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Email Newsletter - Jan 20 Winter Calendar

CHILDREN’S MINISTRY

AWANA kids: This week is Souper Bowl Night. Bring cans of soup to donate to the food pantry. We will have a collection point inside the doors when you arrive.
The 4th and 5th Grade Sunday School class is having a hangout at the Johnsons’ house starting at noon on February 2. Let us know if you can make it!
Sign up here for the Children’s Baptism Class on February 3.

MIDDLE SCHOOL

Middle school youth group will meet at Zero Gravity in Mounds View on February 5. Parents, please drop off your student at Zero Gravity no later than 6:15 pick up at GracePoint at 8pm (we’ll take a shuttle back from Zero Gravity). This event is free, but please register by February 2.
Sign up now for Game Night at Northern Soda on February 15!

HIGH SCHOOL

High School Guys’ Fight Club starts back up again this Saturday. Check out the meeting schedule below and click here to sign up:
- January 25: 10:00-11:30am
- February 1: 2:30-4:00pm
- February 8: 2:30-4:00pm
- February 15: 2:30-4:00pm
- February 22: 2:30-4:00pm
Sign up for Movie Night on Friday, January 31. We’ll have a breakfast potluck while watching The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe starting at 6pm.
Register for the Ignite Conference in Des Moines on March 14-15.

Family Resources

Winter 2024/25 Calendar Children's Sunday School Info Youth Sunday School Info (at bottom) AWANA Reminders

Children and Youth Waivers

Please make sure you have filled out the 2024/2025 waiver. This ensures we have the most up-to-date contact information for your family.

Children's Waiver Youth Waiver (6-12 Grade)

Learning this week

Children's Sunday School

January 19, 2025

This week, girls and boys examined a parable that Jesus taught. Jesus often used parables to help people understand truths about the kingdom of God. Jesus told a parable about a king who threw a wedding banquet for his son. The king in the story represents God. When the worthy people rejected the king’s invitation, the king sent his servants to invite the unworthy people to the banquet. As you review this parable with your family, emphasize that God has invited us to repent and believe in Jesus, even though we do not deserve His forgiveness.

Bible Passage: Matthew 22:1-14

Memory Verse: 1 Corinthians 10:31b

Bonus Verse: 2 Peter 3:9

Younger Kids Text Truth: God invites us to repent and believe in Jesus.

Older Kids Text Truth: Even though we are unworthy, God invites us to repent and have true faith in Jesus.

The Parable of the Wedding Banquet

Matthew 22:1-14

Jesus loved to teach people about God and the kingdom of God. Sometimes He would use a parable to help people understand something He wanted them to learn. One day, Jesus told a parable about a wedding banquet.

A king gave a wedding banquet for his son. He sent his servants to gather all the people who had been invited. But the people did not want to come to the banquet. Again, the king sent servants to the people. “Tell them that the king has prepared a big banquet with food. Everything is ready. Come to the banquet.”

The people ignored the servants. They went back to work. Some of the people even beat up the king’s servants. This made the king very angry, and he destroyed the city the people lived in.

Then the king told some of his servants, “The banquet is ready. Go invite the people who are not worthy to come. Invite anyone you see to the banquet.” The servants walked down the roads of the town and invited everyone. Good and bad people were invited, and they came to the banquet. The banquet was now full of people.

The king entered the banquet and began to look around at all the people. He saw one man who was not dressed right for the wedding. “Friend, how did you get in without the right wedding clothes?” The man didn’t answer.

The king ordered that the man be taken out of the banquet. The king said, “Many are invited, but few are chosen.”

Jesus told this parable to help the religious leaders and people understand that God wants everyone to repent and believe in Jesus, but many people refuse. Like the people in the parable, we aren’t worthy of forgiveness, but God invites us to repent and have true faith in Jesus.

AWANA

January 22: Souper Bowl Night – bring cans of soup to donate to the food pantry

Cubbies: Bear Hug 12 – The Good Shepherd Looks for Lost Sheep

Sparks: Continue working on your verses

T&T: Lesson/verse 3.4

AWANA Store: Kindergarten

Middle School

Our youth are studying Apologetics this week

High School

Our youth are studying Apologetics this week