This week is our third week of Advent: Joy. The shepherds in our story were outside the city limits, and often seen as not important. But when they heard the good news of Jesus birth from the angels, they were filled will joy that they received this special and very important message!

This week is our second week in our Advent Countdown with the story of the birth of Jesus. The events around Jesus’ birth were not all that easy for Mary and Joseph, who had to travel a long way and couldn’t find a place to stay the night Jesus was to be born. But God had a plan all along, and He would save the world He loved through His son Jesus.

This week we begin our Advent Countdown with the story of Mary and Joseph in Luke, and the prophet Jeremiah. Many prophets, including Jeremiah, foretold of God’s promise to send a Savior to Israel. But God’s plan wasn’t exactly fulfilled how people thought it would be.

This week for Thanksgiving, we recall Jesus healing the ten lepers in Luke Chapter 17 and how only one showed thanks and praised God for his healing. We can and should show gratitude for Jesus's work: paying the consequences of our sins and giving us the opportunity to accept a restored relationship with God.

We read in Isaiah 44 that God told the prophet Isaiah to tell His people that their idols were worthless. The people looked to them for help, but only God could save them from their sin. God alone is worthy of our worship, and we too can turn from our idols and worship Jesus!

Summing up our unit on God’s mercy, we read in Luke 18 that Jesus told a story of a pharisee and a tax collector. While the pharisee looked down on the tax collector, the tax collector knew he had sinned and asked God for forgiveness and mercy. Everyone is a sinner who needs God’s forgiveness and mercy. We can cry out to God like the tax collector because of Jesus, who took the punishment for our sin.

5th Sunday is a day of fellowship, worship in main service, and fun! Join us as we take a break from our unit and watch Story Keepers Episode 3 (Owlegories for our younger kiddos)! Next week we tie up our unit on King Solomon.

In our unit study of King Solomon and the topic of mercy, we see that though God had blessed Solomon, Solomon continued to want more and more. This angered God, and the Kingdom would become divided. God’s people needed a better King. And we can be glad that later, God did send a better one - His own son, Jesus!

As we continue learning about King Solomon and the topic of mercy, we see that Solomon began to build a temple for the Lord. This is where God would meet His people and accept sacrifices. This points us to Jesus today, who offers us forgiveness, new life, and dwells within us if we trust in Him.

This weekend we begin our unit on King Solomon and the topic of mercy. Solomon, David’s son, was a wise king who wanted to do God's plan. Solomon wasn't perfect, but God had a plan to give His people a greater and wiser king-His Son, Jesus.

This weekend we finish up this unit on King David by reading Psalm 51. King David confessed his sins to God and spoke of His grace and compassion as he asked God to change his own heart. Next week we begin our unit on Solomon!

This weekend we read 2 Samuel 11-12, a very heartbreaking story of covetousness, deceit, and even death. Yet, God is a God of mercy and grace. David repented of his sin and God forgave him - but David learned sin always comes with a price.

This weekend we read 2 Samuel 6-7 and see how God made a covenant with David. We will continue studying the concept of grace and see how God would fulfill His promise through Jesus.

This weekend we continue with David, and the story of his infamous battle with Goliath in 1 Samuel 17. We continue asking the question, what is grace?

This weekend we begin a new unit covering King David and how God chose him to be king. This unit we are asking the question, what is grace?

This week we wrap up our review of the 5 G’s of Christianity in dbKids with the concept of a “going & glorifying” Christian. What does it look like to be a Christian? How can we go and glorify God in all we do?

This week we continue our review of the 5 G’s of Christianity in dbKids with the concept of a “giving” Christian. What does it look like to be a Christian? How can we give like Jesus gave?

This week we continue our review of the 5 G’s of Christianity in dbKids with the concept of a “growing” Christian. What does it look like to be a Christian? What does it mean to grow in our faith?

This week we begin our annual review of the 5 G’s of Christianity in dbKids, beginning with “Genuine”. What does it look like to be a Christian? What does it look like to be genuine Christians?

5th Sunday is a day of fellowship and fun! Join us as we take a break from our unit and watch Story Keepers Episode 2! Next week we begin our annual review of the 5 G’s of Christianity.