no different. A law expert asked Jesus, out of hundreds of laws they were to follow, which one...
Celebrate Jesus all year longDecember 31
December 31 Celebrate Jesus all year long. We finish up our Christmas season celebration in Matthew 2:1-12. We see how the announcement of Jesus’ birth was far-reaching. Wise men from the east saw a star that set them on an adventure to find a promised king of Israel....
God’s love is for everyoneDecember 24
December 24 God's love is for everyone. For Christmas weekend, we continue the story in Luke 2:8-20. Jesus was born, and it was now time to announce it to the world. Instead of heading to the palaces and mansions, God’s angels visited the shepherds and announced...
You can have joy because God sent JesusDecember 17
December 17 You can have joy because God sent Jesus. In week three, we head to the familiar Christmas passage in Luke 2:1-7. On the surface, it might have seemed like nothing was going right for Mary and Joseph: a census, no room for them to stay, not to mention...
You can have peace because God has a planDecember 10
December 10 You can have peace because God has a plan. In week 2, we turn to Luke 1:26-56. The Messiah had been promised for generations, but no one would have guessed that God would use a young woman to bring that promise to fulfilment—including that young woman...
You can have hope because God is faithfulDecember 3
December 3 You can have hope because God is faithful. In our first week, we start in Micah 5:2, Isaiah 9:6-7, and Isaiah 7:14-15, where we discover how prophets predicted that God would send a Savior. No one could have expected that it would take hundreds of years...
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A Man After God’s HeartA message about David’s heart.
A Man After God's Heartby Jeff Davidson
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenSeptember 3Choose your friends carefully.We kick off this series in Ecclesiastes 4:9-12, where Solomon wrote, “Two people are better than one. They can help each other in everything they do.” Solomon went on to explain that—like a three-strand cord—we are stronger when we work together as friends. It’s important that we have the right sort of people around us to build us up and help us make wise choices.
Choose your friends carefully. God has designed relationships to help make life easier. As kids become more aware of how their friends influence them, it’s important for them to know how to choose good friends. We pray that kids will find friends who encourage them and help them grow in their relationship with Jesus.
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September 3 Choose your friends carefully. We kick off this series in Ecclesiastes 4:9-12, where Solomon wrote, “Two people are better than one. They can help each other in everything they do.” Solomon went on to explain that—like a three-strand cord—we are stronger...
Use your imagination to honor GodAugust 27
August 27 Use your imagination to honor God. We wrap up the month by looking at passages in Exodus 25, 28, 31, 35, and 39. We see what happened as the Israelites built a place where they could gather and worship God. Moses instructed God’s people to build a beautiful...
You can use what God gave you to solve problemsAugust 20
August 20 You can use what God gave you to solve problems. In week three, we head to Genesis 40-41. We’ll spend time looking more closely at an important creative moment in Joseph’s life. While Joseph experienced many ups and downs throughout his time in Egypt, God...
God created you for a purposeAugust 13
August 13 God created you for a purpose. Next, in Ephesians 2:10, we discover how we reflect God’s creativity. Paul reminds us: “We are God’s creation. He created us to belong to Christ Jesus. Now we can do good works. Long ago God prepared these works for us to do.”...
God created you so you can be creativeAugust 6
August 6 God created you so you can be creative. We kick off this series in Genesis 1-2:3 as we help kids discover something about the beginning of the universe. Looking around at creation, one can’t help but notice God’s creativity. From nothing, God spoke the...
God will make everything right in the endJuly 30
July 30 God will make everything right in the end. We finish the month and this series in Revelation 21:3- 5a, with something John wrote toward the end of his life. John had been exiled to live out his life alone on a remote island for prisoners. While he was there,...
Our faith is stronger togetherJuly 23
July 23 Our faith is stronger together. For week 4, we head to Hebrews 10:23-25 and discover something about the importance of meeting with other followers of Jesus. The writer of this passage wanted to remind the early believers that Jesus is more important than...
When bad things happen, God is with youJuly 16
July 16 When bad things happen, God is with you. In Acts 27:1–28:10 we find a moment toward the end of Paul’s life. Paul was on his way to Rome to stand trial, but he and the entire crew were shipwrecked on the journey. This was a major setback, but Paul knew he could...
God can help you find joyJuly 9
July 9 God can help you find joy. In week 2, we catch up with Paul in Acts 16:16-40. Paul and his traveling companion, Silas, were arrested for causing a commotion while trying to help a person in need. In jail, they could have given up their calling to share Jesus’...
Jesus is a gift for everyoneJuly 2
July 2 Jesus is a gift for everyone. Since the beginning, God has always been deeply involved in the world. We see God’s handiwork on display in creation. We see God’s love on display through Jesus, who came to rescue us. We respond to God in faith, believing in what...
God is with you even when you feel stuckJune 25
June 25 God is with you even when you feel stuck. We finish the month in Acts 12:1-19. Because of King Herod, Peter found himself chained up between two guards, with another two guards at the door. That night, God sent an angel to the rescue. With the angel’s help,...
God can change the way you see othersJune 18
June 18 God can change the way you see others. In Acts 10, we pick up Peter’s story. Through a pretty crazy vision and encounter with a non-Jewish follower of Jesus, Peter learned that the message of Jesus is for all people. Peter now understood that everyone could be...
God can help you face your fearsJune 11
June 11 God can help you face your fears. In week 2, we head to Acts 9:10-31 to see what happens after Jesus spoke to Saul on the road to Damascus. In a vision, Jesus spoke to Ananias, a follower of Jesus living in Damascus. Ananias knew Saul’s reputation, but he...
Knowing Jesus changes how you see thingsJune 4
June 4 Knowing Jesus changes how you see things. Since the beginning, God has always been deeply involved in the world. We see God’s handiwork on display in creation. We see God’s love on display through Jesus, who came to rescue us. We respond to God in faith,...
God is with you even when you have questionsMay 28
May 28 God is with you even when you have questions. We end the month in Acts 8:26-40 and discover a Jesus-follower named Philip. An angel told Philip to travel toward the desert. On the way, Philip met an Ethiopian official who was reading the Jewish Scriptures. This...
God is with you no matter whatMay 21
May 21 God is with you no matter what. In Acts 3:1-4:21, we see that Jesus’ mission wasn’t going to be easy for the disciples. Luke tells us that Peter healed someone in the name of Jesus and ended up causing quite a stir. As people gathered, Peter and John used this...
God sent the Holy Spirit to help youMay 14
May 14 God sent the Holy Spirit to help you. In week 2, head to Acts 2:1-41 and find out how the disciples found the confidence to tell the world about Jesus. The disciples had a huge mission: to share the message of Jesus with the world. Thankfully, Jesus also...
Share God’s love with othersMay 7
May 7 Share God's love with others. We might try to base our confidence on what we do well, or what someone might say about us. But true confidence should be built on something different. We think it’s found in understanding how God is both big enough to create the...
Put others first by making things rightApril 30
April 30 Put others first by making things right. In John 21:1-19, we discover how Peter and several other disciples were out fishing on the Sea of Galilee without catching a single fish. Suddenly, they saw a man standing on the shore, who told them to try the other...
Put others first by helping them understandApril 23
April 23 Put others first by helping them understand. In John 21:1-19, we discover how Peter and several other disciples were out fishing on the Sea of Galilee without catching a single fish. Suddenly, they saw a man standing on the shore, who told them to try the...
Put others first because Jesus put you firstApril 16
April 16 Put others first because Jesus put you first. In Philippians 2:3-8, Paul explains how Jesus is the ultimate example of humility. He writes, “As you deal with one another, you should think and act as Jesus did. . . . he was humble and obeyed God completely....
Celebrate because Jesus is aliveApril 9
April 9 Celebrate because Jesus is alive. For week 2, we celebrate Easter by taking a closer look at John 18:12-20:23. The religious leaders were up in arms because Jesus had claimed to be God. It didn’t matter that this was TRUE; the leaders were still ready to dish...
Jesus put others firstApril 2
April 2 Jesus put others first. We live in a “me-centered” world, where people act as if the world revolves around them. It can be hard to figure out how to be humble throughout the different circumstances we face. Thankfully, we don’t have to figure this out on our...
God will always forgive youMarch 26
March 26 God will always forgive you. We end the month in Luke 15:11-32, when Jesus shared a parable to help people understand God’s amazing grace and forgiveness. A son came to his father and asked for his share of the inheritance. This broke the father’s heart, but...
Forgive others because God forgives youMarch 19
March 19 Forgive others because God forgives you. In week 3, we discover one of Jesus’ parables recorded for us in Matthew 18:21-35. Jesus told this parable because Peter asked a question about forgiveness. Peter might have thought he was doing pretty well to say he’d...
When you forgive others, it can change themMarch 12
March 12 When you forgive others, it can change them. In week 2, we find Jesus interacting with an unexpected person in Luke 19:1-10: Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus was a tax collector working for Rome. He earned a reputation for taking advantage of his fellow Jewish people....
Everyone needs forgivenessMarch 5
March 5 Everyone needs forgiveness. No matter how much we mess up, God will always forgive us. Jesus even chose to forgive those who were crucifying him. Because God forgives us, we should work hard to forgive others. We can decide that someone who has wronged us...
Remember God is most importantFebruary 26
February 26 Remember God is most important. We finish our month on respect in Matthew 8:5-13, where we find a Roman commander. This man was in charge of soldiers, who did whatever he told them to do. Yet when the commander’s servant became seriously ill, he realized...
Take time to show others they are importantFebruary 19
February 19 Take time to show others they are important. In week three, we find Jesus at the home of his friends Mary and Martha. In Luke 10:38-42, we find how these two sisters had different things in mind when it came to having Jesus in their home. Mary sat at...
Show respect even when you don’t get alongFebruary 12
February 12 Show respect even when you don’t get along. Jesus brought His followers to a mountain to explain to them what it means to live as part of God’s kingdom. During that message, Jesus said something surprising about loving others and treating them with...
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolSeptember 3God knows what is best for me.An adult makes about 35,000 choices every day, but adults are not the only ones with choices to make. Children have their fair share of choices too—about 3,500 of them. Every. Single. Day. Should I eat this snack or that snack? Should I play with this toy or that toy? Should I do this and share or do that and keep it all for myself?
Knowing that our preschooler’s 3,500 daily choices will one day turn into 35,000 daily choices is why we want to teach preschoolers that, when they have a choice between This or That, they can trust that God knows what’s best for them.
God knows what is best for me. God told Adam and Eve they could eat from ANY tree but one. Eve had a choice between THIS—do what God said —or THAT—doing what she thought was right. Adam and Eve learned that they should have done what God said because God knew what was best for them. And God knows what’s best for us too!
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September 3 God knows what is best for me. An adult makes about 35,000 choices every day, but adults are not the only ones with choices to make. Children have their fair share of choices too—about 3,500 of them. Every. Single. Day. Should I eat this snack or that...
On days six and seven, God made the land animals and people, and then He restedAugust 27
August 27 On days six and seven, God made the land animals and people, and then He rested. We want to help preschoolers see God’s goodness when they see a tall giraffe or hold a new puppy and especially when they look at themselves and other people because now they...
On day five, God made the sea animals and birdsAugust 20
August 20 On day five, God made the sea animals and birds. We want to help preschoolers see God’s goodness when they hear the bark of a sea lion, see a colorful fish, or find a bird’s nest filled with eggs because now they will know who made it. It’s not just a sea...
On days three and four, God made the land, plants, and seas, and the sun, moon, and starsAugust 13
August 13 On days three and four, God made the land, plants, and seas, and the sun, moon, and stars. We want to help preschoolers see God’s goodness every time they look out over the vastness of an ocean, try and count the stars, or bite into their favorite fruit...
On days one and two, God made the light and dark and the sky above the waterAugust 6
August 6 On days one and two, God made the light and dark and the sky above the water. Which would mean more to you? Something made by a stranger, or something made by your child? Your child’s creation would be the clear winner because knowing who made something can...
Jesus is preparing a place for usJuly 30
July 30 Jesus is preparing a place for us. Jesus is in heaven right now getting a place ready for all of his friends. In heaven, there are no more boo-boos, no one gets sick, and no one is sad. We will be happy all of the time because we will be with our friend Jesus....
We can love just as Jesus loves usJuly 23
July 23 We can love just as Jesus loves us. The first church was a group of people who met together and wanted to love like Jesus. They thought of ways they could love like Jesus, like sharing what they had with others, being kind, and praying for others. The...
Even when it is hard, we can love like JesusJuly 16
July 16 Even when it is hard, we can love like Jesus. Paul is shipwrecked. Talk about hard times! But even though Paul experienced one hard moment after another, He still chose to love like Jesus and move here, there, and everywhere sharing the good news that Jesus...
Jesus helps us choose joyJuly 9
July 9 Jesus helps us choose joy. Paul and Silas were thrown in prison for telling people the good news about Jesus. But Paul and Silas chose joy and began singing! While Paul and Silas were singing, the ground began to shake. The doors to the jail flew wide open, but...
Jesus is a gift for everyoneJuly 2
July 2 Jesus is a gift for everyone. We have been talking A LOT about how Jesus wants to be our friend forever. It is THAT important! Jesus is a gift for everyone, everywhere. And we want preschoolers to know they can move here, there, and everywhere telling people...
Jesus is always with meJune 25
June 25 Jesus is always with me. Peter goes to jail because he was sharing the good news about Jesus. Peter’s friends could have been worried, scared, mad, sad, or frustrated because their friend Peter was gone, but they prayed. Jesus sent an angel to help Peter, and...
I can love everyone the way Jesus loves everyoneJune 18
June 18 I can love everyone the way Jesus loves everyone. Jesus taught Peter to love everyone the way Jesus loves everyone. It doesn’t matter where a person lives, what language they speak, or what they look like. Jesus loves them, and we should be ready and set to...
Jesus gives me people to help meJune 11
June 11 Jesus gives me people to help me. Paul needed help, because after he met Jesus, he couldn’t see. Understandably so, Ananias was a little nervous to help Paul. After all, Paul was the same man who was hurting anyone who followed Jesus. But because Ananias loved...
Jesus wants to be my friend foreverJune 4
June 4 Jesus wants to be my friend forever. This summer, we’re talking about the best friend ever with our preschoolers. We want every preschooler to know that not only is Jesus the best friend ever, but Jesus wants to be THEIR friend . . . forever! We want our...
God made me to look for ways to helpMay 28
May 28 God made me to look for ways to help. Rebekah goes above and beyond when it comes to being a helper. When a man asks her for a drink of water, she gladly gives it to him, and then she gives water to ALL of his camels, too! Rebekah comes to the rescue and shows...
God made each of us to help in different waysMay 21
May 21 God made each of us to help in different ways. Tabitha helped widows by making clothes for them. Timothy helped by setting a good example for others to follow, in the way he talked and the choices he made. Timothy and Tabitha came to the rescue in the way God...
God made me to help my friendsMay 14
May 14 God made me to help my friends. Four friends come to the rescue by doing all they can to help get their friend to Jesus, even though it means lowering their friend down through a roof! The friend they are helping cannot walk, but, because of their willingness...
God made me to help othersMay 7
May 7 God made me to help others. When given the opportunity, preschoolers are ready and willing to help because it shows the world they are big and can do things that matter. Need help stirring in the kitchen? Preschoolers to the rescue! Need help carrying groceries?...
Jesus taught us how to love one anotherApril 30
April 30 Jesus taught us how to love one another. Followers of Jesus commit themselves to do everything Jesus taught them to do. They learn about what Jesus said…together. They pray…together. They worship…together. They take care of each other’s needs…together. And...
Jesus wants me to tell others He is aliveApril 23
April 23 Jesus wants me to tell others He is alive. Jesus gives his disciples a special job. Jesus tells them to go and tell everyone, everywhere that Jesus is alive AND Jesus wants to be their friend forever. Jesus wants everyone to know the good news, and now it’s...
Jesus is alive, and He wants to be our friend foreverApril 16
April 16 Jesus is alive, and He wants to be our friend forever. After Jesus came back, he goes to his disciples and makes breakfast for them on a beach. Can you imagine what they were thinking as they sat with Jesus eating and talking? They saw Jesus die, and now...
Jesus is aliveApril 9
April 9 Jesus is alive. This week we will share with our preschoolers the foundation of our faith. Jesus, God’s Son, died, and on the third day… 1, 2, 3 … Jesus came back, just like he said he would! Jesus is alive!DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
We celebrate Jesus because He is specialApril 2
April 2 We celebrate Jesus because He is special. 1, 2, 3… it’s Easter! And we are SO excited to share with our youngest friends that Jesus is alive! We want our preschoolers to know that Jesus isn’t just a character in stories. Jesus is alive, and he wants to be...
I can love everyone like JesusMarch 26
March 26 I can love everyone like Jesus. Jesus chooses 12 men to be his disciples. As we get to know the different backgrounds and professions of those first 12, we quickly see that Jesus loves everyone, no matter what, and when we love everyone, we love like...
I can share like JesusMarch 19
March 19 I can share like Jesus. As Jesus watches a crowd of people walking towards him, Jesus wanted to help them by giving them food. So, that’s what he did! Jesus feeds over 5,000 people with just five loaves of bread and two fish. And when we take the time to...
I can be kind like JesusMarch 12
March 12 I can be kind like Jesus. A woman is so desperate to be healed from 12 years of sickness, that she risks everything just to touch Jesus’ clothes. Yes, her body is healed, but the woman also experiences the kind words of Jesus. Kindness is powerful because...
I can love like JesusMarch 5
March 5 I can love like Jesus. Jesus washes his disciples’ feet. Jesus does this to show everyone who would follow him what it looks like to love the way he loves. It’s not exactly what Jesus’ first disciples thought love would look like, but when we put other people...
Jesus loves me no matter whatFebruary 26
February 26 Jesus loves me no matter what. A woman shows she is thankful and loves Jesus by washing his feet and using her special perfume. Jesus showed us that His love is bigger than anything wrong we have done or ever will do. There is nothing wider or longer or...
Jesus loves me and wants to help meFebruary 19
February 19 Jesus loves me and wants to help me. In week three, we will hear how Jesus used his power to do something that was so amazing, it left the disciples totally awestruck. In the middle of a big storm when they are out on a boat at night, Jesus told the winds...
Jesus loves me and wants to spend time with meFebruary 12
February 12 Jesus loves me and wants to spend time with me. Jesus visits the home of Mary and Martha. Mary sits at Jesus’ feet while Martha is very busy making sure everything is perfect for Jesus. Jesus thinks we are special, and He wants to spend time with us, just...
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SCF Kids At HomeElementarySeptember 3Choose your friends carefully.We kick off this series in Ecclesiastes 4:9-12, where Solomon wrote, “Two people are better than one. They can help each other in everything they do.” Solomon went on to explain that—like a three-strand cord—we are stronger when we work together as friends. It’s important that we have the right sort of people around us to build us up and help us make wise choices.
Choose your friends carefully. God has designed relationships to help make life easier. As kids become more aware of how their friends influence them, it’s important for them to know how to choose good friends. We pray that kids will find friends who encourage them and help them grow in their relationship with Jesus.
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September 3 Choose your friends carefully. We kick off this series in Ecclesiastes 4:9-12, where Solomon wrote, “Two people are better than one. They can help each other in everything they do.” Solomon went on to explain that—like a three-strand cord—we are stronger...
Use your imagination to honor GodAugust 27
August 27 Use your imagination to honor God. We wrap up the month by looking at passages in Exodus 25, 28, 31, 35, and 39. We see what happened as the Israelites built a place where they could gather and worship God. Moses instructed God’s people to build a beautiful...
You can use what God gave you to solve problemsAugust 20
August 20 You can use what God gave you to solve problems. In week three, we head to Genesis 40-41. We’ll spend time looking more closely at an important creative moment in Joseph’s life. While Joseph experienced many ups and downs throughout his time in Egypt, God...
God created you for a purposeAugust 13
August 13 God created you for a purpose. Next, in Ephesians 2:10, we discover how we reflect God’s creativity. Paul reminds us: “We are God’s creation. He created us to belong to Christ Jesus. Now we can do good works. Long ago God prepared these works for us to do.”...
God created you so you can be creativeAugust 6
August 6 God created you so you can be creative. We kick off this series in Genesis 1-2:3 as we help kids discover something about the beginning of the universe. Looking around at creation, one can’t help but notice God’s creativity. From nothing, God spoke the...
God will make everything right in the endJuly 30
July 30 God will make everything right in the end. We finish the month and this series in Revelation 21:3- 5a, with something John wrote toward the end of his life. John had been exiled to live out his life alone on a remote island for prisoners. While he was there,...
Our faith is stronger togetherJuly 23
July 23 Our faith is stronger together. For week 4, we head to Hebrews 10:23-25 and discover something about the importance of meeting with other followers of Jesus. The writer of this passage wanted to remind the early believers that Jesus is more important than...
When bad things happen, God is with youJuly 16
July 16 When bad things happen, God is with you. In Acts 27:1–28:10 we find a moment toward the end of Paul’s life. Paul was on his way to Rome to stand trial, but he and the entire crew were shipwrecked on the journey. This was a major setback, but Paul knew he could...
God can help you find joyJuly 9
July 9 God can help you find joy. In week 2, we catch up with Paul in Acts 16:16-40. Paul and his traveling companion, Silas, were arrested for causing a commotion while trying to help a person in need. In jail, they could have given up their calling to share Jesus’...
Jesus is a gift for everyoneJuly 2
July 2 Jesus is a gift for everyone. Since the beginning, God has always been deeply involved in the world. We see God’s handiwork on display in creation. We see God’s love on display through Jesus, who came to rescue us. We respond to God in faith, believing in what...
God is with you even when you feel stuckJune 25
June 25 God is with you even when you feel stuck. We finish the month in Acts 12:1-19. Because of King Herod, Peter found himself chained up between two guards, with another two guards at the door. That night, God sent an angel to the rescue. With the angel’s help,...
God can change the way you see othersJune 18
June 18 God can change the way you see others. In Acts 10, we pick up Peter’s story. Through a pretty crazy vision and encounter with a non-Jewish follower of Jesus, Peter learned that the message of Jesus is for all people. Peter now understood that everyone could be...
God can help you face your fearsJune 11
June 11 God can help you face your fears. In week 2, we head to Acts 9:10-31 to see what happens after Jesus spoke to Saul on the road to Damascus. In a vision, Jesus spoke to Ananias, a follower of Jesus living in Damascus. Ananias knew Saul’s reputation, but he...
Knowing Jesus changes how you see thingsJune 4
June 4 Knowing Jesus changes how you see things. Since the beginning, God has always been deeply involved in the world. We see God’s handiwork on display in creation. We see God’s love on display through Jesus, who came to rescue us. We respond to God in faith,...
God is with you even when you have questionsMay 28
May 28 God is with you even when you have questions. We end the month in Acts 8:26-40 and discover a Jesus-follower named Philip. An angel told Philip to travel toward the desert. On the way, Philip met an Ethiopian official who was reading the Jewish Scriptures. This...
God is with you no matter whatMay 21
May 21 God is with you no matter what. In Acts 3:1-4:21, we see that Jesus’ mission wasn’t going to be easy for the disciples. Luke tells us that Peter healed someone in the name of Jesus and ended up causing quite a stir. As people gathered, Peter and John used this...
God sent the Holy Spirit to help youMay 14
May 14 God sent the Holy Spirit to help you. In week 2, head to Acts 2:1-41 and find out how the disciples found the confidence to tell the world about Jesus. The disciples had a huge mission: to share the message of Jesus with the world. Thankfully, Jesus also...
Share God’s love with othersMay 7
May 7 Share God's love with others. We might try to base our confidence on what we do well, or what someone might say about us. But true confidence should be built on something different. We think it’s found in understanding how God is both big enough to create the...
Put others first by making things rightApril 30
April 30 Put others first by making things right. In John 21:1-19, we discover how Peter and several other disciples were out fishing on the Sea of Galilee without catching a single fish. Suddenly, they saw a man standing on the shore, who told them to try the other...
Put others first by helping them understandApril 23
April 23 Put others first by helping them understand. In John 21:1-19, we discover how Peter and several other disciples were out fishing on the Sea of Galilee without catching a single fish. Suddenly, they saw a man standing on the shore, who told them to try the...
Put others first because Jesus put you firstApril 16
April 16 Put others first because Jesus put you first. In Philippians 2:3-8, Paul explains how Jesus is the ultimate example of humility. He writes, “As you deal with one another, you should think and act as Jesus did. . . . he was humble and obeyed God completely. He...
Celebrate because Jesus is aliveApril 9
April 9 Celebrate because Jesus is alive. For week 2, we celebrate Easter by taking a closer look at John 18:12-20:23. The religious leaders were up in arms because Jesus had claimed to be God. It didn’t matter that this was TRUE; the leaders were still ready to dish...
Jesus put others firstApril 2
April 2 Jesus put others first. We live in a “me-centered” world, where people act as if the world revolves around them. It can be hard to figure out how to be humble throughout the different circumstances we face. Thankfully, we don’t have to figure this out on our...
God will always forgive youMarch 26
March 26 God will always forgive you. We end the month in Luke 15:11-32, when Jesus shared a parable to help people understand God’s amazing grace and forgiveness. A son came to his father and asked for his share of the inheritance. This broke the father’s heart, but...
Forgive others because God forgives youMarch 19
March 19 Forgive others because God forgives you. In week 3, we discover one of Jesus’ parables recorded for us in Matthew 18:21-35. Jesus told this parable because Peter asked a question about forgiveness. Peter might have thought he was doing pretty well to say he’d...
When you forgive others, it can change themMarch 12
March 12 When you forgive others, it can change them. In week 2, we find Jesus interacting with an unexpected person in Luke 19:1-10: Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus was a tax collector working for Rome. He earned a reputation for taking advantage of his fellow Jewish people....
Everyone needs forgivenessMarch 5
March 5 Everyone needs forgiveness. No matter how much we mess up, God will always forgive us. Jesus even chose to forgive those who were crucifying him. Because God forgives us, we should work hard to forgive others. We can decide that someone who has wronged us...
Remember God is most importantFebruary 26
February 26 Remember God is most important. We finish our month on respect in Matthew 8:5-13, where we find a Roman commander. This man was in charge of soldiers, who did whatever he told them to do. Yet when the commander’s servant became seriously ill, he realized...
Take time to show others they are importantFebruary 19
February 19 Take time to show others they are important. In week three, we find Jesus at the home of his friends Mary and Martha. In Luke 10:38-42, we find how these two sisters had different things in mind when it came to having Jesus in their home. Mary sat at...
Show respect even when you don’t get alongFebruary 12
February 12 Show respect even when you don’t get along. Jesus brought His followers to a mountain to explain to them what it means to live as part of God’s kingdom. During that message, Jesus said something surprising about loving others and treating them with...
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Creating an Atmosphere Where Kids Can ThriveThe greatest gift we can give our children is to love our spouse. A strong marriage where love between spouses is visible and tangible provides security and stability for children and an atmosphere in which they can thrive. When children question their parents love for one another, they often begin to question God’s love for them. Children come to know the love of God through the love their parents have not only for them, but for each other.
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenJune 4Knowing Jesus changes how you see things.Since the beginning, God has always been deeply involved in the world. We see God’s handiwork on display in creation. We see God’s love on display through Jesus, who came to rescue us. We respond to God in faith, believing in what we can’t see because of what we can see. When we focus on what we know to be true about God and the world God created, we can have faith in what we can’t see or fully understand. We put that faith into action as we follow Jesus and show his love to the world.
We start off the month in Acts 9:1-9 and meet a man named Saul, also known as Paul. Saul was on his way to arrest and persecute followers of Jesus. But Jesus had other plans for him. Jesus stopped Saul on his journey and spoke to him. In a moment, Saul went from believing that Jesus was a false teacher to believing that Jesus is the Son of God and Savior of the world.
Knowing Jesus changes how you see things. When we put our faith in Jesus, it truly changes everything! We’ll start to see people as God sees them. We’ll discover a personal mission to join God in helping others experience new life in Jesus. We’ll start to see opportunities to help, serve, show kindness, and live with generosity.
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June 4 Knowing Jesus changes how you see things. Since the beginning, God has always been deeply involved in the world. We see God’s handiwork on display in creation. We see God’s love on display through Jesus, who came to rescue us. We respond to God in faith,...
God is with you even when you have questionsMay 28
May 28 God is with you even when you have questions. We end the month in Acts 8:26-40 and discover a Jesus-follower named Philip. An angel told Philip to travel toward the desert. On the way, Philip met an Ethiopian official who was reading the Jewish Scriptures. This...
God is with you no matter whatMay 21
May 21 God is with you no matter what. In Acts 3:1-4:21, we see that Jesus’ mission wasn’t going to be easy for the disciples. Luke tells us that Peter healed someone in the name of Jesus and ended up causing quite a stir. As people gathered, Peter and John used this...
God sent the Holy Spirit to help youMay 14
May 14 God sent the Holy Spirit to help you. In week 2, head to Acts 2:1-41 and find out how the disciples found the confidence to tell the world about Jesus. The disciples had a huge mission: to share the message of Jesus with the world. Thankfully, Jesus also...
Share God’s love with othersMay 7
May 7 Share God's love with others. We might try to base our confidence on what we do well, or what someone might say about us. But true confidence should be built on something different. We think it’s found in understanding how God is both big enough to create the...
Put others first by making things rightApril 30
April 30 Put others first by making things right. In John 21:1-19, we discover how Peter and several other disciples were out fishing on the Sea of Galilee without catching a single fish. Suddenly, they saw a man standing on the shore, who told them to try the other...
Put others first by helping them understandApril 23
April 23 Put others first by helping them understand. In John 21:1-19, we discover how Peter and several other disciples were out fishing on the Sea of Galilee without catching a single fish. Suddenly, they saw a man standing on the shore, who told them to try the...
Put others first because Jesus put you firstApril 16
April 16 Put others first because Jesus put you first. In Philippians 2:3-8, Paul explains how Jesus is the ultimate example of humility. He writes, “As you deal with one another, you should think and act as Jesus did. . . . he was humble and obeyed God completely....
Celebrate because Jesus is aliveApril 9
April 9 Celebrate because Jesus is alive. For week 2, we celebrate Easter by taking a closer look at John 18:12-20:23. The religious leaders were up in arms because Jesus had claimed to be God. It didn’t matter that this was TRUE; the leaders were still ready to dish...
Jesus put others firstApril 2
April 2 Jesus put others first. We live in a “me-centered” world, where people act as if the world revolves around them. It can be hard to figure out how to be humble throughout the different circumstances we face. Thankfully, we don’t have to figure this out on our...
God will always forgive youMarch 26
March 26 God will always forgive you. We end the month in Luke 15:11-32, when Jesus shared a parable to help people understand God’s amazing grace and forgiveness. A son came to his father and asked for his share of the inheritance. This broke the father’s heart, but...
Forgive others because God forgives youMarch 19
March 19 Forgive others because God forgives you. In week 3, we discover one of Jesus’ parables recorded for us in Matthew 18:21-35. Jesus told this parable because Peter asked a question about forgiveness. Peter might have thought he was doing pretty well to say he’d...
When you forgive others, it can change themMarch 12
March 12 When you forgive others, it can change them. In week 2, we find Jesus interacting with an unexpected person in Luke 19:1-10: Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus was a tax collector working for Rome. He earned a reputation for taking advantage of his fellow Jewish people....
Everyone needs forgivenessMarch 5
March 5 Everyone needs forgiveness. No matter how much we mess up, God will always forgive us. Jesus even chose to forgive those who were crucifying him. Because God forgives us, we should work hard to forgive others. We can decide that someone who has wronged us...
Remember God is most importantFebruary 26
February 26 Remember God is most important. We finish our month on respect in Matthew 8:5-13, where we find a Roman commander. This man was in charge of soldiers, who did whatever he told them to do. Yet when the commander’s servant became seriously ill, he realized...
Take time to show others they are importantFebruary 19
February 19 Take time to show others they are important. In week three, we find Jesus at the home of his friends Mary and Martha. In Luke 10:38-42, we find how these two sisters had different things in mind when it came to having Jesus in their home. Mary sat at...
Show respect even when you don’t get alongFebruary 12
February 12 Show respect even when you don’t get along. Jesus brought His followers to a mountain to explain to them what it means to live as part of God’s kingdom. During that message, Jesus said something surprising about loving others and treating them with...
Include people who are left outFebruary 5
February 5 Include people who are left out. We start the month in Luke 5:1-11, 27-32. Jesus had recently returned from 40 days in the desert and was ready to start his ministry. First, he chose 12 disciples who would learn from Him and eventually carry on the mission...
If you don’t understand something, askJanuary 29
January 29 If you don’t understand something, ask. We finish up the month in Matthew 11:1-6 where we read that John the Baptist was in prison. John seemed to wonder if Jesus was truly the Savior that God had promised. John sent two of his disciples to ask Jesus his...
Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choiceJanuary 22
January 22 Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choice. After Jesus’ baptism, we head to Luke 4:1-13 and find that Jesus had gone out to the desert. In this story, Jesus was being tested. The devil showed up and twisted what Jesus knew about God and...
When you discover something new, it can change youJanuary 15
January 15 When you discover something new, it can change you. In week 3, we find Jesus at the Jordan River (John 1:19- 42 and John 3:22-36). Jesus’ cousin, John the Baptist, was out by the Jordan River baptizing people and preparing the way for the Promised Savior....
Knowing God is the most important thingJanuary 8
January 8 Knowing God is the most important thing. In Luke 2:41-52, we discover a moment from Jesus’ childhood when he stayed behind in Jerusalem after the Passover feast. Jesus was fully God, but he was also fully human. And as a human, Jesus recognized something...
Never stop searching for what’s trueJanuary 1
January 1 Never stop searching for what's true. We kick off January with the end of the Christmas story. In Matthew 2:1-12, we meet wise men from the east whose lives were dedicated to discovering more about the universe. One night they noticed a bright star that led...
The good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolJune 4Jesus wants to be my friend forever.This summer, we’re talking about the best friend ever with our preschoolers. We want every preschooler to know that not only is Jesus the best friend ever, but Jesus wants to be THEIR friend . . . forever! We want our preschoolers to hear over and over that Jesus wants to be their friend forever. And not only does Jesus want to be their friend, but Jesus is a friend worth following. That way, when the time comes, our preschoolers will be ready to follow Jesus here, there, and everywhere!
Jesus wants to be my friend forever. Paul was not a friend of Jesus…or anyone who followed Jesus. But that all changed one day when Jesus met Paul on the road. From that moment on, Paul was ready and set to move and follow Jesus anywhere!
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June 4 Jesus wants to be my friend forever. This summer, we’re talking about the best friend ever with our preschoolers. We want every preschooler to know that not only is Jesus the best friend ever, but Jesus wants to be THEIR friend . . . forever! We want our...
God made me to look for ways to helpMay 28
May 28 God made me to look for ways to help. Rebekah goes above and beyond when it comes to being a helper. When a man asks her for a drink of water, she gladly gives it to him, and then she gives water to ALL of his camels, too! Rebekah comes to the rescue and shows...
God made each of us to help in different waysMay 21
May 21 God made each of us to help in different ways. Tabitha helped widows by making clothes for them. Timothy helped by setting a good example for others to follow, in the way he talked and the choices he made. Timothy and Tabitha came to the rescue in the way God...
God made me to help my friendsMay 14
May 14 God made me to help my friends. Four friends come to the rescue by doing all they can to help get their friend to Jesus, even though it means lowering their friend down through a roof! The friend they are helping cannot walk, but, because of their willingness...
God made me to help othersMay 7
May 7 God made me to help others. When given the opportunity, preschoolers are ready and willing to help because it shows the world they are big and can do things that matter. Need help stirring in the kitchen? Preschoolers to the rescue! Need help carrying groceries?...
Jesus taught us how to love one anotherApril 30
April 30 Jesus taught us how to love one another. Followers of Jesus commit themselves to do everything Jesus taught them to do. They learn about what Jesus said…together. They pray…together. They worship…together. They take care of each other’s needs…together. And...
Jesus wants me to tell others He is aliveApril 23
April 23 Jesus wants me to tell others He is alive. Jesus gives his disciples a special job. Jesus tells them to go and tell everyone, everywhere that Jesus is alive AND Jesus wants to be their friend forever. Jesus wants everyone to know the good news, and now it’s...
Jesus is alive, and He wants to be our friend foreverApril 16
April 16 Jesus is alive, and He wants to be our friend forever. After Jesus came back, he goes to his disciples and makes breakfast for them on a beach. Can you imagine what they were thinking as they sat with Jesus eating and talking? They saw Jesus die, and now...
Jesus is aliveApril 9
April 9 Jesus is alive. This week we will share with our preschoolers the foundation of our faith. Jesus, God’s Son, died, and on the third day… 1, 2, 3 … Jesus came back, just like he said he would! Jesus is alive!DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
We celebrate Jesus because He is specialApril 2
April 2 We celebrate Jesus because He is special. 1, 2, 3… it’s Easter! And we are SO excited to share with our youngest friends that Jesus is alive! We want our preschoolers to know that Jesus isn’t just a character in stories. Jesus is alive, and he wants to be...
I can love everyone like JesusMarch 26
March 26 I can love everyone like Jesus. Jesus chooses 12 men to be his disciples. As we get to know the different backgrounds and professions of those first 12, we quickly see that Jesus loves everyone, no matter what, and when we love everyone, we love like...
I can share like JesusMarch 19
March 19 I can share like Jesus. As Jesus watches a crowd of people walking towards him, Jesus wanted to help them by giving them food. So, that’s what he did! Jesus feeds over 5,000 people with just five loaves of bread and two fish. And when we take the time to...
I can be kind like JesusMarch 12
March 12 I can be kind like Jesus. A woman is so desperate to be healed from 12 years of sickness, that she risks everything just to touch Jesus’ clothes. Yes, her body is healed, but the woman also experiences the kind words of Jesus. Kindness is powerful because...
I can love like JesusMarch 5
March 5 I can love like Jesus. Jesus washes his disciples’ feet. Jesus does this to show everyone who would follow him what it looks like to love the way he loves. It’s not exactly what Jesus’ first disciples thought love would look like, but when we put other people...
Jesus loves me no matter whatFebruary 26
February 26 Jesus loves me no matter what. A woman shows she is thankful and loves Jesus by washing his feet and using her special perfume. Jesus showed us that His love is bigger than anything wrong we have done or ever will do. There is nothing wider or longer or...
Jesus loves me and wants to help meFebruary 19
February 19 Jesus loves me and wants to help me. In week three, we will hear how Jesus used his power to do something that was so amazing, it left the disciples totally awestruck. In the middle of a big storm when they are out on a boat at night, Jesus told the winds...
Jesus loves me and wants to spend time with meFebruary 12
February 12 Jesus loves me and wants to spend time with me. Jesus visits the home of Mary and Martha. Mary sits at Jesus’ feet while Martha is very busy making sure everything is perfect for Jesus. Jesus thinks we are special, and He wants to spend time with us, just...
Jesus loves meFebruary 5
February 5 Jesus loves me. Have you noticed any heart-shaped candy boxes or giant teddy bears in stores yet? It’s that time of year when we do extra special things to show people how much we love them. One sweet way to do that has always been with candy hearts. Candy...
Jesus’ kindness is amazingJanuary 29
January 29 Jesus' kindness is amazing. We will end our time in our wonderful workshop with a story about Jesus using his amazing powers to show kindness to a man born blind. Once again, Jesus showed people that he can do things that only he can do, and that makes...
Jesus’ miracles are amazingJanuary 22
January 22 Jesus' miracles are amazing. In week four, we get to meet Peter when our amazing Jesus climbs onto his boat. Even though Peter did not catch any fish before, Jesus fills the nets with SO many fish that the fish fills two boats! Peter knew right away that...
Jesus’ power is amazingJanuary 15
January 15 Jesus' power is amazing. In week three, we will hear how Jesus used his power to do something that was so amazing, it left the disciples totally awestruck. In the middle of a big storm when they are out on a boat at night, Jesus told the winds and waves to...
Jesus is amazingJanuary 8
January 8 Jesus is amazing. In week two, we will hear how Jesus amazed his disciples and others with His first miracle. One minute there was no more wine for the wedding party. And the next, the master of ceremonies declares the water Jesus had turned into wine to be...
Jesus’ teaching is amazingJanuary 1
January 1 Jesus' teaching is amazing. We begin in week one with the story of 12-year-old Jesus. His parents were frantic when they realized he was missing, but they eventually discovered he had been in the temple the whole time, amazing the grown-ups with how much he...
The wise men come to see God’s sonDecember 18
December 18 The wise men come to see God's son. Our Bible story this week is about some Wise Men who followed a special star so they could find Jesus. The wise men knew Jesus was special. That’s why they worshipped Jesus and gave Him gifts. We know Jesus is special...
The shepherds run to JesusDecember 11
December 11 The shepherds run to Jesus. One night, while some shepherds were watching their sheep and taking care of them, an angel came to see them. The angel said, ‘Don’t be afraid! I have good news! Jesus has been born! You will find Him lying in a manger.’ Then...
Jesus is bornDecember 4
December 4 Jesus is born. “Before Baby Jesus was born, Mary, Jesus’ mom, and Joseph had to go a long way to a city called Bethlehem. When they got there, they needed a place to sleep. They finally found a place, but it was a stable where animals sleep. That stable is...
God told Mary she would have His Son, JesusNovember 27
November 27 God told Mary she would have His Son, Jesus. One day, God sent an angel to tell Mary some good news. She was going to have a baby! And His name would be Jesus. Jesus is special because He's God's son! DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
I can thank God for family and friendsNovember 20
November 20 I can thank God for family and friends. One time, the Israelites were attacked, and as long as Moses held his hands up, the Israelites would win. But Moses became so tired he couldn’t keep his arms up any longer. Thankfully, his brother Aaron and their...
I can thank God for foodNovember 13
November 13 I can thank God for food. A widow uses her last bit of food to feed the prophet, Elijah. And then, just as Elijah said God would do, God made sure the widow had enough food for herself, her son, and Elijah to eat. Through this story, we see that God is...
I can thank God for God is goodNovember 6
November 6 I can thank God for God is good. We begin in week one by talking about how we can thank God because God is good! When we look around at all of the good things in the world, the first thing we should do is say, “Thank you, God!” because every good and...
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryJune 4Knowing Jesus changes how you see things.Since the beginning, God has always been deeply involved in the world. We see God’s handiwork on display in creation. We see God’s love on display through Jesus, who came to rescue us. We respond to God in faith, believing in what we can’t see because of what we can see. When we focus on what we know to be true about God and the world God created, we can have faith in what we can’t see or fully understand. We put that faith into action as we follow Jesus and show his love to the world.
We start off the month in Acts 9:1-9 and meet a man named Saul, also known as Paul. Saul was on his way to arrest and persecute followers of Jesus. But Jesus had other plans for him. Jesus stopped Saul on his journey and spoke to him. In a moment, Saul went from believing that Jesus was a false teacher to believing that Jesus is the Son of God and Savior of the world.
Knowing Jesus changes how you see things. When we put our faith in Jesus, it truly changes everything! We’ll start to see people as God sees them. We’ll discover a personal mission to join God in helping others experience new life in Jesus. We’ll start to see opportunities to help, serve, show kindness, and live with generosity.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsKnowing Jesus changes how you see thingsJune 4
June 4 Knowing Jesus changes how you see things. Since the beginning, God has always been deeply involved in the world. We see God’s handiwork on display in creation. We see God’s love on display through Jesus, who came to rescue us. We respond to God in faith,...
God is with you even when you have questionsMay 28
May 28 God is with you even when you have questions. We end the month in Acts 8:26-40 and discover a Jesus-follower named Philip. An angel told Philip to travel toward the desert. On the way, Philip met an Ethiopian official who was reading the Jewish Scriptures. This...
God is with you no matter whatMay 21
May 21 God is with you no matter what. In Acts 3:1-4:21, we see that Jesus’ mission wasn’t going to be easy for the disciples. Luke tells us that Peter healed someone in the name of Jesus and ended up causing quite a stir. As people gathered, Peter and John used this...
God sent the Holy Spirit to help youMay 14
May 14 God sent the Holy Spirit to help you. In week 2, head to Acts 2:1-41 and find out how the disciples found the confidence to tell the world about Jesus. The disciples had a huge mission: to share the message of Jesus with the world. Thankfully, Jesus also...
Share God’s love with othersMay 7
May 7 Share God's love with others. We might try to base our confidence on what we do well, or what someone might say about us. But true confidence should be built on something different. We think it’s found in understanding how God is both big enough to create the...
Put others first by making things rightApril 30
April 30 Put others first by making things right. In John 21:1-19, we discover how Peter and several other disciples were out fishing on the Sea of Galilee without catching a single fish. Suddenly, they saw a man standing on the shore, who told them to try the other...
Put others first by helping them understandApril 23
April 23 Put others first by helping them understand. In John 21:1-19, we discover how Peter and several other disciples were out fishing on the Sea of Galilee without catching a single fish. Suddenly, they saw a man standing on the shore, who told them to try the...
Put others first because Jesus put you firstApril 16
April 16 Put others first because Jesus put you first. In Philippians 2:3-8, Paul explains how Jesus is the ultimate example of humility. He writes, “As you deal with one another, you should think and act as Jesus did. . . . he was humble and obeyed God completely. He...
Celebrate because Jesus is aliveApril 9
April 9 Celebrate because Jesus is alive. For week 2, we celebrate Easter by taking a closer look at John 18:12-20:23. The religious leaders were up in arms because Jesus had claimed to be God. It didn’t matter that this was TRUE; the leaders were still ready to dish...
Jesus put others firstApril 2
April 2 Jesus put others first. We live in a “me-centered” world, where people act as if the world revolves around them. It can be hard to figure out how to be humble throughout the different circumstances we face. Thankfully, we don’t have to figure this out on our...
God will always forgive youMarch 26
March 26 God will always forgive you. We end the month in Luke 15:11-32, when Jesus shared a parable to help people understand God’s amazing grace and forgiveness. A son came to his father and asked for his share of the inheritance. This broke the father’s heart, but...
Forgive others because God forgives youMarch 19
March 19 Forgive others because God forgives you. In week 3, we discover one of Jesus’ parables recorded for us in Matthew 18:21-35. Jesus told this parable because Peter asked a question about forgiveness. Peter might have thought he was doing pretty well to say he’d...
When you forgive others, it can change themMarch 12
March 12 When you forgive others, it can change them. In week 2, we find Jesus interacting with an unexpected person in Luke 19:1-10: Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus was a tax collector working for Rome. He earned a reputation for taking advantage of his fellow Jewish people....
Everyone needs forgivenessMarch 5
March 5 Everyone needs forgiveness. No matter how much we mess up, God will always forgive us. Jesus even chose to forgive those who were crucifying him. Because God forgives us, we should work hard to forgive others. We can decide that someone who has wronged us...
Remember God is most importantFebruary 26
February 26 Remember God is most important. We finish our month on respect in Matthew 8:5-13, where we find a Roman commander. This man was in charge of soldiers, who did whatever he told them to do. Yet when the commander’s servant became seriously ill, he realized...
Take time to show others they are importantFebruary 19
February 19 Take time to show others they are important. In week three, we find Jesus at the home of his friends Mary and Martha. In Luke 10:38-42, we find how these two sisters had different things in mind when it came to having Jesus in their home. Mary sat at...
Show respect even when you don’t get alongFebruary 12
February 12 Show respect even when you don’t get along. Jesus brought His followers to a mountain to explain to them what it means to live as part of God’s kingdom. During that message, Jesus said something surprising about loving others and treating them with...
Include people who are left outFebruary 5
February 5 Include people who are left out. We start the month in Luke 5:1-11, 27-32. Jesus had recently returned from 40 days in the desert and was ready to start his ministry. First, he chose 12 disciples who would learn from Him and eventually carry on the mission...
If you don’t understand something, askJanuary 29
January 29 If you don’t understand something, ask. We finish up the month in Matthew 11:1-6 where we read that John the Baptist was in prison. John seemed to wonder if Jesus was truly the Savior that God had promised. John sent two of his disciples to ask Jesus his...
Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choiceJanuary 22
January 22 Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choice. After Jesus’ baptism, we head to Luke 4:1-13 and find that Jesus had gone out to the desert. In this story, Jesus was being tested. The devil showed up and twisted what Jesus knew about God and...
When you discover something new, it can change youJanuary 15
January 15 When you discover something new, it can change you. In week 3, we find Jesus at the Jordan River (John 1:19- 42 and John 3:22-36). Jesus’ cousin, John the Baptist, was out by the Jordan River baptizing people and preparing the way for the Promised Savior....
Knowing God is the most important thingJanuary 8
January 8 Knowing God is the most important thing. In Luke 2:41-52, we discover a moment from Jesus’ childhood when he stayed behind in Jerusalem after the Passover feast. Jesus was fully God, but he was also fully human. And as a human, Jesus recognized something...
Never stop searching for what’s trueJanuary 1
January 1 Never stop searching for what's true. We kick off January with the end of the Christmas story. In Matthew 2:1-12, we meet wise men from the east whose lives were dedicated to discovering more about the universe. One night they noticed a bright star that led...
The good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
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Love Powered ParentingEveryone who has kids knows that at times it’s tough being a parent. It can be a difficult and demanding job. There are many confusing voices today offering many different opinions about how to be a good parent. So where do you go for help? Who do you look to when you need help and advice on parenting? Who is our model? There is only one parent in history who has ever been perfect…your Heavenly Father.
Love Powered Parentingby Rob Barnes
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenMay 28God is with you even when you have questions.We end the month in Acts 8:26-40 and discover a Jesus-follower named Philip. An angel told Philip to travel toward the desert. On the way, Philip met an Ethiopian official who was reading the Jewish Scriptures. This man had questions, and he asked Philip to help him understand. Philip answered the man’s questions and pointed him to Jesus. The man put his faith in Jesus and was baptized.
God is with you even when you have questions. We’ll never know everything there is to know, especially when it comes to our faith in God. In order to have confidence, sometimes we have to ask questions about what we don’t know. We pray that kids will discover people in their life who they can trust with their hard questions about life and faith.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESDevotionalParent CueRecent LessonsGod is with you even when you have questionsMay 28
May 28 God is with you even when you have questions. We end the month in Acts 8:26-40 and discover a Jesus-follower named Philip. An angel told Philip to travel toward the desert. On the way, Philip met an Ethiopian official who was reading the Jewish Scriptures. This...
God is with you no matter whatMay 21
May 21 God is with you no matter what. In Acts 3:1-4:21, we see that Jesus’ mission wasn’t going to be easy for the disciples. Luke tells us that Peter healed someone in the name of Jesus and ended up causing quite a stir. As people gathered, Peter and John used this...
God sent the Holy Spirit to help youMay 14
May 14 God sent the Holy Spirit to help you. In week 2, head to Acts 2:1-41 and find out how the disciples found the confidence to tell the world about Jesus. The disciples had a huge mission: to share the message of Jesus with the world. Thankfully, Jesus also...
Share God’s love with othersMay 7
May 7 Share God's love with others. We might try to base our confidence on what we do well, or what someone might say about us. But true confidence should be built on something different. We think it’s found in understanding how God is both big enough to create the...
Put others first by making things rightApril 30
April 30 Put others first by making things right. In John 21:1-19, we discover how Peter and several other disciples were out fishing on the Sea of Galilee without catching a single fish. Suddenly, they saw a man standing on the shore, who told them to try the other...
Put others first by helping them understandApril 23
April 23 Put others first by helping them understand. In John 21:1-19, we discover how Peter and several other disciples were out fishing on the Sea of Galilee without catching a single fish. Suddenly, they saw a man standing on the shore, who told them to try the...
Put others first because Jesus put you firstApril 16
April 16 Put others first because Jesus put you first. In Philippians 2:3-8, Paul explains how Jesus is the ultimate example of humility. He writes, “As you deal with one another, you should think and act as Jesus did. . . . he was humble and obeyed God completely....
Celebrate because Jesus is aliveApril 9
April 9 Celebrate because Jesus is alive. For week 2, we celebrate Easter by taking a closer look at John 18:12-20:23. The religious leaders were up in arms because Jesus had claimed to be God. It didn’t matter that this was TRUE; the leaders were still ready to dish...
Jesus put others firstApril 2
April 2 Jesus put others first. We live in a “me-centered” world, where people act as if the world revolves around them. It can be hard to figure out how to be humble throughout the different circumstances we face. Thankfully, we don’t have to figure this out on our...
God will always forgive youMarch 26
March 26 God will always forgive you. We end the month in Luke 15:11-32, when Jesus shared a parable to help people understand God’s amazing grace and forgiveness. A son came to his father and asked for his share of the inheritance. This broke the father’s heart, but...
Forgive others because God forgives youMarch 19
March 19 Forgive others because God forgives you. In week 3, we discover one of Jesus’ parables recorded for us in Matthew 18:21-35. Jesus told this parable because Peter asked a question about forgiveness. Peter might have thought he was doing pretty well to say he’d...
When you forgive others, it can change themMarch 12
March 12 When you forgive others, it can change them. In week 2, we find Jesus interacting with an unexpected person in Luke 19:1-10: Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus was a tax collector working for Rome. He earned a reputation for taking advantage of his fellow Jewish people....
Everyone needs forgivenessMarch 5
March 5 Everyone needs forgiveness. No matter how much we mess up, God will always forgive us. Jesus even chose to forgive those who were crucifying him. Because God forgives us, we should work hard to forgive others. We can decide that someone who has wronged us...
Remember God is most importantFebruary 26
February 26 Remember God is most important. We finish our month on respect in Matthew 8:5-13, where we find a Roman commander. This man was in charge of soldiers, who did whatever he told them to do. Yet when the commander’s servant became seriously ill, he realized...
Take time to show others they are importantFebruary 19
February 19 Take time to show others they are important. In week three, we find Jesus at the home of his friends Mary and Martha. In Luke 10:38-42, we find how these two sisters had different things in mind when it came to having Jesus in their home. Mary sat at...
Show respect even when you don’t get alongFebruary 12
February 12 Show respect even when you don’t get along. Jesus brought His followers to a mountain to explain to them what it means to live as part of God’s kingdom. During that message, Jesus said something surprising about loving others and treating them with...
Include people who are left outFebruary 5
February 5 Include people who are left out. We start the month in Luke 5:1-11, 27-32. Jesus had recently returned from 40 days in the desert and was ready to start his ministry. First, he chose 12 disciples who would learn from Him and eventually carry on the mission...
If you don’t understand something, askJanuary 29
January 29 If you don’t understand something, ask. We finish up the month in Matthew 11:1-6 where we read that John the Baptist was in prison. John seemed to wonder if Jesus was truly the Savior that God had promised. John sent two of his disciples to ask Jesus his...
Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choiceJanuary 22
January 22 Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choice. After Jesus’ baptism, we head to Luke 4:1-13 and find that Jesus had gone out to the desert. In this story, Jesus was being tested. The devil showed up and twisted what Jesus knew about God and...
When you discover something new, it can change youJanuary 15
January 15 When you discover something new, it can change you. In week 3, we find Jesus at the Jordan River (John 1:19- 42 and John 3:22-36). Jesus’ cousin, John the Baptist, was out by the Jordan River baptizing people and preparing the way for the Promised Savior....
Knowing God is the most important thingJanuary 8
January 8 Knowing God is the most important thing. In Luke 2:41-52, we discover a moment from Jesus’ childhood when he stayed behind in Jerusalem after the Passover feast. Jesus was fully God, but he was also fully human. And as a human, Jesus recognized something...
Never stop searching for what’s trueJanuary 1
January 1 Never stop searching for what's true. We kick off January with the end of the Christmas story. In Matthew 2:1-12, we meet wise men from the east whose lives were dedicated to discovering more about the universe. One night they noticed a bright star that led...
The good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryMay 28God is with you even when you have questions.We end the month in Acts 8:26-40 and discover a Jesus-follower named Philip. An angel told Philip to travel toward the desert. On the way, Philip met an Ethiopian official who was reading the Jewish Scriptures. This man had questions, and he asked Philip to help him understand. Philip answered the man’s questions and pointed him to Jesus. The man put his faith in Jesus and was baptized.
God is with you even when you have questions. We’ll never know everything there is to know, especially when it comes to our faith in God. In order to have confidence, sometimes we have to ask questions about what we don’t know. We pray that kids will discover people in their life who they can trust with their hard questions about life and faith.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsGod is with you even when you have questionsMay 28
May 28 God is with you even when you have questions. We end the month in Acts 8:26-40 and discover a Jesus-follower named Philip. An angel told Philip to travel toward the desert. On the way, Philip met an Ethiopian official who was reading the Jewish Scriptures. This...
God is with you no matter whatMay 21
May 21 God is with you no matter what. In Acts 3:1-4:21, we see that Jesus’ mission wasn’t going to be easy for the disciples. Luke tells us that Peter healed someone in the name of Jesus and ended up causing quite a stir. As people gathered, Peter and John used this...
God sent the Holy Spirit to help youMay 14
May 14 God sent the Holy Spirit to help you. In week 2, head to Acts 2:1-41 and find out how the disciples found the confidence to tell the world about Jesus. The disciples had a huge mission: to share the message of Jesus with the world. Thankfully, Jesus also...
Share God’s love with othersMay 7
May 7 Share God's love with others. We might try to base our confidence on what we do well, or what someone might say about us. But true confidence should be built on something different. We think it’s found in understanding how God is both big enough to create the...
Put others first by making things rightApril 30
April 30 Put others first by making things right. In John 21:1-19, we discover how Peter and several other disciples were out fishing on the Sea of Galilee without catching a single fish. Suddenly, they saw a man standing on the shore, who told them to try the other...
Put others first by helping them understandApril 23
April 23 Put others first by helping them understand. In John 21:1-19, we discover how Peter and several other disciples were out fishing on the Sea of Galilee without catching a single fish. Suddenly, they saw a man standing on the shore, who told them to try the...
Put others first because Jesus put you firstApril 16
April 16 Put others first because Jesus put you first. In Philippians 2:3-8, Paul explains how Jesus is the ultimate example of humility. He writes, “As you deal with one another, you should think and act as Jesus did. . . . he was humble and obeyed God completely. He...
Celebrate because Jesus is aliveApril 9
April 9 Celebrate because Jesus is alive. For week 2, we celebrate Easter by taking a closer look at John 18:12-20:23. The religious leaders were up in arms because Jesus had claimed to be God. It didn’t matter that this was TRUE; the leaders were still ready to dish...
Jesus put others firstApril 2
April 2 Jesus put others first. We live in a “me-centered” world, where people act as if the world revolves around them. It can be hard to figure out how to be humble throughout the different circumstances we face. Thankfully, we don’t have to figure this out on our...
God will always forgive youMarch 26
March 26 God will always forgive you. We end the month in Luke 15:11-32, when Jesus shared a parable to help people understand God’s amazing grace and forgiveness. A son came to his father and asked for his share of the inheritance. This broke the father’s heart, but...
Forgive others because God forgives youMarch 19
March 19 Forgive others because God forgives you. In week 3, we discover one of Jesus’ parables recorded for us in Matthew 18:21-35. Jesus told this parable because Peter asked a question about forgiveness. Peter might have thought he was doing pretty well to say he’d...
When you forgive others, it can change themMarch 12
March 12 When you forgive others, it can change them. In week 2, we find Jesus interacting with an unexpected person in Luke 19:1-10: Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus was a tax collector working for Rome. He earned a reputation for taking advantage of his fellow Jewish people....
Everyone needs forgivenessMarch 5
March 5 Everyone needs forgiveness. No matter how much we mess up, God will always forgive us. Jesus even chose to forgive those who were crucifying him. Because God forgives us, we should work hard to forgive others. We can decide that someone who has wronged us...
Remember God is most importantFebruary 26
February 26 Remember God is most important. We finish our month on respect in Matthew 8:5-13, where we find a Roman commander. This man was in charge of soldiers, who did whatever he told them to do. Yet when the commander’s servant became seriously ill, he realized...
Take time to show others they are importantFebruary 19
February 19 Take time to show others they are important. In week three, we find Jesus at the home of his friends Mary and Martha. In Luke 10:38-42, we find how these two sisters had different things in mind when it came to having Jesus in their home. Mary sat at...
Show respect even when you don’t get alongFebruary 12
February 12 Show respect even when you don’t get along. Jesus brought His followers to a mountain to explain to them what it means to live as part of God’s kingdom. During that message, Jesus said something surprising about loving others and treating them with...
Include people who are left outFebruary 5
February 5 Include people who are left out. We start the month in Luke 5:1-11, 27-32. Jesus had recently returned from 40 days in the desert and was ready to start his ministry. First, he chose 12 disciples who would learn from Him and eventually carry on the mission...
If you don’t understand something, askJanuary 29
January 29 If you don’t understand something, ask. We finish up the month in Matthew 11:1-6 where we read that John the Baptist was in prison. John seemed to wonder if Jesus was truly the Savior that God had promised. John sent two of his disciples to ask Jesus his...
Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choiceJanuary 22
January 22 Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choice. After Jesus’ baptism, we head to Luke 4:1-13 and find that Jesus had gone out to the desert. In this story, Jesus was being tested. The devil showed up and twisted what Jesus knew about God and...
When you discover something new, it can change youJanuary 15
January 15 When you discover something new, it can change you. In week 3, we find Jesus at the Jordan River (John 1:19- 42 and John 3:22-36). Jesus’ cousin, John the Baptist, was out by the Jordan River baptizing people and preparing the way for the Promised Savior....
Knowing God is the most important thingJanuary 8
January 8 Knowing God is the most important thing. In Luke 2:41-52, we discover a moment from Jesus’ childhood when he stayed behind in Jerusalem after the Passover feast. Jesus was fully God, but he was also fully human. And as a human, Jesus recognized something...
Never stop searching for what’s trueJanuary 1
January 1 Never stop searching for what's true. We kick off January with the end of the Christmas story. In Matthew 2:1-12, we meet wise men from the east whose lives were dedicated to discovering more about the universe. One night they noticed a bright star that led...
The good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolMay 28God made me to look for ways to help.Rebekah goes above and beyond when it comes to being a helper. When a man asks her for a drink of water, she gladly gives it to him, and then she gives water to ALL of his camels, too! Rebekah comes to the rescue and shows us that when you look for ways to help, you’ll find them.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsGod made me to look for ways to helpMay 28
May 28 God made me to look for ways to help. Rebekah goes above and beyond when it comes to being a helper. When a man asks her for a drink of water, she gladly gives it to him, and then she gives water to ALL of his camels, too! Rebekah comes to the rescue and shows...
God made each of us to help in different waysMay 21
May 21 God made each of us to help in different ways. Tabitha helped widows by making clothes for them. Timothy helped by setting a good example for others to follow, in the way he talked and the choices he made. Timothy and Tabitha came to the rescue in the way God...
God made me to help my friendsMay 14
May 14 God made me to help my friends. Four friends come to the rescue by doing all they can to help get their friend to Jesus, even though it means lowering their friend down through a roof! The friend they are helping cannot walk, but, because of their willingness...
God made me to help othersMay 7
May 7 God made me to help others. When given the opportunity, preschoolers are ready and willing to help because it shows the world they are big and can do things that matter. Need help stirring in the kitchen? Preschoolers to the rescue! Need help carrying groceries?...
Jesus taught us how to love one anotherApril 30
April 30 Jesus taught us how to love one another. Followers of Jesus commit themselves to do everything Jesus taught them to do. They learn about what Jesus said…together. They pray…together. They worship…together. They take care of each other’s needs…together. And...
Jesus wants me to tell others He is aliveApril 23
April 23 Jesus wants me to tell others He is alive. Jesus gives his disciples a special job. Jesus tells them to go and tell everyone, everywhere that Jesus is alive AND Jesus wants to be their friend forever. Jesus wants everyone to know the good news, and now it’s...
Jesus is alive, and He wants to be our friend foreverApril 16
April 16 Jesus is alive, and He wants to be our friend forever. After Jesus came back, he goes to his disciples and makes breakfast for them on a beach. Can you imagine what they were thinking as they sat with Jesus eating and talking? They saw Jesus die, and now...
Jesus is aliveApril 9
April 9 Jesus is alive. This week we will share with our preschoolers the foundation of our faith. Jesus, God’s Son, died, and on the third day… 1, 2, 3 … Jesus came back, just like he said he would! Jesus is alive!DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
We celebrate Jesus because He is specialApril 2
April 2 We celebrate Jesus because He is special. 1, 2, 3… it’s Easter! And we are SO excited to share with our youngest friends that Jesus is alive! We want our preschoolers to know that Jesus isn’t just a character in stories. Jesus is alive, and he wants to be...
I can love everyone like JesusMarch 26
March 26 I can love everyone like Jesus. Jesus chooses 12 men to be his disciples. As we get to know the different backgrounds and professions of those first 12, we quickly see that Jesus loves everyone, no matter what, and when we love everyone, we love like...
I can share like JesusMarch 19
March 19 I can share like Jesus. As Jesus watches a crowd of people walking towards him, Jesus wanted to help them by giving them food. So, that’s what he did! Jesus feeds over 5,000 people with just five loaves of bread and two fish. And when we take the time to...
I can be kind like JesusMarch 12
March 12 I can be kind like Jesus. A woman is so desperate to be healed from 12 years of sickness, that she risks everything just to touch Jesus’ clothes. Yes, her body is healed, but the woman also experiences the kind words of Jesus. Kindness is powerful because...
I can love like JesusMarch 5
March 5 I can love like Jesus. Jesus washes his disciples’ feet. Jesus does this to show everyone who would follow him what it looks like to love the way he loves. It’s not exactly what Jesus’ first disciples thought love would look like, but when we put other people...
Jesus loves me no matter whatFebruary 26
February 26 Jesus loves me no matter what. A woman shows she is thankful and loves Jesus by washing his feet and using her special perfume. Jesus showed us that His love is bigger than anything wrong we have done or ever will do. There is nothing wider or longer or...
Jesus loves me and wants to help meFebruary 19
February 19 Jesus loves me and wants to help me. In week three, we will hear how Jesus used his power to do something that was so amazing, it left the disciples totally awestruck. In the middle of a big storm when they are out on a boat at night, Jesus told the winds...
Jesus loves me and wants to spend time with meFebruary 12
February 12 Jesus loves me and wants to spend time with me. Jesus visits the home of Mary and Martha. Mary sits at Jesus’ feet while Martha is very busy making sure everything is perfect for Jesus. Jesus thinks we are special, and He wants to spend time with us, just...
Jesus loves meFebruary 5
February 5 Jesus loves me. Have you noticed any heart-shaped candy boxes or giant teddy bears in stores yet? It’s that time of year when we do extra special things to show people how much we love them. One sweet way to do that has always been with candy hearts. Candy...
Jesus’ kindness is amazingJanuary 29
January 29 Jesus' kindness is amazing. We will end our time in our wonderful workshop with a story about Jesus using his amazing powers to show kindness to a man born blind. Once again, Jesus showed people that he can do things that only he can do, and that makes...
Jesus’ miracles are amazingJanuary 22
January 22 Jesus' miracles are amazing. In week four, we get to meet Peter when our amazing Jesus climbs onto his boat. Even though Peter did not catch any fish before, Jesus fills the nets with SO many fish that the fish fills two boats! Peter knew right away that...
Jesus’ power is amazingJanuary 15
January 15 Jesus' power is amazing. In week three, we will hear how Jesus used his power to do something that was so amazing, it left the disciples totally awestruck. In the middle of a big storm when they are out on a boat at night, Jesus told the winds and waves to...
Jesus is amazingJanuary 8
January 8 Jesus is amazing. In week two, we will hear how Jesus amazed his disciples and others with His first miracle. One minute there was no more wine for the wedding party. And the next, the master of ceremonies declares the water Jesus had turned into wine to be...
Jesus’ teaching is amazingJanuary 1
January 1 Jesus' teaching is amazing. We begin in week one with the story of 12-year-old Jesus. His parents were frantic when they realized he was missing, but they eventually discovered he had been in the temple the whole time, amazing the grown-ups with how much he...
The wise men come to see God’s sonDecember 18
December 18 The wise men come to see God's son. Our Bible story this week is about some Wise Men who followed a special star so they could find Jesus. The wise men knew Jesus was special. That’s why they worshipped Jesus and gave Him gifts. We know Jesus is special...
The shepherds run to JesusDecember 11
December 11 The shepherds run to Jesus. One night, while some shepherds were watching their sheep and taking care of them, an angel came to see them. The angel said, ‘Don’t be afraid! I have good news! Jesus has been born! You will find Him lying in a manger.’ Then...
Jesus is bornDecember 4
December 4 Jesus is born. “Before Baby Jesus was born, Mary, Jesus’ mom, and Joseph had to go a long way to a city called Bethlehem. When they got there, they needed a place to sleep. They finally found a place, but it was a stable where animals sleep. That stable is...
God told Mary she would have His Son, JesusNovember 27
November 27 God told Mary she would have His Son, Jesus. One day, God sent an angel to tell Mary some good news. She was going to have a baby! And His name would be Jesus. Jesus is special because He's God's son! DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
I can thank God for family and friendsNovember 20
November 20 I can thank God for family and friends. One time, the Israelites were attacked, and as long as Moses held his hands up, the Israelites would win. But Moses became so tired he couldn’t keep his arms up any longer. Thankfully, his brother Aaron and their...
I can thank God for foodNovember 13
November 13 I can thank God for food. A widow uses her last bit of food to feed the prophet, Elijah. And then, just as Elijah said God would do, God made sure the widow had enough food for herself, her son, and Elijah to eat. Through this story, we see that God is...
I can thank God for God is goodNovember 6
November 6 I can thank God for God is good. We begin in week one by talking about how we can thank God because God is good! When we look around at all of the good things in the world, the first thing we should do is say, “Thank you, God!” because every good and...
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As For Me And My HouseA message based on Joshua 24:15. Four decisions we must make if we want our families to serve the Lord with us.
As For Me And My Houseby Kurt Barnes
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryMay 21God is with you no matter what.In Acts 3:1-4:21, we see that Jesus’ mission wasn’t going to be easy for the disciples. Luke tells us that Peter healed someone in the name of Jesus and ended up causing quite a stir. As people gathered, Peter and John used this moment to share the message of Jesus. Soon though, the religious leaders arrested them and had them stand trial. Peter and John showed confidence in Jesus. They made it clear that no matter what happened to them, they would continue sharing Jesus’ love with others.
God is with you no matter what. At some point, kids will learn that even when we follow Jesus, life won’t always be easy. However, we want them to learn as soon as possible that we are promised that God will always be with us. Just because a situation we face is difficult, that doesn’t mean it’s time to give up. We pray that kids will learn to lean into the power of God and have the confidence they need to keep going.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsGod is with you no matter whatMay 21
May 21 God is with you no matter what. In Acts 3:1-4:21, we see that Jesus’ mission wasn’t going to be easy for the disciples. Luke tells us that Peter healed someone in the name of Jesus and ended up causing quite a stir. As people gathered, Peter and John used this...
God sent the Holy Spirit to help youMay 14
May 14 God sent the Holy Spirit to help you. In week 2, head to Acts 2:1-41 and find out how the disciples found the confidence to tell the world about Jesus. The disciples had a huge mission: to share the message of Jesus with the world. Thankfully, Jesus also...
