April Lessons for Wee Praise

Here they are everyone, the lessons for April!

Wee Praise Overview for April 2009: The theme for the month is that “Jesus & His Friends Show His Love”. Week One starts with the encounter with Zacchaeus, illustrating that Jesus loves everyone, all the time. Then on Easter Sunday (4/12) we will celebrate that JESUS LIVES!!! Week Three will be the story of Phillip and the Ethiopian Eunuch, illustrating that Jesus’ friends showed their love by going to the whole world to tell them of Jesus. Then the last week we will have look at the end of Revelation where Jesus returns to take His followers to be with Him in heaven.

MEMORY VERSE: I John 4:7
“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God.”

4/5/09 G32: JESUS & HIS FRIENDS SHOWS HIS LOVE Zacchaeus Meets Jesus (Luke 19: 1-10) EMPHASIS: Jesus and His followers are always at work showing love to those they meet. APPLICATION: Jesus loves us just like we are, all the time!
* Share & Prayer Activity: “Names Hearts”
* Craft: GCP32: “Zacchaeus Flap Picture”

4/12/09 G34: JESUS LIVES ! ! ! Matt. 27:33 - 28:8 Jesus’ Resurrection EMPHASIS: Jesus’ empty tomb on that Sunday morning means victory over Satan and death. APPLICATION: Jesus not only loves us just like we are, but His resurrection means we do not have to be afraid of anything.
* Share & Prayer/Activity: we will take the kids for a walk, then come
back to our rooms for prayer (weather permitting)
* Craft: GCP34: “Resurrection Stick Puppets”

4/19/09 G35: TELL OTHERS ABOUT JESUS Acts 8: 4-39 Phillip Teaches the Man in the Chariot EMPHASIS: An example of how His disciples told EVERYONE THEY MET about Jesus! APPLICATION: That Jesus wants US to tell others about Him also.
* Share & Prayer: “Thankful Cards”
* Craft: GCP35: “Bible Story Figures”

4/26/09 JESUS RETURNS AT THE HEAD OF HIS ARMY Rev. 19:11-16; 21:1-4;
21:22-22:7 EMPHASIS: That Jesus is surely coming back for his friends/
followers, and that when He does He will “beat” Satan completely, for the last time, and then take all of God’s children to be with Him in heaven. APPLICATION: Whatever, is happening in our lives, Jesus is stronger than Satan and He can take care of us no matter what.

Help needed due to 360 success!

Hello again, everyone! The new 360 service was a tremendous success last week in bringing in folks to worship. And when they came, they also brought their children!! We had 37+ in Wee Praise second service, and were overflowing with children, even with it being a Spring Break Sunday. We have enough three’s, four’s and five’s to have two classes of each age! That means we need about a dozen workers to staff our Wee Praise in second service.

I’m trying to get an early jump on things this week. Please reply back ASAP to let me know if you can or cannot help. We are doing Our Lord’s work and I hope that we can do our best for our children!


Neal

March 2009 Wee Praise Lessons

Many thanks to Jimmy Dobbs who put this in my inbox today! Here are the lessons for March.

MARCH 2009: “Jesus Shows His Love & Greatness”

Memory Verse: John 1:2,3b “He was with God in the beginning…..without Him
nothing was made that has been made.”


03/01 JESUS SHOWS HIS LOVE & GREATNESS:The Raising of Lazarus
EMPHASIS: How awesome is the all-encompassing power, and love, that are characteristic of God & Jesus.
APPLICATION: That Jesus is ALL-POWERFUL, as seen in the resurrection of Lazarus.
Share & Prayer: “ALL THE THINGS JESUS CAN DO!”
Activities: Let the children take turns wrapping and unwrapping each other, pretending to be Lazarus.
Craft: GCE27: Power Mobile

