Big Story Gospel Conversation Guide
January 2025 – Elementary: Rain or Shine
Elementary:
Monthly Virtue: Resilience: Getting back up when something gets you down.
Memory Verse: “Be strong, all you who put your hope in the LORD. Never give up.” Psalm 31:24, NIRV
With every season comes new and different challenges but also the chance to experience incredible joy. Through sunshine or rain, storms, and blue skies, seasons and weather are important to growth, but not just for flowers and trees. How we respond to each season of life helps us grow in maturity and can spur us to a deeper faith in God. This is especially true when it comes to our emotions.
Just as seasons come and go, so do our emotions. And how we choose to handle those emotions can shape us and teach us a lot about how God cares for us. No matter what emotion we may be feeling or what we may face, because of Jesus, we can learn to trust that God knows how we feel. Jesus showed us how to face life with resilience, and because of it, we can trust God no matter what.
Memory Verse:
Lesson & Activities:
Week 1– January 5
Bible Story: Rainy Days and Mondays (Jesus Wept) • John 11:1-45
Key Question: Who can you talk to when you’re sad?
- K-5th lesson
- SN Min Modified Curriculum
- Activity pages:
Week 2– January 12
Bible Story: Don’t You Worry ‘Bout a Thing (Do Not Worry) • Matthew 6:25-34
Key Question: What kinds of things do you worry about? Is there a pattern? Are they ‘today’ things or ‘tomorrow’ things?
- K-5th lesson
- SN Min Modified Curriculum
- Activity pages:
Week 3– January 19
Bible Story: Don’t Look Back in Anger (Slow to Anger) • James 1:19
Key Question: What do you do when you feel angry?
- K-5th lesson
- SN Min Modified Curriculum
- Activity pages:
Week 4– January 26
Bible Story: Walking on Sunshine (Paul and Silas) • Acts 16:16-40
Key Question: What brings you joy?
- K-5th lesson
- SN Min Modified Curriculum
- Activity pages:
Devotionals:
Videos:
Worship Songs:
They can be practicing during the week.
| 1/5/2025 | Ready Set Move | Every Beat |
| 1/12/2025 | Every Beat | River |
| 1/19/2025 | River | Alive |
| 1/26/2025 | Alive | At the Top of My Lungs |
