Pre-K/Elementary
This week, our story is from Genesis 3, and it’s really sad. Unfortunately, Adam and Eve didn’t keep the promise they made with God, and like we say every week, their sin broke God’s creation. Their sin didn’t just break their relationship with God—it broke everything. It broke our relationships: Friendships. The way mommies and daddies understand each other. Brothers and Sisters. It also broke God’s creation. This is a very important story, because it explains why sad things happen, why people get sick, why people hurt one another, and why we feel lonely. Sin isn’t just something inside us; it’s all around us, too. It’s the bad things we do, AND it’s the bad things that happen to us. Sin wasn’t supposed to be part of God’s creation. It’s like a disease or a pest that comes in and messes everything up.
But don’t get too sad! Listen for the end of the story—Even though Adam and Eve broke the covenant, God doesn’t stop keeping his promises! God always keeps his promises to be with his people and take care of them! They don’t stop being family just because they disobey. God still LOVES his people and his creation, even though everything is broken. But there are sad consequences.)
Parents, click here for a class summary, and click here for discussion questions to use with your kids at home.
Middle School- Pilgrim’s Progress
Sal Macaluso is leading our middle schoolers in a reading and discussion of Pilgrim’s Progress. Each student has a copy of the book in the “One Syllable” version that we will be using in the class. This is for your child to keep at home; we will have copies of the same book that we will be using in class. This Pilgrim’s Progress in One Syllables is a version of what we will use, but it still has some if the “Olde English” words which have been updated in what we are using.
This is the Pilgrim’s Progress Study Guide that we will be using in the class. We will be lining up with the weeks in this guide, with last Sunday’s class being Week #1 in the Study Guide. Please note that neither the Study Guide nor the online version will have page #s that correspond to the book we are using in the class.
Please encourage your child to read ahead and to Sal me know if they are interested in playing the role of any of the upcoming characters that Christian will encounter on his journey.
This is a video study by Derek Thomas that I encourage you to use to support discussions at home.
Adult- Covenants
A covenant is an agreement that God makes with his people, establishing them as his people and himself as their King. Understanding how covenants work is the key to interpreting Scripture faithfully. Click here to watch our Sunday School discussion. You can also access the handout provided during class by clicking here.