Hey-O Stories Of The Bible - Saddleback Kids

The world is pretty big. The universe is even bigger? How did it get here? Let's find out!

CREATION

Hey parents! Use these questions as a guide to talk over this week’s lesson, Creation, with your child after they’ve watched the video service!

1. What was your favorite part of the video we just watched? Do you have any questions about what you saw?
2. What are some of the things God created? What is your favorite? Why?
   Light, sky, land, seas, plants, moon, sun, stars, birds, animals, people. Give your child a few minutes to talk about their favorite parts of creation.
3. How can I know God is real and his plans are good?
   I can look around me and see all the things he made and how amazing the world is.
4. What can you do if you aren’t sure about God’s plan or things don’t seem good?
   You can talk to God by praying. You can read your Bible and look for answers. You can talk to a parent or grownup for help understanding God’s plan. Even if things don’t seem good right now, God makes all things good one day in Heaven.
5. Spend a few minutes talking with your child about how today’s story shows us God’s creativity. Talk about how we are made in God’s image and can be creative too. Encourage creativity in your child in ways that fit their personality. Some ideas: drawing, singing, dancing, building, writing stories… the possibilities are endless!

Parent Devotional

Hey parents! We have something just for you to enjoy this Bible story for yourself. We encourage you to read over this devotional sometime this week as a way to reflect on the Bible story your child saw from Church at Home. We love you!

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Elementary Activity Sheets

Each week we have a variety of activity pages to help your child remember the week’s lesson. They include new coloring pages and activity sheets to enjoy!

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Navigating Parenthood

Hey parents! Saddleback Parents has great training, tips, and tools to help you win. Check out this Two-Minute Tip, The Universal Talk, all about communicating your child’s value as someone created by God.

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Zacchaeus was not popular. A lot of people thought he was a liar and a cheater. Who knows why people thought that, except for the fact that he WAS a liar and a cheater. But then one day Jesus invited himself over for dinner. Find out what happened next!

One day, Jesus was at a dinner. This one lady who was one of the bad girls, came up to Jesus and started washing his feet! With her hair!!! Listen to the whole story this episode.

This story is based on Luke 7:36-50

Jesus Anointed by a Sinful Woman

36 One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to have dinner with him, so Jesus went to his home and sat down to eat. 37 When a certain immoral woman from that city heard he was eating there, she brought a beautiful alabaster jar filled with expensive perfume. 38 Then she knelt behind him at his feet, weeping. Her tears fell on his feet, and she wiped them off with her hair. Then she kept kissing his feet and putting perfume on them.

39 When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know what kind of woman is touching him. She’s a sinner!”

40 Then Jesus answered his thoughts. “Simon,” he said to the Pharisee, “I have something to say to you.”

“Go ahead, Teacher,” Simon replied.

41 Then Jesus told him this story: “A man loaned money to two people—500 pieces of silver to one and 50 pieces to the other. 42 But neither of them could repay him, so he kindly forgave them both, canceling their debts. Who do you suppose loved him more after that?”

43 Simon answered, “I suppose the one for whom he canceled the larger debt.”

“That’s right,” Jesus said. 44 Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon, “Look at this woman kneeling here. When I entered your home, you didn’t offer me water to wash the dust from my feet, but she has washed them with her tears and wiped them with her hair. 45 You didn’t greet me with a kiss, but from the time I first came in, she has not stopped kissing my feet. 46 You neglected the courtesy of olive oil to anoint my head, but she has anointed my feet with rare perfume.

47 “I tell you, her sins—and they are many—have been forgiven, so she has shown me much love. But a person who is forgiven little shows only little love.” 48 Then Jesus said to the woman, “Your sins are forgiven.”

49 The men at the table said among themselves, “Who is this man, that he goes around forgiving sins?”

50 And Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”

Poor little Moses had it rough from day 1. He was born into a family of slaves, the king wanted to get of all the baby boys, and his mom left him floating in a river with no one to watch him except his big sister! Find out what happens in this amazing story!

