26 February 2017

Toddler Class

Coach Dewi

Asst. 1 : Tessa

Asst. 2 : Ruth

Primary Class 1-3

Coach Iwan

(Asst. Shevica)

Primary Class 4-6

Coach Kent

(Asst. Joel)

A 12-week series bringing the children through the Book of Acts (chapters 1-10), with an emphasis on the Holy Spirit working to bring the good news of Jesus to everyone everywhere.

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8

ACTS: OBEYING JESUS

STORY (Acts 5: 12-42)

God performed many Signs and Wonders

The believers met regularly at Solomon’s Porch in Jerusalem. Many signs and wonders were done, and many more people believed in Jesus. In fact, God’s spirit was so powerful that it could even work through Peter’s shadow — people would carry the sick into the streets and lay them on cots and mats. And those who had unclean spirits would be healed.

The Apostles Arrested and Freed

As usual, the religious leaders were jealous and unhappy. They arrested the apostles and put them in the public prison.

But at night, an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and told them to

“Go and stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this Life.” So in the morning, the disciples entered the temple and began to teach.

The religious leaders called a council meeting and ask the guards to bring the apostles from the prison. When they went to the prison — the doors were locked, the guards were standing outside …

BUT the prison cell was EMPTY!

Everyone was scratching their head, wondering … where could they be? Then someone came and told them, “Look! The men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people.”.

So they went to bring the apostles back to the council.

No point fighting God

The high priest questioned them, saying, “We told you that you cannot teach in this name anymore, but you still continue filling Jerusalem with your teaching!” But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men. We know that you killed Jesus, and God raised him to life so that we all can have forgiveness of sins.”

Of course, this made the religious leaders even angrier, and they wanted to kill the apostles. But one of the Pharisee, called Gamaliel, stood up and asked for the apostles to be taken outside for a while.

Then he told the group, “Previously, whenever someone claimed to be the Messiah — such as Theudas or Judas the Galiliean — and they were killed, all their disciples ran away and disappeared. So now that Jesus is dead, if he’s really just a man, his disciples would also run away and disappear so we don’t have to do anything about it. If this teaching is man-made, it will fail. But if it is from God, then nothing we do can stop it. We will just end up trying to go against God.”

So the religious leaders called the apostles in. They had them whipped and warned them not to speak about Jesus again. Then they let them go.

Even though they were beaten, the disciples left happily and rejoicing because they could stand up for

Jesus’ name. And every day, they continued teaching and preaching about Jesus the Christ (Messiah, Saviour) … in the temple and from house to house.

LESSON 

We must obey God rather than men

The disciples had been threatened, imprisoned and beaten. They have been repeatedly warned NOT to speak about Jesus.

Yet, they continued to speak about Jesus joyfully. Every day. Wherever they went.

They were so convinced about the truth of Jesus and His resurrection, they couldn’t stop talking about it. “We must obey God rather than men,” Peter said.

Let’s not stop talking about Jesus

Let’s be like the disciples. Let’s fill our minds and hearts with Jesus, so that we cannot stop talking about Him. Let’s tell our friends and family and neighbours about how much He loves them and what

He has done for them on the cross.

HUDDLE TIME

Get the kids into small groups to pray for who they want to share Jesus to.

19 February 2017

Toddler Class

Coach Carrie

Asst. 1 : Yuni

Asst. 2 : Laila

Primary Class 1-3

Coach Susi Tjio

(Asst. Felicia)

Primary Class 4-6

Coach Lusiana
(Asst. Shawn & Nico)

A 12-week series bringing the children through the Book of Acts (chapters 1-10), with an emphasis on the Holy Spirit working to bring the good news of Jesus to everyone everywhere.

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8

ACTS: KNOWING JESUS

REVIEW MEMORY VERSE WITH ACTIONS

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8

Before Jesus went back to heaven, He told the disciples to wait in Jerusalem for God’s gift — the Holy Spirit, which will give the disciples power to be His witness everywhere.

STORY (Acts 4:32 - 5:10)

Believers shared everything

Those who believed in Jesus met together often as a community, a family. The disciples would share and talk about Jesus’s resurrection.

Everyone was of one heart and soul — what’s mine is yours, what’s yours is mine.

Nobody was in need because everyone shared what they had to bless one another.

One of them was Joseph, or also called Barnabas (which means “son of encouragement”). He sold a field that belonged to him and gave the money to the disciples to distribute.

Ananias & Sapphira

A man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property. They kept some money for themselves and brought the rest to the disciples, saying this was all they received from the sale.

But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land?

This was your property. You didn’t have to sell it. This was your money. You could have kept all of the money for yourself. But why did you try cheat by lying about how much you sold the land for? You have not lied to man but to God.”

When Ananias heard these words, he fell down and died. The young men standing around quickly wrapped him up and carried him out and buried him.

