RKIDS LESSONS

WHAT RKIDS (LITTLES, BIGS, & JUNIORS) ARE LEARNING THIS MONTH:
To help guide your family through this churchwide Trellis Practice, we have created family discussion questions and family practices that have been modified from the practice booklet specifically for families.

Week 1: September 6th and 7th

BIG IDEA: We can trust Jesus with our HANDS.
FAMILY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

  • What are some of the gifts God has given you?

  • How can you use these gifts to intentionally help/serve someone in your life?

FAMILY PRACTICE:
Start a family journal where you record names and acts. Record the name of the person each family member helped/served that week and what they did for them. You will begin to see a meaningful pattern emerge of how God works through each family member’s hands.  

Week 2: September 13th & 14th

BIG IDEA: We can trust Jesus with our FEET.
FAMILY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

  • Can you think of a time that you felt God’s love through someone’s invitation to be with them?

  • Can you think of a time that you were able to show God’s love by inviting someone to be with you?

  • What’s one small step you can take this week to invite someone in-- into your life, your lunch table, or to include at recess?

FAMILY PRACTICE:

This week, have a family meeting where you commit to a pattern of hospitality.  As a family pray for God to put people/families on your hearts whom you can welcome into your space, your life, and your rhythms. Aim for at least 12 gatherings over the year. That might look like:
- A full meal with another person or family.

- A playdate at the park with another family.

- Hosting a front yard ice cream social.

Remember not to stress over perfection- focus on presence and intention!

Week 3: September 19th & 20th

BIG IDEA: We can trust Jesus with our SIN.

FAMILY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: Use page 51 of the practice booklet to guide your discussion time since sin is so commonly misunderstood!

  • What is sin? Sin is a distortion of God’s good and perfect intent for us!

  • How do you think Jesus feels about our sin? It breaks His heart, and He will meet us with love, forgiveness, and guidance when we tell Him we are sorry and repent. We are not alone- we can trust Jesus with our sin!

  • Do you feel you can trust Jesus with your sin?

FAMILY PRACTICE:
This week, choose a day and time to slow down to lovingly identify how each family member can trust Jesus with their sin. Remember that Jesus meets each of us exactly where we are! This is not driven by shame, finger pointing, or name calling. This is a time to link arms as a family and step into the light with Jesus and believe He will meet each family member with forgiveness and healing!

1.     Scripture: Read Psalm 139: 23-24 aloud. “Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me and lead me in the way everlasting.”

2.     Reflect:  
-When was a time this week I chose to do something kind, even when it was hard? Was there a moment when I could have shown more love?

-Did my words or actions this week look like what Jesus would have said or done?

-When did I feel scared to do the right thing, or when did I think about myself more than others?

3.     Confess: Write or speak one honest sentence: “Father, I confess that I ___________”.

4.     Receive Forgiveness: Read 1 John 1:9 aloud as a declaration of grace. “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

5.     Pray: Choose a family member to pray to God thanking Him for His grace!

 

Week 4: September 26th & 27th

RGENERATIONS will celebrate that we can trust Jesus with our head, heart, wrist, hands, feet, and sin with a fun review and party!

FAMILY PRACTICE: Have a family meeting where you review your family Trellis that you created and talk through it as a family!