Oak Crest Kids

Looking Ahead…Mark your calendars!
  
June 15th: Preteen Camp Parent meeting, 7pm
June 25th-28th: PowerPlus Preteen Camp @ Pineywoods
 
Due to most families being unable to attened, TeamKID will resume
 NEXT WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21ST.

THE GOSPEL PROJECT FOR KIDS, Sundays @ 9:30am
 
Unit Description: Jesus told parables, or stories, to help people understand what the kingdom of heaven is like. Jesus’ parables show what it looks like to live in God’s kingdom where Jesus reigns supreme. One day, these stories will become our reality when Jesus returns and reverses the curse of sin.
Key Passage: Mark 6:34
Big Picture Question: Why did Jesus tell parables? Jesus told parables to teach people about God and His kingdom.
Bible Story: The Unmerciful Servant
Bible Passage: Matthew 18:21-35
Main Point: God shows mercy to us so that we will show mercy to others.
 
Jesus had been teaching His disciples when Peter asked Jesus, “How many times  should I forgive my brother when he sins against me?” Peter suggested seven times.  Jews considered it standard to show forgiveness three times (see Job 33:29­30), so  Peter probably thought he was going above and beyond. Jesus answered Peter’s  question by telling a story about an unmerciful servant.   
 
In the parable, a servant owed his master ten thousand talents. A  talent
  was equal to about 20 years of wages. Ten thousand talents represented a debt that could never be  repaid. Faced with debtors’ prison, the servant begged for more time to repay the  master. Instead, the master released his servant and forgave the great debt.
 
The same servant went out and confronted a man who owed him a hundred  denarii—about 100 days of wages. The man begged for more time, but the servant  refused and put the man in prison. When the master heard what happened, he was  angry that the servant who had been forgiven a great debt did not show mercy to the  man who owed a small debt. So the master put the man in prison until he could pay his  debt. Jesus concluded the parable by explaining that God would react in the same way  to anyone who does not forgive his brother. 
 
We are like the servant, and God is like the master. 
 
Nothing we do is enough to pay the debt we owe God and take away God’s  punishment for our sin. Jesus came and died on the cross to pay for our sin and  take the punishment we deserve. When we trust in Jesus, God forgives our sin  completely. We can forgive others because God has greatly forgiven us.
 
As you talk with your kids, emphasize that God shows mercy to us so that we will show  mercy to others—not just three times or seven times, but many, many times—not  keeping count. We have been forgiven a great debt, so we can forgive others when they  sin against us.   
 
Check this session’s Activity Page and Big Picture Card as well as the Gospel Project for  Kids Family App for ways to interact with the Bible content this week.  
 
FAMILY STARTING POINTS  
● Babies and Toddlers 
○ Jesus told stories about God. 
○ Jesus told a story about forgiveness. 
○ God forgives us through His Son, Jesus. 
○ We forgive others because Jesus forgives us. 
● Preschool 
○ Why did Jesus tell stories? Jesus told stories to teach people about God. 
○ Jesus taught about God’s forgiveness. 
● Kids 
○ Why did Jesus tell parables? Jesus told parables to teach people about  God and His kingdom. 
○ God shows mercy to us so that we will show mercy to others.   
 
UNIT KEY PASSAGE  Mark 6:34   
NEXT WEEK   “The Good Samaritan”  (Luke 10:25­37)
 
In Christ,
Stephenie