QUEST: Preschool Lesson for August 1
This week’s reading from the Jesus Storybook Bible:
“Treasure Hunt,” p. 250
This week’s Big Idea:
Jesus is our treasure!
This week’s Key Verse:
Matthew 19:26
Family Quest: Extreme Makeover, Spiritual Edition – Teach, Lesson 1
LESSON 1: THE ANTIQUES ROADSHOW – APPRAISAL IS THE KEY
Have you ever watched the “Antiques Roadshow?” I’ll admit I have paused, on a few occasions, to see what the fuss is all about. Personally I don’t get it. Paying lots of money for other peoples old stuff? What foolishness. Or is it? I look at these items and I see them and make a judgment…junk. However, someone skilled in appraising antiques looks at the same items and makes a very different judgment. I think there is a lesson for us here. Scripture tells us that the things of God, God’s Word, are foolishness to the “natural man” or the unbeliever. Does this mean that they can’t understand the words?
Does it look like Greek to them? I’ve heard complete heathens articulate the gospel message very clearly, so that cannot be what God meant. So what is it?
QUEST: Preschool Lesson for July 25
This week’s reading from the Jesus Storybook Bible:
“Filled Full,” p. 244
This week’s Big Idea:
Jesus is God, so He can do things other people cannot do!
This week’s Key Verse:
Matthew 19:26
BABY QUEST: August Lessons
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 David. Children will learn about how God helped David defeat the bad giant Goliath. They will start to identify the concepts of good and bad, learning that God is good and powerful even over very bad things.
Big Idea:
God is Strong!
Scripture Focus:
1 Samuel 17
Family Quest: Extreme Makeover, Spiritual Edition – Baptize
SECTION 2: WHY BAPTIZE?
In beginning to discuss this very important topic, I should first recognize that there are several different views, held by good and godly Christians, regarding baptism, infant baptism, covenant baptism, etc. I will be teaching from the position practiced by Reston Bible Church, that is, that baptism is a symbolic sacrament to be participated in once by a professing believer in Christ. We commonly refer to this as believers baptism.
Thankfully there are many aspects of baptism on which most bible believing Christians can agree. For one, we all agree that believing Christians should be baptized. There is also general agreement about what baptism portrays. Let’s focus there.
QUEST: Preschool Lesson for July 18
This week’s reading from the Jesus Storybook Bible:
“The Captain of the Storm,” p. 236
This week’s Big Idea:
Jesus has power over nature. We can trust and have faith in Him.
This week’s Key Verse:
Matthew 19:26
Family Quest: Extreme Makeover, Spiritual Edition – Go, Lesson 3
LESSON 3: MAY YOUR “LIFE SONG” RING TRUE
A couple of weeks ago we looked at what makes a good witness. One of those attributes was consistency. In a court of law the jury and judge will look at the witness and ask, “is this person credible?”, “does the life of this witness match their testimony, lend credibility, or not?”
To make matters worse, it is common for the opposing lawyer to pick apart the witness and undermine their testimony by trying to show that they are in fact unreliable and inconsistent. The opposing lawyer in our case is Satan himself. The accuser. Praise God that ultimately we stand on His promises and on His righteousness. Not our own. However, the accuser will seek to limit our effectiveness as witnesses to the gospel by magnifying the inconsistencies between our words and the lives we lead. The message is simple – “walk the talk!” Or as James 1:22 puts it, “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.”
QUEST: Preschool Lesson for July 11
There’s no video this week, but here are some resources to go along with what your child learned in preschool QUEST this Sunday!
This week’s reading from the Jesus Storybook Bible:
“The Singer: The Sermon on the Mount,” p 228.
This week’s Big Idea:
God Takes Care of Everything He Has Created, Including Us.
This week’s Key Verse:
Matthew 6
QUEST: Preschool Lesson for July 4
This week’s reading from the Jesus Storybook Bible:
How to Pray, p. 222
This week’s Big Idea:
Jesus teaches us how to pray.
This week’s Key Verse:
Matthew 6
BABY QUEST: July Lessons
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 Baby Moses. Children will learn about God’s love and care for Moses, and connect it to His love and care for themselves and each other. Children will discuss and identify different ways that God cares for us.
Big Idea:
God Cares for Us
Scripture Focus:
Exodus 1-2