Small group Leader Blog

September 14 th, 2014

Monthly theme: Jesus Loves Everyone

Announcements:  

• Mark your calendar for Sunday Sept. 21st.  This will be our parent preview, when parents are invited to join their children in preschool worship.  It will take place during the 9am and 11:15am services during large group worship. You can help spread the word to parents as well.
• The weekly email you are receiving from me, summarizing the lessons for fish, explorers, and lambs goes to ALL parents of those ages.  You can help explain if parents ask. 

Curriculum:  Week 4 of 4: . The story of Zacchaeus. 

• This Sunday's (9/14) curriculum click here. 
• This Sunday's (9/14)  activity pages click here.
• Contact Amy: text or voice:  502-553-9347  email: amy@ccum.net

September Scripture:  Please go over scripture each week with the motions  
"Love each other as I have loved you." John 15:12   
Click here for hand motions to memory verse. 

Prayer Time: #1 in our top 10:   Ask the kids what you can pray about and lead them in prayer about their personal requests.

Bible Story: (found under Make it True) What a great story to share today.  Zacchaeus is a fun story that kids can relate to and understand.  Do you know the Zacchaeus song?  If not ask me.  We do have GOLD COINS that they use in telling the story.  Ask me for them if you want them.  

Activities: (Make it Stick and Make it Fun) 
Lots of great activities this week!  See below.
Activities:

• In the tree-I love this as it can be a group project.  We have large butcher block paper to use in drawing a tree.  Tape it up in the room and the kids can tape on these funny things.  (Good activity to do before you tell the story.)
• Better look- Fun idea to look at leaves closer with a magnifying glass and to do a leaf rub with crayons.  (We have magnifying glasses and unwrapped crayons.)

Crafts:

• You come down-This is probably my favorite.  You could also put Zacchaeus on a craft stick and cut a slit in the tree, so the children can move Zacchaeus in and out of the tree.  
• Tree Verse-this looks cute, but could be challenging to get the words in order on the paper.
• Tissue paper tree-could do this also; although they glued paper on a well last week to make it look like stones.