Welcome to this month’s Special Needs Ministry Online Experience! Check out all the resources you’ll need to have a great KidCity experience right where you are! The teaching video, conversation guides, worship songs, and activities for the week are all right here.
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For parents
How to Use This Page:
- Watch the Online Experience video with your child.
- Use the Discussion Guide immediately following the video to unpack the lesson with your kiddos!
- Use the Devotional pages to generate more activities and discussion
Online Experience Video
- Online Experience Video for you and your student to watch together
- Discussion Questions for you & your student
- Pre-Teen Guide for your student to go a little deeper on his/her own
- Salvation Conversation Guide for one of the most important conversations you’ll ever have
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Online Experience Video
Access this week’s video – CLICK HERE*
*The new video for the upcoming week will be loaded by Wednesday of each week.
For parents
Special Needs Ministry Modified Elementary Curriculum:
DISCUSSION
Monthly Virtue: Confidence—Living like you believe God is with you
Memory Verse: So we say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.” Hebrews 13:6a (NIV)
Week 1: May 7
Bible Story: Washed by the Water (Palm Sunday/Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet) • John 12:9-16; 13:1-17 (Matthew 21:1-11)
Bible Story: All Around the World (The Great Commission and Ascension) • Matthew 28:16-20; Luke 24:50-53; Acts 1:1-11
Key Question: How can you share God’s love?
Bottom Line: Share God’s love with others.
Basic Truth: I am made for a purpose so I can tell people about God.
Ask the following questions and lead the group to discuss:
- Are there times when you don’t feel confident? If so, when?
- What keeps you from feeling confident?
- When was a time where you felt afraid to share God’s love?
- How can you share God’s love? (Be sure to encourage kids to think of outside-the-box ways they can share God’s love. Remind them that this does not always have to be big or awkward or even risky. Sometimes the simplest ways speak the loudest!)
- How does the way you live affect the way others see Jesus?
Week 2: May 14
Bible Story: Level Up (The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost) • Acts 2:1-41
Key Question: When have you needed help?
Bottom Line: God sent the Holy Spirit to help you.
Basic Truth: I am made for a purpose so I can tell people about God.
Ask the following questions and lead the group to discuss:
- When have you needed help?
- When you need help, from whom do you typically seek help first?
- How do you know when the Holy Spirit is guiding you?
- Do you ever hesitate to rely on God for help? Why or why not?
- How can believing the Holy Spirit is here to help you, build your confidence?
Week 3: May 21
Bible Story: Under Pressure (Peter and John Are Taken to the Sanhedrin) • Acts 3:1–4:21
Key Question: When have you needed help?
Bottom Line: God is with you no matter what.
Basic Truth: I am made for a purpose so I can tell people about God.
Ask the following questions and lead the group to discuss:
- Why is it sometimes difficult to make decisions?
- When have you felt under pressure?
- How can believing God is with you give you confidence?
- Is it easier to remember that God is with you when things are going well or when things are going badly?
Week 4: May 28
Bible Story: All I Ask of You (Philip and the Man from Ethiopia) • Acts 8:26-40
Key Question: What questions do you have?
Bottom Line: God is with you even when you have questions.
Basic Truth: I am made for a purpose so I can tell people about God.
Ask the following questions and lead the group to discuss:
- Can you think of a time when God found a way to answer a question you had?
- Who do you talk to when you have questions?
- Is it okay to question things we have always been taught?
- What questions do you have?
- (Do not be intimidated by this last question! As their Small Group Leader, you have a unique opportunity to give kids a safe place to ask questions that perhaps they would not feel comfortable asking a parent. Be aware of the potential open door for tricky discussion and be mindful of questions that should be answered with a temporary response of, “Let’s figure out a time to discuss that individually.” Also, remember this: you are not expected to have ALL the answers! Some things you might not know, and some questions actually don’t have definitive answers. It’s okay to tell kids exactly that.)
For students
Pre-teen Devotional
The Pre-Teen Learner Guide is designed to provide Bible Study throughout the week for your 4th or 5th grader.
Sermon Notes discussion guide (for students who watch the adult service, too!)
