29 January 2017

Toddler Class

Coach Susan

Asst. 1 : Yessy

Asst. 2 : Tasya & Felianti

Primary Class 1-3

Coach Shianty

(Asst. Dewi & Daniel)

Primary Class 4-6

Coach Lusiana
(Asst. Shawn & Nico)

A 12-week series bringing the children through the Book of Acts (chapters 1-10), with an emphasis on the Holy Spirit working to bring the good news of Jesus to everyone everywhere.

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8

ACTS: GOD’S FAMILY

REVIEW MEMORY VERSE WITH ACTIONS

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8

Before Jesus went back to heaven, He told the disciples to wait in Jerusalem for God’s gift — the Holy Spirit, which will give the disciples power to be His witness everywhere.

LESSON (Acts 2)

Holy Spirit Message

Last week we ended our story with the disciples and Peter filled with the Holy Spirit speaking to the crowd of Jewish people. Even though the Jewish people were from many different countries, they heard the disciples talk about the wonderful works of God in their own language.

Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit as he spoke these words to the crowd:

 ·   Jesus died on the cross and that God raised Him from the dead.

 ·   Even King David wrote about Jesus’ death and resurrection many years ago (prophetic)

 ·  Everyone in the crowd had a part to play in crucifying Jesus, the Savior God sent.

Everyone who hear the words were “cut to their hearts”. They realized that it was because of their sin, Jesus had to die on the cross. That was a conviction by the Holy Spirit. Peter told them to repent — to change their minds and put their trust in Jesus — and be baptized — so they can tell everyone they have believed in Jesus. By believing in Jesus their sins would be forgiven and they will receive God’s Holy Spirit.

Birth of the Church

As we learned last week, 3,000 people decided to believe in Jesus.

Not only was this a day of celebrating, it was also the day that the very first church was born. A church is not a building but it is made up of people who believe in the Lord Jesus.

So JCB is not this building. It’s not the first floor or third floor. JCB is a church of God’s people. Wherever God’s people are, we are His church. We are God’s family.

The new believers gathered together regularly to hear the apostles teach about Jesus. Let’s read Acts 2:42-47 to find out what else they did.

42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 

43 Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. 

44 All the believers were together and had everything in common. 

45 They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. 

46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 

47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

The early church:

- Listened to the teachings about Jesus

- Fellowshipped & meet regularly — families meet together often to encourage each other; we don’t hide in our rooms and close our doors

- Celebrated the Lord’s Supper — why?

- Prayed together

- Shared and helped one another

- Praised God
- God continued to save people every day, causing the church to continue to grow

The Message for His Church today

Although what we read from our Bibles happened a long time ago, the message is true for us today.

Jesus is the Savior God promised to send. Even though we were not physically there crying “Crucify Him!” my sins and your sins nailed Him to the cross. He was buried and 3 days later God raised Him from the dead. Anyone who calls upon the Lord Jesus and believes in Him can be saved and have eternal life.

What is your response to this message? If you have never been saved you can turn to Jesus today. Do you want to receive Jesus?

His Family today

If you have received Jesus, you are part of His family now.

Let’s follow the example of the early church 

Let’s listen to the teachings about Jesus

Let’s meet together regularly

Let’s remember Jesus through the Lord’s Supper/Holy Communion

Let’s pray together

Let’s share and help one another

Let’s praise God together 

And God will bring more and more people into this wonderful family of His.

ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS

HUDDLE TIME

Kids to break up in small groups — normally a girls group and boys group works best. 

Encourage and challenge the kids to meet regularly (don’t always skip church etc) and to listen to the word about Jesus. 

Have Holy Communion with the children and encourage them to remember what Jesus has done on the cross for them. 

Share prayer needs and pray together. 

Close with a song of worship.

e.g. Refuge (with sign language) 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9BbT90NrXg

22 January 2017

Toddler Class

Coach Dewi

Asst. 1 : Tessa

Asst. 2 : Ruth

Primary Class 1-3

Coach Iwan

(Asst. Shevica)

Primary Class 4-6

Coach Kent

(Asst. Joel)

A 12-week series bringing the children through the Book of Acts (chapters 1-10), with an emphasis on the Holy Spirit working to bring the good news of Jesus to everyone everywhere.

