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Kid's MINISTRY

3/19/23 - God Keeps His Promises
Isaiah 9

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Family Guide - 3/19/23

This week in Kids Church... God Keeps His Promises (Isaiah 9)
God’s faithfulness is present throughout the Bible, but the theme is prominent in the Book of Exodus. God is consistent and unchanging. Even when the Israelites are faithless, God is faithful. The Israelites regularly celebrated God’s miraculous acts like the Passover and the parting of the Red Sea to remember that God keeps His promises.
 
As you read and teach from the Old Testament, keep in mind this point on the horizon: God’s keeping His ultimate promise to send a Rescuer to deliver His people from sin. God spoke to His people through the prophets to remind them of His good plan.
 
When would the promised One come? How would He come? Would God’s people recognize Him? The prophet Isaiah—who lived hundreds of years before Jesus was born—brought a message of hope to God’s people.
 
Isaiah spoke specifically of the Messiah’s birth: “The virgin will conceive, have a son, and name him Immanuel” (Isa. 7:14). He described the birth of a “Prince of Peace”—a Son of David who will reign forever. (Isa. 9:6-7) Isaiah said that He would be a King! (Isa. 11:1-5)
 
Jesus fulfilled God’s promises spoken by the prophet Isaiah. He is the child who came into the world. He is the Wonderful Counselor who leads us with wisdom. He is the Mighty God who fights for and protects us. He is the Eternal Father who loves us. He is the Prince of Peace who brings us into a right relationship with God.
 
Isaiah’s prophecies from God did not speak just to the people of his time; they also speak to us. Hundreds of years before it happened, Isaiah told of how Jesus would be born and how He would suffer and die to take away the sins of His people.
 
We respond to God’s faithfulness with trust, remembering His past miraculous acts and looking forward to the day when King Jesus will come back and rule forever. Jesus is the promised Messiah. He makes all of God’s promises come true.
 
Check out The Gospel Project At Home for resources designed to help you lead a family worship experience as well as suggestions for morning and evening prayer times and family activities.
 
FAMILY TALKING POINTS 
CHRIST CONNECTION
This is the big idea of how this week’s Bible story points to Jesus.
  • Babies & Toddlers: God keeps His promises. He sent His Son, Jesus.
  • Younger Preschool: God keeps His promises. God sent His Son, Jesus, into the world as a baby. Jesus saves sinners.
  • Older Preschool: God keeps His promises. God promised to send a Rescuer, so He sent His Son, Jesus, into the world as a baby. Jesus saves sinners. He died on the cross and rose from the dead to rescue us.
  • Kids: God keeps His promises. He remembered His promise to send a Rescuer and sent His Son, Jesus, into the world as a baby. Jesus grew up and provided salvation for sinners by dying on the cross and rising from the dead.
BIG PICTURE QUESTION & ANSWER
This is an important biblical truth that your child will encounter each week of this unit.
  • Younger Preschool: Does God keep His promises? Yes, God always keeps His promises.
  • Older Preschool: Does God keep His promises? Yes, God always keeps His promises.
  • Kids: Does God keep His promises? Yes, God always keeps His promises because He is faithful.
KEY PASSAGE
This is a Bible verse that relates to what your child will encounter each week of this unit.
  • Babies & Toddlers: God keeps His promises. — Numbers 23:19
  • Younger Preschool: God keeps His promises. — Numbers 23:19
  • Older Preschool: God is not a man, that he might lie … Does he speak and not act, or promise and not fulfill? — Numbers 23:19 
  • Kids: God is not a man, that he might lie, or a son of man, that he might change his mind. Does he speak and not act, or promise and not fulfill? — Numbers 23:19
** Next week: Jesus' Triumphal Entry (Matthew 21; Mark 11; Luke 19; John 12)

Worship

Here’s what we’re doing for 3RW Kids!

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Kids Programming - PreK to 5th grade

  • The Gospel Project is a weekly Bible study that helps kids dive deep into the big story of the Bible—God’s plan to rescue His people through His Son, Jesus Christ. 
  • Unit 4: Out of Egypt.   Many years had passed since God used Joseph to rescue His people from a famine by bringing them into Egypt. Now, however, God’s people were in bondage and needed to be rescued. God raised up a new rescuer, Moses, to deliver His people out of Egypt and lead them back to the promised land.
  • Big Picture Question:   Does God keep His promises? Yes, God always keeps His promises because He is faithful.
  • Session 1: God Called Moses, Exodus 1-4
  • Session 2: God Delivered His People, Ex. 5-12
  • Session 3: God Parted the Red Sea, Ex. 13-15
  • Session 4: God Keeps His Promises, Isaiah 9​
  • The online family resources will help equip you as your child’s personal spiritual trainer and coordinates with the same weekly themes and scriptures that we're using for live church!​​ ​
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Families with Little Ones

Here are some plans to help you worship if you have little ones!
  • The Walk-In Nursery is open for infant care-givers that shows the service live-stream.
  • A Wiggle Room is open to for kids, age 3 and under with supervised nursery care!  Stop at the kid's desk to check in.
  • Infant changing stations are located in the Walk-in Nursery, Wiggle Room, and Family Restroom.

Click the video below for a look inside 3RiversKids!

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The Vision

Three Rivers children's programming is offered Sunday mornings during our service at 10:00am for children age 3 to 5th grade. Children learn about God in large group and small group settings while our volunteers use a variety of creative tools for teachings, Bible stories, and life application principles. If you have any questions about our children's ministry please use the contact tab to email Pastor Sarah.  

Dedicated Children's Space

A few years ago we completely renovated half of our church building into an amazing new children's wing! The goal was to create a space that is safe, exciting and designed specifically with our kids in mind! The new wing features a designated children's worship center, a parent-check-in station, several age specific classrooms and children's restrooms. We hope that it will be a place your kids are excited to come to every week!

Nursery

We have a fully staffed nursery with trained volunteers who view serving you and your children as a ministry opportunity. We also have a  "walk-in" nursery immediately off the main worship center that is available for parents who would prefer to have their young children with them but might still need a quiet place with a changing table or rocking chair! We love kids and can't wait to connect with your family!
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​Mailing Address: P.O. Box 8122, Fort Wayne, IN 46898