Elementary Curriculum

December 6, 2020 | Unit 2, Session 2

Quick Links: Printable Lesson Plan | Younger Kids Activity Page | Older Kids Activity Page

Hey Parents!

We wanted to offer a few directions as you navigate leading your grade-schooler through today’s lesson and activities. Below you will find our Bible passage for the day, a lesson plan for the day, and several other tips that can help you and your child as you study and worship this morning.

Here are the materials you will need for our lesson today:

  • Coloring Supplies

  • Index Cards

  • Pens or Pencils

1. Read the Bible Passage | Genesis 22

2. Ask the Big Picture Question:

Why can we trust God?

3. Watch the Bible Story

4. Review the Key Verse

Galatians 3:29, “If you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.”

5. Answer the Big Picture Question

We can trust God because He is faithful and does everything for His glory and our good.

6. Interact with the “Questions from kids” Video

7. Pray together

8. Do one or both of the Activities

Activity #1: Tangled Up

Directions 

Invite your kids and other family members to stand in a circle. Each family member should reach across the circle to take hands with two others. Once everyone is holding hands with two others, instruct the group to untangle themselves bit by bit by stepping over or under each other’s arms. When you are finished, everyone should be standing in a circle hand-in-hand. Some may end up facing outward, but all should be able to have their arms uncrossed.

Say 

What a tangled mess we all were in! Today we will hear a story that ends with Abraham finding a ram tangled up in the bushes. We’ll hear more about it soon. 

Activity #2: I Trust You 100%

Directions 

Write different occupations on index cards. On another set of cards, write situations in which you may need the skills of each occupation. Invite your kids to take turns drawing cards from each set. Ask your kids to discuss which occupations they would trust with each situation. 

Suggested occupations: 

  • Teacher

  • Doctor

  • Police officer

  • Mechanic

  • Actor

  • Athlete

Suggested situations: 

  • your car breaks down

  • you have a stomachache

  • your favorite toy is stolen

  • you need help with math

  • you want to get better at a sport

  • you are trying out for the school play

Say 

We have different opinions about how trustworthy a person should be to have certain jobs. And a person you trust about one topic may not be very trustworthy about another topic. I wouldn’t necessarily trust my mechanic to give me medical advice or my doctor to fix my car. 

The people we trust will sometimes let us down, but we can always trust God. Why can we trust God? We can trust God because He is faithful and does everything for His glory and our Good. 

EXTRA TIPS

  • If your grade-schooler is in First or Second Grade, start the morning working on the coloring sheet and activity page.

  • As time permits, do one activity before the Bible Story Video and one activity afterward, to help reinforce the message.

  • If your grade-schooler is in Third, Fourth, or Fifth Grade, download and print the Older Kid Journal Page for them to work on at the end of the lesson