God Made and Cares: Catch-up or Calendar Flex

Family guide · God Made and Cares: Catch-up or Calendar Flex · Editor-selected approved K1 passage · about 15 minutes

Big idea: The operating calendar may use this slot for catch-up, holidays, or a congregation-specific teaching need.

Start with the selected passage. For a flex template, do not use the lesson until the editor has selected and reviewed the passage.

The 15-minute flow

2 minConnect. Connect this lesson to something already learned in Cycle 1.
5 minRead. Read selected portions of Editor-selected approved K1 passage and name direct observations. If this is a flex template, the editor must replace the placeholder with the approved passage before publication.
3 minUnderstand. Restate the big idea in your own words: The operating calendar may use this slot for catch-up, holidays, or a congregation-specific teaching need.
3 minPlay. Use the Catch-up Choice Board resource verbally, on paper, or with the provided worksheet.
2 minRespond. Choose one favourite Cycle 1 story and retell what happened, what it showed about God, and one way to respond.

Talk about it

What does the passage or lesson evidence directly say?
What meaning or principle follows from it?
What is one response we can practise this week?

This week

Action: Choose one favourite Cycle 1 story and retell what happened, what it showed about God, and one way to respond.

Prayer: Thank God for what the selected passage reveals and ask for help to respond faithfully.

Note for parents: Questions are welcome. Do not force disclosure, certainty, giving, public prayer, baptism, or another public religious decision.