Weekend Recap with River Valley Kids

We’re now in week 3 of Promise Fulfilled , and today we explored how the Holy Spirit works through us! In the book of Acts, we read about amazing things happening - people being healed, bold preaching, miracles - and it was all through the power of the Holy Spirit. Following each question in today’s recap, you’ll have 60 seconds to discuss as a family. Feel free to pause the recording if you need...

We’re in week 2 of our Upside Down Kingdom series, and today we learned that the Holy Spirit is our advocate. That means He’s on our side - speaking for us, helping us and reminding us of God’s truth! Following each question in today’s recap, you’ll have 60 seconds to discuss as a family. Feel free to pause the recording if you need more time or speed up the recording to get to the next question.

We just launched a brand-new series called Upside Down Kingdom - and this month, we’re discovering how the Holy Spirit turns things upside down in the best way possible! Today we talked about something amazing. We learned that the Holy Spirit is our helper! Following each question in today’s recap, you’ll have 60 seconds to discuss as a family. Feel free to pause the recording if you need more tim...

We’ve made it to the final week of our "Battle Ready!" series! This weekend we talked about the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God - the Bible! The sword is the only piece of the armor that’s an actual weapon. It helps us fight off lies, temptation and fear by using the truth of God’s Word. When we know Scripture and speak it out loud, we’re standing strong and confident in who God says...

We just wrapped up week 4 of "Battle Ready!" and today we focused on a super important piece of the armor of God - the helmet of salvation. A helmet protects your head, and salvation protects your mind and heart. Salvation means being rescued by Jesus and becoming part of God’s family forever. It’s the best gift ever, and it’s something we can be confident in every single day. Following each quest...

During week 3 of "Armor of God - Battle Ready!" we talked about one of the most powerful pieces of armor: the shield of faith. In battle, shields protect you from attacks - and faith protects our hearts from fear, lies and doubt. Following each question in today’s recap, you’ll have 60 seconds to discuss as a family. Feel free to pause the recording if you need more time or speed up the recording...

We just finished week 2 of our "Battle Ready!" series, where we’re learning all about the armor of God. This week we talked about the shoes of peace. Shoes help us move, and God gives us peace to help us move through life with calm, confidence and courage. Following each question in today’s recap, you’ll have 60 seconds to discuss as a family. Feel free to pause the recording if you need more time...

This weekend we launched a brand-new series called "Armor of God - Battle Ready!" All month long, we’re learning about the armor that God gives us to stand strong and live for Him. This week, we kicked things off with two important pieces: the belt of truth and the breastplate of righteousness. Following each question in today’s recap, you’ll have 60 seconds to discuss as a family. Feel free to pa...

We just finished the last week of our series called, “Hide and Seek!” where we’ve been learning that Jesus came to save the lost. There is no distance too far that someone can wonder where Jesus can’t reach them. This series has challenged us to ACTIVATE our faith and REACH people for Jesus! Following each question in today’s recap, you’ll have 60 seconds to discuss as a family. Feel free to pause...

This week we learned about the parable that Jesus told the Pharisees about the Good Samaritan. Jesus was trying to teach them to have compassion for the lost and hurting and not to overlook them. That’s something that Jesus continues to teach us today! Following each question in today’s recap, you’ll have 60 seconds to discuss as a family. Feel free to pause the recording if you need more time or...

This weekend, we read about a few different stories in the Bible from when Jesus healed the outcasts - which were people that most people didn’t care about. From these stories, we learned that Jesus cares about everyone - no matter what! Following each question in today’s recap, you’ll have 60 seconds to discuss as a family. Feel free to pause the recording if you need more time or speed up the re...

We just kicked off a new series called, “Hide and Seek!” Following in the footsteps of Easter last month, all throughout this series we’ll be learning about how Jesus came to rescue the lost. He didn’t sit around and wait for people to find Him.. HE went out to find THEM! His mission on earth was to seek out the lost and bring them back to God - no matter how far away they were! Following each que...

The good news of Jesus Christ, which we know as the gospel of Jesus, is the best news ever! And that news is meant to be shared with the whole world. This week we learned about the apostle Paul, his life and how he shared the love of Jesus everywhere. Following each question in today’s recap, you’ll have 60 seconds to discuss as a family. Feel free to pause the recording if you need more time or s...

