Destiny Life Church Children's Ministry

12/09/2023

Praise God ❣️

Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love.

10/01/2023

Oh my goodness we have been learning so much about the problems and promises of the Bible over the last few weeks!

A few weeks ago the kids got to experience how God can make a way through anything......even after 40 years in the wilderness He led a new generation across the Jordan River.

Then this last week we had a blast making horns as we acted out the scripture and marched around our makeshift wall of Jerico! We learned how important it was to take time to listen to the Lord and be obedient even when the problem seems waaaay too big for us to handle. This was so fun!!

Take some time and talk to your children about what they learned in class. Here are some questions that may help get a conversation started:
• When is it hard to follow directions?
• What makes a good leader?
• Who are some leaders you would trust?
• What are some of the craziest directions you’ve ever heard?
• What do you think it means that God leads us?
What kind of memorabilia does your family have? What makes it special
enough to keep?
• If you were the Israelites crossing an impassible river, what ideas would you
consider to cross it? What limitations would you have? How would you cross
if you had no limitations?
• When you are faced with a challenge, is your first response one of fear or faith?
• The entire nation of Israel crossed the river together. Do you think they shared
faith that God would bring them through? What makes faith contagious?
• Who is your role model in faith? Share a time you were inspired by someone
else’s faith.

Be sure to follow up with more activities and fun family engagement moments on the WonderInk parent portal.

Most of all have fun! ~Teisha

09/17/2023

Our Lessons for September are focusing on Problems and Promises.
Lesson #1
In last weeks story the kids learned about how God makes a way in Joshua 2.
A woman named Rahab hides two Israelite spies as God prepares
the way for His people to live in the land He promised them.

WORD OF WONDER
Work together this week on memorizing
this verse!
ELEMENTARY:
He will keep his covenant forever. He
will keep his promise for all time to
come.
—1 Chronicles 16:15 (NIrV)
EARLY CHILDHOOD:
God keeps His promises forever.
—from 1 Chronicles 16:15

Some questions to ask your child about the story they learned in class:
What is one thing you are learning about
God and the wonder of His big story?
• How do you see God’s story as part of
your own story?

Discussion questions for family conversations:
• What do you think it means to say God prepares the way?
• Do you think God always knows what is ahead? Why or why not?
• What are some things that have been difficult for our family?
• Do you think God has both prepared the way and been there along the way
for those things? Why or why not?
• When God prepares the way, what does that tell us about who He is?

Here is an activity you can do at home:
In God’s big story, the spies went to check out the land God had promised them. On their journey, they
experienced the unexpected, yet God remained faithful and prepared the way to guarantee their safety. With
your kids, read the story from Joshua 2 and then take them on a Spy Hunt through your city or neighborhood!
Make a checklist and let kids try to find the items listed below. For each item, encourage kids to think about
how it connects with the Bible story. Consider making fun binoculars using tape and empty toilet paper tubes
to use on the Spy Hunt!
What to Find Story Connection
Something Red The scarlet red cord Rahab hung in her window
Rope The rope the spies climbed down to safety
Something Purple The king of Jericho
Roof The location in which the spies hid when soldiers searched for them
Gate The reason the spies had to escape through a window (the gate was locked)
Window Near a Roof The window in Rahab’s house used for the spies to escape
Strong Wall The famous walls of Jericho, as well as Rahab’s house built into the wall

Here is a prayer activity:
Prayer Grid
There are people you know who need your prayers. From God’s big story, we know God wants to prepare
the way in whatever situation they are facing. As a family, brainstorm a list of names of people who need
prayer. Use paper or construction paper to cut out 4"x4" squares. Write the name of each person on a paper
square and tape each square to a wall in your home. Think of as many people as you can and cover the wall
with names. Every day this week, let each person in your family pick a name from the prayer wall, and as a
family, offer prayers to God before dinner or in the car or on the way to school for those people. Encourage
kids to pray specifically for their needs, using their names. God hears our prayers and He always keeps His
promises. He will go before them and prepare the way.

Most of all have fun! See you Sunday.