Share God’s love with othersMay 7
May 7 Share God's love with others. We might try to base our confidence on what we do well, or what someone might say about us. But true confidence should be built on something different. We think it’s found in understanding how God is both big enough to create the...
Put others first by making things rightApril 30
April 30 Put others first by making things right. In John 21:1-19, we discover how Peter and several other disciples were out fishing on the Sea of Galilee without catching a single fish. Suddenly, they saw a man standing on the shore, who told them to try the other...
Put others first by helping them understandApril 23
April 23 Put others first by helping them understand. In John 21:1-19, we discover how Peter and several other disciples were out fishing on the Sea of Galilee without catching a single fish. Suddenly, they saw a man standing on the shore, who told them to try the...
Put others first because Jesus put you firstApril 16
April 16 Put others first because Jesus put you first. In Philippians 2:3-8, Paul explains how Jesus is the ultimate example of humility. He writes, “As you deal with one another, you should think and act as Jesus did. . . . he was humble and obeyed God completely. He...
Celebrate because Jesus is aliveApril 9
April 9 Celebrate because Jesus is alive. For week 2, we celebrate Easter by taking a closer look at John 18:12-20:23. The religious leaders were up in arms because Jesus had claimed to be God. It didn’t matter that this was TRUE; the leaders were still ready to dish...
Jesus put others firstApril 2
April 2 Jesus put others first. We live in a “me-centered” world, where people act as if the world revolves around them. It can be hard to figure out how to be humble throughout the different circumstances we face. Thankfully, we don’t have to figure this out on our...
God will always forgive youMarch 26
March 26 God will always forgive you. We end the month in Luke 15:11-32, when Jesus shared a parable to help people understand God’s amazing grace and forgiveness. A son came to his father and asked for his share of the inheritance. This broke the father’s heart, but...
Forgive others because God forgives youMarch 19
March 19 Forgive others because God forgives you. In week 3, we discover one of Jesus’ parables recorded for us in Matthew 18:21-35. Jesus told this parable because Peter asked a question about forgiveness. Peter might have thought he was doing pretty well to say he’d...
When you forgive others, it can change themMarch 12
March 12 When you forgive others, it can change them. In week 2, we find Jesus interacting with an unexpected person in Luke 19:1-10: Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus was a tax collector working for Rome. He earned a reputation for taking advantage of his fellow Jewish people....
Everyone needs forgivenessMarch 5
March 5 Everyone needs forgiveness. No matter how much we mess up, God will always forgive us. Jesus even chose to forgive those who were crucifying him. Because God forgives us, we should work hard to forgive others. We can decide that someone who has wronged us...
Remember God is most importantFebruary 26
February 26 Remember God is most important. We finish our month on respect in Matthew 8:5-13, where we find a Roman commander. This man was in charge of soldiers, who did whatever he told them to do. Yet when the commander’s servant became seriously ill, he realized...
Take time to show others they are importantFebruary 19
February 19 Take time to show others they are important. In week three, we find Jesus at the home of his friends Mary and Martha. In Luke 10:38-42, we find how these two sisters had different things in mind when it came to having Jesus in their home. Mary sat at...
Show respect even when you don’t get alongFebruary 12
February 12 Show respect even when you don’t get along. Jesus brought His followers to a mountain to explain to them what it means to live as part of God’s kingdom. During that message, Jesus said something surprising about loving others and treating them with...
Include people who are left outFebruary 5
February 5 Include people who are left out. We start the month in Luke 5:1-11, 27-32. Jesus had recently returned from 40 days in the desert and was ready to start his ministry. First, he chose 12 disciples who would learn from Him and eventually carry on the mission...
If you don’t understand something, askJanuary 29
January 29 If you don’t understand something, ask. We finish up the month in Matthew 11:1-6 where we read that John the Baptist was in prison. John seemed to wonder if Jesus was truly the Savior that God had promised. John sent two of his disciples to ask Jesus his...
Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choiceJanuary 22
January 22 Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choice. After Jesus’ baptism, we head to Luke 4:1-13 and find that Jesus had gone out to the desert. In this story, Jesus was being tested. The devil showed up and twisted what Jesus knew about God and...
When you discover something new, it can change youJanuary 15
January 15 When you discover something new, it can change you. In week 3, we find Jesus at the Jordan River (John 1:19- 42 and John 3:22-36). Jesus’ cousin, John the Baptist, was out by the Jordan River baptizing people and preparing the way for the Promised Savior....
Knowing God is the most important thingJanuary 8
January 8 Knowing God is the most important thing. In Luke 2:41-52, we discover a moment from Jesus’ childhood when he stayed behind in Jerusalem after the Passover feast. Jesus was fully God, but he was also fully human. And as a human, Jesus recognized something...
Never stop searching for what’s trueJanuary 1
January 1 Never stop searching for what's true. We kick off January with the end of the Christmas story. In Matthew 2:1-12, we meet wise men from the east whose lives were dedicated to discovering more about the universe. One night they noticed a bright star that led...
The good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolMay 21God made each of us to help in different ways.Tabitha helped widows by making clothes for them. Timothy helped by setting a good example for others to follow, in the way he talked and the choices he made. Timothy and Tabitha came to the rescue in the way God made them to help.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsGod made each of us to help in different waysMay 21
May 21 God made each of us to help in different ways. Tabitha helped widows by making clothes for them. Timothy helped by setting a good example for others to follow, in the way he talked and the choices he made. Timothy and Tabitha came to the rescue in the way God...
God made me to help my friendsMay 14
May 14 God made me to help my friends. Four friends come to the rescue by doing all they can to help get their friend to Jesus, even though it means lowering their friend down through a roof! The friend they are helping cannot walk, but, because of their willingness...
God made me to help othersMay 7
May 7 God made me to help others. When given the opportunity, preschoolers are ready and willing to help because it shows the world they are big and can do things that matter. Need help stirring in the kitchen? Preschoolers to the rescue! Need help carrying groceries?...
Jesus taught us how to love one anotherApril 30
April 30 Jesus taught us how to love one another. Followers of Jesus commit themselves to do everything Jesus taught them to do. They learn about what Jesus said…together. They pray…together. They worship…together. They take care of each other’s needs…together. And...
Jesus wants me to tell others He is aliveApril 23
April 23 Jesus wants me to tell others He is alive. Jesus gives his disciples a special job. Jesus tells them to go and tell everyone, everywhere that Jesus is alive AND Jesus wants to be their friend forever. Jesus wants everyone to know the good news, and now it’s...
Jesus is alive, and He wants to be our friend foreverApril 16
April 16 Jesus is alive, and He wants to be our friend forever. After Jesus came back, he goes to his disciples and makes breakfast for them on a beach. Can you imagine what they were thinking as they sat with Jesus eating and talking? They saw Jesus die, and now...
Jesus is aliveApril 9
April 9 Jesus is alive. This week we will share with our preschoolers the foundation of our faith. Jesus, God’s Son, died, and on the third day… 1, 2, 3 … Jesus came back, just like he said he would! Jesus is alive!DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
We celebrate Jesus because He is specialApril 2
April 2 We celebrate Jesus because He is special. 1, 2, 3… it’s Easter! And we are SO excited to share with our youngest friends that Jesus is alive! We want our preschoolers to know that Jesus isn’t just a character in stories. Jesus is alive, and he wants to be...
I can love everyone like JesusMarch 26
March 26 I can love everyone like Jesus. Jesus chooses 12 men to be his disciples. As we get to know the different backgrounds and professions of those first 12, we quickly see that Jesus loves everyone, no matter what, and when we love everyone, we love like...
I can share like JesusMarch 19
March 19 I can share like Jesus. As Jesus watches a crowd of people walking towards him, Jesus wanted to help them by giving them food. So, that’s what he did! Jesus feeds over 5,000 people with just five loaves of bread and two fish. And when we take the time to...
I can be kind like JesusMarch 12
March 12 I can be kind like Jesus. A woman is so desperate to be healed from 12 years of sickness, that she risks everything just to touch Jesus’ clothes. Yes, her body is healed, but the woman also experiences the kind words of Jesus. Kindness is powerful because...
I can love like JesusMarch 5
March 5 I can love like Jesus. Jesus washes his disciples’ feet. Jesus does this to show everyone who would follow him what it looks like to love the way he loves. It’s not exactly what Jesus’ first disciples thought love would look like, but when we put other people...
Jesus loves me no matter whatFebruary 26
February 26 Jesus loves me no matter what. A woman shows she is thankful and loves Jesus by washing his feet and using her special perfume. Jesus showed us that His love is bigger than anything wrong we have done or ever will do. There is nothing wider or longer or...
Jesus loves me and wants to help meFebruary 19
February 19 Jesus loves me and wants to help me. In week three, we will hear how Jesus used his power to do something that was so amazing, it left the disciples totally awestruck. In the middle of a big storm when they are out on a boat at night, Jesus told the winds...
Jesus loves me and wants to spend time with meFebruary 12
February 12 Jesus loves me and wants to spend time with me. Jesus visits the home of Mary and Martha. Mary sits at Jesus’ feet while Martha is very busy making sure everything is perfect for Jesus. Jesus thinks we are special, and He wants to spend time with us, just...
Jesus loves meFebruary 5
February 5 Jesus loves me. Have you noticed any heart-shaped candy boxes or giant teddy bears in stores yet? It’s that time of year when we do extra special things to show people how much we love them. One sweet way to do that has always been with candy hearts. Candy...
Jesus’ kindness is amazingJanuary 29
January 29 Jesus' kindness is amazing. We will end our time in our wonderful workshop with a story about Jesus using his amazing powers to show kindness to a man born blind. Once again, Jesus showed people that he can do things that only he can do, and that makes...
Jesus’ miracles are amazingJanuary 22
January 22 Jesus' miracles are amazing. In week four, we get to meet Peter when our amazing Jesus climbs onto his boat. Even though Peter did not catch any fish before, Jesus fills the nets with SO many fish that the fish fills two boats! Peter knew right away that...
Jesus’ power is amazingJanuary 15
January 15 Jesus' power is amazing. In week three, we will hear how Jesus used his power to do something that was so amazing, it left the disciples totally awestruck. In the middle of a big storm when they are out on a boat at night, Jesus told the winds and waves to...
Jesus is amazingJanuary 8
January 8 Jesus is amazing. In week two, we will hear how Jesus amazed his disciples and others with His first miracle. One minute there was no more wine for the wedding party. And the next, the master of ceremonies declares the water Jesus had turned into wine to be...
Jesus’ teaching is amazingJanuary 1
January 1 Jesus' teaching is amazing. We begin in week one with the story of 12-year-old Jesus. His parents were frantic when they realized he was missing, but they eventually discovered he had been in the temple the whole time, amazing the grown-ups with how much he...
The wise men come to see God’s sonDecember 18
December 18 The wise men come to see God's son. Our Bible story this week is about some Wise Men who followed a special star so they could find Jesus. The wise men knew Jesus was special. That’s why they worshipped Jesus and gave Him gifts. We know Jesus is special...
The shepherds run to JesusDecember 11
December 11 The shepherds run to Jesus. One night, while some shepherds were watching their sheep and taking care of them, an angel came to see them. The angel said, ‘Don’t be afraid! I have good news! Jesus has been born! You will find Him lying in a manger.’ Then...
Jesus is bornDecember 4
December 4 Jesus is born. “Before Baby Jesus was born, Mary, Jesus’ mom, and Joseph had to go a long way to a city called Bethlehem. When they got there, they needed a place to sleep. They finally found a place, but it was a stable where animals sleep. That stable is...
God told Mary she would have His Son, JesusNovember 27
November 27 God told Mary she would have His Son, Jesus. One day, God sent an angel to tell Mary some good news. She was going to have a baby! And His name would be Jesus. Jesus is special because He's God's son! DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
I can thank God for family and friendsNovember 20
November 20 I can thank God for family and friends. One time, the Israelites were attacked, and as long as Moses held his hands up, the Israelites would win. But Moses became so tired he couldn’t keep his arms up any longer. Thankfully, his brother Aaron and their...
I can thank God for foodNovember 13
November 13 I can thank God for food. A widow uses her last bit of food to feed the prophet, Elijah. And then, just as Elijah said God would do, God made sure the widow had enough food for herself, her son, and Elijah to eat. Through this story, we see that God is...
I can thank God for God is goodNovember 6
November 6 I can thank God for God is good. We begin in week one by talking about how we can thank God because God is good! When we look around at all of the good things in the world, the first thing we should do is say, “Thank you, God!” because every good and...
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenMay 21God is with you no matter what.In Acts 3:1-4:21, we see that Jesus’ mission wasn’t going to be easy for the disciples. Luke tells us that Peter healed someone in the name of Jesus and ended up causing quite a stir. As people gathered, Peter and John used this moment to share the message of Jesus. Soon though, the religious leaders arrested them and had them stand trial. Peter and John showed confidence in Jesus. They made it clear that no matter what happened to them, they would continue sharing Jesus’ love with others.
God is with you no matter what. At some point, kids will learn that even when we follow Jesus, life won’t always be easy. However, we want them to learn as soon as possible that we are promised that God will always be with us. Just because a situation we face is difficult, that doesn’t mean it’s time to give up. We pray that kids will learn to lean into the power of God and have the confidence they need to keep going.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESDevotionalParent CueRecent LessonsGod is with you no matter whatMay 21
May 21 God is with you no matter what. In Acts 3:1-4:21, we see that Jesus’ mission wasn’t going to be easy for the disciples. Luke tells us that Peter healed someone in the name of Jesus and ended up causing quite a stir. As people gathered, Peter and John used this...
God sent the Holy Spirit to help youMay 14
May 14 God sent the Holy Spirit to help you. In week 2, head to Acts 2:1-41 and find out how the disciples found the confidence to tell the world about Jesus. The disciples had a huge mission: to share the message of Jesus with the world. Thankfully, Jesus also...
Share God’s love with othersMay 7
May 7 Share God's love with others. We might try to base our confidence on what we do well, or what someone might say about us. But true confidence should be built on something different. We think it’s found in understanding how God is both big enough to create the...
Put others first by making things rightApril 30
April 30 Put others first by making things right. In John 21:1-19, we discover how Peter and several other disciples were out fishing on the Sea of Galilee without catching a single fish. Suddenly, they saw a man standing on the shore, who told them to try the other...
Put others first by helping them understandApril 23
April 23 Put others first by helping them understand. In John 21:1-19, we discover how Peter and several other disciples were out fishing on the Sea of Galilee without catching a single fish. Suddenly, they saw a man standing on the shore, who told them to try the...
Put others first because Jesus put you firstApril 16
April 16 Put others first because Jesus put you first. In Philippians 2:3-8, Paul explains how Jesus is the ultimate example of humility. He writes, “As you deal with one another, you should think and act as Jesus did. . . . he was humble and obeyed God completely....
Celebrate because Jesus is aliveApril 9
April 9 Celebrate because Jesus is alive. For week 2, we celebrate Easter by taking a closer look at John 18:12-20:23. The religious leaders were up in arms because Jesus had claimed to be God. It didn’t matter that this was TRUE; the leaders were still ready to dish...
Jesus put others firstApril 2
April 2 Jesus put others first. We live in a “me-centered” world, where people act as if the world revolves around them. It can be hard to figure out how to be humble throughout the different circumstances we face. Thankfully, we don’t have to figure this out on our...
God will always forgive youMarch 26
March 26 God will always forgive you. We end the month in Luke 15:11-32, when Jesus shared a parable to help people understand God’s amazing grace and forgiveness. A son came to his father and asked for his share of the inheritance. This broke the father’s heart, but...
Forgive others because God forgives youMarch 19
March 19 Forgive others because God forgives you. In week 3, we discover one of Jesus’ parables recorded for us in Matthew 18:21-35. Jesus told this parable because Peter asked a question about forgiveness. Peter might have thought he was doing pretty well to say he’d...
When you forgive others, it can change themMarch 12
March 12 When you forgive others, it can change them. In week 2, we find Jesus interacting with an unexpected person in Luke 19:1-10: Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus was a tax collector working for Rome. He earned a reputation for taking advantage of his fellow Jewish people....
Everyone needs forgivenessMarch 5
March 5 Everyone needs forgiveness. No matter how much we mess up, God will always forgive us. Jesus even chose to forgive those who were crucifying him. Because God forgives us, we should work hard to forgive others. We can decide that someone who has wronged us...
Remember God is most importantFebruary 26
February 26 Remember God is most important. We finish our month on respect in Matthew 8:5-13, where we find a Roman commander. This man was in charge of soldiers, who did whatever he told them to do. Yet when the commander’s servant became seriously ill, he realized...
Take time to show others they are importantFebruary 19
February 19 Take time to show others they are important. In week three, we find Jesus at the home of his friends Mary and Martha. In Luke 10:38-42, we find how these two sisters had different things in mind when it came to having Jesus in their home. Mary sat at...
Show respect even when you don’t get alongFebruary 12
February 12 Show respect even when you don’t get along. Jesus brought His followers to a mountain to explain to them what it means to live as part of God’s kingdom. During that message, Jesus said something surprising about loving others and treating them with...
Include people who are left outFebruary 5
February 5 Include people who are left out. We start the month in Luke 5:1-11, 27-32. Jesus had recently returned from 40 days in the desert and was ready to start his ministry. First, he chose 12 disciples who would learn from Him and eventually carry on the mission...
If you don’t understand something, askJanuary 29
January 29 If you don’t understand something, ask. We finish up the month in Matthew 11:1-6 where we read that John the Baptist was in prison. John seemed to wonder if Jesus was truly the Savior that God had promised. John sent two of his disciples to ask Jesus his...
Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choiceJanuary 22
January 22 Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choice. After Jesus’ baptism, we head to Luke 4:1-13 and find that Jesus had gone out to the desert. In this story, Jesus was being tested. The devil showed up and twisted what Jesus knew about God and...
When you discover something new, it can change youJanuary 15
January 15 When you discover something new, it can change you. In week 3, we find Jesus at the Jordan River (John 1:19- 42 and John 3:22-36). Jesus’ cousin, John the Baptist, was out by the Jordan River baptizing people and preparing the way for the Promised Savior....
Knowing God is the most important thingJanuary 8
January 8 Knowing God is the most important thing. In Luke 2:41-52, we discover a moment from Jesus’ childhood when he stayed behind in Jerusalem after the Passover feast. Jesus was fully God, but he was also fully human. And as a human, Jesus recognized something...
Never stop searching for what’s trueJanuary 1
January 1 Never stop searching for what's true. We kick off January with the end of the Christmas story. In Matthew 2:1-12, we meet wise men from the east whose lives were dedicated to discovering more about the universe. One night they noticed a bright star that led...
The good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
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Our Forever FamilyLooking at Thessalonians 2, Kurt shares 3 benefits to belonging to Jesus’ forever family (the Church).
Our Forever Familyby Kurt Barnes
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryMay 14God sent the Holy Spirit to help you.In week 2, head to Acts 2:1-41 and find out how the disciples found the confidence to tell the world about Jesus. The disciples had a huge mission: to share the message of Jesus with the world. Thankfully, Jesus also promised that God would send the Holy Spirit to help them. As the disciples were gathered together, the Holy Spirit came and empowered them to preach with boldness. Peter preached to the crowd of people that gathered to see the commotion, and that day, over 3,000 people trusted Jesus with their life.
God sent the Holy Spirit to help you. As we spend the month talking about what it means to live with confidence, we want kids to know that this isn’t something they need to figure out on their own. God has given us the Holy Spirit to help us. We’ll help kids start to understand how they can rely on the Holy Spirit to give them the strength, courage, and confidence they need for whatever they face in life.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsGod is with you no matter whatMay 21
May 21 God is with you no matter what. In Acts 3:1-4:21, we see that Jesus’ mission wasn’t going to be easy for the disciples. Luke tells us that Peter healed someone in the name of Jesus and ended up causing quite a stir. As people gathered, Peter and John used this...
God sent the Holy Spirit to help youMay 14
May 14 God sent the Holy Spirit to help you. In week 2, head to Acts 2:1-41 and find out how the disciples found the confidence to tell the world about Jesus. The disciples had a huge mission: to share the message of Jesus with the world. Thankfully, Jesus also...
Share God’s love with othersMay 7
May 7 Share God's love with others. We might try to base our confidence on what we do well, or what someone might say about us. But true confidence should be built on something different. We think it’s found in understanding how God is both big enough to create the...
Put others first by making things rightApril 30
April 30 Put others first by making things right. In John 21:1-19, we discover how Peter and several other disciples were out fishing on the Sea of Galilee without catching a single fish. Suddenly, they saw a man standing on the shore, who told them to try the other...
Put others first by helping them understandApril 23
April 23 Put others first by helping them understand. In John 21:1-19, we discover how Peter and several other disciples were out fishing on the Sea of Galilee without catching a single fish. Suddenly, they saw a man standing on the shore, who told them to try the...
Put others first because Jesus put you firstApril 16
April 16 Put others first because Jesus put you first. In Philippians 2:3-8, Paul explains how Jesus is the ultimate example of humility. He writes, “As you deal with one another, you should think and act as Jesus did. . . . he was humble and obeyed God completely. He...
Celebrate because Jesus is aliveApril 9
April 9 Celebrate because Jesus is alive. For week 2, we celebrate Easter by taking a closer look at John 18:12-20:23. The religious leaders were up in arms because Jesus had claimed to be God. It didn’t matter that this was TRUE; the leaders were still ready to dish...
Jesus put others firstApril 2
April 2 Jesus put others first. We live in a “me-centered” world, where people act as if the world revolves around them. It can be hard to figure out how to be humble throughout the different circumstances we face. Thankfully, we don’t have to figure this out on our...
God will always forgive youMarch 26
March 26 God will always forgive you. We end the month in Luke 15:11-32, when Jesus shared a parable to help people understand God’s amazing grace and forgiveness. A son came to his father and asked for his share of the inheritance. This broke the father’s heart, but...
Forgive others because God forgives youMarch 19
March 19 Forgive others because God forgives you. In week 3, we discover one of Jesus’ parables recorded for us in Matthew 18:21-35. Jesus told this parable because Peter asked a question about forgiveness. Peter might have thought he was doing pretty well to say he’d...
When you forgive others, it can change themMarch 12
March 12 When you forgive others, it can change them. In week 2, we find Jesus interacting with an unexpected person in Luke 19:1-10: Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus was a tax collector working for Rome. He earned a reputation for taking advantage of his fellow Jewish people....
Everyone needs forgivenessMarch 5
March 5 Everyone needs forgiveness. No matter how much we mess up, God will always forgive us. Jesus even chose to forgive those who were crucifying him. Because God forgives us, we should work hard to forgive others. We can decide that someone who has wronged us...
Remember God is most importantFebruary 26
February 26 Remember God is most important. We finish our month on respect in Matthew 8:5-13, where we find a Roman commander. This man was in charge of soldiers, who did whatever he told them to do. Yet when the commander’s servant became seriously ill, he realized...
Take time to show others they are importantFebruary 19
February 19 Take time to show others they are important. In week three, we find Jesus at the home of his friends Mary and Martha. In Luke 10:38-42, we find how these two sisters had different things in mind when it came to having Jesus in their home. Mary sat at...
Show respect even when you don’t get alongFebruary 12
February 12 Show respect even when you don’t get along. Jesus brought His followers to a mountain to explain to them what it means to live as part of God’s kingdom. During that message, Jesus said something surprising about loving others and treating them with...
Include people who are left outFebruary 5
February 5 Include people who are left out. We start the month in Luke 5:1-11, 27-32. Jesus had recently returned from 40 days in the desert and was ready to start his ministry. First, he chose 12 disciples who would learn from Him and eventually carry on the mission...
If you don’t understand something, askJanuary 29
January 29 If you don’t understand something, ask. We finish up the month in Matthew 11:1-6 where we read that John the Baptist was in prison. John seemed to wonder if Jesus was truly the Savior that God had promised. John sent two of his disciples to ask Jesus his...
Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choiceJanuary 22
January 22 Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choice. After Jesus’ baptism, we head to Luke 4:1-13 and find that Jesus had gone out to the desert. In this story, Jesus was being tested. The devil showed up and twisted what Jesus knew about God and...
When you discover something new, it can change youJanuary 15
January 15 When you discover something new, it can change you. In week 3, we find Jesus at the Jordan River (John 1:19- 42 and John 3:22-36). Jesus’ cousin, John the Baptist, was out by the Jordan River baptizing people and preparing the way for the Promised Savior....
Knowing God is the most important thingJanuary 8
January 8 Knowing God is the most important thing. In Luke 2:41-52, we discover a moment from Jesus’ childhood when he stayed behind in Jerusalem after the Passover feast. Jesus was fully God, but he was also fully human. And as a human, Jesus recognized something...
Never stop searching for what’s trueJanuary 1
January 1 Never stop searching for what's true. We kick off January with the end of the Christmas story. In Matthew 2:1-12, we meet wise men from the east whose lives were dedicated to discovering more about the universe. One night they noticed a bright star that led...
The good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenMay 14God sent the Holy Spirit to help you.In week 2, head to Acts 2:1-41 and find out how the disciples found the confidence to tell the world about Jesus. The disciples had a huge mission: to share the message of Jesus with the world. Thankfully, Jesus also promised that God would send the Holy Spirit to help them. As the disciples were gathered together, the Holy Spirit came and empowered them to preach with boldness. Peter preached to the crowd of people that gathered to see the commotion, and that day, over 3,000 people trusted Jesus with their life.
God sent the Holy Spirit to help you. As we spend the month talking about what it means to live with confidence, we want kids to know that this isn’t something they need to figure out on their own. God has given us the Holy Spirit to help us. We’ll help kids start to understand how they can rely on the Holy Spirit to give them the strength, courage, and confidence they need for whatever they face in life.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESDevotionalParent CueRecent LessonsGod is with you no matter whatMay 21
May 21 God is with you no matter what. In Acts 3:1-4:21, we see that Jesus’ mission wasn’t going to be easy for the disciples. Luke tells us that Peter healed someone in the name of Jesus and ended up causing quite a stir. As people gathered, Peter and John used this...
God sent the Holy Spirit to help youMay 14
May 14 God sent the Holy Spirit to help you. In week 2, head to Acts 2:1-41 and find out how the disciples found the confidence to tell the world about Jesus. The disciples had a huge mission: to share the message of Jesus with the world. Thankfully, Jesus also...
Share God’s love with othersMay 7
May 7 Share God's love with others. We might try to base our confidence on what we do well, or what someone might say about us. But true confidence should be built on something different. We think it’s found in understanding how God is both big enough to create the...
Put others first by making things rightApril 30
April 30 Put others first by making things right. In John 21:1-19, we discover how Peter and several other disciples were out fishing on the Sea of Galilee without catching a single fish. Suddenly, they saw a man standing on the shore, who told them to try the other...
Put others first by helping them understandApril 23
April 23 Put others first by helping them understand. In John 21:1-19, we discover how Peter and several other disciples were out fishing on the Sea of Galilee without catching a single fish. Suddenly, they saw a man standing on the shore, who told them to try the...
Put others first because Jesus put you firstApril 16
April 16 Put others first because Jesus put you first. In Philippians 2:3-8, Paul explains how Jesus is the ultimate example of humility. He writes, “As you deal with one another, you should think and act as Jesus did. . . . he was humble and obeyed God completely....
Celebrate because Jesus is aliveApril 9
April 9 Celebrate because Jesus is alive. For week 2, we celebrate Easter by taking a closer look at John 18:12-20:23. The religious leaders were up in arms because Jesus had claimed to be God. It didn’t matter that this was TRUE; the leaders were still ready to dish...
Jesus put others firstApril 2
April 2 Jesus put others first. We live in a “me-centered” world, where people act as if the world revolves around them. It can be hard to figure out how to be humble throughout the different circumstances we face. Thankfully, we don’t have to figure this out on our...
God will always forgive youMarch 26
March 26 God will always forgive you. We end the month in Luke 15:11-32, when Jesus shared a parable to help people understand God’s amazing grace and forgiveness. A son came to his father and asked for his share of the inheritance. This broke the father’s heart, but...
Forgive others because God forgives youMarch 19
March 19 Forgive others because God forgives you. In week 3, we discover one of Jesus’ parables recorded for us in Matthew 18:21-35. Jesus told this parable because Peter asked a question about forgiveness. Peter might have thought he was doing pretty well to say he’d...
When you forgive others, it can change themMarch 12
March 12 When you forgive others, it can change them. In week 2, we find Jesus interacting with an unexpected person in Luke 19:1-10: Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus was a tax collector working for Rome. He earned a reputation for taking advantage of his fellow Jewish people....
Everyone needs forgivenessMarch 5
March 5 Everyone needs forgiveness. No matter how much we mess up, God will always forgive us. Jesus even chose to forgive those who were crucifying him. Because God forgives us, we should work hard to forgive others. We can decide that someone who has wronged us...
Remember God is most importantFebruary 26
February 26 Remember God is most important. We finish our month on respect in Matthew 8:5-13, where we find a Roman commander. This man was in charge of soldiers, who did whatever he told them to do. Yet when the commander’s servant became seriously ill, he realized...
Take time to show others they are importantFebruary 19
February 19 Take time to show others they are important. In week three, we find Jesus at the home of his friends Mary and Martha. In Luke 10:38-42, we find how these two sisters had different things in mind when it came to having Jesus in their home. Mary sat at...
Show respect even when you don’t get alongFebruary 12
February 12 Show respect even when you don’t get along. Jesus brought His followers to a mountain to explain to them what it means to live as part of God’s kingdom. During that message, Jesus said something surprising about loving others and treating them with...
Include people who are left outFebruary 5
February 5 Include people who are left out. We start the month in Luke 5:1-11, 27-32. Jesus had recently returned from 40 days in the desert and was ready to start his ministry. First, he chose 12 disciples who would learn from Him and eventually carry on the mission...
If you don’t understand something, askJanuary 29
January 29 If you don’t understand something, ask. We finish up the month in Matthew 11:1-6 where we read that John the Baptist was in prison. John seemed to wonder if Jesus was truly the Savior that God had promised. John sent two of his disciples to ask Jesus his...
Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choiceJanuary 22
January 22 Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choice. After Jesus’ baptism, we head to Luke 4:1-13 and find that Jesus had gone out to the desert. In this story, Jesus was being tested. The devil showed up and twisted what Jesus knew about God and...
When you discover something new, it can change youJanuary 15
January 15 When you discover something new, it can change you. In week 3, we find Jesus at the Jordan River (John 1:19- 42 and John 3:22-36). Jesus’ cousin, John the Baptist, was out by the Jordan River baptizing people and preparing the way for the Promised Savior....
Knowing God is the most important thingJanuary 8
January 8 Knowing God is the most important thing. In Luke 2:41-52, we discover a moment from Jesus’ childhood when he stayed behind in Jerusalem after the Passover feast. Jesus was fully God, but he was also fully human. And as a human, Jesus recognized something...
Never stop searching for what’s trueJanuary 1
January 1 Never stop searching for what's true. We kick off January with the end of the Christmas story. In Matthew 2:1-12, we meet wise men from the east whose lives were dedicated to discovering more about the universe. One night they noticed a bright star that led...
The good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolMay 14God made me to help my friends.Four friends come to the rescue by doing all they can to help get their friend to Jesus, even though it means lowering their friend down through a roof! The friend they are helping cannot walk, but, because of their willingness to do whatever it took, their friend met Jesus and WALKED out of that house.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsGod made each of us to help in different waysMay 21
May 21 God made each of us to help in different ways. Tabitha helped widows by making clothes for them. Timothy helped by setting a good example for others to follow, in the way he talked and the choices he made. Timothy and Tabitha came to the rescue in the way God...
God made me to help my friendsMay 14
May 14 God made me to help my friends. Four friends come to the rescue by doing all they can to help get their friend to Jesus, even though it means lowering their friend down through a roof! The friend they are helping cannot walk, but, because of their willingness...
God made me to help othersMay 7
May 7 God made me to help others. When given the opportunity, preschoolers are ready and willing to help because it shows the world they are big and can do things that matter. Need help stirring in the kitchen? Preschoolers to the rescue! Need help carrying groceries?...
Jesus taught us how to love one anotherApril 30
April 30 Jesus taught us how to love one another. Followers of Jesus commit themselves to do everything Jesus taught them to do. They learn about what Jesus said…together. They pray…together. They worship…together. They take care of each other’s needs…together. And...
Jesus wants me to tell others He is aliveApril 23
April 23 Jesus wants me to tell others He is alive. Jesus gives his disciples a special job. Jesus tells them to go and tell everyone, everywhere that Jesus is alive AND Jesus wants to be their friend forever. Jesus wants everyone to know the good news, and now it’s...
Jesus is alive, and He wants to be our friend foreverApril 16
April 16 Jesus is alive, and He wants to be our friend forever. After Jesus came back, he goes to his disciples and makes breakfast for them on a beach. Can you imagine what they were thinking as they sat with Jesus eating and talking? They saw Jesus die, and now...
Jesus is aliveApril 9
April 9 Jesus is alive. This week we will share with our preschoolers the foundation of our faith. Jesus, God’s Son, died, and on the third day… 1, 2, 3 … Jesus came back, just like he said he would! Jesus is alive!DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
We celebrate Jesus because He is specialApril 2
April 2 We celebrate Jesus because He is special. 1, 2, 3… it’s Easter! And we are SO excited to share with our youngest friends that Jesus is alive! We want our preschoolers to know that Jesus isn’t just a character in stories. Jesus is alive, and he wants to be...
I can love everyone like JesusMarch 26
March 26 I can love everyone like Jesus. Jesus chooses 12 men to be his disciples. As we get to know the different backgrounds and professions of those first 12, we quickly see that Jesus loves everyone, no matter what, and when we love everyone, we love like...
I can share like JesusMarch 19
March 19 I can share like Jesus. As Jesus watches a crowd of people walking towards him, Jesus wanted to help them by giving them food. So, that’s what he did! Jesus feeds over 5,000 people with just five loaves of bread and two fish. And when we take the time to...
I can be kind like JesusMarch 12
March 12 I can be kind like Jesus. A woman is so desperate to be healed from 12 years of sickness, that she risks everything just to touch Jesus’ clothes. Yes, her body is healed, but the woman also experiences the kind words of Jesus. Kindness is powerful because...
I can love like JesusMarch 5
March 5 I can love like Jesus. Jesus washes his disciples’ feet. Jesus does this to show everyone who would follow him what it looks like to love the way he loves. It’s not exactly what Jesus’ first disciples thought love would look like, but when we put other people...
Jesus loves me no matter whatFebruary 26
February 26 Jesus loves me no matter what. A woman shows she is thankful and loves Jesus by washing his feet and using her special perfume. Jesus showed us that His love is bigger than anything wrong we have done or ever will do. There is nothing wider or longer or...
Jesus loves me and wants to help meFebruary 19
February 19 Jesus loves me and wants to help me. In week three, we will hear how Jesus used his power to do something that was so amazing, it left the disciples totally awestruck. In the middle of a big storm when they are out on a boat at night, Jesus told the winds...
Jesus loves me and wants to spend time with meFebruary 12
February 12 Jesus loves me and wants to spend time with me. Jesus visits the home of Mary and Martha. Mary sits at Jesus’ feet while Martha is very busy making sure everything is perfect for Jesus. Jesus thinks we are special, and He wants to spend time with us, just...
Jesus loves meFebruary 5
February 5 Jesus loves me. Have you noticed any heart-shaped candy boxes or giant teddy bears in stores yet? It’s that time of year when we do extra special things to show people how much we love them. One sweet way to do that has always been with candy hearts. Candy...
Jesus’ kindness is amazingJanuary 29
January 29 Jesus' kindness is amazing. We will end our time in our wonderful workshop with a story about Jesus using his amazing powers to show kindness to a man born blind. Once again, Jesus showed people that he can do things that only he can do, and that makes...
Jesus’ miracles are amazingJanuary 22
January 22 Jesus' miracles are amazing. In week four, we get to meet Peter when our amazing Jesus climbs onto his boat. Even though Peter did not catch any fish before, Jesus fills the nets with SO many fish that the fish fills two boats! Peter knew right away that...
Jesus’ power is amazingJanuary 15
January 15 Jesus' power is amazing. In week three, we will hear how Jesus used his power to do something that was so amazing, it left the disciples totally awestruck. In the middle of a big storm when they are out on a boat at night, Jesus told the winds and waves to...
Jesus is amazingJanuary 8
January 8 Jesus is amazing. In week two, we will hear how Jesus amazed his disciples and others with His first miracle. One minute there was no more wine for the wedding party. And the next, the master of ceremonies declares the water Jesus had turned into wine to be...
Jesus’ teaching is amazingJanuary 1
January 1 Jesus' teaching is amazing. We begin in week one with the story of 12-year-old Jesus. His parents were frantic when they realized he was missing, but they eventually discovered he had been in the temple the whole time, amazing the grown-ups with how much he...
The wise men come to see God’s sonDecember 18
December 18 The wise men come to see God's son. Our Bible story this week is about some Wise Men who followed a special star so they could find Jesus. The wise men knew Jesus was special. That’s why they worshipped Jesus and gave Him gifts. We know Jesus is special...
The shepherds run to JesusDecember 11
December 11 The shepherds run to Jesus. One night, while some shepherds were watching their sheep and taking care of them, an angel came to see them. The angel said, ‘Don’t be afraid! I have good news! Jesus has been born! You will find Him lying in a manger.’ Then...
Jesus is bornDecember 4
December 4 Jesus is born. “Before Baby Jesus was born, Mary, Jesus’ mom, and Joseph had to go a long way to a city called Bethlehem. When they got there, they needed a place to sleep. They finally found a place, but it was a stable where animals sleep. That stable is...
God told Mary she would have His Son, JesusNovember 27
November 27 God told Mary she would have His Son, Jesus. One day, God sent an angel to tell Mary some good news. She was going to have a baby! And His name would be Jesus. Jesus is special because He's God's son! DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
I can thank God for family and friendsNovember 20
November 20 I can thank God for family and friends. One time, the Israelites were attacked, and as long as Moses held his hands up, the Israelites would win. But Moses became so tired he couldn’t keep his arms up any longer. Thankfully, his brother Aaron and their...
I can thank God for foodNovember 13
November 13 I can thank God for food. A widow uses her last bit of food to feed the prophet, Elijah. And then, just as Elijah said God would do, God made sure the widow had enough food for herself, her son, and Elijah to eat. Through this story, we see that God is...
I can thank God for God is goodNovember 6
November 6 I can thank God for God is good. We begin in week one by talking about how we can thank God because God is good! When we look around at all of the good things in the world, the first thing we should do is say, “Thank you, God!” because every good and...
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The Conditions of Answered PrayerRob shares 7 conditions of prayer that should give you every right to expect that what you ask for will be answered in prayer.
The Conditions of Answered Prayerby Rob Barnes
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenMay 7Share God’s love with others.We might try to base our confidence on what we do well, or what someone might say about us. But true confidence should be built on something different. We think it’s found in understanding how God is both big enough to create the universe, but also close enough to be right here with us. We know that we can trust God no matter what. We are created in God’s image. And God loves us so much! Nowhere is this more evident than in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. And, when we trust Jesus with our lives, the Holy Spirit is there to help us face whatever comes our way. We can respond to God’s love and care with confidence!
We start off the month in Matthew 28:16-20, Luke 24:50-53, and Acts 1:1-11. Before Jesus went back to his Father, he gave his disciples a huge mission: to tell the world about Him. The message of Jesus is for everyone, and it was the disciples’ job to get the word out. Jesus promised that God would give them the confidence they needed to get the job done.
Share God’s love with others. Kids sometimes have a hard time understanding what it means to live out their faith in Jesus and share God’s love. This week, we hope they’ll understand Jesus’ mission, and also how they can put that mission into practice. We hope they realize that sharing God’s love isn’t as difficult as it might sound. We’ll help them discover all sorts of opportunities to help others throughout their week.
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May 7 Share God's love with others. We might try to base our confidence on what we do well, or what someone might say about us. But true confidence should be built on something different. We think it’s found in understanding how God is both big enough to create the...
Put others first by making things rightApril 30
April 30 Put others first by making things right. In John 21:1-19, we discover how Peter and several other disciples were out fishing on the Sea of Galilee without catching a single fish. Suddenly, they saw a man standing on the shore, who told them to try the other...
Put others first by helping them understandApril 23
April 23 Put others first by helping them understand. In John 21:1-19, we discover how Peter and several other disciples were out fishing on the Sea of Galilee without catching a single fish. Suddenly, they saw a man standing on the shore, who told them to try the...
Put others first because Jesus put you firstApril 16
April 16 Put others first because Jesus put you first. In Philippians 2:3-8, Paul explains how Jesus is the ultimate example of humility. He writes, “As you deal with one another, you should think and act as Jesus did. . . . he was humble and obeyed God completely....
Celebrate because Jesus is aliveApril 9
April 9 Celebrate because Jesus is alive. For week 2, we celebrate Easter by taking a closer look at John 18:12-20:23. The religious leaders were up in arms because Jesus had claimed to be God. It didn’t matter that this was TRUE; the leaders were still ready to dish...
Jesus put others firstApril 2
April 2 Jesus put others first. We live in a “me-centered” world, where people act as if the world revolves around them. It can be hard to figure out how to be humble throughout the different circumstances we face. Thankfully, we don’t have to figure this out on our...
God will always forgive youMarch 26
March 26 God will always forgive you. We end the month in Luke 15:11-32, when Jesus shared a parable to help people understand God’s amazing grace and forgiveness. A son came to his father and asked for his share of the inheritance. This broke the father’s heart, but...
Forgive others because God forgives youMarch 19
March 19 Forgive others because God forgives you. In week 3, we discover one of Jesus’ parables recorded for us in Matthew 18:21-35. Jesus told this parable because Peter asked a question about forgiveness. Peter might have thought he was doing pretty well to say he’d...
When you forgive others, it can change themMarch 12
March 12 When you forgive others, it can change them. In week 2, we find Jesus interacting with an unexpected person in Luke 19:1-10: Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus was a tax collector working for Rome. He earned a reputation for taking advantage of his fellow Jewish people....
Everyone needs forgivenessMarch 5
March 5 Everyone needs forgiveness. No matter how much we mess up, God will always forgive us. Jesus even chose to forgive those who were crucifying him. Because God forgives us, we should work hard to forgive others. We can decide that someone who has wronged us...
Remember God is most importantFebruary 26
February 26 Remember God is most important. We finish our month on respect in Matthew 8:5-13, where we find a Roman commander. This man was in charge of soldiers, who did whatever he told them to do. Yet when the commander’s servant became seriously ill, he realized...
Take time to show others they are importantFebruary 19
February 19 Take time to show others they are important. In week three, we find Jesus at the home of his friends Mary and Martha. In Luke 10:38-42, we find how these two sisters had different things in mind when it came to having Jesus in their home. Mary sat at...
Show respect even when you don’t get alongFebruary 12
February 12 Show respect even when you don’t get along. Jesus brought His followers to a mountain to explain to them what it means to live as part of God’s kingdom. During that message, Jesus said something surprising about loving others and treating them with...
Include people who are left outFebruary 5
February 5 Include people who are left out. We start the month in Luke 5:1-11, 27-32. Jesus had recently returned from 40 days in the desert and was ready to start his ministry. First, he chose 12 disciples who would learn from Him and eventually carry on the mission...
If you don’t understand something, askJanuary 29
January 29 If you don’t understand something, ask. We finish up the month in Matthew 11:1-6 where we read that John the Baptist was in prison. John seemed to wonder if Jesus was truly the Savior that God had promised. John sent two of his disciples to ask Jesus his...
Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choiceJanuary 22
January 22 Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choice. After Jesus’ baptism, we head to Luke 4:1-13 and find that Jesus had gone out to the desert. In this story, Jesus was being tested. The devil showed up and twisted what Jesus knew about God and...
When you discover something new, it can change youJanuary 15
January 15 When you discover something new, it can change you. In week 3, we find Jesus at the Jordan River (John 1:19- 42 and John 3:22-36). Jesus’ cousin, John the Baptist, was out by the Jordan River baptizing people and preparing the way for the Promised Savior....
Knowing God is the most important thingJanuary 8
January 8 Knowing God is the most important thing. In Luke 2:41-52, we discover a moment from Jesus’ childhood when he stayed behind in Jerusalem after the Passover feast. Jesus was fully God, but he was also fully human. And as a human, Jesus recognized something...
Never stop searching for what’s trueJanuary 1
January 1 Never stop searching for what's true. We kick off January with the end of the Christmas story. In Matthew 2:1-12, we meet wise men from the east whose lives were dedicated to discovering more about the universe. One night they noticed a bright star that led...
The good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolMay 7God made me to help others.When given the opportunity, preschoolers are ready and willing to help because it shows the world they are big and can do things that matter. Need help stirring in the kitchen? Preschoolers to the rescue! Need help carrying groceries? Preschoolers to the rescue! Need help entertaining a fussy baby? Preschoolers to the rescue!
Could it be that the real reason preschoolers want to help is that God made them to help? We think so! That is why we will be spending this month answering the question “Who made you to help?” God made me to help! That’s who! After all, God is the ultimate helper, and we are all made in God’s image.
God made me to help others. Jesus tells a story about a man who was hurt and found help in a most unlikely person . . . a Samaritan. The hurt man and the Samaritan were not friends, and that’s putting it mildly. But when the Samaritan saw the hurt man on the side of the road, he came to the rescue making sure the hurt man got the help he needed.
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May 7 God made me to help others. When given the opportunity, preschoolers are ready and willing to help because it shows the world they are big and can do things that matter. Need help stirring in the kitchen? Preschoolers to the rescue! Need help carrying groceries?...
Jesus taught us how to love one anotherApril 30
April 30 Jesus taught us how to love one another. Followers of Jesus commit themselves to do everything Jesus taught them to do. They learn about what Jesus said…together. They pray…together. They worship…together. They take care of each other’s needs…together. And...
Jesus wants me to tell others He is aliveApril 23
April 23 Jesus wants me to tell others He is alive. Jesus gives his disciples a special job. Jesus tells them to go and tell everyone, everywhere that Jesus is alive AND Jesus wants to be their friend forever. Jesus wants everyone to know the good news, and now it’s...
Jesus is alive, and He wants to be our friend foreverApril 16
April 16 Jesus is alive, and He wants to be our friend forever. After Jesus came back, he goes to his disciples and makes breakfast for them on a beach. Can you imagine what they were thinking as they sat with Jesus eating and talking? They saw Jesus die, and now...
Jesus is aliveApril 9
April 9 Jesus is alive. This week we will share with our preschoolers the foundation of our faith. Jesus, God’s Son, died, and on the third day… 1, 2, 3 … Jesus came back, just like he said he would! Jesus is alive!DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
We celebrate Jesus because He is specialApril 2
April 2 We celebrate Jesus because He is special. 1, 2, 3… it’s Easter! And we are SO excited to share with our youngest friends that Jesus is alive! We want our preschoolers to know that Jesus isn’t just a character in stories. Jesus is alive, and he wants to be...
I can love everyone like JesusMarch 26
March 26 I can love everyone like Jesus. Jesus chooses 12 men to be his disciples. As we get to know the different backgrounds and professions of those first 12, we quickly see that Jesus loves everyone, no matter what, and when we love everyone, we love like...
I can share like JesusMarch 19
March 19 I can share like Jesus. As Jesus watches a crowd of people walking towards him, Jesus wanted to help them by giving them food. So, that’s what he did! Jesus feeds over 5,000 people with just five loaves of bread and two fish. And when we take the time to...
I can be kind like JesusMarch 12
March 12 I can be kind like Jesus. A woman is so desperate to be healed from 12 years of sickness, that she risks everything just to touch Jesus’ clothes. Yes, her body is healed, but the woman also experiences the kind words of Jesus. Kindness is powerful because...
I can love like JesusMarch 5
March 5 I can love like Jesus. Jesus washes his disciples’ feet. Jesus does this to show everyone who would follow him what it looks like to love the way he loves. It’s not exactly what Jesus’ first disciples thought love would look like, but when we put other people...
Jesus loves me no matter whatFebruary 26
February 26 Jesus loves me no matter what. A woman shows she is thankful and loves Jesus by washing his feet and using her special perfume. Jesus showed us that His love is bigger than anything wrong we have done or ever will do. There is nothing wider or longer or...
Jesus loves me and wants to help meFebruary 19
February 19 Jesus loves me and wants to help me. In week three, we will hear how Jesus used his power to do something that was so amazing, it left the disciples totally awestruck. In the middle of a big storm when they are out on a boat at night, Jesus told the winds...
Jesus loves me and wants to spend time with meFebruary 12
February 12 Jesus loves me and wants to spend time with me. Jesus visits the home of Mary and Martha. Mary sits at Jesus’ feet while Martha is very busy making sure everything is perfect for Jesus. Jesus thinks we are special, and He wants to spend time with us, just...
Jesus loves meFebruary 5
February 5 Jesus loves me. Have you noticed any heart-shaped candy boxes or giant teddy bears in stores yet? It’s that time of year when we do extra special things to show people how much we love them. One sweet way to do that has always been with candy hearts. Candy...
Jesus’ kindness is amazingJanuary 29
January 29 Jesus' kindness is amazing. We will end our time in our wonderful workshop with a story about Jesus using his amazing powers to show kindness to a man born blind. Once again, Jesus showed people that he can do things that only he can do, and that makes...
Jesus’ miracles are amazingJanuary 22
January 22 Jesus' miracles are amazing. In week four, we get to meet Peter when our amazing Jesus climbs onto his boat. Even though Peter did not catch any fish before, Jesus fills the nets with SO many fish that the fish fills two boats! Peter knew right away that...
Jesus’ power is amazingJanuary 15
January 15 Jesus' power is amazing. In week three, we will hear how Jesus used his power to do something that was so amazing, it left the disciples totally awestruck. In the middle of a big storm when they are out on a boat at night, Jesus told the winds and waves to...
Jesus is amazingJanuary 8
January 8 Jesus is amazing. In week two, we will hear how Jesus amazed his disciples and others with His first miracle. One minute there was no more wine for the wedding party. And the next, the master of ceremonies declares the water Jesus had turned into wine to be...
Jesus’ teaching is amazingJanuary 1
January 1 Jesus' teaching is amazing. We begin in week one with the story of 12-year-old Jesus. His parents were frantic when they realized he was missing, but they eventually discovered he had been in the temple the whole time, amazing the grown-ups with how much he...
The wise men come to see God’s sonDecember 18
December 18 The wise men come to see God's son. Our Bible story this week is about some Wise Men who followed a special star so they could find Jesus. The wise men knew Jesus was special. That’s why they worshipped Jesus and gave Him gifts. We know Jesus is special...
The shepherds run to JesusDecember 11
December 11 The shepherds run to Jesus. One night, while some shepherds were watching their sheep and taking care of them, an angel came to see them. The angel said, ‘Don’t be afraid! I have good news! Jesus has been born! You will find Him lying in a manger.’ Then...
Jesus is bornDecember 4
December 4 Jesus is born. “Before Baby Jesus was born, Mary, Jesus’ mom, and Joseph had to go a long way to a city called Bethlehem. When they got there, they needed a place to sleep. They finally found a place, but it was a stable where animals sleep. That stable is...
God told Mary she would have His Son, JesusNovember 27
November 27 God told Mary she would have His Son, Jesus. One day, God sent an angel to tell Mary some good news. She was going to have a baby! And His name would be Jesus. Jesus is special because He's God's son! DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
I can thank God for family and friendsNovember 20
November 20 I can thank God for family and friends. One time, the Israelites were attacked, and as long as Moses held his hands up, the Israelites would win. But Moses became so tired he couldn’t keep his arms up any longer. Thankfully, his brother Aaron and their...
I can thank God for foodNovember 13
November 13 I can thank God for food. A widow uses her last bit of food to feed the prophet, Elijah. And then, just as Elijah said God would do, God made sure the widow had enough food for herself, her son, and Elijah to eat. Through this story, we see that God is...
I can thank God for God is goodNovember 6
November 6 I can thank God for God is good. We begin in week one by talking about how we can thank God because God is good! When we look around at all of the good things in the world, the first thing we should do is say, “Thank you, God!” because every good and...
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryMay 7Share God’s love with others.We might try to base our confidence on what we do well, or what someone might say about us. But true confidence should be built on something different. We think it’s found in understanding how God is both big enough to create the universe, but also close enough to be right here with us. We know that we can trust God no matter what. We are created in God’s image. And God loves us so much! Nowhere is this more evident than in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. And, when we trust Jesus with our lives, the Holy Spirit is there to help us face whatever comes our way. We can respond to God’s love and care with confidence!
We start off the month in Matthew 28:16-20, Luke 24:50-53, and Acts 1:1-11. Before Jesus went back to his Father, he gave his disciples a huge mission: to tell the world about Him. The message of Jesus is for everyone, and it was the disciples’ job to get the word out. Jesus promised that God would give them the confidence they needed to get the job done.
Share God’s love with others. Kids sometimes have a hard time understanding what it means to live out their faith in Jesus and share God’s love. This week, we hope they’ll understand Jesus’ mission, and also how they can put that mission into practice. We hope they realize that sharing God’s love isn’t as difficult as it might sound. We’ll help them discover all sorts of opportunities to help others throughout their week.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsShare God’s love with othersMay 7
May 7 Share God's love with others. We might try to base our confidence on what we do well, or what someone might say about us. But true confidence should be built on something different. We think it’s found in understanding how God is both big enough to create the...
Put others first by making things rightApril 30
April 30 Put others first by making things right. In John 21:1-19, we discover how Peter and several other disciples were out fishing on the Sea of Galilee without catching a single fish. Suddenly, they saw a man standing on the shore, who told them to try the other...
Put others first by helping them understandApril 23
April 23 Put others first by helping them understand. In John 21:1-19, we discover how Peter and several other disciples were out fishing on the Sea of Galilee without catching a single fish. Suddenly, they saw a man standing on the shore, who told them to try the...
Put others first because Jesus put you firstApril 16
April 16 Put others first because Jesus put you first. In Philippians 2:3-8, Paul explains how Jesus is the ultimate example of humility. He writes, “As you deal with one another, you should think and act as Jesus did. . . . he was humble and obeyed God completely. He...
Celebrate because Jesus is aliveApril 9
April 9 Celebrate because Jesus is alive. For week 2, we celebrate Easter by taking a closer look at John 18:12-20:23. The religious leaders were up in arms because Jesus had claimed to be God. It didn’t matter that this was TRUE; the leaders were still ready to dish...
Jesus put others firstApril 2
April 2 Jesus put others first. We live in a “me-centered” world, where people act as if the world revolves around them. It can be hard to figure out how to be humble throughout the different circumstances we face. Thankfully, we don’t have to figure this out on our...
God will always forgive youMarch 26
March 26 God will always forgive you. We end the month in Luke 15:11-32, when Jesus shared a parable to help people understand God’s amazing grace and forgiveness. A son came to his father and asked for his share of the inheritance. This broke the father’s heart, but...
Forgive others because God forgives youMarch 19
March 19 Forgive others because God forgives you. In week 3, we discover one of Jesus’ parables recorded for us in Matthew 18:21-35. Jesus told this parable because Peter asked a question about forgiveness. Peter might have thought he was doing pretty well to say he’d...
When you forgive others, it can change themMarch 12
March 12 When you forgive others, it can change them. In week 2, we find Jesus interacting with an unexpected person in Luke 19:1-10: Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus was a tax collector working for Rome. He earned a reputation for taking advantage of his fellow Jewish people....
Everyone needs forgivenessMarch 5
March 5 Everyone needs forgiveness. No matter how much we mess up, God will always forgive us. Jesus even chose to forgive those who were crucifying him. Because God forgives us, we should work hard to forgive others. We can decide that someone who has wronged us...
Remember God is most importantFebruary 26
February 26 Remember God is most important. We finish our month on respect in Matthew 8:5-13, where we find a Roman commander. This man was in charge of soldiers, who did whatever he told them to do. Yet when the commander’s servant became seriously ill, he realized...
Take time to show others they are importantFebruary 19
February 19 Take time to show others they are important. In week three, we find Jesus at the home of his friends Mary and Martha. In Luke 10:38-42, we find how these two sisters had different things in mind when it came to having Jesus in their home. Mary sat at...
Show respect even when you don’t get alongFebruary 12
February 12 Show respect even when you don’t get along. Jesus brought His followers to a mountain to explain to them what it means to live as part of God’s kingdom. During that message, Jesus said something surprising about loving others and treating them with...
Include people who are left outFebruary 5
February 5 Include people who are left out. We start the month in Luke 5:1-11, 27-32. Jesus had recently returned from 40 days in the desert and was ready to start his ministry. First, he chose 12 disciples who would learn from Him and eventually carry on the mission...
If you don’t understand something, askJanuary 29
January 29 If you don’t understand something, ask. We finish up the month in Matthew 11:1-6 where we read that John the Baptist was in prison. John seemed to wonder if Jesus was truly the Savior that God had promised. John sent two of his disciples to ask Jesus his...
Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choiceJanuary 22
January 22 Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choice. After Jesus’ baptism, we head to Luke 4:1-13 and find that Jesus had gone out to the desert. In this story, Jesus was being tested. The devil showed up and twisted what Jesus knew about God and...
When you discover something new, it can change youJanuary 15
January 15 When you discover something new, it can change you. In week 3, we find Jesus at the Jordan River (John 1:19- 42 and John 3:22-36). Jesus’ cousin, John the Baptist, was out by the Jordan River baptizing people and preparing the way for the Promised Savior....
Knowing God is the most important thingJanuary 8
January 8 Knowing God is the most important thing. In Luke 2:41-52, we discover a moment from Jesus’ childhood when he stayed behind in Jerusalem after the Passover feast. Jesus was fully God, but he was also fully human. And as a human, Jesus recognized something...
Never stop searching for what’s trueJanuary 1
January 1 Never stop searching for what's true. We kick off January with the end of the Christmas story. In Matthew 2:1-12, we meet wise men from the east whose lives were dedicated to discovering more about the universe. One night they noticed a bright star that led...
The good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
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Sabbath RestChristianity for many just feels like more stuff to add to the to do list. But according to Jesus, at the core of the Christian experience, is rest.
Sabbath Restby Kurt Barnes
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryApril 30Put others first by making things right.In John 21:1-19, we discover how Peter and several other disciples were out fishing on the Sea of Galilee without catching a single fish. Suddenly, they saw a man standing on the shore, who told them to try the other side of the boat. Sure enough: more fish than the net could carry! Peter immediately knew it was Jesus, and he took off toward the shore. After breakfast on the beach, Jesus showed humility again. Instead of being angry at Peter, He chose love and forgiveness.
Put others first by making things right. One of the most important ways we can show humility is by the way we treat others when we aren’t getting along with them. As kids are learning how to navigate friendships, we pray they also think about the ways they can work through arguments and hurt to make things right with others.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsPut others first by making things rightApril 30
April 30 Put others first by making things right. In John 21:1-19, we discover how Peter and several other disciples were out fishing on the Sea of Galilee without catching a single fish. Suddenly, they saw a man standing on the shore, who told them to try the other...
Put others first by helping them understandApril 23
April 23 Put others first by helping them understand. In John 21:1-19, we discover how Peter and several other disciples were out fishing on the Sea of Galilee without catching a single fish. Suddenly, they saw a man standing on the shore, who told them to try the...
Put others first because Jesus put you firstApril 16
April 16 Put others first because Jesus put you first. In Philippians 2:3-8, Paul explains how Jesus is the ultimate example of humility. He writes, “As you deal with one another, you should think and act as Jesus did. . . . he was humble and obeyed God completely. He...
Celebrate because Jesus is aliveApril 9
April 9 Celebrate because Jesus is alive. For week 2, we celebrate Easter by taking a closer look at John 18:12-20:23. The religious leaders were up in arms because Jesus had claimed to be God. It didn’t matter that this was TRUE; the leaders were still ready to dish...
Jesus put others firstApril 2
April 2 Jesus put others first. We live in a “me-centered” world, where people act as if the world revolves around them. It can be hard to figure out how to be humble throughout the different circumstances we face. Thankfully, we don’t have to figure this out on our...
God will always forgive youMarch 26
March 26 God will always forgive you. We end the month in Luke 15:11-32, when Jesus shared a parable to help people understand God’s amazing grace and forgiveness. A son came to his father and asked for his share of the inheritance. This broke the father’s heart, but...
Forgive others because God forgives youMarch 19
March 19 Forgive others because God forgives you. In week 3, we discover one of Jesus’ parables recorded for us in Matthew 18:21-35. Jesus told this parable because Peter asked a question about forgiveness. Peter might have thought he was doing pretty well to say he’d...
When you forgive others, it can change themMarch 12
March 12 When you forgive others, it can change them. In week 2, we find Jesus interacting with an unexpected person in Luke 19:1-10: Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus was a tax collector working for Rome. He earned a reputation for taking advantage of his fellow Jewish people....
Everyone needs forgivenessMarch 5
March 5 Everyone needs forgiveness. No matter how much we mess up, God will always forgive us. Jesus even chose to forgive those who were crucifying him. Because God forgives us, we should work hard to forgive others. We can decide that someone who has wronged us...
Remember God is most importantFebruary 26
February 26 Remember God is most important. We finish our month on respect in Matthew 8:5-13, where we find a Roman commander. This man was in charge of soldiers, who did whatever he told them to do. Yet when the commander’s servant became seriously ill, he realized...
Take time to show others they are importantFebruary 19
February 19 Take time to show others they are important. In week three, we find Jesus at the home of his friends Mary and Martha. In Luke 10:38-42, we find how these two sisters had different things in mind when it came to having Jesus in their home. Mary sat at...
Show respect even when you don’t get alongFebruary 12
February 12 Show respect even when you don’t get along. Jesus brought His followers to a mountain to explain to them what it means to live as part of God’s kingdom. During that message, Jesus said something surprising about loving others and treating them with...
Include people who are left outFebruary 5
February 5 Include people who are left out. We start the month in Luke 5:1-11, 27-32. Jesus had recently returned from 40 days in the desert and was ready to start his ministry. First, he chose 12 disciples who would learn from Him and eventually carry on the mission...
If you don’t understand something, askJanuary 29
January 29 If you don’t understand something, ask. We finish up the month in Matthew 11:1-6 where we read that John the Baptist was in prison. John seemed to wonder if Jesus was truly the Savior that God had promised. John sent two of his disciples to ask Jesus his...
Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choiceJanuary 22
January 22 Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choice. After Jesus’ baptism, we head to Luke 4:1-13 and find that Jesus had gone out to the desert. In this story, Jesus was being tested. The devil showed up and twisted what Jesus knew about God and...
When you discover something new, it can change youJanuary 15
January 15 When you discover something new, it can change you. In week 3, we find Jesus at the Jordan River (John 1:19- 42 and John 3:22-36). Jesus’ cousin, John the Baptist, was out by the Jordan River baptizing people and preparing the way for the Promised Savior....
Knowing God is the most important thingJanuary 8
January 8 Knowing God is the most important thing. In Luke 2:41-52, we discover a moment from Jesus’ childhood when he stayed behind in Jerusalem after the Passover feast. Jesus was fully God, but he was also fully human. And as a human, Jesus recognized something...
Never stop searching for what’s trueJanuary 1
January 1 Never stop searching for what's true. We kick off January with the end of the Christmas story. In Matthew 2:1-12, we meet wise men from the east whose lives were dedicated to discovering more about the universe. One night they noticed a bright star that led...
The good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
Hold on because God is still in controlOctober 30
October 30 Hold on because God is still in control. We finish up the month in Exodus 13:17-14:31. God’s people were on their way out of Egypt. Everything was looking great for the Hebrews, until Pharaoh changed his mind. Moses and the Hebrew people found themselves...
Hold on because God knows what you’re going throughOctober 23
October 23 Hold on because God knows what you're going through. In week four, we discover God’s plan for rescuing the Israelites. In Exodus 3-6; 7-12:42, we see how God’s plan started. Moses was watching sheep on the side of a mountain and saw a bush on fire—but it...
Hold on even when you don’t know what to doOctober 16
October 16 Hold on even when you don't know what to do. In week three, we head to Exodus 2:1-10. Joseph’s family, God’s people, were growing in number. Pharaoh enslaved them and made life miserable for them. That’s where Moses came in. Moses was born when Pharaoh went...
Hold on because there’s a bigger storyOctober 9
October 9 Hold on because there's a bigger story. Next, we continue Joseph’s story in Genesis 41-45, where Joseph was in prison, forgotten. Pharaoh had a dream that no one could interpret. The cupbearer remembered how Joseph had interpreted his dream. At once, Pharaoh...
Hold on because God is with youOctober 2
October 2 Hold on because God is with you. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Genesis 37, 39-40. We learn how Joseph was his father, Jacob’s, favorite son. Joseph’s brothers were completely jealous—with their jealousy fueled by Joseph’s dreams that had them...
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolApril 30Jesus taught us how to love one another.Followers of Jesus commit themselves to do everything Jesus taught them to do. They learn about what Jesus said…together. They pray…together. They worship…together. They take care of each other’s needs…together. And they do it all because Jesus is alive!
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April 30 Jesus taught us how to love one another. Followers of Jesus commit themselves to do everything Jesus taught them to do. They learn about what Jesus said…together. They pray…together. They worship…together. They take care of each other’s needs…together. And...
Jesus wants me to tell others He is aliveApril 23
April 23 Jesus wants me to tell others He is alive. Jesus gives his disciples a special job. Jesus tells them to go and tell everyone, everywhere that Jesus is alive AND Jesus wants to be their friend forever. Jesus wants everyone to know the good news, and now it’s...
Jesus is alive, and He wants to be our friend foreverApril 16
April 16 Jesus is alive, and He wants to be our friend forever. After Jesus came back, he goes to his disciples and makes breakfast for them on a beach. Can you imagine what they were thinking as they sat with Jesus eating and talking? They saw Jesus die, and now...
Jesus is aliveApril 9
April 9 Jesus is alive. This week we will share with our preschoolers the foundation of our faith. Jesus, God’s Son, died, and on the third day… 1, 2, 3 … Jesus came back, just like he said he would! Jesus is alive!DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
We celebrate Jesus because He is specialApril 2
April 2 We celebrate Jesus because He is special. 1, 2, 3… it’s Easter! And we are SO excited to share with our youngest friends that Jesus is alive! We want our preschoolers to know that Jesus isn’t just a character in stories. Jesus is alive, and he wants to be...
I can love everyone like JesusMarch 26
March 26 I can love everyone like Jesus. Jesus chooses 12 men to be his disciples. As we get to know the different backgrounds and professions of those first 12, we quickly see that Jesus loves everyone, no matter what, and when we love everyone, we love like...
I can share like JesusMarch 19
March 19 I can share like Jesus. As Jesus watches a crowd of people walking towards him, Jesus wanted to help them by giving them food. So, that’s what he did! Jesus feeds over 5,000 people with just five loaves of bread and two fish. And when we take the time to...
I can be kind like JesusMarch 12
March 12 I can be kind like Jesus. A woman is so desperate to be healed from 12 years of sickness, that she risks everything just to touch Jesus’ clothes. Yes, her body is healed, but the woman also experiences the kind words of Jesus. Kindness is powerful because...
I can love like JesusMarch 5
March 5 I can love like Jesus. Jesus washes his disciples’ feet. Jesus does this to show everyone who would follow him what it looks like to love the way he loves. It’s not exactly what Jesus’ first disciples thought love would look like, but when we put other people...
Jesus loves me no matter whatFebruary 26
February 26 Jesus loves me no matter what. A woman shows she is thankful and loves Jesus by washing his feet and using her special perfume. Jesus showed us that His love is bigger than anything wrong we have done or ever will do. There is nothing wider or longer or...
Jesus loves me and wants to help meFebruary 19
February 19 Jesus loves me and wants to help me. In week three, we will hear how Jesus used his power to do something that was so amazing, it left the disciples totally awestruck. In the middle of a big storm when they are out on a boat at night, Jesus told the winds...
Jesus loves me and wants to spend time with meFebruary 12
February 12 Jesus loves me and wants to spend time with me. Jesus visits the home of Mary and Martha. Mary sits at Jesus’ feet while Martha is very busy making sure everything is perfect for Jesus. Jesus thinks we are special, and He wants to spend time with us, just...
Jesus loves meFebruary 5
February 5 Jesus loves me. Have you noticed any heart-shaped candy boxes or giant teddy bears in stores yet? It’s that time of year when we do extra special things to show people how much we love them. One sweet way to do that has always been with candy hearts. Candy...
Jesus’ kindness is amazingJanuary 29
January 29 Jesus' kindness is amazing. We will end our time in our wonderful workshop with a story about Jesus using his amazing powers to show kindness to a man born blind. Once again, Jesus showed people that he can do things that only he can do, and that makes...
Jesus’ miracles are amazingJanuary 22
January 22 Jesus' miracles are amazing. In week four, we get to meet Peter when our amazing Jesus climbs onto his boat. Even though Peter did not catch any fish before, Jesus fills the nets with SO many fish that the fish fills two boats! Peter knew right away that...
Jesus’ power is amazingJanuary 15
January 15 Jesus' power is amazing. In week three, we will hear how Jesus used his power to do something that was so amazing, it left the disciples totally awestruck. In the middle of a big storm when they are out on a boat at night, Jesus told the winds and waves to...
Jesus is amazingJanuary 8
January 8 Jesus is amazing. In week two, we will hear how Jesus amazed his disciples and others with His first miracle. One minute there was no more wine for the wedding party. And the next, the master of ceremonies declares the water Jesus had turned into wine to be...
Jesus’ teaching is amazingJanuary 1
January 1 Jesus' teaching is amazing. We begin in week one with the story of 12-year-old Jesus. His parents were frantic when they realized he was missing, but they eventually discovered he had been in the temple the whole time, amazing the grown-ups with how much he...
The wise men come to see God’s sonDecember 18
December 18 The wise men come to see God's son. Our Bible story this week is about some Wise Men who followed a special star so they could find Jesus. The wise men knew Jesus was special. That’s why they worshipped Jesus and gave Him gifts. We know Jesus is special...
The shepherds run to JesusDecember 11
December 11 The shepherds run to Jesus. One night, while some shepherds were watching their sheep and taking care of them, an angel came to see them. The angel said, ‘Don’t be afraid! I have good news! Jesus has been born! You will find Him lying in a manger.’ Then...
Jesus is bornDecember 4
December 4 Jesus is born. “Before Baby Jesus was born, Mary, Jesus’ mom, and Joseph had to go a long way to a city called Bethlehem. When they got there, they needed a place to sleep. They finally found a place, but it was a stable where animals sleep. That stable is...
God told Mary she would have His Son, JesusNovember 27
November 27 God told Mary she would have His Son, Jesus. One day, God sent an angel to tell Mary some good news. She was going to have a baby! And His name would be Jesus. Jesus is special because He's God's son! DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
I can thank God for family and friendsNovember 20
November 20 I can thank God for family and friends. One time, the Israelites were attacked, and as long as Moses held his hands up, the Israelites would win. But Moses became so tired he couldn’t keep his arms up any longer. Thankfully, his brother Aaron and their...
I can thank God for foodNovember 13
November 13 I can thank God for food. A widow uses her last bit of food to feed the prophet, Elijah. And then, just as Elijah said God would do, God made sure the widow had enough food for herself, her son, and Elijah to eat. Through this story, we see that God is...
