Wonder About God’s Never-Ending Love for Creation
| Session | Focus | Scripture |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Creation: Skies and Seas, Plants and Trees | In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth (days 1-4). | Genesis 1:1-19 |
| 2. Creation: Owls and Octopuses, Panthers and People | In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth (days 5-7). | Genesis 1:20-2:4 |
| 3. Creation: Taking Care of God's World | God created people special and gave them the world to care for. | Genesis 2:4-25 |
| 4. Sin Spoils God's World | God's perfect creation was spoiled when Adam and Eve disobeyed. | Genesis 3 |
| 5. Cain and Abel | Sin spoiled our love for God and for each other. | Genesis 4:1-16 |
| 6. Rain and Rainbows | God destroyed the sinful world, but saved Noah and his family. | Genesis 6:5-9:17 |
Dear Family Text
Just wanted to let you know how much I’m looking forward to working with your child at church this year. It’s my prayer that this will be a time of growing in faith for all of us!
We will be using the Dwell curriculum materials. The level your child is in is called Wonder. That’s a fitting title because each week I hope to share with your child a sense of wonder and awe at the greatness and love of our Creator God—a God who remains faithful from generation to generation. Together we’ll respond to our loving God with praise, trust and love.
For the first six sessions we’ll look at stories from the Old Testament. We’ll start with the creation story and go through God’s saving Noah and his family, including God’s covenant promises to Noah and to us. We will focus on God’s never-ending love for creation.
Each week your child will come home with a special paper designed with your family in mind. It’s called Show and Share. Your child will want to show it to you and share the activities from class. The paper includes the story, a note for families, a fun activity for kids to do on the way home from church, and other games and activities related to the story. For other great things you can do at home for each story we learn together, have your child find the story symbol in your God’s Big Story card set.
Our Memory Challenge is Genesis 9:12-13. We’ll be saying and singing it together! You can listen to the song (or purchase it) on the Leader Support Page of DwellCurriculum.org.
Please pray with me that the Holy Spirit will use the Dwell materials, along with our leading (yours and mine) and our own examples of faith, to guide your child into a life of faith!