October

Welcome to October!

Jesus Does Amazing Things!

As our Explorers are continuing to learn about what amazing things Jesus did, today they learned about the time that He turned water into "Super Fancy Party Drink"!  How fun!  They had a great time, as you can see by the pictures below!

Be sure to check out our Momentum Kids Facebook page and get signed up for

the first "team play" of Momentum March Madness!

If you will provide us your email, we will "gift" you the Parent Cue App for smartphones so that you can continue the conversation about Sunday's lesson all week at home! 

Details on the FB page or at

MomentumKids.blogspot.com

March in Explorers!

During the month of March, we want our preschoolers to feel that same amazement, that wonder and awe, that only Jesus can bring.  Jesus came to do amazing things, and He did them.  They'll hear about how the people in the temple were amazed by the questions a 12-year-old boy was asking.  They'll hear of the awesome experience that was Jesus baptism when God spoke from the heavens.  They'll watch in awe as Jesus turns water to "super fancy drink" at a wedding.

In addition, our preschoolers will learn that Jesus invited some special friends to go on His amazing journey with Him.  They'll hear how these men left their jobs to follow their savior and watch Him do amazing things.  Finally they will learn that Jesus taught us how to pray.  We can talk to our Father in heaven any time, anywhere, about anything.  Now that IS amazing.  What a gift!!

From today:

February - Does Jesus Love Everyone

This month's focus is Love. Our mission is to found out - does Jesus love everyone?



Check out this video of Amelia saying our memory verse!

 

 

"Love each other as I have loved you." John 15:12, NIV

God Can Do Anything!

The preschoolers started off the new year learning that Jesus can do anything! Today on the video,  they watched Jesus filling an empty net with fish that almost sunk the boat. Nothing is impossible with God!

Our prayer spot was a powerful time today as our focus was praying for the church. We prayed for pastor Ross.

This week, watch the DVD Rainbow Fish or play the card game Go Fish to remind your child of this week's lesson.

See you next Sunday!

God Loves Us Because He Gave Us Jesus

Last Sunday, we had so much fun discovering the wonder of Christmas with the birth of Jesus. The class students had fun placing baby Jesus in the manger on a pillow and toy animals kept Him company.

Addie has been teaching us a new Christmas song and Sam helped her lead it. The preschoolers are discovering the real meaning of Christmas. God loves us because he gave us Jesus!

See you on Sunday!

Christmas Time For Momentum Kids

It's starting to look like Christmas at Momentum Kids!!!

God Is With Us and We Are Thankful

This Sunday, we made some new friends with some fuzzy lions and learned that God is always with us - even when we are afraid and things are hard. 

We celebrated Thanksgiving by making special Thankful placemats. 

To help us remember our verse, we recited it loud, and then soft, and then slow! 

During our prayer spot time, we thanked God for the many wonderful things in our lives.

We hope that you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving, and we look forward to seeing you on Sunday!

God Is There For Us

In our lesson we learned about Ruth, Naomi & Boaz.

Ruth was there for Naomi when she needed her.

Boaz was there to let them get grains.

Best of all, God was there for them all just as he is for us every where we go!

We had three students recite their Memory Verse in class - Autumn, Samantha & Amelia. Awesome job girls!!!

See you all next Sunday!!

We Can Do Super Things With God

This week, Preschool kicked off their Super Kid series. All the kids got capes and a Super Kids book to read at home that goes right along with all the lessons of the month. 

We are learning that we can do Super things with God!  We looked at the story of Elijah who prayed and asked God to send fire from Heaven. God did just that and everyone knew that Elijah's God was the only real God!

God Had a Plan for Joseph in Jail

This week, we learned that God had a plan for Joseph, even while he was in jail.  The men who served Pharaoh told him about Joseph and how he could interpret dreams.  Pharaoh called for Joseph, told him his dream, and heard how God revealed to Joseph about the upcoming famine.  If Joseph hadn't been in jail, he wouldn't have met the men, wouldn't have told Pharaoh about the famine and many people would have died.  God has a plan for us, too.  Especially when we don't understand why things are happening like they are, we can know that God has a plan!

Be sure to watch Facebook for resources for parents all week long.  Sneak peek:  Monday's resource: this video that the preschoolers saw about God's plan for Joseph, and me! http://tinyurl.com/llxsvu5

See you next week!!

God's Plan May Be Hard

This Sunday, we continued the theme that God has a Plan For Me.  We looked at the time in Joseph's life when someone told lies about him, and he was put in jail.  Joseph could have gotten mad; it was hard being in jail.  But he remembered that God had a plan for him and he trusted God.  And God's plan was best!

Sometimes, God's plan for us may be hard, too.  We may have to share our toys, move to a new school or tell the truth when it's difficult.  But God has a plan for us, too.  And, just like with Joseph, God's plan is best! We can pray and ask God to help us go along with His plan.

To help us understand this point, we had a great time playing in a jail made out of crete paper and making a mini book of the story.

Come back next week to see if Joseph stays in jail!!

We Can Be a Big Fan of God's Plan

This week's lesson was about Joseph being sold by his brothers to the slave traders going to Egypt.  Even though Joseph must have been sad to be so far away from his home and family, he knew that God had a plan for him, so he made up his mind to always depend on God.  God used all the people in Joseph's family to help make His plan work out!  We can always trust God and his plan for us, even when it seems like it's not going well!  We can be a "big fan of God's plan"!




Parents! You can watch the same video from this Sunday's lesson that your child watched on Sunday. It will be posted on the Momentum Kidds Facebook page (a free link). Also, you can watch through the app available on Android and iPhone. The app is a one-time $1.99, and you will be able to view both the elementary and preschool app.

God Knows What's Best for Us

The preschool theme for this month is "This or That".  This week's lesson was on Jonah.  His choice was to go obey God and go to Nineveh (which was far away and the people were mean) or he could get on a boat going the other way.  Even though Jonah made the wrong choice, and disobeyed God, when he was thrown out of the boat, God saved him by sending a big fish.  It swallowed him right up.  Now Jonah obeyed God and he learned that God knows what's best for us!  When we have a choice to make, to obey or not, we can think " Would God want me to do "this" or "that", and then do it!  Because He knows what's best for me, too!

God Helped Gideon

This Sunday, the preschoolers continued to learn that God will do what He says he will do. Gideon didn't have the power to defeat the enemy but when he looked to God, He gave him a plan for victory. Even though he was outnumbered and God had him doing something that seemed so silly, putting fire under a pot, then smashing it and blowing a horn, God did what He said He would do, and He made the enemy attack themselves, so Gideon's army didn't even have to fight. God does the strangest things sometimes, but it just means He gets all the credit.

We had a great time making torches and reviewing the story. For our last Sunday of the summer, we went outside and had popsicles which resembled a torch. It was a cool treat on a hot day. We played instruments to the song "The Lord's Army. If you want to have some fun with this story at home this weekend, play flash light tag in your house or yard and pretend that your flash light is a torch.

It was also a little sad because we were saying goodbye to kids we have had for the last 3 years, but we are EXCITED to see them grow in the Lord in Mrs. Barbara's class. It has been a good summer in preschool learning all about Noah and creation. Now we pray that God would prepare our hearts for a new school year with new investigations for preschoolers on how He loves them.

Don't forget about Family Focus Night which will be on Saturday, August 3rd at 6PM. It will be a really fun and informative night, and you'll also get to see this year's promotions for kids going up to the next class! RSVP on the Momentum Facebook page or to barbara@momentumchurch.tv.