I can thank God for God is goodNovember 6
November 6 I can thank God for God is good. We begin in week one by talking about how we can thank God because God is good! When we look around at all of the good things in the world, the first thing we should do is say, “Thank you, God!” because every good and...
God has plans for meOctober 30
October 30 God has plans for me. The prophet Jeremiah will help us wrap up the month with the wonderful truth that God knows the plans He has for us. This means even when we don’t understand the plans, we can still trust the One who does. We can trust God because of...
God’s plans are always bestOctober 23
October 23 God's plans are always best. In the second part of Joseph’s story, we get to see that God’s plans for Joseph really did work out, and not just for Joseph either. Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, needed hep understanding his dreams, and God helped Joseph...
I can trust God’s plans even when they’re hardOctober 16
October 16 I can trust God's plans even when they're hard. We meet a new guy who trusted God’s plans for him. His name is Joseph. If anyone ever had reasons to doubt God’s plans, it had to be Joseph. His jealous older brothers throw him in a hole and sell him into...
God keeps His promisesOctober 9
October 9 God keeps His promises. We get to introduce preschoolers to the very…first…rainbow! And even better, we get to teach them that the rainbow is part of God’s plans for them. Every time we see a rainbow in the sky, God is also looking at that same rainbow and...
I can always trust God’s plansOctober 2
October 2 I can always trust God's plans. We will share one of the most exciting and well-loved Bible stories with preschoolers – Noah’s Ark! Now we love the story because we get to read all of it in one sitting, and we know how God’s plans work out for Noah. But...
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenApril 30Put others first by making things right.In John 21:1-19, we discover how Peter and several other disciples were out fishing on the Sea of Galilee without catching a single fish. Suddenly, they saw a man standing on the shore, who told them to try the other side of the boat. Sure enough: more fish than the net could carry! Peter immediately knew it was Jesus, and he took off toward the shore. After breakfast on the beach, Jesus showed humility again. Instead of being angry at Peter, He chose love and forgiveness.
Put others first by making things right. One of the most important ways we can show humility is by the way we treat others when we aren’t getting along with them. As kids are learning how to navigate friendships, we pray they also think about the ways they can work through arguments and hurt to make things right with others.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESDevotionalParent CueRecent LessonsPut others first by making things rightApril 30
April 30 Put others first by making things right. In John 21:1-19, we discover how Peter and several other disciples were out fishing on the Sea of Galilee without catching a single fish. Suddenly, they saw a man standing on the shore, who told them to try the other...
Put others first by helping them understandApril 23
April 23 Put others first by helping them understand. In John 21:1-19, we discover how Peter and several other disciples were out fishing on the Sea of Galilee without catching a single fish. Suddenly, they saw a man standing on the shore, who told them to try the...
Put others first because Jesus put you firstApril 16
April 16 Put others first because Jesus put you first. In Philippians 2:3-8, Paul explains how Jesus is the ultimate example of humility. He writes, “As you deal with one another, you should think and act as Jesus did. . . . he was humble and obeyed God completely....
Celebrate because Jesus is aliveApril 9
April 9 Celebrate because Jesus is alive. For week 2, we celebrate Easter by taking a closer look at John 18:12-20:23. The religious leaders were up in arms because Jesus had claimed to be God. It didn’t matter that this was TRUE; the leaders were still ready to dish...
Jesus put others firstApril 2
April 2 Jesus put others first. We live in a “me-centered” world, where people act as if the world revolves around them. It can be hard to figure out how to be humble throughout the different circumstances we face. Thankfully, we don’t have to figure this out on our...
God will always forgive youMarch 26
March 26 God will always forgive you. We end the month in Luke 15:11-32, when Jesus shared a parable to help people understand God’s amazing grace and forgiveness. A son came to his father and asked for his share of the inheritance. This broke the father’s heart, but...
Forgive others because God forgives youMarch 19
March 19 Forgive others because God forgives you. In week 3, we discover one of Jesus’ parables recorded for us in Matthew 18:21-35. Jesus told this parable because Peter asked a question about forgiveness. Peter might have thought he was doing pretty well to say he’d...
When you forgive others, it can change themMarch 12
March 12 When you forgive others, it can change them. In week 2, we find Jesus interacting with an unexpected person in Luke 19:1-10: Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus was a tax collector working for Rome. He earned a reputation for taking advantage of his fellow Jewish people....
Everyone needs forgivenessMarch 5
March 5 Everyone needs forgiveness. No matter how much we mess up, God will always forgive us. Jesus even chose to forgive those who were crucifying him. Because God forgives us, we should work hard to forgive others. We can decide that someone who has wronged us...
Remember God is most importantFebruary 26
February 26 Remember God is most important. We finish our month on respect in Matthew 8:5-13, where we find a Roman commander. This man was in charge of soldiers, who did whatever he told them to do. Yet when the commander’s servant became seriously ill, he realized...
Take time to show others they are importantFebruary 19
February 19 Take time to show others they are important. In week three, we find Jesus at the home of his friends Mary and Martha. In Luke 10:38-42, we find how these two sisters had different things in mind when it came to having Jesus in their home. Mary sat at...
Show respect even when you don’t get alongFebruary 12
February 12 Show respect even when you don’t get along. Jesus brought His followers to a mountain to explain to them what it means to live as part of God’s kingdom. During that message, Jesus said something surprising about loving others and treating them with...
Include people who are left outFebruary 5
February 5 Include people who are left out. We start the month in Luke 5:1-11, 27-32. Jesus had recently returned from 40 days in the desert and was ready to start his ministry. First, he chose 12 disciples who would learn from Him and eventually carry on the mission...
If you don’t understand something, askJanuary 29
January 29 If you don’t understand something, ask. We finish up the month in Matthew 11:1-6 where we read that John the Baptist was in prison. John seemed to wonder if Jesus was truly the Savior that God had promised. John sent two of his disciples to ask Jesus his...
Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choiceJanuary 22
January 22 Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choice. After Jesus’ baptism, we head to Luke 4:1-13 and find that Jesus had gone out to the desert. In this story, Jesus was being tested. The devil showed up and twisted what Jesus knew about God and...
When you discover something new, it can change youJanuary 15
January 15 When you discover something new, it can change you. In week 3, we find Jesus at the Jordan River (John 1:19- 42 and John 3:22-36). Jesus’ cousin, John the Baptist, was out by the Jordan River baptizing people and preparing the way for the Promised Savior....
Knowing God is the most important thingJanuary 8
January 8 Knowing God is the most important thing. In Luke 2:41-52, we discover a moment from Jesus’ childhood when he stayed behind in Jerusalem after the Passover feast. Jesus was fully God, but he was also fully human. And as a human, Jesus recognized something...
Never stop searching for what’s trueJanuary 1
January 1 Never stop searching for what's true. We kick off January with the end of the Christmas story. In Matthew 2:1-12, we meet wise men from the east whose lives were dedicated to discovering more about the universe. One night they noticed a bright star that led...
The good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
Hold on because God is still in controlOctober 30
October 30 Hold on because God is still in control. We finish up the month in Exodus 13:17-14:31. God’s people were on their way out of Egypt. Everything was looking great for the Hebrews, until Pharaoh changed his mind. Moses and the Hebrew people found themselves...
Hold on because God knows what you’re going throughOctober 23
October 23 Hold on because God knows what you're going through. In week four, we discover God’s plan for rescuing the Israelites. In Exodus 3-6; 7-12:42, we see how God’s plan started. Moses was watching sheep on the side of a mountain and saw a bush on fire—but it...
Hold on even when you don’t know what to doOctober 16
October 16 Hold on even when you don't know what to do. In week three, we head to Exodus 2:1-10. Joseph’s family, God’s people, were growing in number. Pharaoh enslaved them and made life miserable for them. That’s where Moses came in. Moses was born when Pharaoh went...
Hold on because there’s a bigger storyOctober 9
October 9 Hold on because there's a bigger story. Next, we continue Joseph’s story in Genesis 41-45, where Joseph was in prison, forgotten. Pharaoh had a dream that no one could interpret. The cupbearer remembered how Joseph had interpreted his dream. At once, Pharaoh...
Hold on because God is with youOctober 2
October 2 Hold on because God is with you. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Genesis 37, 39-40. We learn how Joseph was his father, Jacob’s, favorite son. Joseph’s brothers were completely jealous—with their jealousy fueled by Joseph’s dreams that had them...
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The Word of GodThere are a lot of good books in the world, but the Bible is unlike any other book. Those of us who are Christians believe that the Bible is different from every other book that’s ever been written: We believe that the Bible was given to us by God, and therefore it is God’s Word.
The Word of Godby Rob Barnes
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryApril 23Put others first by helping them understand.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsPut others first by helping them understandApril 23
April 23 Put others first by helping them understand. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
Put others first because Jesus put you firstApril 16
April 16 Put others first because Jesus put you first. In Philippians 2:3-8, Paul explains how Jesus is the ultimate example of humility. He writes, “As you deal with one another, you should think and act as Jesus did. . . . he was humble and obeyed God completely. He...
Celebrate because Jesus is aliveApril 9
April 9 Celebrate because Jesus is alive. For week 2, we celebrate Easter by taking a closer look at John 18:12-20:23. The religious leaders were up in arms because Jesus had claimed to be God. It didn’t matter that this was TRUE; the leaders were still ready to dish...
Jesus put others firstApril 2
April 2 Jesus put others first. We live in a “me-centered” world, where people act as if the world revolves around them. It can be hard to figure out how to be humble throughout the different circumstances we face. Thankfully, we don’t have to figure this out on our...
God will always forgive youMarch 26
March 26 God will always forgive you. We end the month in Luke 15:11-32, when Jesus shared a parable to help people understand God’s amazing grace and forgiveness. A son came to his father and asked for his share of the inheritance. This broke the father’s heart, but...
Forgive others because God forgives youMarch 19
March 19 Forgive others because God forgives you. In week 3, we discover one of Jesus’ parables recorded for us in Matthew 18:21-35. Jesus told this parable because Peter asked a question about forgiveness. Peter might have thought he was doing pretty well to say he’d...
When you forgive others, it can change themMarch 12
March 12 When you forgive others, it can change them. In week 2, we find Jesus interacting with an unexpected person in Luke 19:1-10: Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus was a tax collector working for Rome. He earned a reputation for taking advantage of his fellow Jewish people....
Everyone needs forgivenessMarch 5
March 5 Everyone needs forgiveness. No matter how much we mess up, God will always forgive us. Jesus even chose to forgive those who were crucifying him. Because God forgives us, we should work hard to forgive others. We can decide that someone who has wronged us...
Remember God is most importantFebruary 26
February 26 Remember God is most important. We finish our month on respect in Matthew 8:5-13, where we find a Roman commander. This man was in charge of soldiers, who did whatever he told them to do. Yet when the commander’s servant became seriously ill, he realized...
Take time to show others they are importantFebruary 19
February 19 Take time to show others they are important. In week three, we find Jesus at the home of his friends Mary and Martha. In Luke 10:38-42, we find how these two sisters had different things in mind when it came to having Jesus in their home. Mary sat at...
Show respect even when you don’t get alongFebruary 12
February 12 Show respect even when you don’t get along. Jesus brought His followers to a mountain to explain to them what it means to live as part of God’s kingdom. During that message, Jesus said something surprising about loving others and treating them with...
Include people who are left outFebruary 5
February 5 Include people who are left out. We start the month in Luke 5:1-11, 27-32. Jesus had recently returned from 40 days in the desert and was ready to start his ministry. First, he chose 12 disciples who would learn from Him and eventually carry on the mission...
If you don’t understand something, askJanuary 29
January 29 If you don’t understand something, ask. We finish up the month in Matthew 11:1-6 where we read that John the Baptist was in prison. John seemed to wonder if Jesus was truly the Savior that God had promised. John sent two of his disciples to ask Jesus his...
Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choiceJanuary 22
January 22 Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choice. After Jesus’ baptism, we head to Luke 4:1-13 and find that Jesus had gone out to the desert. In this story, Jesus was being tested. The devil showed up and twisted what Jesus knew about God and...
When you discover something new, it can change youJanuary 15
January 15 When you discover something new, it can change you. In week 3, we find Jesus at the Jordan River (John 1:19- 42 and John 3:22-36). Jesus’ cousin, John the Baptist, was out by the Jordan River baptizing people and preparing the way for the Promised Savior....
Knowing God is the most important thingJanuary 8
January 8 Knowing God is the most important thing. In Luke 2:41-52, we discover a moment from Jesus’ childhood when he stayed behind in Jerusalem after the Passover feast. Jesus was fully God, but he was also fully human. And as a human, Jesus recognized something...
Never stop searching for what’s trueJanuary 1
January 1 Never stop searching for what's true. We kick off January with the end of the Christmas story. In Matthew 2:1-12, we meet wise men from the east whose lives were dedicated to discovering more about the universe. One night they noticed a bright star that led...
The good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
Hold on because God is still in controlOctober 30
October 30 Hold on because God is still in control. We finish up the month in Exodus 13:17-14:31. God’s people were on their way out of Egypt. Everything was looking great for the Hebrews, until Pharaoh changed his mind. Moses and the Hebrew people found themselves...
Hold on because God knows what you’re going throughOctober 23
October 23 Hold on because God knows what you're going through. In week four, we discover God’s plan for rescuing the Israelites. In Exodus 3-6; 7-12:42, we see how God’s plan started. Moses was watching sheep on the side of a mountain and saw a bush on fire—but it...
Hold on even when you don’t know what to doOctober 16
October 16 Hold on even when you don't know what to do. In week three, we head to Exodus 2:1-10. Joseph’s family, God’s people, were growing in number. Pharaoh enslaved them and made life miserable for them. That’s where Moses came in. Moses was born when Pharaoh went...
Hold on because there’s a bigger storyOctober 9
October 9 Hold on because there's a bigger story. Next, we continue Joseph’s story in Genesis 41-45, where Joseph was in prison, forgotten. Pharaoh had a dream that no one could interpret. The cupbearer remembered how Joseph had interpreted his dream. At once, Pharaoh...
Hold on because God is with youOctober 2
October 2 Hold on because God is with you. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Genesis 37, 39-40. We learn how Joseph was his father, Jacob’s, favorite son. Joseph’s brothers were completely jealous—with their jealousy fueled by Joseph’s dreams that had them...
You can trust God even when you’re worriedSeptember 25
September 25 You can trust God even when you're worried. We finish the month by discovering what happened to Jacob and Esau’s relationship. In Genesis 31:3, 32:3- 32, and 33:1-17, we find out that Jacob knows that God wants him to return home after years of living...
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolApril 23Jesus wants me to tell others He is alive.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsJesus wants me to tell others He is aliveApril 23
April 23 Jesus wants me to tell others He is alive. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
Jesus is alive, and He wants to be our friend foreverApril 16
April 16 Jesus is alive, and He wants to be our friend forever. After Jesus came back, he goes to his disciples and makes breakfast for them on a beach. Can you imagine what they were thinking as they sat with Jesus eating and talking? They saw Jesus die, and now...
Jesus is aliveApril 9
April 9 Jesus is alive. This week we will share with our preschoolers the foundation of our faith. Jesus, God’s Son, died, and on the third day… 1, 2, 3 … Jesus came back, just like he said he would! Jesus is alive!DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
We celebrate Jesus because He is specialApril 2
April 2 We celebrate Jesus because He is special. 1, 2, 3… it’s Easter! And we are SO excited to share with our youngest friends that Jesus is alive! We want our preschoolers to know that Jesus isn’t just a character in stories. Jesus is alive, and he wants to be...
I can love everyone like JesusMarch 26
March 26 I can love everyone like Jesus. Jesus chooses 12 men to be his disciples. As we get to know the different backgrounds and professions of those first 12, we quickly see that Jesus loves everyone, no matter what, and when we love everyone, we love like...
I can share like JesusMarch 19
March 19 I can share like Jesus. As Jesus watches a crowd of people walking towards him, Jesus wanted to help them by giving them food. So, that’s what he did! Jesus feeds over 5,000 people with just five loaves of bread and two fish. And when we take the time to...
I can be kind like JesusMarch 12
March 12 I can be kind like Jesus. A woman is so desperate to be healed from 12 years of sickness, that she risks everything just to touch Jesus’ clothes. Yes, her body is healed, but the woman also experiences the kind words of Jesus. Kindness is powerful because...
I can love like JesusMarch 5
March 5 I can love like Jesus. Jesus washes his disciples’ feet. Jesus does this to show everyone who would follow him what it looks like to love the way he loves. It’s not exactly what Jesus’ first disciples thought love would look like, but when we put other people...
Jesus loves me no matter whatFebruary 26
February 26 Jesus loves me no matter what. A woman shows she is thankful and loves Jesus by washing his feet and using her special perfume. Jesus showed us that His love is bigger than anything wrong we have done or ever will do. There is nothing wider or longer or...
Jesus loves me and wants to help meFebruary 19
February 19 Jesus loves me and wants to help me. In week three, we will hear how Jesus used his power to do something that was so amazing, it left the disciples totally awestruck. In the middle of a big storm when they are out on a boat at night, Jesus told the winds...
Jesus loves me and wants to spend time with meFebruary 12
February 12 Jesus loves me and wants to spend time with me. Jesus visits the home of Mary and Martha. Mary sits at Jesus’ feet while Martha is very busy making sure everything is perfect for Jesus. Jesus thinks we are special, and He wants to spend time with us, just...
Jesus loves meFebruary 5
February 5 Jesus loves me. Have you noticed any heart-shaped candy boxes or giant teddy bears in stores yet? It’s that time of year when we do extra special things to show people how much we love them. One sweet way to do that has always been with candy hearts. Candy...
Jesus’ kindness is amazingJanuary 29
January 29 Jesus' kindness is amazing. We will end our time in our wonderful workshop with a story about Jesus using his amazing powers to show kindness to a man born blind. Once again, Jesus showed people that he can do things that only he can do, and that makes...
Jesus’ miracles are amazingJanuary 22
January 22 Jesus' miracles are amazing. In week four, we get to meet Peter when our amazing Jesus climbs onto his boat. Even though Peter did not catch any fish before, Jesus fills the nets with SO many fish that the fish fills two boats! Peter knew right away that...
Jesus’ power is amazingJanuary 15
January 15 Jesus' power is amazing. In week three, we will hear how Jesus used his power to do something that was so amazing, it left the disciples totally awestruck. In the middle of a big storm when they are out on a boat at night, Jesus told the winds and waves to...
Jesus is amazingJanuary 8
January 8 Jesus is amazing. In week two, we will hear how Jesus amazed his disciples and others with His first miracle. One minute there was no more wine for the wedding party. And the next, the master of ceremonies declares the water Jesus had turned into wine to be...
Jesus’ teaching is amazingJanuary 1
January 1 Jesus' teaching is amazing. We begin in week one with the story of 12-year-old Jesus. His parents were frantic when they realized he was missing, but they eventually discovered he had been in the temple the whole time, amazing the grown-ups with how much he...
The wise men come to see God’s sonDecember 18
December 18 The wise men come to see God's son. Our Bible story this week is about some Wise Men who followed a special star so they could find Jesus. The wise men knew Jesus was special. That’s why they worshipped Jesus and gave Him gifts. We know Jesus is special...
The shepherds run to JesusDecember 11
December 11 The shepherds run to Jesus. One night, while some shepherds were watching their sheep and taking care of them, an angel came to see them. The angel said, ‘Don’t be afraid! I have good news! Jesus has been born! You will find Him lying in a manger.’ Then...
Jesus is bornDecember 4
December 4 Jesus is born. “Before Baby Jesus was born, Mary, Jesus’ mom, and Joseph had to go a long way to a city called Bethlehem. When they got there, they needed a place to sleep. They finally found a place, but it was a stable where animals sleep. That stable is...
God told Mary she would have His Son, JesusNovember 27
November 27 God told Mary she would have His Son, Jesus. One day, God sent an angel to tell Mary some good news. She was going to have a baby! And His name would be Jesus. Jesus is special because He's God's son! DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
I can thank God for family and friendsNovember 20
November 20 I can thank God for family and friends. One time, the Israelites were attacked, and as long as Moses held his hands up, the Israelites would win. But Moses became so tired he couldn’t keep his arms up any longer. Thankfully, his brother Aaron and their...
I can thank God for foodNovember 13
November 13 I can thank God for food. A widow uses her last bit of food to feed the prophet, Elijah. And then, just as Elijah said God would do, God made sure the widow had enough food for herself, her son, and Elijah to eat. Through this story, we see that God is...
I can thank God for God is goodNovember 6
November 6 I can thank God for God is good. We begin in week one by talking about how we can thank God because God is good! When we look around at all of the good things in the world, the first thing we should do is say, “Thank you, God!” because every good and...
God has plans for meOctober 30
October 30 God has plans for me. The prophet Jeremiah will help us wrap up the month with the wonderful truth that God knows the plans He has for us. This means even when we don’t understand the plans, we can still trust the One who does. We can trust God because of...
God’s plans are always bestOctober 23
October 23 God's plans are always best. In the second part of Joseph’s story, we get to see that God’s plans for Joseph really did work out, and not just for Joseph either. Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, needed hep understanding his dreams, and God helped Joseph...
I can trust God’s plans even when they’re hardOctober 16
October 16 I can trust God's plans even when they're hard. We meet a new guy who trusted God’s plans for him. His name is Joseph. If anyone ever had reasons to doubt God’s plans, it had to be Joseph. His jealous older brothers throw him in a hole and sell him into...
God keeps His promisesOctober 9
October 9 God keeps His promises. We get to introduce preschoolers to the very…first…rainbow! And even better, we get to teach them that the rainbow is part of God’s plans for them. Every time we see a rainbow in the sky, God is also looking at that same rainbow and...
I can always trust God’s plansOctober 2
October 2 I can always trust God's plans. We will share one of the most exciting and well-loved Bible stories with preschoolers – Noah’s Ark! Now we love the story because we get to read all of it in one sitting, and we know how God’s plans work out for Noah. But...
God loves me when I’m happySeptember 25
September 25 God loves me when I'm happy. God gave Sarah and Abraham a child…after they had waited a very, very, VERY long time. Sarah was so happy that it literally brought Sarah laughter! Sarah and Abraham knew they could trust God with all their heart and that God...
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenApril 16Put others first because Jesus put you first.In Philippians 2:3-8, Paul explains how Jesus is the ultimate example of humility. He writes, “As you deal with one another, you should think and act as Jesus did. . . . he was humble and obeyed God completely. He did this even though it led to his death.” (NIrV) As God’s Son, Jesus is equal with God, but instead of using that to his advantage, Jesus became one of us. He put us first and made a way for us to have a relationship with God.
Put others first because Jesus put you first. When it comes to our interactions with others, we should remember what Jesus did for us. Rather than thinking that we’re the best or that we deserve the most, we should remember that Jesus deserved everything, but gave it up because he loved us so much. When we put others first, we show them a glimpse of what Jesus did for the entire world.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESDevotionalParent CueRecent LessonsPut others first because Jesus put you firstApril 16
April 16 Put others first because Jesus put you first. In Philippians 2:3-8, Paul explains how Jesus is the ultimate example of humility. He writes, “As you deal with one another, you should think and act as Jesus did. . . . he was humble and obeyed God completely....
Celebrate because Jesus is aliveApril 9
April 9 Celebrate because Jesus is alive. For week 2, we celebrate Easter by taking a closer look at John 18:12-20:23. The religious leaders were up in arms because Jesus had claimed to be God. It didn’t matter that this was TRUE; the leaders were still ready to dish...
Jesus put others firstApril 2
April 2 Jesus put others first. We live in a “me-centered” world, where people act as if the world revolves around them. It can be hard to figure out how to be humble throughout the different circumstances we face. Thankfully, we don’t have to figure this out on our...
God will always forgive youMarch 26
March 26 God will always forgive you. We end the month in Luke 15:11-32, when Jesus shared a parable to help people understand God’s amazing grace and forgiveness. A son came to his father and asked for his share of the inheritance. This broke the father’s heart, but...
Forgive others because God forgives youMarch 19
March 19 Forgive others because God forgives you. In week 3, we discover one of Jesus’ parables recorded for us in Matthew 18:21-35. Jesus told this parable because Peter asked a question about forgiveness. Peter might have thought he was doing pretty well to say he’d...
When you forgive others, it can change themMarch 12
March 12 When you forgive others, it can change them. In week 2, we find Jesus interacting with an unexpected person in Luke 19:1-10: Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus was a tax collector working for Rome. He earned a reputation for taking advantage of his fellow Jewish people....
Everyone needs forgivenessMarch 5
March 5 Everyone needs forgiveness. No matter how much we mess up, God will always forgive us. Jesus even chose to forgive those who were crucifying him. Because God forgives us, we should work hard to forgive others. We can decide that someone who has wronged us...
Remember God is most importantFebruary 26
February 26 Remember God is most important. We finish our month on respect in Matthew 8:5-13, where we find a Roman commander. This man was in charge of soldiers, who did whatever he told them to do. Yet when the commander’s servant became seriously ill, he realized...
Take time to show others they are importantFebruary 19
February 19 Take time to show others they are important. In week three, we find Jesus at the home of his friends Mary and Martha. In Luke 10:38-42, we find how these two sisters had different things in mind when it came to having Jesus in their home. Mary sat at...
Show respect even when you don’t get alongFebruary 12
February 12 Show respect even when you don’t get along. Jesus brought His followers to a mountain to explain to them what it means to live as part of God’s kingdom. During that message, Jesus said something surprising about loving others and treating them with...
Include people who are left outFebruary 5
February 5 Include people who are left out. We start the month in Luke 5:1-11, 27-32. Jesus had recently returned from 40 days in the desert and was ready to start his ministry. First, he chose 12 disciples who would learn from Him and eventually carry on the mission...
If you don’t understand something, askJanuary 29
January 29 If you don’t understand something, ask. We finish up the month in Matthew 11:1-6 where we read that John the Baptist was in prison. John seemed to wonder if Jesus was truly the Savior that God had promised. John sent two of his disciples to ask Jesus his...
Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choiceJanuary 22
January 22 Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choice. After Jesus’ baptism, we head to Luke 4:1-13 and find that Jesus had gone out to the desert. In this story, Jesus was being tested. The devil showed up and twisted what Jesus knew about God and...
When you discover something new, it can change youJanuary 15
January 15 When you discover something new, it can change you. In week 3, we find Jesus at the Jordan River (John 1:19- 42 and John 3:22-36). Jesus’ cousin, John the Baptist, was out by the Jordan River baptizing people and preparing the way for the Promised Savior....
Knowing God is the most important thingJanuary 8
January 8 Knowing God is the most important thing. In Luke 2:41-52, we discover a moment from Jesus’ childhood when he stayed behind in Jerusalem after the Passover feast. Jesus was fully God, but he was also fully human. And as a human, Jesus recognized something...
Never stop searching for what’s trueJanuary 1
January 1 Never stop searching for what's true. We kick off January with the end of the Christmas story. In Matthew 2:1-12, we meet wise men from the east whose lives were dedicated to discovering more about the universe. One night they noticed a bright star that led...
The good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
Hold on because God is still in controlOctober 30
October 30 Hold on because God is still in control. We finish up the month in Exodus 13:17-14:31. God’s people were on their way out of Egypt. Everything was looking great for the Hebrews, until Pharaoh changed his mind. Moses and the Hebrew people found themselves...
Hold on because God knows what you’re going throughOctober 23
October 23 Hold on because God knows what you're going through. In week four, we discover God’s plan for rescuing the Israelites. In Exodus 3-6; 7-12:42, we see how God’s plan started. Moses was watching sheep on the side of a mountain and saw a bush on fire—but it...
Hold on even when you don’t know what to doOctober 16
October 16 Hold on even when you don't know what to do. In week three, we head to Exodus 2:1-10. Joseph’s family, God’s people, were growing in number. Pharaoh enslaved them and made life miserable for them. That’s where Moses came in. Moses was born when Pharaoh went...
Hold on because there’s a bigger storyOctober 9
October 9 Hold on because there's a bigger story. Next, we continue Joseph’s story in Genesis 41-45, where Joseph was in prison, forgotten. Pharaoh had a dream that no one could interpret. The cupbearer remembered how Joseph had interpreted his dream. At once, Pharaoh...
Hold on because God is with youOctober 2
October 2 Hold on because God is with you. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Genesis 37, 39-40. We learn how Joseph was his father, Jacob’s, favorite son. Joseph’s brothers were completely jealous—with their jealousy fueled by Joseph’s dreams that had them...
You can trust God even when you’re worriedSeptember 25
September 25 You can trust God even when you're worried. We finish the month by discovering what happened to Jacob and Esau’s relationship. In Genesis 31:3, 32:3- 32, and 33:1-17, we find out that Jacob knows that God wants him to return home after years of living...
You can trust that God has a planSeptember 18
September 18 You can trust that God has a plan. In week 3, we meet Isaac’s sons Jacob and Esau in Genesis 25, 27, and 28. Jacob and Esau always had a complicated relationship from the moment they were born. Jacob eventually took advantage of Esau’s moment of...
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolApril 16Jesus is alive, and He wants to be our friend forever.After Jesus came back, he goes to his disciples and makes breakfast for them on a beach. Can you imagine what they were thinking as they sat with Jesus eating and talking? They saw Jesus die, and now there he is, again…alive! And now Jesus wants to be our friend forever.
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April 16 Jesus is alive, and He wants to be our friend forever. After Jesus came back, he goes to his disciples and makes breakfast for them on a beach. Can you imagine what they were thinking as they sat with Jesus eating and talking? They saw Jesus die, and now...
Jesus is aliveApril 9
April 9 Jesus is alive. This week we will share with our preschoolers the foundation of our faith. Jesus, God’s Son, died, and on the third day… 1, 2, 3 … Jesus came back, just like he said he would! Jesus is alive!DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
We celebrate Jesus because He is specialApril 2
April 2 We celebrate Jesus because He is special. 1, 2, 3… it’s Easter! And we are SO excited to share with our youngest friends that Jesus is alive! We want our preschoolers to know that Jesus isn’t just a character in stories. Jesus is alive, and he wants to be...
I can love everyone like JesusMarch 26
March 26 I can love everyone like Jesus. Jesus chooses 12 men to be his disciples. As we get to know the different backgrounds and professions of those first 12, we quickly see that Jesus loves everyone, no matter what, and when we love everyone, we love like...
I can share like JesusMarch 19
March 19 I can share like Jesus. As Jesus watches a crowd of people walking towards him, Jesus wanted to help them by giving them food. So, that’s what he did! Jesus feeds over 5,000 people with just five loaves of bread and two fish. And when we take the time to...
I can be kind like JesusMarch 12
March 12 I can be kind like Jesus. A woman is so desperate to be healed from 12 years of sickness, that she risks everything just to touch Jesus’ clothes. Yes, her body is healed, but the woman also experiences the kind words of Jesus. Kindness is powerful because...
I can love like JesusMarch 5
March 5 I can love like Jesus. Jesus washes his disciples’ feet. Jesus does this to show everyone who would follow him what it looks like to love the way he loves. It’s not exactly what Jesus’ first disciples thought love would look like, but when we put other people...
Jesus loves me no matter whatFebruary 26
February 26 Jesus loves me no matter what. A woman shows she is thankful and loves Jesus by washing his feet and using her special perfume. Jesus showed us that His love is bigger than anything wrong we have done or ever will do. There is nothing wider or longer or...
Jesus loves me and wants to help meFebruary 19
February 19 Jesus loves me and wants to help me. In week three, we will hear how Jesus used his power to do something that was so amazing, it left the disciples totally awestruck. In the middle of a big storm when they are out on a boat at night, Jesus told the winds...
Jesus loves me and wants to spend time with meFebruary 12
February 12 Jesus loves me and wants to spend time with me. Jesus visits the home of Mary and Martha. Mary sits at Jesus’ feet while Martha is very busy making sure everything is perfect for Jesus. Jesus thinks we are special, and He wants to spend time with us, just...
Jesus loves meFebruary 5
February 5 Jesus loves me. Have you noticed any heart-shaped candy boxes or giant teddy bears in stores yet? It’s that time of year when we do extra special things to show people how much we love them. One sweet way to do that has always been with candy hearts. Candy...
Jesus’ kindness is amazingJanuary 29
January 29 Jesus' kindness is amazing. We will end our time in our wonderful workshop with a story about Jesus using his amazing powers to show kindness to a man born blind. Once again, Jesus showed people that he can do things that only he can do, and that makes...
Jesus’ miracles are amazingJanuary 22
January 22 Jesus' miracles are amazing. In week four, we get to meet Peter when our amazing Jesus climbs onto his boat. Even though Peter did not catch any fish before, Jesus fills the nets with SO many fish that the fish fills two boats! Peter knew right away that...
Jesus’ power is amazingJanuary 15
January 15 Jesus' power is amazing. In week three, we will hear how Jesus used his power to do something that was so amazing, it left the disciples totally awestruck. In the middle of a big storm when they are out on a boat at night, Jesus told the winds and waves to...
Jesus is amazingJanuary 8
January 8 Jesus is amazing. In week two, we will hear how Jesus amazed his disciples and others with His first miracle. One minute there was no more wine for the wedding party. And the next, the master of ceremonies declares the water Jesus had turned into wine to be...
Jesus’ teaching is amazingJanuary 1
January 1 Jesus' teaching is amazing. We begin in week one with the story of 12-year-old Jesus. His parents were frantic when they realized he was missing, but they eventually discovered he had been in the temple the whole time, amazing the grown-ups with how much he...
The wise men come to see God’s sonDecember 18
December 18 The wise men come to see God's son. Our Bible story this week is about some Wise Men who followed a special star so they could find Jesus. The wise men knew Jesus was special. That’s why they worshipped Jesus and gave Him gifts. We know Jesus is special...
The shepherds run to JesusDecember 11
December 11 The shepherds run to Jesus. One night, while some shepherds were watching their sheep and taking care of them, an angel came to see them. The angel said, ‘Don’t be afraid! I have good news! Jesus has been born! You will find Him lying in a manger.’ Then...
Jesus is bornDecember 4
December 4 Jesus is born. “Before Baby Jesus was born, Mary, Jesus’ mom, and Joseph had to go a long way to a city called Bethlehem. When they got there, they needed a place to sleep. They finally found a place, but it was a stable where animals sleep. That stable is...
God told Mary she would have His Son, JesusNovember 27
November 27 God told Mary she would have His Son, Jesus. One day, God sent an angel to tell Mary some good news. She was going to have a baby! And His name would be Jesus. Jesus is special because He's God's son! DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
I can thank God for family and friendsNovember 20
November 20 I can thank God for family and friends. One time, the Israelites were attacked, and as long as Moses held his hands up, the Israelites would win. But Moses became so tired he couldn’t keep his arms up any longer. Thankfully, his brother Aaron and their...
I can thank God for foodNovember 13
November 13 I can thank God for food. A widow uses her last bit of food to feed the prophet, Elijah. And then, just as Elijah said God would do, God made sure the widow had enough food for herself, her son, and Elijah to eat. Through this story, we see that God is...
I can thank God for God is goodNovember 6
November 6 I can thank God for God is good. We begin in week one by talking about how we can thank God because God is good! When we look around at all of the good things in the world, the first thing we should do is say, “Thank you, God!” because every good and...
God has plans for meOctober 30
October 30 God has plans for me. The prophet Jeremiah will help us wrap up the month with the wonderful truth that God knows the plans He has for us. This means even when we don’t understand the plans, we can still trust the One who does. We can trust God because of...
God’s plans are always bestOctober 23
October 23 God's plans are always best. In the second part of Joseph’s story, we get to see that God’s plans for Joseph really did work out, and not just for Joseph either. Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, needed hep understanding his dreams, and God helped Joseph...
I can trust God’s plans even when they’re hardOctober 16
October 16 I can trust God's plans even when they're hard. We meet a new guy who trusted God’s plans for him. His name is Joseph. If anyone ever had reasons to doubt God’s plans, it had to be Joseph. His jealous older brothers throw him in a hole and sell him into...
God keeps His promisesOctober 9
October 9 God keeps His promises. We get to introduce preschoolers to the very…first…rainbow! And even better, we get to teach them that the rainbow is part of God’s plans for them. Every time we see a rainbow in the sky, God is also looking at that same rainbow and...
I can always trust God’s plansOctober 2
October 2 I can always trust God's plans. We will share one of the most exciting and well-loved Bible stories with preschoolers – Noah’s Ark! Now we love the story because we get to read all of it in one sitting, and we know how God’s plans work out for Noah. But...
God loves me when I’m happySeptember 25
September 25 God loves me when I'm happy. God gave Sarah and Abraham a child…after they had waited a very, very, VERY long time. Sarah was so happy that it literally brought Sarah laughter! Sarah and Abraham knew they could trust God with all their heart and that God...
God loves me when I’m frustratedSeptember 18
September 18 God loves me when I'm frustrated. Moses was leading the Israelites, but they complained no matter what God did for them. Moses talked to God about his feelings of frustration, and God sent people to help Moses! Moses knew he could trust God with all his...
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryApril 16Put others first because Jesus put you first.In Philippians 2:3-8, Paul explains how Jesus is the ultimate example of humility. He writes, “As you deal with one another, you should think and act as Jesus did. . . . he was humble and obeyed God completely. He did this even though it led to his death.” (NIrV) As God’s Son, Jesus is equal with God, but instead of using that to his advantage, Jesus became one of us. He put us first and made a way for us to have a relationship with God.
Put others first because Jesus put you first. When it comes to our interactions with others, we should remember what Jesus did for us. Rather than thinking that we’re the best or that we deserve the most, we should remember that Jesus deserved everything, but gave it up because he loved us so much. When we put others first, we show them a glimpse of what Jesus did for the entire world.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsPut others first because Jesus put you firstApril 16
April 16 Put others first because Jesus put you first. In Philippians 2:3-8, Paul explains how Jesus is the ultimate example of humility. He writes, “As you deal with one another, you should think and act as Jesus did. . . . he was humble and obeyed God completely. He...
Celebrate because Jesus is aliveApril 9
April 9 Celebrate because Jesus is alive. For week 2, we celebrate Easter by taking a closer look at John 18:12-20:23. The religious leaders were up in arms because Jesus had claimed to be God. It didn’t matter that this was TRUE; the leaders were still ready to dish...
Jesus put others firstApril 2
April 2 Jesus put others first. We live in a “me-centered” world, where people act as if the world revolves around them. It can be hard to figure out how to be humble throughout the different circumstances we face. Thankfully, we don’t have to figure this out on our...
God will always forgive youMarch 26
March 26 God will always forgive you. We end the month in Luke 15:11-32, when Jesus shared a parable to help people understand God’s amazing grace and forgiveness. A son came to his father and asked for his share of the inheritance. This broke the father’s heart, but...
Forgive others because God forgives youMarch 19
March 19 Forgive others because God forgives you. In week 3, we discover one of Jesus’ parables recorded for us in Matthew 18:21-35. Jesus told this parable because Peter asked a question about forgiveness. Peter might have thought he was doing pretty well to say he’d...
When you forgive others, it can change themMarch 12
March 12 When you forgive others, it can change them. In week 2, we find Jesus interacting with an unexpected person in Luke 19:1-10: Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus was a tax collector working for Rome. He earned a reputation for taking advantage of his fellow Jewish people....
Everyone needs forgivenessMarch 5
March 5 Everyone needs forgiveness. No matter how much we mess up, God will always forgive us. Jesus even chose to forgive those who were crucifying him. Because God forgives us, we should work hard to forgive others. We can decide that someone who has wronged us...
Remember God is most importantFebruary 26
February 26 Remember God is most important. We finish our month on respect in Matthew 8:5-13, where we find a Roman commander. This man was in charge of soldiers, who did whatever he told them to do. Yet when the commander’s servant became seriously ill, he realized...
Take time to show others they are importantFebruary 19
February 19 Take time to show others they are important. In week three, we find Jesus at the home of his friends Mary and Martha. In Luke 10:38-42, we find how these two sisters had different things in mind when it came to having Jesus in their home. Mary sat at...
Show respect even when you don’t get alongFebruary 12
February 12 Show respect even when you don’t get along. Jesus brought His followers to a mountain to explain to them what it means to live as part of God’s kingdom. During that message, Jesus said something surprising about loving others and treating them with...
Include people who are left outFebruary 5
February 5 Include people who are left out. We start the month in Luke 5:1-11, 27-32. Jesus had recently returned from 40 days in the desert and was ready to start his ministry. First, he chose 12 disciples who would learn from Him and eventually carry on the mission...
If you don’t understand something, askJanuary 29
January 29 If you don’t understand something, ask. We finish up the month in Matthew 11:1-6 where we read that John the Baptist was in prison. John seemed to wonder if Jesus was truly the Savior that God had promised. John sent two of his disciples to ask Jesus his...
Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choiceJanuary 22
January 22 Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choice. After Jesus’ baptism, we head to Luke 4:1-13 and find that Jesus had gone out to the desert. In this story, Jesus was being tested. The devil showed up and twisted what Jesus knew about God and...
When you discover something new, it can change youJanuary 15
January 15 When you discover something new, it can change you. In week 3, we find Jesus at the Jordan River (John 1:19- 42 and John 3:22-36). Jesus’ cousin, John the Baptist, was out by the Jordan River baptizing people and preparing the way for the Promised Savior....
Knowing God is the most important thingJanuary 8
January 8 Knowing God is the most important thing. In Luke 2:41-52, we discover a moment from Jesus’ childhood when he stayed behind in Jerusalem after the Passover feast. Jesus was fully God, but he was also fully human. And as a human, Jesus recognized something...
Never stop searching for what’s trueJanuary 1
January 1 Never stop searching for what's true. We kick off January with the end of the Christmas story. In Matthew 2:1-12, we meet wise men from the east whose lives were dedicated to discovering more about the universe. One night they noticed a bright star that led...
The good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
Hold on because God is still in controlOctober 30
October 30 Hold on because God is still in control. We finish up the month in Exodus 13:17-14:31. God’s people were on their way out of Egypt. Everything was looking great for the Hebrews, until Pharaoh changed his mind. Moses and the Hebrew people found themselves...
Hold on because God knows what you’re going throughOctober 23
October 23 Hold on because God knows what you're going through. In week four, we discover God’s plan for rescuing the Israelites. In Exodus 3-6; 7-12:42, we see how God’s plan started. Moses was watching sheep on the side of a mountain and saw a bush on fire—but it...
Hold on even when you don’t know what to doOctober 16
October 16 Hold on even when you don't know what to do. In week three, we head to Exodus 2:1-10. Joseph’s family, God’s people, were growing in number. Pharaoh enslaved them and made life miserable for them. That’s where Moses came in. Moses was born when Pharaoh went...
Hold on because there’s a bigger storyOctober 9
October 9 Hold on because there's a bigger story. Next, we continue Joseph’s story in Genesis 41-45, where Joseph was in prison, forgotten. Pharaoh had a dream that no one could interpret. The cupbearer remembered how Joseph had interpreted his dream. At once, Pharaoh...
Hold on because God is with youOctober 2
October 2 Hold on because God is with you. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Genesis 37, 39-40. We learn how Joseph was his father, Jacob’s, favorite son. Joseph’s brothers were completely jealous—with their jealousy fueled by Joseph’s dreams that had them...
You can trust God even when you’re worriedSeptember 25
September 25 You can trust God even when you're worried. We finish the month by discovering what happened to Jacob and Esau’s relationship. In Genesis 31:3, 32:3- 32, and 33:1-17, we find out that Jacob knows that God wants him to return home after years of living...
You can trust that God has a planSeptember 18
September 18 You can trust that God has a plan. In week 3, we meet Isaac’s sons Jacob and Esau in Genesis 25, 27, and 28. Jacob and Esau always had a complicated relationship from the moment they were born. Jacob eventually took advantage of Esau’s moment of...
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryApril 9Celebrate because Jesus is alive.For week 2, we celebrate Easter by taking a closer look at John 18:12-20:23. The religious leaders were up in arms because Jesus had claimed to be God. It didn’t matter that this was TRUE; the leaders were still ready to dish out the ultimate punishment. And Jesus chose to humble Himself, give up everything, and go to the cross. Then, God raised Jesus back to life! We’ll see how Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection make it possible for us to have a forever relationship with God.
Celebrate because Jesus is alive. This is what Easter is all about. Jesus put us first. He gave up everything He deserved in order to rescue us from the consequences of sin. Jesus conquered death and is alive! We hope that kids leave with a clearer understanding of how much God loves us and wants to have a relationship with us through Jesus.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsCelebrate because Jesus is aliveApril 9
April 9 Celebrate because Jesus is alive. For week 2, we celebrate Easter by taking a closer look at John 18:12-20:23. The religious leaders were up in arms because Jesus had claimed to be God. It didn’t matter that this was TRUE; the leaders were still ready to dish...
Jesus put others firstApril 2
April 2 Jesus put others first. We live in a “me-centered” world, where people act as if the world revolves around them. It can be hard to figure out how to be humble throughout the different circumstances we face. Thankfully, we don’t have to figure this out on our...
God will always forgive youMarch 26
March 26 God will always forgive you. We end the month in Luke 15:11-32, when Jesus shared a parable to help people understand God’s amazing grace and forgiveness. A son came to his father and asked for his share of the inheritance. This broke the father’s heart, but...
Forgive others because God forgives youMarch 19
March 19 Forgive others because God forgives you. In week 3, we discover one of Jesus’ parables recorded for us in Matthew 18:21-35. Jesus told this parable because Peter asked a question about forgiveness. Peter might have thought he was doing pretty well to say he’d...
When you forgive others, it can change themMarch 12
March 12 When you forgive others, it can change them. In week 2, we find Jesus interacting with an unexpected person in Luke 19:1-10: Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus was a tax collector working for Rome. He earned a reputation for taking advantage of his fellow Jewish people....
Everyone needs forgivenessMarch 5
March 5 Everyone needs forgiveness. No matter how much we mess up, God will always forgive us. Jesus even chose to forgive those who were crucifying him. Because God forgives us, we should work hard to forgive others. We can decide that someone who has wronged us...
Remember God is most importantFebruary 26
February 26 Remember God is most important. We finish our month on respect in Matthew 8:5-13, where we find a Roman commander. This man was in charge of soldiers, who did whatever he told them to do. Yet when the commander’s servant became seriously ill, he realized...
Take time to show others they are importantFebruary 19
February 19 Take time to show others they are important. In week three, we find Jesus at the home of his friends Mary and Martha. In Luke 10:38-42, we find how these two sisters had different things in mind when it came to having Jesus in their home. Mary sat at...
Show respect even when you don’t get alongFebruary 12
February 12 Show respect even when you don’t get along. Jesus brought His followers to a mountain to explain to them what it means to live as part of God’s kingdom. During that message, Jesus said something surprising about loving others and treating them with...
Include people who are left outFebruary 5
February 5 Include people who are left out. We start the month in Luke 5:1-11, 27-32. Jesus had recently returned from 40 days in the desert and was ready to start his ministry. First, he chose 12 disciples who would learn from Him and eventually carry on the mission...
If you don’t understand something, askJanuary 29
January 29 If you don’t understand something, ask. We finish up the month in Matthew 11:1-6 where we read that John the Baptist was in prison. John seemed to wonder if Jesus was truly the Savior that God had promised. John sent two of his disciples to ask Jesus his...
Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choiceJanuary 22
January 22 Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choice. After Jesus’ baptism, we head to Luke 4:1-13 and find that Jesus had gone out to the desert. In this story, Jesus was being tested. The devil showed up and twisted what Jesus knew about God and...
When you discover something new, it can change youJanuary 15
January 15 When you discover something new, it can change you. In week 3, we find Jesus at the Jordan River (John 1:19- 42 and John 3:22-36). Jesus’ cousin, John the Baptist, was out by the Jordan River baptizing people and preparing the way for the Promised Savior....
Knowing God is the most important thingJanuary 8
January 8 Knowing God is the most important thing. In Luke 2:41-52, we discover a moment from Jesus’ childhood when he stayed behind in Jerusalem after the Passover feast. Jesus was fully God, but he was also fully human. And as a human, Jesus recognized something...
Never stop searching for what’s trueJanuary 1
January 1 Never stop searching for what's true. We kick off January with the end of the Christmas story. In Matthew 2:1-12, we meet wise men from the east whose lives were dedicated to discovering more about the universe. One night they noticed a bright star that led...
The good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
Hold on because God is still in controlOctober 30
October 30 Hold on because God is still in control. We finish up the month in Exodus 13:17-14:31. God’s people were on their way out of Egypt. Everything was looking great for the Hebrews, until Pharaoh changed his mind. Moses and the Hebrew people found themselves...
Hold on because God knows what you’re going throughOctober 23
October 23 Hold on because God knows what you're going through. In week four, we discover God’s plan for rescuing the Israelites. In Exodus 3-6; 7-12:42, we see how God’s plan started. Moses was watching sheep on the side of a mountain and saw a bush on fire—but it...
Hold on even when you don’t know what to doOctober 16
October 16 Hold on even when you don't know what to do. In week three, we head to Exodus 2:1-10. Joseph’s family, God’s people, were growing in number. Pharaoh enslaved them and made life miserable for them. That’s where Moses came in. Moses was born when Pharaoh went...
Hold on because there’s a bigger storyOctober 9
October 9 Hold on because there's a bigger story. Next, we continue Joseph’s story in Genesis 41-45, where Joseph was in prison, forgotten. Pharaoh had a dream that no one could interpret. The cupbearer remembered how Joseph had interpreted his dream. At once, Pharaoh...
Hold on because God is with youOctober 2
October 2 Hold on because God is with you. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Genesis 37, 39-40. We learn how Joseph was his father, Jacob’s, favorite son. Joseph’s brothers were completely jealous—with their jealousy fueled by Joseph’s dreams that had them...
You can trust God even when you’re worriedSeptember 25
September 25 You can trust God even when you're worried. We finish the month by discovering what happened to Jacob and Esau’s relationship. In Genesis 31:3, 32:3- 32, and 33:1-17, we find out that Jacob knows that God wants him to return home after years of living...
You can trust that God has a planSeptember 18
September 18 You can trust that God has a plan. In week 3, we meet Isaac’s sons Jacob and Esau in Genesis 25, 27, and 28. Jacob and Esau always had a complicated relationship from the moment they were born. Jacob eventually took advantage of Esau’s moment of...
Trust God no matter whatSeptember 11
September 11 Trust God no matter what. Next, we discover Isaac venturing out on his own. In Genesis 26, we find out that Isaac moved to a region where he reclaimed the wells that had belonged to his father, Abraham. For years no one had cared about the wells until...
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenApril 9Celebrate because Jesus is alive.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESDevotionalParent CueRecent LessonsCelebrate because Jesus is aliveApril 9
April 9 Celebrate because Jesus is alive. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
Jesus put others firstApril 2
April 2 Jesus put others first. We live in a “me-centered” world, where people act as if the world revolves around them. It can be hard to figure out how to be humble throughout the different circumstances we face. Thankfully, we don’t have to figure this out on our...
God will always forgive youMarch 26
March 26 God will always forgive you. We end the month in Luke 15:11-32, when Jesus shared a parable to help people understand God’s amazing grace and forgiveness. A son came to his father and asked for his share of the inheritance. This broke the father’s heart, but...
Forgive others because God forgives youMarch 19
March 19 Forgive others because God forgives you. In week 3, we discover one of Jesus’ parables recorded for us in Matthew 18:21-35. Jesus told this parable because Peter asked a question about forgiveness. Peter might have thought he was doing pretty well to say he’d...
When you forgive others, it can change themMarch 12
March 12 When you forgive others, it can change them. In week 2, we find Jesus interacting with an unexpected person in Luke 19:1-10: Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus was a tax collector working for Rome. He earned a reputation for taking advantage of his fellow Jewish people....
Everyone needs forgivenessMarch 5
March 5 Everyone needs forgiveness. No matter how much we mess up, God will always forgive us. Jesus even chose to forgive those who were crucifying him. Because God forgives us, we should work hard to forgive others. We can decide that someone who has wronged us...
Remember God is most importantFebruary 26
February 26 Remember God is most important. We finish our month on respect in Matthew 8:5-13, where we find a Roman commander. This man was in charge of soldiers, who did whatever he told them to do. Yet when the commander’s servant became seriously ill, he realized...
Take time to show others they are importantFebruary 19
February 19 Take time to show others they are important. In week three, we find Jesus at the home of his friends Mary and Martha. In Luke 10:38-42, we find how these two sisters had different things in mind when it came to having Jesus in their home. Mary sat at...
Show respect even when you don’t get alongFebruary 12
February 12 Show respect even when you don’t get along. Jesus brought His followers to a mountain to explain to them what it means to live as part of God’s kingdom. During that message, Jesus said something surprising about loving others and treating them with...
Include people who are left outFebruary 5
February 5 Include people who are left out. We start the month in Luke 5:1-11, 27-32. Jesus had recently returned from 40 days in the desert and was ready to start his ministry. First, he chose 12 disciples who would learn from Him and eventually carry on the mission...
If you don’t understand something, askJanuary 29
January 29 If you don’t understand something, ask. We finish up the month in Matthew 11:1-6 where we read that John the Baptist was in prison. John seemed to wonder if Jesus was truly the Savior that God had promised. John sent two of his disciples to ask Jesus his...
Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choiceJanuary 22
January 22 Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choice. After Jesus’ baptism, we head to Luke 4:1-13 and find that Jesus had gone out to the desert. In this story, Jesus was being tested. The devil showed up and twisted what Jesus knew about God and...
When you discover something new, it can change youJanuary 15
January 15 When you discover something new, it can change you. In week 3, we find Jesus at the Jordan River (John 1:19- 42 and John 3:22-36). Jesus’ cousin, John the Baptist, was out by the Jordan River baptizing people and preparing the way for the Promised Savior....
Knowing God is the most important thingJanuary 8
January 8 Knowing God is the most important thing. In Luke 2:41-52, we discover a moment from Jesus’ childhood when he stayed behind in Jerusalem after the Passover feast. Jesus was fully God, but he was also fully human. And as a human, Jesus recognized something...
Never stop searching for what’s trueJanuary 1
January 1 Never stop searching for what's true. We kick off January with the end of the Christmas story. In Matthew 2:1-12, we meet wise men from the east whose lives were dedicated to discovering more about the universe. One night they noticed a bright star that led...
The good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
Hold on because God is still in controlOctober 30
October 30 Hold on because God is still in control. We finish up the month in Exodus 13:17-14:31. God’s people were on their way out of Egypt. Everything was looking great for the Hebrews, until Pharaoh changed his mind. Moses and the Hebrew people found themselves...
Hold on because God knows what you’re going throughOctober 23
October 23 Hold on because God knows what you're going through. In week four, we discover God’s plan for rescuing the Israelites. In Exodus 3-6; 7-12:42, we see how God’s plan started. Moses was watching sheep on the side of a mountain and saw a bush on fire—but it...
Hold on even when you don’t know what to doOctober 16
October 16 Hold on even when you don't know what to do. In week three, we head to Exodus 2:1-10. Joseph’s family, God’s people, were growing in number. Pharaoh enslaved them and made life miserable for them. That’s where Moses came in. Moses was born when Pharaoh went...
Hold on because there’s a bigger storyOctober 9
October 9 Hold on because there's a bigger story. Next, we continue Joseph’s story in Genesis 41-45, where Joseph was in prison, forgotten. Pharaoh had a dream that no one could interpret. The cupbearer remembered how Joseph had interpreted his dream. At once, Pharaoh...
Hold on because God is with youOctober 2
October 2 Hold on because God is with you. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Genesis 37, 39-40. We learn how Joseph was his father, Jacob’s, favorite son. Joseph’s brothers were completely jealous—with their jealousy fueled by Joseph’s dreams that had them...
You can trust God even when you’re worriedSeptember 25
September 25 You can trust God even when you're worried. We finish the month by discovering what happened to Jacob and Esau’s relationship. In Genesis 31:3, 32:3- 32, and 33:1-17, we find out that Jacob knows that God wants him to return home after years of living...
You can trust that God has a planSeptember 18
September 18 You can trust that God has a plan. In week 3, we meet Isaac’s sons Jacob and Esau in Genesis 25, 27, and 28. Jacob and Esau always had a complicated relationship from the moment they were born. Jacob eventually took advantage of Esau’s moment of...
Trust God no matter whatSeptember 11
September 11 Trust God no matter what. Next, we discover Isaac venturing out on his own. In Genesis 26, we find out that Isaac moved to a region where he reclaimed the wells that had belonged to his father, Abraham. For years no one had cared about the wells until...
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolApril 9Jesus is alive.This week we will share with our preschoolers the foundation of our faith. Jesus, God’s Son, died, and on the third day… 1, 2, 3 … Jesus came back, just like he said he would! Jesus is alive!
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April 9 Jesus is alive. This week we will share with our preschoolers the foundation of our faith. Jesus, God’s Son, died, and on the third day… 1, 2, 3 … Jesus came back, just like he said he would! Jesus is alive!DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
We celebrate Jesus because He is specialApril 2
April 2 We celebrate Jesus because He is special. 1, 2, 3… it’s Easter! And we are SO excited to share with our youngest friends that Jesus is alive! We want our preschoolers to know that Jesus isn’t just a character in stories. Jesus is alive, and he wants to be...
I can love everyone like JesusMarch 26
March 26 I can love everyone like Jesus. Jesus chooses 12 men to be his disciples. As we get to know the different backgrounds and professions of those first 12, we quickly see that Jesus loves everyone, no matter what, and when we love everyone, we love like...
I can share like JesusMarch 19
March 19 I can share like Jesus. As Jesus watches a crowd of people walking towards him, Jesus wanted to help them by giving them food. So, that’s what he did! Jesus feeds over 5,000 people with just five loaves of bread and two fish. And when we take the time to...
I can be kind like JesusMarch 12
March 12 I can be kind like Jesus. A woman is so desperate to be healed from 12 years of sickness, that she risks everything just to touch Jesus’ clothes. Yes, her body is healed, but the woman also experiences the kind words of Jesus. Kindness is powerful because...
I can love like JesusMarch 5
March 5 I can love like Jesus. Jesus washes his disciples’ feet. Jesus does this to show everyone who would follow him what it looks like to love the way he loves. It’s not exactly what Jesus’ first disciples thought love would look like, but when we put other people...
Jesus loves me no matter whatFebruary 26
February 26 Jesus loves me no matter what. A woman shows she is thankful and loves Jesus by washing his feet and using her special perfume. Jesus showed us that His love is bigger than anything wrong we have done or ever will do. There is nothing wider or longer or...
Jesus loves me and wants to help meFebruary 19
February 19 Jesus loves me and wants to help me. In week three, we will hear how Jesus used his power to do something that was so amazing, it left the disciples totally awestruck. In the middle of a big storm when they are out on a boat at night, Jesus told the winds...
Jesus loves me and wants to spend time with meFebruary 12
February 12 Jesus loves me and wants to spend time with me. Jesus visits the home of Mary and Martha. Mary sits at Jesus’ feet while Martha is very busy making sure everything is perfect for Jesus. Jesus thinks we are special, and He wants to spend time with us, just...
Jesus loves meFebruary 5
February 5 Jesus loves me. Have you noticed any heart-shaped candy boxes or giant teddy bears in stores yet? It’s that time of year when we do extra special things to show people how much we love them. One sweet way to do that has always been with candy hearts. Candy...
Jesus’ kindness is amazingJanuary 29
January 29 Jesus' kindness is amazing. We will end our time in our wonderful workshop with a story about Jesus using his amazing powers to show kindness to a man born blind. Once again, Jesus showed people that he can do things that only he can do, and that makes...
Jesus’ miracles are amazingJanuary 22
January 22 Jesus' miracles are amazing. In week four, we get to meet Peter when our amazing Jesus climbs onto his boat. Even though Peter did not catch any fish before, Jesus fills the nets with SO many fish that the fish fills two boats! Peter knew right away that...
Jesus’ power is amazingJanuary 15
January 15 Jesus' power is amazing. In week three, we will hear how Jesus used his power to do something that was so amazing, it left the disciples totally awestruck. In the middle of a big storm when they are out on a boat at night, Jesus told the winds and waves to...
Jesus is amazingJanuary 8
January 8 Jesus is amazing. In week two, we will hear how Jesus amazed his disciples and others with His first miracle. One minute there was no more wine for the wedding party. And the next, the master of ceremonies declares the water Jesus had turned into wine to be...
Jesus’ teaching is amazingJanuary 1
January 1 Jesus' teaching is amazing. We begin in week one with the story of 12-year-old Jesus. His parents were frantic when they realized he was missing, but they eventually discovered he had been in the temple the whole time, amazing the grown-ups with how much he...
The wise men come to see God’s sonDecember 18
December 18 The wise men come to see God's son. Our Bible story this week is about some Wise Men who followed a special star so they could find Jesus. The wise men knew Jesus was special. That’s why they worshipped Jesus and gave Him gifts. We know Jesus is special...
The shepherds run to JesusDecember 11
December 11 The shepherds run to Jesus. One night, while some shepherds were watching their sheep and taking care of them, an angel came to see them. The angel said, ‘Don’t be afraid! I have good news! Jesus has been born! You will find Him lying in a manger.’ Then...
Jesus is bornDecember 4
December 4 Jesus is born. “Before Baby Jesus was born, Mary, Jesus’ mom, and Joseph had to go a long way to a city called Bethlehem. When they got there, they needed a place to sleep. They finally found a place, but it was a stable where animals sleep. That stable is...
God told Mary she would have His Son, JesusNovember 27
November 27 God told Mary she would have His Son, Jesus. One day, God sent an angel to tell Mary some good news. She was going to have a baby! And His name would be Jesus. Jesus is special because He's God's son! DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
I can thank God for family and friendsNovember 20
November 20 I can thank God for family and friends. One time, the Israelites were attacked, and as long as Moses held his hands up, the Israelites would win. But Moses became so tired he couldn’t keep his arms up any longer. Thankfully, his brother Aaron and their...
I can thank God for foodNovember 13
November 13 I can thank God for food. A widow uses her last bit of food to feed the prophet, Elijah. And then, just as Elijah said God would do, God made sure the widow had enough food for herself, her son, and Elijah to eat. Through this story, we see that God is...
I can thank God for God is goodNovember 6
November 6 I can thank God for God is good. We begin in week one by talking about how we can thank God because God is good! When we look around at all of the good things in the world, the first thing we should do is say, “Thank you, God!” because every good and...
God has plans for meOctober 30
October 30 God has plans for me. The prophet Jeremiah will help us wrap up the month with the wonderful truth that God knows the plans He has for us. This means even when we don’t understand the plans, we can still trust the One who does. We can trust God because of...
God’s plans are always bestOctober 23
October 23 God's plans are always best. In the second part of Joseph’s story, we get to see that God’s plans for Joseph really did work out, and not just for Joseph either. Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, needed hep understanding his dreams, and God helped Joseph...
I can trust God’s plans even when they’re hardOctober 16
October 16 I can trust God's plans even when they're hard. We meet a new guy who trusted God’s plans for him. His name is Joseph. If anyone ever had reasons to doubt God’s plans, it had to be Joseph. His jealous older brothers throw him in a hole and sell him into...
God keeps His promisesOctober 9
October 9 God keeps His promises. We get to introduce preschoolers to the very…first…rainbow! And even better, we get to teach them that the rainbow is part of God’s plans for them. Every time we see a rainbow in the sky, God is also looking at that same rainbow and...
I can always trust God’s plansOctober 2
October 2 I can always trust God's plans. We will share one of the most exciting and well-loved Bible stories with preschoolers – Noah’s Ark! Now we love the story because we get to read all of it in one sitting, and we know how God’s plans work out for Noah. But...
God loves me when I’m happySeptember 25
September 25 God loves me when I'm happy. God gave Sarah and Abraham a child…after they had waited a very, very, VERY long time. Sarah was so happy that it literally brought Sarah laughter! Sarah and Abraham knew they could trust God with all their heart and that God...
God loves me when I’m frustratedSeptember 18
September 18 God loves me when I'm frustrated. Moses was leading the Israelites, but they complained no matter what God did for them. Moses talked to God about his feelings of frustration, and God sent people to help Moses! Moses knew he could trust God with all his...
God loves me when I’m afraidSeptember 11
September 11 God loves me when I'm afraid. Gideon knew what it was like to feel afraid. Gideon was so afraid of the Midianites that he hid in a hole to thresh his wheat! But God sent an angel to talk with Gideon and let him know that the Lord was with him. Gideon knew...
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Palm SundayJohn 7:37–39 “On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, ‘If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.’ By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.”
Palm Sundayby Rob Barnes
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolApril 2We celebrate Jesus because He is special.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsWe celebrate Jesus because He is specialApril 2
April 2 We celebrate Jesus because He is special. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
I can love everyone like JesusMarch 26
March 26 I can love everyone like Jesus. Jesus chooses 12 men to be his disciples. As we get to know the different backgrounds and professions of those first 12, we quickly see that Jesus loves everyone, no matter what, and when we love everyone, we love like...
I can share like JesusMarch 19
March 19 I can share like Jesus. As Jesus watches a crowd of people walking towards him, Jesus wanted to help them by giving them food. So, that’s what he did! Jesus feeds over 5,000 people with just five loaves of bread and two fish. And when we take the time to...
I can be kind like JesusMarch 12
March 12 I can be kind like Jesus. A woman is so desperate to be healed from 12 years of sickness, that she risks everything just to touch Jesus’ clothes. Yes, her body is healed, but the woman also experiences the kind words of Jesus. Kindness is powerful because...
I can love like JesusMarch 5
March 5 I can love like Jesus. Jesus washes his disciples’ feet. Jesus does this to show everyone who would follow him what it looks like to love the way he loves. It’s not exactly what Jesus’ first disciples thought love would look like, but when we put other people...
Jesus loves me no matter whatFebruary 26
February 26 Jesus loves me no matter what. A woman shows she is thankful and loves Jesus by washing his feet and using her special perfume. Jesus showed us that His love is bigger than anything wrong we have done or ever will do. There is nothing wider or longer or...
Jesus loves me and wants to help meFebruary 19
February 19 Jesus loves me and wants to help me. In week three, we will hear how Jesus used his power to do something that was so amazing, it left the disciples totally awestruck. In the middle of a big storm when they are out on a boat at night, Jesus told the winds...
Jesus loves me and wants to spend time with meFebruary 12
February 12 Jesus loves me and wants to spend time with me. Jesus visits the home of Mary and Martha. Mary sits at Jesus’ feet while Martha is very busy making sure everything is perfect for Jesus. Jesus thinks we are special, and He wants to spend time with us, just...
Jesus loves meFebruary 5
February 5 Jesus loves me. Have you noticed any heart-shaped candy boxes or giant teddy bears in stores yet? It’s that time of year when we do extra special things to show people how much we love them. One sweet way to do that has always been with candy hearts. Candy...
Jesus’ kindness is amazingJanuary 29
January 29 Jesus' kindness is amazing. We will end our time in our wonderful workshop with a story about Jesus using his amazing powers to show kindness to a man born blind. Once again, Jesus showed people that he can do things that only he can do, and that makes...
Jesus’ miracles are amazingJanuary 22
January 22 Jesus' miracles are amazing. In week four, we get to meet Peter when our amazing Jesus climbs onto his boat. Even though Peter did not catch any fish before, Jesus fills the nets with SO many fish that the fish fills two boats! Peter knew right away that...
Jesus’ power is amazingJanuary 15
January 15 Jesus' power is amazing. In week three, we will hear how Jesus used his power to do something that was so amazing, it left the disciples totally awestruck. In the middle of a big storm when they are out on a boat at night, Jesus told the winds and waves to...
Jesus is amazingJanuary 8
January 8 Jesus is amazing. In week two, we will hear how Jesus amazed his disciples and others with His first miracle. One minute there was no more wine for the wedding party. And the next, the master of ceremonies declares the water Jesus had turned into wine to be...
Jesus’ teaching is amazingJanuary 1
January 1 Jesus' teaching is amazing. We begin in week one with the story of 12-year-old Jesus. His parents were frantic when they realized he was missing, but they eventually discovered he had been in the temple the whole time, amazing the grown-ups with how much he...
The wise men come to see God’s sonDecember 18
December 18 The wise men come to see God's son. Our Bible story this week is about some Wise Men who followed a special star so they could find Jesus. The wise men knew Jesus was special. That’s why they worshipped Jesus and gave Him gifts. We know Jesus is special...
The shepherds run to JesusDecember 11
December 11 The shepherds run to Jesus. One night, while some shepherds were watching their sheep and taking care of them, an angel came to see them. The angel said, ‘Don’t be afraid! I have good news! Jesus has been born! You will find Him lying in a manger.’ Then...
Jesus is bornDecember 4
December 4 Jesus is born. “Before Baby Jesus was born, Mary, Jesus’ mom, and Joseph had to go a long way to a city called Bethlehem. When they got there, they needed a place to sleep. They finally found a place, but it was a stable where animals sleep. That stable is...
God told Mary she would have His Son, JesusNovember 27
November 27 God told Mary she would have His Son, Jesus. One day, God sent an angel to tell Mary some good news. She was going to have a baby! And His name would be Jesus. Jesus is special because He's God's son! DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
I can thank God for family and friendsNovember 20
November 20 I can thank God for family and friends. One time, the Israelites were attacked, and as long as Moses held his hands up, the Israelites would win. But Moses became so tired he couldn’t keep his arms up any longer. Thankfully, his brother Aaron and their...
I can thank God for foodNovember 13
November 13 I can thank God for food. A widow uses her last bit of food to feed the prophet, Elijah. And then, just as Elijah said God would do, God made sure the widow had enough food for herself, her son, and Elijah to eat. Through this story, we see that God is...
I can thank God for God is goodNovember 6
November 6 I can thank God for God is good. We begin in week one by talking about how we can thank God because God is good! When we look around at all of the good things in the world, the first thing we should do is say, “Thank you, God!” because every good and...
God has plans for meOctober 30
October 30 God has plans for me. The prophet Jeremiah will help us wrap up the month with the wonderful truth that God knows the plans He has for us. This means even when we don’t understand the plans, we can still trust the One who does. We can trust God because of...
God’s plans are always bestOctober 23
October 23 God's plans are always best. In the second part of Joseph’s story, we get to see that God’s plans for Joseph really did work out, and not just for Joseph either. Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, needed hep understanding his dreams, and God helped Joseph...
I can trust God’s plans even when they’re hardOctober 16
October 16 I can trust God's plans even when they're hard. We meet a new guy who trusted God’s plans for him. His name is Joseph. If anyone ever had reasons to doubt God’s plans, it had to be Joseph. His jealous older brothers throw him in a hole and sell him into...
God keeps His promisesOctober 9
October 9 God keeps His promises. We get to introduce preschoolers to the very…first…rainbow! And even better, we get to teach them that the rainbow is part of God’s plans for them. Every time we see a rainbow in the sky, God is also looking at that same rainbow and...
I can always trust God’s plansOctober 2
October 2 I can always trust God's plans. We will share one of the most exciting and well-loved Bible stories with preschoolers – Noah’s Ark! Now we love the story because we get to read all of it in one sitting, and we know how God’s plans work out for Noah. But...
God loves me when I’m happySeptember 25
September 25 God loves me when I'm happy. God gave Sarah and Abraham a child…after they had waited a very, very, VERY long time. Sarah was so happy that it literally brought Sarah laughter! Sarah and Abraham knew they could trust God with all their heart and that God...
