Journey (K-4th during the worship service)
Journey is a large group, multi-aged environment that teaches students about who God is and what He has done! To help our students better understand the truth of God’s Word and how it connects to their lives, we use The New City Catechism Kids Curriculum. It is carefully crafted to help children purposefully learn the core doctrines of the Christian faith.
Students in Journey (grades K-4th) begin in the main worship service with their families and are dismissed to Journey before the sermon. During their time in Journey, students practice a weekly song and verse centered around our theme for the school year (Ephesians 2:3-4). Then, students participate in activities and explore a Bible passage that supports the Question & Answer they are focusing on that Sunday. Below are the Qs & As students are learning on this school year:
September: God
Question 2: What is God?
God is the creator of everyone and everything.(Psalm 86:8-10)
Question 3: How many persons are there in God?
There are three persons in one God: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.(2 Corinthians 13:14)
October: Man
Question 4: How and why did God create us?
God created us male and female in his own image to glorify him.(Genesis 1:27)
Question 6: How can we glorify God?
By loving him and by obeying his commands and law. (Deuteronomy 11:1)
November: Sin
Question 13: Can anyone keep the law of God perfectly?
Since the fall, no human has been able to keep the law of God perfectly(Romans 3:10-12)
Question 16: What is sin?
Since the fall, no human has been able to keep the law of God perfectly(1 John 3:4)
December: God sent the Savior!
Question 1: What is our only hope in life and death?
That we are not our own but belong to God.(Romans 14:7-8)
January: Death
Question 18: Will God allows our disobedience and idolatry to go unpunished?
No, God is righteously angry with our sins and will punish them both in this life, and in the life to come.(Ephesians 5:5-6)
Question 28: What happens after death to those not united to Christ by faith?
They will be cast out from the presence of God, into hell, to be justly punished, forever.(John 3:16-18, 36)
February: Christ
Question 20: Who is the Redeemer?
The only Redeemer is the Lord Jesus Christ.(1 Timothy 2:5)
Question 21: What sort of Redeemer is needed to bring us back to God?
One who is truly human and also truly God.(Isaiah 9:6)
March: Cross
Question 24: Why was it necessary for Christ, the Redeemer to die?
Christ died willingly in our place to deliver us from the power and penalty of sin and bring us back to God.(Colossians 1:21-22)
Question 25: Does Christ’s death mean all our sins can be forgiven?
Yes, because Christ’s death on the cross fully paid the penalty for our sins, God will remember our sins no more.(2 Corinthians 5:21)
April: Faith
Question 29: How can we be saved?
Only by faith in Jesus Christ and in his substitutionary atoning death on the cross.(Ephesians 2:8-9)
Question 30: What is faith in Jesus Christ?
Receiving and resting on him alone for salvation as he is offered to us in the gospel.(Galatians 2:20)
May: Life
Question 33: Should those who have faith in Christ seeks their salvation through their own works, or anywhere else?
No, everything necessary to salvation is found in Christ.(Galatians 2:16)
Question 34: Since we are redeemed by grace alone, through Christ alone, must we still do good works and obey God’s word?
Yes, so that our lives may show love and gratitude to God; and so that by our godly behavior others may be won to Christ.(1 Peter 2:9-12)