Grade School Lesson

March 15, 2026

Service Overview

Communion (First Sunday Only)

Birthdays (Third Sunday Only)

Early Arrivers Activities

Welcome & Prayer

Praise and Worship

Memory Verse & Lesson Intro

Lesson Video

Application for Life Activity

Clean up

Salvation, Prayer, Offering & Communion

Dismissal

Be Humble/Love Your Enemies

Matthew 5:38-48

Bottom Line: Love like Jesus even when it's hard

Service Guide & Lesson Slides

Early Arrivers Activities

Games and coloring sheets are provided for kids' engagement until service starts

Play Background Music for early arrivers' activity time

Activities keep kids engaged and serve as an opportunity to welcome 1st time kids.

2 Minutes Countdown | Prepare for service

When this song plays we want the kids to know it's time to clean up & prepare for service

Welcome & Prayer

8:30am | 10:30am

Welcome kids to kids' church & pray over the service

Praise and Worship

Timebox: 1st service 8:35am | 2nd service 10:35am

Additional praise and worship music is located in the praise and worship library tab within the grade school section of the website.

Memory Verse & Lesson Intro

Lesson Intro

Introduce the bible story for today and encourage the kids to read the story in their bibles or follow along on the screen.

Lesson Summary

We follow up in Week 3 with Jesus’ teaching to “turn the other cheek” and “go the extra mile.” Rather than paying back our enemies in kind, we show they can’t control us when we choose to love like Jesus … and trust God to make things right. Bottom Line: Love like Jesus even when it’s hard. [BOTTOM LINE] Love like Jesus even when it’s hard.