Sunday, October 3 Lesson

What a blessing to get to study the miracles and teachings of Jesus with our 4th graders! Today we studied the miracles of Jesus, the personal ministry of Jesus, and the public teachings of Jesus. Of course there could be many lessons on each of these topics, but later units will go more in depth than we are able to in this quarter of surveying the New Testament. Mrs. Kay used the cards to describe the contexts of the reason Jesus used miracles, Jesus teaching Nicodemus and the woman at the well, the key points of the Sermon on the Mount, and the definition of a parable. The class sang the apostle song twice to help in memorizing the list of the apostles, and today was a day for questions!

Last week, Mrs. Kay handed out name tags with the apostles' names written on them to the students. Thanks to Eli for bringing his back; the name tags were designed to help the students' remember the name of the apostle, and the more they think to put it on or look at it or answer questions about it, the more they are reminded that the name they are wearing was an apostle. Thanks to Briane for bringing in information about her apostle and learning more than we are able to provide in class!

We deviated from the lesson slightly because this was the second week we have been asked about the beginnings of God and of Jesus. These 4th graders are thinking and studying and working hard to understand the Bible! Last week, Emma said it was hard for her to think about God not having a beginning (she was assured that she wasn't alone in that!) This week Leah asked where Jesus was before he was born as a baby on this Earth. Mrs. Kay directed their questions to John 1, and we took time to read several verses in the chapter, but I'm sure sitting down and reading those beautiful verses about the Word coming to dwell among men would benefit us all.

Thanks to Leah and Martin for turning in their Survey of YOU to us today! We love reading about these kids in their own words and their own writing!

This week the students were given cards 25-30:

25.  Miracles used to........................................Confirm the Messenger (Acts 2:22)
26. Miracles Jesus performed...........................About 35
27. Jesus taught Nicodemus..............................To Be Born Again (John 3:3)
28. Samaritan woman at well was taught...........To worship in spirit and truth (John 4:24)
29. Sermon on Mountain teaches......................True happiness (Mat. 5:1-12); How to have a Godly Life (Mat. 5:13-16); His purpose to fulfuill the law (Mat. 17-20); Jewish traditions (Mat. 5:21-48); Hypocrisy (Mat. 6:1-18); Security versus Anxiety (Mat. 6:19-34); Other subjects (Mat. 7)
30. A parable is ...............................................An earthy story with a heavenly meaning (Mat. 13, 25; Luke 15)

We hope to see you Wednesday night!