January Weeks 2 and 3 LG Overview – January 9, 10, 16, 17
January Weeks 4 and 5 LG Overview – January 23, 24, 30, 31
February Weeks 1 and 2 LG Overview – February 6, 7, 13, 14
February Weeks 3 and 4 LG Overview – February 20, 21, 27, 28

It’s Christmastime! It’s Christmastime! Well not yet…but in Early Childhood, we are starting Christmas early so our little ones will have enough time to really understand the Christmas Miracle and prepare their hearts for Christmas!
Is there a more fun time than Christmas with a preschooler? I say no. Their little faces light up with awe as they take in all the music and lights and new experiences. They sparkle just as much as the Christmas decorations around them. We’re going to sparkle too this Christmas! As we share the story of Christmas throughout the next two months, we’ll make a “Story Sparkler” to go with that piece of the story. By the time they’ve made it through December, each child will have a pail full of story sparklers so they can retell the story of Jesus’ birth at home.
We’ll start with the story of how the angel came and told Mary she was going to have a special baby named Jesus (November weeks 1 and 2). Then, we will learn about, Mary and Joseph traveling to Bethlehem to find no room in the inn, and Baby Jesus is born in a stable (November weeks 3 and 4). The shepherds enter the story next and run to meet this special baby (December weeks 1 and 2). The third weekend of December, we start our Christmas services where we will have a Happy Birthday Party for Jesus at all Christmas services! Finally, the wise men arrive and complete the Christmas story (December week 4 and January week 1).
The Monthly Memory verse is “God loved the world so much that He gave His only Son.” John 3:16, GNT
The Bottom Line is Jesus is God’s Son.
November Weeks 1 and 2 – November 7th/8th and 14th/15th
November Weeks 3 and 4 – November 21st/22nd and 28th/29th
December Weeks 1 and 2 – December 5th/6th and 12th/13th
Christmas Services – December 19th/20th and 23rd/24th
December Week 4 and January Week 1 – December 27th and January 2nd/3rd
Large Group Overviews:
November Weeks 1 and 2 LG Overview – November 7th/8th & 14th/15th
November Weeks 3 and 4 LG Overview – November 21st/22nd & 28th/29th
December Weeks 1 and 2 LG Overview – December 5th/6th and & 12th/13th
December Week 4 and January Week 1 LG Overview – December 27th and January 2nd/3rd
We’re beginning the school year with a review of the three basic truths: God Made Me, God Loves Me and Jesus wants to be my friend forever. What an incredible reminder of what we’re trying to instill in the hearts of our smallest church attenders.
We’ll begin this month telling preschoolers that God made them. He made their hands, their eyes, their feet. He made each and every part of them. (September weeks 1 and 2) Then, we’ll explain that not only did He make them, but He has a plan for them. He has a special plan for everyone! (September weeks 3 and 4) Next, preschoolers will hear the story of the lost coin and how God loves them even more than the woman loved her coin. God loves them so much and will always seek them. (October weeks 1 and 2) Finally, they will hear how God loved them so much that He sent Jesus to be their friend forever. Jesus is an amazing friend and loves each and every one of us so much. (October weeks 3 and 4)
September Weeks 1 and 2 – September 5th/6th and 12th/13th
September Weeks 3 and 4 – September 19th/20th and 26th/27th
October Weeks 1 and 2 – October 3rd/4th and 10th/11th
October Weeks 3 and 4 – October 17th/18th and 24th/25th
October Weeks 5 – October 31st/November 1st
September Weeks 1 and 2 LG Overview
September Weeks 3 and 4 LG Overview
October Weeks 1 and 2 LG Overview
October Weeks 3 and 4 LG Overview
Let It Be Known (lyrics & motions) – VBS 2015