Welcome to our very first Watermark Plano Kids Kit Preschool edition! If you saw our elementary version last week, then you know that our heart is to share God’s truth with you and your kids in a simple and engaging format. We miss seeing each of our sweet preschoolers each Sunday, but hopefully our new Plano version will bring some familiar faces to you in your home. Find a time this week that works for your family to WATCH, READ, DISCUSS and DO together!
Our goal for preschool curriculum is to build a foundation of biblical knowledge so preschoolers will know the major stories of the Bible and how they fit together into God’s big story. We teach the major stories of the Bible in mostly chronological order, and each week there is a Teaching Truth we want kids to hear and learn about God and His Story.
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This Week's Story: Saul to Paul
This Week's Teaching Truths:
1. Jesus has the power to change lives because He is God.
2. When Jesus changes our lives, we want to tell others about Him.
Current Unit: The Early Church
Current Memory Verse: Give thanks to the Lord for He is good. His love endures forever. Psalm 107:1
WATCH This:
READ This:
You can read to your children the NLT passage below or from the Beginner’s Bible, “A Changed Man” (p. 488-493) or the Jesus Storybook Bible, “A New Way to See” (p. 334-341).
Acts 9:1-20 NLT
Meanwhile, Saul was uttering threats with every breath and was eager to kill the Lord’s followers. So he went to the high priest. 2 He requested letters addressed to the synagogues in Damascus, asking for their cooperation in the arrest of any followers of the Way he found there. He wanted to bring them—both men and women—back to Jerusalem in chains.
3 As he was approaching Damascus on this mission, a light from heaven suddenly shone down around him. 4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul! Saul! Why are you persecuting me?”
5 “Who are you, lord?” Saul asked.
And the voice replied, “I am Jesus, the one you are persecuting! 6 Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
7 The men with Saul stood speechless, for they heard the sound of someone’s voice but saw no one! 8 Saul picked himself up off the ground, but when he opened his eyes he was blind. So his companions led him by the hand to Damascus. 9 He remained there blind for three days and did not eat or drink.
10 Now there was a believer in Damascus named Ananias. The Lord spoke to him in a vision, calling, “Ananias!”
“Yes, Lord!” he replied.
11 The Lord said, “Go over to Straight Street, to the house of Judas. When you get there, ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul. He is praying to me right now. 12 I have shown him a vision of a man named Ananias coming in and laying hands on him so he can see again.”
13 “But Lord,” exclaimed Ananias, “I’ve heard many people talk about the terrible things this man has done to the believers in Jerusalem! 14 And he is authorized by the leading priests to arrest everyone who calls upon your name.”
15 But the Lord said, “Go, for Saul is my chosen instrument to take my message to the Gentiles and to kings, as well as to the people of Israel. 16 And I will show him how much he must suffer for my name’s sake.”
17 So Ananias went and found Saul. He laid his hands on him and said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road, has sent me so that you might regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.” 18 Instantly something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he got up and was baptized. 19 Afterward he ate some food and regained his strength.
Saul stayed with the believers in Damascus for a few days.20 And immediately he began preaching about Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “He is indeed the Son of God!”
DISCUSS This:
- Who was the bright light that blinded Saul? (Jesus)
- Paul told everyone what Jesus did to change his heart. Why should we tell other people about Jesus? (We want everyone to trust in Jesus and be saved. God tells us to tell others about Him.)
- What do you think God wants us to learn from this story? (Jesus has the power to change lives because He is God. When Jesus changes our lives, we want to tell others about Him.)
DO This:
Have everyone go outside, spread out and freeze like a statue. Choose an action such as hopping. Hop over to your child and say, “Jesus loves you”. You and your child then hop over to another family member and together say, “Jesus loves you.” Continue on until everyone is hopping. You can repeat the game with a different person starting and a different action. When finished, remind everyone that when Jesus changes our lives, we want to tell others about Him.
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