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8

ACTS: GOD’S SPIRIT

HOOK

Prepare a gift box. Inside the box put the following items:

•                    Paper heart

•                    Bible

•                    Family picture

•                    2 flashlights, one with batteries and one without

Show the box to the children. Explain that we all enjoy receiving gifts and that inside this box are some gifts that God gives to everyone who believes in Him.

Unwrap the box and take out the paper heart. This heart represents the gift of God’s love for each of us.

Next, take out the Bible and tell the children that God’s word is an important gift because it tells us of who God is and what He has done for us.

Then, take out the family picture. Explain that it is a gift to be a part of God’s family because we can pray together, help each other in times of need, and have fun together.

Finally, take out the flashlights. Ask for two volunteers and give one flashlight to each. Have the children turn on their flashlights at the same time. Discuss with the children as to why one flashlight turned on and the other did not. Open the flashlights and show the children that one contained batteries and the other did not.

Explain to the children that these flashlights remind us of the gift of the Holy Spirit. When the Holy Spirit lives inside of us, we have the power to live like Jesus boys and girls. When we do not have the Holy Spirit in our hearts, we do not have the power to live the life that God wants us to live.

REVIEW MEMORY VERSE WITH ACTIONS

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8

Before Jesus went back to heaven, He told the disciples to wait in Jerusalem for God’s gift — the Holy Spirit, which will give the disciples power to be His witness everywhere.

LESSON (Acts 2)

Not long after Jesus ascended to heaven, the day of Pentecost came.

Pentecost was a Jewish feast to commemorate the giving of the Law to Moses at Sinai.

Jews from many different countries would go to Jerusalem to bring gifts and offerings to God during that time.

Tongues of Fire

On the day of Pentecost, Jesus’ followers were all gathered in a house. Suddenly, a strong wind came from heaven and filled the entire place. Suddenly, they saw what looked like tongues of fire resting on each of them. They were filled with the Holy Spirit!

Song Suggestion: “The Pentecost Song” (sang to the tune of “Are you sleeping?”

 1. Flames of Fire, Flames of Fire

 2. Mighty Wind, Mighty Wind

 3. Holy Spirit’s coming, Holy Spirit’s coming

 4. With His power, with His power

  

Tongues of many Languages

Then, by the power of the Holy Spirit, they began to speak in other languages, telling of the wonders of God. Some of the Jews who were visiting from other countries heard Jesus’ followers talking. They were amazed to hear their own language being spoken. For example, Jews who lived in Greece heard the disciples speaking Greek; Jews who lived in Arabia heard the disciples speaking Arabic; Jews who lived in Egypt heard the disciples speaking Egyptian etc.

That’s pretty amazing, isn’t it? Remember, the disciples were all fishermen or people with little education. And they were standing in front of so many people and telling them about Jesus.

Drunk before Dawn?

In fact, it was so unbelievable that some people thought the disciples were drunk.

But Peter stood up and spoke to the crowd. “These people are not drunk,” he says. This is actually part of a prophecy by the prophet Joel, where God promised to pour out His Spirit on all people.

Peter told the people about Jesus and all He has done for us on the cross. And that day, 3000 people believed and were baptized.

The Start of a New Covenant

The coming of the Holy Spirit was a mark of the New Covenant.

OLD COVENANT

NEW COVENANT

The LAW was given

The HOLY SPIRIT was given

3,000 died

3,000 saved

The Holy Spirit came and left whenever	The Holy Spirit came to live
He wanted to	in our hearts forever and ever.

When we believe in Jesus and receive His new life, His Holy Spirit comes to live with us forever.

We don’t always see the Holy Spirit like Jesus’ followers did — as tongues of fire over their heads — but He can still do amazing things!

Illustration suggestion: Hairdryer and Ping-Pong ball

Turn on the hairdryer and place the ball in the stream of air. Explain that just as we cannot see the air coming out of the hair dryer, we can see that it is helping the ball to float.

He gives us power to be Jesus boys and girls, so we can share Jesus’ love with everyone around us, near and far.

