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Unboxed: a 5-Week Teaching Series for Children's Ministry TOPIC: Spiritual Gifts SCRIPTURE: New Testament DECORATING THEME: Presents AGE GROUP: Elementary (Get the Preschool version here !) With the holiday season having just passed by, most kids still have the concept of giving and receiving gifts fresh on their minds. While many, if not all, of the gifts that were unboxed at Christmas will eventually fall into disrepair, gifts given by God will never fade! Through this "Unboxed" series, kids will discover what kinds of gifts those are, starting with the fact that everyone has special gifts ! Then they will see how God can use those gifts to help others, among those gifts being special blessings from God , as well. Our gifts help us care about what God cares about , by focusing on heavenly things, and we can trust God with our gifts when we offer it up cheerfully! BIG IDEAS & BIBLE STORIES Everyone has special gifts. (Spiritual Gifts: 1 Corinthians 12:1-11; Luke 11: 9-13) God uses my gifts to help others. (The Body of Christ: 1 Corinthians 12:12-31; Romans 12:6-8) Blessings are gifts God gives us. (The Beatitudes: Matthew 5:3-12; James 1:17) We can care about what God cares about. (Treasures in Heaven: Matthew 6:19-24; John 8:12) We can trust God with our gifts! (Generosity: 2 Corinthians 9:1-15; John 6:5-13) MEMORY VERSE: "Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God's grace in its various forms." 1 Peter 4:10 (NIV)

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