Welcome to this week’s KidCity 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.
- 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
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For parents
Special Needs Ministry Modified Elementary Curriculum:
- July 7- no services
- July 14
- July 21
- July 28
- Memory Verse
DISCUSSION
Monthly Virtue: Joy—Choosing to celebrate what God is doing
Memory Verse: “Always be joyful because you belong to the Lord. I will say it again. Be joyful!” Philippians 4:4 (NIrV)
Week 1: July 7- no services
Week 2: July 14
Bible Story: I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Wedding at Cana) • John 2:1-11
Key Question: Who are the people who help you find joy?
Basic Truth: I can trust God no matter what.
Ask:
- What are some ordinary things that give you joy?
- Who are the people who help you find joy?
- Is it easy to choose joy?
- What can sometimes prevent you from feeling joyful?
Week 3: July 21
Bible Story: Come Rain or Come Shine (Be Joyful with Others) • Romans 12:15 (Supporting: Acts 2:42-47)
Key Question: What are ways you can help others find joy?
Basic Truth: I should treat others the way I want to be treated.
Ask:
- How do you like to celebrate with someone when something exciting happens to them?
- How do you feel when someone you love is having a hard time?
- How can listening and being present with someone when they are feeling sad eventually lead to joy?
- How did Jesus show empathy to others?
- What are ways you can help others find joy?
Week 4: July 28
Bible Story: At the End of the Day (Heaven) • Revelation 21, 22:1-5
Key Question: What’s the best party you can imagine?
Basic Truth: I can trust God no matter what.
Ask:
- What’s the best party you can imagine?
- Which part of John’s description of heaven is most exciting to you?
- How can you celebrate what God will do?
- Why is it sometimes challenging to focus on what God will do, rather than focusing on what God is doing now?
For kids
Week 1- July 7- no services
Sermon Notes discussion guide (for students who watch the adult service, too!)