After about 3 hours, Sapphira came in, not knowing what had happened. Peter asked her, “Did you sell the land for this amount?”

“Yes,” she replied.

Peter said, “Why did you and your husband decide to lie and cheat the Lord?”

Immediately she fell down at his feet and died. When the young men came in, they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband. And great fear came upon the whole church and upon all who heard of these things.

LESSON 

When we believe in Jesus, we can understand and share His grace.

Nobody forced them to share what they had. They chose to do so because they realized how much God had blessed them with.

Freely they received, freely they gave.

Joseph Barnabas gave all the money from his land to help the believers because He was full of Jesus’ grace and love.

When we don’t know Jesus, we can only pretend.

Ananias and Sapphira didn’t know Jesus and His grace.

They thought they could “act” like the believers and become one of them. So they tried to do what the believers did, but their lie was exposed.

They died out of fear and guilt over what they did.

All who heard of it realized that God knows everything. They were in awe of Him and gave Him the praise and honour.

It’s what’s inside our hearts that counts. We can’t pretend to be good if we are rotten inside.

That’s why we need Jesus in our heart to make us really and truly good. Then our actions and words will good and real.

And when Jesus’ name is lifted up, there is great power, great grace and great awe in our midst.

Do you want to believe in Jesus?

HUDDLE TIME

Get the kids into small groups to share their praise points — what can they thank Jesus for. Have the children take turns to give thanks and praise to Jesus for all He has done in their lives.

SONG: No other Name (with actions)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYCGhuJK53k

12 February 2017

Toddler Class

Coach Susan

Asst. 1 : Tasya & Felianti

Asst. 2 : Yessy

Primary Class 1-3

Coach Shianty

(Asst. Dewi & Daniel)

Primary Class 4-6

Coach Tjipto
(Asst. Joel)

A 12-week series bringing the children through the Book of Acts (chapters 1-10), with an emphasis on the Holy Spirit working to bring the good news of Jesus to everyone everywhere.

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8

ACTS: THE NAME OF JESUS

GAME: Blanket Name Game

Kids introduce themselves. Divide them into 2 groups and each kid takes turn to represent their group. Hold up a blanket between the 2 representatives. When the blanket drops, the representatives have to shout out each other’s names. Whoever shouts first wins, and the team gets a point.

REVIEW MEMORY VERSE WITH ACTIONS

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8

Before Jesus went back to heaven, He told the disciples to wait in Jerusalem for God’s gift — the Holy Spirit, which will give the disciples power to be His witness everywhere.

REVIEW LAST LESSON WITH SONG: Peter and John went to pray

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFZJFXvuv0A

STORY (Acts 4)

After the lame man stood up and walked and jumped, everyone was completely amazed and ran to them.

Peter started preaching to them. “Men of Israel, why are you amazed and in wonder? Did you think we did this by our own? It is Jesus — the one you killed when you arrested him and handed over to the Romans. You killed the Author of Life, whom God rose from the dead.

And His name — by faith in His name — has made this man strong and in perfect health! God raised

Jesus up so that He could bless you and turn you from wickedness. So believe in Him!”

Many who heard the word believed!

As Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and Sadducees and captain of the temple came to arrest them and put them in prison.

The next day, the rules and elders gathered in Jerusalem and interrogated Peter and John again. “By what power or by what name did you do this?”

Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “This man was healed by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead — by him, this man is standing before you well. This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

The rulers were surprised because they saw how bold Peter and John were. You must remember …

Peter was the coward who ran away when Jesus was arrested and denied him 3 times when someone recognized him. And they were just fishermen, uneducated, common man. The rulers recognized that they had been with Jesus.”

And the man who was lame since birth — he couldn’t walk for more than 40 years! — was standing there beside them, so they couldn’t say anything. They discussed among themselves and decided, “In order that it may spread no further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more to anyone in this name.”

So they told Peter and John that they could NOT speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge, for we cannot help to speak of what we have seen and heard.”

The rulers couldn’t punish them, so they just threatened them and let them go. Peter and John returned to the disciples, and they all prayed and were filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.

LESSON

The Name of Jesus gives you the authority and power of Jesus.

It was the name of Jesus — and faith in it — that made the lame man well. It was the name of Jesus and His Holy spirit that gave the disciples boldness.

It was the name of Jesus that they couldn’t stop talking about.

The Name of Jesus is not the ending to your prayer, but the whole reason you can pray!

It is as if Jesus Himself is speaking it.

It is based on His worthiness to receive.

It is like taking from His overflowing account in Heaven (yours is empty).

Do you know Jesus?

Do you believe in Him? Do you have His Holy Spirit in you?

Do you know that if the Holy Spirit is in you, you can use the name of Jesus and speak like Jesus spoke?

