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20 non-breakable cups or bowls (or as many as you have on hand), a Bible or Bible App. WHAT YOU DO: Open/download/print the PARENT GUIDE. Gather your family together where you can watch the Bible video and you have room to do the activities. WHAT YOU SAY: Our April Life App is Humility. A life app is something that God wants to do IN you to change the world AROUND you. WHAT YOU DO:
If you have a Bible, open it to Luke 24:13-35 or pull it up on a Bible App. Help kids find where the passage is located. WHAT YOU SAY: Humility is putting others first because we want to, not because we have to. Jesus spent His whole life putting others first. No one had ever seen the kind of humility that Jesus showed. The way He treated people was unforgettable. Jesus put people first -- showing them love and compassion -- even when no one else would. The way Jesus lived, and the things Jesus taught, changed how people thought about God and thought about how we should treat others. Let's see what we can learn from our Bible message today. Show this video: APPLYING THE MESSAGE TO OUR LIVES WHAT YOU SAY: Think about how excited these two guys must have been. They had just sat down to a meal after a seven-mile journey—but once they figured out that Jesus Himself had been with them, they got up and booked it all the way back to Jerusalem! There they found eleven of the disciples and started telling them everything that happened. They told the disciples how Jesus had walked alongside them, how He had explained the Scriptures, and how they finally realized it was Him when He started to pass out the bread. It was all true. Jesus was alive! The disciples were starting to get a better idea about just how big God’s plan really was. It stretched longer and farther through history than any of them could possibly imagine. That's why one of the things you and I can learn from this Bible story is that there’s always more to discover about God’s plan. The disciples thought they had seen the end of the story when Jesus died on the cross. But God’s plan was so much bigger than what they could even imagine! Sometimes humility means admitting that you DON’T have all the answers. Asking questions helps us learn more about God. On the road to Emmaus, Jesus helped these men fill in the blanks and connect the dots about God’s plan. He showed them through the Scriptures that He really is God’s Son. Just like those men, you are never, ever done learning. What does that mean for you today? Well, it’s simple. Ask lots of questions. Don’t ever stop discovering God’s Big Story for yourself. Let's do some KidsConnect games to help us learn how showing humility can bring us closer to God. WHAT YOU DO: Open/view/download the PARENT GUIDE and do the activities together. |
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CONNECT WITH OTHERS Take a photo of your family doing one of the activities and post it to our private Facebook group @ Foothills Family Ministries or ask Ms. Lisa to share it lisastewart@foothillsumc.org. Seeing pictures of other KidsConnect families doing the activities will hopefully help us feel connected during this time of physical isolation! | ||