August - October 2021 Elem Connection Groups
Our Elementary Connection groups use Brite. This curriculum produced by Awana follows a yearly plan that takes kids on a journey through the Bible.
August: Beginnings
This month’s lessons deal with “beginnings” – the creation of all things, sin entering the world and the division of language at Babel. This month’s visual theme is donuts. This fun addition of The Donut Dudes will join us in videos, visuals, and lesson dazzle, and supports the lessons main biblical content.
| Date | Message | Scripture | Scripture Memory |
| 8/22/2021 |
Garden of Eden & the Fall |
Gen 2:8-18, 21-22 & Gen 3 |
Romans 6:23 |
| 8/29/2021 | Tower of Babel No one is greater than God. |
Gen 11:1-9 | 1 Samuel 2:2 |
September: Exodus and the Promiseland
In this month’s lessons God provides for and guides His chosen people starting with Moses and continuing to the time of the Judges. This month’s visual theme is the wilderness. This fun addition of Gabby Lynx and the Incredible Wilderness Quest will show up in videos, visuals, and lesson dazzle, and supports the lessons main biblical content.
| Date | Message | Scripture | Scripture Memory |
| 9/5/2021 | The Burning Bush God shows us who He is. |
Exodus 3-4:17 | Deuteronomy 31:6 |
| 9/12/2021 | The Tabernacle God always makes a way to be with us. |
Exodus 25:8-9; 40 | Exodus 29:46 |
| 9/19/2021 | Joshua & Jericho God leads his people. |
Joshua 5:13-6:27 | Joshua 1:9 |
| 9/26/2021 | Judges God helps and hears His people. |
Judges 2:3-15 | Psalm 28:7 |
October: Kings
This month’s visual theme is crafting. This fun addition of Crafted Kids will show up in videos, visuals, and lesson dazzle, while our Bible-based lessons will continue to be focused on Scripture.
| Date | Message | Scripture | Scripture Memory |
| 10/3/2021 | Saul Disobeys God is the One True King. |
1 Samuel 13:1-14 and 15:10-29 | Jeremiah 10:16 |
| 10/10/2021 | David & Jonathan God's plan comes first |
1 Samuel 18:1-4, 19:1-7, 20:1-42 | Psalm 33:11 |
| 10/17/2021 | Solomon & the Queen of Sheba No one is wiser than God. |
1 Kings 10:1-13 | Job 12:13 |
| 10/24/2021 | Elijah & the Contest God is really real |
1 Kings 18:1-3, 17-46 | 1 Kings 18:39 |
| 10/31/2021 | Elisha and Naaman God can do things no one else can. |
2 Kinds 5:1-19 | Mark 10:27 |
November: Times of Trouble
This month’s visual theme is crafting. This fun addition of Crafted Kids will show up in videos, visuals, and lesson dazzle, while our Bible-based lessons will continue to be focused on Scripture.
| Date | Message | Scripture | Scripture Memory | |
| 11/7/2021 | Ezra God is good! |
Ezra 7:6-28, 8:31-32, Nehemiah 8-9 | Pslam 33:4 | |
| 11/14/2021 | Esther God made us for a purpose. |
Esther 2-8 | Psalm 57:1-2 | |
| 11/21/2021 | Jeremiah's Scroll God shows us how to live. |
Jeremiah 36 | Psalm 119:104-105 | |
| 11/28/2021 | Nebuchadnezzar's Dream God is sovereign. |
Daniel 2 | Colossians 1:16-17 |
December: Arrial of Jesus This month’s visual theme is newscasting. This fun addition of Hark! The Big News Show will show up in videos, visuals, and lesson dazzle, while our Bible-based lessons will continue to be focused on Scripture.
