12/29/2025
Our City Kids Lesson today was one of those that is pretty intense and important, but I hope it wasn’t too intense that it went over some heads. We tried to generally follow the same subject that the adult congregation is covering so that parents and siblings can all discuss the service.
We started with a new worship song that really fit the subject for the day. It has great lyrics but might not be the kind of catchy song that the kids end up enjoying.
Hope, by AllStarsKidsClub.
https://youtu.be/r_t5xitQjIc
We then showed and discussed a video about Ephesians 3:20. Our Hope truly is grounded in Jesus because He is able to do infinitely beyond what we can imagine in our lives.
Gizmo, Ephesians 3:20
https://youtu.be/RoLwug5kmgo
We then showed and discussed a video about Romans 8:28. God truly has a plan. No matter what circumstance we find ourselves then, even if we can’t see the reason for what is happening, we don’t understand the restrictions that our parents or God is put on us, God has a plan and will work all things out for good.
Gizmo 8:28
https://youtu.be/-OxgVlIfjw0
We finished up by tying this into our yearly Christmas follow up story about the Wisemen. After everything that had gone on with Mary and Joseph, they had to have felt a little bit frustrated and weary. Everything they had done right and roadblocks kept being put in front of them. But God had a plan. He had arranged for Wiseman from the East to travel a very long distance and a very long time to give them the provision they would need to leave and go to Egypt. They could not foresee this, but God provided. Their Hope truly was in the Lord. And God really did work everything out for them.
https://youtu.be/Zk1LhnqROCM
We had some really good real life examples in class. It is not easy to understand when our parents or God say no to us. But, they might just be saying no, I have something better for you. Or no, I’m going to get this for you later. Or, they might be saying no, that’s going to hurt you so I don’t want you to do it.
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