08/25/2023

WELCOME BACK!!!! We hope you had a great Summer. We are so excited to start another great season with our DLC kiddos!!! We are starting off with September Lesson Problems and Promises. If you are not connected with the WonderInk Parent Portal please let me know so we can get you set up.

03/05/2023

Here is the link for parents that have not had a chance to sign up for the Wonder Ink Parent Portal. This portal is an amazing extended curriculum for parents to be able to continue the lesson learned in Children's Church, at home. Try it out!

https://app.wonderink.org/?rr_tenant_id=62fba83f8f084548b62705da&page=RegisterParent&

11/18/2022

These last few weeks we have been learning about how God speaks!
Work together this week on memorizing this verse!
Come near to God, and he will come near to you.
James 4:8a (NIrV)

Here are some activities and conversation starters to extend the lessons at home. Have fun!

INTERACTIVE PRAYER
Crown and Oil

SUPPLIES: cooking oil of any kind, a glass of water, paper, scissors, tape, crayons, stickers or glitter and glue (optional)

You’ll make paper crowns to wear as a reminder that God chose David to be king. God saw David’s heart and God sees our hearts too. You can color the crowns or use stickers or glitter and glue. Then you will create a visual reminder of how our prayers rise to God and He hears us. Prepare a glass of water and have a small amount of cooking oil ready to pour into the water. Just like God chose David for a special purpose, you have a special purpose that God has in store for you as well! You may not grow up to be a king/queen, but God can and will use you in big ways. God looks at your heart and invites you to live with and for Him.

When your child is finished with the crown, pour the oil into the water. As you watch the reaction of the oil and water, remind your child to think about the oil that was used to anoint David as king. As you watch the oil float to the top of the water, let it be a reminder of how our prayers rise to God. Spend time praying together as a family.

HANDS ON
Apple Stamp Hearts

SUPPLIES: whole apple, paring knife, cutting board, paint (preferably red), bowl or plate for paint, blank paper, markers

Your child has been learning that God sees our hearts and does not look at just the outer appearance like people do. He sees all the good qualities we have on the inside. God helps kids accomplish the purpose He has for them, the way he used David’s gifts and passion to accomplish his purpose as a great king for Israel.

Cut an apple in half and hold it up to show your child that it looks like a heart shape. Dip half the apple, cut side down, into a bowl of paint and use it as a stamp on blank paper. It will look like a heart on the paper. This apple stamp made a heart shape! While the paint dries, let’s think of some things God sees when He looks inside your heart. I see kindness, a leader, a good friend, gentleness, and love for God. What do you think God sees when He looks at your heart? Once the paint is dry, use markers to write (or have your child write if she is able) the words God sees when He looks into her heart, such as kindness, leader, and love for God.

It’s amazing to think God knows what’s going on inside our minds and our hearts. He knows us better than anyone else does because He made us, and He loves us so much.

WONDER ABOUT IT!
What is one thing you’re curious about from this week’s part of God’s big story?
How can you live differently or respond to God with what you’re learning?

FAMILY CONVERSATIONS
Families, use this to prompt conversations at the table, in the car, and anywhere else your family experiences life together.

Why do you think God looks at the hearts of people?
What qualities do you think God noticed in David that made him the right person to be the next king?
What should we look at when we think about other people so that we see them the way God does?
What does spending time with God look like for you?

11/01/2022

Wonder about it.......
What is one thing you are learning about God and the wonder of His big story?
How do you see God’s story as part of your own story?

FAMILY CONVERSATIONS
Families, use this to prompt conversations at the table, in the car, and anywhere else your family experiences life together.

Share a memory about a time when someone you knew went above and beyond to care for you.
Is there a difference between spoiling someone and caring for them?
How as a family could we care for those around us?
When caring for someone is it better to provide items they need or want? Why or why not?
Do people always know what they need? Does God always know what people need? Why or why not?