God loves me when I’m frustratedSeptember 18
September 18 God loves me when I'm frustrated. Moses was leading the Israelites, but they complained no matter what God did for them. Moses talked to God about his feelings of frustration, and God sent people to help Moses! Moses knew he could trust God with all his...
God loves me when I’m afraidSeptember 11
September 11 God loves me when I'm afraid. Gideon knew what it was like to feel afraid. Gideon was so afraid of the Midianites that he hid in a hole to thresh his wheat! But God sent an angel to talk with Gideon and let him know that the Lord was with him. Gideon knew...
God loves me when I’m sadSeptember 4
September 4 God loves me when I'm sad. Hannah was deeply heartbroken because she could not have a baby. Through intense tears of sadness, Hannah talked to God about how she felt. She knew she could trust God with all her heart and that God would love her and help...
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenApril 2Jesus put others first.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESDevotionalParent CueRecent LessonsJesus put others firstApril 2
April 2 Jesus put others first. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
God will always forgive youMarch 26
March 26 God will always forgive you. We end the month in Luke 15:11-32, when Jesus shared a parable to help people understand God’s amazing grace and forgiveness. A son came to his father and asked for his share of the inheritance. This broke the father’s heart, but...
Forgive others because God forgives youMarch 19
March 19 Forgive others because God forgives you. In week 3, we discover one of Jesus’ parables recorded for us in Matthew 18:21-35. Jesus told this parable because Peter asked a question about forgiveness. Peter might have thought he was doing pretty well to say he’d...
When you forgive others, it can change themMarch 12
March 12 When you forgive others, it can change them. In week 2, we find Jesus interacting with an unexpected person in Luke 19:1-10: Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus was a tax collector working for Rome. He earned a reputation for taking advantage of his fellow Jewish people....
Everyone needs forgivenessMarch 5
March 5 Everyone needs forgiveness. No matter how much we mess up, God will always forgive us. Jesus even chose to forgive those who were crucifying him. Because God forgives us, we should work hard to forgive others. We can decide that someone who has wronged us...
Remember God is most importantFebruary 26
February 26 Remember God is most important. We finish our month on respect in Matthew 8:5-13, where we find a Roman commander. This man was in charge of soldiers, who did whatever he told them to do. Yet when the commander’s servant became seriously ill, he realized...
Take time to show others they are importantFebruary 19
February 19 Take time to show others they are important. In week three, we find Jesus at the home of his friends Mary and Martha. In Luke 10:38-42, we find how these two sisters had different things in mind when it came to having Jesus in their home. Mary sat at...
Show respect even when you don’t get alongFebruary 12
February 12 Show respect even when you don’t get along. Jesus brought His followers to a mountain to explain to them what it means to live as part of God’s kingdom. During that message, Jesus said something surprising about loving others and treating them with...
Include people who are left outFebruary 5
February 5 Include people who are left out. We start the month in Luke 5:1-11, 27-32. Jesus had recently returned from 40 days in the desert and was ready to start his ministry. First, he chose 12 disciples who would learn from Him and eventually carry on the mission...
If you don’t understand something, askJanuary 29
January 29 If you don’t understand something, ask. We finish up the month in Matthew 11:1-6 where we read that John the Baptist was in prison. John seemed to wonder if Jesus was truly the Savior that God had promised. John sent two of his disciples to ask Jesus his...
Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choiceJanuary 22
January 22 Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choice. After Jesus’ baptism, we head to Luke 4:1-13 and find that Jesus had gone out to the desert. In this story, Jesus was being tested. The devil showed up and twisted what Jesus knew about God and...
When you discover something new, it can change youJanuary 15
January 15 When you discover something new, it can change you. In week 3, we find Jesus at the Jordan River (John 1:19- 42 and John 3:22-36). Jesus’ cousin, John the Baptist, was out by the Jordan River baptizing people and preparing the way for the Promised Savior....
Knowing God is the most important thingJanuary 8
January 8 Knowing God is the most important thing. In Luke 2:41-52, we discover a moment from Jesus’ childhood when he stayed behind in Jerusalem after the Passover feast. Jesus was fully God, but he was also fully human. And as a human, Jesus recognized something...
Never stop searching for what’s trueJanuary 1
January 1 Never stop searching for what's true. We kick off January with the end of the Christmas story. In Matthew 2:1-12, we meet wise men from the east whose lives were dedicated to discovering more about the universe. One night they noticed a bright star that led...
The good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
Hold on because God is still in controlOctober 30
October 30 Hold on because God is still in control. We finish up the month in Exodus 13:17-14:31. God’s people were on their way out of Egypt. Everything was looking great for the Hebrews, until Pharaoh changed his mind. Moses and the Hebrew people found themselves...
Hold on because God knows what you’re going throughOctober 23
October 23 Hold on because God knows what you're going through. In week four, we discover God’s plan for rescuing the Israelites. In Exodus 3-6; 7-12:42, we see how God’s plan started. Moses was watching sheep on the side of a mountain and saw a bush on fire—but it...
Hold on even when you don’t know what to doOctober 16
October 16 Hold on even when you don't know what to do. In week three, we head to Exodus 2:1-10. Joseph’s family, God’s people, were growing in number. Pharaoh enslaved them and made life miserable for them. That’s where Moses came in. Moses was born when Pharaoh went...
Hold on because there’s a bigger storyOctober 9
October 9 Hold on because there's a bigger story. Next, we continue Joseph’s story in Genesis 41-45, where Joseph was in prison, forgotten. Pharaoh had a dream that no one could interpret. The cupbearer remembered how Joseph had interpreted his dream. At once, Pharaoh...
Hold on because God is with youOctober 2
October 2 Hold on because God is with you. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Genesis 37, 39-40. We learn how Joseph was his father, Jacob’s, favorite son. Joseph’s brothers were completely jealous—with their jealousy fueled by Joseph’s dreams that had them...
You can trust God even when you’re worriedSeptember 25
September 25 You can trust God even when you're worried. We finish the month by discovering what happened to Jacob and Esau’s relationship. In Genesis 31:3, 32:3- 32, and 33:1-17, we find out that Jacob knows that God wants him to return home after years of living...
You can trust that God has a planSeptember 18
September 18 You can trust that God has a plan. In week 3, we meet Isaac’s sons Jacob and Esau in Genesis 25, 27, and 28. Jacob and Esau always had a complicated relationship from the moment they were born. Jacob eventually took advantage of Esau’s moment of...
Trust God no matter whatSeptember 11
September 11 Trust God no matter what. Next, we discover Isaac venturing out on his own. In Genesis 26, we find out that Isaac moved to a region where he reclaimed the wells that had belonged to his father, Abraham. For years no one had cared about the wells until...
Trust God even when you have to waitSeptember 4
September 4 Trust God even when you have to wait. For week one, we pick up where we left off last month and continue with Abraham’s story. In Genesis 15, 18, and 21, we discover that God’s promise to Abraham takes longer than Abraham might have thought. This tests...
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A Generous LifeThree reasons God wants us to learn to be generous with each other.
A Generous Lifeby Kurt Barnes
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryMarch 26God will always forgive you.We end the month in Luke 15:11-32, when Jesus shared a parable to help people understand God’s amazing grace and forgiveness. A son came to his father and asked for his share of the inheritance. This broke the father’s heart, but he went ahead and gave the son what he wanted. The son wasted all of the money hit rock bottom. That’s when he decided to go home to his father and ask for forgiveness. The father welcomed him home with open arms and threw a giant party for him. His older brother, on the other hand, chose not to forgive and became angry with his brother. He not only missed out on a party, but he also missed out on rebuilding a relationship with his brother.
God will always forgive you. Jesus’ parable is such an amazing reminder of God’s love. God’s grace and forgiveness is so deep and wide. When we come to God and ask for forgiveness, God is there waiting with open arms, offering unfailing love that restores the relationship we’ve broken. This is all possible because of Jesus. We pray that every kid understands what Jesus did for them and trusts God with their whole life.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsGod will always forgive youMarch 26
March 26 God will always forgive you. We end the month in Luke 15:11-32, when Jesus shared a parable to help people understand God’s amazing grace and forgiveness. A son came to his father and asked for his share of the inheritance. This broke the father’s heart, but...
Forgive others because God forgives youMarch 19
March 19 Forgive others because God forgives you. In week 3, we discover one of Jesus’ parables recorded for us in Matthew 18:21-35. Jesus told this parable because Peter asked a question about forgiveness. Peter might have thought he was doing pretty well to say he’d...
When you forgive others, it can change themMarch 12
March 12 When you forgive others, it can change them. In week 2, we find Jesus interacting with an unexpected person in Luke 19:1-10: Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus was a tax collector working for Rome. He earned a reputation for taking advantage of his fellow Jewish people....
Everyone needs forgivenessMarch 5
March 5 Everyone needs forgiveness. No matter how much we mess up, God will always forgive us. Jesus even chose to forgive those who were crucifying him. Because God forgives us, we should work hard to forgive others. We can decide that someone who has wronged us...
Remember God is most importantFebruary 26
February 26 Remember God is most important. We finish our month on respect in Matthew 8:5-13, where we find a Roman commander. This man was in charge of soldiers, who did whatever he told them to do. Yet when the commander’s servant became seriously ill, he realized...
Take time to show others they are importantFebruary 19
February 19 Take time to show others they are important. In week three, we find Jesus at the home of his friends Mary and Martha. In Luke 10:38-42, we find how these two sisters had different things in mind when it came to having Jesus in their home. Mary sat at...
Show respect even when you don’t get alongFebruary 12
February 12 Show respect even when you don’t get along. Jesus brought His followers to a mountain to explain to them what it means to live as part of God’s kingdom. During that message, Jesus said something surprising about loving others and treating them with...
Include people who are left outFebruary 5
February 5 Include people who are left out. We start the month in Luke 5:1-11, 27-32. Jesus had recently returned from 40 days in the desert and was ready to start his ministry. First, he chose 12 disciples who would learn from Him and eventually carry on the mission...
If you don’t understand something, askJanuary 29
January 29 If you don’t understand something, ask. We finish up the month in Matthew 11:1-6 where we read that John the Baptist was in prison. John seemed to wonder if Jesus was truly the Savior that God had promised. John sent two of his disciples to ask Jesus his...
Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choiceJanuary 22
January 22 Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choice. After Jesus’ baptism, we head to Luke 4:1-13 and find that Jesus had gone out to the desert. In this story, Jesus was being tested. The devil showed up and twisted what Jesus knew about God and...
When you discover something new, it can change youJanuary 15
January 15 When you discover something new, it can change you. In week 3, we find Jesus at the Jordan River (John 1:19- 42 and John 3:22-36). Jesus’ cousin, John the Baptist, was out by the Jordan River baptizing people and preparing the way for the Promised Savior....
Knowing God is the most important thingJanuary 8
January 8 Knowing God is the most important thing. In Luke 2:41-52, we discover a moment from Jesus’ childhood when he stayed behind in Jerusalem after the Passover feast. Jesus was fully God, but he was also fully human. And as a human, Jesus recognized something...
Never stop searching for what’s trueJanuary 1
January 1 Never stop searching for what's true. We kick off January with the end of the Christmas story. In Matthew 2:1-12, we meet wise men from the east whose lives were dedicated to discovering more about the universe. One night they noticed a bright star that led...
The good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
Hold on because God is still in controlOctober 30
October 30 Hold on because God is still in control. We finish up the month in Exodus 13:17-14:31. God’s people were on their way out of Egypt. Everything was looking great for the Hebrews, until Pharaoh changed his mind. Moses and the Hebrew people found themselves...
Hold on because God knows what you’re going throughOctober 23
October 23 Hold on because God knows what you're going through. In week four, we discover God’s plan for rescuing the Israelites. In Exodus 3-6; 7-12:42, we see how God’s plan started. Moses was watching sheep on the side of a mountain and saw a bush on fire—but it...
Hold on even when you don’t know what to doOctober 16
October 16 Hold on even when you don't know what to do. In week three, we head to Exodus 2:1-10. Joseph’s family, God’s people, were growing in number. Pharaoh enslaved them and made life miserable for them. That’s where Moses came in. Moses was born when Pharaoh went...
Hold on because there’s a bigger storyOctober 9
October 9 Hold on because there's a bigger story. Next, we continue Joseph’s story in Genesis 41-45, where Joseph was in prison, forgotten. Pharaoh had a dream that no one could interpret. The cupbearer remembered how Joseph had interpreted his dream. At once, Pharaoh...
Hold on because God is with youOctober 2
October 2 Hold on because God is with you. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Genesis 37, 39-40. We learn how Joseph was his father, Jacob’s, favorite son. Joseph’s brothers were completely jealous—with their jealousy fueled by Joseph’s dreams that had them...
You can trust God even when you’re worriedSeptember 25
September 25 You can trust God even when you're worried. We finish the month by discovering what happened to Jacob and Esau’s relationship. In Genesis 31:3, 32:3- 32, and 33:1-17, we find out that Jacob knows that God wants him to return home after years of living...
You can trust that God has a planSeptember 18
September 18 You can trust that God has a plan. In week 3, we meet Isaac’s sons Jacob and Esau in Genesis 25, 27, and 28. Jacob and Esau always had a complicated relationship from the moment they were born. Jacob eventually took advantage of Esau’s moment of...
Trust God no matter whatSeptember 11
September 11 Trust God no matter what. Next, we discover Isaac venturing out on his own. In Genesis 26, we find out that Isaac moved to a region where he reclaimed the wells that had belonged to his father, Abraham. For years no one had cared about the wells until...
Trust God even when you have to waitSeptember 4
September 4 Trust God even when you have towait. For week one, we pick up where we left off last month and continue with Abraham’s story. In Genesis 15, 18, and 21, we discover that God’s promise to Abraham takes longer than Abraham might have thought. This tests...
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolMarch 26I can love everyone like Jesus.Jesus chooses 12 men to be his disciples. As we get to know the different backgrounds and professions of those first 12, we quickly see that Jesus loves everyone, no matter what, and when we love everyone, we love like Jesus.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsI can love everyone like JesusMarch 26
March 26 I can love everyone like Jesus. Jesus chooses 12 men to be his disciples. As we get to know the different backgrounds and professions of those first 12, we quickly see that Jesus loves everyone, no matter what, and when we love everyone, we love like...
I can share like JesusMarch 19
March 19 I can share like Jesus. As Jesus watches a crowd of people walking towards him, Jesus wanted to help them by giving them food. So, that’s what he did! Jesus feeds over 5,000 people with just five loaves of bread and two fish. And when we take the time to...
I can be kind like JesusMarch 12
March 12 I can be kind like Jesus. A woman is so desperate to be healed from 12 years of sickness, that she risks everything just to touch Jesus’ clothes. Yes, her body is healed, but the woman also experiences the kind words of Jesus. Kindness is powerful because...
I can love like JesusMarch 5
March 5 I can love like Jesus. Jesus washes his disciples’ feet. Jesus does this to show everyone who would follow him what it looks like to love the way he loves. It’s not exactly what Jesus’ first disciples thought love would look like, but when we put other people...
Jesus loves me no matter whatFebruary 26
February 26 Jesus loves me no matter what. A woman shows she is thankful and loves Jesus by washing his feet and using her special perfume. Jesus showed us that His love is bigger than anything wrong we have done or ever will do. There is nothing wider or longer or...
Jesus loves me and wants to help meFebruary 19
February 19 Jesus loves me and wants to help me. In week three, we will hear how Jesus used his power to do something that was so amazing, it left the disciples totally awestruck. In the middle of a big storm when they are out on a boat at night, Jesus told the winds...
Jesus loves me and wants to spend time with meFebruary 12
February 12 Jesus loves me and wants to spend time with me. Jesus visits the home of Mary and Martha. Mary sits at Jesus’ feet while Martha is very busy making sure everything is perfect for Jesus. Jesus thinks we are special, and He wants to spend time with us, just...
Jesus loves meFebruary 5
February 5 Jesus loves me. Have you noticed any heart-shaped candy boxes or giant teddy bears in stores yet? It’s that time of year when we do extra special things to show people how much we love them. One sweet way to do that has always been with candy hearts. Candy...
Jesus’ kindness is amazingJanuary 29
January 29 Jesus' kindness is amazing. We will end our time in our wonderful workshop with a story about Jesus using his amazing powers to show kindness to a man born blind. Once again, Jesus showed people that he can do things that only he can do, and that makes...
Jesus’ miracles are amazingJanuary 22
January 22 Jesus' miracles are amazing. In week four, we get to meet Peter when our amazing Jesus climbs onto his boat. Even though Peter did not catch any fish before, Jesus fills the nets with SO many fish that the fish fills two boats! Peter knew right away that...
Jesus’ power is amazingJanuary 15
January 15 Jesus' power is amazing. In week three, we will hear how Jesus used his power to do something that was so amazing, it left the disciples totally awestruck. In the middle of a big storm when they are out on a boat at night, Jesus told the winds and waves to...
Jesus is amazingJanuary 8
January 8 Jesus is amazing. In week two, we will hear how Jesus amazed his disciples and others with His first miracle. One minute there was no more wine for the wedding party. And the next, the master of ceremonies declares the water Jesus had turned into wine to be...
Jesus’ teaching is amazingJanuary 1
January 1 Jesus' teaching is amazing. We begin in week one with the story of 12-year-old Jesus. His parents were frantic when they realized he was missing, but they eventually discovered he had been in the temple the whole time, amazing the grown-ups with how much he...
The wise men come to see God’s sonDecember 18
December 18 The wise men come to see God's son. Our Bible story this week is about some Wise Men who followed a special star so they could find Jesus. The wise men knew Jesus was special. That’s why they worshipped Jesus and gave Him gifts. We know Jesus is special...
The shepherds run to JesusDecember 11
December 11 The shepherds run to Jesus. One night, while some shepherds were watching their sheep and taking care of them, an angel came to see them. The angel said, ‘Don’t be afraid! I have good news! Jesus has been born! You will find Him lying in a manger.’ Then...
Jesus is bornDecember 4
December 4 Jesus is born. “Before Baby Jesus was born, Mary, Jesus’ mom, and Joseph had to go a long way to a city called Bethlehem. When they got there, they needed a place to sleep. They finally found a place, but it was a stable where animals sleep. That stable is...
God told Mary she would have His Son, JesusNovember 27
November 27 God told Mary she would have His Son, Jesus. One day, God sent an angel to tell Mary some good news. She was going to have a baby! And His name would be Jesus. Jesus is special because He's God's son! DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
I can thank God for family and friendsNovember 20
November 20 I can thank God for family and friends. One time, the Israelites were attacked, and as long as Moses held his hands up, the Israelites would win. But Moses became so tired he couldn’t keep his arms up any longer. Thankfully, his brother Aaron and their...
I can thank God for foodNovember 13
November 13 I can thank God for food. A widow uses her last bit of food to feed the prophet, Elijah. And then, just as Elijah said God would do, God made sure the widow had enough food for herself, her son, and Elijah to eat. Through this story, we see that God is...
I can thank God for God is goodNovember 6
November 6 I can thank God for God is good. We begin in week one by talking about how we can thank God because God is good! When we look around at all of the good things in the world, the first thing we should do is say, “Thank you, God!” because every good and...
God has plans for meOctober 30
October 30 God has plans for me. The prophet Jeremiah will help us wrap up the month with the wonderful truth that God knows the plans He has for us. This means even when we don’t understand the plans, we can still trust the One who does. We can trust God because of...
God’s plans are always bestOctober 23
October 23 God's plans are always best. In the second part of Joseph’s story, we get to see that God’s plans for Joseph really did work out, and not just for Joseph either. Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, needed hep understanding his dreams, and God helped Joseph...
I can trust God’s plans even when they’re hardOctober 16
October 16 I can trust God's plans even when they're hard. We meet a new guy who trusted God’s plans for him. His name is Joseph. If anyone ever had reasons to doubt God’s plans, it had to be Joseph. His jealous older brothers throw him in a hole and sell him into...
God keeps His promisesOctober 9
October 9 God keeps His promises. We get to introduce preschoolers to the very…first…rainbow! And even better, we get to teach them that the rainbow is part of God’s plans for them. Every time we see a rainbow in the sky, God is also looking at that same rainbow and...
I can always trust God’s plansOctober 2
October 2 I can always trust God's plans. We will share one of the most exciting and well-loved Bible stories with preschoolers – Noah’s Ark! Now we love the story because we get to read all of it in one sitting, and we know how God’s plans work out for Noah. But...
God loves me when I’m happySeptember 25
September 25 God loves me when I'm happy. God gave Sarah and Abraham a child…after they had waited a very, very, VERY long time. Sarah was so happy that it literally brought Sarah laughter! Sarah and Abraham knew they could trust God with all their heart and that God...
God loves me when I’m frustratedSeptember 18
September 18 God loves me when I'm frustrated. Moses was leading the Israelites, but they complained no matter what God did for them. Moses talked to God about his feelings of frustration, and God sent people to help Moses! Moses knew he could trust God with all his...
God loves me when I’m afraidSeptember 11
September 11 God loves me when I'm afraid. Gideon knew what it was like to feel afraid. Gideon was so afraid of the Midianites that he hid in a hole to thresh his wheat! But God sent an angel to talk with Gideon and let him know that the Lord was with him. Gideon knew...
God loves me when I’m sadSeptember 4
September 4 God loves me when I'm sad. Hannah was deeply heartbroken because she could not have a baby. Through intense tears of sadness, Hannah talked to God about how she felt. She knew she could trust God with all her heart and that God would love her and help...
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenMarch 26God will always forgive you.We end the month in Luke 15:11-32, when Jesus shared a parable to help people understand God’s amazing grace and forgiveness. A son came to his father and asked for his share of the inheritance. This broke the father’s heart, but he went ahead and gave the son what he wanted. The son wasted all of the money hit rock bottom. That’s when he decided to go home to his father and ask for forgiveness. The father welcomed him home with open arms and threw a giant party for him. His older brother, on the other hand, chose not to forgive and became angry with his brother. He not only missed out on a party, but he also missed out on rebuilding a relationship with his brother.
God will always forgive you. Jesus’ parable is such an amazing reminder of God’s love. God’s grace and forgiveness is so deep and wide. When we come to God and ask for forgiveness, God is there waiting with open arms, offering unfailing love that restores the relationship we’ve broken. This is all possible because of Jesus. We pray that every kid understands what Jesus did for them and trusts God with their whole life.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESDevotionalParent CueRecent LessonsGod will always forgive youMarch 26
March 26 God will always forgive you. We end the month in Luke 15:11-32, when Jesus shared a parable to help people understand God’s amazing grace and forgiveness. A son came to his father and asked for his share of the inheritance. This broke the father’s heart, but...
Forgive others because God forgives youMarch 19
March 19 Forgive others because God forgives you. In week 3, we discover one of Jesus’ parables recorded for us in Matthew 18:21-35. Jesus told this parable because Peter asked a question about forgiveness. Peter might have thought he was doing pretty well to say he’d...
When you forgive others, it can change themMarch 12
March 12 When you forgive others, it can change them. In week 2, we find Jesus interacting with an unexpected person in Luke 19:1-10: Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus was a tax collector working for Rome. He earned a reputation for taking advantage of his fellow Jewish people....
Everyone needs forgivenessMarch 5
March 5 Everyone needs forgiveness. No matter how much we mess up, God will always forgive us. Jesus even chose to forgive those who were crucifying him. Because God forgives us, we should work hard to forgive others. We can decide that someone who has wronged us...
Remember God is most importantFebruary 26
February 26 Remember God is most important. We finish our month on respect in Matthew 8:5-13, where we find a Roman commander. This man was in charge of soldiers, who did whatever he told them to do. Yet when the commander’s servant became seriously ill, he realized...
Take time to show others they are importantFebruary 19
February 19 Take time to show others they are important. In week three, we find Jesus at the home of his friends Mary and Martha. In Luke 10:38-42, we find how these two sisters had different things in mind when it came to having Jesus in their home. Mary sat at...
Show respect even when you don’t get alongFebruary 12
February 12 Show respect even when you don’t get along. Jesus brought His followers to a mountain to explain to them what it means to live as part of God’s kingdom. During that message, Jesus said something surprising about loving others and treating them with...
Include people who are left outFebruary 5
February 5 Include people who are left out. We start the month in Luke 5:1-11, 27-32. Jesus had recently returned from 40 days in the desert and was ready to start his ministry. First, he chose 12 disciples who would learn from Him and eventually carry on the mission...
If you don’t understand something, askJanuary 29
January 29 If you don’t understand something, ask. We finish up the month in Matthew 11:1-6 where we read that John the Baptist was in prison. John seemed to wonder if Jesus was truly the Savior that God had promised. John sent two of his disciples to ask Jesus his...
Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choiceJanuary 22
January 22 Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choice. After Jesus’ baptism, we head to Luke 4:1-13 and find that Jesus had gone out to the desert. In this story, Jesus was being tested. The devil showed up and twisted what Jesus knew about God and...
When you discover something new, it can change youJanuary 15
January 15 When you discover something new, it can change you. In week 3, we find Jesus at the Jordan River (John 1:19- 42 and John 3:22-36). Jesus’ cousin, John the Baptist, was out by the Jordan River baptizing people and preparing the way for the Promised Savior....
Knowing God is the most important thingJanuary 8
January 8 Knowing God is the most important thing. In Luke 2:41-52, we discover a moment from Jesus’ childhood when he stayed behind in Jerusalem after the Passover feast. Jesus was fully God, but he was also fully human. And as a human, Jesus recognized something...
Never stop searching for what’s trueJanuary 1
January 1 Never stop searching for what's true. We kick off January with the end of the Christmas story. In Matthew 2:1-12, we meet wise men from the east whose lives were dedicated to discovering more about the universe. One night they noticed a bright star that led...
The good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
Hold on because God is still in controlOctober 30
October 30 Hold on because God is still in control. We finish up the month in Exodus 13:17-14:31. God’s people were on their way out of Egypt. Everything was looking great for the Hebrews, until Pharaoh changed his mind. Moses and the Hebrew people found themselves...
Hold on because God knows what you’re going throughOctober 23
October 23 Hold on because God knows what you're going through. In week four, we discover God’s plan for rescuing the Israelites. In Exodus 3-6; 7-12:42, we see how God’s plan started. Moses was watching sheep on the side of a mountain and saw a bush on fire—but it...
Hold on even when you don’t know what to doOctober 16
October 16 Hold on even when you don't know what to do. In week three, we head to Exodus 2:1-10. Joseph’s family, God’s people, were growing in number. Pharaoh enslaved them and made life miserable for them. That’s where Moses came in. Moses was born when Pharaoh went...
Hold on because there’s a bigger storyOctober 9
October 9 Hold on because there's a bigger story. Next, we continue Joseph’s story in Genesis 41-45, where Joseph was in prison, forgotten. Pharaoh had a dream that no one could interpret. The cupbearer remembered how Joseph had interpreted his dream. At once, Pharaoh...
Hold on because God is with youOctober 2
October 2 Hold on because God is with you. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Genesis 37, 39-40. We learn how Joseph was his father, Jacob’s, favorite son. Joseph’s brothers were completely jealous—with their jealousy fueled by Joseph’s dreams that had them...
You can trust God even when you’re worriedSeptember 25
September 25 You can trust God even when you're worried. We finish the month by discovering what happened to Jacob and Esau’s relationship. In Genesis 31:3, 32:3- 32, and 33:1-17, we find out that Jacob knows that God wants him to return home after years of living...
You can trust that God has a planSeptember 18
September 18 You can trust that God has a plan. In week 3, we meet Isaac’s sons Jacob and Esau in Genesis 25, 27, and 28. Jacob and Esau always had a complicated relationship from the moment they were born. Jacob eventually took advantage of Esau’s moment of...
Trust God no matter whatSeptember 11
September 11 Trust God no matter what. Next, we discover Isaac venturing out on his own. In Genesis 26, we find out that Isaac moved to a region where he reclaimed the wells that had belonged to his father, Abraham. For years no one had cared about the wells until...
Trust God even when you have to waitSeptember 4
September 4 Trust God even when you have to wait. For week one, we pick up where we left off last month and continue with Abraham’s story. In Genesis 15, 18, and 21, we discover that God’s promise to Abraham takes longer than Abraham might have thought. This tests...
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolMarch 19I can share like Jesus.As Jesus watches a crowd of people walking towards him, Jesus wanted to help them by giving them food. So, that’s what he did! Jesus feeds over 5,000 people with just five loaves of bread and two fish. And when we take the time to help others, we love like Jesus.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsI can share like JesusMarch 19
March 19 I can share like Jesus. As Jesus watches a crowd of people walking towards him, Jesus wanted to help them by giving them food. So, that’s what he did! Jesus feeds over 5,000 people with just five loaves of bread and two fish. And when we take the time to...
I can be kind like JesusMarch 12
March 12 I can be kind like Jesus. A woman is so desperate to be healed from 12 years of sickness, that she risks everything just to touch Jesus’ clothes. Yes, her body is healed, but the woman also experiences the kind words of Jesus. Kindness is powerful because...
I can love like JesusMarch 5
March 5 I can love like Jesus. Jesus washes his disciples’ feet. Jesus does this to show everyone who would follow him what it looks like to love the way he loves. It’s not exactly what Jesus’ first disciples thought love would look like, but when we put other people...
Jesus loves me no matter whatFebruary 26
February 26 Jesus loves me no matter what. A woman shows she is thankful and loves Jesus by washing his feet and using her special perfume. Jesus showed us that His love is bigger than anything wrong we have done or ever will do. There is nothing wider or longer or...
Jesus loves me and wants to help meFebruary 19
February 19 Jesus loves me and wants to help me. In week three, we will hear how Jesus used his power to do something that was so amazing, it left the disciples totally awestruck. In the middle of a big storm when they are out on a boat at night, Jesus told the winds...
Jesus loves me and wants to spend time with meFebruary 12
February 12 Jesus loves me and wants to spend time with me. Jesus visits the home of Mary and Martha. Mary sits at Jesus’ feet while Martha is very busy making sure everything is perfect for Jesus. Jesus thinks we are special, and He wants to spend time with us, just...
Jesus loves meFebruary 5
February 5 Jesus loves me. Have you noticed any heart-shaped candy boxes or giant teddy bears in stores yet? It’s that time of year when we do extra special things to show people how much we love them. One sweet way to do that has always been with candy hearts. Candy...
Jesus’ kindness is amazingJanuary 29
January 29 Jesus' kindness is amazing. We will end our time in our wonderful workshop with a story about Jesus using his amazing powers to show kindness to a man born blind. Once again, Jesus showed people that he can do things that only he can do, and that makes...
Jesus’ miracles are amazingJanuary 22
January 22 Jesus' miracles are amazing. In week four, we get to meet Peter when our amazing Jesus climbs onto his boat. Even though Peter did not catch any fish before, Jesus fills the nets with SO many fish that the fish fills two boats! Peter knew right away that...
Jesus’ power is amazingJanuary 15
January 15 Jesus' power is amazing. In week three, we will hear how Jesus used his power to do something that was so amazing, it left the disciples totally awestruck. In the middle of a big storm when they are out on a boat at night, Jesus told the winds and waves to...
Jesus is amazingJanuary 8
January 8 Jesus is amazing. In week two, we will hear how Jesus amazed his disciples and others with His first miracle. One minute there was no more wine for the wedding party. And the next, the master of ceremonies declares the water Jesus had turned into wine to be...
Jesus’ teaching is amazingJanuary 1
January 1 Jesus' teaching is amazing. We begin in week one with the story of 12-year-old Jesus. His parents were frantic when they realized he was missing, but they eventually discovered he had been in the temple the whole time, amazing the grown-ups with how much he...
The wise men come to see God’s sonDecember 18
December 18 The wise men come to see God's son. Our Bible story this week is about some Wise Men who followed a special star so they could find Jesus. The wise men knew Jesus was special. That’s why they worshipped Jesus and gave Him gifts. We know Jesus is special...
The shepherds run to JesusDecember 11
December 11 The shepherds run to Jesus. One night, while some shepherds were watching their sheep and taking care of them, an angel came to see them. The angel said, ‘Don’t be afraid! I have good news! Jesus has been born! You will find Him lying in a manger.’ Then...
Jesus is bornDecember 4
December 4 Jesus is born. “Before Baby Jesus was born, Mary, Jesus’ mom, and Joseph had to go a long way to a city called Bethlehem. When they got there, they needed a place to sleep. They finally found a place, but it was a stable where animals sleep. That stable is...
God told Mary she would have His Son, JesusNovember 27
November 27 God told Mary she would have His Son, Jesus. One day, God sent an angel to tell Mary some good news. She was going to have a baby! And His name would be Jesus. Jesus is special because He's God's son! DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
I can thank God for family and friendsNovember 20
November 20 I can thank God for family and friends. One time, the Israelites were attacked, and as long as Moses held his hands up, the Israelites would win. But Moses became so tired he couldn’t keep his arms up any longer. Thankfully, his brother Aaron and their...
I can thank God for foodNovember 13
November 13 I can thank God for food. A widow uses her last bit of food to feed the prophet, Elijah. And then, just as Elijah said God would do, God made sure the widow had enough food for herself, her son, and Elijah to eat. Through this story, we see that God is...
I can thank God for God is goodNovember 6
November 6 I can thank God for God is good. We begin in week one by talking about how we can thank God because God is good! When we look around at all of the good things in the world, the first thing we should do is say, “Thank you, God!” because every good and...
God has plans for meOctober 30
October 30 God has plans for me. The prophet Jeremiah will help us wrap up the month with the wonderful truth that God knows the plans He has for us. This means even when we don’t understand the plans, we can still trust the One who does. We can trust God because of...
God’s plans are always bestOctober 23
October 23 God's plans are always best. In the second part of Joseph’s story, we get to see that God’s plans for Joseph really did work out, and not just for Joseph either. Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, needed hep understanding his dreams, and God helped Joseph...
I can trust God’s plans even when they’re hardOctober 16
October 16 I can trust God's plans even when they're hard. We meet a new guy who trusted God’s plans for him. His name is Joseph. If anyone ever had reasons to doubt God’s plans, it had to be Joseph. His jealous older brothers throw him in a hole and sell him into...
God keeps His promisesOctober 9
October 9 God keeps His promises. We get to introduce preschoolers to the very…first…rainbow! And even better, we get to teach them that the rainbow is part of God’s plans for them. Every time we see a rainbow in the sky, God is also looking at that same rainbow and...
I can always trust God’s plansOctober 2
October 2 I can always trust God's plans. We will share one of the most exciting and well-loved Bible stories with preschoolers – Noah’s Ark! Now we love the story because we get to read all of it in one sitting, and we know how God’s plans work out for Noah. But...
God loves me when I’m happySeptember 25
September 25 God loves me when I'm happy. God gave Sarah and Abraham a child…after they had waited a very, very, VERY long time. Sarah was so happy that it literally brought Sarah laughter! Sarah and Abraham knew they could trust God with all their heart and that God...
God loves me when I’m frustratedSeptember 18
September 18 God loves me when I'm frustrated. Moses was leading the Israelites, but they complained no matter what God did for them. Moses talked to God about his feelings of frustration, and God sent people to help Moses! Moses knew he could trust God with all his...
God loves me when I’m afraidSeptember 11
September 11 God loves me when I'm afraid. Gideon knew what it was like to feel afraid. Gideon was so afraid of the Midianites that he hid in a hole to thresh his wheat! But God sent an angel to talk with Gideon and let him know that the Lord was with him. Gideon knew...
God loves me when I’m sadSeptember 4
September 4 God loves me when I'm sad. Hannah was deeply heartbroken because she could not have a baby. Through intense tears of sadness, Hannah talked to God about how she felt. She knew she could trust God with all her heart and that God would love her and help...
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryMarch 19Forgive others because God forgives you.In week 3, we discover one of Jesus’ parables recorded for us in Matthew 18:21-35. Jesus told this parable because Peter asked a question about forgiveness. Peter might have thought he was doing pretty well to say he’d forgive someone seven times, but Jesus raised the stakes and said we ought to forgive others even more. Jesus showed what this meant with a parable about a servant who was shown incredible forgiveness yet wouldn’t offer forgiveness to someone else.
Forgive others because God forgives you. God’s love for us is huge. That love drives God to forgive us when we do something wrong. God can help us to forgive people in our life too. When we realize how much God has forgiven us, we can turn around and forgive people who might hurt us. This might be difficult, but God can give us the help we need to love others and show forgiveness.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsForgive others because God forgives youMarch 19
March 19 Forgive others because God forgives you. In week 3, we discover one of Jesus’ parables recorded for us in Matthew 18:21-35. Jesus told this parable because Peter asked a question about forgiveness. Peter might have thought he was doing pretty well to say he’d...
When you forgive others, it can change themMarch 12
March 12 When you forgive others, it can change them. In week 2, we find Jesus interacting with an unexpected person in Luke 19:1-10: Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus was a tax collector working for Rome. He earned a reputation for taking advantage of his fellow Jewish people....
Everyone needs forgivenessMarch 5
March 5 Everyone needs forgiveness. No matter how much we mess up, God will always forgive us. Jesus even chose to forgive those who were crucifying him. Because God forgives us, we should work hard to forgive others. We can decide that someone who has wronged us...
Remember God is most importantFebruary 26
February 26 Remember God is most important. We finish our month on respect in Matthew 8:5-13, where we find a Roman commander. This man was in charge of soldiers, who did whatever he told them to do. Yet when the commander’s servant became seriously ill, he realized...
Take time to show others they are importantFebruary 19
February 19 Take time to show others they are important. In week three, we find Jesus at the home of his friends Mary and Martha. In Luke 10:38-42, we find how these two sisters had different things in mind when it came to having Jesus in their home. Mary sat at...
Show respect even when you don’t get alongFebruary 12
February 12 Show respect even when you don’t get along. Jesus brought His followers to a mountain to explain to them what it means to live as part of God’s kingdom. During that message, Jesus said something surprising about loving others and treating them with...
Include people who are left outFebruary 5
February 5 Include people who are left out. We start the month in Luke 5:1-11, 27-32. Jesus had recently returned from 40 days in the desert and was ready to start his ministry. First, he chose 12 disciples who would learn from Him and eventually carry on the mission...
If you don’t understand something, askJanuary 29
January 29 If you don’t understand something, ask. We finish up the month in Matthew 11:1-6 where we read that John the Baptist was in prison. John seemed to wonder if Jesus was truly the Savior that God had promised. John sent two of his disciples to ask Jesus his...
Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choiceJanuary 22
January 22 Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choice. After Jesus’ baptism, we head to Luke 4:1-13 and find that Jesus had gone out to the desert. In this story, Jesus was being tested. The devil showed up and twisted what Jesus knew about God and...
When you discover something new, it can change youJanuary 15
January 15 When you discover something new, it can change you. In week 3, we find Jesus at the Jordan River (John 1:19- 42 and John 3:22-36). Jesus’ cousin, John the Baptist, was out by the Jordan River baptizing people and preparing the way for the Promised Savior....
Knowing God is the most important thingJanuary 8
January 8 Knowing God is the most important thing. In Luke 2:41-52, we discover a moment from Jesus’ childhood when he stayed behind in Jerusalem after the Passover feast. Jesus was fully God, but he was also fully human. And as a human, Jesus recognized something...
Never stop searching for what’s trueJanuary 1
January 1 Never stop searching for what's true. We kick off January with the end of the Christmas story. In Matthew 2:1-12, we meet wise men from the east whose lives were dedicated to discovering more about the universe. One night they noticed a bright star that led...
The good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
Hold on because God is still in controlOctober 30
October 30 Hold on because God is still in control. We finish up the month in Exodus 13:17-14:31. God’s people were on their way out of Egypt. Everything was looking great for the Hebrews, until Pharaoh changed his mind. Moses and the Hebrew people found themselves...
Hold on because God knows what you’re going throughOctober 23
October 23 Hold on because God knows what you're going through. In week four, we discover God’s plan for rescuing the Israelites. In Exodus 3-6; 7-12:42, we see how God’s plan started. Moses was watching sheep on the side of a mountain and saw a bush on fire—but it...
Hold on even when you don’t know what to doOctober 16
October 16 Hold on even when you don't know what to do. In week three, we head to Exodus 2:1-10. Joseph’s family, God’s people, were growing in number. Pharaoh enslaved them and made life miserable for them. That’s where Moses came in. Moses was born when Pharaoh went...
Hold on because there’s a bigger storyOctober 9
October 9 Hold on because there's a bigger story. Next, we continue Joseph’s story in Genesis 41-45, where Joseph was in prison, forgotten. Pharaoh had a dream that no one could interpret. The cupbearer remembered how Joseph had interpreted his dream. At once, Pharaoh...
Hold on because God is with youOctober 2
October 2 Hold on because God is with you. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Genesis 37, 39-40. We learn how Joseph was his father, Jacob’s, favorite son. Joseph’s brothers were completely jealous—with their jealousy fueled by Joseph’s dreams that had them...
You can trust God even when you’re worriedSeptember 25
September 25 You can trust God even when you're worried. We finish the month by discovering what happened to Jacob and Esau’s relationship. In Genesis 31:3, 32:3- 32, and 33:1-17, we find out that Jacob knows that God wants him to return home after years of living...
You can trust that God has a planSeptember 18
September 18 You can trust that God has a plan. In week 3, we meet Isaac’s sons Jacob and Esau in Genesis 25, 27, and 28. Jacob and Esau always had a complicated relationship from the moment they were born. Jacob eventually took advantage of Esau’s moment of...
Trust God no matter whatSeptember 11
September 11 Trust God no matter what. Next, we discover Isaac venturing out on his own. In Genesis 26, we find out that Isaac moved to a region where he reclaimed the wells that had belonged to his father, Abraham. For years no one had cared about the wells until...
Trust God even when you have to waitSeptember 4
September 4 Trust God even when you have towait. For week one, we pick up where we left off last month and continue with Abraham’s story. In Genesis 15, 18, and 21, we discover that God’s promise to Abraham takes longer than Abraham might have thought. This tests...
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenMarch 19Forgive others because God forgives you.In week 3, we discover one of Jesus’ parables recorded for us in Matthew 18:21-35. Jesus told this parable because Peter asked a question about forgiveness. Peter might have thought he was doing pretty well to say he’d forgive someone seven times, but Jesus raised the stakes and said we ought to forgive others even more. Jesus showed what this meant with a parable about a servant who was shown incredible forgiveness yet wouldn’t offer forgiveness to someone else.
Forgive others because God forgives you. God’s love for us is huge. That love drives God to forgive us when we do something wrong. God can help us to forgive people in our life too. When we realize how much God has forgiven us, we can turn around and forgive people who might hurt us. This might be difficult, but God can give us the help we need to love others and show forgiveness.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESDevotionalParent CueRecent LessonsForgive others because God forgives youMarch 19
March 19 Forgive others because God forgives you. In week 3, we discover one of Jesus’ parables recorded for us in Matthew 18:21-35. Jesus told this parable because Peter asked a question about forgiveness. Peter might have thought he was doing pretty well to say he’d...
When you forgive others, it can change themMarch 12
March 12 When you forgive others, it can change them. In week 2, we find Jesus interacting with an unexpected person in Luke 19:1-10: Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus was a tax collector working for Rome. He earned a reputation for taking advantage of his fellow Jewish people....
Everyone needs forgivenessMarch 5
March 5 Everyone needs forgiveness. No matter how much we mess up, God will always forgive us. Jesus even chose to forgive those who were crucifying him. Because God forgives us, we should work hard to forgive others. We can decide that someone who has wronged us...
Remember God is most importantFebruary 26
February 26 Remember God is most important. We finish our month on respect in Matthew 8:5-13, where we find a Roman commander. This man was in charge of soldiers, who did whatever he told them to do. Yet when the commander’s servant became seriously ill, he realized...
Take time to show others they are importantFebruary 19
February 19 Take time to show others they are important. In week three, we find Jesus at the home of his friends Mary and Martha. In Luke 10:38-42, we find how these two sisters had different things in mind when it came to having Jesus in their home. Mary sat at...
Show respect even when you don’t get alongFebruary 12
February 12 Show respect even when you don’t get along. Jesus brought His followers to a mountain to explain to them what it means to live as part of God’s kingdom. During that message, Jesus said something surprising about loving others and treating them with...
Include people who are left outFebruary 5
February 5 Include people who are left out. We start the month in Luke 5:1-11, 27-32. Jesus had recently returned from 40 days in the desert and was ready to start his ministry. First, he chose 12 disciples who would learn from Him and eventually carry on the mission...
If you don’t understand something, askJanuary 29
January 29 If you don’t understand something, ask. We finish up the month in Matthew 11:1-6 where we read that John the Baptist was in prison. John seemed to wonder if Jesus was truly the Savior that God had promised. John sent two of his disciples to ask Jesus his...
Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choiceJanuary 22
January 22 Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choice. After Jesus’ baptism, we head to Luke 4:1-13 and find that Jesus had gone out to the desert. In this story, Jesus was being tested. The devil showed up and twisted what Jesus knew about God and...
When you discover something new, it can change youJanuary 15
January 15 When you discover something new, it can change you. In week 3, we find Jesus at the Jordan River (John 1:19- 42 and John 3:22-36). Jesus’ cousin, John the Baptist, was out by the Jordan River baptizing people and preparing the way for the Promised Savior....
Knowing God is the most important thingJanuary 8
January 8 Knowing God is the most important thing. In Luke 2:41-52, we discover a moment from Jesus’ childhood when he stayed behind in Jerusalem after the Passover feast. Jesus was fully God, but he was also fully human. And as a human, Jesus recognized something...
Never stop searching for what’s trueJanuary 1
January 1 Never stop searching for what's true. We kick off January with the end of the Christmas story. In Matthew 2:1-12, we meet wise men from the east whose lives were dedicated to discovering more about the universe. One night they noticed a bright star that led...
The good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
Hold on because God is still in controlOctober 30
October 30 Hold on because God is still in control. We finish up the month in Exodus 13:17-14:31. God’s people were on their way out of Egypt. Everything was looking great for the Hebrews, until Pharaoh changed his mind. Moses and the Hebrew people found themselves...
Hold on because God knows what you’re going throughOctober 23
October 23 Hold on because God knows what you're going through. In week four, we discover God’s plan for rescuing the Israelites. In Exodus 3-6; 7-12:42, we see how God’s plan started. Moses was watching sheep on the side of a mountain and saw a bush on fire—but it...
Hold on even when you don’t know what to doOctober 16
October 16 Hold on even when you don't know what to do. In week three, we head to Exodus 2:1-10. Joseph’s family, God’s people, were growing in number. Pharaoh enslaved them and made life miserable for them. That’s where Moses came in. Moses was born when Pharaoh went...
Hold on because there’s a bigger storyOctober 9
October 9 Hold on because there's a bigger story. Next, we continue Joseph’s story in Genesis 41-45, where Joseph was in prison, forgotten. Pharaoh had a dream that no one could interpret. The cupbearer remembered how Joseph had interpreted his dream. At once, Pharaoh...
Hold on because God is with youOctober 2
October 2 Hold on because God is with you. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Genesis 37, 39-40. We learn how Joseph was his father, Jacob’s, favorite son. Joseph’s brothers were completely jealous—with their jealousy fueled by Joseph’s dreams that had them...
You can trust God even when you’re worriedSeptember 25
September 25 You can trust God even when you're worried. We finish the month by discovering what happened to Jacob and Esau’s relationship. In Genesis 31:3, 32:3- 32, and 33:1-17, we find out that Jacob knows that God wants him to return home after years of living...
You can trust that God has a planSeptember 18
September 18 You can trust that God has a plan. In week 3, we meet Isaac’s sons Jacob and Esau in Genesis 25, 27, and 28. Jacob and Esau always had a complicated relationship from the moment they were born. Jacob eventually took advantage of Esau’s moment of...
Trust God no matter whatSeptember 11
September 11 Trust God no matter what. Next, we discover Isaac venturing out on his own. In Genesis 26, we find out that Isaac moved to a region where he reclaimed the wells that had belonged to his father, Abraham. For years no one had cared about the wells until...
Trust God even when you have to waitSeptember 4
September 4 Trust God even when you have to wait. For week one, we pick up where we left off last month and continue with Abraham’s story. In Genesis 15, 18, and 21, we discover that God’s promise to Abraham takes longer than Abraham might have thought. This tests...
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Helping Each Other GrowConsider your spiritual life at this moment. Is it healthy? Is it thriving? If you feel like your spiritual life is on the verge or failing to thrive, ask yourself what will it take for you to thrive spiritually? We as a church family have to take spiritual our growth seriously. We need every member strong and healthy for the whole to be healthy, after all we are all part of one body. So how can we help each other to grow spiritually?
Helping Each Other Growby Kurt Barnes
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolMarch 12I can be kind like Jesus.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsI can be kind like JesusMarch 12
March 12 I can be kind like Jesus. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
I can love like JesusMarch 5
March 5 I can love like Jesus. Jesus washes his disciples’ feet. Jesus does this to show everyone who would follow him what it looks like to love the way he loves. It’s not exactly what Jesus’ first disciples thought love would look like, but when we put other people...
Jesus loves me no matter whatFebruary 26
February 26 Jesus loves me no matter what. A woman shows she is thankful and loves Jesus by washing his feet and using her special perfume. Jesus showed us that His love is bigger than anything wrong we have done or ever will do. There is nothing wider or longer or...
Jesus loves me and wants to help meFebruary 19
February 19 Jesus loves me and wants to help me. In week three, we will hear how Jesus used his power to do something that was so amazing, it left the disciples totally awestruck. In the middle of a big storm when they are out on a boat at night, Jesus told the winds...
Jesus loves me and wants to spend time with meFebruary 12
February 12 Jesus loves me and wants to spend time with me. Jesus visits the home of Mary and Martha. Mary sits at Jesus’ feet while Martha is very busy making sure everything is perfect for Jesus. Jesus thinks we are special, and He wants to spend time with us, just...
Jesus loves meFebruary 5
February 5 Jesus loves me. Have you noticed any heart-shaped candy boxes or giant teddy bears in stores yet? It’s that time of year when we do extra special things to show people how much we love them. One sweet way to do that has always been with candy hearts. Candy...
Jesus’ kindness is amazingJanuary 29
January 29 Jesus' kindness is amazing. We will end our time in our wonderful workshop with a story about Jesus using his amazing powers to show kindness to a man born blind. Once again, Jesus showed people that he can do things that only he can do, and that makes...
Jesus’ miracles are amazingJanuary 22
January 22 Jesus' miracles are amazing. In week four, we get to meet Peter when our amazing Jesus climbs onto his boat. Even though Peter did not catch any fish before, Jesus fills the nets with SO many fish that the fish fills two boats! Peter knew right away that...
Jesus’ power is amazingJanuary 15
January 15 Jesus' power is amazing. In week three, we will hear how Jesus used his power to do something that was so amazing, it left the disciples totally awestruck. In the middle of a big storm when they are out on a boat at night, Jesus told the winds and waves to...
Jesus is amazingJanuary 8
January 8 Jesus is amazing. In week two, we will hear how Jesus amazed his disciples and others with His first miracle. One minute there was no more wine for the wedding party. And the next, the master of ceremonies declares the water Jesus had turned into wine to be...
Jesus’ teaching is amazingJanuary 1
January 1 Jesus' teaching is amazing. We begin in week one with the story of 12-year-old Jesus. His parents were frantic when they realized he was missing, but they eventually discovered he had been in the temple the whole time, amazing the grown-ups with how much he...
The wise men come to see God’s sonDecember 18
December 18 The wise men come to see God's son. Our Bible story this week is about some Wise Men who followed a special star so they could find Jesus. The wise men knew Jesus was special. That’s why they worshipped Jesus and gave Him gifts. We know Jesus is special...
The shepherds run to JesusDecember 11
December 11 The shepherds run to Jesus. One night, while some shepherds were watching their sheep and taking care of them, an angel came to see them. The angel said, ‘Don’t be afraid! I have good news! Jesus has been born! You will find Him lying in a manger.’ Then...
Jesus is bornDecember 4
December 4 Jesus is born. “Before Baby Jesus was born, Mary, Jesus’ mom, and Joseph had to go a long way to a city called Bethlehem. When they got there, they needed a place to sleep. They finally found a place, but it was a stable where animals sleep. That stable is...
God told Mary she would have His Son, JesusNovember 27
November 27 God told Mary she would have His Son, Jesus. One day, God sent an angel to tell Mary some good news. She was going to have a baby! And His name would be Jesus. Jesus is special because He's God's son! DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
I can thank God for family and friendsNovember 20
November 20 I can thank God for family and friends. One time, the Israelites were attacked, and as long as Moses held his hands up, the Israelites would win. But Moses became so tired he couldn’t keep his arms up any longer. Thankfully, his brother Aaron and their...
I can thank God for foodNovember 13
November 13 I can thank God for food. A widow uses her last bit of food to feed the prophet, Elijah. And then, just as Elijah said God would do, God made sure the widow had enough food for herself, her son, and Elijah to eat. Through this story, we see that God is...
I can thank God for God is goodNovember 6
November 6 I can thank God for God is good. We begin in week one by talking about how we can thank God because God is good! When we look around at all of the good things in the world, the first thing we should do is say, “Thank you, God!” because every good and...
God has plans for meOctober 30
October 30 God has plans for me. The prophet Jeremiah will help us wrap up the month with the wonderful truth that God knows the plans He has for us. This means even when we don’t understand the plans, we can still trust the One who does. We can trust God because of...
God’s plans are always bestOctober 23
October 23 God's plans are always best. In the second part of Joseph’s story, we get to see that God’s plans for Joseph really did work out, and not just for Joseph either. Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, needed hep understanding his dreams, and God helped Joseph...
I can trust God’s plans even when they’re hardOctober 16
October 16 I can trust God's plans even when they're hard. We meet a new guy who trusted God’s plans for him. His name is Joseph. If anyone ever had reasons to doubt God’s plans, it had to be Joseph. His jealous older brothers throw him in a hole and sell him into...
God keeps His promisesOctober 9
October 9 God keeps His promises. We get to introduce preschoolers to the very…first…rainbow! And even better, we get to teach them that the rainbow is part of God’s plans for them. Every time we see a rainbow in the sky, God is also looking at that same rainbow and...
I can always trust God’s plansOctober 2
October 2 I can always trust God's plans. We will share one of the most exciting and well-loved Bible stories with preschoolers – Noah’s Ark! Now we love the story because we get to read all of it in one sitting, and we know how God’s plans work out for Noah. But...
God loves me when I’m happySeptember 25
September 25 God loves me when I'm happy. God gave Sarah and Abraham a child…after they had waited a very, very, VERY long time. Sarah was so happy that it literally brought Sarah laughter! Sarah and Abraham knew they could trust God with all their heart and that God...
God loves me when I’m frustratedSeptember 18
September 18 God loves me when I'm frustrated. Moses was leading the Israelites, but they complained no matter what God did for them. Moses talked to God about his feelings of frustration, and God sent people to help Moses! Moses knew he could trust God with all his...
God loves me when I’m afraidSeptember 11
September 11 God loves me when I'm afraid. Gideon knew what it was like to feel afraid. Gideon was so afraid of the Midianites that he hid in a hole to thresh his wheat! But God sent an angel to talk with Gideon and let him know that the Lord was with him. Gideon knew...
God loves me when I’m sadSeptember 4
September 4 God loves me when I'm sad. Hannah was deeply heartbroken because she could not have a baby. Through intense tears of sadness, Hannah talked to God about how she felt. She knew she could trust God with all her heart and that God would love her and help...
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenMarch 12When you forgive others, it can change them.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESDevotionalParent CueRecent LessonsWhen you forgive others, it can change themMarch 12
March 12 When you forgive others, it can change them. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
Everyone needs forgivenessMarch 5
March 5 Everyone needs forgiveness. No matter how much we mess up, God will always forgive us. Jesus even chose to forgive those who were crucifying him. Because God forgives us, we should work hard to forgive others. We can decide that someone who has wronged us...
Remember God is most importantFebruary 26
February 26 Remember God is most important. We finish our month on respect in Matthew 8:5-13, where we find a Roman commander. This man was in charge of soldiers, who did whatever he told them to do. Yet when the commander’s servant became seriously ill, he realized...
Take time to show others they are importantFebruary 19
February 19 Take time to show others they are important. In week three, we find Jesus at the home of his friends Mary and Martha. In Luke 10:38-42, we find how these two sisters had different things in mind when it came to having Jesus in their home. Mary sat at...
Show respect even when you don’t get alongFebruary 12
February 12 Show respect even when you don’t get along. Jesus brought His followers to a mountain to explain to them what it means to live as part of God’s kingdom. During that message, Jesus said something surprising about loving others and treating them with...
Include people who are left outFebruary 5
February 5 Include people who are left out. We start the month in Luke 5:1-11, 27-32. Jesus had recently returned from 40 days in the desert and was ready to start his ministry. First, he chose 12 disciples who would learn from Him and eventually carry on the mission...
If you don’t understand something, askJanuary 29
January 29 If you don’t understand something, ask. We finish up the month in Matthew 11:1-6 where we read that John the Baptist was in prison. John seemed to wonder if Jesus was truly the Savior that God had promised. John sent two of his disciples to ask Jesus his...
Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choiceJanuary 22
January 22 Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choice. After Jesus’ baptism, we head to Luke 4:1-13 and find that Jesus had gone out to the desert. In this story, Jesus was being tested. The devil showed up and twisted what Jesus knew about God and...
When you discover something new, it can change youJanuary 15
January 15 When you discover something new, it can change you. In week 3, we find Jesus at the Jordan River (John 1:19- 42 and John 3:22-36). Jesus’ cousin, John the Baptist, was out by the Jordan River baptizing people and preparing the way for the Promised Savior....
Knowing God is the most important thingJanuary 8
January 8 Knowing God is the most important thing. In Luke 2:41-52, we discover a moment from Jesus’ childhood when he stayed behind in Jerusalem after the Passover feast. Jesus was fully God, but he was also fully human. And as a human, Jesus recognized something...
Never stop searching for what’s trueJanuary 1
January 1 Never stop searching for what's true. We kick off January with the end of the Christmas story. In Matthew 2:1-12, we meet wise men from the east whose lives were dedicated to discovering more about the universe. One night they noticed a bright star that led...
The good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
Hold on because God is still in controlOctober 30
October 30 Hold on because God is still in control. We finish up the month in Exodus 13:17-14:31. God’s people were on their way out of Egypt. Everything was looking great for the Hebrews, until Pharaoh changed his mind. Moses and the Hebrew people found themselves...
Hold on because God knows what you’re going throughOctober 23
October 23 Hold on because God knows what you're going through. In week four, we discover God’s plan for rescuing the Israelites. In Exodus 3-6; 7-12:42, we see how God’s plan started. Moses was watching sheep on the side of a mountain and saw a bush on fire—but it...
Hold on even when you don’t know what to doOctober 16
October 16 Hold on even when you don't know what to do. In week three, we head to Exodus 2:1-10. Joseph’s family, God’s people, were growing in number. Pharaoh enslaved them and made life miserable for them. That’s where Moses came in. Moses was born when Pharaoh went...
Hold on because there’s a bigger storyOctober 9
October 9 Hold on because there's a bigger story. Next, we continue Joseph’s story in Genesis 41-45, where Joseph was in prison, forgotten. Pharaoh had a dream that no one could interpret. The cupbearer remembered how Joseph had interpreted his dream. At once, Pharaoh...
Hold on because God is with youOctober 2
October 2 Hold on because God is with you. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Genesis 37, 39-40. We learn how Joseph was his father, Jacob’s, favorite son. Joseph’s brothers were completely jealous—with their jealousy fueled by Joseph’s dreams that had them...
You can trust God even when you’re worriedSeptember 25
September 25 You can trust God even when you're worried. We finish the month by discovering what happened to Jacob and Esau’s relationship. In Genesis 31:3, 32:3- 32, and 33:1-17, we find out that Jacob knows that God wants him to return home after years of living...
You can trust that God has a planSeptember 18
September 18 You can trust that God has a plan. In week 3, we meet Isaac’s sons Jacob and Esau in Genesis 25, 27, and 28. Jacob and Esau always had a complicated relationship from the moment they were born. Jacob eventually took advantage of Esau’s moment of...
Trust God no matter whatSeptember 11
September 11 Trust God no matter what. Next, we discover Isaac venturing out on his own. In Genesis 26, we find out that Isaac moved to a region where he reclaimed the wells that had belonged to his father, Abraham. For years no one had cared about the wells until...
Trust God even when you have to waitSeptember 4
September 4 Trust God even when you have to wait. For week one, we pick up where we left off last month and continue with Abraham’s story. In Genesis 15, 18, and 21, we discover that God’s promise to Abraham takes longer than Abraham might have thought. This tests...
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryMarch 12When you forgive others, it can change them.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsWhen you forgive others, it can change themMarch 12
March 12 When you forgive others, it can change them. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
Everyone needs forgivenessMarch 5
March 5 Everyone needs forgiveness. No matter how much we mess up, God will always forgive us. Jesus even chose to forgive those who were crucifying him. Because God forgives us, we should work hard to forgive others. We can decide that someone who has wronged us...
Remember God is most importantFebruary 26
February 26 Remember God is most important. We finish our month on respect in Matthew 8:5-13, where we find a Roman commander. This man was in charge of soldiers, who did whatever he told them to do. Yet when the commander’s servant became seriously ill, he realized...
Take time to show others they are importantFebruary 19
February 19 Take time to show others they are important. In week three, we find Jesus at the home of his friends Mary and Martha. In Luke 10:38-42, we find how these two sisters had different things in mind when it came to having Jesus in their home. Mary sat at...
Show respect even when you don’t get alongFebruary 12
February 12 Show respect even when you don’t get along. Jesus brought His followers to a mountain to explain to them what it means to live as part of God’s kingdom. During that message, Jesus said something surprising about loving others and treating them with...
Include people who are left outFebruary 5
February 5 Include people who are left out. We start the month in Luke 5:1-11, 27-32. Jesus had recently returned from 40 days in the desert and was ready to start his ministry. First, he chose 12 disciples who would learn from Him and eventually carry on the mission...
If you don’t understand something, askJanuary 29
January 29 If you don’t understand something, ask. We finish up the month in Matthew 11:1-6 where we read that John the Baptist was in prison. John seemed to wonder if Jesus was truly the Savior that God had promised. John sent two of his disciples to ask Jesus his...
Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choiceJanuary 22
January 22 Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choice. After Jesus’ baptism, we head to Luke 4:1-13 and find that Jesus had gone out to the desert. In this story, Jesus was being tested. The devil showed up and twisted what Jesus knew about God and...
When you discover something new, it can change youJanuary 15
January 15 When you discover something new, it can change you. In week 3, we find Jesus at the Jordan River (John 1:19- 42 and John 3:22-36). Jesus’ cousin, John the Baptist, was out by the Jordan River baptizing people and preparing the way for the Promised Savior....
Knowing God is the most important thingJanuary 8
January 8 Knowing God is the most important thing. In Luke 2:41-52, we discover a moment from Jesus’ childhood when he stayed behind in Jerusalem after the Passover feast. Jesus was fully God, but he was also fully human. And as a human, Jesus recognized something...
Never stop searching for what’s trueJanuary 1
January 1 Never stop searching for what's true. We kick off January with the end of the Christmas story. In Matthew 2:1-12, we meet wise men from the east whose lives were dedicated to discovering more about the universe. One night they noticed a bright star that led...
The good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
Hold on because God is still in controlOctober 30
October 30 Hold on because God is still in control. We finish up the month in Exodus 13:17-14:31. God’s people were on their way out of Egypt. Everything was looking great for the Hebrews, until Pharaoh changed his mind. Moses and the Hebrew people found themselves...
Hold on because God knows what you’re going throughOctober 23
October 23 Hold on because God knows what you're going through. In week four, we discover God’s plan for rescuing the Israelites. In Exodus 3-6; 7-12:42, we see how God’s plan started. Moses was watching sheep on the side of a mountain and saw a bush on fire—but it...
Hold on even when you don’t know what to doOctober 16
October 16 Hold on even when you don't know what to do. In week three, we head to Exodus 2:1-10. Joseph’s family, God’s people, were growing in number. Pharaoh enslaved them and made life miserable for them. That’s where Moses came in. Moses was born when Pharaoh went...
Hold on because there’s a bigger storyOctober 9
October 9 Hold on because there's a bigger story. Next, we continue Joseph’s story in Genesis 41-45, where Joseph was in prison, forgotten. Pharaoh had a dream that no one could interpret. The cupbearer remembered how Joseph had interpreted his dream. At once, Pharaoh...
Hold on because God is with youOctober 2
October 2 Hold on because God is with you. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Genesis 37, 39-40. We learn how Joseph was his father, Jacob’s, favorite son. Joseph’s brothers were completely jealous—with their jealousy fueled by Joseph’s dreams that had them...
You can trust God even when you’re worriedSeptember 25
September 25 You can trust God even when you're worried. We finish the month by discovering what happened to Jacob and Esau’s relationship. In Genesis 31:3, 32:3- 32, and 33:1-17, we find out that Jacob knows that God wants him to return home after years of living...
You can trust that God has a planSeptember 18
September 18 You can trust that God has a plan. In week 3, we meet Isaac’s sons Jacob and Esau in Genesis 25, 27, and 28. Jacob and Esau always had a complicated relationship from the moment they were born. Jacob eventually took advantage of Esau’s moment of...
Trust God no matter whatSeptember 11
September 11 Trust God no matter what. Next, we discover Isaac venturing out on his own. In Genesis 26, we find out that Isaac moved to a region where he reclaimed the wells that had belonged to his father, Abraham. For years no one had cared about the wells until...
Trust God even when you have to waitSeptember 4
September 4 Trust God even when you have towait. For week one, we pick up where we left off last month and continue with Abraham’s story. In Genesis 15, 18, and 21, we discover that God’s promise to Abraham takes longer than Abraham might have thought. This tests...
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Belonging TogetherA look at what causes relationships to fall apart and what things build relationships. Four things that destroy relationships and four things that build them up.
Belonging Togetherby Kurt Barnes
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolMarch 5I can love like Jesus.Jesus washes his disciples’ feet. Jesus does this to show everyone who would follow him what it looks like to love the way he loves. It’s not exactly what Jesus’ first disciples thought love would look like, but when we put other people first and serve them, we love like Jesus.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsI can love like JesusMarch 5
March 5 I can love like Jesus. Jesus washes his disciples’ feet. Jesus does this to show everyone who would follow him what it looks like to love the way he loves. It’s not exactly what Jesus’ first disciples thought love would look like, but when we put other people...
Jesus loves me no matter whatFebruary 26
February 26 Jesus loves me no matter what. A woman shows she is thankful and loves Jesus by washing his feet and using her special perfume. Jesus showed us that His love is bigger than anything wrong we have done or ever will do. There is nothing wider or longer or...
Jesus loves me and wants to help meFebruary 19
February 19 Jesus loves me and wants to help me. In week three, we will hear how Jesus used his power to do something that was so amazing, it left the disciples totally awestruck. In the middle of a big storm when they are out on a boat at night, Jesus told the winds...
Jesus loves me and wants to spend time with meFebruary 12
February 12 Jesus loves me and wants to spend time with me. Jesus visits the home of Mary and Martha. Mary sits at Jesus’ feet while Martha is very busy making sure everything is perfect for Jesus. Jesus thinks we are special, and He wants to spend time with us, just...
Jesus loves meFebruary 5
February 5 Jesus loves me. Have you noticed any heart-shaped candy boxes or giant teddy bears in stores yet? It’s that time of year when we do extra special things to show people how much we love them. One sweet way to do that has always been with candy hearts. Candy...
Jesus’ kindness is amazingJanuary 29
January 29 Jesus' kindness is amazing. We will end our time in our wonderful workshop with a story about Jesus using his amazing powers to show kindness to a man born blind. Once again, Jesus showed people that he can do things that only he can do, and that makes...
Jesus’ miracles are amazingJanuary 22
January 22 Jesus' miracles are amazing. In week four, we get to meet Peter when our amazing Jesus climbs onto his boat. Even though Peter did not catch any fish before, Jesus fills the nets with SO many fish that the fish fills two boats! Peter knew right away that...
Jesus’ power is amazingJanuary 15
January 15 Jesus' power is amazing. In week three, we will hear how Jesus used his power to do something that was so amazing, it left the disciples totally awestruck. In the middle of a big storm when they are out on a boat at night, Jesus told the winds and waves to...
Jesus is amazingJanuary 8
January 8 Jesus is amazing. In week two, we will hear how Jesus amazed his disciples and others with His first miracle. One minute there was no more wine for the wedding party. And the next, the master of ceremonies declares the water Jesus had turned into wine to be...
Jesus’ teaching is amazingJanuary 1
January 1 Jesus' teaching is amazing. We begin in week one with the story of 12-year-old Jesus. His parents were frantic when they realized he was missing, but they eventually discovered he had been in the temple the whole time, amazing the grown-ups with how much he...
The wise men come to see God’s sonDecember 18
December 18 The wise men come to see God's son. Our Bible story this week is about some Wise Men who followed a special star so they could find Jesus. The wise men knew Jesus was special. That’s why they worshipped Jesus and gave Him gifts. We know Jesus is special...
The shepherds run to JesusDecember 11
December 11 The shepherds run to Jesus. One night, while some shepherds were watching their sheep and taking care of them, an angel came to see them. The angel said, ‘Don’t be afraid! I have good news! Jesus has been born! You will find Him lying in a manger.’ Then...
Jesus is bornDecember 4
December 4 Jesus is born. “Before Baby Jesus was born, Mary, Jesus’ mom, and Joseph had to go a long way to a city called Bethlehem. When they got there, they needed a place to sleep. They finally found a place, but it was a stable where animals sleep. That stable is...
God told Mary she would have His Son, JesusNovember 27
November 27 God told Mary she would have His Son, Jesus. One day, God sent an angel to tell Mary some good news. She was going to have a baby! And His name would be Jesus. Jesus is special because He's God's son! DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
I can thank God for family and friendsNovember 20
November 20 I can thank God for family and friends. One time, the Israelites were attacked, and as long as Moses held his hands up, the Israelites would win. But Moses became so tired he couldn’t keep his arms up any longer. Thankfully, his brother Aaron and their...
I can thank God for foodNovember 13
November 13 I can thank God for food. A widow uses her last bit of food to feed the prophet, Elijah. And then, just as Elijah said God would do, God made sure the widow had enough food for herself, her son, and Elijah to eat. Through this story, we see that God is...
I can thank God for God is goodNovember 6
November 6 I can thank God for God is good. We begin in week one by talking about how we can thank God because God is good! When we look around at all of the good things in the world, the first thing we should do is say, “Thank you, God!” because every good and...
God has plans for meOctober 30
October 30 God has plans for me. The prophet Jeremiah will help us wrap up the month with the wonderful truth that God knows the plans He has for us. This means even when we don’t understand the plans, we can still trust the One who does. We can trust God because of...
God’s plans are always bestOctober 23
October 23 God's plans are always best. In the second part of Joseph’s story, we get to see that God’s plans for Joseph really did work out, and not just for Joseph either. Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, needed hep understanding his dreams, and God helped Joseph...
