February 2012

It’s the month of L-O-V-E. Love! So, let’s celebrate it by showing our love to the one who loves us more than anyone!

This month, we will teach our preschoolers to: “Love . . . God with all your heart,” (Matthew 22:37, NIrV). And how do we love God with our all our hearts? Why, we look to Jesus to teach us. Through the month of February, Jesus will teach us how to love God. We can love God by doing what He wants us to do as He sat in the temple as a young boy of 12. We can love God by loving others, and we can love God by talking to Him through prayer.

By sharing what Jesus taught us while He was here on earth, we pray that our preschoolers will begin to understand how to love their heavenly Father who loves them so very much.

Basic Truth: Jesus wants to be my friend forever.

Key Question: How do you love God?

Bottom Line: Love God with all your heart.

Memory Verse: “Love ... God with all your heart.” Matthew 22:37, NIrV

Parent Resource: Small Talk - for you to download and use with your children at home all month long.

January 2012

A new year gives us another reason to celebrate that Jesus wants to be my friend forever! This month, we will share several of the miracles that Jesus performed in His short time with us here on earth, showing us that nothing is too hard for Him. If Jesus is so amazing and powerful that He can walk on water then surely He can help me learn to share with my friends. Preschoolers will hear how Jesus turned water to wine (we call it a “super fancy drink”), helped His friends fill their nets with fish, fed thousands with two fishes and five loaves of bread, and calmed a storm by just telling it to stop. Through each story, our little ones will learn that Jesus can do anything, and “With God, all things are possible,” (Matthew 19:26).

Basic Truth: Jesus wants to be my friend forever.

Key Question: Who can do anything?

Bottom Line: Jesus can do anything.

Memory Verse: “With God, all things are possible." Matthew 19:26, NIV

Parent Resource: Small Talk - for you to download and use with your children at home all month long.

December 2011

We will celebrate with our children that God gave us Jesus. God loves us SO much that He sent His Son to live among us and ultimately die for our sins. We will tremble with Mary as she hears of her coming child. We will give thanks with Mary and Joseph when they find a stable in which to deliver their first child. We will rejoice with the angels who came to deliver the good news. We will honor our Savior with gifts along with the wise men. As we work through the amazing Christmas story, we will celebrate the most amazing gift of love ever given, God’s son Jesus.

Basic Truth: Jesus wants to be my friend forever.

Key Question: How do we know God loves us?

Bottom Line: God gave us Jesus.

Memory Verse: “God has given a son to us." Isaiah 9:6, NCV

Parent Resource: Small Talk - for you to download and use with your children at home all month long.