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Timeless: a 5-Week Teaching Series for Children's Ministry Topic: Prophets Scripture: the Old Testament Decorating Theme: Time Travel Age Group: Preschool (Get the Elementary version here !) Time travel is such an exciting concept to imagine! If we could hop into a time machine and visit the past, we might be surprised by how much has changed-and how some things stay exactly the same. One thing we'd discover is that God's love and faithfulness are timeless. In this 5-week series, kids will explore how God's messages to us never change, no matter the time or place. They'll learn that God's love is timeless, we can seek God any time, God is good all the time, God takes the time to forgive, and God is with us at all times. BIG IDEAS & BIBLE STORIES God's love is timeless. (Hosea the Prophet: Hosea 11:1-11) We can seek God any time. (Isaiah the Prophet: Isaiah 1:1, 10-20) God is good all the time. (Micah the Prophet: Micah 6:1-8) God takes the time to forgive. (Jeremiah the Prophet: Jeremiah 18:1-10) God is with us at all times. (Ezekiel the Prophet: Ezekiel 37:1-14) WEEKLY CURRICULUM SUMMARIES: This week, kids learn about how much God's people are loved through the prophet Hosea. If we could time-travel, a lot of us would go back in time to send ourselves messages to avoid making mistakes. This week, we'll hear how a prophet named Hosea shared an important message about God's unfailing love-even when they turned away. Throughout his life, Hosea helped everyone see that God's love is timeless. This week, kids hear God's message to the prophet Isaiah about how to worship. Don't you sometimes want a time machine to skip past all the chores and routines? This week, we'll hear how God's message to the prophet Isaiah showed people that their acts of worship were more like empty routines. Isaiah reminded them that loving God wasn't about just going through the motions but rather daily actions because we can seek God any time. This week, kids learn about how God shows us what is good in a message to the prophet Micah. With time travel, we'd never need to worry about losing what's important because we could just jump back to the moment we lost it. This week, we'll hear how the prophet Micah helped his community remember how God rescued them and showed them compassion. His words not only helped people reflect on powerful stories, but they showed an important truth- God is good all the time. This week, kids learn about how God spoke to the prophet Jeremiah at the potter's house. Have you ever wanted to speed up time to get to the good parts? This week, we'll hear God's message to the prophet Jeremiah about a challenging time that would help Israel and Judah like clay pots. While they might have wished they could fast-forward through their discomfort, God used this story to shape them and to show us that God takes the time to forgive. This week, kids learn about God's message to the prophet Ezekiel at the valley of dry bones. If you could time-travel, wouldn't you be tempted to jump ahead and catch a glimpse of your future? This week, we'll hear about how Ekeziel's vision of a valley filled with dry bones helped him understand God's incredible power and presence. Through this vision, God reminded Ezekiel-and us-that we don't need to see the future to face difficult moments because God is with us at all times. MEMORY VERSE: "He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart." - Ecclesiastes 3:11a (NIV)

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