MW KIDS week of August 25

John 13:1-30
READ
We read this passage earlier in the week.  If your family has not had a chance to read it yet, see previous post.  This passage can be read many times as a family and it will continue to draw you closer to Jesus each time you read it.

PONDER
After we read the passage we can go back and see what Jesus was up to.  Jesus was hanging out with his close friends, his disciples.  They belonged together.  The disciples belonged to Jesus.  Jesus belonged to his friends, his disciples.  He was their teacher and they were learning from him what it meant to belong.  When Jesus washed their feet what do you think his actions were showing the disciples?  What was he, as their teacher and friend, trying to get them to understand?  Jesus was serving his friends, doing something for them that a servant should do.  But Jesus as their teacher was washing their feet.  Why would he do this? Serving? What does that mean?  Can you think of ways you could serve others?  Is that what Jesus was trying to teach his friends.....we should serve each other?

CHANGE
Who are your friends?  Do you ever have a chance to serve them?  Who are your enemies?  Would you have a chance to serve your enemies?  What would you need to do to have a chance to serve someone this week?  Seek out someone to serve.  Discuss as a family how you can serve others.  Come to Friends Day at Cornerstone and help serve others.  That is what Jesus did...he served.

MW for KIDS week of August 25

MW for KIDS
John 13:1-30
This is a passage with many complicated parts. We read this passage and see many things we don't really understand. Why would Jesus' friend so something to hurt him? Why is Jesus, God's son, washing people's dirty feet? We will ponder those questions, and more, but one basic thing about this reading is that it is a passage about belonging. Jesus belongs to the Father. The disciples belong to Jesus. Jesus and the disciples belong to a group called Jews. We all belong to different groups. You belong to your class at school. You belong to your family. Maybe you belong to a sports team or a music group. We all want to belong. It seems the disciples were still trying to figure out what it meant to belong to Jesus. That is a good question for us to ponder this week....What does it mean to belong to Jesus?
Below you will see pics of Cornerstone KIDS celebrating their efforts to memorize this Miracle Word we talk about.