| Date | Message | Scripture | Scripture Memory |
| 12/5/2021 | The King is Coming God promised to send a Savior. |
Isaiah 9:1-7 | |
| 12/12/2021 | Jesus is Born The Arrival of Jesus |
Luke 2:1-21 | |
| 12/19/2021 | There are no connection groups this Sunday, please join us in the Activites Center 9-10:15 am for a church-wide Christmas fellowship followed by our Kids Christmas Party at 10:15 am. | ||
| 12/26/2021 | There are no connection groups this Sunday. | ||
January: Sermon on the Mound
This month’s theme is Jesus Talks. This fun addition of pop art will show up in videos, visuals, and lesson dazzle and supports the main biblical content.
| Date | Message | Scripture | Scripture Memory |
| 1/2/2021 | There are no connection groups this Sunday. | ||
| 1/9/2021 | Salt and Light | Matthew 5:1-2, 13-16 | Matthew 5:16 |
| 1/16/2022 | Jesus Teaches on Prayer | Matthew 5:1-2; 6:5-13 | Matthew 6:9-10 |
| 1/23/2022 | Jesus Teaches on Worry | Matthew 5:1-2; 6:25-34 | Philippians 4:19 |
| 1/30/2022 | Building on the Rock | Matthew 5:1-2; 7:24-29 | Matthew 7:24 |
February: Miracles of Jesus
This month’s theme is called He’s Got the Power! The fun addition of science experiments and chemical reactions will show up in videos and visuals.
| Date | Message | Scripture | Scripture Memory |
| 2/6/2022 | The Centurion's Servant | Matthew 8:5-13 | Matthew 28:18 |
| 2/13/2022 | Jesus Stills the Storm | Matthew 8:23-27 | Matthew 8:27 |
| 2/20/2022 | Jesus Heals a Paralytic | Matthew 9:1-8 | 1 John 1:9 |
| 2/27/2022 | Jairus's Daugther | Matthew 9:18-26 | Psalm 62:11-12 |
March: Parables of Jesus
For the month of March we will be digging into the parables of Jesus. Because His culture was predominately a farming culture. Jesus told parables that related to His audience, He spoke in ways they would understand. Agriculture is the cultivation of the soil for the production of food and other useful and valuable growth from the land, and it can be some pretty dirty work! For many of us, agriculture is no longer our predominant culture, so we will dig into these parables and uncover what they mean for us today.
| Date | Message | Scripture | Scripture Memory |
| 3/6/2022 | Different Kinds of Soil | Matthew 13:1-23 | James 1:22 |
| 3/13/2022 | Unmerciful Servant | Matthew 18:21-34 | Ephesians 4:32 |
| 3/20/2022 | Worker and Wages | Matthew 19:30-20:16 | Ephesians 2:8 |
| 3/27/2022 | Three Stewards | Matthew 25:14-30 | Luke 16:10 |
April: Jesus Final Days
As we explore Jesus’ final days and what led up to the Easter story, this month’s visual theme is behind-the-scenes cinema.
| Date | Message | Scripture | Scripture Memory |
| 4/3/2022 | Jesus Arrives in Jerusalem | Matthew 21:1-11 | Luke 16:10 |
| 4/10/2022 | The Last Supper | Matthew 26:17-29 | John 6:51a// |
| 4/17/2022 | Happy Easter Join us at 9:15 AM for Egg Hunt |
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| 4/24/2022 | The Ascension | Matthew 28:19-20 | Mark 16:19-20a |
May: Early Church
| Message | Scripture | Scripture Memory | |
| 5/1/2022 | God sent us the Holy Spirit | Acts 2:1-24, 36-47 | John 14:26 |
| 5/8/2022 | Philip and the Ethiopian | Acts 8:26-39 | Romans 10:12-13 |
| 5/15/2022 | Tabitha | Acts 9:36-43 | John 14:12 |
| 5/22/2022 | The Philippian Jailer | Acts 16:22-40 | Matthew 19:26 |
| 5/29/2022 | No Connection Groups for Summer. They will resume on Aug 21, 2022 | ||
During the Summer of 2022, we will launch Super Summer on Sundays