I can trust God’s plans even when they’re hardOctober 16
October 16 I can trust God's plans even when they're hard. We meet a new guy who trusted God’s plans for him. His name is Joseph. If anyone ever had reasons to doubt God’s plans, it had to be Joseph. His jealous older brothers throw him in a hole and sell him into...
God keeps His promisesOctober 9
October 9 God keeps His promises. We get to introduce preschoolers to the very…first…rainbow! And even better, we get to teach them that the rainbow is part of God’s plans for them. Every time we see a rainbow in the sky, God is also looking at that same rainbow and...
I can always trust God’s plansOctober 2
October 2 I can always trust God's plans. We will share one of the most exciting and well-loved Bible stories with preschoolers – Noah’s Ark! Now we love the story because we get to read all of it in one sitting, and we know how God’s plans work out for Noah. But...
God loves me when I’m happySeptember 25
September 25 God loves me when I'm happy. God gave Sarah and Abraham a child…after they had waited a very, very, VERY long time. Sarah was so happy that it literally brought Sarah laughter! Sarah and Abraham knew they could trust God with all their heart and that God...
God loves me when I’m frustratedSeptember 18
September 18 God loves me when I'm frustrated. Moses was leading the Israelites, but they complained no matter what God did for them. Moses talked to God about his feelings of frustration, and God sent people to help Moses! Moses knew he could trust God with all his...
God loves me when I’m afraidSeptember 11
September 11 God loves me when I'm afraid. Gideon knew what it was like to feel afraid. Gideon was so afraid of the Midianites that he hid in a hole to thresh his wheat! But God sent an angel to talk with Gideon and let him know that the Lord was with him. Gideon knew...
God loves me when I’m sadSeptember 4
September 4 God loves me when I'm sad. Hannah was deeply heartbroken because she could not have a baby. Through intense tears of sadness, Hannah talked to God about how she felt. She knew she could trust God with all her heart and that God would love her and help...
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenMarch 5Everyone needs forgiveness.No matter how much we mess up, God will always forgive us. Jesus even chose to forgive those who were crucifying him. Because God forgives us, we should work hard to forgive others. We can decide that someone who has wronged us doesn’t have to pay. With God’s help, we can free ourselves from the weight of anger and bitterness, while giving the other person an opportunity to rewrite the story. We start the month with an interesting moment from Jesus’ life, found in Luke 7:36-50. We find Jesus at the home of a Pharisee. While Jesus was there, a woman with a bad reputation stopped by with an expensive jar of perfume. She cried and used her tears to wash Jesus’ feet, then anointed them with perfume. The Pharisee was upset that Jesus would let a woman like this near him. Jesus responded with a parable to explain why this woman had honored Him so much. She understood something about forgiveness that the Pharisees missed.
Everyone needs forgiveness. We can’t escape it. At some point, even if what we did was unintentional, we’ll hurt someone we know. We’ll need to apologize, and hopefully, we’ll receive that person’s forgiveness. As much as others need forgiveness, we need it too. When we have this perspective, it levels the playing field. We get the chance to participate in offering forgiveness that can make things right with others. Because we need forgiveness, we should be willing to forgive people in our lives too.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESDevotionalParent CueRecent LessonsEveryone needs forgivenessMarch 5
March 5 Everyone needs forgiveness. No matter how much we mess up, God will always forgive us. Jesus even chose to forgive those who were crucifying him. Because God forgives us, we should work hard to forgive others. We can decide that someone who has wronged us...
Remember God is most importantFebruary 26
February 26 Remember God is most important. We finish our month on respect in Matthew 8:5-13, where we find a Roman commander. This man was in charge of soldiers, who did whatever he told them to do. Yet when the commander’s servant became seriously ill, he realized...
Take time to show others they are importantFebruary 19
February 19 Take time to show others they are important. In week three, we find Jesus at the home of his friends Mary and Martha. In Luke 10:38-42, we find how these two sisters had different things in mind when it came to having Jesus in their home. Mary sat at...
Show respect even when you don’t get alongFebruary 12
February 12 Show respect even when you don’t get along. Jesus brought His followers to a mountain to explain to them what it means to live as part of God’s kingdom. During that message, Jesus said something surprising about loving others and treating them with...
Include people who are left outFebruary 5
February 5 Include people who are left out. We start the month in Luke 5:1-11, 27-32. Jesus had recently returned from 40 days in the desert and was ready to start his ministry. First, he chose 12 disciples who would learn from Him and eventually carry on the mission...
If you don’t understand something, askJanuary 29
January 29 If you don’t understand something, ask. We finish up the month in Matthew 11:1-6 where we read that John the Baptist was in prison. John seemed to wonder if Jesus was truly the Savior that God had promised. John sent two of his disciples to ask Jesus his...
Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choiceJanuary 22
January 22 Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choice. After Jesus’ baptism, we head to Luke 4:1-13 and find that Jesus had gone out to the desert. In this story, Jesus was being tested. The devil showed up and twisted what Jesus knew about God and...
When you discover something new, it can change youJanuary 15
January 15 When you discover something new, it can change you. In week 3, we find Jesus at the Jordan River (John 1:19- 42 and John 3:22-36). Jesus’ cousin, John the Baptist, was out by the Jordan River baptizing people and preparing the way for the Promised Savior....
Knowing God is the most important thingJanuary 8
January 8 Knowing God is the most important thing. In Luke 2:41-52, we discover a moment from Jesus’ childhood when he stayed behind in Jerusalem after the Passover feast. Jesus was fully God, but he was also fully human. And as a human, Jesus recognized something...
Never stop searching for what’s trueJanuary 1
January 1 Never stop searching for what's true. We kick off January with the end of the Christmas story. In Matthew 2:1-12, we meet wise men from the east whose lives were dedicated to discovering more about the universe. One night they noticed a bright star that led...
The good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
Hold on because God is still in controlOctober 30
October 30 Hold on because God is still in control. We finish up the month in Exodus 13:17-14:31. God’s people were on their way out of Egypt. Everything was looking great for the Hebrews, until Pharaoh changed his mind. Moses and the Hebrew people found themselves...
Hold on because God knows what you’re going throughOctober 23
October 23 Hold on because God knows what you're going through. In week four, we discover God’s plan for rescuing the Israelites. In Exodus 3-6; 7-12:42, we see how God’s plan started. Moses was watching sheep on the side of a mountain and saw a bush on fire—but it...
Hold on even when you don’t know what to doOctober 16
October 16 Hold on even when you don't know what to do. In week three, we head to Exodus 2:1-10. Joseph’s family, God’s people, were growing in number. Pharaoh enslaved them and made life miserable for them. That’s where Moses came in. Moses was born when Pharaoh went...
Hold on because there’s a bigger storyOctober 9
October 9 Hold on because there's a bigger story. Next, we continue Joseph’s story in Genesis 41-45, where Joseph was in prison, forgotten. Pharaoh had a dream that no one could interpret. The cupbearer remembered how Joseph had interpreted his dream. At once, Pharaoh...
Hold on because God is with youOctober 2
October 2 Hold on because God is with you. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Genesis 37, 39-40. We learn how Joseph was his father, Jacob’s, favorite son. Joseph’s brothers were completely jealous—with their jealousy fueled by Joseph’s dreams that had them...
You can trust God even when you’re worriedSeptember 25
September 25 You can trust God even when you're worried. We finish the month by discovering what happened to Jacob and Esau’s relationship. In Genesis 31:3, 32:3- 32, and 33:1-17, we find out that Jacob knows that God wants him to return home after years of living...
You can trust that God has a planSeptember 18
September 18 You can trust that God has a plan. In week 3, we meet Isaac’s sons Jacob and Esau in Genesis 25, 27, and 28. Jacob and Esau always had a complicated relationship from the moment they were born. Jacob eventually took advantage of Esau’s moment of...
Trust God no matter whatSeptember 11
September 11 Trust God no matter what. Next, we discover Isaac venturing out on his own. In Genesis 26, we find out that Isaac moved to a region where he reclaimed the wells that had belonged to his father, Abraham. For years no one had cared about the wells until...
Trust God even when you have to waitSeptember 4
September 4 Trust God even when you have to wait. For week one, we pick up where we left off last month and continue with Abraham’s story. In Genesis 15, 18, and 21, we discover that God’s promise to Abraham takes longer than Abraham might have thought. This tests...
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryMarch 5Everyone needs forgiveness.No matter how much we mess up, God will always forgive us. Jesus even chose to forgive those who were crucifying him. Because God forgives us, we should work hard to forgive others. We can decide that someone who has wronged us doesn’t have to pay. With God’s help, we can free ourselves from the weight of anger and bitterness, while giving the other person an opportunity to rewrite the story. We start the month with an interesting moment from Jesus’ life, found in Luke 7:36-50. We find Jesus at the home of a Pharisee. While Jesus was there, a woman with a bad reputation stopped by with an expensive jar of perfume. She cried and used her tears to wash Jesus’ feet, then anointed them with perfume. The Pharisee was upset that Jesus would let a woman like this near him. Jesus responded with a parable to explain why this woman had honored Him so much. She understood something about forgiveness that the Pharisees missed.
Everyone needs forgiveness. We can’t escape it. At some point, even if what we did was unintentional, we’ll hurt someone we know. We’ll need to apologize, and hopefully, we’ll receive that person’s forgiveness. As much as others need forgiveness, we need it too. When we have this perspective, it levels the playing field. We get the chance to participate in offering forgiveness that can make things right with others. Because we need forgiveness, we should be willing to forgive people in our lives too.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsEveryone needs forgivenessMarch 5
March 5 Everyone needs forgiveness. No matter how much we mess up, God will always forgive us. Jesus even chose to forgive those who were crucifying him. Because God forgives us, we should work hard to forgive others. We can decide that someone who has wronged us...
Remember God is most importantFebruary 26
February 26 Remember God is most important. We finish our month on respect in Matthew 8:5-13, where we find a Roman commander. This man was in charge of soldiers, who did whatever he told them to do. Yet when the commander’s servant became seriously ill, he realized...
Take time to show others they are importantFebruary 19
February 19 Take time to show others they are important. In week three, we find Jesus at the home of his friends Mary and Martha. In Luke 10:38-42, we find how these two sisters had different things in mind when it came to having Jesus in their home. Mary sat at...
Show respect even when you don’t get alongFebruary 12
February 12 Show respect even when you don’t get along. Jesus brought His followers to a mountain to explain to them what it means to live as part of God’s kingdom. During that message, Jesus said something surprising about loving others and treating them with...
Include people who are left outFebruary 5
February 5 Include people who are left out. We start the month in Luke 5:1-11, 27-32. Jesus had recently returned from 40 days in the desert and was ready to start his ministry. First, he chose 12 disciples who would learn from Him and eventually carry on the mission...
If you don’t understand something, askJanuary 29
January 29 If you don’t understand something, ask. We finish up the month in Matthew 11:1-6 where we read that John the Baptist was in prison. John seemed to wonder if Jesus was truly the Savior that God had promised. John sent two of his disciples to ask Jesus his...
Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choiceJanuary 22
January 22 Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choice. After Jesus’ baptism, we head to Luke 4:1-13 and find that Jesus had gone out to the desert. In this story, Jesus was being tested. The devil showed up and twisted what Jesus knew about God and...
When you discover something new, it can change youJanuary 15
January 15 When you discover something new, it can change you. In week 3, we find Jesus at the Jordan River (John 1:19- 42 and John 3:22-36). Jesus’ cousin, John the Baptist, was out by the Jordan River baptizing people and preparing the way for the Promised Savior....
Knowing God is the most important thingJanuary 8
January 8 Knowing God is the most important thing. In Luke 2:41-52, we discover a moment from Jesus’ childhood when he stayed behind in Jerusalem after the Passover feast. Jesus was fully God, but he was also fully human. And as a human, Jesus recognized something...
Never stop searching for what’s trueJanuary 1
January 1 Never stop searching for what's true. We kick off January with the end of the Christmas story. In Matthew 2:1-12, we meet wise men from the east whose lives were dedicated to discovering more about the universe. One night they noticed a bright star that led...
The good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
Hold on because God is still in controlOctober 30
October 30 Hold on because God is still in control. We finish up the month in Exodus 13:17-14:31. God’s people were on their way out of Egypt. Everything was looking great for the Hebrews, until Pharaoh changed his mind. Moses and the Hebrew people found themselves...
Hold on because God knows what you’re going throughOctober 23
October 23 Hold on because God knows what you're going through. In week four, we discover God’s plan for rescuing the Israelites. In Exodus 3-6; 7-12:42, we see how God’s plan started. Moses was watching sheep on the side of a mountain and saw a bush on fire—but it...
Hold on even when you don’t know what to doOctober 16
October 16 Hold on even when you don't know what to do. In week three, we head to Exodus 2:1-10. Joseph’s family, God’s people, were growing in number. Pharaoh enslaved them and made life miserable for them. That’s where Moses came in. Moses was born when Pharaoh went...
Hold on because there’s a bigger storyOctober 9
October 9 Hold on because there's a bigger story. Next, we continue Joseph’s story in Genesis 41-45, where Joseph was in prison, forgotten. Pharaoh had a dream that no one could interpret. The cupbearer remembered how Joseph had interpreted his dream. At once, Pharaoh...
Hold on because God is with youOctober 2
October 2 Hold on because God is with you. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Genesis 37, 39-40. We learn how Joseph was his father, Jacob’s, favorite son. Joseph’s brothers were completely jealous—with their jealousy fueled by Joseph’s dreams that had them...
You can trust God even when you’re worriedSeptember 25
September 25 You can trust God even when you're worried. We finish the month by discovering what happened to Jacob and Esau’s relationship. In Genesis 31:3, 32:3- 32, and 33:1-17, we find out that Jacob knows that God wants him to return home after years of living...
You can trust that God has a planSeptember 18
September 18 You can trust that God has a plan. In week 3, we meet Isaac’s sons Jacob and Esau in Genesis 25, 27, and 28. Jacob and Esau always had a complicated relationship from the moment they were born. Jacob eventually took advantage of Esau’s moment of...
Trust God no matter whatSeptember 11
September 11 Trust God no matter what. Next, we discover Isaac venturing out on his own. In Genesis 26, we find out that Isaac moved to a region where he reclaimed the wells that had belonged to his father, Abraham. For years no one had cared about the wells until...
Trust God even when you have to waitSeptember 4
September 4 Trust God even when you have towait. For week one, we pick up where we left off last month and continue with Abraham’s story. In Genesis 15, 18, and 21, we discover that God’s promise to Abraham takes longer than Abraham might have thought. This tests...
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Partnering TogetherKurt kicks off our “Better Together” series by talking about joyful gospel partnership.
Partnering Togetherby Kurt Barnes
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryFebruary 26Remember God is most important.We finish our month on respect in Matthew 8:5-13, where we find a Roman commander. This man was in charge of soldiers, who did whatever he told them to do. Yet when the commander’s servant became seriously ill, he realized that he had no control and wasn’t really in charge anymore. He had no power over his servant’s health. However, the commander had heard about Jesus and the power He had from God. The commander respected that Jesus had authority to heal his servant, and he had faith that Jesus could do it. Jesus honored the centurion’s faith and healed the servant.
Remember God is most important. Kids might be able to tell you how important God is in their lives, but they might not understand how to show respect to God. It’s great to sing songs to God at church, but we can make God important in our everyday lives too. This will be a great week to talk about how we can remember God is most important by spending time learning about God in the Bible, praying to God about what’s happening in our lives, and making God a priority in our conversations with others. There are all sorts of ways kids can show how much God means to them.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsRemember God is most importantFebruary 26
February 26 Remember God is most important. We finish our month on respect in Matthew 8:5-13, where we find a Roman commander. This man was in charge of soldiers, who did whatever he told them to do. Yet when the commander’s servant became seriously ill, he realized...
Take time to show others they are importantFebruary 19
February 19 Take time to show others they are important. In week three, we find Jesus at the home of his friends Mary and Martha. In Luke 10:38-42, we find how these two sisters had different things in mind when it came to having Jesus in their home. Mary sat at...
Show respect even when you don’t get alongFebruary 12
February 12 Show respect even when you don’t get along. Jesus brought His followers to a mountain to explain to them what it means to live as part of God’s kingdom. During that message, Jesus said something surprising about loving others and treating them with...
Include people who are left outFebruary 5
February 5 Include people who are left out. We start the month in Luke 5:1-11, 27-32. Jesus had recently returned from 40 days in the desert and was ready to start his ministry. First, he chose 12 disciples who would learn from Him and eventually carry on the mission...
If you don’t understand something, askJanuary 29
January 29 If you don’t understand something, ask. We finish up the month in Matthew 11:1-6 where we read that John the Baptist was in prison. John seemed to wonder if Jesus was truly the Savior that God had promised. John sent two of his disciples to ask Jesus his...
Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choiceJanuary 22
January 22 Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choice. After Jesus’ baptism, we head to Luke 4:1-13 and find that Jesus had gone out to the desert. In this story, Jesus was being tested. The devil showed up and twisted what Jesus knew about God and...
When you discover something new, it can change youJanuary 15
January 15 When you discover something new, it can change you. In week 3, we find Jesus at the Jordan River (John 1:19- 42 and John 3:22-36). Jesus’ cousin, John the Baptist, was out by the Jordan River baptizing people and preparing the way for the Promised Savior....
Knowing God is the most important thingJanuary 8
January 8 Knowing God is the most important thing. In Luke 2:41-52, we discover a moment from Jesus’ childhood when he stayed behind in Jerusalem after the Passover feast. Jesus was fully God, but he was also fully human. And as a human, Jesus recognized something...
Never stop searching for what’s trueJanuary 1
January 1 Never stop searching for what's true. We kick off January with the end of the Christmas story. In Matthew 2:1-12, we meet wise men from the east whose lives were dedicated to discovering more about the universe. One night they noticed a bright star that led...
The good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
Hold on because God is still in controlOctober 30
October 30 Hold on because God is still in control. We finish up the month in Exodus 13:17-14:31. God’s people were on their way out of Egypt. Everything was looking great for the Hebrews, until Pharaoh changed his mind. Moses and the Hebrew people found themselves...
Hold on because God knows what you’re going throughOctober 23
October 23 Hold on because God knows what you're going through. In week four, we discover God’s plan for rescuing the Israelites. In Exodus 3-6; 7-12:42, we see how God’s plan started. Moses was watching sheep on the side of a mountain and saw a bush on fire—but it...
Hold on even when you don’t know what to doOctober 16
October 16 Hold on even when you don't know what to do. In week three, we head to Exodus 2:1-10. Joseph’s family, God’s people, were growing in number. Pharaoh enslaved them and made life miserable for them. That’s where Moses came in. Moses was born when Pharaoh went...
Hold on because there’s a bigger storyOctober 9
October 9 Hold on because there's a bigger story. Next, we continue Joseph’s story in Genesis 41-45, where Joseph was in prison, forgotten. Pharaoh had a dream that no one could interpret. The cupbearer remembered how Joseph had interpreted his dream. At once, Pharaoh...
Hold on because God is with youOctober 2
October 2 Hold on because God is with you. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Genesis 37, 39-40. We learn how Joseph was his father, Jacob’s, favorite son. Joseph’s brothers were completely jealous—with their jealousy fueled by Joseph’s dreams that had them...
You can trust God even when you’re worriedSeptember 25
September 25 You can trust God even when you're worried. We finish the month by discovering what happened to Jacob and Esau’s relationship. In Genesis 31:3, 32:3- 32, and 33:1-17, we find out that Jacob knows that God wants him to return home after years of living...
You can trust that God has a planSeptember 18
September 18 You can trust that God has a plan. In week 3, we meet Isaac’s sons Jacob and Esau in Genesis 25, 27, and 28. Jacob and Esau always had a complicated relationship from the moment they were born. Jacob eventually took advantage of Esau’s moment of...
Trust God no matter whatSeptember 11
September 11 Trust God no matter what. Next, we discover Isaac venturing out on his own. In Genesis 26, we find out that Isaac moved to a region where he reclaimed the wells that had belonged to his father, Abraham. For years no one had cared about the wells until...
Trust God even when you have to waitSeptember 4
September 4 Trust God even when you have towait. For week one, we pick up where we left off last month and continue with Abraham’s story. In Genesis 15, 18, and 21, we discover that God’s promise to Abraham takes longer than Abraham might have thought. This tests...
God has a plan to show love to the worldAugust 28
August 28 God has a plan to show love to the world. That man was Abram—later called Abraham. We’ll discover Abram’s story as we jump ahead to Genesis 12:1-9, 15:1-6. God promised Abram that his descendants would become a great nation that would show love to the world....
God loves us no matter whatAugust 21
August 21 God loves us no matter what. Eve had an unbroken, loving relationship with God, ultimately they decided not to trust God’s plan.God gave them one simple rule to obey: don’t eat from that tree. Adam and Eve decided to break the one rule . . . and when...
God made us to take care of each otherAugust 14
August 14 God made us to take care of each other. As we travel back to the creation narrative in Genesis 1-2, we read how God created the world . . . and it was good. God created people—Adam and Eve—to live in the world, enjoy it, and cultivate it. Adam and Eve...
Love God by loving othersAugust 7
August 7 Love God by loving others. Jesus explained this idea perfectly in Matthew 22:34- 40, which is where we begin this month. The religious leaders asked Jesus: out of the hundreds of laws the Jewish people were to follow, which were the most important?...
God gives you the power to have self-controlJuly 31
July 31 God gives you the power to have self-control. We finish up our Make Waves series discovering more about James 3:1-6. Our words have power. James uses practical images like a horse bit, a ship’s rudder, and a flame to show us just how powerful they are....
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenFebruary 26Remember God is most important.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESDevotionalParent CueRecent LessonsRemember God is most importantFebruary 26
February 26 Remember God is most important. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
Take time to show others they are importantFebruary 19
February 19 Take time to show others they are important. In week three, we find Jesus at the home of his friends Mary and Martha. In Luke 10:38-42, we find how these two sisters had different things in mind when it came to having Jesus in their home. Mary sat at...
Show respect even when you don’t get alongFebruary 12
February 12 Show respect even when you don’t get along. Jesus brought His followers to a mountain to explain to them what it means to live as part of God’s kingdom. During that message, Jesus said something surprising about loving others and treating them with...
Include people who are left outFebruary 5
February 5 Include people who are left out. We start the month in Luke 5:1-11, 27-32. Jesus had recently returned from 40 days in the desert and was ready to start his ministry. First, he chose 12 disciples who would learn from Him and eventually carry on the mission...
If you don’t understand something, askJanuary 29
January 29 If you don’t understand something, ask. We finish up the month in Matthew 11:1-6 where we read that John the Baptist was in prison. John seemed to wonder if Jesus was truly the Savior that God had promised. John sent two of his disciples to ask Jesus his...
Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choiceJanuary 22
January 22 Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choice. After Jesus’ baptism, we head to Luke 4:1-13 and find that Jesus had gone out to the desert. In this story, Jesus was being tested. The devil showed up and twisted what Jesus knew about God and...
When you discover something new, it can change youJanuary 15
January 15 When you discover something new, it can change you. In week 3, we find Jesus at the Jordan River (John 1:19- 42 and John 3:22-36). Jesus’ cousin, John the Baptist, was out by the Jordan River baptizing people and preparing the way for the Promised Savior....
Knowing God is the most important thingJanuary 8
January 8 Knowing God is the most important thing. In Luke 2:41-52, we discover a moment from Jesus’ childhood when he stayed behind in Jerusalem after the Passover feast. Jesus was fully God, but he was also fully human. And as a human, Jesus recognized something...
Never stop searching for what’s trueJanuary 1
January 1 Never stop searching for what's true. We kick off January with the end of the Christmas story. In Matthew 2:1-12, we meet wise men from the east whose lives were dedicated to discovering more about the universe. One night they noticed a bright star that led...
The good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
Hold on because God is still in controlOctober 30
October 30 Hold on because God is still in control. We finish up the month in Exodus 13:17-14:31. God’s people were on their way out of Egypt. Everything was looking great for the Hebrews, until Pharaoh changed his mind. Moses and the Hebrew people found themselves...
Hold on because God knows what you’re going throughOctober 23
October 23 Hold on because God knows what you're going through. In week four, we discover God’s plan for rescuing the Israelites. In Exodus 3-6; 7-12:42, we see how God’s plan started. Moses was watching sheep on the side of a mountain and saw a bush on fire—but it...
Hold on even when you don’t know what to doOctober 16
October 16 Hold on even when you don't know what to do. In week three, we head to Exodus 2:1-10. Joseph’s family, God’s people, were growing in number. Pharaoh enslaved them and made life miserable for them. That’s where Moses came in. Moses was born when Pharaoh went...
Hold on because there’s a bigger storyOctober 9
October 9 Hold on because there's a bigger story. Next, we continue Joseph’s story in Genesis 41-45, where Joseph was in prison, forgotten. Pharaoh had a dream that no one could interpret. The cupbearer remembered how Joseph had interpreted his dream. At once, Pharaoh...
Hold on because God is with youOctober 2
October 2 Hold on because God is with you. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Genesis 37, 39-40. We learn how Joseph was his father, Jacob’s, favorite son. Joseph’s brothers were completely jealous—with their jealousy fueled by Joseph’s dreams that had them...
You can trust God even when you’re worriedSeptember 25
September 25 You can trust God even when you're worried. We finish the month by discovering what happened to Jacob and Esau’s relationship. In Genesis 31:3, 32:3- 32, and 33:1-17, we find out that Jacob knows that God wants him to return home after years of living...
You can trust that God has a planSeptember 18
September 18 You can trust that God has a plan. In week 3, we meet Isaac’s sons Jacob and Esau in Genesis 25, 27, and 28. Jacob and Esau always had a complicated relationship from the moment they were born. Jacob eventually took advantage of Esau’s moment of...
Trust God no matter whatSeptember 11
September 11 Trust God no matter what. Next, we discover Isaac venturing out on his own. In Genesis 26, we find out that Isaac moved to a region where he reclaimed the wells that had belonged to his father, Abraham. For years no one had cared about the wells until...
Trust God even when you have to waitSeptember 4
September 4 Trust God even when you have to wait. For week one, we pick up where we left off last month and continue with Abraham’s story. In Genesis 15, 18, and 21, we discover that God’s promise to Abraham takes longer than Abraham might have thought. This tests...
God has a plan to show love to the worldAugust 28
August 28 God has a plan to show love to the world. That man was Abram—later called Abraham. We’ll discover Abram’s story as we jump ahead to Genesis 12:1-9, 15:1-6. God promised Abram that his descendants would become a great nation that would show love to the world....
God loves us no matter whatAugust 21
August 21 God loves us no matter what. Eve had an unbroken, loving relationship with God, ultimately they decided not to trust God’s plan.God gave them one simple rule to obey: don’t eat from that tree. Adam and Eve decided to break the one rule . . . and when...
God made us to take care of each otherAugust 14
August 14 God made us to take care of each other. As we travel back to the creation narrative in Genesis 1-2, we read how God created the world . . . and it was good. God created people—Adam and Eve—to live in the world, enjoy it, and cultivate it. Adam and Eve...
Love God by loving othersAugust 7
August 7 Love God by loving others. Jesus explained this idea perfectly in Matthew 22:34- 40, which is where we begin this month. The religious leaders asked Jesus: out of the hundreds of laws the Jewish people were to follow, which were the most important?...
God gives you the power to have self-controlJuly 31
July 31 God gives you the power to have self-control. We finish up our Make Waves series discovering more about James 3:1-6. Our words have power. James uses practical images like a horse bit, a ship’s rudder, and a flame to show us just how powerful they are....
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolFebruary 26Jesus loves me no matter what.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsJesus loves me no matter whatFebruary 26
February 26 Jesus loves me no matter what. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
Jesus loves me and wants to help meFebruary 19
February 19 Jesus loves me and wants to help me. In week three, we will hear how Jesus used his power to do something that was so amazing, it left the disciples totally awestruck. In the middle of a big storm when they are out on a boat at night, Jesus told the winds...
Jesus loves me and wants to spend time with meFebruary 12
February 12 Jesus loves me and wants to spend time with me. Jesus visits the home of Mary and Martha. Mary sits at Jesus’ feet while Martha is very busy making sure everything is perfect for Jesus. Jesus thinks we are special, and He wants to spend time with us, just...
Jesus loves meFebruary 5
February 5 Jesus loves me. Have you noticed any heart-shaped candy boxes or giant teddy bears in stores yet? It’s that time of year when we do extra special things to show people how much we love them. One sweet way to do that has always been with candy hearts. Candy...
Jesus’ kindness is amazingJanuary 29
January 29 Jesus' kindness is amazing. We will end our time in our wonderful workshop with a story about Jesus using his amazing powers to show kindness to a man born blind. Once again, Jesus showed people that he can do things that only he can do, and that makes...
Jesus’ miracles are amazingJanuary 22
January 22 Jesus' miracles are amazing. In week four, we get to meet Peter when our amazing Jesus climbs onto his boat. Even though Peter did not catch any fish before, Jesus fills the nets with SO many fish that the fish fills two boats! Peter knew right away that...
Jesus’ power is amazingJanuary 15
January 15 Jesus' power is amazing. In week three, we will hear how Jesus used his power to do something that was so amazing, it left the disciples totally awestruck. In the middle of a big storm when they are out on a boat at night, Jesus told the winds and waves to...
Jesus is amazingJanuary 8
January 8 Jesus is amazing. In week two, we will hear how Jesus amazed his disciples and others with His first miracle. One minute there was no more wine for the wedding party. And the next, the master of ceremonies declares the water Jesus had turned into wine to be...
Jesus’ teaching is amazingJanuary 1
January 1 Jesus' teaching is amazing. We begin in week one with the story of 12-year-old Jesus. His parents were frantic when they realized he was missing, but they eventually discovered he had been in the temple the whole time, amazing the grown-ups with how much he...
The wise men come to see God’s sonDecember 18
December 18 The wise men come to see God's son. Our Bible story this week is about some Wise Men who followed a special star so they could find Jesus. The wise men knew Jesus was special. That’s why they worshipped Jesus and gave Him gifts. We know Jesus is special...
The shepherds run to JesusDecember 11
December 11 The shepherds run to Jesus. One night, while some shepherds were watching their sheep and taking care of them, an angel came to see them. The angel said, ‘Don’t be afraid! I have good news! Jesus has been born! You will find Him lying in a manger.’ Then...
Jesus is bornDecember 4
December 4 Jesus is born. “Before Baby Jesus was born, Mary, Jesus’ mom, and Joseph had to go a long way to a city called Bethlehem. When they got there, they needed a place to sleep. They finally found a place, but it was a stable where animals sleep. That stable is...
God told Mary she would have His Son, JesusNovember 27
November 27 God told Mary she would have His Son, Jesus. One day, God sent an angel to tell Mary some good news. She was going to have a baby! And His name would be Jesus. Jesus is special because He's God's son! DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
I can thank God for family and friendsNovember 20
November 20 I can thank God for family and friends. One time, the Israelites were attacked, and as long as Moses held his hands up, the Israelites would win. But Moses became so tired he couldn’t keep his arms up any longer. Thankfully, his brother Aaron and their...
I can thank God for foodNovember 13
November 13 I can thank God for food. A widow uses her last bit of food to feed the prophet, Elijah. And then, just as Elijah said God would do, God made sure the widow had enough food for herself, her son, and Elijah to eat. Through this story, we see that God is...
I can thank God for God is goodNovember 6
November 6 I can thank God for God is good. We begin in week one by talking about how we can thank God because God is good! When we look around at all of the good things in the world, the first thing we should do is say, “Thank you, God!” because every good and...
God has plans for meOctober 30
October 30 God has plans for me. The prophet Jeremiah will help us wrap up the month with the wonderful truth that God knows the plans He has for us. This means even when we don’t understand the plans, we can still trust the One who does. We can trust God because of...
God’s plans are always bestOctober 23
October 23 God's plans are always best. In the second part of Joseph’s story, we get to see that God’s plans for Joseph really did work out, and not just for Joseph either. Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, needed hep understanding his dreams, and God helped Joseph...
I can trust God’s plans even when they’re hardOctober 16
October 16 I can trust God's plans even when they're hard. We meet a new guy who trusted God’s plans for him. His name is Joseph. If anyone ever had reasons to doubt God’s plans, it had to be Joseph. His jealous older brothers throw him in a hole and sell him into...
God keeps His promisesOctober 9
October 9 God keeps His promises. We get to introduce preschoolers to the very…first…rainbow! And even better, we get to teach them that the rainbow is part of God’s plans for them. Every time we see a rainbow in the sky, God is also looking at that same rainbow and...
I can always trust God’s plansOctober 2
October 2 I can always trust God's plans. We will share one of the most exciting and well-loved Bible stories with preschoolers – Noah’s Ark! Now we love the story because we get to read all of it in one sitting, and we know how God’s plans work out for Noah. But...
God loves me when I’m happySeptember 25
September 25 God loves me when I'm happy. God gave Sarah and Abraham a child…after they had waited a very, very, VERY long time. Sarah was so happy that it literally brought Sarah laughter! Sarah and Abraham knew they could trust God with all their heart and that God...
God loves me when I’m frustratedSeptember 18
September 18 God loves me when I'm frustrated. Moses was leading the Israelites, but they complained no matter what God did for them. Moses talked to God about his feelings of frustration, and God sent people to help Moses! Moses knew he could trust God with all his...
God loves me when I’m afraidSeptember 11
September 11 God loves me when I'm afraid. Gideon knew what it was like to feel afraid. Gideon was so afraid of the Midianites that he hid in a hole to thresh his wheat! But God sent an angel to talk with Gideon and let him know that the Lord was with him. Gideon knew...
God loves me when I’m sadSeptember 4
September 4 God loves me when I'm sad. Hannah was deeply heartbroken because she could not have a baby. Through intense tears of sadness, Hannah talked to God about how she felt. She knew she could trust God with all her heart and that God would love her and help...
I am important to GodAugust 28
August 28 I am important to God. Jesus tells us that God knows how many hairs are on every person’s head. Jesus, the son of God, said that we are important to God. There are almost 8 billion people on planet earth, and God knows how many hairs are on each of our...
I am wonderfully made in God’s imageAugust 21
August 21 I am wonderfully made in God's image. I am wonderfully made in God’s image. We will see just how wonderfully made we are when we talk about how all people are made in God’s image. That means God made us to think and figure things out, to create and...
I am wonderfully madeAugust 14
August 14 I am wonderfully made. I am wonderfully made. Every person is wonderfully made. Not because of anything we have done, but simply because God, THE awesome artist, made us. Every time we look in the mirror and look at another person, we are seeing God’s...
God made everything and God made meAugust 7
August 7 God made everything and God made me. God made the whole world and everything in it, but God wasn’t done. After making everything, God made the very best thing of all—people! Every person in the whole wide world was made by God. Our God is...
Jesus can help me choose self-controlJuly 31
July 31 Jesus can help me choose self-control. We end this amazing journey through the fruit of the Spirit with week five and self-control. Without self- control, it’s hard to choose any of the things we have talked about! But, when we choose self-control and say ‘no’...
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The Call to Be LovedThe Call to Be LovedRob shares five things that will radically change in your life if you accept God’s invitation to enjoy a relationship with Him.
The Call to Be Lovedby Rob Barnes
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenFebruary 19Take time to show others they are important.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESDevotionalParent CueRecent LessonsTake time to show others they are importantFebruary 19
February 19 Take time to show others they are important. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
Show respect even when you don’t get alongFebruary 12
February 12 Show respect even when you don’t get along. Jesus brought His followers to a mountain to explain to them what it means to live as part of God’s kingdom. During that message, Jesus said something surprising about loving others and treating them with...
Include people who are left outFebruary 5
February 5 Include people who are left out. We start the month in Luke 5:1-11, 27-32. Jesus had recently returned from 40 days in the desert and was ready to start his ministry. First, he chose 12 disciples who would learn from Him and eventually carry on the mission...
If you don’t understand something, askJanuary 29
January 29 If you don’t understand something, ask. We finish up the month in Matthew 11:1-6 where we read that John the Baptist was in prison. John seemed to wonder if Jesus was truly the Savior that God had promised. John sent two of his disciples to ask Jesus his...
Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choiceJanuary 22
January 22 Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choice. After Jesus’ baptism, we head to Luke 4:1-13 and find that Jesus had gone out to the desert. In this story, Jesus was being tested. The devil showed up and twisted what Jesus knew about God and...
When you discover something new, it can change youJanuary 15
January 15 When you discover something new, it can change you. In week 3, we find Jesus at the Jordan River (John 1:19- 42 and John 3:22-36). Jesus’ cousin, John the Baptist, was out by the Jordan River baptizing people and preparing the way for the Promised Savior....
Knowing God is the most important thingJanuary 8
January 8 Knowing God is the most important thing. In Luke 2:41-52, we discover a moment from Jesus’ childhood when he stayed behind in Jerusalem after the Passover feast. Jesus was fully God, but he was also fully human. And as a human, Jesus recognized something...
Never stop searching for what’s trueJanuary 1
January 1 Never stop searching for what's true. We kick off January with the end of the Christmas story. In Matthew 2:1-12, we meet wise men from the east whose lives were dedicated to discovering more about the universe. One night they noticed a bright star that led...
The good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
Hold on because God is still in controlOctober 30
October 30 Hold on because God is still in control. We finish up the month in Exodus 13:17-14:31. God’s people were on their way out of Egypt. Everything was looking great for the Hebrews, until Pharaoh changed his mind. Moses and the Hebrew people found themselves...
Hold on because God knows what you’re going throughOctober 23
October 23 Hold on because God knows what you're going through. In week four, we discover God’s plan for rescuing the Israelites. In Exodus 3-6; 7-12:42, we see how God’s plan started. Moses was watching sheep on the side of a mountain and saw a bush on fire—but it...
Hold on even when you don’t know what to doOctober 16
October 16 Hold on even when you don't know what to do. In week three, we head to Exodus 2:1-10. Joseph’s family, God’s people, were growing in number. Pharaoh enslaved them and made life miserable for them. That’s where Moses came in. Moses was born when Pharaoh went...
Hold on because there’s a bigger storyOctober 9
October 9 Hold on because there's a bigger story. Next, we continue Joseph’s story in Genesis 41-45, where Joseph was in prison, forgotten. Pharaoh had a dream that no one could interpret. The cupbearer remembered how Joseph had interpreted his dream. At once, Pharaoh...
Hold on because God is with youOctober 2
October 2 Hold on because God is with you. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Genesis 37, 39-40. We learn how Joseph was his father, Jacob’s, favorite son. Joseph’s brothers were completely jealous—with their jealousy fueled by Joseph’s dreams that had them...
You can trust God even when you’re worriedSeptember 25
September 25 You can trust God even when you're worried. We finish the month by discovering what happened to Jacob and Esau’s relationship. In Genesis 31:3, 32:3- 32, and 33:1-17, we find out that Jacob knows that God wants him to return home after years of living...
You can trust that God has a planSeptember 18
September 18 You can trust that God has a plan. In week 3, we meet Isaac’s sons Jacob and Esau in Genesis 25, 27, and 28. Jacob and Esau always had a complicated relationship from the moment they were born. Jacob eventually took advantage of Esau’s moment of...
Trust God no matter whatSeptember 11
September 11 Trust God no matter what. Next, we discover Isaac venturing out on his own. In Genesis 26, we find out that Isaac moved to a region where he reclaimed the wells that had belonged to his father, Abraham. For years no one had cared about the wells until...
Trust God even when you have to waitSeptember 4
September 4 Trust God even when you have to wait. For week one, we pick up where we left off last month and continue with Abraham’s story. In Genesis 15, 18, and 21, we discover that God’s promise to Abraham takes longer than Abraham might have thought. This tests...
God has a plan to show love to the worldAugust 28
August 28 God has a plan to show love to the world. That man was Abram—later called Abraham. We’ll discover Abram’s story as we jump ahead to Genesis 12:1-9, 15:1-6. God promised Abram that his descendants would become a great nation that would show love to the world....
God loves us no matter whatAugust 21
August 21 God loves us no matter what. Eve had an unbroken, loving relationship with God, ultimately they decided not to trust God’s plan.God gave them one simple rule to obey: don’t eat from that tree. Adam and Eve decided to break the one rule . . . and when...
God made us to take care of each otherAugust 14
August 14 God made us to take care of each other. As we travel back to the creation narrative in Genesis 1-2, we read how God created the world . . . and it was good. God created people—Adam and Eve—to live in the world, enjoy it, and cultivate it. Adam and Eve...
Love God by loving othersAugust 7
August 7 Love God by loving others. Jesus explained this idea perfectly in Matthew 22:34- 40, which is where we begin this month. The religious leaders asked Jesus: out of the hundreds of laws the Jewish people were to follow, which were the most important?...
God gives you the power to have self-controlJuly 31
July 31 God gives you the power to have self-control. We finish up our Make Waves series discovering more about James 3:1-6. Our words have power. James uses practical images like a horse bit, a ship’s rudder, and a flame to show us just how powerful they are....
God can give you the strength to be gentleJuly 24
July 24 God can give you the strength to be gentle. For week four, we get a glimpse into the heart of Jesus in Mark 10:13-16. Mark records a time when Jesus welcomed children, gave them his attention, and blessed them. Back then, no one thought very highly of...
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryFebruary 19Take time to show others they are important.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsTake time to show others they are importantFebruary 19
February 19 Take time to show others they are important. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
Show respect even when you don’t get alongFebruary 12
February 12 Show respect even when you don’t get along. Jesus brought His followers to a mountain to explain to them what it means to live as part of God’s kingdom. During that message, Jesus said something surprising about loving others and treating them with...
Include people who are left outFebruary 5
February 5 Include people who are left out. We start the month in Luke 5:1-11, 27-32. Jesus had recently returned from 40 days in the desert and was ready to start his ministry. First, he chose 12 disciples who would learn from Him and eventually carry on the mission...
If you don’t understand something, askJanuary 29
January 29 If you don’t understand something, ask. We finish up the month in Matthew 11:1-6 where we read that John the Baptist was in prison. John seemed to wonder if Jesus was truly the Savior that God had promised. John sent two of his disciples to ask Jesus his...
Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choiceJanuary 22
January 22 Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choice. After Jesus’ baptism, we head to Luke 4:1-13 and find that Jesus had gone out to the desert. In this story, Jesus was being tested. The devil showed up and twisted what Jesus knew about God and...
When you discover something new, it can change youJanuary 15
January 15 When you discover something new, it can change you. In week 3, we find Jesus at the Jordan River (John 1:19- 42 and John 3:22-36). Jesus’ cousin, John the Baptist, was out by the Jordan River baptizing people and preparing the way for the Promised Savior....
Knowing God is the most important thingJanuary 8
January 8 Knowing God is the most important thing. In Luke 2:41-52, we discover a moment from Jesus’ childhood when he stayed behind in Jerusalem after the Passover feast. Jesus was fully God, but he was also fully human. And as a human, Jesus recognized something...
Never stop searching for what’s trueJanuary 1
January 1 Never stop searching for what's true. We kick off January with the end of the Christmas story. In Matthew 2:1-12, we meet wise men from the east whose lives were dedicated to discovering more about the universe. One night they noticed a bright star that led...
The good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
Hold on because God is still in controlOctober 30
October 30 Hold on because God is still in control. We finish up the month in Exodus 13:17-14:31. God’s people were on their way out of Egypt. Everything was looking great for the Hebrews, until Pharaoh changed his mind. Moses and the Hebrew people found themselves...
Hold on because God knows what you’re going throughOctober 23
October 23 Hold on because God knows what you're going through. In week four, we discover God’s plan for rescuing the Israelites. In Exodus 3-6; 7-12:42, we see how God’s plan started. Moses was watching sheep on the side of a mountain and saw a bush on fire—but it...
Hold on even when you don’t know what to doOctober 16
October 16 Hold on even when you don't know what to do. In week three, we head to Exodus 2:1-10. Joseph’s family, God’s people, were growing in number. Pharaoh enslaved them and made life miserable for them. That’s where Moses came in. Moses was born when Pharaoh went...
Hold on because there’s a bigger storyOctober 9
October 9 Hold on because there's a bigger story. Next, we continue Joseph’s story in Genesis 41-45, where Joseph was in prison, forgotten. Pharaoh had a dream that no one could interpret. The cupbearer remembered how Joseph had interpreted his dream. At once, Pharaoh...
Hold on because God is with youOctober 2
October 2 Hold on because God is with you. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Genesis 37, 39-40. We learn how Joseph was his father, Jacob’s, favorite son. Joseph’s brothers were completely jealous—with their jealousy fueled by Joseph’s dreams that had them...
You can trust God even when you’re worriedSeptember 25
September 25 You can trust God even when you're worried. We finish the month by discovering what happened to Jacob and Esau’s relationship. In Genesis 31:3, 32:3- 32, and 33:1-17, we find out that Jacob knows that God wants him to return home after years of living...
You can trust that God has a planSeptember 18
September 18 You can trust that God has a plan. In week 3, we meet Isaac’s sons Jacob and Esau in Genesis 25, 27, and 28. Jacob and Esau always had a complicated relationship from the moment they were born. Jacob eventually took advantage of Esau’s moment of...
Trust God no matter whatSeptember 11
September 11 Trust God no matter what. Next, we discover Isaac venturing out on his own. In Genesis 26, we find out that Isaac moved to a region where he reclaimed the wells that had belonged to his father, Abraham. For years no one had cared about the wells until...
Trust God even when you have to waitSeptember 4
September 4 Trust God even when you have towait. For week one, we pick up where we left off last month and continue with Abraham’s story. In Genesis 15, 18, and 21, we discover that God’s promise to Abraham takes longer than Abraham might have thought. This tests...
God has a plan to show love to the worldAugust 28
August 28 God has a plan to show love to the world. That man was Abram—later called Abraham. We’ll discover Abram’s story as we jump ahead to Genesis 12:1-9, 15:1-6. God promised Abram that his descendants would become a great nation that would show love to the world....
God loves us no matter whatAugust 21
August 21 God loves us no matter what. Eve had an unbroken, loving relationship with God, ultimately they decided not to trust God’s plan.God gave them one simple rule to obey: don’t eat from that tree. Adam and Eve decided to break the one rule . . . and when...
God made us to take care of each otherAugust 14
August 14 God made us to take care of each other. As we travel back to the creation narrative in Genesis 1-2, we read how God created the world . . . and it was good. God created people—Adam and Eve—to live in the world, enjoy it, and cultivate it. Adam and Eve...
Love God by loving othersAugust 7
August 7 Love God by loving others. Jesus explained this idea perfectly in Matthew 22:34- 40, which is where we begin this month. The religious leaders asked Jesus: out of the hundreds of laws the Jewish people were to follow, which were the most important?...
God gives you the power to have self-controlJuly 31
July 31 God gives you the power to have self-control. We finish up our Make Waves series discovering more about James 3:1-6. Our words have power. James uses practical images like a horse bit, a ship’s rudder, and a flame to show us just how powerful they are....
God can give you the strength to be gentleJuly 24
July 24 God can give you the strength to be gentle. For week four, we get a glimpse into the heart of Jesus in Mark 10:13-16. Mark records a time when Jesus welcomed children, gave them his attention, and blessed them. Back then, no one thought very highly of...
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Kingdom LifeKingdom LifeA look at Matthew chapter 7.
Kingdom Lifeby Kurt Barnes
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryFebruary 12Show respect even when you don’t get along.Jesus brought His followers to a mountain to explain to them what it means to live as part of God’s kingdom. During that message, Jesus said something surprising about loving others and treating them with respect. In Matthew 5:43-47 Jesus said, “You’ve heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor. Hate your enemy.’ But here is what I tell you. Love your enemies. Pray for those who hurt you.” Jesus wanted His followers to understand that being kind, loving, and respectful matters even more than we think. Everyone deserves a chance to be shown respect.
Show respect even when you don’t get along. We tend to make judgement calls on who deserves to receive our respect. But that’s not the way God works. ALL people are created in God’s image. Regardless of how much we get along with others, we should work to be nice, show respect, and share God’s love with them. We’ll help kids understand how they can do this for the people in their lives.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsShow respect even when you don’t get alongFebruary 12
February 12 Show respect even when you don’t get along. Jesus brought His followers to a mountain to explain to them what it means to live as part of God’s kingdom. During that message, Jesus said something surprising about loving others and treating them with...
Include people who are left outFebruary 5
February 5 Include people who are left out. We start the month in Luke 5:1-11, 27-32. Jesus had recently returned from 40 days in the desert and was ready to start his ministry. First, he chose 12 disciples who would learn from Him and eventually carry on the mission...
If you don’t understand something, askJanuary 29
January 29 If you don’t understand something, ask. We finish up the month in Matthew 11:1-6 where we read that John the Baptist was in prison. John seemed to wonder if Jesus was truly the Savior that God had promised. John sent two of his disciples to ask Jesus his...
Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choiceJanuary 22
January 22 Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choice. After Jesus’ baptism, we head to Luke 4:1-13 and find that Jesus had gone out to the desert. In this story, Jesus was being tested. The devil showed up and twisted what Jesus knew about God and...
When you discover something new, it can change youJanuary 15
January 15 When you discover something new, it can change you. In week 3, we find Jesus at the Jordan River (John 1:19- 42 and John 3:22-36). Jesus’ cousin, John the Baptist, was out by the Jordan River baptizing people and preparing the way for the Promised Savior....
Knowing God is the most important thingJanuary 8
January 8 Knowing God is the most important thing. In Luke 2:41-52, we discover a moment from Jesus’ childhood when he stayed behind in Jerusalem after the Passover feast. Jesus was fully God, but he was also fully human. And as a human, Jesus recognized something...
Never stop searching for what’s trueJanuary 1
January 1 Never stop searching for what's true. We kick off January with the end of the Christmas story. In Matthew 2:1-12, we meet wise men from the east whose lives were dedicated to discovering more about the universe. One night they noticed a bright star that led...
The good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
Hold on because God is still in controlOctober 30
October 30 Hold on because God is still in control. We finish up the month in Exodus 13:17-14:31. God’s people were on their way out of Egypt. Everything was looking great for the Hebrews, until Pharaoh changed his mind. Moses and the Hebrew people found themselves...
Hold on because God knows what you’re going throughOctober 23
October 23 Hold on because God knows what you're going through. In week four, we discover God’s plan for rescuing the Israelites. In Exodus 3-6; 7-12:42, we see how God’s plan started. Moses was watching sheep on the side of a mountain and saw a bush on fire—but it...
Hold on even when you don’t know what to doOctober 16
October 16 Hold on even when you don't know what to do. In week three, we head to Exodus 2:1-10. Joseph’s family, God’s people, were growing in number. Pharaoh enslaved them and made life miserable for them. That’s where Moses came in. Moses was born when Pharaoh went...
Hold on because there’s a bigger storyOctober 9
October 9 Hold on because there's a bigger story. Next, we continue Joseph’s story in Genesis 41-45, where Joseph was in prison, forgotten. Pharaoh had a dream that no one could interpret. The cupbearer remembered how Joseph had interpreted his dream. At once, Pharaoh...
Hold on because God is with youOctober 2
October 2 Hold on because God is with you. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Genesis 37, 39-40. We learn how Joseph was his father, Jacob’s, favorite son. Joseph’s brothers were completely jealous—with their jealousy fueled by Joseph’s dreams that had them...
You can trust God even when you’re worriedSeptember 25
September 25 You can trust God even when you're worried. We finish the month by discovering what happened to Jacob and Esau’s relationship. In Genesis 31:3, 32:3- 32, and 33:1-17, we find out that Jacob knows that God wants him to return home after years of living...
You can trust that God has a planSeptember 18
September 18 You can trust that God has a plan. In week 3, we meet Isaac’s sons Jacob and Esau in Genesis 25, 27, and 28. Jacob and Esau always had a complicated relationship from the moment they were born. Jacob eventually took advantage of Esau’s moment of...
Trust God no matter whatSeptember 11
September 11 Trust God no matter what. Next, we discover Isaac venturing out on his own. In Genesis 26, we find out that Isaac moved to a region where he reclaimed the wells that had belonged to his father, Abraham. For years no one had cared about the wells until...
Trust God even when you have to waitSeptember 4
September 4 Trust God even when you have towait. For week one, we pick up where we left off last month and continue with Abraham’s story. In Genesis 15, 18, and 21, we discover that God’s promise to Abraham takes longer than Abraham might have thought. This tests...
God has a plan to show love to the worldAugust 28
August 28 God has a plan to show love to the world. That man was Abram—later called Abraham. We’ll discover Abram’s story as we jump ahead to Genesis 12:1-9, 15:1-6. God promised Abram that his descendants would become a great nation that would show love to the world....
God loves us no matter whatAugust 21
August 21 God loves us no matter what. Eve had an unbroken, loving relationship with God, ultimately they decided not to trust God’s plan.God gave them one simple rule to obey: don’t eat from that tree. Adam and Eve decided to break the one rule . . . and when...
God made us to take care of each otherAugust 14
August 14 God made us to take care of each other. As we travel back to the creation narrative in Genesis 1-2, we read how God created the world . . . and it was good. God created people—Adam and Eve—to live in the world, enjoy it, and cultivate it. Adam and Eve...
Love God by loving othersAugust 7
August 7 Love God by loving others. Jesus explained this idea perfectly in Matthew 22:34- 40, which is where we begin this month. The religious leaders asked Jesus: out of the hundreds of laws the Jewish people were to follow, which were the most important?...
God gives you the power to have self-controlJuly 31
July 31 God gives you the power to have self-control. We finish up our Make Waves series discovering more about James 3:1-6. Our words have power. James uses practical images like a horse bit, a ship’s rudder, and a flame to show us just how powerful they are....
God can give you the strength to be gentleJuly 24
July 24 God can give you the strength to be gentle. For week four, we get a glimpse into the heart of Jesus in Mark 10:13-16. Mark records a time when Jesus welcomed children, gave them his attention, and blessed them. Back then, no one thought very highly of...
Be faithful so others can count on youJuly 17
July 17 Be faithful so others can count on you. In week three, we jump back to 1 Samuel 18-20 and 2 Samuel 9. We dive deeper into the amazing friendship between David and Jonathan. Jonathan was a faithful friend to David when King Saul chased David and tried to kill...
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenFebruary 12Show respect even when you don’t get along.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESDevotionalParent CueRecent LessonsShow respect even when you don’t get alongFebruary 12
February 12 Show respect even when you don’t get along. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
Include people who are left outFebruary 5
February 5 Include people who are left out. We start the month in Luke 5:1-11, 27-32. Jesus had recently returned from 40 days in the desert and was ready to start his ministry. First, he chose 12 disciples who would learn from Him and eventually carry on the mission...
If you don’t understand something, askJanuary 29
January 29 If you don’t understand something, ask. We finish up the month in Matthew 11:1-6 where we read that John the Baptist was in prison. John seemed to wonder if Jesus was truly the Savior that God had promised. John sent two of his disciples to ask Jesus his...
Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choiceJanuary 22
January 22 Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choice. After Jesus’ baptism, we head to Luke 4:1-13 and find that Jesus had gone out to the desert. In this story, Jesus was being tested. The devil showed up and twisted what Jesus knew about God and...
When you discover something new, it can change youJanuary 15
January 15 When you discover something new, it can change you. In week 3, we find Jesus at the Jordan River (John 1:19- 42 and John 3:22-36). Jesus’ cousin, John the Baptist, was out by the Jordan River baptizing people and preparing the way for the Promised Savior....
Knowing God is the most important thingJanuary 8
January 8 Knowing God is the most important thing. In Luke 2:41-52, we discover a moment from Jesus’ childhood when he stayed behind in Jerusalem after the Passover feast. Jesus was fully God, but he was also fully human. And as a human, Jesus recognized something...
Never stop searching for what’s trueJanuary 1
January 1 Never stop searching for what's true. We kick off January with the end of the Christmas story. In Matthew 2:1-12, we meet wise men from the east whose lives were dedicated to discovering more about the universe. One night they noticed a bright star that led...
The good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
Hold on because God is still in controlOctober 30
October 30 Hold on because God is still in control. We finish up the month in Exodus 13:17-14:31. God’s people were on their way out of Egypt. Everything was looking great for the Hebrews, until Pharaoh changed his mind. Moses and the Hebrew people found themselves...
Hold on because God knows what you’re going throughOctober 23
October 23 Hold on because God knows what you're going through. In week four, we discover God’s plan for rescuing the Israelites. In Exodus 3-6; 7-12:42, we see how God’s plan started. Moses was watching sheep on the side of a mountain and saw a bush on fire—but it...
Hold on even when you don’t know what to doOctober 16
October 16 Hold on even when you don't know what to do. In week three, we head to Exodus 2:1-10. Joseph’s family, God’s people, were growing in number. Pharaoh enslaved them and made life miserable for them. That’s where Moses came in. Moses was born when Pharaoh went...
Hold on because there’s a bigger storyOctober 9
October 9 Hold on because there's a bigger story. Next, we continue Joseph’s story in Genesis 41-45, where Joseph was in prison, forgotten. Pharaoh had a dream that no one could interpret. The cupbearer remembered how Joseph had interpreted his dream. At once, Pharaoh...
Hold on because God is with youOctober 2
October 2 Hold on because God is with you. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Genesis 37, 39-40. We learn how Joseph was his father, Jacob’s, favorite son. Joseph’s brothers were completely jealous—with their jealousy fueled by Joseph’s dreams that had them...
You can trust God even when you’re worriedSeptember 25
September 25 You can trust God even when you're worried. We finish the month by discovering what happened to Jacob and Esau’s relationship. In Genesis 31:3, 32:3- 32, and 33:1-17, we find out that Jacob knows that God wants him to return home after years of living...
You can trust that God has a planSeptember 18
September 18 You can trust that God has a plan. In week 3, we meet Isaac’s sons Jacob and Esau in Genesis 25, 27, and 28. Jacob and Esau always had a complicated relationship from the moment they were born. Jacob eventually took advantage of Esau’s moment of...
Trust God no matter whatSeptember 11
September 11 Trust God no matter what. Next, we discover Isaac venturing out on his own. In Genesis 26, we find out that Isaac moved to a region where he reclaimed the wells that had belonged to his father, Abraham. For years no one had cared about the wells until...
Trust God even when you have to waitSeptember 4
September 4 Trust God even when you have to wait. For week one, we pick up where we left off last month and continue with Abraham’s story. In Genesis 15, 18, and 21, we discover that God’s promise to Abraham takes longer than Abraham might have thought. This tests...
God has a plan to show love to the worldAugust 28
August 28 God has a plan to show love to the world. That man was Abram—later called Abraham. We’ll discover Abram’s story as we jump ahead to Genesis 12:1-9, 15:1-6. God promised Abram that his descendants would become a great nation that would show love to the world....
God loves us no matter whatAugust 21
August 21 God loves us no matter what. Eve had an unbroken, loving relationship with God, ultimately they decided not to trust God’s plan.God gave them one simple rule to obey: don’t eat from that tree. Adam and Eve decided to break the one rule . . . and when...
God made us to take care of each otherAugust 14
August 14 God made us to take care of each other. As we travel back to the creation narrative in Genesis 1-2, we read how God created the world . . . and it was good. God created people—Adam and Eve—to live in the world, enjoy it, and cultivate it. Adam and Eve...
Love God by loving othersAugust 7
August 7 Love God by loving others. Jesus explained this idea perfectly in Matthew 22:34- 40, which is where we begin this month. The religious leaders asked Jesus: out of the hundreds of laws the Jewish people were to follow, which were the most important?...
God gives you the power to have self-controlJuly 31
July 31 God gives you the power to have self-control. We finish up our Make Waves series discovering more about James 3:1-6. Our words have power. James uses practical images like a horse bit, a ship’s rudder, and a flame to show us just how powerful they are....
God can give you the strength to be gentleJuly 24
July 24 God can give you the strength to be gentle. For week four, we get a glimpse into the heart of Jesus in Mark 10:13-16. Mark records a time when Jesus welcomed children, gave them his attention, and blessed them. Back then, no one thought very highly of...
Be faithful so others can count on youJuly 17
July 17 Be faithful so others can count on you. In week three, we jump back to 1 Samuel 18-20 and 2 Samuel 9. We dive deeper into the amazing friendship between David and Jonathan. Jonathan was a faithful friend to David when King Saul chased David and tried to kill...
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolFebruary 12Jesus loves me and wants to spend time with me.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsJesus loves me and wants to spend time with meFebruary 12
February 12 Jesus loves me and wants to spend time with me. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
Jesus loves meFebruary 5
February 5 Jesus loves me. Have you noticed any heart-shaped candy boxes or giant teddy bears in stores yet? It’s that time of year when we do extra special things to show people how much we love them. One sweet way to do that has always been with candy hearts. Candy...
Jesus’ kindness is amazingJanuary 29
January 29 Jesus' kindness is amazing. We will end our time in our wonderful workshop with a story about Jesus using his amazing powers to show kindness to a man born blind. Once again, Jesus showed people that he can do things that only he can do, and that makes...
Jesus’ miracles are amazingJanuary 22
January 22 Jesus' miracles are amazing. In week four, we get to meet Peter when our amazing Jesus climbs onto his boat. Even though Peter did not catch any fish before, Jesus fills the nets with SO many fish that the fish fills two boats! Peter knew right away that...
Jesus’ power is amazingJanuary 15
January 15 Jesus' power is amazing. In week three, we will hear how Jesus used his power to do something that was so amazing, it left the disciples totally awestruck. In the middle of a big storm when they are out on a boat at night, Jesus told the winds and waves to...
Jesus is amazingJanuary 8
January 8 Jesus is amazing. In week two, we will hear how Jesus amazed his disciples and others with His first miracle. One minute there was no more wine for the wedding party. And the next, the master of ceremonies declares the water Jesus had turned into wine to be...
Jesus’ teaching is amazingJanuary 1
January 1 Jesus' teaching is amazing. We begin in week one with the story of 12-year-old Jesus. His parents were frantic when they realized he was missing, but they eventually discovered he had been in the temple the whole time, amazing the grown-ups with how much he...
The wise men come to see God’s sonDecember 18
December 18 The wise men come to see God's son. Our Bible story this week is about some Wise Men who followed a special star so they could find Jesus. The wise men knew Jesus was special. That’s why they worshipped Jesus and gave Him gifts. We know Jesus is special...
The shepherds run to JesusDecember 11
December 11 The shepherds run to Jesus. One night, while some shepherds were watching their sheep and taking care of them, an angel came to see them. The angel said, ‘Don’t be afraid! I have good news! Jesus has been born! You will find Him lying in a manger.’ Then...
Jesus is bornDecember 4
December 4 Jesus is born. “Before Baby Jesus was born, Mary, Jesus’ mom, and Joseph had to go a long way to a city called Bethlehem. When they got there, they needed a place to sleep. They finally found a place, but it was a stable where animals sleep. That stable is...
God told Mary she would have His Son, JesusNovember 27
November 27 God told Mary she would have His Son, Jesus. One day, God sent an angel to tell Mary some good news. She was going to have a baby! And His name would be Jesus. Jesus is special because He's God's son! DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
I can thank God for family and friendsNovember 20
November 20 I can thank God for family and friends. One time, the Israelites were attacked, and as long as Moses held his hands up, the Israelites would win. But Moses became so tired he couldn’t keep his arms up any longer. Thankfully, his brother Aaron and their...
I can thank God for foodNovember 13
November 13 I can thank God for food. A widow uses her last bit of food to feed the prophet, Elijah. And then, just as Elijah said God would do, God made sure the widow had enough food for herself, her son, and Elijah to eat. Through this story, we see that God is...
I can thank God for God is goodNovember 6
November 6 I can thank God for God is good. We begin in week one by talking about how we can thank God because God is good! When we look around at all of the good things in the world, the first thing we should do is say, “Thank you, God!” because every good and...
God has plans for meOctober 30
October 30 God has plans for me. The prophet Jeremiah will help us wrap up the month with the wonderful truth that God knows the plans He has for us. This means even when we don’t understand the plans, we can still trust the One who does. We can trust God because of...
God’s plans are always bestOctober 23
October 23 God's plans are always best. In the second part of Joseph’s story, we get to see that God’s plans for Joseph really did work out, and not just for Joseph either. Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, needed hep understanding his dreams, and God helped Joseph...
I can trust God’s plans even when they’re hardOctober 16
October 16 I can trust God's plans even when they're hard. We meet a new guy who trusted God’s plans for him. His name is Joseph. If anyone ever had reasons to doubt God’s plans, it had to be Joseph. His jealous older brothers throw him in a hole and sell him into...
God keeps His promisesOctober 9
October 9 God keeps His promises. We get to introduce preschoolers to the very…first…rainbow! And even better, we get to teach them that the rainbow is part of God’s plans for them. Every time we see a rainbow in the sky, God is also looking at that same rainbow and...
I can always trust God’s plansOctober 2
October 2 I can always trust God's plans. We will share one of the most exciting and well-loved Bible stories with preschoolers – Noah’s Ark! Now we love the story because we get to read all of it in one sitting, and we know how God’s plans work out for Noah. But...
God loves me when I’m happySeptember 25
September 25 God loves me when I'm happy. God gave Sarah and Abraham a child…after they had waited a very, very, VERY long time. Sarah was so happy that it literally brought Sarah laughter! Sarah and Abraham knew they could trust God with all their heart and that God...
God loves me when I’m frustratedSeptember 18
September 18 God loves me when I'm frustrated. Moses was leading the Israelites, but they complained no matter what God did for them. Moses talked to God about his feelings of frustration, and God sent people to help Moses! Moses knew he could trust God with all his...
God loves me when I’m afraidSeptember 11
September 11 God loves me when I'm afraid. Gideon knew what it was like to feel afraid. Gideon was so afraid of the Midianites that he hid in a hole to thresh his wheat! But God sent an angel to talk with Gideon and let him know that the Lord was with him. Gideon knew...
God loves me when I’m sadSeptember 4
September 4 God loves me when I'm sad. Hannah was deeply heartbroken because she could not have a baby. Through intense tears of sadness, Hannah talked to God about how she felt. She knew she could trust God with all her heart and that God would love her and help...
I am important to GodAugust 28
August 28 I am important to God. Jesus tells us that God knows how many hairs are on every person’s head. Jesus, the son of God, said that we are important to God. There are almost 8 billion people on planet earth, and God knows how many hairs are on each of our...
I am wonderfully made in God’s imageAugust 21
August 21 I am wonderfully made in God's image. I am wonderfully made in God’s image. We will see just how wonderfully made we are when we talk about how all people are made in God’s image. That means God made us to think and figure things out, to create and...
I am wonderfully madeAugust 14
August 14 I am wonderfully made. I am wonderfully made. Every person is wonderfully made. Not because of anything we have done, but simply because God, THE awesome artist, made us. Every time we look in the mirror and look at another person, we are seeing God’s...
God made everything and God made meAugust 7
August 7 God made everything and God made me. God made the whole world and everything in it, but God wasn’t done. After making everything, God made the very best thing of all—people! Every person in the whole wide world was made by God. Our God is...
Jesus can help me choose self-controlJuly 31
July 31 Jesus can help me choose self-control. We end this amazing journey through the fruit of the Spirit with week five and self-control. Without self- control, it’s hard to choose any of the things we have talked about! But, when we choose self-control and say ‘no’...
Jesus can help me choose gentlenessJuly 24
July 24 Jesus can help me choose gentleness. Week four, we get to see Jesus in action as He shows nothing but gentleness towards the children being brought to see Him. When Jesus sees the disciples telling the children to go away, He quickly tells them to stop and to...
Jesus can help me choose faithfulnessJuly 17
July 17 Jesus can help me choose faithfulness. In week three, David shows us what a faithful friend looks like when he helps Jonathan’s family. David made a promise to Jonathan and chooses to be faithful and keep that promise.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
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Seek FirstSeek FirstMatthew 6:32-33, “For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolFebruary 5Jesus loves me.Have you noticed any heart-shaped candy boxes or giant teddy bears in stores yet? It’s that time of year when we do extra special things to show people how much we love them. One sweet way to do that has always been with candy hearts. Candy hearts are such a fun way to show someone you love them, which goes perfectly with what we are teaching preschoolers this month. After all, everything Jesus did while He was on earth was to show us how much He loves us. And if there’s one thing we really want preschoolers to know, it’s that Jesus loves them.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsJesus loves meFebruary 5
February 5 Jesus loves me. Have you noticed any heart-shaped candy boxes or giant teddy bears in stores yet? It’s that time of year when we do extra special things to show people how much we love them. One sweet way to do that has always been with candy hearts. Candy...
Jesus’ kindness is amazingJanuary 29
January 29 Jesus' kindness is amazing. We will end our time in our wonderful workshop with a story about Jesus using his amazing powers to show kindness to a man born blind. Once again, Jesus showed people that he can do things that only he can do, and that makes...
Jesus’ miracles are amazingJanuary 22
January 22 Jesus' miracles are amazing. In week four, we get to meet Peter when our amazing Jesus climbs onto his boat. Even though Peter did not catch any fish before, Jesus fills the nets with SO many fish that the fish fills two boats! Peter knew right away that...
Jesus’ power is amazingJanuary 15
January 15 Jesus' power is amazing. In week three, we will hear how Jesus used his power to do something that was so amazing, it left the disciples totally awestruck. In the middle of a big storm when they are out on a boat at night, Jesus told the winds and waves to...
Jesus is amazingJanuary 8
January 8 Jesus is amazing. In week two, we will hear how Jesus amazed his disciples and others with His first miracle. One minute there was no more wine for the wedding party. And the next, the master of ceremonies declares the water Jesus had turned into wine to be...
Jesus’ teaching is amazingJanuary 1
January 1 Jesus' teaching is amazing. We begin in week one with the story of 12-year-old Jesus. His parents were frantic when they realized he was missing, but they eventually discovered he had been in the temple the whole time, amazing the grown-ups with how much he...
The wise men come to see God’s sonDecember 18
December 18 The wise men come to see God's son. Our Bible story this week is about some Wise Men who followed a special star so they could find Jesus. The wise men knew Jesus was special. That’s why they worshipped Jesus and gave Him gifts. We know Jesus is special...
The shepherds run to JesusDecember 11
December 11 The shepherds run to Jesus. One night, while some shepherds were watching their sheep and taking care of them, an angel came to see them. The angel said, ‘Don’t be afraid! I have good news! Jesus has been born! You will find Him lying in a manger.’ Then...
Jesus is bornDecember 4
December 4 Jesus is born. “Before Baby Jesus was born, Mary, Jesus’ mom, and Joseph had to go a long way to a city called Bethlehem. When they got there, they needed a place to sleep. They finally found a place, but it was a stable where animals sleep. That stable is...
God told Mary she would have His Son, JesusNovember 27
November 27 God told Mary she would have His Son, Jesus. One day, God sent an angel to tell Mary some good news. She was going to have a baby! And His name would be Jesus. Jesus is special because He's God's son! DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
I can thank God for family and friendsNovember 20
November 20 I can thank God for family and friends. One time, the Israelites were attacked, and as long as Moses held his hands up, the Israelites would win. But Moses became so tired he couldn’t keep his arms up any longer. Thankfully, his brother Aaron and their...
I can thank God for foodNovember 13
November 13 I can thank God for food. A widow uses her last bit of food to feed the prophet, Elijah. And then, just as Elijah said God would do, God made sure the widow had enough food for herself, her son, and Elijah to eat. Through this story, we see that God is...
