Today the CCnaugy kids kicked off the first week of our new series, The Jesus Family Tree! Each week we will dig into the lineage of Jesus’ family to learn more about the people He descended from.

Wonder Truth: God Keeps His Promises

In God’s Big Story: God promised Abraham a son, but as the years wore on, this seemed impossible. Abraham was far too old for children! But God keeps His promises in His time.

Scripture: Genesis 15; 17

Word of Wonder:
The Lord Himself will give you a sign. The virgin is going to have a baby. She will give birth to a son. And he will be called Immanuel.
—Isaiah 7:14 (NIrV)

In the lesson we saw that God keeps His promises. In Genesis, God makes a promise to Abraham, a man too old to have children, that he will have a son and that all nations will be blessed through him.

In fact, God told Abraham that his descendants would be like  the number of stars in the sky.

True to His word, God gives Abraham a son named Isaac. Through their family, Jesus is eventually born!

Both the PreK/K and Elementary classes explored the Bible lesson through experiments, hands on activities, and a video. The PreK/K class made Abraham ornaments, did a candy cane experiment  and decorated stars for our mural.

The Elementary class did an experiment with skittles, oil and water and also made some customized stars to hang up. 

We look forward to learning more about Jesus’s descendants over the next few weeks leading up to Christmas!

We wrapped up our exciting Thanksgiving theme, Pass the Plate: I Am Made for Community. This month, we explored the idea of community and the tension of "fitting in." This Sunday's Big Idea was that God's design is Oneness, not sameness.

We played games that encouraged students to interact with each other and discussed the challenge and the importance of forming friendships with people different from ourselves.

Unity on the surface can often seem complicated, but we can be encouraged when we turn to the Bible and focus on Jesus' prayer in John 17 for unity among believers. Just as God is a unified Trinity of Father, Son, and Spirit, we are meant to strive for unity.

Get ready for some December delight as we kick off our festive theme: "Here With Us: I Am Never Alone." Join us for our youth ministry sessions on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of December. And gear up for a fun-filled Ugly Sweater party for all youth during our Christmas Eve service. There will be first and second-place prizes!! It's going to be a jolly good time!