November 15th

Hello Sunday Schoolers!

Below you'll find the take home sheet from this Sunday's lesson! You can view it below or click here to download and print. To supplement your time together, you can also watch the weekly Kid's Message on YouTube.

Enjoy and have fun!

Liz

November 8th: Let your light shine!

 Hello Sunday Schoolers!

Below you'll find the take home sheet from this Sunday's lesson! You can view it below or click here to download and print. To supplement your time together, you can also watch the weekly Kid's Message on YouTube.

Enjoy and have fun!

Liz

November 1st: All Saints Sunday

Hello Sunday Schoolers!

Below you'll find the take home sheet from this Sunday's lesson! You can view it below or click here to download and print. To supplement your time together, you can also watch the weekly Kid's Message on YouTube.

Enjoy and have fun!

Liz

October 25th: Reformation Day

 Hello Sunday Schoolers!

Below you'll find the take home sheet from this Sunday's lesson! You can view it below or click here to download and print. To supplement your time together, you can also watch the weekly Kid's Message on YouTube.

Enjoy and have fun!

Liz

October 18th: What belongs to God?

Hello Sunday Schoolers!

Below you'll find the take home sheet from this Sunday's lesson! You can view it below or click here to download and print. To supplement your time together, you can also watch the weekly Kid's Message on YouTube.

Enjoy and have fun!

Liz

October 11th: Rejoice!

Hello Sunday Schoolers!

Below you'll find the take home sheet from this Sunday's lesson! You can view it below or click here to download and print. To supplement your time together, you can also watch the weekly Kid's Message on YouTube.

Enjoy and have fun!

Liz

October 4th: Restoration, the Vine & Branches

Hello Sunday Schoolers!

Below you'll find the take home sheet from this Sunday's lesson! You can view it below or click here to download and print. And there's activity & coloring pages, too! To supplement your time together, you can also watch the weekly Kid's Message on YouTube.

Enjoy and have fun!

Liz

September 27th: Ecclesiastes & the Changing Season

Hello Sunday Schoolers!

Below you'll find the take home sheet from this Sunday's lesson! You can view it below or click here to download and print. And there's activity & coloring pages, too!

Enjoy and have fun!

PS: If you don't have laminating sheets for the craft, you can pick one up from church, OR you can use packing tape!

September 20th: Welcome All & Bible Exploration

 Hello Sunday Schoolers!

Below you'll find the take home sheet from this Sunday's lesson! You can view it below or click here to download and print. And there's coloring pages, too! If you want to hear the story we read you can view it below.

Enjoy and have fun!

The Ascension | Acts 1:6-14

Welcome to Sunday School at Home!

Through June 7th we will be utilizing a resource from SparkHouse. Dawn Rundman, who works for SparkHouse, says," Each week my family and I will host an episode of Family Sunday School. Each week's 13-minute video provides a Bible story and activities based on Spark: Activate Faith Lectionary Sunday School. Stories! Songs! Activities! Prayers!"

I'll post the video and downloadable/printable materials for you to use at home. If anyone would like printed versions, let me know so I can mail them out to you weekly.

SparkHouse Video (link also found below):

Guide (you can also download it below):

• Week 6 Video from SparkHouse on YouTube
• Coloring Pages from SparkHouse
• Cloud Quiz from SparkHouse
• "I'm Going to Need More Lemons" Story from SparkHouse
• Overview Sheet from Liz (as pictured above)

The Promise of the Holy Spirit | John 14:15-21

Welcome to Sunday School at Home!

Through June 7th we will be utilizing a resource from SparkHouse. Dawn Rundman, who works for SparkHouse, says," Each week my family and I will host an episode of Family Sunday School. Each week's 13-minute video provides a Bible story and activities based on Spark: Activate Faith Lectionary Sunday School. Stories! Songs! Activities! Prayers!"

I'll post the video and downloadable/printable materials for you to use at home. If anyone would like printed versions, let me know so I can mail them out to you weekly.

SparkHouse Video (link also found below):

Guide (you can also download it below):

• Week 5 Video from SparkHouse on YouTube
• Coloring Pages from SparkHouse
• Promises, Promises Activity from SparkHouse
• "Promises, Promises" Story from SparkHouse
• Overview Sheet from Liz (as pictured above)

God's House | John 14:1-14

Welcome to Sunday School at Home!

