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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If you have a question about anything or just want to reach out directly, e-mail us at specialneeds.staff@gethope.net
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
We’d also love to be friends with you on Facebook so we can stay “in the know” with each other. Follow us at facebook.com/hopekidcity/
Got a question? E-mail us at kidcity@gethope.net
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:
- 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?
Sermon Notes discussion guide (for students who watch the adult service, too!)