I can thank God for God is goodNovember 6
November 6 I can thank God for God is good. We begin in week one by talking about how we can thank God because God is good! When we look around at all of the good things in the world, the first thing we should do is say, “Thank you, God!” because every good and...
God has plans for meOctober 30
October 30 God has plans for me. The prophet Jeremiah will help us wrap up the month with the wonderful truth that God knows the plans He has for us. This means even when we don’t understand the plans, we can still trust the One who does. We can trust God because of...
God’s plans are always bestOctober 23
October 23 God's plans are always best. In the second part of Joseph’s story, we get to see that God’s plans for Joseph really did work out, and not just for Joseph either. Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, needed hep understanding his dreams, and God helped Joseph...
I can trust God’s plans even when they’re hardOctober 16
October 16 I can trust God's plans even when they're hard. We meet a new guy who trusted God’s plans for him. His name is Joseph. If anyone ever had reasons to doubt God’s plans, it had to be Joseph. His jealous older brothers throw him in a hole and sell him into...
God keeps His promisesOctober 9
October 9 God keeps His promises. We get to introduce preschoolers to the very…first…rainbow! And even better, we get to teach them that the rainbow is part of God’s plans for them. Every time we see a rainbow in the sky, God is also looking at that same rainbow and...
I can always trust God’s plansOctober 2
October 2 I can always trust God's plans. We will share one of the most exciting and well-loved Bible stories with preschoolers – Noah’s Ark! Now we love the story because we get to read all of it in one sitting, and we know how God’s plans work out for Noah. But...
God loves me when I’m happySeptember 25
September 25 God loves me when I'm happy. God gave Sarah and Abraham a child…after they had waited a very, very, VERY long time. Sarah was so happy that it literally brought Sarah laughter! Sarah and Abraham knew they could trust God with all their heart and that God...
God loves me when I’m frustratedSeptember 18
September 18 God loves me when I'm frustrated. Moses was leading the Israelites, but they complained no matter what God did for them. Moses talked to God about his feelings of frustration, and God sent people to help Moses! Moses knew he could trust God with all his...
God loves me when I’m afraidSeptember 11
September 11 God loves me when I'm afraid. Gideon knew what it was like to feel afraid. Gideon was so afraid of the Midianites that he hid in a hole to thresh his wheat! But God sent an angel to talk with Gideon and let him know that the Lord was with him. Gideon knew...
God loves me when I’m sadSeptember 4
September 4 God loves me when I'm sad. Hannah was deeply heartbroken because she could not have a baby. Through intense tears of sadness, Hannah talked to God about how she felt. She knew she could trust God with all her heart and that God would love her and help...
I am important to GodAugust 28
August 28 I am important to God. Jesus tells us that God knows how many hairs are on every person’s head. Jesus, the son of God, said that we are important to God. There are almost 8 billion people on planet earth, and God knows how many hairs are on each of our...
I am wonderfully made in God’s imageAugust 21
August 21 I am wonderfully made in God's image. I am wonderfully made in God’s image. We will see just how wonderfully made we are when we talk about how all people are made in God’s image. That means God made us to think and figure things out, to create and...
I am wonderfully madeAugust 14
August 14 I am wonderfully made. I am wonderfully made. Every person is wonderfully made. Not because of anything we have done, but simply because God, THE awesome artist, made us. Every time we look in the mirror and look at another person, we are seeing God’s...
God made everything and God made meAugust 7
August 7 God made everything and God made me. God made the whole world and everything in it, but God wasn’t done. After making everything, God made the very best thing of all—people! Every person in the whole wide world was made by God. Our God is...
Jesus can help me choose self-controlJuly 31
July 31 Jesus can help me choose self-control. We end this amazing journey through the fruit of the Spirit with week five and self-control. Without self- control, it’s hard to choose any of the things we have talked about! But, when we choose self-control and say ‘no’...
Jesus can help me choose gentlenessJuly 24
July 24 Jesus can help me choose gentleness. Week four, we get to see Jesus in action as He shows nothing but gentleness towards the children being brought to see Him. When Jesus sees the disciples telling the children to go away, He quickly tells them to stop and to...
Jesus can help me choose faithfulnessJuly 17
July 17 Jesus can help me choose faithfulness. In week three, David shows us what a faithful friend looks like when he helps Jonathan’s family. David made a promise to Jonathan and chooses to be faithful and keep that promise.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
Jesus can help me choose goodnessJuly 10
July 10 Jesus can help me choose goodness. In week two, we will learn to choose goodness by helping others, sharing what we have, and saying kind words. All of these are wonderful ways we can show God’s goodness to the world. And, when we show God’s goodness, we shine...
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenFebruary 5Include people who are left out.We start the month in Luke 5:1-11, 27-32. Jesus had recently returned from 40 days in the desert and was ready to start his ministry. First, he chose 12 disciples who would learn from Him and eventually carry on the mission he gave them. Jesus could have chosen anyone to help him. But instead of choosing the most religious or elite men at the time, Jesus chose men who more than likely had been overlooked by other religious leaders. These men might have felt like they missed their chance to learn from a rabbi, but little did they know that Jesus would give them a chance to change the world!
Include people who are left out. One of the most significant ways we can show others they have value is by inviting them to be part of our lives. Kids are learning that not everyone gets included to play games and go to parties. We can show others how much God loves them by how we invite them to play, sit with us at lunch, or just have a conversation. We pray that kids will start to identify the people in their lives that they can respect in this way.
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February 5 Include people who are left out. We start the month in Luke 5:1-11, 27-32. Jesus had recently returned from 40 days in the desert and was ready to start his ministry. First, he chose 12 disciples who would learn from Him and eventually carry on the mission...
If you don’t understand something, askJanuary 29
January 29 If you don’t understand something, ask. We finish up the month in Matthew 11:1-6 where we read that John the Baptist was in prison. John seemed to wonder if Jesus was truly the Savior that God had promised. John sent two of his disciples to ask Jesus his...
Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choiceJanuary 22
January 22 Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choice. After Jesus’ baptism, we head to Luke 4:1-13 and find that Jesus had gone out to the desert. In this story, Jesus was being tested. The devil showed up and twisted what Jesus knew about God and...
When you discover something new, it can change youJanuary 15
January 15 When you discover something new, it can change you. In week 3, we find Jesus at the Jordan River (John 1:19- 42 and John 3:22-36). Jesus’ cousin, John the Baptist, was out by the Jordan River baptizing people and preparing the way for the Promised Savior....
Knowing God is the most important thingJanuary 8
January 8 Knowing God is the most important thing. In Luke 2:41-52, we discover a moment from Jesus’ childhood when he stayed behind in Jerusalem after the Passover feast. Jesus was fully God, but he was also fully human. And as a human, Jesus recognized something...
Never stop searching for what’s trueJanuary 1
January 1 Never stop searching for what's true. We kick off January with the end of the Christmas story. In Matthew 2:1-12, we meet wise men from the east whose lives were dedicated to discovering more about the universe. One night they noticed a bright star that led...
The good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
Hold on because God is still in controlOctober 30
October 30 Hold on because God is still in control. We finish up the month in Exodus 13:17-14:31. God’s people were on their way out of Egypt. Everything was looking great for the Hebrews, until Pharaoh changed his mind. Moses and the Hebrew people found themselves...
Hold on because God knows what you’re going throughOctober 23
October 23 Hold on because God knows what you're going through. In week four, we discover God’s plan for rescuing the Israelites. In Exodus 3-6; 7-12:42, we see how God’s plan started. Moses was watching sheep on the side of a mountain and saw a bush on fire—but it...
Hold on even when you don’t know what to doOctober 16
October 16 Hold on even when you don't know what to do. In week three, we head to Exodus 2:1-10. Joseph’s family, God’s people, were growing in number. Pharaoh enslaved them and made life miserable for them. That’s where Moses came in. Moses was born when Pharaoh went...
Hold on because there’s a bigger storyOctober 9
October 9 Hold on because there's a bigger story. Next, we continue Joseph’s story in Genesis 41-45, where Joseph was in prison, forgotten. Pharaoh had a dream that no one could interpret. The cupbearer remembered how Joseph had interpreted his dream. At once, Pharaoh...
Hold on because God is with youOctober 2
October 2 Hold on because God is with you. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Genesis 37, 39-40. We learn how Joseph was his father, Jacob’s, favorite son. Joseph’s brothers were completely jealous—with their jealousy fueled by Joseph’s dreams that had them...
You can trust God even when you’re worriedSeptember 25
September 25 You can trust God even when you're worried. We finish the month by discovering what happened to Jacob and Esau’s relationship. In Genesis 31:3, 32:3- 32, and 33:1-17, we find out that Jacob knows that God wants him to return home after years of living...
You can trust that God has a planSeptember 18
September 18 You can trust that God has a plan. In week 3, we meet Isaac’s sons Jacob and Esau in Genesis 25, 27, and 28. Jacob and Esau always had a complicated relationship from the moment they were born. Jacob eventually took advantage of Esau’s moment of...
Trust God no matter whatSeptember 11
September 11 Trust God no matter what. Next, we discover Isaac venturing out on his own. In Genesis 26, we find out that Isaac moved to a region where he reclaimed the wells that had belonged to his father, Abraham. For years no one had cared about the wells until...
Trust God even when you have to waitSeptember 4
September 4 Trust God even when you have to wait. For week one, we pick up where we left off last month and continue with Abraham’s story. In Genesis 15, 18, and 21, we discover that God’s promise to Abraham takes longer than Abraham might have thought. This tests...
God has a plan to show love to the worldAugust 28
August 28 God has a plan to show love to the world. That man was Abram—later called Abraham. We’ll discover Abram’s story as we jump ahead to Genesis 12:1-9, 15:1-6. God promised Abram that his descendants would become a great nation that would show love to the world....
God loves us no matter whatAugust 21
August 21 God loves us no matter what. Eve had an unbroken, loving relationship with God, ultimately they decided not to trust God’s plan.God gave them one simple rule to obey: don’t eat from that tree. Adam and Eve decided to break the one rule . . . and when...
God made us to take care of each otherAugust 14
August 14 God made us to take care of each other. As we travel back to the creation narrative in Genesis 1-2, we read how God created the world . . . and it was good. God created people—Adam and Eve—to live in the world, enjoy it, and cultivate it. Adam and Eve...
Love God by loving othersAugust 7
August 7 Love God by loving others. Jesus explained this idea perfectly in Matthew 22:34- 40, which is where we begin this month. The religious leaders asked Jesus: out of the hundreds of laws the Jewish people were to follow, which were the most important?...
God gives you the power to have self-controlJuly 31
July 31 God gives you the power to have self-control. We finish up our Make Waves series discovering more about James 3:1-6. Our words have power. James uses practical images like a horse bit, a ship’s rudder, and a flame to show us just how powerful they are....
God can give you the strength to be gentleJuly 24
July 24 God can give you the strength to be gentle. For week four, we get a glimpse into the heart of Jesus in Mark 10:13-16. Mark records a time when Jesus welcomed children, gave them his attention, and blessed them. Back then, no one thought very highly of...
Be faithful so others can count on youJuly 17
July 17 Be faithful so others can count on you. In week three, we jump back to 1 Samuel 18-20 and 2 Samuel 9. We dive deeper into the amazing friendship between David and Jonathan. Jonathan was a faithful friend to David when King Saul chased David and tried to kill...
Show God’s goodness to othersJuly 10
July 10 Show God's goodness to others. Next, we head to Matthew 5:14-16. Matthew records the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus taught His followers what it looks like to live as part of God’s Kingdom. Jesus says we are like light in the darkness and salt to flavor...
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryFebruary 5Include people who are left out.We start the month in Luke 5:1-11, 27-32. Jesus had recently returned from 40 days in the desert and was ready to start his ministry. First, he chose 12 disciples who would learn from Him and eventually carry on the mission he gave them. Jesus could have chosen anyone to help him. But instead of choosing the most religious or elite men at the time, Jesus chose men who more than likely had been overlooked by other religious leaders. These men might have felt like they missed their chance to learn from a rabbi, but little did they know that Jesus would give them a chance to change the world!
Include people who are left out. One of the most significant ways we can show others they have value is by inviting them to be part of our lives. Kids are learning that not everyone gets included to play games and go to parties. We can show others how much God loves them by how we invite them to play, sit with us at lunch, or just have a conversation. We pray that kids will start to identify the people in their lives that they can respect in this way.
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February 5 Include people who are left out. We start the month in Luke 5:1-11, 27-32. Jesus had recently returned from 40 days in the desert and was ready to start his ministry. First, he chose 12 disciples who would learn from Him and eventually carry on the mission...
If you don’t understand something, askJanuary 29
January 29 If you don’t understand something, ask. We finish up the month in Matthew 11:1-6 where we read that John the Baptist was in prison. John seemed to wonder if Jesus was truly the Savior that God had promised. John sent two of his disciples to ask Jesus his...
Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choiceJanuary 22
January 22 Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choice. After Jesus’ baptism, we head to Luke 4:1-13 and find that Jesus had gone out to the desert. In this story, Jesus was being tested. The devil showed up and twisted what Jesus knew about God and...
When you discover something new, it can change youJanuary 15
January 15 When you discover something new, it can change you. In week 3, we find Jesus at the Jordan River (John 1:19- 42 and John 3:22-36). Jesus’ cousin, John the Baptist, was out by the Jordan River baptizing people and preparing the way for the Promised Savior....
Knowing God is the most important thingJanuary 8
January 8 Knowing God is the most important thing. In Luke 2:41-52, we discover a moment from Jesus’ childhood when he stayed behind in Jerusalem after the Passover feast. Jesus was fully God, but he was also fully human. And as a human, Jesus recognized something...
Never stop searching for what’s trueJanuary 1
January 1 Never stop searching for what's true. We kick off January with the end of the Christmas story. In Matthew 2:1-12, we meet wise men from the east whose lives were dedicated to discovering more about the universe. One night they noticed a bright star that led...
The good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
Hold on because God is still in controlOctober 30
October 30 Hold on because God is still in control. We finish up the month in Exodus 13:17-14:31. God’s people were on their way out of Egypt. Everything was looking great for the Hebrews, until Pharaoh changed his mind. Moses and the Hebrew people found themselves...
Hold on because God knows what you’re going throughOctober 23
October 23 Hold on because God knows what you're going through. In week four, we discover God’s plan for rescuing the Israelites. In Exodus 3-6; 7-12:42, we see how God’s plan started. Moses was watching sheep on the side of a mountain and saw a bush on fire—but it...
Hold on even when you don’t know what to doOctober 16
October 16 Hold on even when you don't know what to do. In week three, we head to Exodus 2:1-10. Joseph’s family, God’s people, were growing in number. Pharaoh enslaved them and made life miserable for them. That’s where Moses came in. Moses was born when Pharaoh went...
Hold on because there’s a bigger storyOctober 9
October 9 Hold on because there's a bigger story. Next, we continue Joseph’s story in Genesis 41-45, where Joseph was in prison, forgotten. Pharaoh had a dream that no one could interpret. The cupbearer remembered how Joseph had interpreted his dream. At once, Pharaoh...
Hold on because God is with youOctober 2
October 2 Hold on because God is with you. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Genesis 37, 39-40. We learn how Joseph was his father, Jacob’s, favorite son. Joseph’s brothers were completely jealous—with their jealousy fueled by Joseph’s dreams that had them...
You can trust God even when you’re worriedSeptember 25
September 25 You can trust God even when you're worried. We finish the month by discovering what happened to Jacob and Esau’s relationship. In Genesis 31:3, 32:3- 32, and 33:1-17, we find out that Jacob knows that God wants him to return home after years of living...
You can trust that God has a planSeptember 18
September 18 You can trust that God has a plan. In week 3, we meet Isaac’s sons Jacob and Esau in Genesis 25, 27, and 28. Jacob and Esau always had a complicated relationship from the moment they were born. Jacob eventually took advantage of Esau’s moment of...
Trust God no matter whatSeptember 11
September 11 Trust God no matter what. Next, we discover Isaac venturing out on his own. In Genesis 26, we find out that Isaac moved to a region where he reclaimed the wells that had belonged to his father, Abraham. For years no one had cared about the wells until...
Trust God even when you have to waitSeptember 4
September 4 Trust God even when you have towait. For week one, we pick up where we left off last month and continue with Abraham’s story. In Genesis 15, 18, and 21, we discover that God’s promise to Abraham takes longer than Abraham might have thought. This tests...
God has a plan to show love to the worldAugust 28
August 28 God has a plan to show love to the world. That man was Abram—later called Abraham. We’ll discover Abram’s story as we jump ahead to Genesis 12:1-9, 15:1-6. God promised Abram that his descendants would become a great nation that would show love to the world....
God loves us no matter whatAugust 21
August 21 God loves us no matter what. Eve had an unbroken, loving relationship with God, ultimately they decided not to trust God’s plan.God gave them one simple rule to obey: don’t eat from that tree. Adam and Eve decided to break the one rule . . . and when...
God made us to take care of each otherAugust 14
August 14 God made us to take care of each other. As we travel back to the creation narrative in Genesis 1-2, we read how God created the world . . . and it was good. God created people—Adam and Eve—to live in the world, enjoy it, and cultivate it. Adam and Eve...
Love God by loving othersAugust 7
August 7 Love God by loving others. Jesus explained this idea perfectly in Matthew 22:34- 40, which is where we begin this month. The religious leaders asked Jesus: out of the hundreds of laws the Jewish people were to follow, which were the most important?...
God gives you the power to have self-controlJuly 31
July 31 God gives you the power to have self-control. We finish up our Make Waves series discovering more about James 3:1-6. Our words have power. James uses practical images like a horse bit, a ship’s rudder, and a flame to show us just how powerful they are....
God can give you the strength to be gentleJuly 24
July 24 God can give you the strength to be gentle. For week four, we get a glimpse into the heart of Jesus in Mark 10:13-16. Mark records a time when Jesus welcomed children, gave them his attention, and blessed them. Back then, no one thought very highly of...
Be faithful so others can count on youJuly 17
July 17 Be faithful so others can count on you. In week three, we jump back to 1 Samuel 18-20 and 2 Samuel 9. We dive deeper into the amazing friendship between David and Jonathan. Jonathan was a faithful friend to David when King Saul chased David and tried to kill...
Show God’s goodness to othersJuly 10
July 10 Show God's goodness to others. Next, we head to Matthew 5:14-16. Matthew records the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus taught His followers what it looks like to live as part of God’s Kingdom. Jesus says we are like light in the darkness and salt to flavor...
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Teach Us to PrayTeach Us to PrayLet’s be honest, prayer is hard. The purpose of Jesus teaching us how to pray is not to perfect it, but to allow it to perfect you. The purpose of prayer is not for you to get your prayers perfect. In fact, Jesus actually spoke against that, because it’s so much more than just words and lip service. It’s not about you perfecting it, but instead it’s allowing prayer to perfect you.
Teach Us to Prayby Kurt Barnes
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolJanuary 29Jesus’ kindness is amazing.We will end our time in our wonderful workshop with a story about Jesus using his amazing powers to show kindness to a man born blind. Once again, Jesus showed people that he can do things that only he can do, and that makes Jesus amazing.
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January 29 Jesus' kindness is amazing. We will end our time in our wonderful workshop with a story about Jesus using his amazing powers to show kindness to a man born blind. Once again, Jesus showed people that he can do things that only he can do, and that makes...
Jesus’ miracles are amazingJanuary 22
January 22 Jesus' miracles are amazing. In week four, we get to meet Peter when our amazing Jesus climbs onto his boat. Even though Peter did not catch any fish before, Jesus fills the nets with SO many fish that the fish fills two boats! Peter knew right away that...
Jesus’ power is amazingJanuary 15
January 15 Jesus' power is amazing. In week three, we will hear how Jesus used his power to do something that was so amazing, it left the disciples totally awestruck. In the middle of a big storm when they are out on a boat at night, Jesus told the winds and waves to...
Jesus is amazingJanuary 8
January 8 Jesus is amazing. In week two, we will hear how Jesus amazed his disciples and others with His first miracle. One minute there was no more wine for the wedding party. And the next, the master of ceremonies declares the water Jesus had turned into wine to be...
Jesus’ teaching is amazingJanuary 1
January 1 Jesus' teaching is amazing. We begin in week one with the story of 12-year-old Jesus. His parents were frantic when they realized he was missing, but they eventually discovered he had been in the temple the whole time, amazing the grown-ups with how much he...
The wise men come to see God’s sonDecember 18
December 18 The wise men come to see God's son. Our Bible story this week is about some Wise Men who followed a special star so they could find Jesus. The wise men knew Jesus was special. That’s why they worshipped Jesus and gave Him gifts. We know Jesus is special...
The shepherds run to JesusDecember 11
December 11 The shepherds run to Jesus. One night, while some shepherds were watching their sheep and taking care of them, an angel came to see them. The angel said, ‘Don’t be afraid! I have good news! Jesus has been born! You will find Him lying in a manger.’ Then...
Jesus is bornDecember 4
December 4 Jesus is born. “Before Baby Jesus was born, Mary, Jesus’ mom, and Joseph had to go a long way to a city called Bethlehem. When they got there, they needed a place to sleep. They finally found a place, but it was a stable where animals sleep. That stable is...
God told Mary she would have His Son, JesusNovember 27
November 27 God told Mary she would have His Son, Jesus. One day, God sent an angel to tell Mary some good news. She was going to have a baby! And His name would be Jesus. Jesus is special because He's God's son! DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
I can thank God for family and friendsNovember 20
November 20 I can thank God for family and friends. One time, the Israelites were attacked, and as long as Moses held his hands up, the Israelites would win. But Moses became so tired he couldn’t keep his arms up any longer. Thankfully, his brother Aaron and their...
I can thank God for foodNovember 13
November 13 I can thank God for food. A widow uses her last bit of food to feed the prophet, Elijah. And then, just as Elijah said God would do, God made sure the widow had enough food for herself, her son, and Elijah to eat. Through this story, we see that God is...
I can thank God for God is goodNovember 6
November 6 I can thank God for God is good. We begin in week one by talking about how we can thank God because God is good! When we look around at all of the good things in the world, the first thing we should do is say, “Thank you, God!” because every good and...
God has plans for meOctober 30
October 30 God has plans for me. The prophet Jeremiah will help us wrap up the month with the wonderful truth that God knows the plans He has for us. This means even when we don’t understand the plans, we can still trust the One who does. We can trust God because of...
God’s plans are always bestOctober 23
October 23 God's plans are always best. In the second part of Joseph’s story, we get to see that God’s plans for Joseph really did work out, and not just for Joseph either. Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, needed hep understanding his dreams, and God helped Joseph...
I can trust God’s plans even when they’re hardOctober 16
October 16 I can trust God's plans even when they're hard. We meet a new guy who trusted God’s plans for him. His name is Joseph. If anyone ever had reasons to doubt God’s plans, it had to be Joseph. His jealous older brothers throw him in a hole and sell him into...
God keeps His promisesOctober 9
October 9 God keeps His promises. We get to introduce preschoolers to the very…first…rainbow! And even better, we get to teach them that the rainbow is part of God’s plans for them. Every time we see a rainbow in the sky, God is also looking at that same rainbow and...
I can always trust God’s plansOctober 2
October 2 I can always trust God's plans. We will share one of the most exciting and well-loved Bible stories with preschoolers – Noah’s Ark! Now we love the story because we get to read all of it in one sitting, and we know how God’s plans work out for Noah. But...
God loves me when I’m happySeptember 25
September 25 God loves me when I'm happy. God gave Sarah and Abraham a child…after they had waited a very, very, VERY long time. Sarah was so happy that it literally brought Sarah laughter! Sarah and Abraham knew they could trust God with all their heart and that God...
God loves me when I’m frustratedSeptember 18
September 18 God loves me when I'm frustrated. Moses was leading the Israelites, but they complained no matter what God did for them. Moses talked to God about his feelings of frustration, and God sent people to help Moses! Moses knew he could trust God with all his...
God loves me when I’m afraidSeptember 11
September 11 God loves me when I'm afraid. Gideon knew what it was like to feel afraid. Gideon was so afraid of the Midianites that he hid in a hole to thresh his wheat! But God sent an angel to talk with Gideon and let him know that the Lord was with him. Gideon knew...
God loves me when I’m sadSeptember 4
September 4 God loves me when I'm sad. Hannah was deeply heartbroken because she could not have a baby. Through intense tears of sadness, Hannah talked to God about how she felt. She knew she could trust God with all her heart and that God would love her and help...
I am important to GodAugust 28
August 28 I am important to God. Jesus tells us that God knows how many hairs are on every person’s head. Jesus, the son of God, said that we are important to God. There are almost 8 billion people on planet earth, and God knows how many hairs are on each of our...
I am wonderfully made in God’s imageAugust 21
August 21 I am wonderfully made in God's image. I am wonderfully made in God’s image. We will see just how wonderfully made we are when we talk about how all people are made in God’s image. That means God made us to think and figure things out, to create and...
I am wonderfully madeAugust 14
August 14 I am wonderfully made. I am wonderfully made. Every person is wonderfully made. Not because of anything we have done, but simply because God, THE awesome artist, made us. Every time we look in the mirror and look at another person, we are seeing God’s...
God made everything and God made meAugust 7
August 7 God made everything and God made me. God made the whole world and everything in it, but God wasn’t done. After making everything, God made the very best thing of all—people! Every person in the whole wide world was made by God. Our God is...
Jesus can help me choose self-controlJuly 31
July 31 Jesus can help me choose self-control. We end this amazing journey through the fruit of the Spirit with week five and self-control. Without self- control, it’s hard to choose any of the things we have talked about! But, when we choose self-control and say ‘no’...
Jesus can help me choose gentlenessJuly 24
July 24 Jesus can help me choose gentleness. Week four, we get to see Jesus in action as He shows nothing but gentleness towards the children being brought to see Him. When Jesus sees the disciples telling the children to go away, He quickly tells them to stop and to...
Jesus can help me choose faithfulnessJuly 17
July 17 Jesus can help me choose faithfulness. In week three, David shows us what a faithful friend looks like when he helps Jonathan’s family. David made a promise to Jonathan and chooses to be faithful and keep that promise.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
Jesus can help me choose goodnessJuly 10
July 10 Jesus can help me choose goodness. In week two, we will learn to choose goodness by helping others, sharing what we have, and saying kind words. All of these are wonderful ways we can show God’s goodness to the world. And, when we show God’s goodness, we shine...
Jesus can help me choose kindnessJuly 3
July 3 Jesus can help me choose kindness. During week one, Jesus tells a story about a man who chose to show kindness to a hurt man even though their families did not get along too well. This man chose kindness, and now he will forever be known as the Good...
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryJanuary 29If you don’t understand something, ask.We finish up the month in Matthew 11:1-6 where we read that John the Baptist was in prison. John seemed to wonder if Jesus was truly the Savior that God had promised. John sent two of his disciples to ask Jesus his questions. Jesus responded in love, which reassured John that all of God’s promises were coming true.
If you don’t understand something, ask. We never want kids to feel like they can’t ask hard questions about God. Questions about faith are a normal part of growing in your relationship with God. We pray that kids will find safe people at home or at church to ask about what they don’t understand. We pray that these people will help them as they are discovering what it means to trust God no matter what.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsIf you don’t understand something, askJanuary 29
January 29 If you don’t understand something, ask. We finish up the month in Matthew 11:1-6 where we read that John the Baptist was in prison. John seemed to wonder if Jesus was truly the Savior that God had promised. John sent two of his disciples to ask Jesus his...
Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choiceJanuary 22
January 22 Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choice. After Jesus’ baptism, we head to Luke 4:1-13 and find that Jesus had gone out to the desert. In this story, Jesus was being tested. The devil showed up and twisted what Jesus knew about God and...
When you discover something new, it can change youJanuary 15
January 15 When you discover something new, it can change you. In week 3, we find Jesus at the Jordan River (John 1:19- 42 and John 3:22-36). Jesus’ cousin, John the Baptist, was out by the Jordan River baptizing people and preparing the way for the Promised Savior....
Knowing God is the most important thingJanuary 8
January 8 Knowing God is the most important thing. In Luke 2:41-52, we discover a moment from Jesus’ childhood when he stayed behind in Jerusalem after the Passover feast. Jesus was fully God, but he was also fully human. And as a human, Jesus recognized something...
Never stop searching for what’s trueJanuary 1
January 1 Never stop searching for what's true. We kick off January with the end of the Christmas story. In Matthew 2:1-12, we meet wise men from the east whose lives were dedicated to discovering more about the universe. One night they noticed a bright star that led...
The good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
Hold on because God is still in controlOctober 30
October 30 Hold on because God is still in control. We finish up the month in Exodus 13:17-14:31. God’s people were on their way out of Egypt. Everything was looking great for the Hebrews, until Pharaoh changed his mind. Moses and the Hebrew people found themselves...
Hold on because God knows what you’re going throughOctober 23
October 23 Hold on because God knows what you're going through. In week four, we discover God’s plan for rescuing the Israelites. In Exodus 3-6; 7-12:42, we see how God’s plan started. Moses was watching sheep on the side of a mountain and saw a bush on fire—but it...
Hold on even when you don’t know what to doOctober 16
October 16 Hold on even when you don't know what to do. In week three, we head to Exodus 2:1-10. Joseph’s family, God’s people, were growing in number. Pharaoh enslaved them and made life miserable for them. That’s where Moses came in. Moses was born when Pharaoh went...
Hold on because there’s a bigger storyOctober 9
October 9 Hold on because there's a bigger story. Next, we continue Joseph’s story in Genesis 41-45, where Joseph was in prison, forgotten. Pharaoh had a dream that no one could interpret. The cupbearer remembered how Joseph had interpreted his dream. At once, Pharaoh...
Hold on because God is with youOctober 2
October 2 Hold on because God is with you. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Genesis 37, 39-40. We learn how Joseph was his father, Jacob’s, favorite son. Joseph’s brothers were completely jealous—with their jealousy fueled by Joseph’s dreams that had them...
You can trust God even when you’re worriedSeptember 25
September 25 You can trust God even when you're worried. We finish the month by discovering what happened to Jacob and Esau’s relationship. In Genesis 31:3, 32:3- 32, and 33:1-17, we find out that Jacob knows that God wants him to return home after years of living...
You can trust that God has a planSeptember 18
September 18 You can trust that God has a plan. In week 3, we meet Isaac’s sons Jacob and Esau in Genesis 25, 27, and 28. Jacob and Esau always had a complicated relationship from the moment they were born. Jacob eventually took advantage of Esau’s moment of...
Trust God no matter whatSeptember 11
September 11 Trust God no matter what. Next, we discover Isaac venturing out on his own. In Genesis 26, we find out that Isaac moved to a region where he reclaimed the wells that had belonged to his father, Abraham. For years no one had cared about the wells until...
Trust God even when you have to waitSeptember 4
September 4 Trust God even when you have towait. For week one, we pick up where we left off last month and continue with Abraham’s story. In Genesis 15, 18, and 21, we discover that God’s promise to Abraham takes longer than Abraham might have thought. This tests...
God has a plan to show love to the worldAugust 28
August 28 God has a plan to show love to the world. That man was Abram—later called Abraham. We’ll discover Abram’s story as we jump ahead to Genesis 12:1-9, 15:1-6. God promised Abram that his descendants would become a great nation that would show love to the world....
God loves us no matter whatAugust 21
August 21 God loves us no matter what. Eve had an unbroken, loving relationship with God, ultimately they decided not to trust God’s plan.God gave them one simple rule to obey: don’t eat from that tree. Adam and Eve decided to break the one rule . . . and when...
God made us to take care of each otherAugust 14
August 14 God made us to take care of each other. As we travel back to the creation narrative in Genesis 1-2, we read how God created the world . . . and it was good. God created people—Adam and Eve—to live in the world, enjoy it, and cultivate it. Adam and Eve...
Love God by loving othersAugust 7
August 7 Love God by loving others. Jesus explained this idea perfectly in Matthew 22:34- 40, which is where we begin this month. The religious leaders asked Jesus: out of the hundreds of laws the Jewish people were to follow, which were the most important?...
God gives you the power to have self-controlJuly 31
July 31 God gives you the power to have self-control. We finish up our Make Waves series discovering more about James 3:1-6. Our words have power. James uses practical images like a horse bit, a ship’s rudder, and a flame to show us just how powerful they are....
God can give you the strength to be gentleJuly 24
July 24 God can give you the strength to be gentle. For week four, we get a glimpse into the heart of Jesus in Mark 10:13-16. Mark records a time when Jesus welcomed children, gave them his attention, and blessed them. Back then, no one thought very highly of...
Be faithful so others can count on youJuly 17
July 17 Be faithful so others can count on you. In week three, we jump back to 1 Samuel 18-20 and 2 Samuel 9. We dive deeper into the amazing friendship between David and Jonathan. Jonathan was a faithful friend to David when King Saul chased David and tried to kill...
Show God’s goodness to othersJuly 10
July 10 Show God's goodness to others. Next, we head to Matthew 5:14-16. Matthew records the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus taught His followers what it looks like to live as part of God’s Kingdom. Jesus says we are like light in the darkness and salt to flavor...
Show kindness to everyoneJuly 3
July 3 Show kindness to everyone. We start our month in Luke 10:25-37. When the religious leader questioned Jesus about the sorts of people we should love and show kindness to, He told the familiar parable of the Good Samaritan. With this story, Jesus completely...
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenJanuary 29If you don’t understand something, ask.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESDevotionalParent CueRecent LessonsIf you don’t understand something, askJanuary 29
January 29 If you don’t understand something, ask. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choiceJanuary 22
January 22 Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choice. After Jesus’ baptism, we head to Luke 4:1-13 and find that Jesus had gone out to the desert. In this story, Jesus was being tested. The devil showed up and twisted what Jesus knew about God and...
When you discover something new, it can change youJanuary 15
January 15 When you discover something new, it can change you. In week 3, we find Jesus at the Jordan River (John 1:19- 42 and John 3:22-36). Jesus’ cousin, John the Baptist, was out by the Jordan River baptizing people and preparing the way for the Promised Savior....
Knowing God is the most important thingJanuary 8
January 8 Knowing God is the most important thing. In Luke 2:41-52, we discover a moment from Jesus’ childhood when he stayed behind in Jerusalem after the Passover feast. Jesus was fully God, but he was also fully human. And as a human, Jesus recognized something...
Never stop searching for what’s trueJanuary 1
January 1 Never stop searching for what's true. We kick off January with the end of the Christmas story. In Matthew 2:1-12, we meet wise men from the east whose lives were dedicated to discovering more about the universe. One night they noticed a bright star that led...
The good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
Hold on because God is still in controlOctober 30
October 30 Hold on because God is still in control. We finish up the month in Exodus 13:17-14:31. God’s people were on their way out of Egypt. Everything was looking great for the Hebrews, until Pharaoh changed his mind. Moses and the Hebrew people found themselves...
Hold on because God knows what you’re going throughOctober 23
October 23 Hold on because God knows what you're going through. In week four, we discover God’s plan for rescuing the Israelites. In Exodus 3-6; 7-12:42, we see how God’s plan started. Moses was watching sheep on the side of a mountain and saw a bush on fire—but it...
Hold on even when you don’t know what to doOctober 16
October 16 Hold on even when you don't know what to do. In week three, we head to Exodus 2:1-10. Joseph’s family, God’s people, were growing in number. Pharaoh enslaved them and made life miserable for them. That’s where Moses came in. Moses was born when Pharaoh went...
Hold on because there’s a bigger storyOctober 9
October 9 Hold on because there's a bigger story. Next, we continue Joseph’s story in Genesis 41-45, where Joseph was in prison, forgotten. Pharaoh had a dream that no one could interpret. The cupbearer remembered how Joseph had interpreted his dream. At once, Pharaoh...
Hold on because God is with youOctober 2
October 2 Hold on because God is with you. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Genesis 37, 39-40. We learn how Joseph was his father, Jacob’s, favorite son. Joseph’s brothers were completely jealous—with their jealousy fueled by Joseph’s dreams that had them...
You can trust God even when you’re worriedSeptember 25
September 25 You can trust God even when you're worried. We finish the month by discovering what happened to Jacob and Esau’s relationship. In Genesis 31:3, 32:3- 32, and 33:1-17, we find out that Jacob knows that God wants him to return home after years of living...
You can trust that God has a planSeptember 18
September 18 You can trust that God has a plan. In week 3, we meet Isaac’s sons Jacob and Esau in Genesis 25, 27, and 28. Jacob and Esau always had a complicated relationship from the moment they were born. Jacob eventually took advantage of Esau’s moment of...
Trust God no matter whatSeptember 11
September 11 Trust God no matter what. Next, we discover Isaac venturing out on his own. In Genesis 26, we find out that Isaac moved to a region where he reclaimed the wells that had belonged to his father, Abraham. For years no one had cared about the wells until...
Trust God even when you have to waitSeptember 4
September 4 Trust God even when you have to wait. For week one, we pick up where we left off last month and continue with Abraham’s story. In Genesis 15, 18, and 21, we discover that God’s promise to Abraham takes longer than Abraham might have thought. This tests...
God has a plan to show love to the worldAugust 28
August 28 God has a plan to show love to the world. That man was Abram—later called Abraham. We’ll discover Abram’s story as we jump ahead to Genesis 12:1-9, 15:1-6. God promised Abram that his descendants would become a great nation that would show love to the world....
God loves us no matter whatAugust 21
August 21 God loves us no matter what. Eve had an unbroken, loving relationship with God, ultimately they decided not to trust God’s plan.God gave them one simple rule to obey: don’t eat from that tree. Adam and Eve decided to break the one rule . . . and when...
God made us to take care of each otherAugust 14
August 14 God made us to take care of each other. As we travel back to the creation narrative in Genesis 1-2, we read how God created the world . . . and it was good. God created people—Adam and Eve—to live in the world, enjoy it, and cultivate it. Adam and Eve...
Love God by loving othersAugust 7
August 7 Love God by loving others. Jesus explained this idea perfectly in Matthew 22:34- 40, which is where we begin this month. The religious leaders asked Jesus: out of the hundreds of laws the Jewish people were to follow, which were the most important?...
God gives you the power to have self-controlJuly 31
July 31 God gives you the power to have self-control. We finish up our Make Waves series discovering more about James 3:1-6. Our words have power. James uses practical images like a horse bit, a ship’s rudder, and a flame to show us just how powerful they are....
God can give you the strength to be gentleJuly 24
July 24 God can give you the strength to be gentle. For week four, we get a glimpse into the heart of Jesus in Mark 10:13-16. Mark records a time when Jesus welcomed children, gave them his attention, and blessed them. Back then, no one thought very highly of...
Be faithful so others can count on youJuly 17
July 17 Be faithful so others can count on you. In week three, we jump back to 1 Samuel 18-20 and 2 Samuel 9. We dive deeper into the amazing friendship between David and Jonathan. Jonathan was a faithful friend to David when King Saul chased David and tried to kill...
Show God’s goodness to othersJuly 10
July 10 Show God's goodness to others. Next, we head to Matthew 5:14-16. Matthew records the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus taught His followers what it looks like to live as part of God’s Kingdom. Jesus says we are like light in the darkness and salt to flavor...
Show kindness to everyoneJuly 3
July 3 Show kindness to everyone. We start our month in Luke 10:25-37. When the religious leader questioned Jesus about the sorts of people we should love and show kindness to, He told the familiar parable of the Good Samaritan. With this story, Jesus completely...
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You Have Heard it SaidYou Have Heard it SaidThe six statements found in Matthew 5 of Jesus explaining what the righteousness that he requires—the greater righteousness—beyond what the scribes and Pharisees require, looks like.
You Have Heard it Saidby Rob Barnes
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenJanuary 22Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choice.After Jesus’ baptism, we head to Luke 4:1-13 and find that Jesus had gone out to the desert. In this story, Jesus was being tested. The devil showed up and twisted what Jesus knew about God and Scripture. But Jesus was prepared to face these challenges head on. Jesus knew better and leveraged the truth from Scripture to fight and overcome the devil’s temptations.
Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choice. It’s important for kids to remember that if they have a big question about what to do, the first place they should look is the Bible. We pray that kids will start to understand the importance of the Bible in their life. When they don’t know what choice to make, they can turn to God’s Word—or someone who knows God’s Word—to help them with whatever choices they’re facing
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESDevotionalParent CueRecent LessonsRemembering what’s true can help you make the wise choiceJanuary 22
January 22 Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choice. After Jesus’ baptism, we head to Luke 4:1-13 and find that Jesus had gone out to the desert. In this story, Jesus was being tested. The devil showed up and twisted what Jesus knew about God and...
When you discover something new, it can change youJanuary 15
January 15 When you discover something new, it can change you. In week 3, we find Jesus at the Jordan River (John 1:19- 42 and John 3:22-36). Jesus’ cousin, John the Baptist, was out by the Jordan River baptizing people and preparing the way for the Promised Savior....
Knowing God is the most important thingJanuary 8
January 8 Knowing God is the most important thing. In Luke 2:41-52, we discover a moment from Jesus’ childhood when he stayed behind in Jerusalem after the Passover feast. Jesus was fully God, but he was also fully human. And as a human, Jesus recognized something...
Never stop searching for what’s trueJanuary 1
January 1 Never stop searching for what's true. We kick off January with the end of the Christmas story. In Matthew 2:1-12, we meet wise men from the east whose lives were dedicated to discovering more about the universe. One night they noticed a bright star that led...
The good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
Hold on because God is still in controlOctober 30
October 30 Hold on because God is still in control. We finish up the month in Exodus 13:17-14:31. God’s people were on their way out of Egypt. Everything was looking great for the Hebrews, until Pharaoh changed his mind. Moses and the Hebrew people found themselves...
Hold on because God knows what you’re going throughOctober 23
October 23 Hold on because God knows what you're going through. In week four, we discover God’s plan for rescuing the Israelites. In Exodus 3-6; 7-12:42, we see how God’s plan started. Moses was watching sheep on the side of a mountain and saw a bush on fire—but it...
Hold on even when you don’t know what to doOctober 16
October 16 Hold on even when you don't know what to do. In week three, we head to Exodus 2:1-10. Joseph’s family, God’s people, were growing in number. Pharaoh enslaved them and made life miserable for them. That’s where Moses came in. Moses was born when Pharaoh went...
Hold on because there’s a bigger storyOctober 9
October 9 Hold on because there's a bigger story. Next, we continue Joseph’s story in Genesis 41-45, where Joseph was in prison, forgotten. Pharaoh had a dream that no one could interpret. The cupbearer remembered how Joseph had interpreted his dream. At once, Pharaoh...
Hold on because God is with youOctober 2
October 2 Hold on because God is with you. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Genesis 37, 39-40. We learn how Joseph was his father, Jacob’s, favorite son. Joseph’s brothers were completely jealous—with their jealousy fueled by Joseph’s dreams that had them...
You can trust God even when you’re worriedSeptember 25
September 25 You can trust God even when you're worried. We finish the month by discovering what happened to Jacob and Esau’s relationship. In Genesis 31:3, 32:3- 32, and 33:1-17, we find out that Jacob knows that God wants him to return home after years of living...
You can trust that God has a planSeptember 18
September 18 You can trust that God has a plan. In week 3, we meet Isaac’s sons Jacob and Esau in Genesis 25, 27, and 28. Jacob and Esau always had a complicated relationship from the moment they were born. Jacob eventually took advantage of Esau’s moment of...
Trust God no matter whatSeptember 11
September 11 Trust God no matter what. Next, we discover Isaac venturing out on his own. In Genesis 26, we find out that Isaac moved to a region where he reclaimed the wells that had belonged to his father, Abraham. For years no one had cared about the wells until...
Trust God even when you have to waitSeptember 4
September 4 Trust God even when you have to wait. For week one, we pick up where we left off last month and continue with Abraham’s story. In Genesis 15, 18, and 21, we discover that God’s promise to Abraham takes longer than Abraham might have thought. This tests...
God has a plan to show love to the worldAugust 28
August 28 God has a plan to show love to the world. That man was Abram—later called Abraham. We’ll discover Abram’s story as we jump ahead to Genesis 12:1-9, 15:1-6. God promised Abram that his descendants would become a great nation that would show love to the world....
God loves us no matter whatAugust 21
August 21 God loves us no matter what. Eve had an unbroken, loving relationship with God, ultimately they decided not to trust God’s plan.God gave them one simple rule to obey: don’t eat from that tree. Adam and Eve decided to break the one rule . . . and when...
God made us to take care of each otherAugust 14
August 14 God made us to take care of each other. As we travel back to the creation narrative in Genesis 1-2, we read how God created the world . . . and it was good. God created people—Adam and Eve—to live in the world, enjoy it, and cultivate it. Adam and Eve...
Love God by loving othersAugust 7
August 7 Love God by loving others. Jesus explained this idea perfectly in Matthew 22:34- 40, which is where we begin this month. The religious leaders asked Jesus: out of the hundreds of laws the Jewish people were to follow, which were the most important?...
God gives you the power to have self-controlJuly 31
July 31 God gives you the power to have self-control. We finish up our Make Waves series discovering more about James 3:1-6. Our words have power. James uses practical images like a horse bit, a ship’s rudder, and a flame to show us just how powerful they are....
God can give you the strength to be gentleJuly 24
July 24 God can give you the strength to be gentle. For week four, we get a glimpse into the heart of Jesus in Mark 10:13-16. Mark records a time when Jesus welcomed children, gave them his attention, and blessed them. Back then, no one thought very highly of...
Be faithful so others can count on youJuly 17
July 17 Be faithful so others can count on you. In week three, we jump back to 1 Samuel 18-20 and 2 Samuel 9. We dive deeper into the amazing friendship between David and Jonathan. Jonathan was a faithful friend to David when King Saul chased David and tried to kill...
Show God’s goodness to othersJuly 10
July 10 Show God's goodness to others. Next, we head to Matthew 5:14-16. Matthew records the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus taught His followers what it looks like to live as part of God’s Kingdom. Jesus says we are like light in the darkness and salt to flavor...
Show kindness to everyoneJuly 3
July 3 Show kindness to everyone. We start our month in Luke 10:25-37. When the religious leader questioned Jesus about the sorts of people we should love and show kindness to, He told the familiar parable of the Good Samaritan. With this story, Jesus completely...
Be patient with each otherJune 26
June 26 Be patient with each other. In week four, we spend time discovering more about Proverbs 15:18. Waiting can be the worst! But something Solomon wrote in Proverbs can help us remember why patience is so important. A person with a bad temper stirs up conflict....
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryJanuary 22Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choice.After Jesus’ baptism, we head to Luke 4:1-13 and find that Jesus had gone out to the desert. In this story, Jesus was being tested. The devil showed up and twisted what Jesus knew about God and Scripture. But Jesus was prepared to face these challenges head on. Jesus knew better and leveraged the truth from Scripture to fight and overcome the devil’s temptations.
Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choice. It’s important for kids to remember that if they have a big question about what to do, the first place they should look is the Bible. We pray that kids will start to understand the importance of the Bible in their life. When they don’t know what choice to make, they can turn to God’s Word—or someone who knows God’s Word—to help them with whatever choices they’re facing
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsRemembering what’s true can help you make the wise choiceJanuary 22
January 22 Remembering what’s true can help you make the wise choice. After Jesus’ baptism, we head to Luke 4:1-13 and find that Jesus had gone out to the desert. In this story, Jesus was being tested. The devil showed up and twisted what Jesus knew about God and...
When you discover something new, it can change youJanuary 15
January 15 When you discover something new, it can change you. In week 3, we find Jesus at the Jordan River (John 1:19- 42 and John 3:22-36). Jesus’ cousin, John the Baptist, was out by the Jordan River baptizing people and preparing the way for the Promised Savior....
Knowing God is the most important thingJanuary 8
January 8 Knowing God is the most important thing. In Luke 2:41-52, we discover a moment from Jesus’ childhood when he stayed behind in Jerusalem after the Passover feast. Jesus was fully God, but he was also fully human. And as a human, Jesus recognized something...
Never stop searching for what’s trueJanuary 1
January 1 Never stop searching for what's true. We kick off January with the end of the Christmas story. In Matthew 2:1-12, we meet wise men from the east whose lives were dedicated to discovering more about the universe. One night they noticed a bright star that led...
The good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
Hold on because God is still in controlOctober 30
October 30 Hold on because God is still in control. We finish up the month in Exodus 13:17-14:31. God’s people were on their way out of Egypt. Everything was looking great for the Hebrews, until Pharaoh changed his mind. Moses and the Hebrew people found themselves...
Hold on because God knows what you’re going throughOctober 23
October 23 Hold on because God knows what you're going through. In week four, we discover God’s plan for rescuing the Israelites. In Exodus 3-6; 7-12:42, we see how God’s plan started. Moses was watching sheep on the side of a mountain and saw a bush on fire—but it...
Hold on even when you don’t know what to doOctober 16
October 16 Hold on even when you don't know what to do. In week three, we head to Exodus 2:1-10. Joseph’s family, God’s people, were growing in number. Pharaoh enslaved them and made life miserable for them. That’s where Moses came in. Moses was born when Pharaoh went...
Hold on because there’s a bigger storyOctober 9
October 9 Hold on because there's a bigger story. Next, we continue Joseph’s story in Genesis 41-45, where Joseph was in prison, forgotten. Pharaoh had a dream that no one could interpret. The cupbearer remembered how Joseph had interpreted his dream. At once, Pharaoh...
Hold on because God is with youOctober 2
October 2 Hold on because God is with you. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Genesis 37, 39-40. We learn how Joseph was his father, Jacob’s, favorite son. Joseph’s brothers were completely jealous—with their jealousy fueled by Joseph’s dreams that had them...
You can trust God even when you’re worriedSeptember 25
September 25 You can trust God even when you're worried. We finish the month by discovering what happened to Jacob and Esau’s relationship. In Genesis 31:3, 32:3- 32, and 33:1-17, we find out that Jacob knows that God wants him to return home after years of living...
You can trust that God has a planSeptember 18
September 18 You can trust that God has a plan. In week 3, we meet Isaac’s sons Jacob and Esau in Genesis 25, 27, and 28. Jacob and Esau always had a complicated relationship from the moment they were born. Jacob eventually took advantage of Esau’s moment of...
Trust God no matter whatSeptember 11
September 11 Trust God no matter what. Next, we discover Isaac venturing out on his own. In Genesis 26, we find out that Isaac moved to a region where he reclaimed the wells that had belonged to his father, Abraham. For years no one had cared about the wells until...
Trust God even when you have to waitSeptember 4
September 4 Trust God even when you have towait. For week one, we pick up where we left off last month and continue with Abraham’s story. In Genesis 15, 18, and 21, we discover that God’s promise to Abraham takes longer than Abraham might have thought. This tests...
God has a plan to show love to the worldAugust 28
August 28 God has a plan to show love to the world. That man was Abram—later called Abraham. We’ll discover Abram’s story as we jump ahead to Genesis 12:1-9, 15:1-6. God promised Abram that his descendants would become a great nation that would show love to the world....
God loves us no matter whatAugust 21
August 21 God loves us no matter what. Eve had an unbroken, loving relationship with God, ultimately they decided not to trust God’s plan.God gave them one simple rule to obey: don’t eat from that tree. Adam and Eve decided to break the one rule . . . and when...
God made us to take care of each otherAugust 14
August 14 God made us to take care of each other. As we travel back to the creation narrative in Genesis 1-2, we read how God created the world . . . and it was good. God created people—Adam and Eve—to live in the world, enjoy it, and cultivate it. Adam and Eve...
Love God by loving othersAugust 7
August 7 Love God by loving others. Jesus explained this idea perfectly in Matthew 22:34- 40, which is where we begin this month. The religious leaders asked Jesus: out of the hundreds of laws the Jewish people were to follow, which were the most important?...
God gives you the power to have self-controlJuly 31
July 31 God gives you the power to have self-control. We finish up our Make Waves series discovering more about James 3:1-6. Our words have power. James uses practical images like a horse bit, a ship’s rudder, and a flame to show us just how powerful they are....
God can give you the strength to be gentleJuly 24
July 24 God can give you the strength to be gentle. For week four, we get a glimpse into the heart of Jesus in Mark 10:13-16. Mark records a time when Jesus welcomed children, gave them his attention, and blessed them. Back then, no one thought very highly of...
Be faithful so others can count on youJuly 17
July 17 Be faithful so others can count on you. In week three, we jump back to 1 Samuel 18-20 and 2 Samuel 9. We dive deeper into the amazing friendship between David and Jonathan. Jonathan was a faithful friend to David when King Saul chased David and tried to kill...
Show God’s goodness to othersJuly 10
July 10 Show God's goodness to others. Next, we head to Matthew 5:14-16. Matthew records the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus taught His followers what it looks like to live as part of God’s Kingdom. Jesus says we are like light in the darkness and salt to flavor...
Show kindness to everyoneJuly 3
July 3 Show kindness to everyone. We start our month in Luke 10:25-37. When the religious leader questioned Jesus about the sorts of people we should love and show kindness to, He told the familiar parable of the Good Samaritan. With this story, Jesus completely...
Be patient with each otherJune 26
June 26 Be patient with each other. In week four, we spend time discovering more about Proverbs 15:18. Waiting can be the worst! But something Solomon wrote in Proverbs can help us remember why patience is so important. A person with a bad temper stirs up conflict....
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolJanuary 22Jesus’ miracles are amazing.In week four, we get to meet Peter when our amazing Jesus climbs onto his boat. Even though Peter did not catch any fish before, Jesus fills the nets with SO many fish that the fish fills two boats! Peter knew right away that Jesus was not a normal man. And they were right! Jesus is amazing because Jesus is God’s Son!
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsJesus’ miracles are amazingJanuary 22
January 22 Jesus' miracles are amazing. In week four, we get to meet Peter when our amazing Jesus climbs onto his boat. Even though Peter did not catch any fish before, Jesus fills the nets with SO many fish that the fish fills two boats! Peter knew right away that...
Jesus’ power is amazingJanuary 15
January 15 Jesus' power is amazing. In week three, we will hear how Jesus used his power to do something that was so amazing, it left the disciples totally awestruck. In the middle of a big storm when they are out on a boat at night, Jesus told the winds and waves to...
Jesus is amazingJanuary 8
January 8 Jesus is amazing. In week two, we will hear how Jesus amazed his disciples and others with His first miracle. One minute there was no more wine for the wedding party. And the next, the master of ceremonies declares the water Jesus had turned into wine to be...
Jesus’ teaching is amazingJanuary 1
January 1 Jesus' teaching is amazing. We begin in week one with the story of 12-year-old Jesus. His parents were frantic when they realized he was missing, but they eventually discovered he had been in the temple the whole time, amazing the grown-ups with how much he...
The wise men come to see God’s sonDecember 18
December 18 The wise men come to see God's son. Our Bible story this week is about some Wise Men who followed a special star so they could find Jesus. The wise men knew Jesus was special. That’s why they worshipped Jesus and gave Him gifts. We know Jesus is special...
The shepherds run to JesusDecember 11
December 11 The shepherds run to Jesus. One night, while some shepherds were watching their sheep and taking care of them, an angel came to see them. The angel said, ‘Don’t be afraid! I have good news! Jesus has been born! You will find Him lying in a manger.’ Then...
Jesus is bornDecember 4
December 4 Jesus is born. “Before Baby Jesus was born, Mary, Jesus’ mom, and Joseph had to go a long way to a city called Bethlehem. When they got there, they needed a place to sleep. They finally found a place, but it was a stable where animals sleep. That stable is...
God told Mary she would have His Son, JesusNovember 27
November 27 God told Mary she would have His Son, Jesus. One day, God sent an angel to tell Mary some good news. She was going to have a baby! And His name would be Jesus. Jesus is special because He's God's son! DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
I can thank God for family and friendsNovember 20
November 20 I can thank God for family and friends. One time, the Israelites were attacked, and as long as Moses held his hands up, the Israelites would win. But Moses became so tired he couldn’t keep his arms up any longer. Thankfully, his brother Aaron and their...
I can thank God for foodNovember 13
November 13 I can thank God for food. A widow uses her last bit of food to feed the prophet, Elijah. And then, just as Elijah said God would do, God made sure the widow had enough food for herself, her son, and Elijah to eat. Through this story, we see that God is...
I can thank God for God is goodNovember 6
November 6 I can thank God for God is good. We begin in week one by talking about how we can thank God because God is good! When we look around at all of the good things in the world, the first thing we should do is say, “Thank you, God!” because every good and...
God has plans for meOctober 30
October 30 God has plans for me. The prophet Jeremiah will help us wrap up the month with the wonderful truth that God knows the plans He has for us. This means even when we don’t understand the plans, we can still trust the One who does. We can trust God because of...
God’s plans are always bestOctober 23
October 23 God's plans are always best. In the second part of Joseph’s story, we get to see that God’s plans for Joseph really did work out, and not just for Joseph either. Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, needed hep understanding his dreams, and God helped Joseph...
I can trust God’s plans even when they’re hardOctober 16
October 16 I can trust God's plans even when they're hard. We meet a new guy who trusted God’s plans for him. His name is Joseph. If anyone ever had reasons to doubt God’s plans, it had to be Joseph. His jealous older brothers throw him in a hole and sell him into...
God keeps His promisesOctober 9
October 9 God keeps His promises. We get to introduce preschoolers to the very…first…rainbow! And even better, we get to teach them that the rainbow is part of God’s plans for them. Every time we see a rainbow in the sky, God is also looking at that same rainbow and...
I can always trust God’s plansOctober 2
October 2 I can always trust God's plans. We will share one of the most exciting and well-loved Bible stories with preschoolers – Noah’s Ark! Now we love the story because we get to read all of it in one sitting, and we know how God’s plans work out for Noah. But...
God loves me when I’m happySeptember 25
September 25 God loves me when I'm happy. God gave Sarah and Abraham a child…after they had waited a very, very, VERY long time. Sarah was so happy that it literally brought Sarah laughter! Sarah and Abraham knew they could trust God with all their heart and that God...
God loves me when I’m frustratedSeptember 18
September 18 God loves me when I'm frustrated. Moses was leading the Israelites, but they complained no matter what God did for them. Moses talked to God about his feelings of frustration, and God sent people to help Moses! Moses knew he could trust God with all his...
God loves me when I’m afraidSeptember 11
September 11 God loves me when I'm afraid. Gideon knew what it was like to feel afraid. Gideon was so afraid of the Midianites that he hid in a hole to thresh his wheat! But God sent an angel to talk with Gideon and let him know that the Lord was with him. Gideon knew...
God loves me when I’m sadSeptember 4
September 4 God loves me when I'm sad. Hannah was deeply heartbroken because she could not have a baby. Through intense tears of sadness, Hannah talked to God about how she felt. She knew she could trust God with all her heart and that God would love her and help...
I am important to GodAugust 28
August 28 I am important to God. Jesus tells us that God knows how many hairs are on every person’s head. Jesus, the son of God, said that we are important to God. There are almost 8 billion people on planet earth, and God knows how many hairs are on each of our...
I am wonderfully made in God’s imageAugust 21
August 21 I am wonderfully made in God's image. I am wonderfully made in God’s image. We will see just how wonderfully made we are when we talk about how all people are made in God’s image. That means God made us to think and figure things out, to create and...
I am wonderfully madeAugust 14
August 14 I am wonderfully made. I am wonderfully made. Every person is wonderfully made. Not because of anything we have done, but simply because God, THE awesome artist, made us. Every time we look in the mirror and look at another person, we are seeing God’s...
God made everything and God made meAugust 7
August 7 God made everything and God made me. God made the whole world and everything in it, but God wasn’t done. After making everything, God made the very best thing of all—people! Every person in the whole wide world was made by God. Our God is...
Jesus can help me choose self-controlJuly 31
July 31 Jesus can help me choose self-control. We end this amazing journey through the fruit of the Spirit with week five and self-control. Without self- control, it’s hard to choose any of the things we have talked about! But, when we choose self-control and say ‘no’...
Jesus can help me choose gentlenessJuly 24
July 24 Jesus can help me choose gentleness. Week four, we get to see Jesus in action as He shows nothing but gentleness towards the children being brought to see Him. When Jesus sees the disciples telling the children to go away, He quickly tells them to stop and to...
Jesus can help me choose faithfulnessJuly 17
July 17 Jesus can help me choose faithfulness. In week three, David shows us what a faithful friend looks like when he helps Jonathan’s family. David made a promise to Jonathan and chooses to be faithful and keep that promise.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
Jesus can help me choose goodnessJuly 10
July 10 Jesus can help me choose goodness. In week two, we will learn to choose goodness by helping others, sharing what we have, and saying kind words. All of these are wonderful ways we can show God’s goodness to the world. And, when we show God’s goodness, we shine...
Jesus can help me choose kindnessJuly 3
July 3 Jesus can help me choose kindness. During week one, Jesus tells a story about a man who chose to show kindness to a hurt man even though their families did not get along too well. This man chose kindness, and now he will forever be known as the Good...
Jesus can help me choose patienceJune 26
June 26 Jesus can help me choose patience. In week four, we will see the amazing reward that came to Simeon after he chose patience. Simeon waited year after year after year… soooooo many years waiting, and then he finally got to see Who he had been patiently waiting...
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Salt and LightSalt and LightWe are representatives of the kingdom of God. The question is: When people see our lives, what do they see? What do they experience? Do they experience people who are moving towards a freedom from anger? A fidelity in relationships? Honoring of marriage? A confidence that they can believe our words? A love that’s displayed that goes beyond what the rest of the world sees? Is that what they see in us? Do they see salt and light?
Salt and Lightby Kurt Barnes
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The BeatitudesThe BeatitudesA look at the Beatitudes in Matthew 5.
The Beatitudesby Kurt Barnes
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolJanuary 8Jesus is amazing.In week two, we will hear how Jesus amazed his disciples and others with His first miracle. One minute there was no more wine for the wedding party. And the next, the master of ceremonies declares the water Jesus had turned into wine to be the best wine of the night.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsJesus is amazingJanuary 8
January 8 Jesus is amazing. In week two, we will hear how Jesus amazed his disciples and others with His first miracle. One minute there was no more wine for the wedding party. And the next, the master of ceremonies declares the water Jesus had turned into wine to be...
Jesus’ teaching is amazingJanuary 1
January 1 Jesus' teaching is amazing. We begin in week one with the story of 12-year-old Jesus. His parents were frantic when they realized he was missing, but they eventually discovered he had been in the temple the whole time, amazing the grown-ups with how much he...
The wise men come to see God’s sonDecember 18
December 18 The wise men come to see God's son. Our Bible story this week is about some Wise Men who followed a special star so they could find Jesus. The wise men knew Jesus was special. That’s why they worshipped Jesus and gave Him gifts. We know Jesus is special...
The shepherds run to JesusDecember 11
December 11 The shepherds run to Jesus. One night, while some shepherds were watching their sheep and taking care of them, an angel came to see them. The angel said, ‘Don’t be afraid! I have good news! Jesus has been born! You will find Him lying in a manger.’ Then...
Jesus is bornDecember 4
December 4 Jesus is born. “Before Baby Jesus was born, Mary, Jesus’ mom, and Joseph had to go a long way to a city called Bethlehem. When they got there, they needed a place to sleep. They finally found a place, but it was a stable where animals sleep. That stable is...
God told Mary she would have His Son, JesusNovember 27
November 27 God told Mary she would have His Son, Jesus. One day, God sent an angel to tell Mary some good news. She was going to have a baby! And His name would be Jesus. Jesus is special because He's God's son! DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
I can thank God for family and friendsNovember 20
November 20 I can thank God for family and friends. One time, the Israelites were attacked, and as long as Moses held his hands up, the Israelites would win. But Moses became so tired he couldn’t keep his arms up any longer. Thankfully, his brother Aaron and their...
I can thank God for foodNovember 13
November 13 I can thank God for food. A widow uses her last bit of food to feed the prophet, Elijah. And then, just as Elijah said God would do, God made sure the widow had enough food for herself, her son, and Elijah to eat. Through this story, we see that God is...
I can thank God for God is goodNovember 6
November 6 I can thank God for God is good. We begin in week one by talking about how we can thank God because God is good! When we look around at all of the good things in the world, the first thing we should do is say, “Thank you, God!” because every good and...
God has plans for meOctober 30
October 30 God has plans for me. The prophet Jeremiah will help us wrap up the month with the wonderful truth that God knows the plans He has for us. This means even when we don’t understand the plans, we can still trust the One who does. We can trust God because of...
God’s plans are always bestOctober 23
October 23 God's plans are always best. In the second part of Joseph’s story, we get to see that God’s plans for Joseph really did work out, and not just for Joseph either. Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, needed hep understanding his dreams, and God helped Joseph...
I can trust God’s plans even when they’re hardOctober 16
October 16 I can trust God's plans even when they're hard. We meet a new guy who trusted God’s plans for him. His name is Joseph. If anyone ever had reasons to doubt God’s plans, it had to be Joseph. His jealous older brothers throw him in a hole and sell him into...
God keeps His promisesOctober 9
October 9 God keeps His promises. We get to introduce preschoolers to the very…first…rainbow! And even better, we get to teach them that the rainbow is part of God’s plans for them. Every time we see a rainbow in the sky, God is also looking at that same rainbow and...
I can always trust God’s plansOctober 2
October 2 I can always trust God's plans. We will share one of the most exciting and well-loved Bible stories with preschoolers – Noah’s Ark! Now we love the story because we get to read all of it in one sitting, and we know how God’s plans work out for Noah. But...
God loves me when I’m happySeptember 25
September 25 God loves me when I'm happy. God gave Sarah and Abraham a child…after they had waited a very, very, VERY long time. Sarah was so happy that it literally brought Sarah laughter! Sarah and Abraham knew they could trust God with all their heart and that God...
God loves me when I’m frustratedSeptember 18
September 18 God loves me when I'm frustrated. Moses was leading the Israelites, but they complained no matter what God did for them. Moses talked to God about his feelings of frustration, and God sent people to help Moses! Moses knew he could trust God with all his...
God loves me when I’m afraidSeptember 11
September 11 God loves me when I'm afraid. Gideon knew what it was like to feel afraid. Gideon was so afraid of the Midianites that he hid in a hole to thresh his wheat! But God sent an angel to talk with Gideon and let him know that the Lord was with him. Gideon knew...
God loves me when I’m sadSeptember 4
September 4 God loves me when I'm sad. Hannah was deeply heartbroken because she could not have a baby. Through intense tears of sadness, Hannah talked to God about how she felt. She knew she could trust God with all her heart and that God would love her and help...
I am important to GodAugust 28
August 28 I am important to God. Jesus tells us that God knows how many hairs are on every person’s head. Jesus, the son of God, said that we are important to God. There are almost 8 billion people on planet earth, and God knows how many hairs are on each of our...
I am wonderfully made in God’s imageAugust 21
August 21 I am wonderfully made in God's image. I am wonderfully made in God’s image. We will see just how wonderfully made we are when we talk about how all people are made in God’s image. That means God made us to think and figure things out, to create and...
I am wonderfully madeAugust 14
August 14 I am wonderfully made. I am wonderfully made. Every person is wonderfully made. Not because of anything we have done, but simply because God, THE awesome artist, made us. Every time we look in the mirror and look at another person, we are seeing God’s...
God made everything and God made meAugust 7
August 7 God made everything and God made me. God made the whole world and everything in it, but God wasn’t done. After making everything, God made the very best thing of all—people! Every person in the whole wide world was made by God. Our God is...
Jesus can help me choose self-controlJuly 31
July 31 Jesus can help me choose self-control. We end this amazing journey through the fruit of the Spirit with week five and self-control. Without self- control, it’s hard to choose any of the things we have talked about! But, when we choose self-control and say ‘no’...
Jesus can help me choose gentlenessJuly 24
July 24 Jesus can help me choose gentleness. Week four, we get to see Jesus in action as He shows nothing but gentleness towards the children being brought to see Him. When Jesus sees the disciples telling the children to go away, He quickly tells them to stop and to...
Jesus can help me choose faithfulnessJuly 17
July 17 Jesus can help me choose faithfulness. In week three, David shows us what a faithful friend looks like when he helps Jonathan’s family. David made a promise to Jonathan and chooses to be faithful and keep that promise.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
Jesus can help me choose goodnessJuly 10
July 10 Jesus can help me choose goodness. In week two, we will learn to choose goodness by helping others, sharing what we have, and saying kind words. All of these are wonderful ways we can show God’s goodness to the world. And, when we show God’s goodness, we shine...
Jesus can help me choose kindnessJuly 3
July 3 Jesus can help me choose kindness. During week one, Jesus tells a story about a man who chose to show kindness to a hurt man even though their families did not get along too well. This man chose kindness, and now he will forever be known as the Good...
Jesus can help me choose patienceJune 26
June 26 Jesus can help me choose patience. In week four, we will see the amazing reward that came to Simeon after he chose patience. Simeon waited year after year after year… soooooo many years waiting, and then he finally got to see Who he had been patiently waiting...
Jesus can help me choose peaceJune 19
June 19 Jesus can help me choose peace. In week three, we get to hear about a woman named Abigail. She went above and beyond to do what she could do to choose peace, even though the people around her were not acting very peaceful. And, because she was quick to act,...
Jesus can help me choose joyJune 12
June 12 Jesus can help me choose joy. In week two, Paul and Silas will show us what it looks like to choose joy even in the middle of a not so joyful situation. When others would have been downcast and hopeless, they chose to sing and praise God! And, their joy made...
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenJanuary 8Knowing God is the most important thing.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESDevotionalParent CueRecent LessonsKnowing God is the most important thingJanuary 8
January 8 Knowing God is the most important thing. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
Never stop searching for what’s trueJanuary 1
January 1 Never stop searching for what's true. We kick off January with the end of the Christmas story. In Matthew 2:1-12, we meet wise men from the east whose lives were dedicated to discovering more about the universe. One night they noticed a bright star that led...
The good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
Hold on because God is still in controlOctober 30
October 30 Hold on because God is still in control. We finish up the month in Exodus 13:17-14:31. God’s people were on their way out of Egypt. Everything was looking great for the Hebrews, until Pharaoh changed his mind. Moses and the Hebrew people found themselves...
Hold on because God knows what you’re going throughOctober 23
October 23 Hold on because God knows what you're going through. In week four, we discover God’s plan for rescuing the Israelites. In Exodus 3-6; 7-12:42, we see how God’s plan started. Moses was watching sheep on the side of a mountain and saw a bush on fire—but it...
Hold on even when you don’t know what to doOctober 16
October 16 Hold on even when you don't know what to do. In week three, we head to Exodus 2:1-10. Joseph’s family, God’s people, were growing in number. Pharaoh enslaved them and made life miserable for them. That’s where Moses came in. Moses was born when Pharaoh went...
Hold on because there’s a bigger storyOctober 9
October 9 Hold on because there's a bigger story. Next, we continue Joseph’s story in Genesis 41-45, where Joseph was in prison, forgotten. Pharaoh had a dream that no one could interpret. The cupbearer remembered how Joseph had interpreted his dream. At once, Pharaoh...
Hold on because God is with youOctober 2
October 2 Hold on because God is with you. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Genesis 37, 39-40. We learn how Joseph was his father, Jacob’s, favorite son. Joseph’s brothers were completely jealous—with their jealousy fueled by Joseph’s dreams that had them...
