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Subscribe Now: a 5-Week Teaching Series for Children's Ministry TOPIC: Jesus' Early Life & Ministry SCRIPTURE: Gospels DECORATING THEME: Social media AGE GROUP: Elementary (Get the Preschool version here !) If only we could really get to know the people behind our favorite YouTube channels! The ability to "subscribe now" gives people the impression that connection is that easy. But connection takes a bit more effort - it takes following and learning from those we want to know. Kids look for places of belonging, places where forgiveness exists, places where they can experience a genuine connection. The Gospels teach us that places like these exist. In these stories, kids learn that we can know God through Jesus, we can know forgiveness because of Jesus, that Jesus knows us and wants us to follow him. The message of Jesus is powerful and is something we can subscribe to! BIG IDEAS & BIBLE STORIES We can know God through Jesus. (Jesus Comes to the World: John 1:1-18; Ephesians 1:3-14 We know forgiveness because of Jesus. (Jesus Is Baptized: Mark 1:4-11; Acts 19:1-7) Jesus knows us. (Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael: John 1:43-51; Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18) Jesus wants us to follow him. (Jesus Calls Andrew and Peter: Mark 1:14-20; Luke 5:1-11; 1 Corinthians 7:29-31) The message of Jesus is powerful. (Jesus Helps a Suffering Man: Mark 1:21-28; Psalm 111) MEMORY VERSE: "Jesus answered, 'I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'" John 14:6 (NIV)

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