03/08 JESUS SHOWS HIS LOVE & GREATNESS Healing Two Blind Men
EMPHASIS: How awesome is the all-encompassing power, and love, that are characteristic of God & Jesus.
APPLICATION: That Jesus is ALL-POWERFUL, as seen in the healing of the blind men.
Share & Prayer: “PRAYER CLOCKS” (see separate sheet)
Activities: “BLINDFOLDED OBSTACLE COURSE” (see separate sheet)
Craft: GCE28: “FUNNY GLASSES”

03/15 JESUS SHOWS HIS LOVE & GREATNESS Jesus Walks on Water
EMPHASIS: Jesus being all-powerful means that He can do anything.
APPLICATION: Since Jesus is all-powerful, we can trust Him to do anything and take care of us, no matter what.
Share & Prayer: “Things that are hard to trust Jesus with”
Activities: “LEAP TO THE BOAT” (see separate sheet)
Craft: GCE29: “Trust Jesus Posters”

03/22 JESUS SHOWS HIS LOVE & GREATNESS Jesus Travels From Place to Place
EMPHASIS: Even though Jesus is all-powerful, He seeks people out to tell them about His Father.
APPLICATION: Jesus also wants us to go tell people about God -- all people, everywhere!
Share & Prayer/Activity: “Jesus Around the World”
Craft: GCP30: “Jesus Hand Puppet”

Second service volunteers

Here is the current list for second service. I need even more help here!

Neal

Coordinator Neal McDevitt
Coordinator Jennifer McDevitt
Feb/June/Oct Patsy Sikes
Feb/June/Oct Jason South
Feb/June/Oct Allison Autrey
Feb/June/Oct Pat Autrey
Feb/June/Oct Allysa Byrd
Feb/June/Oct Garrett Henry
Feb/June/Oct Emily Henry
Feb/June/Oct Janie Holden
Feb/June/Oct Buddy Owen
Feb/June/Oct Hope Owen
Feb/June/Oct Brian Perry
Feb/June/Oct Kimberly Perry
Feb/June/Oct Gina South
Feb/June/Oct Crispin South
Mar/July/Nov Logan Leary
Mar/July/Nov Andrea Mann
Mar/July/Nov Eric Marlowe
Mar/July/Nov Jared Norman
Mar/July/Nov Jamie Russell
Mar/July/Nov Aaron Sanders
Mar/July/Nov Linda Segrest
Apr/Aug/Dec Ashleann Dapprich
Apr/Aug/Dec Emily Dapprich
Apr/Aug/Dec Amy Hicks
Apr/Aug/Dec Chris Hicks
Apr/Aug/Dec Sarah Marks
Apr/Aug/Dec Todd Miller
May/Sept/Jan Terry Williams
May/Sept/Jan Cindy Williams
May/Sept/Jan Ellen Wooldridge
Substitute Hope Austin
Substitute Emily Cason
Substitute Lacey Smith
Substitute Bailey Smith
Substitute Jon Atchison
Substitute Chris Bishop
Substitute Morgan Bishop
Substitute Dana Edwards
Substitute Mary Ashley Sanders
Substitute Scott Tomlin
Substitute Jonathan Woodward
Substitute Jennifer Woodward

Current teams: First Service

Well, this has been an uphill climb, but I'm going to post the current rosters for our Wee Praise workers for first service. I still need help on the team that starts in March!


Neal

Coordinator Terry Dees
Coordinator Jimmy Dobbs
Feb/June/Oct Stephen Borland
Feb/June/Oct Brenda Boyt
Feb/June/Oct Darrell Boyt
Feb/June/Oct Lexie Emerson
Feb/June/Oct Janice Majors
Feb/June/Oct Leigh Pene
Feb/June/Oct Shane Pene
Mar/July/Nov Greg Black
Mar/July/Nov Rayla Black
Mar/July/Nov Lisa Fifield
Mar/July/Nov Martha Jackson
Mar/July/Nov Marci Johns
Mar/July/Nov Michael (Bo) Johns
Mar/July/Nov Lauren Lewis
Mar/July/Nov Allison Phillips
Apr/Aug/Dec Sam Evans
Apr/Aug/Dec Rick Howard
Apr/Aug/Dec Trisha Howard
Apr/Aug/Dec Katie Simmons
Apr/Aug/Dec Wendy Smith
May/Sept/Jan Gregory Gorski
May/Sept/Jan Melanie Gorski
May/Sept/Jan Lisa Shaw
May/Sept/Jan Ashley Smith
May/Sept/Jan Brad Smith
May/Sept/Jan Ed Smith
May/Sept/Jan Lynne Smith
May/Sept/Jan Dona Todd
Substitute Tammy Black
Substitute Allyson Andrews
Substitute Jim Brady
Substitute Randy Stroup

