​Hi Reign Forest Friends,
This past Sunday, we started a new theme of “Trek: Don’t stop, don’t give up—God’s with you". Following Jesus and carrying out the good work He left for us to do. This month's theme reminds us that God will help us on this grand adventure, every step of the way.
We looked at the story of when Peter and John meet a man who can’t walk for years at the Temple. When Peter heals the man through the power of the Holy Spirit, the religious leaders have Peter and John arrested. But when they question the men, Peter and John show that even though they’re ordinary men, they have authority from Jesus. And when the leaders warn them to quit preaching, Peter and John refuse to stay silent.
Bottom Line: Keep going because of what God has done.
Memory Verse: Letter W  - We love each other because he loved us first. 1 John 4:19 NLT  
Attached is this week's devotional.


Blessings, 
The RF Team

​Hi Reign Forest Friends,

Week 3 -- Great Commission and Ascension
After appearing multiple times to His friends, Jesus meets them on a mountain to give them the
greatest assignment in history: “Go and make disciples of all nations.” Jesus promises to be with
them always, but then, soon after, ascends to Heaven. He leaves them with the remarkable
assurance that they will soon receive power from the Holy Spirit.
Bottom Line: You can share the good news about Jesus.
Memory Verse: Letter U - Let your unfailing love surround us, Lord, for our hope is in you alone. Psalm 33:22 NLT

After our Bible video, we watched a short video about unreached people groups. We did an object lesson that reinforced as followers of Jesus--We can share the good news about Jesus! The milk represents the world and the food dye drops represent the good news of Jesus. When a child touches the soap dipped q-tip into the dye and spreads the color around the milk, this shows how the good news of Jesus will spread around the world!
https://capturingparenthood.com/milk-dye-dish-soap-experiment/

We finished up our time together using playdough and kinetic sand to highlight spreading the good news of Jesus all over the world. Then the children completed a coloring page that also contains their Bible Memory verse for this week.
See the coloring page and take home paper below.

Have a joy-filled week!

Hello RF FRiends,
This past Sunday, we explored the events leading up to Easter Sunday. A story that began with betrayal, arrest, and the desertion of Jesus’ closest friends set the stage for Jesus to lay aside every right and give up His life for all of us. But even though the sun went dark and all hope seemed lost, God was still at work. And when Mary Magdalene came to the tomb at dawn on the third day, she found it empty!
Bottom Line: You can have joy because Jesus is alive.
Memory Verse: Letter S- Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.  Proverbs 3:6 NLT.    
Attached is the weekly devotional. 
Blessings,
The RF Team

​Hi Reign Forest Friends,

Week 3
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.

In class today for Made to Play, the children had to pass a hula hoop around a circle while keeping their joined hands together in a large circle. They demonstrated excellent teamwork!
Attached below is the take home paper for this week.
Bottom Line: Love like Jesus even when it’s hard.
Bible Memory Verse – Letter Pp:
  I am leaving you with a gift – peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid. John 14:27 NLT

Have a wonderful week!
The Reign Forest Team

​Hi Reign Forest Friends,
Throughout this month, we are going to take a look at humility in the life of Jesus, and in the lives of people He encountered. In Week 1, followers of John the Baptist are up in arms about all the people going to follow Jesus. He’s the competition, right? But John the Baptist is secure in his calling—that his whole purpose is to point people to Jesus, rather than to himself.
Bottom Line: Jesus must increase. I must decrease. 
Memory Verse: Letter N --  Not everyone who calls out to me, “Lord! Lord!” will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter. Matthew 7:21 NLT
Attached is this week's devotional.
Blessings,
The RF Team

​Hi Reign Forest Friends,

Week 3 – Zacchaeus
In Week 3, Jesus singles out Zacchaeus, a tax collector who has scrambled up a tree for a better
view. Instead of scolding Zacchaeus for stealing from his neighbors, Jesus invites himself over to
the tax collector’s house for a party. Profoundly changed by Jesus’ love and acceptance,
Zacchaeus offers to pay back anyone he has cheated—four times as much!
Bottom Line: The love of Jesus can change things for the better.
Bible Memory Verse – Letter L:  
 Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all
your mind, and all your strength. The second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself. No other
commandment is greater than these. Mark 12:30-31 NLT


Attached below is the Take home paper for this week and the written memory verse "Letter L" practice paper. Children were given a paper in class as well. There is one paper in cursive and the other children can trace over the letters.

Have a wonderful week!
The Reign Forest Team

​Hi Reign Forest Friends,
This past Sunday, we learned about when Nicodemus visited Jesus at night. While Nicodemus struggles to understand how a grown-up could be born again, Jesus challenges him to see with new eyes. John, recording this scene, interprets for us: “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.”
Bottom Line: God loves the whole world.
With missing 2 Sundays due to snow, we have decided to move back the Bible Memory verses by 1 week. So, this past Sunday, we gave out the letter J. See attached for an updated Bible Memory Verse schedule.
Bible Memory Verse: Letter J -  Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.   John 14:6 NLT
Also attached is the weekly devo.
Stay safe and warm!!!
The RF Team

​Hello Reign Forest Friends,

We hope everyone enjoyed their Sunday at home yesterday with God's beautiful winter wonderland He created!

Week 3 -The Wise and Foolish Builders
We’re staying in The Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus wraps up his teaching with the story of the Wise and Foolish Builders. Anyone who hears Jesus’ words and actually DOES them is like a
wise man who built his house on a solid foundation of rock. When a wild storm whipped up, that house stood strong. But people who hear Jesus’ words and don’t follow through are just
like a foolish man who slaps together a home on the sand—one that collapses when the wind comes. Truly hearing from God means putting what you hear into action. Kids can be confident
that God does speak to them because, as we read in John 10:27- 28, Jesus is the good shepherd and we are His sheep. And a sheep KNOWS the shepherd’s voice.
Bottom Line: Practice hearing from God.
MEMORY VERSE: Letter I: If  you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it
to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. James 1:5 NLT

Attached below is the take home paper for this week.
Thanks,
Reign Forest Team

​Hi Reign Forest Friends,
We started off the month meeting Jesus as a 12-year-old. As usual, Jesus traveled with his family to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover. But on the way home, NOT as usual, Mary and Joseph discovered that Jesus was missing! They raced back to Jerusalem and, at last, discovered Jesus in the Temple, talking with the teachers and asking questions. Everyone was amazed at His understanding. And here’s a little Easter egg for you: after Jesus went home with His parents, we read in Luke 2:52 that “Jesus became wiser and stronger. He also became more and more pleasing to God and to people.”
Bottom Line: Practice talking about God.
There is no Bible Memory Verse this week. We will start our Bible Memory Challenge again this coming Sunday with letter H.
Blessings,
The RF Team

​Hi Reign Forest Friends,
In week 3, we discover that Judah was conquered and many Israelites taken to Babylon, including Daniel. But even though Daniel grew up in a foreign nation, he placed all his confidence in the one true God. Because of his wisdom from God, Daniel was given a position of authority by several kings. But as an old man, he faced an incredibly difficult choice—to pray to an earthly king or to continue placing his
confidence in God alone… which would mean a trip to the lion’s den.
Bottom Line: God is always with you.

There is no new memory verse this week. Please encourage your child(ren) to use this time to catch up on any Bible memory verses they still need to learn.
Attached below is the take home paper for this week.


Have a wonderful week!
Reign Forest team