This week we read the Easter story and learned what it means that Jesus is our Lord and savior. God sent his only son to earth to live a perfect life and become the perfect sacrifice for our sins. By giving his life on the cross, then defeating the grave, Jesus made a way for us to have a relationship with God forever! Following each question in today’s recap, you’ll have 60 seconds to discuss as...

Palm Sunday is the day we remember when Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey, and people waved palm branches, shouting ‘Hosanna!’ because they knew He was the King sent to save them. From this, we learned that Jesus is the King of Kings! Following each question in today’s recap, you’ll have 60 seconds to discuss as a family. Feel free to pause the recording if you need more time or speed up the r...

This weekend we began a new series called, “This is Our Jesus” where we learned that Jesus is the Son of God. We journeyed through the Old Testament together and saw that it was always God’s plan to send his son Jesus to us!  Following each question in today’s recap, you’ll have 60 seconds to discuss as a family. Feel free to pause the recording if you need more time or speed up the recording to g...

So far, we’ve learned that God is Jehovah Nissi, Jehovah Jireh, Jehovah Rapha and Jehovah Shalom. He is our victory, our provider, our healer and our peace! This week, we learned about when God told Moses that his name is, “I am who I am.” This means that He never changes, He’s always good, He is forever and is everything we need! Following each question in today’s recap, you’ll have 60 seconds to...

Through the story of Gideon in the book of Judges, we learned that God is Jehovah Shalom - which means that the Lord is my peace. In even the scariest and most uncomfortable of circumstances, God can give us peace. Following each question in today’s recap, you’ll have 60 seconds to discuss as a family. Feel free to pause the recording if you need more time or speed up the recording to get to the n...

This weekend, we learned about another name for God. Jehovah Rapha - which means that the Lord is my healer. And because He’s our healer, we can trust that God can heal sickness, sadness, and even our hearts when we feel hurt!  Following each question in today’s recap, you’ll have 60 seconds to discuss as a family. Feel free to pause the recording if you need more time or speed up the recording to...

This week, we learned that God is our Jehovah Jireh - which means that the Lord is my provider. During today’s lesson, we saw that God is our provider through the story of Abraham and Isaac. Just like how God provided for Abraham, He provides for us, too! Following each question in today’s recap, you’ll have 60 seconds to discuss as a family. Feel free to pause the recording if you need more time...

This weekend, we learned that God is Jehovah Nissi - which means that the Lord is my victory! Back in Exodus, God helped Moses and the Israelites defeat the Amalekites. This story helped us learn that God helps us win battles - not just like the big ones in the Bible, but also little ones like being kind when it’s hard or doing the right thing when others aren’t. Following each question in today’s...

We ended our series by talking about the brothers, Cain and Abel. They both brought an offering to the Lord, but God was more pleased with Abel’s gift. He had given the best gift because it was out of the first he had received. Following each question in today’s recap, you’ll have 60 seconds to discuss as a family. Feel free to pause the recording if you need more time or speed up the recording to...

This weekend, we looked at Zacchaeus, the tax collector! Zacchaeus was a man whose job it was to take and collect money from the people… but after having an AMAZING heart transformation when he met Jesus, Zacchaeus gave very generously to the poor and those he’d wronged before. He taught us that we can all be generous! Following each question in today’s recap, you’ll have 60 seconds to discuss as...

This weekend, we learned about giving our tithe to God - the first tenth of all we have. Malachi 3:10-11 challenges us to obey this command from God so we can see how God blesses us more than we can EVER imagine! Following each question in today’s recap, you’ll have 60 seconds to discuss as a family. Feel free to pause the recording if you need more time or speed up the recording to get to the nex...

This weekend, we learned how to give with a cheerful heart! Through the story of the widow who gave only 2 coins, we saw that Jesus was very pleased with her gift. Not because of how much she gave but because of her heart to give. Following each question in today’s recap, you’ll have 60 seconds to discuss as a family. Feel free to pause the recording if you need more time or speed up the recording...