In our first week of September, we start at the beginning of Nehemiah’s story in Nehemiah 1:1–2:18. We discover that Nehemiah was working for King Artaxerxes when his brother brought news from the exiles living in Judah. When he heard about the devastation in...
Very Best Summer – Week 5
We’re wrapping up an incredible month together here at LPC celebrating the VERY BEST SUMMER! Our last bottom line is: I can have the confidence to make a difference. We can help others understand how much Jesus loves them by the way we treat them every day. After all,...
Very Best Summer – Week 4
Today, day four of our VBS month, we will take another look at Zacchaeus’s story. We will see how Jesus’ love CHANGED Zacchaeus. It made him want to turn his life around. He turned away from what he had done wrong, and he worked to make things right with the people he...
Very Best Summer – Week 3
Week THREE of our VBS at LPC! Today we are reminded that we are forgiven! Our bottom line is: I can have confidence because I am forgiven. We know that even if we mess up, we can always talk to God about it. And He will ALWAYS forgive us. He’ll help us to make a...
Very Best Summer – Week 2
Week TWO of our VBS! Today we are discovering a BIG reason why we can have confidence. Our bottom line is: I can have confidence because I belong. We know that’s true because we can remember the way Jesus chose His first disciples. He didn’t pick people who were...
Very Best Summer – Week 1
This month our K-5 are celebrating the VERY BEST SUMMER (VBS)! Today we discover that we have the BEST reason to have confidence. First and foremost, we can have confidence because Jesus KNOWS us. Jesus knows everything about you and He loves you. The bottom line is:...
LPKids Experience July 25
Our Elementary friends finish the month with something Paul wrote in Romans 8:38-39. The church in Rome needed some encouragement, and Paul delivered. He wrote, Nothing at all can ever separate us from God’s love. That’s because of what Christ Jesus our Lord has done...
LPKids Experience July 18
Our K-5 kids look to Ephesians 6:10-17 and see that as Paul wraps up the end of his letter, he focuses our attention on where we can find confidence. Paul encourages the believers to allow God to make them strong. We don’t have to face life on our own. God offers us...
LPKids Experience July 11
This week our K-5 friends head to Matthew 14:22-33. Peter and the rest of the disciples were out on the Sea of Galilee when they noticed a figure walking on the water’s surface. When they finally realize that the figure is Jesus, Peter called out and asked Jesus to...
LPKids Experience July 4
This month our Elementary friends continue our journey to finding our confidence in Jesus. We will start with an incredible example found in Daniel 3. Shadrack, Meshack, and Abednego had their faith put to the test when they chose to obey God rather than bow down to...
LPKids Experience June 27
K-5 finishes up the month of June in 1 Kings 18. Elijah showed confidence that God could do the impossible. When Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal, He believed that God would come through for him and send fire from heaven. So much so that he doubled-down on the...
LPKids Experience June 20
In Judges 6-8, we discover more about when God called Gideon to lead the Israelites. Gideon doubted God would want him to help. After all, Gideon was from the smallest tribe, the smallest family, and he was the smallest of his family! God wanted him anyway....
LPKids Experience – June 13
This week our K-5 friends head to Joshua 5:13-6:20. God recently chose Joshua as the next leader of the Israelites. Joshua’s first task was a doozy. He was leading God’s people into the promise land, including taking the giant city of Jericho. God’s plan might have...
LPKids Experience – June 6
Our K-5 friends kick off the month with the most famous verse ever: John 3:16. “God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son. Anyone who believes in him will not die but will have eternal life” (NIrV). John is quick to remind us that our life is best when...
Kids Experience – May 30
We can LIVE for God in everything we do.We will hear today about a woman who did not have a lot, but still gave what she had to the church. Jesus could see that the widow had given her two coins as a way to LIVE for God. She wasn’t worried about herself. She wasn’t...
Kids Experience – May 23
God has given us the chance to talk about what we believe.This week we hear about how when asked, Peter tells others that Jesus is the Messiah. We can talk with our friends and family about what it means to follow God. We can ask questions when there’s something we...
Kids Experience – May 16
Prayer is such a huge part of our training plan.Today we will hear an example from Jesus as to how to pray. Jesus’ prayer gave us the perfect example of the way we can pray to God. We don’t have to just pray about the things we want or need. We can take time to honor...
Kids Experience – May 9
Make the wise choice.We can hear from God by reading the Bible. As we read the Bible, we can get to know God better. We can find out how to make the wise choice. We can remember what’s most important in life . . . and we can also think about things that we might need...
Kids Experience – May 2
Each day, we can LIVE out what we believe...This month we will be talking about Running a Race - We have a lot to learn about how to run a good race, and how to follow Jesus! Paul said, ‘We do it to get a crown that will last forever.’ (1 Corinthians 9:25, NIrV) We...
Kids Experience – April 25
You can show you care about others by being part of the solution.Today we will hear a story about a girl named Abigail who took the blame for someone else to help keep the peace. She knew that it was important for her to apologize so that David wouldn’t be mad...
Kids Experience – April 18
You can show you care about others by walking away from a fight.It’s important for us to make peace with the people around us. Isaac certainly thought that was true. In our story today we will hear that it wasn’t fair that the Philistines were so mean to Isaac. It...