Blog Posts by Tony Cho

BABY QUEST: June Lessons

Tony ChoChildren's MinistryJune 5, 20210

Baby QUEST is Reston Bible Church’s ministry to the youngest members of our Body.

Each month, we will feature a guide for your family to use with children ages 0-2. The guide includes follow up activities, a craft or sensory activity, recommended reading, a song, and other tips that are uniquely tailored to the development of infants and toddlers.

The guide follows the themes we are teaching in our nursery classes, giving you an opportunity to connect and reinforce the ideas taught at home. Because children this age need repetition, each activity can be done multiple times throughout the month to continue to press it upon your child’s memory as they grow!

This month, we’re focusing on the story of Noah and the ark. Children will learn to identify God as a protector who desires to keep us safe as He kept Noah, his family, and the animals safe.

Big Idea:
God Keeps Me Safe

Scripture Focus:
Genesis 6-9

Download the monthly guide

QUEST: Preschool Lesson for May 16

Tony ChoChildren's MinistryMay 15, 20210

This week’s reading from the Jesus Storybook Bible:
Daniel and the Scary Sleepover, p. 152

This week’s Big Idea:
God rescued Daniel and He has sent another to rescue us all!

This week’s Key Verse:
Jonah 2:9

Download this week’s coloring page

After you’ve read the story from the Jesus Storybook Bible, you can watch a special video lesson based on the book Jesus and the Lion’s Den to help your family recognize and see Jesus in the story of Daniel! Find it and a lesson guide here.

Interested in reading Jesus and the Lion’s Den? Stop by Sunday and check it out in the QUEST library!

Family Quest: Extreme Makeover, Spiritual Edition – Salt and Light, Lesson 3

Tony ChoChildren's Ministry, Family QuestMay 9, 20210

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LESSON 3: “I WENT THE EXTRA MILE”

Several years ago I ran in the annual Army 10-Miler in DC. I signed up for 10 miles and I trained for 10 miles. What happened instead was a race diversion, because of a bomb scare, and I, along with 20,000 other runners, ended up going 11.5 miles. When asked to run 10 we ran 11.5 instead. Ok. That’s not exactly what Jesus was talking about in His most famous sermon (Matt 5). So what was He getting at? Love your enemies, do good to those who persecute you, if someone forces you to go a mile, go with him two miles. Say what? This is crazy talk, Jesus. That’s just not feasible. He clearly hasn’t kept up with the latest personal assertiveness seminars. Get ahead by standing up for yourself. That’s the American way.

We started out this section looking at how we can love our neighbors in the family, and in the church. Most recently, as we discussed our neighbor in the world, we first looked at the sinner and then the defenseless. So far so good.

Download Salt and Light, Lesson 3