Through June 7th we will be utilizing a resource from SparkHouse. Dawn Rundman, who works for SparkHouse, says," Each week my family and I will host an episode of Family Sunday School. Each week's 13-minute video provides a Bible story and activities based on Spark: Activate Faith Lectionary Sunday School. Stories! Songs! Activities! Prayers!"

I'll post the video and downloadable/printable materials for you to use at home. If anyone would like printed versions, let me know so I can mail them out to you weekly.

SparkHouse Video (link also found below):

Guide (you can also download it below):

• Week 4 Video: God's House from SparkHouse on YouTube
• Coloring Pages from SparkHouse
• 3d Room from SparkHouse
• "A Room of My Own" Story from SparkHouse
• Overview Sheet from Liz (as pictured above)

Early Believers | Acts 2:43-47; 4:32-37

Welcome to Sunday School at Home!

Through June 7th we will be utilizing a resource from SparkHouse. Dawn Rundman, who works for SparkHouse, says," Each week my family and I will host an episode of Family Sunday School. Each week's 13-minute video provides a Bible story and activities based on Spark: Activate Faith Lectionary Sunday School. Stories! Songs! Activities! Prayers!"

I'll post the video and downloadable/printable materials for you to use at home. If anyone would like printed versions, let me know so I can mail them out to you weekly.

SparkHouse Video (link also found below):

Guide (you can also download it below):

• Week 3 Video: Early Believers from SparkHouse on YouTube
• Coloring Pages from SparkHouse
• Chatterbox Activity from SparkHouse
• "Beef Bulgogi" Story from SparkHouse
• Overview Sheet from Liz (as pictured above)

The Road to Emmaus | Luke 24:13-35

Welcome to Sunday School at Home!

Through June 7th we will be utilizing a new at home resource from SparkHouse. Dawn Rundman, who works for SparkHouse, says," Each week my family and I will host an episode of Family Sunday School. Each week's 13-minute video provides a Bible story and activities based on Spark: Activate Faith Lectionary Sunday School. Stories! Songs! Activities! Prayers!"

I'll post the video and downloadable/printable materials for you to use at home. If anyone would like printed versions, let me know so I can mail them out to you weekly.

SparkHouse Video (link also found below):

Guide (you can also download it below):

• Week 2 Video: The Road to Emmaus from SparkHouse on YouTube
• Coloring Pages from SparkHouse
• Dice Board Game from SparkHouse
• "Different but Still Here" Story from SparkHouse
• Nature Bingo from The Museum of Science & Industry in Chicago
• Overview Sheet from Liz (as pictured above)
• Take a Walk
• Stower Seven Lakes Trail
• York Park
• DD Kennedy
• Little Falls 
• Amery School Forest
• Apple River Park
• Balsam Branch Wildlife Area

Doubting Thomas | John 20: 19-31

Welcome to Sunday School at Home!

For the next 8 weeks we will be utilizing a new at home resource from SparkHouse. Dawn Rundman, who works for SparkHouse, says," Each week my family and I will host an episode of Family Sunday School. Each week's 13-minute video provides a Bible story and activities based on Spark: Activate Faith Lectionary Sunday School. Stories! Songs! Activities! Prayers!"

I'll post the video and downloadable/printable materials for you to use at home. If anyone would like printed versions, let me know so I can mail them out to you weekly.

SparkHouse Video (link also found below):

Guide (you can also download it below):

• Week 1 Video: Doubting Thomas from SparkHouse on YouTube
• Alternate Doubting Thomas Video Story from YouTube
• Coloring Pages from SparkHouse
• Questions for Jesus from SparkHouse
• Amazing Event Story from SparkHouse
• Overview Sheet from Liz (as pictured above)

Holy Week (Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter)

Hello Sunday School Families!

All of these materials were included in the packet that you picked up at church or have been mailed to you (they were mailed 4/7).

Have a blessed Holy Week,
Liz

Raising of Lazarus: Family Faith 5 & Activity!

Share highs, lows & "God Sightings"

• What made you happy or joyful or hopeful this week?
• What made you sad or uneasy or uncomfortable this week?
• Where/how did you see God working this week?

Read the weekly Bible verse/story

• Watch this kids video of the Raising of Lazarus
• Read together John 11:25-26 
• Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?"

Talk about the weekly Bible verse/story

• Are there any games or sports that you know of where you can get "out"? Work together to try and name some. What happens when you are "out" in a game?
• Imagine those same games. How would if feel if you would be able to get back in, even if you were out? Would you play the game any differently? How?
• This story is all about hope. Jesus says there's hope for us, even when we are feeling "out"--lost, sad, scared, worried. Jesus showed us there could be life after death! What does it mean to have hope?
• What do you have hope for right now?