You can trust God even when you’re worriedSeptember 25
September 25 You can trust God even when you're worried. We finish the month by discovering what happened to Jacob and Esau’s relationship. In Genesis 31:3, 32:3- 32, and 33:1-17, we find out that Jacob knows that God wants him to return home after years of living...
You can trust that God has a planSeptember 18
September 18 You can trust that God has a plan. In week 3, we meet Isaac’s sons Jacob and Esau in Genesis 25, 27, and 28. Jacob and Esau always had a complicated relationship from the moment they were born. Jacob eventually took advantage of Esau’s moment of...
Trust God no matter whatSeptember 11
September 11 Trust God no matter what. Next, we discover Isaac venturing out on his own. In Genesis 26, we find out that Isaac moved to a region where he reclaimed the wells that had belonged to his father, Abraham. For years no one had cared about the wells until...
Trust God even when you have to waitSeptember 4
September 4 Trust God even when you have to wait. For week one, we pick up where we left off last month and continue with Abraham’s story. In Genesis 15, 18, and 21, we discover that God’s promise to Abraham takes longer than Abraham might have thought. This tests...
God has a plan to show love to the worldAugust 28
August 28 God has a plan to show love to the world. That man was Abram—later called Abraham. We’ll discover Abram’s story as we jump ahead to Genesis 12:1-9, 15:1-6. God promised Abram that his descendants would become a great nation that would show love to the world....
God loves us no matter whatAugust 21
August 21 God loves us no matter what. Eve had an unbroken, loving relationship with God, ultimately they decided not to trust God’s plan.God gave them one simple rule to obey: don’t eat from that tree. Adam and Eve decided to break the one rule . . . and when...
God made us to take care of each otherAugust 14
August 14 God made us to take care of each other. As we travel back to the creation narrative in Genesis 1-2, we read how God created the world . . . and it was good. God created people—Adam and Eve—to live in the world, enjoy it, and cultivate it. Adam and Eve...
Love God by loving othersAugust 7
August 7 Love God by loving others. Jesus explained this idea perfectly in Matthew 22:34- 40, which is where we begin this month. The religious leaders asked Jesus: out of the hundreds of laws the Jewish people were to follow, which were the most important?...
God gives you the power to have self-controlJuly 31
July 31 God gives you the power to have self-control. We finish up our Make Waves series discovering more about James 3:1-6. Our words have power. James uses practical images like a horse bit, a ship’s rudder, and a flame to show us just how powerful they are....
God can give you the strength to be gentleJuly 24
July 24 God can give you the strength to be gentle. For week four, we get a glimpse into the heart of Jesus in Mark 10:13-16. Mark records a time when Jesus welcomed children, gave them his attention, and blessed them. Back then, no one thought very highly of...
Be faithful so others can count on youJuly 17
July 17 Be faithful so others can count on you. In week three, we jump back to 1 Samuel 18-20 and 2 Samuel 9. We dive deeper into the amazing friendship between David and Jonathan. Jonathan was a faithful friend to David when King Saul chased David and tried to kill...
Show God’s goodness to othersJuly 10
July 10 Show God's goodness to others. Next, we head to Matthew 5:14-16. Matthew records the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus taught His followers what it looks like to live as part of God’s Kingdom. Jesus says we are like light in the darkness and salt to flavor...
Show kindness to everyoneJuly 3
July 3 Show kindness to everyone. We start our month in Luke 10:25-37. When the religious leader questioned Jesus about the sorts of people we should love and show kindness to, He told the familiar parable of the Good Samaritan. With this story, Jesus completely...
Be patient with each otherJune 26
June 26 Be patient with each other. In week four, we spend time discovering more about Proverbs 15:18. Waiting can be the worst! But something Solomon wrote in Proverbs can help us remember why patience is so important. A person with a bad temper stirs up conflict....
You can help others make peaceJune 19
June 19 You can help others make peace. In week three, we jump back to 1 Samuel 25:1-35, where we find a story about a woman named Abigail that starts with King David. He was furious with a man named Nabal, who mistreated his soldiers. David decided to get revenge...
Choose joy no matter what’s going onJune 12
June 12 Choose joy no matter what's going on. Next, we head to Acts 5:17-42. When Jesus’ disciples started sharing about his death and resurrection with others, they faced all sorts of trouble. Thankfully, they had Jesus’ Holy Spirit to help them find joy. Choose joy...
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryJanuary 8Knowing God is the most important thing.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsKnowing God is the most important thingJanuary 8
January 8 Knowing God is the most important thing. DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCES Recent Lessons
Never stop searching for what’s trueJanuary 1
January 1 Never stop searching for what's true. We kick off January with the end of the Christmas story. In Matthew 2:1-12, we meet wise men from the east whose lives were dedicated to discovering more about the universe. One night they noticed a bright star that led...
The good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
Hold on because God is still in controlOctober 30
October 30 Hold on because God is still in control. We finish up the month in Exodus 13:17-14:31. God’s people were on their way out of Egypt. Everything was looking great for the Hebrews, until Pharaoh changed his mind. Moses and the Hebrew people found themselves...
Hold on because God knows what you’re going throughOctober 23
October 23 Hold on because God knows what you're going through. In week four, we discover God’s plan for rescuing the Israelites. In Exodus 3-6; 7-12:42, we see how God’s plan started. Moses was watching sheep on the side of a mountain and saw a bush on fire—but it...
Hold on even when you don’t know what to doOctober 16
October 16 Hold on even when you don't know what to do. In week three, we head to Exodus 2:1-10. Joseph’s family, God’s people, were growing in number. Pharaoh enslaved them and made life miserable for them. That’s where Moses came in. Moses was born when Pharaoh went...
Hold on because there’s a bigger storyOctober 9
October 9 Hold on because there's a bigger story. Next, we continue Joseph’s story in Genesis 41-45, where Joseph was in prison, forgotten. Pharaoh had a dream that no one could interpret. The cupbearer remembered how Joseph had interpreted his dream. At once, Pharaoh...
Hold on because God is with youOctober 2
October 2 Hold on because God is with you. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Genesis 37, 39-40. We learn how Joseph was his father, Jacob’s, favorite son. Joseph’s brothers were completely jealous—with their jealousy fueled by Joseph’s dreams that had them...
You can trust God even when you’re worriedSeptember 25
September 25 You can trust God even when you're worried. We finish the month by discovering what happened to Jacob and Esau’s relationship. In Genesis 31:3, 32:3- 32, and 33:1-17, we find out that Jacob knows that God wants him to return home after years of living...
You can trust that God has a planSeptember 18
September 18 You can trust that God has a plan. In week 3, we meet Isaac’s sons Jacob and Esau in Genesis 25, 27, and 28. Jacob and Esau always had a complicated relationship from the moment they were born. Jacob eventually took advantage of Esau’s moment of...
Trust God no matter whatSeptember 11
September 11 Trust God no matter what. Next, we discover Isaac venturing out on his own. In Genesis 26, we find out that Isaac moved to a region where he reclaimed the wells that had belonged to his father, Abraham. For years no one had cared about the wells until...
Trust God even when you have to waitSeptember 4
September 4 Trust God even when you have towait. For week one, we pick up where we left off last month and continue with Abraham’s story. In Genesis 15, 18, and 21, we discover that God’s promise to Abraham takes longer than Abraham might have thought. This tests...
God has a plan to show love to the worldAugust 28
August 28 God has a plan to show love to the world. That man was Abram—later called Abraham. We’ll discover Abram’s story as we jump ahead to Genesis 12:1-9, 15:1-6. God promised Abram that his descendants would become a great nation that would show love to the world....
God loves us no matter whatAugust 21
August 21 God loves us no matter what. Eve had an unbroken, loving relationship with God, ultimately they decided not to trust God’s plan.God gave them one simple rule to obey: don’t eat from that tree. Adam and Eve decided to break the one rule . . . and when...
God made us to take care of each otherAugust 14
August 14 God made us to take care of each other. As we travel back to the creation narrative in Genesis 1-2, we read how God created the world . . . and it was good. God created people—Adam and Eve—to live in the world, enjoy it, and cultivate it. Adam and Eve...
Love God by loving othersAugust 7
August 7 Love God by loving others. Jesus explained this idea perfectly in Matthew 22:34- 40, which is where we begin this month. The religious leaders asked Jesus: out of the hundreds of laws the Jewish people were to follow, which were the most important?...
God gives you the power to have self-controlJuly 31
July 31 God gives you the power to have self-control. We finish up our Make Waves series discovering more about James 3:1-6. Our words have power. James uses practical images like a horse bit, a ship’s rudder, and a flame to show us just how powerful they are....
God can give you the strength to be gentleJuly 24
July 24 God can give you the strength to be gentle. For week four, we get a glimpse into the heart of Jesus in Mark 10:13-16. Mark records a time when Jesus welcomed children, gave them his attention, and blessed them. Back then, no one thought very highly of...
Be faithful so others can count on youJuly 17
July 17 Be faithful so others can count on you. In week three, we jump back to 1 Samuel 18-20 and 2 Samuel 9. We dive deeper into the amazing friendship between David and Jonathan. Jonathan was a faithful friend to David when King Saul chased David and tried to kill...
Show God’s goodness to othersJuly 10
July 10 Show God's goodness to others. Next, we head to Matthew 5:14-16. Matthew records the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus taught His followers what it looks like to live as part of God’s Kingdom. Jesus says we are like light in the darkness and salt to flavor...
Show kindness to everyoneJuly 3
July 3 Show kindness to everyone. We start our month in Luke 10:25-37. When the religious leader questioned Jesus about the sorts of people we should love and show kindness to, He told the familiar parable of the Good Samaritan. With this story, Jesus completely...
Be patient with each otherJune 26
June 26 Be patient with each other. In week four, we spend time discovering more about Proverbs 15:18. Waiting can be the worst! But something Solomon wrote in Proverbs can help us remember why patience is so important. A person with a bad temper stirs up conflict....
You can help others make peaceJune 19
June 19 You can help others make peace. In week three, we jump back to 1 Samuel 25:1-35, where we find a story about a woman named Abigail that starts with King David. He was furious with a man named Nabal, who mistreated his soldiers. David decided to get revenge...
Choose joy no matter what’s going onJune 12
June 12 Choose joy no matter what's going on. Next, we head to Acts 5:17-42. When Jesus’ disciples started sharing about his death and resurrection with others, they faced all sorts of trouble. Thankfully, they had Jesus’ Holy Spirit to help them find joy. Choose joy...
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God is GoodGod is GoodIt’s true that God is good all the time, but many people don’t live like they believe it. It can be hard to remember when we’re in pain, conflict, depression, worry…but God wants to give us all a life of confidence, even on our most difficult days.
God is Goodby Rob Barnes
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenJanuary 1Never stop searching for what’s true.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESDevotionalParent CueRecent LessonsNever stop searching for what’s trueJanuary 1
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The good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
Hold on because God is still in controlOctober 30
October 30 Hold on because God is still in control. We finish up the month in Exodus 13:17-14:31. God’s people were on their way out of Egypt. Everything was looking great for the Hebrews, until Pharaoh changed his mind. Moses and the Hebrew people found themselves...
Hold on because God knows what you’re going throughOctober 23
October 23 Hold on because God knows what you're going through. In week four, we discover God’s plan for rescuing the Israelites. In Exodus 3-6; 7-12:42, we see how God’s plan started. Moses was watching sheep on the side of a mountain and saw a bush on fire—but it...
Hold on even when you don’t know what to doOctober 16
October 16 Hold on even when you don't know what to do. In week three, we head to Exodus 2:1-10. Joseph’s family, God’s people, were growing in number. Pharaoh enslaved them and made life miserable for them. That’s where Moses came in. Moses was born when Pharaoh went...
Hold on because there’s a bigger storyOctober 9
October 9 Hold on because there's a bigger story. Next, we continue Joseph’s story in Genesis 41-45, where Joseph was in prison, forgotten. Pharaoh had a dream that no one could interpret. The cupbearer remembered how Joseph had interpreted his dream. At once, Pharaoh...
Hold on because God is with youOctober 2
October 2 Hold on because God is with you. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Genesis 37, 39-40. We learn how Joseph was his father, Jacob’s, favorite son. Joseph’s brothers were completely jealous—with their jealousy fueled by Joseph’s dreams that had them...
You can trust God even when you’re worriedSeptember 25
September 25 You can trust God even when you're worried. We finish the month by discovering what happened to Jacob and Esau’s relationship. In Genesis 31:3, 32:3- 32, and 33:1-17, we find out that Jacob knows that God wants him to return home after years of living...
You can trust that God has a planSeptember 18
September 18 You can trust that God has a plan. In week 3, we meet Isaac’s sons Jacob and Esau in Genesis 25, 27, and 28. Jacob and Esau always had a complicated relationship from the moment they were born. Jacob eventually took advantage of Esau’s moment of...
Trust God no matter whatSeptember 11
September 11 Trust God no matter what. Next, we discover Isaac venturing out on his own. In Genesis 26, we find out that Isaac moved to a region where he reclaimed the wells that had belonged to his father, Abraham. For years no one had cared about the wells until...
Trust God even when you have to waitSeptember 4
September 4 Trust God even when you have to wait. For week one, we pick up where we left off last month and continue with Abraham’s story. In Genesis 15, 18, and 21, we discover that God’s promise to Abraham takes longer than Abraham might have thought. This tests...
God has a plan to show love to the worldAugust 28
August 28 God has a plan to show love to the world. That man was Abram—later called Abraham. We’ll discover Abram’s story as we jump ahead to Genesis 12:1-9, 15:1-6. God promised Abram that his descendants would become a great nation that would show love to the world....
God loves us no matter whatAugust 21
August 21 God loves us no matter what. Eve had an unbroken, loving relationship with God, ultimately they decided not to trust God’s plan.God gave them one simple rule to obey: don’t eat from that tree. Adam and Eve decided to break the one rule . . . and when...
God made us to take care of each otherAugust 14
August 14 God made us to take care of each other. As we travel back to the creation narrative in Genesis 1-2, we read how God created the world . . . and it was good. God created people—Adam and Eve—to live in the world, enjoy it, and cultivate it. Adam and Eve...
Love God by loving othersAugust 7
August 7 Love God by loving others. Jesus explained this idea perfectly in Matthew 22:34- 40, which is where we begin this month. The religious leaders asked Jesus: out of the hundreds of laws the Jewish people were to follow, which were the most important?...
God gives you the power to have self-controlJuly 31
July 31 God gives you the power to have self-control. We finish up our Make Waves series discovering more about James 3:1-6. Our words have power. James uses practical images like a horse bit, a ship’s rudder, and a flame to show us just how powerful they are....
God can give you the strength to be gentleJuly 24
July 24 God can give you the strength to be gentle. For week four, we get a glimpse into the heart of Jesus in Mark 10:13-16. Mark records a time when Jesus welcomed children, gave them his attention, and blessed them. Back then, no one thought very highly of...
Be faithful so others can count on youJuly 17
July 17 Be faithful so others can count on you. In week three, we jump back to 1 Samuel 18-20 and 2 Samuel 9. We dive deeper into the amazing friendship between David and Jonathan. Jonathan was a faithful friend to David when King Saul chased David and tried to kill...
Show God’s goodness to othersJuly 10
July 10 Show God's goodness to others. Next, we head to Matthew 5:14-16. Matthew records the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus taught His followers what it looks like to live as part of God’s Kingdom. Jesus says we are like light in the darkness and salt to flavor...
Show kindness to everyoneJuly 3
July 3 Show kindness to everyone. We start our month in Luke 10:25-37. When the religious leader questioned Jesus about the sorts of people we should love and show kindness to, He told the familiar parable of the Good Samaritan. With this story, Jesus completely...
Be patient with each otherJune 26
June 26 Be patient with each other. In week four, we spend time discovering more about Proverbs 15:18. Waiting can be the worst! But something Solomon wrote in Proverbs can help us remember why patience is so important. A person with a bad temper stirs up conflict....
You can help others make peaceJune 19
June 19 You can help others make peace. In week three, we jump back to 1 Samuel 25:1-35, where we find a story about a woman named Abigail that starts with King David. He was furious with a man named Nabal, who mistreated his soldiers. David decided to get revenge...
Choose joy no matter what’s going onJune 12
June 12 Choose joy no matter what's going on. Next, we head to Acts 5:17-42. When Jesus’ disciples started sharing about his death and resurrection with others, they faced all sorts of trouble. Thankfully, they had Jesus’ Holy Spirit to help them find joy. Choose joy...
Love others because God loves youJune 5
June 5 Love others because God loves you. We start our month in 1 John 4:9-13. John tells us exactly what real love looks like: God loved us enough to send Jesus to offer His life and make us complete. John goes on to say: Dear friends, since God loved us this much,...
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryJanuary 1Never stop searching for what’s true.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsNever stop searching for what’s trueJanuary 1
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The good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
Hold on because God is still in controlOctober 30
October 30 Hold on because God is still in control. We finish up the month in Exodus 13:17-14:31. God’s people were on their way out of Egypt. Everything was looking great for the Hebrews, until Pharaoh changed his mind. Moses and the Hebrew people found themselves...
Hold on because God knows what you’re going throughOctober 23
October 23 Hold on because God knows what you're going through. In week four, we discover God’s plan for rescuing the Israelites. In Exodus 3-6; 7-12:42, we see how God’s plan started. Moses was watching sheep on the side of a mountain and saw a bush on fire—but it...
Hold on even when you don’t know what to doOctober 16
October 16 Hold on even when you don't know what to do. In week three, we head to Exodus 2:1-10. Joseph’s family, God’s people, were growing in number. Pharaoh enslaved them and made life miserable for them. That’s where Moses came in. Moses was born when Pharaoh went...
Hold on because there’s a bigger storyOctober 9
October 9 Hold on because there's a bigger story. Next, we continue Joseph’s story in Genesis 41-45, where Joseph was in prison, forgotten. Pharaoh had a dream that no one could interpret. The cupbearer remembered how Joseph had interpreted his dream. At once, Pharaoh...
Hold on because God is with youOctober 2
October 2 Hold on because God is with you. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Genesis 37, 39-40. We learn how Joseph was his father, Jacob’s, favorite son. Joseph’s brothers were completely jealous—with their jealousy fueled by Joseph’s dreams that had them...
You can trust God even when you’re worriedSeptember 25
September 25 You can trust God even when you're worried. We finish the month by discovering what happened to Jacob and Esau’s relationship. In Genesis 31:3, 32:3- 32, and 33:1-17, we find out that Jacob knows that God wants him to return home after years of living...
You can trust that God has a planSeptember 18
September 18 You can trust that God has a plan. In week 3, we meet Isaac’s sons Jacob and Esau in Genesis 25, 27, and 28. Jacob and Esau always had a complicated relationship from the moment they were born. Jacob eventually took advantage of Esau’s moment of...
Trust God no matter whatSeptember 11
September 11 Trust God no matter what. Next, we discover Isaac venturing out on his own. In Genesis 26, we find out that Isaac moved to a region where he reclaimed the wells that had belonged to his father, Abraham. For years no one had cared about the wells until...
Trust God even when you have to waitSeptember 4
September 4 Trust God even when you have towait. For week one, we pick up where we left off last month and continue with Abraham’s story. In Genesis 15, 18, and 21, we discover that God’s promise to Abraham takes longer than Abraham might have thought. This tests...
God has a plan to show love to the worldAugust 28
August 28 God has a plan to show love to the world. That man was Abram—later called Abraham. We’ll discover Abram’s story as we jump ahead to Genesis 12:1-9, 15:1-6. God promised Abram that his descendants would become a great nation that would show love to the world....
God loves us no matter whatAugust 21
August 21 God loves us no matter what. Eve had an unbroken, loving relationship with God, ultimately they decided not to trust God’s plan.God gave them one simple rule to obey: don’t eat from that tree. Adam and Eve decided to break the one rule . . . and when...
God made us to take care of each otherAugust 14
August 14 God made us to take care of each other. As we travel back to the creation narrative in Genesis 1-2, we read how God created the world . . . and it was good. God created people—Adam and Eve—to live in the world, enjoy it, and cultivate it. Adam and Eve...
Love God by loving othersAugust 7
August 7 Love God by loving others. Jesus explained this idea perfectly in Matthew 22:34- 40, which is where we begin this month. The religious leaders asked Jesus: out of the hundreds of laws the Jewish people were to follow, which were the most important?...
God gives you the power to have self-controlJuly 31
July 31 God gives you the power to have self-control. We finish up our Make Waves series discovering more about James 3:1-6. Our words have power. James uses practical images like a horse bit, a ship’s rudder, and a flame to show us just how powerful they are....
God can give you the strength to be gentleJuly 24
July 24 God can give you the strength to be gentle. For week four, we get a glimpse into the heart of Jesus in Mark 10:13-16. Mark records a time when Jesus welcomed children, gave them his attention, and blessed them. Back then, no one thought very highly of...
Be faithful so others can count on youJuly 17
July 17 Be faithful so others can count on you. In week three, we jump back to 1 Samuel 18-20 and 2 Samuel 9. We dive deeper into the amazing friendship between David and Jonathan. Jonathan was a faithful friend to David when King Saul chased David and tried to kill...
Show God’s goodness to othersJuly 10
July 10 Show God's goodness to others. Next, we head to Matthew 5:14-16. Matthew records the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus taught His followers what it looks like to live as part of God’s Kingdom. Jesus says we are like light in the darkness and salt to flavor...
Show kindness to everyoneJuly 3
July 3 Show kindness to everyone. We start our month in Luke 10:25-37. When the religious leader questioned Jesus about the sorts of people we should love and show kindness to, He told the familiar parable of the Good Samaritan. With this story, Jesus completely...
Be patient with each otherJune 26
June 26 Be patient with each other. In week four, we spend time discovering more about Proverbs 15:18. Waiting can be the worst! But something Solomon wrote in Proverbs can help us remember why patience is so important. A person with a bad temper stirs up conflict....
You can help others make peaceJune 19
June 19 You can help others make peace. In week three, we jump back to 1 Samuel 25:1-35, where we find a story about a woman named Abigail that starts with King David. He was furious with a man named Nabal, who mistreated his soldiers. David decided to get revenge...
Choose joy no matter what’s going onJune 12
June 12 Choose joy no matter what's going on. Next, we head to Acts 5:17-42. When Jesus’ disciples started sharing about his death and resurrection with others, they faced all sorts of trouble. Thankfully, they had Jesus’ Holy Spirit to help them find joy. Choose joy...
Love others because God loves youJune 5
June 5 Love others because God loves you. We start our month in 1 John 4:9-13. John tells us exactly what real love looks like: God loved us enough to send Jesus to offer His life and make us complete. John goes on to say: Dear friends, since God loved us this much,...
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolJanuary 1Jesus’ teaching is amazing.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsJesus’ teaching is amazingJanuary 1
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The wise men come to see God’s sonDecember 18
December 18 The wise men come to see God's son. Our Bible story this week is about some Wise Men who followed a special star so they could find Jesus. The wise men knew Jesus was special. That’s why they worshipped Jesus and gave Him gifts. We know Jesus is special...
The shepherds run to JesusDecember 11
December 11 The shepherds run to Jesus. One night, while some shepherds were watching their sheep and taking care of them, an angel came to see them. The angel said, ‘Don’t be afraid! I have good news! Jesus has been born! You will find Him lying in a manger.’ Then...
Jesus is bornDecember 4
December 4 Jesus is born. “Before Baby Jesus was born, Mary, Jesus’ mom, and Joseph had to go a long way to a city called Bethlehem. When they got there, they needed a place to sleep. They finally found a place, but it was a stable where animals sleep. That stable is...
God told Mary she would have His Son, JesusNovember 27
November 27 God told Mary she would have His Son, Jesus. One day, God sent an angel to tell Mary some good news. She was going to have a baby! And His name would be Jesus. Jesus is special because He's God's son! DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
I can thank God for family and friendsNovember 20
November 20 I can thank God for family and friends. One time, the Israelites were attacked, and as long as Moses held his hands up, the Israelites would win. But Moses became so tired he couldn’t keep his arms up any longer. Thankfully, his brother Aaron and their...
I can thank God for foodNovember 13
November 13 I can thank God for food. A widow uses her last bit of food to feed the prophet, Elijah. And then, just as Elijah said God would do, God made sure the widow had enough food for herself, her son, and Elijah to eat. Through this story, we see that God is...
I can thank God for God is goodNovember 6
November 6 I can thank God for God is good. We begin in week one by talking about how we can thank God because God is good! When we look around at all of the good things in the world, the first thing we should do is say, “Thank you, God!” because every good and...
God has plans for meOctober 30
October 30 God has plans for me. The prophet Jeremiah will help us wrap up the month with the wonderful truth that God knows the plans He has for us. This means even when we don’t understand the plans, we can still trust the One who does. We can trust God because of...
God’s plans are always bestOctober 23
October 23 God's plans are always best. In the second part of Joseph’s story, we get to see that God’s plans for Joseph really did work out, and not just for Joseph either. Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, needed hep understanding his dreams, and God helped Joseph...
I can trust God’s plans even when they’re hardOctober 16
October 16 I can trust God's plans even when they're hard. We meet a new guy who trusted God’s plans for him. His name is Joseph. If anyone ever had reasons to doubt God’s plans, it had to be Joseph. His jealous older brothers throw him in a hole and sell him into...
God keeps His promisesOctober 9
October 9 God keeps His promises. We get to introduce preschoolers to the very…first…rainbow! And even better, we get to teach them that the rainbow is part of God’s plans for them. Every time we see a rainbow in the sky, God is also looking at that same rainbow and...
I can always trust God’s plansOctober 2
October 2 I can always trust God's plans. We will share one of the most exciting and well-loved Bible stories with preschoolers – Noah’s Ark! Now we love the story because we get to read all of it in one sitting, and we know how God’s plans work out for Noah. But...
God loves me when I’m happySeptember 25
September 25 God loves me when I'm happy. God gave Sarah and Abraham a child…after they had waited a very, very, VERY long time. Sarah was so happy that it literally brought Sarah laughter! Sarah and Abraham knew they could trust God with all their heart and that God...
God loves me when I’m frustratedSeptember 18
September 18 God loves me when I'm frustrated. Moses was leading the Israelites, but they complained no matter what God did for them. Moses talked to God about his feelings of frustration, and God sent people to help Moses! Moses knew he could trust God with all his...
God loves me when I’m afraidSeptember 11
September 11 God loves me when I'm afraid. Gideon knew what it was like to feel afraid. Gideon was so afraid of the Midianites that he hid in a hole to thresh his wheat! But God sent an angel to talk with Gideon and let him know that the Lord was with him. Gideon knew...
God loves me when I’m sadSeptember 4
September 4 God loves me when I'm sad. Hannah was deeply heartbroken because she could not have a baby. Through intense tears of sadness, Hannah talked to God about how she felt. She knew she could trust God with all her heart and that God would love her and help...
I am important to GodAugust 28
August 28 I am important to God. Jesus tells us that God knows how many hairs are on every person’s head. Jesus, the son of God, said that we are important to God. There are almost 8 billion people on planet earth, and God knows how many hairs are on each of our...
I am wonderfully made in God’s imageAugust 21
August 21 I am wonderfully made in God's image. I am wonderfully made in God’s image. We will see just how wonderfully made we are when we talk about how all people are made in God’s image. That means God made us to think and figure things out, to create and...
I am wonderfully madeAugust 14
August 14 I am wonderfully made. I am wonderfully made. Every person is wonderfully made. Not because of anything we have done, but simply because God, THE awesome artist, made us. Every time we look in the mirror and look at another person, we are seeing God’s...
God made everything and God made meAugust 7
August 7 God made everything and God made me. God made the whole world and everything in it, but God wasn’t done. After making everything, God made the very best thing of all—people! Every person in the whole wide world was made by God. Our God is...
Jesus can help me choose self-controlJuly 31
July 31 Jesus can help me choose self-control. We end this amazing journey through the fruit of the Spirit with week five and self-control. Without self- control, it’s hard to choose any of the things we have talked about! But, when we choose self-control and say ‘no’...
Jesus can help me choose gentlenessJuly 24
July 24 Jesus can help me choose gentleness. Week four, we get to see Jesus in action as He shows nothing but gentleness towards the children being brought to see Him. When Jesus sees the disciples telling the children to go away, He quickly tells them to stop and to...
Jesus can help me choose faithfulnessJuly 17
July 17 Jesus can help me choose faithfulness. In week three, David shows us what a faithful friend looks like when he helps Jonathan’s family. David made a promise to Jonathan and chooses to be faithful and keep that promise.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
Jesus can help me choose goodnessJuly 10
July 10 Jesus can help me choose goodness. In week two, we will learn to choose goodness by helping others, sharing what we have, and saying kind words. All of these are wonderful ways we can show God’s goodness to the world. And, when we show God’s goodness, we shine...
Jesus can help me choose kindnessJuly 3
July 3 Jesus can help me choose kindness. During week one, Jesus tells a story about a man who chose to show kindness to a hurt man even though their families did not get along too well. This man chose kindness, and now he will forever be known as the Good...
Jesus can help me choose patienceJune 26
June 26 Jesus can help me choose patience. In week four, we will see the amazing reward that came to Simeon after he chose patience. Simeon waited year after year after year… soooooo many years waiting, and then he finally got to see Who he had been patiently waiting...
Jesus can help me choose peaceJune 19
June 19 Jesus can help me choose peace. In week three, we get to hear about a woman named Abigail. She went above and beyond to do what she could do to choose peace, even though the people around her were not acting very peaceful. And, because she was quick to act,...
Jesus can help me choose joyJune 12
June 12 Jesus can help me choose joy. In week two, Paul and Silas will show us what it looks like to choose joy even in the middle of a not so joyful situation. When others would have been downcast and hopeless, they chose to sing and praise God! And, their joy made...
Jesus can help me choose loveJune 5
June 5 Jesus can help me choose love. We will kick off this month talking about love. Everything begins with how much God loves us. And, just how much does God love us? God loves us so much that He gave us his Son, Jesus, to be our friend forever. That’s a lot of...
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Christmas Eveby Kurt Barnes
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolDecember 18The wise men come to see God’s son.Our Bible story this week is about some Wise Men who followed a special star so they could find Jesus. The wise men knew Jesus was special. That’s why they worshipped Jesus and gave Him gifts. We know Jesus is special because Jesus is God’s Son.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESParent CueRecent LessonsThe wise men come to see God’s sonDecember 18
December 18 The wise men come to see God's son. Our Bible story this week is about some Wise Men who followed a special star so they could find Jesus. The wise men knew Jesus was special. That’s why they worshipped Jesus and gave Him gifts. We know Jesus is special...
The shepherds run to JesusDecember 11
December 11 The shepherds run to Jesus. One night, while some shepherds were watching their sheep and taking care of them, an angel came to see them. The angel said, ‘Don’t be afraid! I have good news! Jesus has been born! You will find Him lying in a manger.’ Then...
Jesus is bornDecember 4
December 4 Jesus is born. “Before Baby Jesus was born, Mary, Jesus’ mom, and Joseph had to go a long way to a city called Bethlehem. When they got there, they needed a place to sleep. They finally found a place, but it was a stable where animals sleep. That stable is...
God told Mary she would have His Son, JesusNovember 27
November 27 God told Mary she would have His Son, Jesus. One day, God sent an angel to tell Mary some good news. She was going to have a baby! And His name would be Jesus. Jesus is special because He's God's son! DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
I can thank God for family and friendsNovember 20
November 20 I can thank God for family and friends. One time, the Israelites were attacked, and as long as Moses held his hands up, the Israelites would win. But Moses became so tired he couldn’t keep his arms up any longer. Thankfully, his brother Aaron and their...
I can thank God for foodNovember 13
November 13 I can thank God for food. A widow uses her last bit of food to feed the prophet, Elijah. And then, just as Elijah said God would do, God made sure the widow had enough food for herself, her son, and Elijah to eat. Through this story, we see that God is...
I can thank God for God is goodNovember 6
November 6 I can thank God for God is good. We begin in week one by talking about how we can thank God because God is good! When we look around at all of the good things in the world, the first thing we should do is say, “Thank you, God!” because every good and...
God has plans for meOctober 30
October 30 God has plans for me. The prophet Jeremiah will help us wrap up the month with the wonderful truth that God knows the plans He has for us. This means even when we don’t understand the plans, we can still trust the One who does. We can trust God because of...
God’s plans are always bestOctober 23
October 23 God's plans are always best. In the second part of Joseph’s story, we get to see that God’s plans for Joseph really did work out, and not just for Joseph either. Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, needed hep understanding his dreams, and God helped Joseph...
I can trust God’s plans even when they’re hardOctober 16
October 16 I can trust God's plans even when they're hard. We meet a new guy who trusted God’s plans for him. His name is Joseph. If anyone ever had reasons to doubt God’s plans, it had to be Joseph. His jealous older brothers throw him in a hole and sell him into...
God keeps His promisesOctober 9
October 9 God keeps His promises. We get to introduce preschoolers to the very…first…rainbow! And even better, we get to teach them that the rainbow is part of God’s plans for them. Every time we see a rainbow in the sky, God is also looking at that same rainbow and...
I can always trust God’s plansOctober 2
October 2 I can always trust God's plans. We will share one of the most exciting and well-loved Bible stories with preschoolers – Noah’s Ark! Now we love the story because we get to read all of it in one sitting, and we know how God’s plans work out for Noah. But...
God loves me when I’m happySeptember 25
September 25 God loves me when I'm happy. God gave Sarah and Abraham a child…after they had waited a very, very, VERY long time. Sarah was so happy that it literally brought Sarah laughter! Sarah and Abraham knew they could trust God with all their heart and that God...
God loves me when I’m frustratedSeptember 18
September 18 God loves me when I'm frustrated. Moses was leading the Israelites, but they complained no matter what God did for them. Moses talked to God about his feelings of frustration, and God sent people to help Moses! Moses knew he could trust God with all his...
God loves me when I’m afraidSeptember 11
September 11 God loves me when I'm afraid. Gideon knew what it was like to feel afraid. Gideon was so afraid of the Midianites that he hid in a hole to thresh his wheat! But God sent an angel to talk with Gideon and let him know that the Lord was with him. Gideon knew...
God loves me when I’m sadSeptember 4
September 4 God loves me when I'm sad. Hannah was deeply heartbroken because she could not have a baby. Through intense tears of sadness, Hannah talked to God about how she felt. She knew she could trust God with all her heart and that God would love her and help...
I am important to GodAugust 28
August 28 I am important to God. Jesus tells us that God knows how many hairs are on every person’s head. Jesus, the son of God, said that we are important to God. There are almost 8 billion people on planet earth, and God knows how many hairs are on each of our...
I am wonderfully made in God’s imageAugust 21
August 21 I am wonderfully made in God's image. I am wonderfully made in God’s image. We will see just how wonderfully made we are when we talk about how all people are made in God’s image. That means God made us to think and figure things out, to create and...
I am wonderfully madeAugust 14
August 14 I am wonderfully made. I am wonderfully made. Every person is wonderfully made. Not because of anything we have done, but simply because God, THE awesome artist, made us. Every time we look in the mirror and look at another person, we are seeing God’s...
God made everything and God made meAugust 7
August 7 God made everything and God made me. God made the whole world and everything in it, but God wasn’t done. After making everything, God made the very best thing of all—people! Every person in the whole wide world was made by God. Our God is...
Jesus can help me choose self-controlJuly 31
July 31 Jesus can help me choose self-control. We end this amazing journey through the fruit of the Spirit with week five and self-control. Without self- control, it’s hard to choose any of the things we have talked about! But, when we choose self-control and say ‘no’...
Jesus can help me choose gentlenessJuly 24
July 24 Jesus can help me choose gentleness. Week four, we get to see Jesus in action as He shows nothing but gentleness towards the children being brought to see Him. When Jesus sees the disciples telling the children to go away, He quickly tells them to stop and to...
Jesus can help me choose faithfulnessJuly 17
July 17 Jesus can help me choose faithfulness. In week three, David shows us what a faithful friend looks like when he helps Jonathan’s family. David made a promise to Jonathan and chooses to be faithful and keep that promise.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
Jesus can help me choose goodnessJuly 10
July 10 Jesus can help me choose goodness. In week two, we will learn to choose goodness by helping others, sharing what we have, and saying kind words. All of these are wonderful ways we can show God’s goodness to the world. And, when we show God’s goodness, we shine...
Jesus can help me choose kindnessJuly 3
July 3 Jesus can help me choose kindness. During week one, Jesus tells a story about a man who chose to show kindness to a hurt man even though their families did not get along too well. This man chose kindness, and now he will forever be known as the Good...
Jesus can help me choose patienceJune 26
June 26 Jesus can help me choose patience. In week four, we will see the amazing reward that came to Simeon after he chose patience. Simeon waited year after year after year… soooooo many years waiting, and then he finally got to see Who he had been patiently waiting...
Jesus can help me choose peaceJune 19
June 19 Jesus can help me choose peace. In week three, we get to hear about a woman named Abigail. She went above and beyond to do what she could do to choose peace, even though the people around her were not acting very peaceful. And, because she was quick to act,...
Jesus can help me choose joyJune 12
June 12 Jesus can help me choose joy. In week two, Paul and Silas will show us what it looks like to choose joy even in the middle of a not so joyful situation. When others would have been downcast and hopeless, they chose to sing and praise God! And, their joy made...
Jesus can help me choose loveJune 5
June 5 Jesus can help me choose love. We will kick off this month talking about love. Everything begins with how much God loves us. And, just how much does God love us? God loves us so much that He gave us his Son, Jesus, to be our friend forever. That’s a lot of...
God looked at everything He made. Then, He restedMay 29
May 29 God looked at everything He made. Then, He rested. We will all be ready for a rest week five after a month filled with learning that God made everything. And, that’s what God did on day seven. God looked at all that he had made, and then he rested. It will be a...
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenDecember 18The good news is for everyone.In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d expect to hear the biggest news in history. But God DID announce the news about Jesus to these shepherds by sending an angel to them. The shepherds went to Bethlehem to see Jesus and were so excited that they left the stable to tell everyone about what they had seen. Everyone who heard what the shepherds said was amazed at this incredible news. They were so excited to know that the Savior—the one they were waiting for—was finally here! In the middle of all this celebration, Mary kept everything that had happened in her heart, like a secret treasure.
The shepherds didn’t keep the news about Jesus to themselves! They were so excited that the Savior had come that they went out and told everyone they knew. You see, Jesus’ birth was good news of great joy for ALL the people—including us today.
DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESDevotionalParent CueRecent LessonsThe good news is for everyoneDecember 18
December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
Hold on because God is still in controlOctober 30
October 30 Hold on because God is still in control. We finish up the month in Exodus 13:17-14:31. God’s people were on their way out of Egypt. Everything was looking great for the Hebrews, until Pharaoh changed his mind. Moses and the Hebrew people found themselves...
Hold on because God knows what you’re going throughOctober 23
October 23 Hold on because God knows what you're going through. In week four, we discover God’s plan for rescuing the Israelites. In Exodus 3-6; 7-12:42, we see how God’s plan started. Moses was watching sheep on the side of a mountain and saw a bush on fire—but it...
Hold on even when you don’t know what to doOctober 16
October 16 Hold on even when you don't know what to do. In week three, we head to Exodus 2:1-10. Joseph’s family, God’s people, were growing in number. Pharaoh enslaved them and made life miserable for them. That’s where Moses came in. Moses was born when Pharaoh went...
Hold on because there’s a bigger storyOctober 9
October 9 Hold on because there's a bigger story. Next, we continue Joseph’s story in Genesis 41-45, where Joseph was in prison, forgotten. Pharaoh had a dream that no one could interpret. The cupbearer remembered how Joseph had interpreted his dream. At once, Pharaoh...
Hold on because God is with youOctober 2
October 2 Hold on because God is with you. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Genesis 37, 39-40. We learn how Joseph was his father, Jacob’s, favorite son. Joseph’s brothers were completely jealous—with their jealousy fueled by Joseph’s dreams that had them...
You can trust God even when you’re worriedSeptember 25
September 25 You can trust God even when you're worried. We finish the month by discovering what happened to Jacob and Esau’s relationship. In Genesis 31:3, 32:3- 32, and 33:1-17, we find out that Jacob knows that God wants him to return home after years of living...
You can trust that God has a planSeptember 18
September 18 You can trust that God has a plan. In week 3, we meet Isaac’s sons Jacob and Esau in Genesis 25, 27, and 28. Jacob and Esau always had a complicated relationship from the moment they were born. Jacob eventually took advantage of Esau’s moment of...
Trust God no matter whatSeptember 11
September 11 Trust God no matter what. Next, we discover Isaac venturing out on his own. In Genesis 26, we find out that Isaac moved to a region where he reclaimed the wells that had belonged to his father, Abraham. For years no one had cared about the wells until...
Trust God even when you have to waitSeptember 4
September 4 Trust God even when you have to wait. For week one, we pick up where we left off last month and continue with Abraham’s story. In Genesis 15, 18, and 21, we discover that God’s promise to Abraham takes longer than Abraham might have thought. This tests...
God has a plan to show love to the worldAugust 28
August 28 God has a plan to show love to the world. That man was Abram—later called Abraham. We’ll discover Abram’s story as we jump ahead to Genesis 12:1-9, 15:1-6. God promised Abram that his descendants would become a great nation that would show love to the world....
God loves us no matter whatAugust 21
August 21 God loves us no matter what. Eve had an unbroken, loving relationship with God, ultimately they decided not to trust God’s plan.God gave them one simple rule to obey: don’t eat from that tree. Adam and Eve decided to break the one rule . . . and when...
God made us to take care of each otherAugust 14
August 14 God made us to take care of each other. As we travel back to the creation narrative in Genesis 1-2, we read how God created the world . . . and it was good. God created people—Adam and Eve—to live in the world, enjoy it, and cultivate it. Adam and Eve...
Love God by loving othersAugust 7
August 7 Love God by loving others. Jesus explained this idea perfectly in Matthew 22:34- 40, which is where we begin this month. The religious leaders asked Jesus: out of the hundreds of laws the Jewish people were to follow, which were the most important?...
God gives you the power to have self-controlJuly 31
July 31 God gives you the power to have self-control. We finish up our Make Waves series discovering more about James 3:1-6. Our words have power. James uses practical images like a horse bit, a ship’s rudder, and a flame to show us just how powerful they are....
God can give you the strength to be gentleJuly 24
July 24 God can give you the strength to be gentle. For week four, we get a glimpse into the heart of Jesus in Mark 10:13-16. Mark records a time when Jesus welcomed children, gave them his attention, and blessed them. Back then, no one thought very highly of...
Be faithful so others can count on youJuly 17
July 17 Be faithful so others can count on you. In week three, we jump back to 1 Samuel 18-20 and 2 Samuel 9. We dive deeper into the amazing friendship between David and Jonathan. Jonathan was a faithful friend to David when King Saul chased David and tried to kill...
Show God’s goodness to othersJuly 10
July 10 Show God's goodness to others. Next, we head to Matthew 5:14-16. Matthew records the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus taught His followers what it looks like to live as part of God’s Kingdom. Jesus says we are like light in the darkness and salt to flavor...
Show kindness to everyoneJuly 3
July 3 Show kindness to everyone. We start our month in Luke 10:25-37. When the religious leader questioned Jesus about the sorts of people we should love and show kindness to, He told the familiar parable of the Good Samaritan. With this story, Jesus completely...
Be patient with each otherJune 26
June 26 Be patient with each other. In week four, we spend time discovering more about Proverbs 15:18. Waiting can be the worst! But something Solomon wrote in Proverbs can help us remember why patience is so important. A person with a bad temper stirs up conflict....
You can help others make peaceJune 19
June 19 You can help others make peace. In week three, we jump back to 1 Samuel 25:1-35, where we find a story about a woman named Abigail that starts with King David. He was furious with a man named Nabal, who mistreated his soldiers. David decided to get revenge...
Choose joy no matter what’s going onJune 12
June 12 Choose joy no matter what's going on. Next, we head to Acts 5:17-42. When Jesus’ disciples started sharing about his death and resurrection with others, they faced all sorts of trouble. Thankfully, they had Jesus’ Holy Spirit to help them find joy. Choose joy...
Love others because God loves youJune 5
June 5 Love others because God loves you. We start our month in 1 John 4:9-13. John tells us exactly what real love looks like: God loved us enough to send Jesus to offer His life and make us complete. John goes on to say: Dear friends, since God loved us this much,...
Keep going because of what Jesus did for youMay 29
May 29 Keep going because of what Jesus did for you. We finish the month in Hebrews 12:1-3. Resilience might not be easy, but the author of Hebrews reminds us of something important: all sorts of people have gone before us. They give us an incredible example to follow...
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryDecember 18The good news is for everyone.In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d expect to hear the biggest news in history. But God DID announce the news about Jesus to these shepherds by sending an angel to them. The shepherds went to Bethlehem to see Jesus and were so excited that they left the stable to tell everyone about what they had seen. Everyone who heard what the shepherds said was amazed at this incredible news. They were so excited to know that the Savior—the one they were waiting for—was finally here! In the middle of all this celebration, Mary kept everything that had happened in her heart, like a secret treasure.
The shepherds didn’t keep the news about Jesus to themselves! They were so excited that the Savior had come that they went out and told everyone they knew. You see, Jesus’ birth was good news of great joy for ALL the people—including us today.
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December 18 The good news is for everyone. In the fields outside Bethlehem, shepherds were watching over their flocks of sheep. It’s important to remember that shepherds were considered pretty ordinary people. They probably wouldn’t have been the first ones you’d...
Jesus is the greatest giftDecember 11
December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
Hold on because God is still in controlOctober 30
October 30 Hold on because God is still in control. We finish up the month in Exodus 13:17-14:31. God’s people were on their way out of Egypt. Everything was looking great for the Hebrews, until Pharaoh changed his mind. Moses and the Hebrew people found themselves...
Hold on because God knows what you’re going throughOctober 23
October 23 Hold on because God knows what you're going through. In week four, we discover God’s plan for rescuing the Israelites. In Exodus 3-6; 7-12:42, we see how God’s plan started. Moses was watching sheep on the side of a mountain and saw a bush on fire—but it...
Hold on even when you don’t know what to doOctober 16
October 16 Hold on even when you don't know what to do. In week three, we head to Exodus 2:1-10. Joseph’s family, God’s people, were growing in number. Pharaoh enslaved them and made life miserable for them. That’s where Moses came in. Moses was born when Pharaoh went...
Hold on because there’s a bigger storyOctober 9
October 9 Hold on because there's a bigger story. Next, we continue Joseph’s story in Genesis 41-45, where Joseph was in prison, forgotten. Pharaoh had a dream that no one could interpret. The cupbearer remembered how Joseph had interpreted his dream. At once, Pharaoh...
Hold on because God is with youOctober 2
October 2 Hold on because God is with you. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Genesis 37, 39-40. We learn how Joseph was his father, Jacob’s, favorite son. Joseph’s brothers were completely jealous—with their jealousy fueled by Joseph’s dreams that had them...
You can trust God even when you’re worriedSeptember 25
September 25 You can trust God even when you're worried. We finish the month by discovering what happened to Jacob and Esau’s relationship. In Genesis 31:3, 32:3- 32, and 33:1-17, we find out that Jacob knows that God wants him to return home after years of living...
You can trust that God has a planSeptember 18
September 18 You can trust that God has a plan. In week 3, we meet Isaac’s sons Jacob and Esau in Genesis 25, 27, and 28. Jacob and Esau always had a complicated relationship from the moment they were born. Jacob eventually took advantage of Esau’s moment of...
Trust God no matter whatSeptember 11
September 11 Trust God no matter what. Next, we discover Isaac venturing out on his own. In Genesis 26, we find out that Isaac moved to a region where he reclaimed the wells that had belonged to his father, Abraham. For years no one had cared about the wells until...
Trust God even when you have to waitSeptember 4
September 4 Trust God even when you have towait. For week one, we pick up where we left off last month and continue with Abraham’s story. In Genesis 15, 18, and 21, we discover that God’s promise to Abraham takes longer than Abraham might have thought. This tests...
God has a plan to show love to the worldAugust 28
August 28 God has a plan to show love to the world. That man was Abram—later called Abraham. We’ll discover Abram’s story as we jump ahead to Genesis 12:1-9, 15:1-6. God promised Abram that his descendants would become a great nation that would show love to the world....
God loves us no matter whatAugust 21
August 21 God loves us no matter what. Eve had an unbroken, loving relationship with God, ultimately they decided not to trust God’s plan.God gave them one simple rule to obey: don’t eat from that tree. Adam and Eve decided to break the one rule . . . and when...
God made us to take care of each otherAugust 14
August 14 God made us to take care of each other. As we travel back to the creation narrative in Genesis 1-2, we read how God created the world . . . and it was good. God created people—Adam and Eve—to live in the world, enjoy it, and cultivate it. Adam and Eve...
Love God by loving othersAugust 7
August 7 Love God by loving others. Jesus explained this idea perfectly in Matthew 22:34- 40, which is where we begin this month. The religious leaders asked Jesus: out of the hundreds of laws the Jewish people were to follow, which were the most important?...
God gives you the power to have self-controlJuly 31
July 31 God gives you the power to have self-control. We finish up our Make Waves series discovering more about James 3:1-6. Our words have power. James uses practical images like a horse bit, a ship’s rudder, and a flame to show us just how powerful they are....
God can give you the strength to be gentleJuly 24
July 24 God can give you the strength to be gentle. For week four, we get a glimpse into the heart of Jesus in Mark 10:13-16. Mark records a time when Jesus welcomed children, gave them his attention, and blessed them. Back then, no one thought very highly of...
Be faithful so others can count on youJuly 17
July 17 Be faithful so others can count on you. In week three, we jump back to 1 Samuel 18-20 and 2 Samuel 9. We dive deeper into the amazing friendship between David and Jonathan. Jonathan was a faithful friend to David when King Saul chased David and tried to kill...
Show God’s goodness to othersJuly 10
July 10 Show God's goodness to others. Next, we head to Matthew 5:14-16. Matthew records the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus taught His followers what it looks like to live as part of God’s Kingdom. Jesus says we are like light in the darkness and salt to flavor...
Show kindness to everyoneJuly 3
July 3 Show kindness to everyone. We start our month in Luke 10:25-37. When the religious leader questioned Jesus about the sorts of people we should love and show kindness to, He told the familiar parable of the Good Samaritan. With this story, Jesus completely...
Be patient with each otherJune 26
June 26 Be patient with each other. In week four, we spend time discovering more about Proverbs 15:18. Waiting can be the worst! But something Solomon wrote in Proverbs can help us remember why patience is so important. A person with a bad temper stirs up conflict....
You can help others make peaceJune 19
June 19 You can help others make peace. In week three, we jump back to 1 Samuel 25:1-35, where we find a story about a woman named Abigail that starts with King David. He was furious with a man named Nabal, who mistreated his soldiers. David decided to get revenge...
Choose joy no matter what’s going onJune 12
June 12 Choose joy no matter what's going on. Next, we head to Acts 5:17-42. When Jesus’ disciples started sharing about his death and resurrection with others, they faced all sorts of trouble. Thankfully, they had Jesus’ Holy Spirit to help them find joy. Choose joy...
Love others because God loves youJune 5
June 5 Love others because God loves you. We start our month in 1 John 4:9-13. John tells us exactly what real love looks like: God loved us enough to send Jesus to offer His life and make us complete. John goes on to say: Dear friends, since God loved us this much,...
Keep going because of what Jesus did for youMay 29
May 29 Keep going because of what Jesus did for you. We finish the month in Hebrews 12:1-3. Resilience might not be easy, but the author of Hebrews reminds us of something important: all sorts of people have gone before us. They give us an incredible example to follow...
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Christmas is a Good Time for GivingChristmas is a Good Time for GivingChristmas is a season of searching. We search for the perfect Christmas tree, the best recipes, we search for that one-of-a-kind Christmas gift that will bring delight. But there’s another search that’s going on that’s far greater. America has become a nation of seekers. Maybe you’ve been searching for answers If you’re a spiritual seeker, then you have a lot in common with a very important group of people who had a big part to play at the very first Christmas – the Wise Men. In their own way, these men were seekers of God and they were searching for truth.
Christmas is a Good Time for Givingby Rob Barnes
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SCF Kids At HomePreteenDecember 11Jesus is the greatest gift.Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go to their hometown to be listed. Both Joseph and Mary had been born into the family line of King David. This meant that they would have to make the journey to Bethlehem, the town of David, in order to be counted. At this point, Mary was pregnant. So Mary and Joseph started their 70 mile trip. When Mary and Joseph arrived in Bethlehem, there was a problem. The town was full. Finally, they found a place to stay with the animals. The time came for the baby to be born and they named Him Jesus.
Jesus is God’s Son. He is the best gift ever! Jesus is the Savior God had promised—and He came into the world in the most unexpected way. Jesus would grow up to do amazing things. He taught people about God. He healed people who were sick. He showed others what God is like. And He laid down His life on the cross so we could have a relationship with God that will last forever! Jesus is the greatest, most important gift we could receive! Each of us can choose to believe that Jesus came to be our Savior. And we can put our trust in Him.
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December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
Hold on because God is still in controlOctober 30
October 30 Hold on because God is still in control. We finish up the month in Exodus 13:17-14:31. God’s people were on their way out of Egypt. Everything was looking great for the Hebrews, until Pharaoh changed his mind. Moses and the Hebrew people found themselves...
Hold on because God knows what you’re going throughOctober 23
October 23 Hold on because God knows what you're going through. In week four, we discover God’s plan for rescuing the Israelites. In Exodus 3-6; 7-12:42, we see how God’s plan started. Moses was watching sheep on the side of a mountain and saw a bush on fire—but it...
Hold on even when you don’t know what to doOctober 16
October 16 Hold on even when you don't know what to do. In week three, we head to Exodus 2:1-10. Joseph’s family, God’s people, were growing in number. Pharaoh enslaved them and made life miserable for them. That’s where Moses came in. Moses was born when Pharaoh went...
Hold on because there’s a bigger storyOctober 9
October 9 Hold on because there's a bigger story. Next, we continue Joseph’s story in Genesis 41-45, where Joseph was in prison, forgotten. Pharaoh had a dream that no one could interpret. The cupbearer remembered how Joseph had interpreted his dream. At once, Pharaoh...
Hold on because God is with youOctober 2
October 2 Hold on because God is with you. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Genesis 37, 39-40. We learn how Joseph was his father, Jacob’s, favorite son. Joseph’s brothers were completely jealous—with their jealousy fueled by Joseph’s dreams that had them...
You can trust God even when you’re worriedSeptember 25
September 25 You can trust God even when you're worried. We finish the month by discovering what happened to Jacob and Esau’s relationship. In Genesis 31:3, 32:3- 32, and 33:1-17, we find out that Jacob knows that God wants him to return home after years of living...
You can trust that God has a planSeptember 18
September 18 You can trust that God has a plan. In week 3, we meet Isaac’s sons Jacob and Esau in Genesis 25, 27, and 28. Jacob and Esau always had a complicated relationship from the moment they were born. Jacob eventually took advantage of Esau’s moment of...
Trust God no matter whatSeptember 11
September 11 Trust God no matter what. Next, we discover Isaac venturing out on his own. In Genesis 26, we find out that Isaac moved to a region where he reclaimed the wells that had belonged to his father, Abraham. For years no one had cared about the wells until...
Trust God even when you have to waitSeptember 4
September 4 Trust God even when you have to wait. For week one, we pick up where we left off last month and continue with Abraham’s story. In Genesis 15, 18, and 21, we discover that God’s promise to Abraham takes longer than Abraham might have thought. This tests...
God has a plan to show love to the worldAugust 28
August 28 God has a plan to show love to the world. That man was Abram—later called Abraham. We’ll discover Abram’s story as we jump ahead to Genesis 12:1-9, 15:1-6. God promised Abram that his descendants would become a great nation that would show love to the world....
God loves us no matter whatAugust 21
August 21 God loves us no matter what. Eve had an unbroken, loving relationship with God, ultimately they decided not to trust God’s plan.God gave them one simple rule to obey: don’t eat from that tree. Adam and Eve decided to break the one rule . . . and when...
God made us to take care of each otherAugust 14
August 14 God made us to take care of each other. As we travel back to the creation narrative in Genesis 1-2, we read how God created the world . . . and it was good. God created people—Adam and Eve—to live in the world, enjoy it, and cultivate it. Adam and Eve...
Love God by loving othersAugust 7
August 7 Love God by loving others. Jesus explained this idea perfectly in Matthew 22:34- 40, which is where we begin this month. The religious leaders asked Jesus: out of the hundreds of laws the Jewish people were to follow, which were the most important?...
God gives you the power to have self-controlJuly 31
July 31 God gives you the power to have self-control. We finish up our Make Waves series discovering more about James 3:1-6. Our words have power. James uses practical images like a horse bit, a ship’s rudder, and a flame to show us just how powerful they are....
God can give you the strength to be gentleJuly 24
July 24 God can give you the strength to be gentle. For week four, we get a glimpse into the heart of Jesus in Mark 10:13-16. Mark records a time when Jesus welcomed children, gave them his attention, and blessed them. Back then, no one thought very highly of...
Be faithful so others can count on youJuly 17
July 17 Be faithful so others can count on you. In week three, we jump back to 1 Samuel 18-20 and 2 Samuel 9. We dive deeper into the amazing friendship between David and Jonathan. Jonathan was a faithful friend to David when King Saul chased David and tried to kill...
Show God’s goodness to othersJuly 10
July 10 Show God's goodness to others. Next, we head to Matthew 5:14-16. Matthew records the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus taught His followers what it looks like to live as part of God’s Kingdom. Jesus says we are like light in the darkness and salt to flavor...
Show kindness to everyoneJuly 3
July 3 Show kindness to everyone. We start our month in Luke 10:25-37. When the religious leader questioned Jesus about the sorts of people we should love and show kindness to, He told the familiar parable of the Good Samaritan. With this story, Jesus completely...
Be patient with each otherJune 26
June 26 Be patient with each other. In week four, we spend time discovering more about Proverbs 15:18. Waiting can be the worst! But something Solomon wrote in Proverbs can help us remember why patience is so important. A person with a bad temper stirs up conflict....
You can help others make peaceJune 19
June 19 You can help others make peace. In week three, we jump back to 1 Samuel 25:1-35, where we find a story about a woman named Abigail that starts with King David. He was furious with a man named Nabal, who mistreated his soldiers. David decided to get revenge...
Choose joy no matter what’s going onJune 12
June 12 Choose joy no matter what's going on. Next, we head to Acts 5:17-42. When Jesus’ disciples started sharing about his death and resurrection with others, they faced all sorts of trouble. Thankfully, they had Jesus’ Holy Spirit to help them find joy. Choose joy...
Love others because God loves youJune 5
June 5 Love others because God loves you. We start our month in 1 John 4:9-13. John tells us exactly what real love looks like: God loved us enough to send Jesus to offer His life and make us complete. John goes on to say: Dear friends, since God loved us this much,...
Keep going because of what Jesus did for youMay 29
May 29 Keep going because of what Jesus did for you. We finish the month in Hebrews 12:1-3. Resilience might not be easy, but the author of Hebrews reminds us of something important: all sorts of people have gone before us. They give us an incredible example to follow...
Trusting God can help you get back upMay 22
May 22 Trusting God can help you get back up. For week four, we spend time in Hebrews 11. The author of Hebrews reminds us that when life gets hard, we can look to the heroes of the faith and see how they trusted God through some tough circumstances. We use Abraham,...
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SCF Kids At HomeElementaryDecember 11Jesus is the greatest gift.Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go to their hometown to be listed. Both Joseph and Mary had been born into the family line of King David. This meant that they would have to make the journey to Bethlehem, the town of David, in order to be counted. At this point, Mary was pregnant. So Mary and Joseph started their 70 mile trip. When Mary and Joseph arrived in Bethlehem, there was a problem. The town was full. Finally, they found a place to stay with the animals. The time came for the baby to be born and they named Him Jesus.
Jesus is God’s Son. He is the best gift ever! Jesus is the Savior God had promised—and He came into the world in the most unexpected way. Jesus would grow up to do amazing things. He taught people about God. He healed people who were sick. He showed others what God is like. And He laid down His life on the cross so we could have a relationship with God that will last forever! Jesus is the greatest, most important gift we could receive! Each of us can choose to believe that Jesus came to be our Savior. And we can put our trust in Him.
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December 11 Jesus is the greatest gift. Mary and Joseph lived in the town of Nazareth. During this time, the Jewish people lived under Roman rule. The Roman ruler, Caesar Augustus, commanded that everyone should be counted so they could pay taxes. Everyone had to go...
Anything is possible with GodDecember 4
December 4 Anything is possible with God. There was a priest whose name was Zechariah. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had no children, and they were a bit older in age. One day, Zechariah was chosen to go into the temple of God and burn incense. While Zechariah was...
You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happenNovember 27
November 27 You can do what you should even when you don’t know what will happen. In week four, we discover the story of Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther had no idea how God would use her when she was chosen to become Queen of Persia. But, her cousin Mordecai...
You can do what you should because God is with youNovember 20
November 20 You can do what you should because God is with you. In week three, we head to Daniel 6 and a time period when God’s people were in captivity. Even in a foreign land that didn’t worship God, Daniel was known for faithfully praying to God. And when the...
You can do what you should even when things seem impossibleNovember 13
November 13 You can do what you should even when things seem impossible. In week two, we head to passages in 1 Samuel 16 and 17 where we meet David. His story starts when God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house to find a new king for Israel. Samuel was looking for someone...
You can do what you should even when others are afraidNovember 6
November 6 You can do what you should even when others are afraid. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Numbers 13-14 with two guys named Joshua and Caleb. After traveling through the desert away from Egypt, they demonstrated courage when they were sent out as...
Hold on because God is still in controlOctober 30
October 30 Hold on because God is still in control. We finish up the month in Exodus 13:17-14:31. God’s people were on their way out of Egypt. Everything was looking great for the Hebrews, until Pharaoh changed his mind. Moses and the Hebrew people found themselves...
Hold on because God knows what you’re going throughOctober 23
October 23 Hold on because God knows what you're going through. In week four, we discover God’s plan for rescuing the Israelites. In Exodus 3-6; 7-12:42, we see how God’s plan started. Moses was watching sheep on the side of a mountain and saw a bush on fire—but it...
Hold on even when you don’t know what to doOctober 16
October 16 Hold on even when you don't know what to do. In week three, we head to Exodus 2:1-10. Joseph’s family, God’s people, were growing in number. Pharaoh enslaved them and made life miserable for them. That’s where Moses came in. Moses was born when Pharaoh went...
Hold on because there’s a bigger storyOctober 9
October 9 Hold on because there's a bigger story. Next, we continue Joseph’s story in Genesis 41-45, where Joseph was in prison, forgotten. Pharaoh had a dream that no one could interpret. The cupbearer remembered how Joseph had interpreted his dream. At once, Pharaoh...
Hold on because God is with youOctober 2
October 2 Hold on because God is with you. For week one, we pick up God’s Big Story in Genesis 37, 39-40. We learn how Joseph was his father, Jacob’s, favorite son. Joseph’s brothers were completely jealous—with their jealousy fueled by Joseph’s dreams that had them...
You can trust God even when you’re worriedSeptember 25
September 25 You can trust God even when you're worried. We finish the month by discovering what happened to Jacob and Esau’s relationship. In Genesis 31:3, 32:3- 32, and 33:1-17, we find out that Jacob knows that God wants him to return home after years of living...
You can trust that God has a planSeptember 18
September 18 You can trust that God has a plan. In week 3, we meet Isaac’s sons Jacob and Esau in Genesis 25, 27, and 28. Jacob and Esau always had a complicated relationship from the moment they were born. Jacob eventually took advantage of Esau’s moment of...
Trust God no matter whatSeptember 11
September 11 Trust God no matter what. Next, we discover Isaac venturing out on his own. In Genesis 26, we find out that Isaac moved to a region where he reclaimed the wells that had belonged to his father, Abraham. For years no one had cared about the wells until...
Trust God even when you have to waitSeptember 4
September 4 Trust God even when you have towait. For week one, we pick up where we left off last month and continue with Abraham’s story. In Genesis 15, 18, and 21, we discover that God’s promise to Abraham takes longer than Abraham might have thought. This tests...
God has a plan to show love to the worldAugust 28
August 28 God has a plan to show love to the world. That man was Abram—later called Abraham. We’ll discover Abram’s story as we jump ahead to Genesis 12:1-9, 15:1-6. God promised Abram that his descendants would become a great nation that would show love to the world....
God loves us no matter whatAugust 21
August 21 God loves us no matter what. Eve had an unbroken, loving relationship with God, ultimately they decided not to trust God’s plan.God gave them one simple rule to obey: don’t eat from that tree. Adam and Eve decided to break the one rule . . . and when...
God made us to take care of each otherAugust 14
August 14 God made us to take care of each other. As we travel back to the creation narrative in Genesis 1-2, we read how God created the world . . . and it was good. God created people—Adam and Eve—to live in the world, enjoy it, and cultivate it. Adam and Eve...
Love God by loving othersAugust 7
August 7 Love God by loving others. Jesus explained this idea perfectly in Matthew 22:34- 40, which is where we begin this month. The religious leaders asked Jesus: out of the hundreds of laws the Jewish people were to follow, which were the most important?...
God gives you the power to have self-controlJuly 31
July 31 God gives you the power to have self-control. We finish up our Make Waves series discovering more about James 3:1-6. Our words have power. James uses practical images like a horse bit, a ship’s rudder, and a flame to show us just how powerful they are....
God can give you the strength to be gentleJuly 24
July 24 God can give you the strength to be gentle. For week four, we get a glimpse into the heart of Jesus in Mark 10:13-16. Mark records a time when Jesus welcomed children, gave them his attention, and blessed them. Back then, no one thought very highly of...
Be faithful so others can count on youJuly 17
July 17 Be faithful so others can count on you. In week three, we jump back to 1 Samuel 18-20 and 2 Samuel 9. We dive deeper into the amazing friendship between David and Jonathan. Jonathan was a faithful friend to David when King Saul chased David and tried to kill...
Show God’s goodness to othersJuly 10
July 10 Show God's goodness to others. Next, we head to Matthew 5:14-16. Matthew records the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus taught His followers what it looks like to live as part of God’s Kingdom. Jesus says we are like light in the darkness and salt to flavor...
Show kindness to everyoneJuly 3
July 3 Show kindness to everyone. We start our month in Luke 10:25-37. When the religious leader questioned Jesus about the sorts of people we should love and show kindness to, He told the familiar parable of the Good Samaritan. With this story, Jesus completely...
Be patient with each otherJune 26
June 26 Be patient with each other. In week four, we spend time discovering more about Proverbs 15:18. Waiting can be the worst! But something Solomon wrote in Proverbs can help us remember why patience is so important. A person with a bad temper stirs up conflict....
You can help others make peaceJune 19
June 19 You can help others make peace. In week three, we jump back to 1 Samuel 25:1-35, where we find a story about a woman named Abigail that starts with King David. He was furious with a man named Nabal, who mistreated his soldiers. David decided to get revenge...
Choose joy no matter what’s going onJune 12
June 12 Choose joy no matter what's going on. Next, we head to Acts 5:17-42. When Jesus’ disciples started sharing about his death and resurrection with others, they faced all sorts of trouble. Thankfully, they had Jesus’ Holy Spirit to help them find joy. Choose joy...
Love others because God loves youJune 5
June 5 Love others because God loves you. We start our month in 1 John 4:9-13. John tells us exactly what real love looks like: God loved us enough to send Jesus to offer His life and make us complete. John goes on to say: Dear friends, since God loved us this much,...
Keep going because of what Jesus did for youMay 29
May 29 Keep going because of what Jesus did for you. We finish the month in Hebrews 12:1-3. Resilience might not be easy, but the author of Hebrews reminds us of something important: all sorts of people have gone before us. They give us an incredible example to follow...
Trusting God can help you get back upMay 22
May 22 Trusting God can help you get back up. For week four, we spend time in Hebrews 11. The author of Hebrews reminds us that when life gets hard, we can look to the heroes of the faith and see how they trusted God through some tough circumstances. We use Abraham,...
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SCF Kids At HomePreschoolDecember 11The shepherds run to Jesus.One night, while some shepherds were watching their sheep and taking care of them, an angel came to see them. The angel said, ‘Don’t be afraid! I have good news! Jesus has been born! You will find Him lying in a manger.’ Then more angels came and said, ‘Glory to God!’ The shepherds were so excited! They wanted to go see Baby Jesus! The shepherds knew Jesus was a special baby. We know Jesus is special, too!
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December 11 The shepherds run to Jesus. One night, while some shepherds were watching their sheep and taking care of them, an angel came to see them. The angel said, ‘Don’t be afraid! I have good news! Jesus has been born! You will find Him lying in a manger.’ Then...
Jesus is bornDecember 4
December 4 Jesus is born. “Before Baby Jesus was born, Mary, Jesus’ mom, and Joseph had to go a long way to a city called Bethlehem. When they got there, they needed a place to sleep. They finally found a place, but it was a stable where animals sleep. That stable is...
God told Mary she would have His Son, JesusNovember 27
November 27 God told Mary she would have His Son, Jesus. One day, God sent an angel to tell Mary some good news. She was going to have a baby! And His name would be Jesus. Jesus is special because He's God's son! DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
I can thank God for family and friendsNovember 20
November 20 I can thank God for family and friends. One time, the Israelites were attacked, and as long as Moses held his hands up, the Israelites would win. But Moses became so tired he couldn’t keep his arms up any longer. Thankfully, his brother Aaron and their...
I can thank God for foodNovember 13
November 13 I can thank God for food. A widow uses her last bit of food to feed the prophet, Elijah. And then, just as Elijah said God would do, God made sure the widow had enough food for herself, her son, and Elijah to eat. Through this story, we see that God is...
I can thank God for God is goodNovember 6
November 6 I can thank God for God is good. We begin in week one by talking about how we can thank God because God is good! When we look around at all of the good things in the world, the first thing we should do is say, “Thank you, God!” because every good and...
God has plans for meOctober 30
October 30 God has plans for me. The prophet Jeremiah will help us wrap up the month with the wonderful truth that God knows the plans He has for us. This means even when we don’t understand the plans, we can still trust the One who does. We can trust God because of...
God’s plans are always bestOctober 23
October 23 God's plans are always best. In the second part of Joseph’s story, we get to see that God’s plans for Joseph really did work out, and not just for Joseph either. Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, needed hep understanding his dreams, and God helped Joseph...
I can trust God’s plans even when they’re hardOctober 16
October 16 I can trust God's plans even when they're hard. We meet a new guy who trusted God’s plans for him. His name is Joseph. If anyone ever had reasons to doubt God’s plans, it had to be Joseph. His jealous older brothers throw him in a hole and sell him into...
God keeps His promisesOctober 9
October 9 God keeps His promises. We get to introduce preschoolers to the very…first…rainbow! And even better, we get to teach them that the rainbow is part of God’s plans for them. Every time we see a rainbow in the sky, God is also looking at that same rainbow and...
I can always trust God’s plansOctober 2
October 2 I can always trust God's plans. We will share one of the most exciting and well-loved Bible stories with preschoolers – Noah’s Ark! Now we love the story because we get to read all of it in one sitting, and we know how God’s plans work out for Noah. But...