HUDDLE TIME

Get the kids into small groups to share their prayer needs. Have the children stretch forth their hands to each other and speak Jesus’ name, spirit and life into whatever situation they are facing. Encourage them to believe that Jesus is more powerful than any problem they have.

SONG: No other Name

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYCGhuJK53k

05 February 2017

Toddler Class

Coach Ochie

Asst. 1 : Arleen

Asst. 2 : Tirza & Theresia

Primary Class 1-3

Coach Lily Bun

(Asst. San - San)

Primary Class 4-6

Coach Savitri

A 12-week series bringing the children through the Book of Acts (chapters 1-10), with an emphasis on the Holy Spirit working to bring the good news of Jesus to everyone everywhere.

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8

ACTS: SPIRIT’S POWER

REVIEW MEMORY VERSE WITH ACTIONS

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8

Before Jesus went back to heaven, He told the disciples to wait in Jerusalem for God’s gift — the Holy Spirit, which will give the disciples power to be His witness everywhere.

  

Have you ever been carried? (Talk about your own experiences or suggest times when a person might be carried.) A baby has to be carried because they can’t walk. A parent might carry a child to bed when they are sleepy. A fireman might carry a person out of a burning building when they save them.

Four-hand seat carry demonstration:

Think about what it would be like if you could never walk anywhere and someone would always have to carry you. In today’s story we are going to talk about a man who couldn’t walk. He didn’t have a wheelchair and someone always had to carry him.

STORY (Acts 3)

Peter and John were two of Jesus’ closest disciples. One day, when they were going to the temple to pray, they saw a man sitting right beside the gate (called “Beautiful Gate”). As they moved closer they noticed that the man was crippled. He could not walk.

Now this was not the first time the crippled man sat there. His friends brought him to the temple every single day so he could ask people for money. Since he couldn't get a job or work, he was hoping the kind people who were going into the temple to worship God would see him and have compassion on him and give him money so he would be able to have food and other necessary things.

The man saw Peter and John and as usual, he stretched out his hand to ask for money. "Please, do you have some money you could give me? I really, really need money."

Well, our friends, Peter and John, looked at the man and told him, "Look at us!"

The man looked up in eagerness, expecting to be given money. He had no idea what an unusual day THIS was going to be!

Imagine his dismay when Peter and John said, "We don't have any money!"

Imagine his surprise when they said, "We want to give you something better than money!"

He thought about that. He was quite confused. After all, what could be BETTER than money?

Then he heard Peter say something very strange. "In the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!"

"Walk? Who? ME? They expect me to WALK? I have NEVER walked! I have never walked before in my whole life! From the time I was a little child, I have always wanted to walk. Now they are telling me to just get up and walk. How can THAT be? Can it really happen? Will I really be able to walk? Hmmm ...

Should I try? Or should I ignore them and just sit here?" You can imagine all these thoughts flying through the man's mind in just a few seconds.

Before he even knew what was happening, Peter reached down, took him by the right hand, and lifted him up. IMMEDIATELY his feet and anklebones received strength. He couldn't believe what was happening! His feet were actually HOLDING HIM UP! He JUMPED up, he STOOD up, and he WALKED around. He went into the temple for the first time in his life. This was SO exciting! He was WALKING and JUMPING for the first time in his life. He was PRAISING God because of the amazing thing that had just happened to him.

All the people saw him WALKING and JUMPING and PRAISING God. They knew it was that crippled man who had sat outside the gate of the temple for many years begging for money. They recognized him and they were full of surprise and wondered what and how this had happened.

The people started running toward Peter and John. They thought Peter and John had done a great miracle and they wanted them to do MORE miracles.

Peter immediately started preaching to the crowd. "STOP! STOP!" he yelled. "Why are you so surprised about this? Why are you looking at us? WE did not perform this miracle. WE did not make this man able to walk!

It is Jesus. The one whom you killed but was raised to life by God. This man was made strong by faith in the name of Jesus. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through him that has completely healed him!

Believe in Him and be saved!”

Isn’t Jesus powerful? Because Peter and John believed in Jesus, His Holy Spirit was in them and they could do the great and mighty things Jesus did when He was on earth.

HUDDLE TIME

Get the kids into small groups to share their prayer needs. Have the children stretch forth their hands to each other and speak Jesus’ name, spirit and life into whatever situation they are facing. Encourage them to believe that Jesus is more powerful than any problem they have.

SONG: Peter and John went to pray

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFZJFXvuv0A

(can be used as part of lesson too)

RELATED CRAFT with MEMORY VERSE

Acts 3:16 “It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through him that has completely healed him.”

GAME: Relay carry

Using the four-hand seat carry, have the kids practice carrying each other across the room. Older kids can be divided into 2 teams to compete against each other.