Nursery
Babies at Canyon Church are shown the love of God by being played with, held and cared for!
Walkers/Preschool
Currently we are combining the Walkers and Preschool classes as there have been a small number of children in these classes. We are watching attendance closely and as this class grows, are ready to split the Preschoolers into their own classrooms.
The kids are going through a series with Boz the Bear, "Colors and Shapes Lessons." Today they watched "Double Peppy Pizza" and learned that God’s colorful fruits and vegetables are great to eat.
Live It: Help your child learn this prayer.
“Thank you God as this day ends.
For my family and my friends.
Taking time to sit and pray,
Thank you God, for this great day. Amen.”
Elementary (K - 5th Grade)
This classroom will also be split into smaller classes as attendance continues to grow.
The kids are in a series called "Get Ready for Easter." Today the children learned that Jesus was aware of the pain and suffering that He was going to go through on the cross. He turned to His Father in prayer for strength, peace and guidance. The kids learned that it is best to trust God, no matter what happens around them.
Bible Story: Matthew 26:17-50
During the Passover festival, Jesus and His disciples had a last meal together. He wanted them to remember Him. Jesus was troubled during this last supper because He knew one of His disciples would betray Him. None of the disciples knew who it was, but Jesus did. Jesus knew the one who would betray Him was Judas. Knowing this, Jesus told Judas to go and do what he must do. After saying this, Judas left to collect the 30 pieces of silver the high priests were going to pay him for betraying Jesus. Judas was also going to tell the high priests where Jesus would be so they could arrest Him.
When the supper was over, Jesus took some of his disciples out to the Garden of Gethsemane to pray. Jesus told them to stay at a spot so He could go off to pray by Himself. He took Peter, James and John with him to pray. Even though Jesus was God, His body was human and He knew what was going to happen to Him. He knew He was about to be arrested. He knew He was going to be beaten, and He knew He was going to die on the cross. Jesus knelt on the ground and prayed to His Father. “My Father, if there is any way, get me out of this. But please, not what I want. I want your will to be done.” Jesus got up from praying to find Peter, James and John all sleeping. He was hurt because they had fallen asleep when He was so sad. He then went back again to pray. When Jesus came back a second time, the disciples were asleep again! This time Jesus let them sleep and He went to pray one last time. When Jesus returned to the sleeping disciples, He told them all to get up because the time had come and the people were there to arrest Him. Jesus was still speaking when Judas walked up to Him. There was a large crowd with Judas armed with clubs and swords. Judas had told the chief priests that He would kiss the cheek of the one who should be arrested. After Judas kissed Jesus on the cheek, Jesus said, “My friend, why are you here?”
The Child’s Prayer:
Dear Jesus, I am glad that I do not have to go through things alone. You are always with me. Help me to trust God each day even when things don’t go well. God knows the future and promises to always help me out. Amen.
Memory Verse:
I want Your will, not mine. Matthew 26:39b NLT
Live It:
This week have your child write down a situation that he/she is worried about and turn it over to God.
Talk about these questions…
Question 1: What kind of things make me feel worried or frustrated?
Question 2: Why should I trust God for everything? (He is always there, He has a plan for my life, He loves me, He will never let me down or turn away from me)
Question 3: How can God help me when I rely on Him? (He will give me strength, courage, wisdom, peace, contentment, He can bring people into my life to help me)
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