Family Service
Sunday, May 5th, 2024
NEW SERIES: ZANY ZOOTOPIA
Families, gather around and enjoy this service together. There's a silly video, scripture to look up, discussion guide and more! Read, discuss and learn together! Parents, whether your kids are attending church, or worshiping at home online - this page is FOR YOU as well as for the kids! Watch and engage with your kids and then use the discussion questions below to have an intention conversation on the week's lesson. If your kids attend Highpoint Church with Pastor Karl, it's a great review! If not, welcome! And we hope you'll have a great time learning about Jesus!
This is WEEK FOUR of
ZANY ZOOTOPIA!
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DURING THIS SERIES WE'LL ARE LEARNING ABOUT SOME AMAZING ANIMAL STORIES OF THE BIBLE!
A Silly Fun Video to Kick Things Off!
TUNE IN to Zoo Nation on the K.L.A.W. Network as Chester interview semi-famous amimals!
NAME THAT ANIMAL!
JUST FOR FUN! Start the video and see if you can NAME THE ANIMAL buy a CLOSE UP of it's TONGUE! You might be fooled! After a few seconds, you'll see the entire animal.
Say it out loud along with whoever is watching with you.
Then read the scripture at the end out loud too, to see what the Bible has to say about that body part!
Say it out loud along with whoever is watching with you.
Then read the scripture at the end out loud too, to see what the Bible has to say about that body part!
THIS WEEK'S STORY:
Learn it - Live it!
Ever heard of Raven-Dash? Getting food delivered now-a-days is common, but in Bible Times, that was unheard of. But with God, all things are possible. But when God needs to make things happen, he can take care of business. He doesn't need smart phones, apps or even cars... he can just use birds. In this case, ravens!
NEEDED: If you can, go get a slick of bread from the kitchen! See if you can make a bird out of the slice using only your hands/fingers to rip or shape the bread. Anything they tear off, just eat it rather than drop on the floor. Have your parents try it too and see who can make the best looking bird! Then show off the bird creations, take some pictures, determine the best one, and after you are done, go ahead and eat your birds! at their bird!
NEXT, READ: 1 Kings 17:2-6 Then the Lord said to Elijah, “Leave this place and go east and hide yourself near Cherith Brook, east of the Jordan. The brook will supply you with water to drink, and I have commanded ravens to bring you food there.” Elijah obeyed the Lord's command, and went and stayed by Cherith Brook. He drank water from the brook, and ravens brought him bread and meat every morning and every evening.
God sent his prophet on a trip, but Elijah may have wondered how he was going to eat out there in the wilderness. But he never even had to ask. God told him that he would provide both bread and meat and he could drink from the river. Soon after this, the river Elijah was drinking from dried up. He went into the nearest town for water and met a widow. He asked her for water and bread, but she said she had none. Elijah knew God could provide because He had provided for him by the ravens and water. It gave him the confidence to tell this woman God would provide, and he ended up doing a miracle to feed her family!
The main thing we can learn today is that Where God leads, He provides. God never asks us to do something without making it possible. Sometimes God may ask us to do something difficult or something we don’t understand. But God always has a reason.
READ: Philippians 4:19 And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.
We never need to worry about whether we will have what we need. God even talked about ravens when assuring us He would take care of us.
READ: Luke 12:22-26 Then Jesus said to the disciples, “And so I tell you not to worry about the food you need to stay alive or about the clothes you need for your body. Life is much more important than food, and the body much more important than clothes. Look at the crows: they don't plant seeds or gather a harvest; they don't have storage rooms or barns; God feeds them! You are worth so much more than birds! Can any of you live a bit longer by worrying about it? If you can't manage even such a small thing, why worry about the other things?”
If God will take care of the birds and animals, how much more so will He take care of you?
NEEDED: If you can, go get a slick of bread from the kitchen! See if you can make a bird out of the slice using only your hands/fingers to rip or shape the bread. Anything they tear off, just eat it rather than drop on the floor. Have your parents try it too and see who can make the best looking bird! Then show off the bird creations, take some pictures, determine the best one, and after you are done, go ahead and eat your birds! at their bird!
NEXT, READ: 1 Kings 17:2-6 Then the Lord said to Elijah, “Leave this place and go east and hide yourself near Cherith Brook, east of the Jordan. The brook will supply you with water to drink, and I have commanded ravens to bring you food there.” Elijah obeyed the Lord's command, and went and stayed by Cherith Brook. He drank water from the brook, and ravens brought him bread and meat every morning and every evening.
God sent his prophet on a trip, but Elijah may have wondered how he was going to eat out there in the wilderness. But he never even had to ask. God told him that he would provide both bread and meat and he could drink from the river. Soon after this, the river Elijah was drinking from dried up. He went into the nearest town for water and met a widow. He asked her for water and bread, but she said she had none. Elijah knew God could provide because He had provided for him by the ravens and water. It gave him the confidence to tell this woman God would provide, and he ended up doing a miracle to feed her family!
The main thing we can learn today is that Where God leads, He provides. God never asks us to do something without making it possible. Sometimes God may ask us to do something difficult or something we don’t understand. But God always has a reason.
READ: Philippians 4:19 And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.
We never need to worry about whether we will have what we need. God even talked about ravens when assuring us He would take care of us.
READ: Luke 12:22-26 Then Jesus said to the disciples, “And so I tell you not to worry about the food you need to stay alive or about the clothes you need for your body. Life is much more important than food, and the body much more important than clothes. Look at the crows: they don't plant seeds or gather a harvest; they don't have storage rooms or barns; God feeds them! You are worth so much more than birds! Can any of you live a bit longer by worrying about it? If you can't manage even such a small thing, why worry about the other things?”
If God will take care of the birds and animals, how much more so will He take care of you?
SO WHAT DO WE LEARN FROM THIS STORY?
HOW DO WE LIVE IT?
Have you ever been sick? It’s no fun. Have you ever heard of being “worried sick?” Some people can get so worried, they make themselves sick. There is nothing wrong with their body, but they are miserable worrying about this or that. With God as our heavenly Father, we don’t need to worry about anything. When you find yourself worried, remind yourself that where God leads, He provides! I don’t know what medicine you take when you are sick, but I can tell you, the best medicine for worry is gratitude. Every night this week, take some time to THANK GOD for all He has provided for you. It will help you not to worry so much.
THIS MONTH'S SCRIPTURE CHALLENGE!
WE ARE WORKING TO MEMORIZE THIS PASSAGE:
