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Make It Or Break It: a 4-Week Teaching Series for Children's Ministry TOPIC: Creation & Early Humanity SCRIPTURE: Genesis DECORATING THEME: Building Blocks AGE GROUP: Elementary (Get the Preschool version here !) Whether it's with LEGO bricks, Minecraft, or Roblox, kids (and adults!) love to make things - and sometimes break them. In this four-week series from the very beginning of the Bible, we'll compare God's ability to make good things with our tendency to break them. Through the stories of creation, the fall, Cain and Abel, and the Tower of Babel, we'll see that God makes good things, unbreaks what's been broken, and made us different on purpose, so we should honor God with the things we make . BIG IDEAS & BIBLE STORIES God makes good things. (In the Beginning: Genesis 1:1-2:4a; John 1:1-5) God unbreaks what's been broken. (The Fall: Genesis 3; Matthew 9:9-13) God made us different on purpose. (Cain and Abel: Genesis 4:1-16; Romans 5:1-8) We can honor God with the things we make. (The Tower of Babel: Genesis 11:1-9; Matthew 10:32-33) WEEKLY CURRICULUM SUMMARIES: This week, kids learn about how God created the world in the beginning. Whether you're building LEGO or engineering castles in Minecraft, there's nothing like the feeling of making something awesome. This week, we go all the way back to the beginning and see how God created a world full of light, life, and beauty - on purpose and for good. Every time we look around at what's been made, we're reminded that God makes good things. This week, kids learn about the fall of the first humans and how God still cared for them. If you've ever accidentally knocked over your own masterpiece, you know how frustrating it feels when something breaks. This week, we see how the first people made a huge mistake - but God didn't give up on them or the world. Even when things fall apart, God unbreaks what's been broken. This week, kids learn about what happened between Cain and Abel. Not everyone plays the same way - some build fast, some build detailed, and some just like to explore! This week, we learn about two brothers who were very different, and how jealousy got in the way of their relationship. God made each of us unique for a reason, and God made us different on purpose. This week, kids learn about how people built the Tower of Babel, and how God responded to it. It's fun to build big stuff - towers, cities, or even rollercoasters! But this week, we hear how people started building something big for the wrong reasons, and how God helped them refocus. We can use our creativity in the best ways when we honor God with the things we make. MEMORY VERSE: "For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything." - Hebrews 3:4 (NIV)

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