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As you go discipleship

The term "as you go" means you can use your everyday rhythms as cues to be intentional about discipling your kids.
Every family has these 4 rhythms: Morning Time, Drive Time, Meal Time, and Bed Time.
Whether you have younger kids or older kids, here are some ideas for using the content on this page as a tool to help you win at
discipling your kids as you go throughout your everyday life. 

This Month in Next Gen:

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LittleLIFE

god is unchanging

This month, we will learn that God never changes. God always loves us. He always does what is right.
We can trust Him because He is always good and always faithful.
We will see how God loved His people, even when they made wrong choices. He helped them, corrected them, forgave them, and brought them back to Him.
As Christians, we don’t have to be perfect for God to love us. God’s love for us never changes. Because of Jesus, we can know that God will always love us and never leave us.
The world around us can change, but God stays the same. When we feel scared, worried, or unsure, we can remember that God is our strong and steady rock.
God never changes, so we can always trust Him!

Monthly Memory Verse:

"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever."
Hebrews 13:8

Big Question

Q: Does God ever change?
A: No!

Parent Resource:

LittleLIFE is working with our older Preschoolers and Kindergarteners to start learning the books of the Bible.
Click HERE for the Old Testament song. Click HERE for the New Testament song.

LittleLIFE Grow Question:

LittleLIFE is teaching this Grow Question for 3 months as a way to help disciple preschoolers to learn big truths in a little way. (Click the side arrows to find the answer!)

KidLIFE

God is Unchanging

This month, we will see the unchanging, unflinching nature of God.
A God who is consistent in His love and perfect in His justice and reasonable in all of His ways.
We will see how He calls a nation to Himself and, in His love, corrects, restores, and rescues it.
The confidence we have as Christians doesn’t come from our perfect behavior but rather from the consistent, unchanging
love of God for us in Christ. His consistency in a world that is so radically inconsistent brings
courage to our timid minds and strength to our anxious hearts. What a gift to have a solid rock on which to stand.

Monthly Memory Verse:

"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever."
Hebrews 13:8

KidLIFE Parent Resources of the Month:

>Check out this playlist of songs that your kids sing in KidLIFE on Sunday's and see how many they know!
>Click here to view a tool that you can use to disciple your child(ren) throughout the week with a
calendar that pairs with what they are learning in KidLIFE!

>Here is the songs to help your kid learn the books of the Old Testament and the New Testament!

KidLIFE Grow Question:

In KidLIFE we are committed to teaching foundational truths of the Christian Faith. We do this through an easy-to-remember call and response. Learn this Grow Question with us! (Click the side arrows to scroll through!)

Upcoming:

56LIFE

A series on God's Kingdom

Jesus ushered the kingdom of God to earth—a kingdom so utterly unlike ours. As believers, we now live between clashing kingdoms: the temporary kingdom of this world and the coming kingdom of God, of which we're already citizens. To help us understand the way of God's kingdom, Jesus taught parables. A time is coming when God's kingdom will be revealed fully. Because we know our King-and because we are known and loved by Him—we can walk in hope until He returns. We can endure persecution because our King endured the worst of it. We can face physical pain and sickness because our King will heal us, if not here, there. We can face death and sorrow because our King entered into our suffering, wept over sin's effects, and redeemed us from the grave by lying in one made of stone. Our King offered Himself as broken bread and poured out wine, instituting a new covenant, where the Word is written on our hearts and the Holy Spirit seals us for eternity. Until then, we live with open eyes, alert and ready for Jesus's return. And when the world asks the reason for our hope, we can tell our story: "I was blind, and now I can see!" (John 9:25).

Family Connection

56LIFE Grow Question:

In 56LIFE we are committed to teaching foundational truths. We do this through an easy-to-remember call and response that we call Grow Questions. Learn this month's Grow Question with us! (Click the side arrows to find the answer!)

StudentLIFE

A series on Friendship

Think about your favorite adventure stories where friends go on epic journeys, face challenges, and stick together
through it all. Those stories make you wonder: Do I have friends like that? Am I that kind of friend? We all want solid
friendships with people who stick with us no matter what life brings, and the Bible gives us wisdom about how to build
those relationships. In this series from the Old and New Testaments, we’ll explore what God has to say about
how we can have—and be—good friends. We'll see how every friend will influence you, how wise friends will help
guide you, that good friends are worth fighting for, and that you'll always have a friend in Jesus.

Monthly Verse:

"Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends."
— John 15:13 (NIV)

StudentLIFE Grow Question:

StudentLIFE is committed to teaching gospel truths in easy-to-remember ways. One of the ways we do this is through teaching a true statement using questions and answers. Learn this Grow Question with us! (Click the side arrows to find the answer!)

Upcoming:

StudentLIFE: Family Edition > Parents, you are invited to join your student for StudentLIFE on September 9th!

Our #1 Parenting Resource:

Parenting isn't the big moments, it's every moment.

  • Every parent has 936 weeks of influence from the time their child is born until they graduate.
  • Your child spends 1 hour per week at church and 167 hours per week away from church.
  • Those can be a daunting numbers, but meaningful faith moments don't just happen at church. Meaningful faith moments with your family can fit seamlessly into the daily rhythm of your life.
  • We want to join you in the journey of learning how to make faith a part of your daily routine by being a constant presence with your kids in Next Gen, by teaching them Gospel truths, and by equipping you to do the same the other 167 hours of the week! 

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