Looking ahead…Mark your calendars!
 
November 20:  Thanksgiving Meal and Service, 6pm (No TeamKID)
November 23:   No Kids’ Choir
December 11:   Kids’ Choir Christmas program during morning service
December 18:   Oak Crest Kids’ Christmas Party
  
TeamKID, Sundays @ 6pm
Bible Story: God Took Care of Paul (Acts 27:13-44)
Memory verse: Psalm 147:5 (ESV)
Application: God is all-powerful.
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 Kids' Choir, Wednesdays @ 7pm
 (Note that our Christmas performance will be December 11th during the a.m. service
 Hymn of the month: 
Soon and Very Soon
Songs of focus:
He is King
Return
Alleluia, Amen
Happy Birthday, Jesus
 
THE GOSPEL PROJECT FOR KIDS, Sundays @ 9:30am
 
 Unit 15: Jeremiah and Captivity
Unit Description: God called Jeremiah and used him to tell the people about the coming of a new covenant in which sin can be forgiven once and for all. Judah continued in sin and was removed from the land, but even during the captivity, God used Ezekiel to foretell the coming of Jesus, in whom people can find new life.
Key Passage: Ezekiel 11:19-20
Big Picture Question: Why should we obey God? We obey God because He loves us.
 
Bible Story: Jeremiah Prophesied a New Covenant
Bible Passage: Jeremiah 17:1-10; 31:31-34
Main Point: God promised a new and better covenant.
 
 
Shortly after God had rescued the Israelites from slavery in Egypt, He made a covenant
with them at Mount Sinai. The terms of the covenant are found in Exodus 19.
God said through Moses, “If you will listen to Me and carefully keep My covenant, you
will be My own possession out of all the peoples, … and you will be My kingdom of
priests and My holy nation” (vv. 56).
God’s people responded, “We will do all that the L ORD has spoken.”
 
But the people did not do all that the Lord had spoken. The people had God’s law, but
they were not able to obey Him because of the sinfulness of their hearts. God punished
His people for their unfaithfulness, eventually sending the Northern Kingdom into exile.
But God was faithful; He preserved two tribes, keeping His promise to establish David’s
house forever.
 
The Israelites in Jeremiah’s day broke the covenant just like their ancestors before them.
The prophet Jeremiah told about a new covenant. He prophesied about a coming day
when God would forgive sin and write His law on the hearts of His people. This prophecy
is fulfilled in Jesus. Jesus did not come to get rid of the law. (See Matt. 5:17.) Through
His sinless life, Jesus fulfilled the demands of the old covenant.
 
Jeremiah told about a day when God would forgive sin and change people’s
hearts. Jesus made these words come true. God forgives our sin through His Son,
Jesus. He changes us and gives us power through His Spirit to obey His
commands.
 
Help your kids understand that obedience only comes from a heart changed by God and
it is always a response to God’s goodness and love for 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
○ God helps me love Him.
○ People do not always love and obey God.
○ God made a new promise to forgive His people.
○ God sent Jesus to forgive His people forever.
● Preschool
○ Why should we obey God? We obey God because He loves us.
○ God promised a better covenant.
● Kids
○ Why should we obey God? We obey God because He loves us.
○ God promised a new and better covenant.
UNIT KEY PASSAGE
● Ezekiel 11:1920
(Preschool: Ezekiel 11:19)
NEXT WEEK
● “Judah Was Taken into Captivity” (2 Chronicles 36:121)
 
In Christ,
Stephenie
 

Looking ahead…Mark your calendars!
 
November 2:    Youth Fundraiser Family meal before service
November 12:  Youth Parent’s Night Out Fundraiser, 6-8:30 pm
November 20:  Thanksgiving Meal and Service, 6pm (No TeamKID)
November 23:   No Kids’ Choir
December 11:   Kids’ Choir Christmas program during morning service
December 18:   Oak Crest Kids’ Christmas Party
  
TeamKID, Sundays @ 6pm
Bible Story: God Relieved Nehemiah’s Sadness (Nehemiah 1-2:10)
Memory verse: Psalm 120:1 (ESV)
Application: God’s care and concern exist in spite of people’s circumstances

 Kids' Choir, Wednesdays @ 7pm
 (Note that our Christmas performance will be December 11th during the a.m. service
 Hymn of the month: 
Soon and Very Soon
Songs of focus:
Victory Chant
Shout to the North
Alleluia, Amen
Happy Birthday, Jesus
 
THE GOSPEL PROJECT FOR KIDS, Sundays @ 9:30am
 
 Unit 14: God the Pursuer
 
Unit Description:Despite His people’s continued sin, God continued to pursue them. God used Hosea’s life to show that He still loved Israel, though she was unfaithful. God called Jonah to the capital of a godless nation, showing that no one is beyond the reach of God’s compassion. God used Joel to remind Judah that judgment was inevitable but that God is merciful and was ready to welcome them back.
Key Passage: Joel 2:13
Big Picture Question: What is God like? God is slow to anger, merciful, and loving.
Bible Story: Joel, Prophet to Judah
Bible Passage: Joel 1–3
Main Point: God warned His people to repent before the Day of the Lord.
  
This week we turned our attention back to Judah and picked up the big story with God’s
people in quite a bind. The prophet Joel spoke to the Southern Kingdom of Judah at a
time when the nation faced a crisis. The land had been invaded by locusts; swarms of
the insects had devastated the plants. Judah was also affected by a severe drought.
Joel looked back on these events and announced that these were not mere natural
disasters—the Lord was judging the people for their sin.
 
In Deuteronomy 28, God told His people, “If you do not obey the Lord your God by
carefully following all His commands and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses
will come and overtake you … You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little,
because locusts will devour it” (vv. 15,38). That is exactly what happened.
These disasters were a wakeupcall. Joel told the people to repent. He told them to fast.
He told them to gather and repent together, crying out to God and asking Him to show
them mercy. Then Joel looked ahead to the future. In essence he said, “You think this is
bad? This is only the beginning!”
 
God’s judgment of Judah was not over. The Day of the Lord was coming, a day when
God would show His strength through an invading army. For those who were not right
with God, this was bad news. God’s power would be against them. So Joel implored
them, “Return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to
anger, rich in faithful love, and He relents from sending disaster.”
God had pity on His people and promised to restore them. God would rather forgive His
people than punish them.
 
Joel warned God’s people about the Day of the Lord—a day when God will judge
His enemies, free His people, and make the world right again. Those who trust in
Jesus will escape God’s punishment for sin. Jesus was punished in our place, and
we share in His righteousness.
 
Help your kids see that God takes sin seriously, but at the same time, He showers grace
upon those who trust in Jesus. God sent His Son, Jesus, to die for sins so people could
be right with God. An ultimate Day of the Lord is coming, and everyone who calls on the
name of the Lord will be saved.
 
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
○ God loves people.
○ Joel was God’s prophet.
○ Joel said God wants to forgive people.
○ God forgives us through His Son, Jesus.
● Preschool
○ What is God like? God is merciful and loving.
○ God warned His people to repent.
● Kids
○ What is God like? God is slow to anger, merciful, and loving.
○ God warned His people to repent before the Day of the Lord.
 
UNIT KEY PASSAGE
● Joel 2:13
 
NEXT WEEK
● “God Called Jeremiah” (Jeremiah 1)
 
In Christ,
Stephenie