New Life Kids Volunteers: elementary JANUARY 2017 small groups

Knowledge is a response to the character of God.

When kids turn about four years old they start asking, “Why?” It’s like suddenly a switch flips and they begin to string together their questions in an attempt to understand everything around them. And this continues throughout life. Watch an eight-year-old for very long and you can become convinced that everyone is wired with a natural curiosity to discover what we don’t know and go where we haven’t been.

God designed people in such a unique way—different from the rest of creation—to pursue finding the answers to life’s hidden secrets. The very fact that we naturally pursue knowledge is proof that there is a God. It’s actually genius that God would make us in such a way that we are always discovering, wondering, exploring, innovating, improving, and solving. He wants us to pursue knowing more, because He wants us to know Him more.

The most important thing you can do for young kids is to invite them into the story about a really big God. It’s a story that will always be bigger than they can explain or imagine, but God invites them to spend a lifetime discovering who He is and how He loves them.

START THE MONTH WITH WEEK 2 LESSON PLAN

WEEK 2 1/8/17

1st Grade Small Group

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1st Grade Activity Sheet

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2nd/3rd Grade Small Group

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2nd/3rd Grade Activity Sheet

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4/5 Grade Small Group

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