Pray your highs & lows

• Pray any way that works for your family. Here are some ideas:
• Squeeze prayer; one person starts. When they're finished squeeze the hand of the next person and they can share a prayer or pass it on.
• Hold hands and pray for the person on your left ("I pray for [name], I'm glad [___] made them happy this week. I pray God is with [name] when they are feeling sad because of [___].
• Have one person pray for everyone.
• Popcorn prayer: one person says a quick opening, then others "pop in" with single words of things they want to pray for (i.e. "friends", "doctors", "health", etc.)
• Say the Five Finger Prayer (image below)
• Say the Lord's Prayer together.

Bless each other

• Go in a circle and put the sign of the cross on the hand or forehead of the person next to you while saying a blessing. Here are some blessing options:
• "God bless you, [name]"
• "Jesus (God) loves you and so do I"
• "God bless you, [name], child of God"

Activity--Macaroni Art!

In today's worship (3/29) there was a children's message about The Valley of Dry Bones from the book of Ezekiel. If you haven't watched it yet, go find it in the 3.29 service at flcamery.org/videoprint. 

The activity today is an oldie but a goodie--macaroni art! In the children's message we learned that God can transform us, just like how macaroni can be transformed with some water and cheese. Now, we'll transform it into something totally unexpected (kind of)...art! All you need is paper, glue, and dry pasta.

Create a macaroni (or any other pasta) picture of something that gives you Hope! It could be a cross, a heart, a sun rise, nature, family...anything! 

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Want more? Here's an at home worship guide, including activities & coloring page!

The Good Samaritan: Family Faith 5

Share highs, lows & "God Sightings"

• What made you happy or joyful or hopeful this week?
• What made you sad or uneasy or uncomfortable this week?
• Where/how did you see God working this week?

Read the weekly Bible verse/story

• Read together Luke 10:25-37, The Parable of the Good Samaritan
• We encourage everyone to open up their own Bibles; highlight or underline things that stand out to you and write notes or questions in the margins.
• There is a full Bible on our church app; look for it on the menu that runs long the top (android) or bottom (apple) of your phone or tablet.
• Click here to read a kid-friendly version of the parable.
• Click here for a kids video of the parable.
• Then, read the key verse, Luke 10:27, together:
• "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and love your neighbor as yourself."

Talk about the weekly Bible verse/story

• What happened in the story? 
• What happened to the man walking down the road?
• Who passed the man and didn't help?
• Who helped the man?
• Have you ever been helped by someone? How?
• Have you ever stopped to help someone even though it took time away from your day?
• What does this story teach us about God? 
• What does this story teach us about living our lives?
• Who is your neighbor?

Pray your highs & lows

• Pray any way that works for your family. Here are some ideas:
• Squeeze prayer; one person starts. When they're finished squeeze the hand of the next person and they can share a prayer or pass it on.
• Hold hands and pray for the person on your left ("I pray for [name], I'm glad [___] made them happy this week. I pray God is with [name] when they are feeling sad because of [___].
• Have one person pray for everyone.
• Popcorn prayer: one person says a quick opening, then others "pop in" with single words of things they want to pray for (i.e. "friends", "doctors", "health", etc.)
• Say the Five Finger Prayer (image below)
• Say the Lord's Prayer together.

Bless each other

• Go in a circle and put the sign of the cross on the hand or forehead of the person next to you while saying a blessing. Here are some blessing options:
• "God bless you, [name]"
• "Jesus (God) loves you and so do I"
• "God bless you, [name], child of God"

Want more?

Worship at home using this guide specifically for March 22nd Worship. It includes:

• At home worship outline with prayers, scripture, & reflection options
• Creative offering ideas
• Faith Formation Ideas for the home
• Coloring Page

Family Devotional Guide, "Pandemic Hope". It includes:

• Daily Scripture using the Faith 5 format
• Daily Faith Practices Ideas
• Hymns to was your hands to
• Prayer Bingo

Welcome!

Hello Sunday School Families!

Every week while we have suspended in-person gatherings at church due to COVID-19, we will be posting an at home Sunday School for families to do together. We'll let you know as they come available!

Most of the time you'll find them in the Family Faith 5 format which we have been doing quite often over the last few years. I'll also try to include some other hands on activities as well. You are always welcome to use the Faith 5 resources at Faith Ink.

If you have any questions, please let me know!

Be well,
Liz