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Timothy (1 & 2 Timothy)
Brite Idea: God helps His people have faith.
Big Question (Preschool): Who can we ask for help? We can ask God!

Paul met Timothy during his missionary journeys. Timothy had been raised by his mother and grandmother to believe in God, and he became a follower of Jesus. He helped Paul as Paul shared Jesus and began churches. Timothy became a pastor. Paul wrote him two letters, instructing him how to best lead the church and reminding him that tough times would come. Paul encouraged Timothy to be an example to the believers even though he was young. Paul’s letters to Timothy teach us that we have a role to play in helping God’s church.

In Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, he calls Jesus the “head of the church.” While He uses His people to work and serve, He is the one in charge and the One the church is all about. Jesus loves the church and gave Himself for believers by dying on the cross. The church’s job now is to worship Him and to tell the world about Him.

Monthly Memory Verse: May God equip you with everything good that you may do His will, working in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ. (Hebrews 13:21a)

Father's Day can stir up a lot of different feelings. For some, it's a day full of gratitude and memories of a dad who showed up, who pointed the way, who loved well. For others, it's harder. The absence is louder than the celebration.

Wherever you land this weekend, there's good news. We have a Father in heaven who never walks away, never grows tired, never falls short. He's the perfect picture of what every earthly dad is trying, in their own way, to reflect.

This Sunday, we're celebrating the fathers in our church family and turning our hearts toward the One who fathers us all. Whatever your story, there's a seat for you here. Come join us.

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Faith (Hebrews 11:1–12:2)
Brite Idea: God helps His people have faith.
Big Question (Preschool): Who can we ask for help? We can ask God! 

The book of Hebrews emphasizes the importance of faith. Hebrews 11 highlights examples of faith, such as Noah, Abraham, Sarah, Moses and Joshua, who trusted God despite not seeing the outcome. These individuals are called a "great cloud of witnesses," encouraging believers to trust in God. Hebrews 11:6 stresses that faith is necessary to please God. Salvation comes through faith in Jesus, who makes a right relationship with God possible only through His grace.

Hebrews 11:6 says, And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who seek Him. The Bible teaches us that we cannot be saved from our sins by anything we do. Only by His grace are we saved when we have faith in Jesus and what He did for us. When we place our faith in Jesus and believe He is the Savior, we can draw near to God and have a right relationship with Him.  

Monthly Memory Verse: May God equip you with everything good that you may do His will, working in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ. (Hebrews 13:21a)

God calls us to trust His Word rather than ourselves. We must respond to Him today, before our hearts become hardened to His voice. Our feelings and instincts can be misleading, but God’s wisdom is always trustworthy.

As we walk in obedience and rely on His guidance instead of our own understanding, we learn to let go of self-reliance and follow His path with confidence.

End times conversations tend to go one of two ways. Some people get obsessed with charts and timelines, trying to crack the code. Others tune out completely because it all feels too heavy to think about. Paul takes a different approach.
When the Thessalonians started getting shaken by rumors and bad teaching, Paul didn't hand them a prophecy chart. He pointed them back to what they already knew was true. He reminded them who they belonged to and the God who was holding them.
This Sunday, we're in 2 Thessalonians 2, looking at hard truths about what's coming and the deeper truth that anchors us through all of it. Come join us.

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Fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:13–26)
Brite Idea: The Holy Spirit helps us live like Jesus.
Big Question (Preschool): Who can we ask for help? We can ask God! 

God sent Paul on missionary journeys. As Paul traveled, he told people about Jesus and started churches. He wrote letters to those churches, which now form part of the New Testament. Paul wrote to the Galatians and told them to live by the Spirit, not by the flesh. He shared with them that the fruit of the Spirit working in their lives was love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. We can only truly live like God wants us to by letting the Holy Spirit help us.

Jesus is the perfect example of the fruit of the Spirit. He loves us so much that He died on the cross to make a way for us to go to heaven. The Bible says it was because of the joy that was ahead that He went to the cross (Hebrews 12:2).  He provides peace to all who follow Him and shows us great patience when we sin. Jesus is 100 percent kind, good, faithful and gentle. He modeled self-control, and he never sinned. The more we know Him and the more we follow the Spirit in our lives, the more we can become like Him.