“God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them.” Exodus 2:24-25

Exodus 1-2

We all want to know how our lives are going to turn out. We want to know where to go to school, what career we’re supposed to pursue, who we’re supposed to marry, how many kids we should have… the list goes on and on. The thought of the future can be overwhelming and terrifying, because it is unknown and out of our control. This causes lots of anxiety in us because we like control. Not only do we like it, but we crave it. It makes us feel powerful and safe.

We feel like if we only knew what we were supposed to do, if we only knew what God wanted for us, we would be less anxious and more ready and willing to trust that He really does have our best interest at heart. Trusting God is already hard enough, so why does He seem to be so silent on the big life decisions we have to make? 

In Exodus 1-2 Moses’ future was at risk from the very beginning of his life. From being born an Israelite and put into a basket to save his life from Pharaoh to growing up in an Egyptian household, Moses’ life was largely unknown and out of his control; but God protected him because He had great plans for him. At the same time that Moses was growing up in scary and uncomfortable circumstances, God was working within Moses to raise Him to rescue the Israelites from their slavery. 

To the Israelites in slavery, it probably felt like God wasn’t listening to them. Nothing about their circumstances changed to show that God was even listening to their cries, and they were less in control of their future than they had ever been before, but God was in control and working for their good so that they could be freed. The same is true about our lives and current circumstances. Our futures may seem out of our hands and far from God, but the God that protected Moses and had a great future in store for him is the same God that can be trusted with our future as well. 

Questions to think about:

1. When you think about your future, do you tend to feel more anxious or at peace?
2. How do you typically respond when things in your life feel out of control?
3. Where in your life can you choose to let go and trust God more?

Track list for this bonus episode! And don't forget to let us know your favorite songs in the reviews
1. The Creation Song
2. Genesis 1:31
3. Children of God
4. Deuteronomy 6:5
5. I Believe In Jesus
6. Isaiah 40:28
7. Let It Shine
8. Psalm 77:14

Imagine that you are a regular kid hanging out in a big crowd. All of the sudden Jesus comes up to you and asks for your lunch. What would you do? Jesus asked one little boy for his lunch and miraculously turned it into enough for more than five thousand people! And there were 12 baskets of leftovers! That's a great lunch...

Jesus and the disciples were all on a boat ride across the sea. A huge storm came up. The disciples were all terribly afraid. And Jesus? He took a nap...

JESUS FORGIVES PETER

Hey parents! Use these questions as a guide to talk over this week’s lesson, Jesus Forgives Peter, with your child after they’ve watched the video service!

1. What was your favorite part of the video we just watched? Do you have any questions about what you saw or heard?
2. What did Peter promise Jesus? What did Peter do instead?
   Peter promised he would never leave or turn away from Jesus. But Jesus told him that Peter would deny him three times before the rooster crowed. And just as Jesus said, Peter denied even knowing Jesus.
3. After Jesus was resurrected, he spent time with the disciples. What did Jesus ask Peter?
   Jesus asked Peter, “Do you love me?” Jesus forgave Peter. Peter spent the rest of his life sharing about Jesus, caring for others, building the church, and helping people know Jesus.
4. Why does Jesus forgive us?
   Because he loves us.
5. How can we be forgiven?
   When we love Jesus, we can be forgiven, too. We can choose to believe in what Jesus did for us at Easter and follow him. Whenever we sin, we can tell God about it and ask him to forgive us. When we are forgiven, we can choose to share God’s love with others so they can be forgiven and be in God’s family, too.

Parent Devotional

Hey parents! We have something just for you to enjoy this Bible story for yourself. We encourage you to read over this devotional sometime this week as a way to reflect on the Bible story your child saw from Church at Home. We love you!

Download

Elementary Activity Sheets 

Each week we have a variety of activities to help your child remember the week’s lesson. They include new coloring pages and activity sheets to enjoy!

Download

Navigating Parenthood 

Hey parents! Saddleback Parents has great training, tips, and tools to help you win. Check out this blog post all about the power of forgiveness, and as you do, think about the ways you might need to extend forgiveness to your child or another person that comes to mind.

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Jesus did it! He saved the day! Happy Easter, everyone!

This is an extra special bonus episode! We learn about the last supper Jesus had with his friends, the disciples before he was arrested!