February 26th, 2025
by Mackenzie Gunter
by Mackenzie Gunter
This Christmas House of Faith had the privilege of gifting each of our 610 families with The Biggest Story Family Devotional by Douglas O’Donnell. Inspired by the devotion we decided to match our curriculum writing with the Scriptures families were being invited to read each week.
We are currently teaching a unit called “Chosen” over the book of Genesis. Each week we focus on our theme verse, 1 Peter 2:9, and have highlighted the fact that God chooses and has a plan for each of our lives.
"But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light." -1 Peter 2:9 NIV
As we have taught the stories of Genesis and watched the students internalize this Scripture, we have been able to help them understand that we can do nothing apart from God. We have laid a foundation for understanding that God’s plan and purpose for all our lives is better than anything we could imagine or strive for without Him. We have also invited them to choose to follow God with their own lives.
Continuing to follow the Scriptures covered in the devotional we will be walking through the books of Exodus, Leviticus & Numbers with our next unit called “Lead Me.” In this unit we will take 8 weeks to cover several stories that focus on the fact that God is (Yahweh) I AM. He is, has always been, and will be God forever. We will teach the stories about how God leads us, teaches us, and saves us! We will highlight the fact that God is where our hope comes from, and again invite them to choose to follow God with their own lives.
As we have walked out each week of programming, we have invited families to do so with us. We send our students home with a handout that engages the whole family by giving them Scripture to read, activities to complete, and a craft they can work on together! We believe that God has called us to minister to the entire family and consider it an honor to teach and help lay Scriptural foundations for these children, youth, and their whole families on a weekly basis.
We are currently teaching a unit called “Chosen” over the book of Genesis. Each week we focus on our theme verse, 1 Peter 2:9, and have highlighted the fact that God chooses and has a plan for each of our lives.
"But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light." -1 Peter 2:9 NIV
As we have taught the stories of Genesis and watched the students internalize this Scripture, we have been able to help them understand that we can do nothing apart from God. We have laid a foundation for understanding that God’s plan and purpose for all our lives is better than anything we could imagine or strive for without Him. We have also invited them to choose to follow God with their own lives.
Continuing to follow the Scriptures covered in the devotional we will be walking through the books of Exodus, Leviticus & Numbers with our next unit called “Lead Me.” In this unit we will take 8 weeks to cover several stories that focus on the fact that God is (Yahweh) I AM. He is, has always been, and will be God forever. We will teach the stories about how God leads us, teaches us, and saves us! We will highlight the fact that God is where our hope comes from, and again invite them to choose to follow God with their own lives.
As we have walked out each week of programming, we have invited families to do so with us. We send our students home with a handout that engages the whole family by giving them Scripture to read, activities to complete, and a craft they can work on together! We believe that God has called us to minister to the entire family and consider it an honor to teach and help lay Scriptural foundations for these children, youth, and their whole families on a weekly basis.
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