Monthly Memory Verse: May God equip you with everything good that you may do His will, working in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ. (Hebrews 13:21a)

Have you ever looked around and wondered if God sees what's happening? When evil seems to win, when good people suffer, when injustice goes unanswered—it's easy to ask where He is in the middle of it all.
Paul writes to a church that knew that feeling well. They were being pressed on every side, and yet their faith wasn't shrinking. It was growing. Paul reminds them that God hasn't missed a thing. Justice is coming. Truth wins. And in the meantime, He's at work shaping a people who reflect His glory even under pressure.
This Sunday, we're in 2 Thessalonians 1, finding hope in a God who sees, knows, and acts.

Week 5: What We're Learning!

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Aquila, Priscilla, and Apollos (Acts 18:18–28)
Brite Idea: God works through people.
Big Question (Preschool): Is God in control of everything? YesAquila, Priscilla, and

After ministering in Corinth, Paul left for Syria. A married couple of believers, named Priscilla and Aquila, went with him. Priscilla and Aquila stayed in Ephesus while Paul went to Syria. Priscilla and Aquila encountered a man named Apollos. Apollos was courageously speaking about Jesus in the synagogue, but there were some things that he did not yet understand about Jesus. The couple took Apollos aside and explained the way of God to him more accurately. Apollos then went on to share the Gospel with many other people.

Throughout the Old Testament, God pointed His people to His promise of a Savior who would one day come and rescue us from sin and restore our relationship with God. This promise came true through Jesus, but many who worshiped God did not fully realize who Jesus really was and how He could change their lives. Throughout the book of Acts, we learn about people who heard this good news of Jesus and believed. Because Jesus came, died and rose again, anyone who believes in Him will be saved.

Monthly Memory Verse: Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is Yours. (1 Chronicles 29:11a)

Week 4: What We're Learning!

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- May 31st will be a FAMILY Sunday for K-5th grade! (Sunday school will still be held).

Paul in Athens (Acts 17:16–34)
Brite Idea: The Holy Spirit Lives in Believers
Monthly Big Question (Preschool): Is God in control of everything? Yes!

Paul traveled to Athens and preached about Jesus. He noticed the people worshiped many false gods. Paul spoke in the synagogue and marketplace and told them about Jesus' death and resurrection. Some philosophers brought him to the Areopagus to hear more. Paul explained that God made everything and is not found in idols. Some people mocked him, others were curious and some believed in Jesus.

John 14:6 says: Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” The people of Athens believed in worshiping many gods, but they missed out on the one true God who could provide eternal life. The only way for our sin to be forgiven is to believe in Jesus and trust in Him as our Savior. Only Jesus provides the way for salvation. He is the only truth.

Monthly Memory Verse: Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is Yours. (1 Chronicles 29:11a)

If you've watched the news lately, it's not hard to feel like the world is unraveling. Wars, division, and uncertainty can leave even the steadiest among us a little unsettled. So how are we supposed to live in a moment like this?
Paul tells the Thessalonians the answer isn't fear, and it isn't denial. It's readiness. Not the anxious, white knuckled kind, but the steady, awake, hope filled kind that comes from knowing how the story ends.
This Sunday, we're walking through 1 Thessalonians 5 and asking what it looks like to live ready with our eyes open, hearts anchored, and full of hope, even when the world feels like midnight.

Week 3: What We're Learning!

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Peter’s Rescue (Acts 12:3–19)
Brite Idea: God is powerful. 
Monthly Big Question (Preschool): Is God in control of everything? Yes!

King Herod was persecuting followers of Jesus. Peter was arrested. The night before his trial, Peter was woken up by an angel of the Lord. The angel told him to get up and the chains fell off of Peter’s hands. Peter followed the angel out of the prison. He went to the house where many believers were praying for him. They were amazed Peter was free and Peter shared how the Lord rescued him from prison.

Most of us have never been in jail, but we have all been trapped in our sin. We have all disobeyed God’s commands, and we are separated from Him because of it. We can’t ever get back to God on our own, no matter how hard we try. But Jesus came and made a way for us to be forgiven of our sins and set free. This was God’s powerful plan from the beginning.

