Children's Ministry (Quest)

Sunday 23^rd  October, 2011

Itibari (2yrs) & Neema (3yrs) Classes

This Sunday the 2-3 year olds learnt how we can be happy that Jesus cares. In the Parable of the Good Samaritan, the stranger’s compassion and kindness saved not only the injured man’s life but surely saved his faith in others as well.  (Luke 10:25-37).

Aim:

• Children to understand what Jesus cares for them.
• Children will know that it’s important to care for others.

Imani (4-5 yrs) Class

This Sunday the 4-5 year olds learnt how we can obey when God calls us. When Samuel heard someone calling in the night, he was sure it must be Eli, the priest. Eli had grown old, and his eyes were so weak that he was nearly blind. Samuel was young and strong-he was glad to help the man who’d cared for him most of his life. Samuel ran to Eli’s side to see how he could help but was puzzled when Eli realized that it was God who was calling Samuel. . (1 Samuel 3:1-21).

Aim:

That the children will:

• Practice listening and following directions.
• Ask God to help them obey him.

Verse to learn:

Psalm 107:1a – “Give thanks to the Lord”

Sifa (6-7yrs), Shangwe (8-9yrs) & Johari (10-11yrs) Classes

This Sunday, the 6-11 year olds’ started on a new curriculum ‘The World of Jesus’ Parables, and this Sunday they learnt on the Parable of the Lost Sheep. Jesus shows us that God seeks those who are lost . (Matt 18:12-14)

Aim:

That the children and pre-teens will:

• Recognize that God’s desire is for each of them to follow Him.

Verse to learn:

Luke 19:10- “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.”

Sunday 2^nd October, 2011

Itibari (2yrs) & Neema (3yrs) Classes

This Sunday the 2-3 year olds started a new curriculum on Jesus cares. This week they started with the parable of the good Samaritan, Jesus compared the cold apathy of two religious leaders with the compassion of a Samaritan-a people the Jews typically despised. The unlikely Samaritan was the one who stopped and helped an injured man. Through this parable, Jesus taught that true compassion transcends ethnic and religious barriers.  (Luke 10:25-37).

Aim:

• Children to understand what caring means.
• Children will realize that Jesus cares for them all the time..

Imani (4-5 yrs) Class

This Sunday the 4-5 year olds started a new curriculum on Samuel. As others worshipped jubilantly around her, Hannah wept. The customary recital of God’s blessings only deepened her despair. Why hadn’t God blessed her? Her inability to bear children plagued her day and night. Even as Hannah worshipped at the house of the Lord, other women harshly pointed out her inability to enhance her status by producing a child. In spite of her husband’s reassurances, Hannah cried and cried. Then one day she gave her sorrow to God. She prayed fervently for a son and promised God she’d give the boy back to Him. (1 Samuel 1:1-20).

Aim:

That the children will:

• Discover ways they can listen to God.

Verse to learn:

Psalm 107:1a – “Give thanks to the Lord”

Sifa (6-7yrs), Shangwe (8-9yrs) & Johari (10-11yrs) Classes

This Sunday, the 6-11 year olds’ learnt what if they don’t feel like praying all they do is they need to check their lives and confess their sin to God. (Matthew 4:18-20)

Aim:

That the children and pre-teens will:

• Know that if they can confess any sin in their life and regain the joy of their friendship with God.

Verse to learn:

Phillipians 4:6- “….in everything by prayer…let your requests be made known unto God. ”