MEMORY VERSE (with actions)

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8

ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS

CRAFT: Tongues of Fire

Have several pieces of red, orange, and yellow fun foam cut into the shape of flames. Have the pieces of each flame packaged together in a plastic baggie to make distribution easier. Then, have the kids glue the three pieces of the flame together, create headbands out of lengths of black cardboard, staple the flames to the headband.

Do teach the kids to explain to their parents and siblings when they are asked why they had flames over their heads (e.g. “Jesus gave me His Holy Spirit to live in my heart forever”)

HUDDLE TIME
Get kids to share and pray for the friends and family who do not yet know Jesus.

Bless each child and close in prayer.

15 January 2017

Toddler Class

Coach Carrie

Asst. 1 : Yuni

Asst. 2 : Laila

Primary Class 1-3

Coach Susi Tjio

(Asst. Felicia)

Primary Class 4-6

Coach Lusiana
(Asst. Shawn & Nico)

A 12-week series bringing the children through the Book of Acts (chapters 1-10), with an emphasis on the Holy Spirit working to bring the good news of Jesus to everyone everywhere.

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8

LESSON (Acts 1)

ACTS: JESUS’ PROMISE

Overview of Acts

The Gospels (the first 4 books of the New Testaments) are written by four people (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) about the life of Jesus. Jesus came to earth as a baby. That’s why we celebrate Christmas. Jesus died for us on the cross. And rose again. That’s why we celebrate Good Friday and Easter.

After the Gospels is the book of Acts.

Acts is written by Luke, who is a medical doctor.

Acts talks about what God does among the early Christians — those who believed in Jesus.

It’s tells us all about the “acts of the Holy Spirit”.

Jesus’ Promise

After Jesus rose from the dead, He met with many disciples to prove that He was really alive. He spent 40 days with them and taught them about God’s kingdom.

Then over a meal, He told them, “Do not leave Jerusalem. I am sending you a gift from my Father. Wait for it!”

The disciples wanted to know when Jesus will come back again. Jesus told them that only the Father knows. But He assured the disciples that they will not be alone.

Read this: “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8

Then He went up to heaven before the disciples’ eyes.

What did Jesus promise?

God’s gift, the Holy Spirit, will come

God is the Trinity, 3-in-1 — The Father, The Son (Jesus) and The Spirit (Holy Spirit). So when the Holy Spirit comes, it is God Himself coming as a Spirit.

Why does God need to come as a Spirit? Why couldn’t Jesus stay here forever as a man? Because a man can only be in one place at one time. But a Spirit can be everywhere and in everyone’s hearts at the same time.

In the same way, your mummy and daddy can’t be with you all the time. But God’s Holy Spirit can be with you every second of every day.

The Holy Spirit will give them power

Wow. The disciples have seen what Jesus has done on earth — all His powerful and miraculous acts. And now Jesus was promising them that they could have the same power because they will now have the same Spirit Jesus had.

So can we!

They will be witnesses for Jesus — people who shine Jesus’ light in them

And with Jesus’ life and Spirit in us, the disciples could become Jesus people and share His love and light to everyone around them!

So can we!

Where?

In Jerusalem: Where they were

Judea: Neighbouring area

Samaria: the land of the enemies of the Jews

Ends of the earth

Where do you think you can start sharing about Jesus?

MEMORY VERSE (with actions)

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8

HUDDLE TIME

Kids to break up in small groups — normally a girls group and boys group works best. Get kids to fill up the personal details list.

Get kids to share: “Who do I want to share Jesus with?”

Take turns praying for the friends and family who do not yet know Jesus.

Bless each child and close in prayer.

08 January 2017

Toddler Class

Coach Ochie

Asst. 1 : Arlene

Asst. 2 : Tirza

Primary Class 1-3

Coach Shianty

(Asst. Dewi & Daniel)

Primary Class 4-6

Coach Tjipto

Psalm 100

A lesson on worshiping the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

PSALM 100

Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!

2     Serve the Lord with gladness!

    Come into his presence with singing!

3 Know that the Lord, he is God!

    It is he who made us, and we are his;[a]

    we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving,

    and his courts with praise!

    Give thanks to him; bless his name!

5 For the Lord is good;

    his steadfast love endures forever,

    and his faithfulness to all generations.



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