Monthly Memory Verse: Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is Yours. (1 Chronicles 29:11a)

Holiness can feel like a heavy word. It conjures up images of rules, restrictions, and a list of things we're supposed to avoid. But that's not really what Paul is after when he writes to the Thessalonians.
He's talking about something deeper—a heart that's growing in love, a life that's quietly being shaped from the inside out. Holiness, in Paul's hands, isn't about performance. It's about becoming the kind of people who actually look like Jesus in how we love, how we live, and how we wait for Him.
This Sunday, we're in 1 Thessalonians 3 and 4, asking what holiness looks like in our everyday lives. Come join us.

Week 2: What We're Learning!

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Announcements: 
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- May 31st will be a FAMILY Sunday for K-5th grade! (Sunday school will still be held).

Philip and the Ethiopian (Acts 8:26–40)
Brite Idea: God seeks us out.
Monthly Big Question (Preschool): Is God in control of everything? Yes!

An angel instructed Philip to travel a desert road where he encountered an Ethiopian official reading the book of Isaiah. The Holy Spirit guided Philip to approach the man, who invited him to explain the Scripture. After hearing about Jesus, the official believed and asked to be baptized. Philip baptized him, and as they emerged from the water, the Spirit took Philip away. The Ethiopian man continued his journey, rejoicing. God's plan for salvation was for all nations, not just the Jews.

Up to this point, most people who had heard and believed God’s message were God’s people, the Jews. But God had told His followers in Acts 1:8 that His message was to be shared with people all over the world. When Jesus died on the cross, He died for the sins of all people of every nation, race and ethnicity. He is the same Lord over all and is ready to save all who call on Jesus for salvation (Romans 10:12–13). We can share this good news with everyone everywhere!

Monthly Memory Verse: Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is Yours. (1 Chronicles 29:11a)

There's something powerful about a mother on her knees. Not the polished, put-together version of prayer—but the kind that's messy, honest, and laid bare before God.
Hannah knew that kind of prayer. She wasn't trying to sound impressive. She was hurting, and she brought all of it to the Lord—the ache, the longing, the questions. And somehow, in the middle of pouring her heart out, she found peace before her circumstances ever changed.
This Sunday, we're celebrating the moms in our church family and looking at what we can learn from a woman who simply wouldn't stop bringing her heart to God.

What makes a church actually feel like family? Not just on paper, not just on Sundays—but in the way people show up for each other when life gets heavy?
Paul writes to the Thessalonians and you can hear it in every line. He's not delivering a lecture. He's pouring himself out for people he genuinely loves. He talks like a mom holding her kids close and a dad walking alongside them, urging them on. That kind of love doesn't happen by accident.
This Sunday, we're sitting with 1 Thessalonians 2 and asking what it looks like to labor together with that kind of heart—bold, sincere, and tender all at once.

Week 1: What We're Learning!

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The Early Church (Acts 4:32–37; 5:1–1)
Brite Idea: God’s way is best!
Monthly Big Question (Preschool only): Is God in control of everything? Yes! 

The early church was generous, and the people shared their possessions with those in need. Barnabas sold a field and gave the money away. Ananias and Sapphira also owned a field, but when they sold it, they kept a portion of the money for themselves. They lied about the amount of the proceeds. When Ananias was confronted with the lie, he immediately died. His wife lied too, and she also fell down dead. The early church learned God’s way is best!

When we choose to do things our way instead of God’s way, that is sin. And sin always has consequences. In fact, Romans 6:23 teaches us that the ultimate consequence of sin is death—we deserve to die and be separated from God forever. But that is why Jesus came. God loves us too much to leave us in our sin. When Jesus died on the cross, He took our punishment. When we trust in Him, we can be forgiven. Then the Holy Spirit will live in us and help us to learn to live God’s way.

Monthly Memory Verse: Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is Yours. (1 Chronicles 29:11a)

Ever known someone you'd pretty much written off? Someone so far from God, so hardened, that you quietly stopped praying for them because it felt like a lost cause? Saul was that guy. He wasn't just uninterested in Jesus—he was trying to destroy anyone who followed Him. And yet, he's the one Jesus stops on a dusty road and flips upside down. Nobody saw that coming. Nobody except Jesus. That's deeply hopeful. The person you've been praying for isn't beyond His reach. Neither are we, on the days we feel unusable. Join us this Sunday in Acts 9 for a story that reminds us no one is too far for Jesus to find.