All First Steps Together articles – Page 2
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BlogThe Sower: Session 3
MEETING AIM: To recognise that not everyone responds joyfully to hearing the good news, but that those who do are like the good, strong soil.
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BlogThe Banquet: Session 2
MEETING AIM: To be assured that the invitation to follow Jesus is on offer to everyone who accepts it!
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BlogThe Good Samaritan: Session 1
MEETING AIM: To explore what it means to love God with everything we’ve got.
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IssuesWorry: Session 4
Meeting aim: To know that God loves and cares for each of us, and that we are special to him.
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IssuesGiving: Session 3
Meeting aim: To think about how we can do something kind for others and share God’s love.
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IssuesSalt and light: Session 2
Meeting aim: To think about how having Jesus living in us can change the world.
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IssuesThe Beatitudes: Session 1
Meeting aim: To think about how God wants us to have a heart more like his.
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IssuesTelling others: Session 4
Meeting aim: To engage with the story in which Peter realises that God wants everyone to hear about Jesus, which is still true today.
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IssuesMeeting others: Session 3
Meeting aim: To recognise the initiatives the followers of Jesus took once the Holy Spirit had come, and to think about what this might mean for children today.
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IssuesAscension: Session 1
Meeting aim: To explore how Jesus prepared his friends for his departure as he said goodbye to them.
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IssuesJeremiah: Session 4
Meeting aim: To consider how God is always with us, and is always at work.
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IssuesEsther: Session 3
Meeting aim: To think about how God was with Esther and gave her courage when she was afraid.
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IssuesDavid: Session 1
Meeting aim: To consider how we can chat to God about whatever is on our hearts.
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IssuesAdam and Eve: Session 4
Meeting aim: To explore the idea that we are made in God’s image, and created to be in relationship with him and each other
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IssuesTaking a rest: Session 3
Meeting aim: To discover that God rested after finishing his creation, and that it is also good for us to rest.
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IssuesFilling the universe: Session 2
Meeting aim: To explore the second half of the creation story, and to reflect on what it means to be made by God
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IssuesCreating the universe: Session 1
Meeting aim: To explore the start of the story of creation, and to think about how creative God is.
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IssuesWise men: Session 4
Meeting aim: To hear the story of the arrival of the wise men coming from afar, and to reflect on yet more surprises in the Christmas story.