Wee Praise lesson for 12/28

OVERVIEW: 12/28/08 TELL OTHER ABOUT JESUS Luke 2: 8-20

Remember the month’s theme (Jesus’ birth), and this week is about the good news of Jesus’ birth being announced to the world, shepherds in the fields specifically!

APPLICATION: Jesus’ birth is just as much good news as it was 2000 years ago, and we should also be out telling the world about him!

SHARE & PRAYER “Children Around the World”

Ask kids what they received for Christmas. Mention how blessed we are and how much we have to be thankful for (Jesus first of course, then moms and dads, brothers/sisters, food / houses , etc.), and that today we’re going to think about other kids around the world and pray for them.

Engage kids in thinking about other kids and what we can pray for. As always, reinforce anything that you can, and redirect inappropriate comments kindly and gently. Look to identify some of the following:
à Manyozo, of course
à kids that don’t have parents/homes, such as the other
orphans in Malawi, Zimbabwe, elsewhere
à kids who don’t know about the great new of Jesus,
such as children in Tanzania or Turkey who have
never even heard of Jesus
à children who don’t have houses, or clothes, or enough
food like we do

As always, try to get the kids to join in your prayer of asking God to bless the other children of the world in the ways that you’ve talked about.

ACTIVITY: "A gift for Jesus"


Remind the children about our story and how the wise men brought presents to baby Jesus. Then explain to the children that we’re going to play a game about giving a present to Jesus. Let one of the children “be Jesus” by putting the crown on his/her head, and have a chair/seat for him/her to sit on like a throne. Then let the other children take turns “giving the present to Jesus”. The point of the exercise is to ask them to think about what they would like to “give” to Jesus when they come before His throne in heaven some day. Try to get them to thinking about what kind of a present He would want us to give Him. Without just supplying an exact idea, you may want to suggest that the present that Jesus would want on that day is for us to have done something for Him, or in His name, while we’re still here on earth. You get the idea . . . get them

Lesson for 12/14

Here's what we are studying on December 14:

LISTEN CAREFULLY & OBEY Matt. 1:18-25
Remember the month’s theme (Jesus’ birth), and this week is about the angel visiting Joseph to tell him of God’s plan, and to obey God. APPLICATION: God had a plan, and invited first Mary and then Joseph to participate in His plan! God wants us to join Him in reaching out to the world, and never ceases inviting us to join Him in His plans

The last two weeks have been the stories of angels first visiting Mary, and this week Joseph, to tell them about God’s plan for the and the world. Today we want to just prompt the kids to think a bit more about HOW WE LISTEN TO GOD, another part of what it means to “talk to God” in prayer.

Gather the kids around and ask/remind them of how it was that God spoke to first Mary, and then Joseph (through an angel). Then ask them how God talks to us today. Allow time for them to suggest some things . . . reinforce anything that is appropriate (or can be reworded or reconfigured to be correct), but also be careful to say “no” (kindly, of course) to things which they say that are not correct. What we’re looking for in the ways God speaks to us include:
--the Bible
--parents
--Mr. Buddy, Uncle Al, Sun. Schl. teachers, other Godly people
--our own conscience

After reinforcing the concept that prayer is not only our speaking to God, but also Him speaking to us even today, ask the children what specific things they want to pray about today and then encourage them to participate in talking to God.