God loves me when I’m happySeptember 25
September 25 God loves me when I'm happy. God gave Sarah and Abraham a child…after they had waited a very, very, VERY long time. Sarah was so happy that it literally brought Sarah laughter! Sarah and Abraham knew they could trust God with all their heart and that God...
God loves me when I’m frustratedSeptember 18
September 18 God loves me when I'm frustrated. Moses was leading the Israelites, but they complained no matter what God did for them. Moses talked to God about his feelings of frustration, and God sent people to help Moses! Moses knew he could trust God with all his...
God loves me when I’m afraidSeptember 11
September 11 God loves me when I'm afraid. Gideon knew what it was like to feel afraid. Gideon was so afraid of the Midianites that he hid in a hole to thresh his wheat! But God sent an angel to talk with Gideon and let him know that the Lord was with him. Gideon knew...
God loves me when I’m sadSeptember 4
September 4 God loves me when I'm sad. Hannah was deeply heartbroken because she could not have a baby. Through intense tears of sadness, Hannah talked to God about how she felt. She knew she could trust God with all her heart and that God would love her and help...
I am important to GodAugust 28
August 28 I am important to God. Jesus tells us that God knows how many hairs are on every person’s head. Jesus, the son of God, said that we are important to God. There are almost 8 billion people on planet earth, and God knows how many hairs are on each of our...
I am wonderfully made in God’s imageAugust 21
August 21 I am wonderfully made in God's image. I am wonderfully made in God’s image. We will see just how wonderfully made we are when we talk about how all people are made in God’s image. That means God made us to think and figure things out, to create and...
I am wonderfully madeAugust 14
August 14 I am wonderfully made. I am wonderfully made. Every person is wonderfully made. Not because of anything we have done, but simply because God, THE awesome artist, made us. Every time we look in the mirror and look at another person, we are seeing God’s...
God made everything and God made meAugust 7
August 7 God made everything and God made me. God made the whole world and everything in it, but God wasn’t done. After making everything, God made the very best thing of all—people! Every person in the whole wide world was made by God. Our God is...
Jesus can help me choose self-controlJuly 31
July 31 Jesus can help me choose self-control. We end this amazing journey through the fruit of the Spirit with week five and self-control. Without self- control, it’s hard to choose any of the things we have talked about! But, when we choose self-control and say ‘no’...
Jesus can help me choose gentlenessJuly 24
July 24 Jesus can help me choose gentleness. Week four, we get to see Jesus in action as He shows nothing but gentleness towards the children being brought to see Him. When Jesus sees the disciples telling the children to go away, He quickly tells them to stop and to...
Jesus can help me choose faithfulnessJuly 17
July 17 Jesus can help me choose faithfulness. In week three, David shows us what a faithful friend looks like when he helps Jonathan’s family. David made a promise to Jonathan and chooses to be faithful and keep that promise.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY RESOURCESRecent Lessons
Jesus can help me choose goodnessJuly 10
July 10 Jesus can help me choose goodness. In week two, we will learn to choose goodness by helping others, sharing what we have, and saying kind words. All of these are wonderful ways we can show God’s goodness to the world. And, when we show God’s goodness, we shine...
Jesus can help me choose kindnessJuly 3
July 3 Jesus can help me choose kindness. During week one, Jesus tells a story about a man who chose to show kindness to a hurt man even though their families did not get along too well. This man chose kindness, and now he will forever be known as the Good...
Jesus can help me choose patienceJune 26
June 26 Jesus can help me choose patience. In week four, we will see the amazing reward that came to Simeon after he chose patience. Simeon waited year after year after year… soooooo many years waiting, and then he finally got to see Who he had been patiently waiting...
Jesus can help me choose peaceJune 19
June 19 Jesus can help me choose peace. In week three, we get to hear about a woman named Abigail. She went above and beyond to do what she could do to choose peace, even though the people around her were not acting very peaceful. And, because she was quick to act,...
Jesus can help me choose joyJune 12
June 12 Jesus can help me choose joy. In week two, Paul and Silas will show us what it looks like to choose joy even in the middle of a not so joyful situation. When others would have been downcast and hopeless, they chose to sing and praise God! And, their joy made...
Jesus can help me choose loveJune 5
June 5 Jesus can help me choose love. We will kick off this month talking about love. Everything begins with how much God loves us. And, just how much does God love us? God loves us so much that He gave us his Son, Jesus, to be our friend forever. That’s a lot of...
God looked at everything He made. Then, He restedMay 29
May 29 God looked at everything He made. Then, He rested. We will all be ready for a rest week five after a month filled with learning that God made everything. And, that’s what God did on day seven. God looked at all that he had made, and then he rested. It will be a...
On day six, god made animals and peopleMay 22
May 22 On day six, god made animals and people. In week four, well, this week is super special because on day six, God made the animals and God made people! This means every time a preschooler goes to feed their dog or cat, they can know that God made them. And, every...
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Christmas is a Good Time for FamilyChristmas is a Good Time for FamilyOur families are a wonderful gift from God and for many can be the source of much joy and celebration in your lives, but we also know the reality that family can be incredibly challenging, hurtful, abusive, broken and anything but a source of Joy. Kurt shares about how you can be a peacemaker in your relationships. No one can become a peacemaker until they have found peace themselves. Peacemaking begins with an experience of peace in our own hearts.
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April 24 Whatever happens, remember God is bigger than your questions. We finish the month with a critical moment recorded in John 20:19-29. Although Thomas was one of Jesus’ disciples, he hadn’t yet seen Jesus face-to-face after the resurrection. When the rest of the disciples tried to tell him that Jesus was alive, Thomas couldn’t believe it. When Jesus showed up again, he went right over to Thomas and gave him a chance to touch the scars. Thomas knew once and for all that Jesus was alive!
Whatever happens, remember God is bigger than your questions. Questions are a normal part of growing up and following Jesus. We won’t always understand what we read in the Bible or why our life looks like it does. God wants us to be honest about our questions and doubts. You can create a safe environment where kids can process the questions they face. We pray that kids will understand that they can have hope knowing God will be with them through their questions.
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May 1 God is always with you. We start our month in Matthew 28:16-20 and Acts 1-2. Right before God takes Jesus back to heaven, Jesus gave his disciples an incredible task: tell the world about him and share his love with others. This task wouldn’t be easy, but Jesus...
Whatever happens, remember God is bigger than your questions April 24
April 24 Whatever happens, remember God is bigger than your questions. We finish the month with a critical moment recorded in John 20:19-29. Although Thomas was one of Jesus’ disciples, he hadn’t yet seen Jesus face-to-face after the resurrection. When the rest of the...
Whatever happens, remember Jesus is alive April 17
April 17 Whatever happens, remember Jesus is alive. We’ll look at Easter through John’s perspective in John 18:1–20:18. As the disciples experienced the events of the crucifixion, from Jesus’ arrest in the garden to his death, they must have wondered if everything...
Whatever happens, remember God is still working April 10
April 10 Whatever happens, remember God is still working. Next, we head to an incredible moment John recorded in John 12:9-16. God’s people had waited for generations for God to send the Messiah. They were overwhelmed when Jesus made his triumphal entry into...
Whatever happens, remember how powerful God is April 3
April 3 Whatever happens, remember how powerful God is. We start the month with friends of Jesus who had lost all hope. John records an incredible moment that we find in John 11:1-45. When Lazarus died, Jesus used the opportunity to point people to God. Jesus was...
Make a habit of working together March 27
March 27 Make a habit of working together. We wrap up our study on cooperation in Acts 2:42-47. As people began putting their faith in Jesus, several needs started to arise. At the beginning of Acts, Luke offers some insight into how the early church shared what they...
Work together to help someone in need March 20
March 20 Work together to help someone in need. In week three, we head to a story found in Luke 5:17- 26. We discover a paralyzed man who just happened to have some excellent friends. When they heard that Jesus was in town, they tried everything to get their friend to...
Work together to help someone succeed March 13
March 13 Work together to help someone succeed. For week two, we look at Exodus 17:8-13, at a time where Joshua is leading the Israelites in a fierce battle against the Amalekites. When Moses held up his staff, the Israelites were winning the battle. When Moses got...
God wants us to work together March 6
March 6 God wants us to work together. This week we look at a story of cooperation. For many years, the Israelites lived in slavery in the land of Egypt. But eventually, God led them out of Egypt and into the wilderness as they traveled to a land of their own. God...
Make time to help others February 27
February 27 Make time to help others. This week we look at a story that shows Jesus' patience and compassion. As Jesus and his disciples were leaving Jericho, there was a blind man named Bartimaeus sitting by the side of the road begging. Bartimaeus heard that Jesus...
Use what you have to help others February 20
February 20 Use what you have to help others. This week we look at a miracle that Jesus performed. One day Jesus and his disciples went across the Sea of Galilee in order to find a quiet place to rest, but when they landed there was a crowd of thousands and thousands...
Show others that they matter February 13
February 13 Show others that they matter. This week we look at a story out of John 4. After teaching people in Jerusalem and surrounding areas, Jesus went back to Galilee but decided to go back through Samaria. Most people took the long way around to avoid Samaria...
Following Jesus means caring about others February 6
February 6 Following Jesus means caring about others. This week we look at a story out of Luke 4. When Jesus told the people of his hometown, Nazareth, that He was the Messiah that Isaiah had prophesied about hundreds of years before, they didn't believe him and ran...
Know when to stop January 30
January 30 Know when to stop. We close out the month with another one of Solomon’s vivid word pictures in Proverbs 25:16. We help kids find out what happens when we indulge and eat too much. This proverb isn’t just about how much we eat. Kids will learn that too much...
Think before you speak January 23
January 23 Think before you speak. This week we look at something wise that Solomon says in Proverbs 12. He explains that the words of thoughtless people cut like swords. But the tongue of wise people brings healing. In other words, what we say to others can...
Don’t be controlled by your anger January 16
January 16 Don't be controlled by your anger. This week, we look at 1 Samuel 24 at a crucial moment in David’s life. He’s been anointed as the next king of Israel, but King Saul is still around, and he’s out to get David. As David is on the run from King Saul, he...
SCF Kids At Home Preteen
April 24 Whatever happens, remember God is bigger than your questions. We finish the month with a critical moment recorded in John 20:19-29. Although Thomas was one of Jesus’ disciples, he hadn’t yet seen Jesus face-to-face after the resurrection. When the rest of the disciples tried to tell him that Jesus was alive, Thomas couldn’t believe it. When Jesus showed up again, he went right over to Thomas and gave him a chance to touch the scars. Thomas knew once and for all that Jesus was alive!
Whatever happens, remember God is bigger than your questions. Questions are a normal part of growing up and following Jesus. We won’t always understand what we read in the Bible or why our life looks like it does. God wants us to be honest about our questions and doubts. You can create a safe environment where kids can process the questions they face. We pray that kids will understand that they can have hope knowing God will be with them through their questions.
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God is always with you May 1
May 1 God is always with you. We start our month in Matthew 28:16-20 and Acts 1-2. Right before God takes Jesus back to heaven, Jesus gave his disciples an incredible task: tell the world about him and share his love with others. This task wouldn’t be easy, but Jesus...
Whatever happens, remember God is bigger than your questions April 24
April 24 Whatever happens, remember God is bigger than your questions. We finish the month with a critical moment recorded in John 20:19-29. Although Thomas was one of Jesus’ disciples, he hadn’t yet seen Jesus face-to-face after the resurrection. When the rest of the...
Whatever happens, remember Jesus is alive April 17
April 17 Whatever happens, remember Jesus is alive. We’ll look at Easter through John’s perspective in John 18:1–20:18. As the disciples experienced the events of the crucifixion, from Jesus’ arrest in the garden to his death, they must have wondered if everything...
Whatever happens, remember God is still working April 10
April 10 Whatever happens, remember God is still working. Next, we head to an incredible moment John recorded in John 12:9-16. God’s people had waited for generations for God to send the Messiah. They were overwhelmed when Jesus made his triumphal entry into...
Whatever happens, remember how powerful God is April 3
April 3 Whatever happens, remember how powerful God is. We start the month with friends of Jesus who had lost all hope. John records an incredible moment that we find in John 11:1-45. When Lazarus died, Jesus used the opportunity to point people to God. Jesus was...
Make a habit of working together March 27
March 27 Make a habit of working together. We wrap up our study on cooperation in Acts 2:42-47. As people began putting their faith in Jesus, several needs started to arise. At the beginning of Acts, Luke offers some insight into how the early church shared what they...
Work together to help someone in need March 20
March 20 Work together to help someone in need. In week three, we head to a story found in Luke 5:17- 26. We discover a paralyzed man who just happened to have some excellent friends. When they heard that Jesus was in town, they tried everything to get their friend to...
Work together to help someone succeed March 13
March 13 Work together to help someone succeed. For week two, we look at Exodus 17:8-13, at a time where Joshua is leading the Israelites in a fierce battle against the Amalekites. When Moses held up his staff, the Israelites were winning the battle. When Moses got...
God wants us to work together March 6
March 6 God wants us to work together. This week we look at a story about cooperation. Long ago, the Israelites were enslaved in Egypt for hundreds of years because Pharaoh was worried they would turn on him. God called Moses to help rescue them and, after quite the...
Make time to help others February 27
February 27 Make time to help others. This week we look at story that shows Jesus' compassion. Jesus and his disciples were leaving Jericho surrounded by a huge crowd. A blind man named Bartimaeus was on the side of the road begging. He heard that Jesus was passing by...
Use what you have to help others February 20
February 20 Use what you have to help others. This week we look at a miracle that Jesus performed. One day, Jesus and his disciples crossed over to the other side of the Sea of Galilee to find a quiet place to rest away from the crowds, but a crowd of thousands of...
Show others that they matter February 13
February 13 Show others that they matter. This week we look at a story out of John 4. After teaching people in Jerusalem and surrounding areas, Jesus went back to Galilee but decided to go back through Samaria. Most people took the long way around to avoid Samaria...
Following Jesus means caring about others February 6
February 6 Following Jesus means caring about others. This week we look at a story out of Luke 4. When Jesus told the people of his hometown, Nazareth, that He was the Messiah that Isaiah had prophesied about hundreds of years before, they became angry. Not only were...
Know when to stop January 30
January 30 Know when to stop. This week we look at another wise thing that Solomon says in Proverbs 25. He says if you find honey, eat just enough. If you eat too much of it, you will throw up. There are a lot of good things in the world, but anything, even the good...
Think before you speak January 23
January 23 Think before you speak. This week we look at something wise that Solomon says in Proverbs 12. Now, Solomon didn’t always get it right, but God gave him some wisdom that’s definitely worth checking out. He says the words of thoughtless people cut like...
Don’t be controlled by your anger January 16
January 16 Don't be controlled by your anger. This week, we look at 1 Samuel 24 at a crucial moment in David’s life. He’s been anointed as the next king of Israel, but King Saul is still around, and he’s out to get David. As David is on the run from King Saul, he...
The Resurrection
The Resurrection Romans 8:11 “And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you.”
The Resurrection by Kurt Barnes
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April 17 Our friend, Jesus, is alive! Week three, starts out sad, but it gets better…a whole lot better! We’re going to talk with our preschoolers about how angry people took Jesus away and hurt him so badly that he died. But, three days later, Jesus did something that only he can do. Jesus came back, just like he said he would! Jesus is alive! That’s how Jesus can be our friend forever!
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On days one and two, God made the light and dark and sky and water. May 1
May 1 On days one and two, God made the light and dark and sky and water. We will begin the month way back at the beginning, on days one and two of creation, when God made light, dark, sky and water. When darkness falls or our preschoolers look up to the sky, they can...
Jesus wants to be our friend forever April 24
April 24 Jesus wants to be our friend forever. In week four, we learn about an awesome moment Jesus shared with his friends, the disciples. They were out in a boat fishing. Then, they looked out across the water and someone they had been missing. It was Jesus! They...
Our friend, Jesus, is alive! April 17
April 17 Our friend, Jesus, is alive! Week three, starts out sad, but it gets better…a whole lot better! We’re going to talk with our preschoolers about how angry people took Jesus away and hurt him so badly that he died. But, three days later, Jesus did something...
We celebrate our friend Jesus April 10
April 10 We celebrate our friend Jesus. In week two, it’s time to celebrate! Grab a palm leaf and wave it in the air as we learn about the time Jesus rode down the road on a donkey. The whole town was filled with excitement because they knew Jesus can do amazing...
Our friend Jesus is always with us April 3
April 3 Our friend, Jesus, is always with us. We will begin, week one, with the amazing story of Jesus walking on water. One minute the disciples are terrified and the next they are exclaiming, “Jesus! You truly are the Son of God!” Jesus can do anything—like walk on...
Jesus is a good friend to everyone March 27
March 27 Jesus is a good friend to everyone. In week four, we will end the month talking about a time when Jesus fed 5,000 hungry people after they had been listening to him teach all day. What kind of friend does that? A good friend, that’s what kind. And that’s what...
Everyone can be friends with Jesus March 20
March 20 Everyone can be friends with Jesus. In week three, we get a look at all twelve of Jesus’ disciples. The ones he chose. Fishermen, tax collector, betrayer… Jesus knew them all—better than they knew themselves. He knew all of their mistakes —past, present and...
Everyone can be friends with Jesus even if they have done something wrong March 13
March 13 Everyone can be friends with Jesus even if they have done something wrong. In week two, again, Jesus passes right by all of the expected friend choices, and he heads straight to Matthew, a friendless tax collector. Jesus walks right up to Matthew’s table and...
Jesus says, “Follow me.” March 6
March 6 Jesus says, "Follow me." This week, we look at some people that Jesus wanted to be friends with. Peter and Andrew were fishermen and used a big net when they went fishing. One day, Jesus came walking by and told them to follow Him, so they dropped their nets...
We can love like Jesus February 27
February 27 We can love like Jesus. If Jesus had a party, EVERYONE would be invited. Everyone can celebrate that Jesus loves them because Jesus loves everyone. And Jesus wants US to love everyone, too. In fact, Jesus said, ‘Do everything in love.’ Whether you’re on...
Jesus loves people even when they do something wrong February 20
February 20 Jesus loves people even when they do something wrong. In week three, we get to learn about a man named Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus' job was to collect money from everyone in town, but he was taking more money than he was supposed to. But Jesus loved Zacchaeus...
Jesus loves people everywhere February 13
February 13 Jesus loves people everywhere. In week two, we learn that Jesus love people everywhere. No matter where you live, Jesus wants to be your friend. And Jesus LOVES you. Everyone is invited to Jesus’ partybecause Jesus loves everyone.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY...
Jesus loves everyone February 6
February 6 Jesus loves everyone. In week one, we learn that Jesus loves everyone. Jesus said EVERYONE is invited to the party. Everyone is invited to the party because Jesus loves everyone! Jesus said that no matter what you’ve done, no matter where you live, He loves...
Jesus teaches us how to live January 30
January 30 Jesus teaches us how to live. We will end the month with one last story from Jesus—the house built on a rock. Jesus uses this illustration to teach us that wisdom is always the best foundation for life. Bad weather can come and go and nothing will wash away...
Jesus teaches us to help others January 23
January 23 Jesus teaches us to help others. In week four, Jesus teaches us to help others. He tells a story of a man who took care of a hurt man along the side of the road. We can help our teachers, our parents, our friends—everyone! The very important thing Jesus...
Jesus teaches us we can share our stuff January 16
January 16 Jesus teaches us we can share our stuff. In week three, Jesus teaches us that we can share our stuff. Jesus could have just told us, “Hey, share your stuff.” But instead, He tells a story of a man with big barns filled with food, deciding to build bigger...
Jesus’ Ministry Begins
Jesus’ Ministry Begins A look at the beginning of Jesus’ ministry in Matthew and John.
Jesus' Ministry Begins by Rob Barnes
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March 27 Jesus is a good friend to everyone. In week four, we will end the month talking about a time when Jesus fed 5,000 hungry people after they had been listening to him teach all day. What kind of friend does that? A good friend, that’s what kind. And that’s what Jesus is. Jesus is a good friend…to everyone.
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Jesus is a good friend to everyone March 27
March 27 Jesus is a good friend to everyone. In week four, we will end the month talking about a time when Jesus fed 5,000 hungry people after they had been listening to him teach all day. What kind of friend does that? A good friend, that’s what kind. And that’s what...
Everyone can be friends with Jesus March 20
March 20 Everyone can be friends with Jesus. In week three, we get a look at all twelve of Jesus’ disciples. The ones he chose. Fishermen, tax collector, betrayer… Jesus knew them all—better than they knew themselves. He knew all of their mistakes —past, present and...
Everyone can be friends with Jesus even if they have done something wrong March 13
March 13 Everyone can be friends with Jesus even if they have done something wrong. In week two, again, Jesus passes right by all of the expected friend choices, and he heads straight to Matthew, a friendless tax collector. Jesus walks right up to Matthew’s table and...
Jesus says, “Follow me.” March 6
March 6 Jesus says, "Follow me." This week, we look at some people that Jesus wanted to be friends with. Peter and Andrew were fishermen and used a big net when they went fishing. One day, Jesus came walking by and told them to follow Him, so they dropped their nets...
We can love like Jesus February 27
February 27 We can love like Jesus. If Jesus had a party, EVERYONE would be invited. Everyone can celebrate that Jesus loves them because Jesus loves everyone. And Jesus wants US to love everyone, too. In fact, Jesus said, ‘Do everything in love.’ Whether you’re on...
Jesus loves people even when they do something wrong February 20
February 20 Jesus loves people even when they do something wrong. In week three, we get to learn about a man named Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus' job was to collect money from everyone in town, but he was taking more money than he was supposed to. But Jesus loved Zacchaeus...
Jesus loves people everywhere February 13
February 13 Jesus loves people everywhere. In week two, we learn that Jesus love people everywhere. No matter where you live, Jesus wants to be your friend. And Jesus LOVES you. Everyone is invited to Jesus’ partybecause Jesus loves everyone.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY...
Jesus loves everyone February 6
February 6 Jesus loves everyone. In week one, we learn that Jesus loves everyone. Jesus said EVERYONE is invited to the party. Everyone is invited to the party because Jesus loves everyone! Jesus said that no matter what you’ve done, no matter where you live, He loves...
Jesus teaches us how to live January 30
January 30 Jesus teaches us how to live. We will end the month with one last story from Jesus—the house built on a rock. Jesus uses this illustration to teach us that wisdom is always the best foundation for life. Bad weather can come and go and nothing will wash away...
Jesus teaches us to help others January 23
January 23 Jesus teaches us to help others. In week four, Jesus teaches us to help others. He tells a story of a man who took care of a hurt man along the side of the road. We can help our teachers, our parents, our friends—everyone! The very important thing Jesus...
Jesus teaches us we can share our stuff January 16
January 16 Jesus teaches us we can share our stuff. In week three, Jesus teaches us that we can share our stuff. Jesus could have just told us, “Hey, share your stuff.” But instead, He tells a story of a man with big barns filled with food, deciding to build bigger...
SCF Kids At Home Elementary
March 27 Make a habit of working together. We wrap up our study on cooperation in Acts 2:42-47. As people began putting their faith in Jesus, several needs started to arise. At the beginning of Acts, Luke offers some insight into how the early church shared what they had and worked together to help each other through the basic problems of life.
Make a habit of working together. When we work together, many people will have a chance to see Jesus’ love in action. Accomplishing Jesus’ mission for the world is a HUGE undertaking. However, when we practice working together, we can help others and share how much God loves them.
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Make a habit of working together March 27
March 27 Make a habit of working together. We wrap up our study on cooperation in Acts 2:42-47. As people began putting their faith in Jesus, several needs started to arise. At the beginning of Acts, Luke offers some insight into how the early church shared what they...
Work together to help someone in need March 20
March 20 Work together to help someone in need. In week three, we head to a story found in Luke 5:17- 26. We discover a paralyzed man who just happened to have some excellent friends. When they heard that Jesus was in town, they tried everything to get their friend to...
Work together to help someone succeed March 13
March 13 Work together to help someone succeed. For week two, we look at Exodus 17:8-13, at a time where Joshua is leading the Israelites in a fierce battle against the Amalekites. When Moses held up his staff, the Israelites were winning the battle. When Moses got...
God wants us to work together March 6
March 6 God wants us to work together. This week we look at a story of cooperation. For many years, the Israelites lived in slavery in the land of Egypt. But eventually, God led them out of Egypt and into the wilderness as they traveled to a land of their own. God...
Make time to help others February 27
February 27 Make time to help others. This week we look at a story that shows Jesus' patience and compassion. As Jesus and his disciples were leaving Jericho, there was a blind man named Bartimaeus sitting by the side of the road begging. Bartimaeus heard that Jesus...
Use what you have to help others February 20
February 20 Use what you have to help others. This week we look at a miracle that Jesus performed. One day Jesus and his disciples went across the Sea of Galilee in order to find a quiet place to rest, but when they landed there was a crowd of thousands and thousands...
Show others that they matter February 13
February 13 Show others that they matter. This week we look at a story out of John 4. After teaching people in Jerusalem and surrounding areas, Jesus went back to Galilee but decided to go back through Samaria. Most people took the long way around to avoid Samaria...
Following Jesus means caring about others February 6
February 6 Following Jesus means caring about others. This week we look at a story out of Luke 4. When Jesus told the people of his hometown, Nazareth, that He was the Messiah that Isaiah had prophesied about hundreds of years before, they didn't believe him and ran...
Know when to stop January 30
January 30 Know when to stop. We close out the month with another one of Solomon’s vivid word pictures in Proverbs 25:16. We help kids find out what happens when we indulge and eat too much. This proverb isn’t just about how much we eat. Kids will learn that too much...
Think before you speak January 23
January 23 Think before you speak. This week we look at something wise that Solomon says in Proverbs 12. He explains that the words of thoughtless people cut like swords. But the tongue of wise people brings healing. In other words, what we say to others can...
Don’t be controlled by your anger January 16
January 16 Don't be controlled by your anger. This week, we look at 1 Samuel 24 at a crucial moment in David’s life. He’s been anointed as the next king of Israel, but King Saul is still around, and he’s out to get David. As David is on the run from King Saul, he...
SCF Kids At Home Preteen
March 27 Make a habit of working together. We wrap up our study on cooperation in Acts 2:42-47. As people began putting their faith in Jesus, several needs started to arise. At the beginning of Acts, Luke offers some insight into how the early church shared what they had and worked together to help each other through the basic problems of life.
Make a habit of working together. When we work together, many people will have a chance to see Jesus’ love in action. Accomplishing Jesus’ mission for the world is a HUGE undertaking. However, when we practice working together, we can help others and share how much God loves them.
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Make a habit of working together March 27
March 27 Make a habit of working together. We wrap up our study on cooperation in Acts 2:42-47. As people began putting their faith in Jesus, several needs started to arise. At the beginning of Acts, Luke offers some insight into how the early church shared what they...
Work together to help someone in need March 20
March 20 Work together to help someone in need. In week three, we head to a story found in Luke 5:17- 26. We discover a paralyzed man who just happened to have some excellent friends. When they heard that Jesus was in town, they tried everything to get their friend to...
Work together to help someone succeed March 13
March 13 Work together to help someone succeed. For week two, we look at Exodus 17:8-13, at a time where Joshua is leading the Israelites in a fierce battle against the Amalekites. When Moses held up his staff, the Israelites were winning the battle. When Moses got...
God wants us to work together March 6
March 6 God wants us to work together. This week we look at a story about cooperation. Long ago, the Israelites were enslaved in Egypt for hundreds of years because Pharaoh was worried they would turn on him. God called Moses to help rescue them and, after quite the...
Make time to help others February 27
February 27 Make time to help others. This week we look at story that shows Jesus' compassion. Jesus and his disciples were leaving Jericho surrounded by a huge crowd. A blind man named Bartimaeus was on the side of the road begging. He heard that Jesus was passing by...
Use what you have to help others February 20
February 20 Use what you have to help others. This week we look at a miracle that Jesus performed. One day, Jesus and his disciples crossed over to the other side of the Sea of Galilee to find a quiet place to rest away from the crowds, but a crowd of thousands of...
Show others that they matter February 13
February 13 Show others that they matter. This week we look at a story out of John 4. After teaching people in Jerusalem and surrounding areas, Jesus went back to Galilee but decided to go back through Samaria. Most people took the long way around to avoid Samaria...
Following Jesus means caring about others February 6
February 6 Following Jesus means caring about others. This week we look at a story out of Luke 4. When Jesus told the people of his hometown, Nazareth, that He was the Messiah that Isaiah had prophesied about hundreds of years before, they became angry. Not only were...
Know when to stop January 30
January 30 Know when to stop. This week we look at another wise thing that Solomon says in Proverbs 25. He says if you find honey, eat just enough. If you eat too much of it, you will throw up. There are a lot of good things in the world, but anything, even the good...
Think before you speak January 23
January 23 Think before you speak. This week we look at something wise that Solomon says in Proverbs 12. Now, Solomon didn’t always get it right, but God gave him some wisdom that’s definitely worth checking out. He says the words of thoughtless people cut like...
Don’t be controlled by your anger January 16
January 16 Don't be controlled by your anger. This week, we look at 1 Samuel 24 at a crucial moment in David’s life. He’s been anointed as the next king of Israel, but King Saul is still around, and he’s out to get David. As David is on the run from King Saul, he...
The Birth of a King
The Birth of a King The story of Mary giving birth to Jesus. We look at the accounts in both Luke and John.
The Birth of a King by Jeff Davidson
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March 20 Everyone can be friends with Jesus. In week three, we get a look at all twelve of Jesus’ disciples. The ones he chose. Fishermen, tax collector, betrayer… Jesus knew them all—better than they knew themselves. He knew all of their mistakes —past, present and future, and he chose them. Jesus truly does love everyone, and he wants the world to know that everyone can be friends with him. What better messengers to spread the Good News than this ragtag group of guys.
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Jesus is a good friend to everyone March 27
March 27 Jesus is a good friend to everyone. In week four, we will end the month talking about a time when Jesus fed 5,000 hungry people after they had been listening to him teach all day. What kind of friend does that? A good friend, that’s what kind. And that’s what...
Everyone can be friends with Jesus March 20
March 20 Everyone can be friends with Jesus. In week three, we get a look at all twelve of Jesus’ disciples. The ones he chose. Fishermen, tax collector, betrayer… Jesus knew them all—better than they knew themselves. He knew all of their mistakes —past, present and...
Everyone can be friends with Jesus even if they have done something wrong March 13
March 13 Everyone can be friends with Jesus even if they have done something wrong. In week two, again, Jesus passes right by all of the expected friend choices, and he heads straight to Matthew, a friendless tax collector. Jesus walks right up to Matthew’s table and...
Jesus says, “Follow me.” March 6
March 6 Jesus says, "Follow me." This week, we look at some people that Jesus wanted to be friends with. Peter and Andrew were fishermen and used a big net when they went fishing. One day, Jesus came walking by and told them to follow Him, so they dropped their nets...
We can love like Jesus February 27
February 27 We can love like Jesus. If Jesus had a party, EVERYONE would be invited. Everyone can celebrate that Jesus loves them because Jesus loves everyone. And Jesus wants US to love everyone, too. In fact, Jesus said, ‘Do everything in love.’ Whether you’re on...
Jesus loves people even when they do something wrong February 20
February 20 Jesus loves people even when they do something wrong. In week three, we get to learn about a man named Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus' job was to collect money from everyone in town, but he was taking more money than he was supposed to. But Jesus loved Zacchaeus...
Jesus loves people everywhere February 13
February 13 Jesus loves people everywhere. In week two, we learn that Jesus love people everywhere. No matter where you live, Jesus wants to be your friend. And Jesus LOVES you. Everyone is invited to Jesus’ partybecause Jesus loves everyone.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY...
Jesus loves everyone February 6
February 6 Jesus loves everyone. In week one, we learn that Jesus loves everyone. Jesus said EVERYONE is invited to the party. Everyone is invited to the party because Jesus loves everyone! Jesus said that no matter what you’ve done, no matter where you live, He loves...
Jesus teaches us how to live January 30
January 30 Jesus teaches us how to live. We will end the month with one last story from Jesus—the house built on a rock. Jesus uses this illustration to teach us that wisdom is always the best foundation for life. Bad weather can come and go and nothing will wash away...
Jesus teaches us to help others January 23
January 23 Jesus teaches us to help others. In week four, Jesus teaches us to help others. He tells a story of a man who took care of a hurt man along the side of the road. We can help our teachers, our parents, our friends—everyone! The very important thing Jesus...
Jesus teaches us we can share our stuff January 16
January 16 Jesus teaches us we can share our stuff. In week three, Jesus teaches us that we can share our stuff. Jesus could have just told us, “Hey, share your stuff.” But instead, He tells a story of a man with big barns filled with food, deciding to build bigger...
SCF Kids At Home Elementary
March 20 Work together to help someone in need. In week three, we head to a story found in Luke 5:17- 26. We discover a paralyzed man who just happened to have some excellent friends. When they heard that Jesus was in town, they tried everything to get their friend to Jesus. When they arrived, the place was packed. Instead of giving up, the friends went to the roof and tore a hole big enough to drop their friend down right in front of Jesus. Jesus did something unbelievable because of their faith and cooperation.
Work together to help someone in need. When we see others with needs that seem huge and overwhelming, we often think they’re too big for us to help and end up doing nothing. However, if we cooperate with others to meet those needs, we have a better chance of making a difference in their life and pointing them to God.
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Make a habit of working together March 27
March 27 Make a habit of working together. We wrap up our study on cooperation in Acts 2:42-47. As people began putting their faith in Jesus, several needs started to arise. At the beginning of Acts, Luke offers some insight into how the early church shared what they...
Work together to help someone in need March 20
March 20 Work together to help someone in need. In week three, we head to a story found in Luke 5:17- 26. We discover a paralyzed man who just happened to have some excellent friends. When they heard that Jesus was in town, they tried everything to get their friend to...
Work together to help someone succeed March 13
March 13 Work together to help someone succeed. For week two, we look at Exodus 17:8-13, at a time where Joshua is leading the Israelites in a fierce battle against the Amalekites. When Moses held up his staff, the Israelites were winning the battle. When Moses got...
God wants us to work together March 6
March 6 God wants us to work together. This week we look at a story of cooperation. For many years, the Israelites lived in slavery in the land of Egypt. But eventually, God led them out of Egypt and into the wilderness as they traveled to a land of their own. God...
Make time to help others February 27
February 27 Make time to help others. This week we look at a story that shows Jesus' patience and compassion. As Jesus and his disciples were leaving Jericho, there was a blind man named Bartimaeus sitting by the side of the road begging. Bartimaeus heard that Jesus...
Use what you have to help others February 20
February 20 Use what you have to help others. This week we look at a miracle that Jesus performed. One day Jesus and his disciples went across the Sea of Galilee in order to find a quiet place to rest, but when they landed there was a crowd of thousands and thousands...
Show others that they matter February 13
February 13 Show others that they matter. This week we look at a story out of John 4. After teaching people in Jerusalem and surrounding areas, Jesus went back to Galilee but decided to go back through Samaria. Most people took the long way around to avoid Samaria...
Following Jesus means caring about others February 6
February 6 Following Jesus means caring about others. This week we look at a story out of Luke 4. When Jesus told the people of his hometown, Nazareth, that He was the Messiah that Isaiah had prophesied about hundreds of years before, they didn't believe him and ran...
Know when to stop January 30
January 30 Know when to stop. We close out the month with another one of Solomon’s vivid word pictures in Proverbs 25:16. We help kids find out what happens when we indulge and eat too much. This proverb isn’t just about how much we eat. Kids will learn that too much...
Think before you speak January 23
January 23 Think before you speak. This week we look at something wise that Solomon says in Proverbs 12. He explains that the words of thoughtless people cut like swords. But the tongue of wise people brings healing. In other words, what we say to others can...
Don’t be controlled by your anger January 16
January 16 Don't be controlled by your anger. This week, we look at 1 Samuel 24 at a crucial moment in David’s life. He’s been anointed as the next king of Israel, but King Saul is still around, and he’s out to get David. As David is on the run from King Saul, he...
SCF Kids At Home Preteen
March 20 Work together to help someone in need. In week three, we head to a story found in Luke 5:17- 26. We discover a paralyzed man who just happened to have some excellent friends. When they heard that Jesus was in town, they tried everything to get their friend to Jesus. When they arrived, the place was packed. Instead of giving up, the friends went to the roof and tore a hole big enough to drop their friend down right in front of Jesus. Jesus did something unbelievable because of their faith and cooperation.
Work together to help someone in need. When we see others with needs that seem huge and overwhelming, we often think they’re too big for us to help and end up doing nothing. However, if we cooperate with others to meet those needs, we have a better chance of making a difference in their life and pointing them to God.
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Make a habit of working together March 27
March 27 Make a habit of working together. We wrap up our study on cooperation in Acts 2:42-47. As people began putting their faith in Jesus, several needs started to arise. At the beginning of Acts, Luke offers some insight into how the early church shared what they...
Work together to help someone in need March 20
March 20 Work together to help someone in need. In week three, we head to a story found in Luke 5:17- 26. We discover a paralyzed man who just happened to have some excellent friends. When they heard that Jesus was in town, they tried everything to get their friend to...
Work together to help someone succeed March 13
March 13 Work together to help someone succeed. For week two, we look at Exodus 17:8-13, at a time where Joshua is leading the Israelites in a fierce battle against the Amalekites. When Moses held up his staff, the Israelites were winning the battle. When Moses got...
God wants us to work together March 6
March 6 God wants us to work together. This week we look at a story about cooperation. Long ago, the Israelites were enslaved in Egypt for hundreds of years because Pharaoh was worried they would turn on him. God called Moses to help rescue them and, after quite the...
Make time to help others February 27
February 27 Make time to help others. This week we look at story that shows Jesus' compassion. Jesus and his disciples were leaving Jericho surrounded by a huge crowd. A blind man named Bartimaeus was on the side of the road begging. He heard that Jesus was passing by...
Use what you have to help others February 20
February 20 Use what you have to help others. This week we look at a miracle that Jesus performed. One day, Jesus and his disciples crossed over to the other side of the Sea of Galilee to find a quiet place to rest away from the crowds, but a crowd of thousands of...
Show others that they matter February 13
February 13 Show others that they matter. This week we look at a story out of John 4. After teaching people in Jerusalem and surrounding areas, Jesus went back to Galilee but decided to go back through Samaria. Most people took the long way around to avoid Samaria...
Following Jesus means caring about others February 6
February 6 Following Jesus means caring about others. This week we look at a story out of Luke 4. When Jesus told the people of his hometown, Nazareth, that He was the Messiah that Isaiah had prophesied about hundreds of years before, they became angry. Not only were...
Know when to stop January 30
January 30 Know when to stop. This week we look at another wise thing that Solomon says in Proverbs 25. He says if you find honey, eat just enough. If you eat too much of it, you will throw up. There are a lot of good things in the world, but anything, even the good...
Think before you speak January 23
January 23 Think before you speak. This week we look at something wise that Solomon says in Proverbs 12. Now, Solomon didn’t always get it right, but God gave him some wisdom that’s definitely worth checking out. He says the words of thoughtless people cut like...
Don’t be controlled by your anger January 16
January 16 Don't be controlled by your anger. This week, we look at 1 Samuel 24 at a crucial moment in David’s life. He’s been anointed as the next king of Israel, but King Saul is still around, and he’s out to get David. As David is on the run from King Saul, he...
The Return Home
The Return Home A look at Ezra and Nehemiah.
The Return Home by Kurt Barnes
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SCF Kids At Home Elementary
March 13 Work together to help someone succeed. For week two, we look at Exodus 17:8-13, at a time where Joshua is leading the Israelites in a fierce battle against the Amalekites. When Moses held up his staff, the Israelites were winning the battle. When Moses got tired, Aaron and Hur came to the rescue and helped hold up his arms. The Israelites won the battle because of how they all cooperated.
Work together to help someone succeed. Like Hur and Aaron, our kids need to realize that working together isn’t just about doing something for themselves. You can work with people to help others accomplish something as well.
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Work together to help someone succeed March 13
March 13 Work together to help someone succeed. For week two, we look at Exodus 17:8-13, at a time where Joshua is leading the Israelites in a fierce battle against the Amalekites. When Moses held up his staff, the Israelites were winning the battle. When Moses got...
God wants us to work together March 6
March 6 God wants us to work together. This week we look at a story of cooperation. For many years, the Israelites lived in slavery in the land of Egypt. But eventually, God led them out of Egypt and into the wilderness as they traveled to a land of their own. God...
Make time to help others February 27
February 27 Make time to help others. This week we look at a story that shows Jesus' patience and compassion. As Jesus and his disciples were leaving Jericho, there was a blind man named Bartimaeus sitting by the side of the road begging. Bartimaeus heard that Jesus...
Use what you have to help others February 20
February 20 Use what you have to help others. This week we look at a miracle that Jesus performed. One day Jesus and his disciples went across the Sea of Galilee in order to find a quiet place to rest, but when they landed there was a crowd of thousands and thousands...
Show others that they matter February 13
February 13 Show others that they matter. This week we look at a story out of John 4. After teaching people in Jerusalem and surrounding areas, Jesus went back to Galilee but decided to go back through Samaria. Most people took the long way around to avoid Samaria...
Following Jesus means caring about others February 6
February 6 Following Jesus means caring about others. This week we look at a story out of Luke 4. When Jesus told the people of his hometown, Nazareth, that He was the Messiah that Isaiah had prophesied about hundreds of years before, they didn't believe him and ran...
Know when to stop January 30
January 30 Know when to stop. We close out the month with another one of Solomon’s vivid word pictures in Proverbs 25:16. We help kids find out what happens when we indulge and eat too much. This proverb isn’t just about how much we eat. Kids will learn that too much...
Think before you speak January 23
January 23 Think before you speak. This week we look at something wise that Solomon says in Proverbs 12. He explains that the words of thoughtless people cut like swords. But the tongue of wise people brings healing. In other words, what we say to others can...
Don’t be controlled by your anger January 16
January 16 Don't be controlled by your anger. This week, we look at 1 Samuel 24 at a crucial moment in David’s life. He’s been anointed as the next king of Israel, but King Saul is still around, and he’s out to get David. As David is on the run from King Saul, he...
SCF Kids At Home Preteen
March 13 Work together to help someone succeed. For week two, we look at Exodus 17:8-13, at a time where Joshua is leading the Israelites in a fierce battle against the Amalekites. When Moses held up his staff, the Israelites were winning the battle. When Moses got tired, Aaron and Hur came to the rescue and helped hold up his arms. The Israelites won the battle because of how they all cooperated.
Work together to help someone succeed. Like Hur and Aaron, our kids need to realize that working together isn’t just about doing something for themselves. You can work with people to help others accomplish something as well.
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Work together to help someone succeed March 13
March 13 Work together to help someone succeed. For week two, we look at Exodus 17:8-13, at a time where Joshua is leading the Israelites in a fierce battle against the Amalekites. When Moses held up his staff, the Israelites were winning the battle. When Moses got...
God wants us to work together March 6
March 6 God wants us to work together. This week we look at a story about cooperation. Long ago, the Israelites were enslaved in Egypt for hundreds of years because Pharaoh was worried they would turn on him. God called Moses to help rescue them and, after quite the...
Make time to help others February 27
February 27 Make time to help others. This week we look at story that shows Jesus' compassion. Jesus and his disciples were leaving Jericho surrounded by a huge crowd. A blind man named Bartimaeus was on the side of the road begging. He heard that Jesus was passing by...
Use what you have to help others February 20
February 20 Use what you have to help others. This week we look at a miracle that Jesus performed. One day, Jesus and his disciples crossed over to the other side of the Sea of Galilee to find a quiet place to rest away from the crowds, but a crowd of thousands of...
Show others that they matter February 13
February 13 Show others that they matter. This week we look at a story out of John 4. After teaching people in Jerusalem and surrounding areas, Jesus went back to Galilee but decided to go back through Samaria. Most people took the long way around to avoid Samaria...
Following Jesus means caring about others February 6
February 6 Following Jesus means caring about others. This week we look at a story out of Luke 4. When Jesus told the people of his hometown, Nazareth, that He was the Messiah that Isaiah had prophesied about hundreds of years before, they became angry. Not only were...
Know when to stop January 30
January 30 Know when to stop. This week we look at another wise thing that Solomon says in Proverbs 25. He says if you find honey, eat just enough. If you eat too much of it, you will throw up. There are a lot of good things in the world, but anything, even the good...
Think before you speak January 23
January 23 Think before you speak. This week we look at something wise that Solomon says in Proverbs 12. Now, Solomon didn’t always get it right, but God gave him some wisdom that’s definitely worth checking out. He says the words of thoughtless people cut like...
Don’t be controlled by your anger January 16
January 16 Don't be controlled by your anger. This week, we look at 1 Samuel 24 at a crucial moment in David’s life. He’s been anointed as the next king of Israel, but King Saul is still around, and he’s out to get David. As David is on the run from King Saul, he...
SCF Kids At Home Preschool
March 13 Everyone can be friends with Jesus even if they have done something wrong. In week two, again, Jesus passes right by all of the expected friend choices, and he heads straight to Matthew, a friendless tax collector. Jesus walks right up to Matthew’s table and says, ‘Follow me.’ Matthew was probably still holding money in his hand, but he left it all and followed Jesus. One by one, Jesus was showing the world that everyone can be friends with him, even those who have made bad choices.
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Everyone can be friends with Jesus even if they have done something wrong March 13
March 13 Everyone can be friends with Jesus even if they have done something wrong. In week two, again, Jesus passes right by all of the expected friend choices, and he heads straight to Matthew, a friendless tax collector. Jesus walks right up to Matthew’s table and...
Jesus says, “Follow me.” March 6
March 6 Jesus says, "Follow me." This week, we look at some people that Jesus wanted to be friends with. Peter and Andrew were fishermen and used a big net when they went fishing. One day, Jesus came walking by and told them to follow Him, so they dropped their nets...
We can love like Jesus February 27
February 27 We can love like Jesus. If Jesus had a party, EVERYONE would be invited. Everyone can celebrate that Jesus loves them because Jesus loves everyone. And Jesus wants US to love everyone, too. In fact, Jesus said, ‘Do everything in love.’ Whether you’re on...
Jesus loves people even when they do something wrong February 20
February 20 Jesus loves people even when they do something wrong. In week three, we get to learn about a man named Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus' job was to collect money from everyone in town, but he was taking more money than he was supposed to. But Jesus loved Zacchaeus...
Jesus loves people everywhere February 13
February 13 Jesus loves people everywhere. In week two, we learn that Jesus love people everywhere. No matter where you live, Jesus wants to be your friend. And Jesus LOVES you. Everyone is invited to Jesus’ partybecause Jesus loves everyone.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY...
Jesus loves everyone February 6
February 6 Jesus loves everyone. In week one, we learn that Jesus loves everyone. Jesus said EVERYONE is invited to the party. Everyone is invited to the party because Jesus loves everyone! Jesus said that no matter what you’ve done, no matter where you live, He loves...
Jesus teaches us how to live January 30
January 30 Jesus teaches us how to live. We will end the month with one last story from Jesus—the house built on a rock. Jesus uses this illustration to teach us that wisdom is always the best foundation for life. Bad weather can come and go and nothing will wash away...
Jesus teaches us to help others January 23
January 23 Jesus teaches us to help others. In week four, Jesus teaches us to help others. He tells a story of a man who took care of a hurt man along the side of the road. We can help our teachers, our parents, our friends—everyone! The very important thing Jesus...
Jesus teaches us we can share our stuff January 16
January 16 Jesus teaches us we can share our stuff. In week three, Jesus teaches us that we can share our stuff. Jesus could have just told us, “Hey, share your stuff.” But instead, He tells a story of a man with big barns filled with food, deciding to build bigger...
The Beginning of the End
The Beginning of the End Continuing to look at the division of Israel, the Prophets Isaiah and Jeremiah, and Daniel.
The Beginning of the End by Rob Barnes
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SCF Kids At Home Elementary
March 6 God wants us to work together. This week we look at a story of cooperation. For many years, the Israelites lived in slavery in the land of Egypt. But eventually, God led them out of Egypt and into the wilderness as they traveled to a land of their own. God called Moses, the leader of the Israelites, to a mountain in order to give him instructions for the people. God gave him rules and laws to help keep people safe and he also told him to build a very special kind of tent. Moses knew that it would take all of God’s people to build it. And so everyone, with their unique gifts, were able to work together to build this special tent.
God wants us to work together. Moses and the Israelites worked together to build the tent of meeting, just as God had asked them. Because everyone cooperated, they were able to accomplish something bigger than any of them could have done alone! It just goes to show that God made us to cooperate. When we use what God has given us and cooperate together, God can work through us in a powerful way.
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Work together to help someone succeed March 13
March 13 Work together to help someone succeed. For week two, we look at Exodus 17:8-13, at a time where Joshua is leading the Israelites in a fierce battle against the Amalekites. When Moses held up his staff, the Israelites were winning the battle. When Moses got...
God wants us to work together March 6
March 6 God wants us to work together. This week we look at a story of cooperation. For many years, the Israelites lived in slavery in the land of Egypt. But eventually, God led them out of Egypt and into the wilderness as they traveled to a land of their own. God...
Make time to help others February 27
February 27 Make time to help others. This week we look at a story that shows Jesus' patience and compassion. As Jesus and his disciples were leaving Jericho, there was a blind man named Bartimaeus sitting by the side of the road begging. Bartimaeus heard that Jesus...
Use what you have to help others February 20
February 20 Use what you have to help others. This week we look at a miracle that Jesus performed. One day Jesus and his disciples went across the Sea of Galilee in order to find a quiet place to rest, but when they landed there was a crowd of thousands and thousands...
Show others that they matter February 13
February 13 Show others that they matter. This week we look at a story out of John 4. After teaching people in Jerusalem and surrounding areas, Jesus went back to Galilee but decided to go back through Samaria. Most people took the long way around to avoid Samaria...
Following Jesus means caring about others February 6
February 6 Following Jesus means caring about others. This week we look at a story out of Luke 4. When Jesus told the people of his hometown, Nazareth, that He was the Messiah that Isaiah had prophesied about hundreds of years before, they didn't believe him and ran...
Know when to stop January 30
January 30 Know when to stop. We close out the month with another one of Solomon’s vivid word pictures in Proverbs 25:16. We help kids find out what happens when we indulge and eat too much. This proverb isn’t just about how much we eat. Kids will learn that too much...
Think before you speak January 23
January 23 Think before you speak. This week we look at something wise that Solomon says in Proverbs 12. He explains that the words of thoughtless people cut like swords. But the tongue of wise people brings healing. In other words, what we say to others can...
Don’t be controlled by your anger January 16
January 16 Don't be controlled by your anger. This week, we look at 1 Samuel 24 at a crucial moment in David’s life. He’s been anointed as the next king of Israel, but King Saul is still around, and he’s out to get David. As David is on the run from King Saul, he...
SCF Kids At Home Preschool
March 6
Jesus says, “Follow me.”
This week, we look at some people that Jesus wanted to be friends with. Peter and Andrew were fishermen and used a big net when they went fishing. One day, Jesus came walking by and told them to follow Him, so they dropped their nets and went with Him. Then Jesus walked past two more fishermen, James and John and told them the same thing, so they followed. These four fishermen followed Jesus and became some of His really good friends called the disciples! Jesus wants to be friends with you, too! Jesus wants to be friends with
everyone. We can all follow Him.
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Everyone can be friends with Jesus even if they have done something wrong March 13
March 13 Everyone can be friends with Jesus even if they have done something wrong. In week two, again, Jesus passes right by all of the expected friend choices, and he heads straight to Matthew, a friendless tax collector. Jesus walks right up to Matthew’s table and...
Jesus says, “Follow me.” March 6
March 6 Jesus says, "Follow me." This week, we look at some people that Jesus wanted to be friends with. Peter and Andrew were fishermen and used a big net when they went fishing. One day, Jesus came walking by and told them to follow Him, so they dropped their nets...
We can love like Jesus February 27
February 27 We can love like Jesus. If Jesus had a party, EVERYONE would be invited. Everyone can celebrate that Jesus loves them because Jesus loves everyone. And Jesus wants US to love everyone, too. In fact, Jesus said, ‘Do everything in love.’ Whether you’re on...
Jesus loves people even when they do something wrong February 20
February 20 Jesus loves people even when they do something wrong. In week three, we get to learn about a man named Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus' job was to collect money from everyone in town, but he was taking more money than he was supposed to. But Jesus loved Zacchaeus...
Jesus loves people everywhere February 13
February 13 Jesus loves people everywhere. In week two, we learn that Jesus love people everywhere. No matter where you live, Jesus wants to be your friend. And Jesus LOVES you. Everyone is invited to Jesus’ partybecause Jesus loves everyone.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY...
Jesus loves everyone February 6
February 6 Jesus loves everyone. In week one, we learn that Jesus loves everyone. Jesus said EVERYONE is invited to the party. Everyone is invited to the party because Jesus loves everyone! Jesus said that no matter what you’ve done, no matter where you live, He loves...
Jesus teaches us how to live January 30
January 30 Jesus teaches us how to live. We will end the month with one last story from Jesus—the house built on a rock. Jesus uses this illustration to teach us that wisdom is always the best foundation for life. Bad weather can come and go and nothing will wash away...
Jesus teaches us to help others January 23
January 23 Jesus teaches us to help others. In week four, Jesus teaches us to help others. He tells a story of a man who took care of a hurt man along the side of the road. We can help our teachers, our parents, our friends—everyone! The very important thing Jesus...
Jesus teaches us we can share our stuff January 16
January 16 Jesus teaches us we can share our stuff. In week three, Jesus teaches us that we can share our stuff. Jesus could have just told us, “Hey, share your stuff.” But instead, He tells a story of a man with big barns filled with food, deciding to build bigger...
SCF Kids At Home Preteen
March 6 God wants us to work together. This week we look at a story about cooperation. Long ago, the Israelites were enslaved in Egypt for hundreds of years because Pharaoh was worried they would turn on him. God called Moses to help rescue them and, after quite the ordeal, they were eventually released. While journeying to the Promised Land, God called Moses to Mount Sinai where He gave him guidelines for how the Israelites should live and care for each other. God also told Moses to build a tent for them to go to feel closer to God and provided specific instructions on how this dwelling should look. He used lots of skilled people, using their talents, to make this happen.
God wants us to work together. All this goes to show that God thinks working together is super important. And God wants us to work together, too! Your best skills will be different than the skills of others. While some are good at sports, others are good at understanding complex mathematical equations. Some are incredible storytellers while others are amazing artists. Each skill we possess is from God. And we can use those gifts on our own, but just imagine what could happen if we work together with God’s help. We’d really make a difference in the world!
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Work together to help someone succeed March 13
March 13 Work together to help someone succeed. For week two, we look at Exodus 17:8-13, at a time where Joshua is leading the Israelites in a fierce battle against the Amalekites. When Moses held up his staff, the Israelites were winning the battle. When Moses got...
God wants us to work together March 6
March 6 God wants us to work together. This week we look at a story about cooperation. Long ago, the Israelites were enslaved in Egypt for hundreds of years because Pharaoh was worried they would turn on him. God called Moses to help rescue them and, after quite the...
Make time to help others February 27
February 27 Make time to help others. This week we look at story that shows Jesus' compassion. Jesus and his disciples were leaving Jericho surrounded by a huge crowd. A blind man named Bartimaeus was on the side of the road begging. He heard that Jesus was passing by...
Use what you have to help others February 20
February 20 Use what you have to help others. This week we look at a miracle that Jesus performed. One day, Jesus and his disciples crossed over to the other side of the Sea of Galilee to find a quiet place to rest away from the crowds, but a crowd of thousands of...
Show others that they matter February 13
February 13 Show others that they matter. This week we look at a story out of John 4. After teaching people in Jerusalem and surrounding areas, Jesus went back to Galilee but decided to go back through Samaria. Most people took the long way around to avoid Samaria...
Following Jesus means caring about others February 6
February 6 Following Jesus means caring about others. This week we look at a story out of Luke 4. When Jesus told the people of his hometown, Nazareth, that He was the Messiah that Isaiah had prophesied about hundreds of years before, they became angry. Not only were...
Know when to stop January 30
January 30 Know when to stop. This week we look at another wise thing that Solomon says in Proverbs 25. He says if you find honey, eat just enough. If you eat too much of it, you will throw up. There are a lot of good things in the world, but anything, even the good...
Think before you speak January 23
January 23 Think before you speak. This week we look at something wise that Solomon says in Proverbs 12. Now, Solomon didn’t always get it right, but God gave him some wisdom that’s definitely worth checking out. He says the words of thoughtless people cut like...
Don’t be controlled by your anger January 16
January 16 Don't be controlled by your anger. This week, we look at 1 Samuel 24 at a crucial moment in David’s life. He’s been anointed as the next king of Israel, but King Saul is still around, and he’s out to get David. As David is on the run from King Saul, he...
A Kingdom Torn in Two
A Kingdom Torn in Two Continuing in 1 Kings.
A Kingdom Torn in Two by Kurt Barnes
https://scf.tv/wp1/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2022_02_27-Story7.mp3
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SCF Kids At Home Preschool
February 27 We can love like Jesus. If Jesus had a party, EVERYONE would be invited. Everyone can celebrate that Jesus loves them because Jesus loves everyone. And Jesus wants US to love everyone, too. In fact, Jesus said, ‘Do everything in love.’ Whether you’re on the playground, at school, or at home with your family, you can do what Jesus said. You can do everything in love!
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Everyone can be friends with Jesus even if they have done something wrong March 13
March 13 Everyone can be friends with Jesus even if they have done something wrong. In week two, again, Jesus passes right by all of the expected friend choices, and he heads straight to Matthew, a friendless tax collector. Jesus walks right up to Matthew’s table and...
Jesus says, “Follow me.” March 6
March 6 Jesus says, "Follow me." This week, we look at some people that Jesus wanted to be friends with. Peter and Andrew were fishermen and used a big net when they went fishing. One day, Jesus came walking by and told them to follow Him, so they dropped their nets...
We can love like Jesus February 27
February 27 We can love like Jesus. If Jesus had a party, EVERYONE would be invited. Everyone can celebrate that Jesus loves them because Jesus loves everyone. And Jesus wants US to love everyone, too. In fact, Jesus said, ‘Do everything in love.’ Whether you’re on...
Jesus loves people even when they do something wrong February 20
February 20 Jesus loves people even when they do something wrong. In week three, we get to learn about a man named Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus' job was to collect money from everyone in town, but he was taking more money than he was supposed to. But Jesus loved Zacchaeus...
Jesus loves people everywhere February 13
February 13 Jesus loves people everywhere. In week two, we learn that Jesus love people everywhere. No matter where you live, Jesus wants to be your friend. And Jesus LOVES you. Everyone is invited to Jesus’ partybecause Jesus loves everyone.DOWNLOAD WEEKLY...
Jesus loves everyone February 6
February 6 Jesus loves everyone. In week one, we learn that Jesus loves everyone. Jesus said EVERYONE is invited to the party. Everyone is invited to the party because Jesus loves everyone! Jesus said that no matter what you’ve done, no matter where you live, He loves...
Jesus teaches us how to live January 30
January 30 Jesus teaches us how to live. We will end the month with one last story from Jesus—the house built on a rock. Jesus uses this illustration to teach us that wisdom is always the best foundation for life. Bad weather can come and go and nothing will wash away...
Jesus teaches us to help others January 23
January 23 Jesus teaches us to help others. In week four, Jesus teaches us to help others. He tells a story of a man who took care of a hurt man along the side of the road. We can help our teachers, our parents, our friends—everyone! The very important thing Jesus...
Jesus teaches us we can share our stuff January 16
January 16 Jesus teaches us we can share our stuff. In week three, Jesus teaches us that we can share our stuff. Jesus could have just told us, “Hey, share your stuff.” But instead, He tells a story of a man with big barns filled with food, deciding to build bigger...
A New Covenant
A New Covenant Kurt shares three things that God reveals in the story of Moses found in Exodus.
A New Covenant by Kurt Barnes
https://scf.tv/wp1/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2022_02_06-Story4.mp3
SCF Kids At Home Elementary
February 6 Following Jesus means caring about others. This week we look at a story out of Luke 4. When Jesus told the people of his hometown, Nazareth, that He was the Messiah that Isaiah had prophesied about hundreds of years before, they didn’t believe him and ran him out of town. It’s hard to believe, but the people in Nazareth rejected Jesus. They didn’t see Jesus for who He really is: the Savior who had come to make things right, for ALL of us! So Jesus left Nazareth and went to Capernaum where He continued to carry out His mission.
Following Jesus means caring about others. The truth is, Jesus cared A LOT for other people. That day in Nazareth, He was using Isaiah’s words to announce what was most important to Him. His entire purpose was to help and rescue others. Jesus lived a life of compassion. He saw people who were normally overlooked and helped those who were hurting. And when we follow Jesus, He teaches us to live that way, too.
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Following Jesus means caring about others February 6
February 6 Following Jesus means caring about others. This week we look at a story out of Luke 4. When Jesus told the people of his hometown, Nazareth, that He was the Messiah that Isaiah had prophesied about hundreds of years before, they didn't believe him and ran...
Know when to stop January 30
January 30 Know when to stop. We close out the month with another one of Solomon’s vivid word pictures in Proverbs 25:16. We help kids find out what happens when we indulge and eat too much. This proverb isn’t just about how much we eat. Kids will learn that too much...
Think before you speak January 23
January 23 Think before you speak. This week we look at something wise that Solomon says in Proverbs 12. He explains that the words of thoughtless people cut like swords. But the tongue of wise people brings healing. In other words, what we say to others can...
Don’t be controlled by your anger January 16
January 16 Don't be controlled by your anger. This week, we look at 1 Samuel 24 at a crucial moment in David’s life. He’s been anointed as the next king of Israel, but King Saul is still around, and he’s out to get David. As David is on the run from King Saul, he...
SCF Kids At Home Preteen
February 6 Following Jesus means caring about others. This week we look at a story out of Luke 4. When Jesus told the people of his hometown, Nazareth, that He was the Messiah that Isaiah had prophesied about hundreds of years before, they became angry. Not only were the people upset that Jesus declared Himself the Messiah who would defend and protect the powerless, but also because Jesus shared that His mission was for everyone, Jews AND Gentiles, to be made right with God. But despite the reaction that day, Jesus made it clear that His purpose was to bring good news to EVERYONE! Jesus was willing to show compassion to those whom others would rather overlook or exclude. His purpose was to bring the good news to everyone, which He ultimately fulfilled by giving His life for everybody and then raising again to new life—a new life that is available to everyone.
Following Jesus means caring about others. As followers of Jesus, we should be becoming more and more like the One we follow. So if we read about Jesus showing compassion to others, what does that mean for us? We should be showing compassion for others! And, if Jesus showed compassion for the ones that were often overlooked, what does that mean for us? We should have compassion to them, too!
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Following Jesus means caring about others February 6
February 6 Following Jesus means caring about others. This week we look at a story out of Luke 4. When Jesus told the people of his hometown, Nazareth, that He was the Messiah that Isaiah had prophesied about hundreds of years before, they became angry. Not only were...
Think before you speak January 23
January 23 Think before you speak. This week we look at something wise that Solomon says in Proverbs 12. Now, Solomon didn’t always get it right, but God gave him some wisdom that’s definitely worth checking out. He says the words of thoughtless people cut like...
Don’t be controlled by your anger January 16
January 16 Don't be controlled by your anger. This week, we look at 1 Samuel 24 at a crucial moment in David’s life. He’s been anointed as the next king of Israel, but King Saul is still around, and he’s out to get David. As David is on the run from King Saul, he...
SCF Kids At Home Preschool
February 6 Jesus loves everyone. In week one, we learn that Jesus loves everyone. Jesus said EVERYONE is invited to the party. Everyone is invited to the party because Jesus loves everyone! Jesus said that no matter what you’ve done, no matter where you live, He loves you. No matter what language you speak or what kind of food you eat, He loves you.
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Jesus loves everyone February 6
February 6 Jesus loves everyone. In week one, we learn that Jesus loves everyone. Jesus said EVERYONE is invited to the party. Everyone is invited to the party because Jesus loves everyone! Jesus said that no matter what you’ve done, no matter where you live, He loves...
Jesus teaches us how to live January 30
January 30 Jesus teaches us how to live. We will end the month with one last story from Jesus—the house built on a rock. Jesus uses this illustration to teach us that wisdom is always the best foundation for life. Bad weather can come and go and nothing will wash away...
Jesus teaches us to help others January 23
January 23 Jesus teaches us to help others. In week four, Jesus teaches us to help others. He tells a story of a man who took care of a hurt man along the side of the road. We can help our teachers, our parents, our friends—everyone! The very important thing Jesus...
Jesus teaches us we can share our stuff January 16
January 16 Jesus teaches us we can share our stuff. In week three, Jesus teaches us that we can share our stuff. Jesus could have just told us, “Hey, share your stuff.” But instead, He tells a story of a man with big barns filled with food, deciding to build bigger...
The Story of Joseph
The Story of Joseph Rob shares the story of Joseph in Genesis and speaks about how God works all things together for our good.
The Story of Joseph by Rob Barnes
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SCF Kids At Home Elementary
January 30 Know when to stop. We close out the month with another one of Solomon’s vivid word pictures in Proverbs 25:16. We help kids find out what happens when we indulge and eat too much. This proverb isn’t just about how much we eat. Kids will learn that too much anything, even if it’s a good thing, can have serious consequences.
Knowing when to stop isn’t always easy for kids. Often, it’s a parent or teacher who helps them realize it’s time to stop what they’re doing and take a break. We hope that kids start to see that stopping something—even if it’s fun—can be the wisest choice they can make. We also want them to know they don’t need to do this on their own. God can help them know when to stop and give them the strength to do it.
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Following Jesus means caring about others February 6
February 6 Following Jesus means caring about others. This week we look at a story out of Luke 4. When Jesus told the people of his hometown, Nazareth, that He was the Messiah that Isaiah had prophesied about hundreds of years before, they didn't believe him and ran...
Know when to stop January 30
January 30 Know when to stop. We close out the month with another one of Solomon’s vivid word pictures in Proverbs 25:16. We help kids find out what happens when we indulge and eat too much. This proverb isn’t just about how much we eat. Kids will learn that too much...
Think before you speak January 23
January 23 Think before you speak. This week we look at something wise that Solomon says in Proverbs 12. He explains that the words of thoughtless people cut like swords. But the tongue of wise people brings healing. In other words, what we say to others can...
Don’t be controlled by your anger January 16
January 16 Don't be controlled by your anger. This week, we look at 1 Samuel 24 at a crucial moment in David’s life. He’s been anointed as the next king of Israel, but King Saul is still around, and he’s out to get David. As David is on the run from King Saul, he...
SCF Kids At Home Preschool
January 30 Jesus teaches us how to live. We will end the month with one last story from Jesus—the house built on a rock. Jesus uses this illustration to teach us that wisdom is always the best foundation for life. Bad weather can come and go and nothing will wash away what you have built – a foundation of wisdom. But, foolishness, well, that’s like a foundation of sand. Whatever you’re building is not going to stand for long. When we live the way Jesus taught us to live, we are building our lives on a foundation of wisdom, and it will stand strong.
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Jesus loves everyone February 6
February 6 Jesus loves everyone. In week one, we learn that Jesus loves everyone. Jesus said EVERYONE is invited to the party. Everyone is invited to the party because Jesus loves everyone! Jesus said that no matter what you’ve done, no matter where you live, He loves...
Jesus teaches us how to live January 30
January 30 Jesus teaches us how to live. We will end the month with one last story from Jesus—the house built on a rock. Jesus uses this illustration to teach us that wisdom is always the best foundation for life. Bad weather can come and go and nothing will wash away...
Jesus teaches us to help others January 23
January 23 Jesus teaches us to help others. In week four, Jesus teaches us to help others. He tells a story of a man who took care of a hurt man along the side of the road. We can help our teachers, our parents, our friends—everyone! The very important thing Jesus...
Jesus teaches us we can share our stuff January 16
January 16 Jesus teaches us we can share our stuff. In week three, Jesus teaches us that we can share our stuff. Jesus could have just told us, “Hey, share your stuff.” But instead, He tells a story of a man with big barns filled with food, deciding to build bigger...
SCF Kids At Home Preteen
January 30 Know when to stop. This week we look at another wise thing that Solomon says in Proverbs 25. He says if you find honey, eat just enough. If you eat too much of it, you will throw up. There are a lot of good things in the world, but anything, even the good things, can turn bad if they get out of control. Too much of a good thing isn’t a good thing anymore.
Know when to stop. If you find yourself thinking about that something all the time or allowing that good thing to stress you out, that might be a clue that you need to press STOP. A good idea is to ask someone you trust to help you see what that might be for you. And thankfully, when you choose to follow Jesus, the Holy Spirit will help you! He can give you some encouragement to slow down, take a break, or stop.
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Following Jesus means caring about others February 6
February 6 Following Jesus means caring about others. This week we look at a story out of Luke 4. When Jesus told the people of his hometown, Nazareth, that He was the Messiah that Isaiah had prophesied about hundreds of years before, they became angry. Not only were...
Think before you speak January 23
January 23 Think before you speak. This week we look at something wise that Solomon says in Proverbs 12. Now, Solomon didn’t always get it right, but God gave him some wisdom that’s definitely worth checking out. He says the words of thoughtless people cut like...
Don’t be controlled by your anger January 16
January 16 Don't be controlled by your anger. This week, we look at 1 Samuel 24 at a crucial moment in David’s life. He’s been anointed as the next king of Israel, but King Saul is still around, and he’s out to get David. As David is on the run from King Saul, he...
God Builds a Nation
God Builds a Nation Based in Genesis 12, the story of Abraham faith in obeying God’s call on his life.
God Builds a Nation by Kurt Barnes
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SCF Kids At Home Preschool
January 23 Jesus teaches us to help others. In week four, Jesus teaches us to help others. He tells a story of a man who took care of a hurt man along the side of the road. We can help our teachers, our parents, our friends—everyone! The very important thing Jesus taught us in this story is that we can help everyone.
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Jesus loves everyone February 6
February 6 Jesus loves everyone. In week one, we learn that Jesus loves everyone. Jesus said EVERYONE is invited to the party. Everyone is invited to the party because Jesus loves everyone! Jesus said that no matter what you’ve done, no matter where you live, He loves...
Jesus teaches us how to live January 30
January 30 Jesus teaches us how to live. We will end the month with one last story from Jesus—the house built on a rock. Jesus uses this illustration to teach us that wisdom is always the best foundation for life. Bad weather can come and go and nothing will wash away...
Jesus teaches us to help others January 23
January 23 Jesus teaches us to help others. In week four, Jesus teaches us to help others. He tells a story of a man who took care of a hurt man along the side of the road. We can help our teachers, our parents, our friends—everyone! The very important thing Jesus...
Jesus teaches us we can share our stuff January 16
January 16 Jesus teaches us we can share our stuff. In week three, Jesus teaches us that we can share our stuff. Jesus could have just told us, “Hey, share your stuff.” But instead, He tells a story of a man with big barns filled with food, deciding to build bigger...