11/01/2022

We invite you to pause, listen, and shift your gaze toward the Father ...LESSON AT A GLANCE
WONDER TRUTH: God Cares for Us
SCRIPTURE: Exodus 14–16; Numbers 11
WORD OF WONDER: Jeremiah 32:17

God cared deeply for the Israelites. We know that He miraculously provided manna for them. God provided their daily bread. But He also included them in the provision of that daily bread. God didn’t allow them to sit by and do nothing—the food didn’t just drop into their laps!

Every day they were instructed to go out and gather the manna. After they gathered, they had to grind it or prepare it in some way to make the food or bread they were to eat.

Read Exodus 16:1–30. Isn’t it cool that God included His people in His miracle? He gave them purpose and direction, even in their grumbling and wandering.

In Exodus 16:12, God said, “I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites.” He heard them, He included them, and He cared for them.

How has God heard you? How has He included you? And how has He cared for you each and every day?

It is easy for us to fall into a pattern of grumbling, but when we take our focus off our circumstances and put it on the God who cares for us, it completely changes our perspective about our situation and our God.

He is a good God, and He cares for us so deeply.
WORD OF WONDER
Work together this week on memorizing this verse!

ELEMENTARY:
LORD and King, you have reached out your great and powerful arm. You have made the heavens and the earth. Nothing is too hard for you.-Jeremiah 32:17 (NIrV)

EARLY CHILDHOOD:
Nothing is too hard for God.—from Jeremiah 32:17

Draw a Dream
In the Bible story this week, kids are learning about how God used Joseph to interpret dreams to help others. There are many examples from the Bible of God speaking to people in dreams. To help your kids remember the Bible story and think about how God speaks to them, give them paper and ask them to draw a picture of a dream they’ve had. If they can’t remember one right away, place the paper and coloring utensils by their bed and encourage them to wake up and draw their dream when they wake up. Talk about how Joseph’s dream came true because God had a plan for his life and used him to rescue his people. We can thank God for saving us and speaking to us!

10/30/2022

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10/16/2022

This month we will be focusing on how God Rescues!

In the God Rescues series, we dive into four Old Testament stories of God working out His rescue plan among His people. In each lesson, kids will discover God’s plan, power, and care for His people as He leads the way to a great rescue of salvation.

In our God Rescues Series, we will be learning and memorizing Jeremiah 32:17. Nothing is too hard for God!

Be sure to follow along with Wonder @ Home!

09/21/2022

Dear Families,

We’re starting the second week of the Be WonderFILLED series! This week, we’re digging into John 13 and exploring how Jesus showed His love and compassion through an act of service some people may consider to be lowly or gross—He washed His disciples’ feet! But not only did Jesus wash the feet of the disciples, He said His followers should go and do the same to others!

We may not get an opportunity to wash the feet of others very often these days, but we can model His love through serving others. Throughout this week, let’s discover together just how much Jesus really does love every single one of us. Now that’s a wonder!

See what else kids will be doing and exploring this week in Be WonderFILLED …

Wonder Truth: Jesus Loves Me

In God’s Big Story: Jesus washes the feet of the disciples to demonstrate love and show us how to love others.

Scripture: John 13

Word of Wonder: God chose us to belong to Christ before the world was created. He chose us to be holy and without blame in his eyes. He loved us. Ephesians 1:4 (NIrV)

Early Childhood Word of Wonder: God chose us to be holy. He loves us. —from Ephesians 1:4

Jesus Loves Me Wonder@Home Activities

Jesus Loves Me God's Big Story Video

Family Conversations

Hands On—Foot Washing (You’ll actually wash one another’s feet!)

Walk It, Act It, Move It—Loving Others in Action (You’ll do an act of service for someone.)

Worship@Home Playlist

09/12/2022

We are BACK!!

Week 1 is in the books for our new curriculum.....Be Wonder FILLED!

This week's Wonder Truth: God Knows Me!

We explored Psalm 139, the story about David and Goliath, and how God created us for BIG things!

Share Wonder at home: The interactive activities for this week are (Hands-On) Grains of Sand and
(Interactive Prayer) Sticky Prayers.
Post a comment or picture to share a
Wonder@Home activity your family did this week.