what we are Reading: Acts 21-28, I Thess. 4-5  

Unit Description: After three missionary journeys on which God used Paul to plant many churches and see many people trust in Christ, Paul returned to Jerusalem where he was arrested. Paul would eventually be sent to Rome as a prisoner, but this did not stop him from doing everything he could to preach the gospel and make much of Jesus.

Big Picture Question: Why should we praise Jesus? We should praise Jesus for what He has done to provide our salvation and because He will one day make all things right.

unit Memory Verse | Isaiah 25:1

Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you. I will praise your name, for you have accomplished wonders, plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness.

Unit Overview

Week 1 | April 6 | Acts 21-22

Story Point: Paul returned to Jerusalem.

Christ Connection: Paul followed God’s plan and returned to Jerusalem even though he faced danger in the city. Paul believed that God, who was faithful to raise Jesus from the dead, would help him in his troubles. We can follow God’s plan to tell others about Jesus and trust God to take care of us.

Week 2 | April 13 | acts 22-23

Story Point: Paul was on trial.

Christ Connection: Paul trusted God and believed that God, who showed His love for the world by sending His Son to die on the cross and rise again, would use the danger Paul faced to get Paul to Rome. We too can risk everything to share the gospel with courage because we know that God loves us and will care for us.

Week 3 | April 20 | acts 24-26

Story Point: Paul was sent to Rome.

Christ Connection: God chose Paul to take the gospel to Gentiles, kings, and the Israelites. Paul met with people again and again to tell the good news about Jesus. He wanted everyone to believe that Jesus is Lord. Because Jesus has the power to save people from sin, Paul was willing to do whatever it took to share the gospel.

Week 4 | April 27 | Acts 27-28

Story Point: Paul went to Rome.

Christ Connection: Paul trusted God to keep His promise to rescue him from the storm. He encouraged the sailors to trust and obey God too. God calls us to trust in His Son, Jesus, who died to rescue us from sin and death, and to invite others to believe this good news as well.

Curriculum

The Gospel Project for Kids is a Christ-centered curriculum that we use to teach chronologically through the entire Bible in three years, showing how Christ is the central figure of God’s word and plan. This curriculum is large group and small group based, and each child has the opportunity to journal what God is teaching them.

All age groups, from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade, will learn the same story each week, but it is tailored to each grade level’s learning ability. As the children move up a grade, they will continue on the same chronological plan they started. We also resource parents with tools in order to help them engage their children about the weekly lesson.

About Summit Kids

As children respond to the relationship God has called them into, we desire to help them develop that relationship and learn to:

  • passionately pursue God

  • live connected for others

  • discover their Spirit-giftedness

  • steward their lives

  • share their grace stories

Our hope and expectation is that if you consider Summit your church and have children involved in Summit Kids, you will commit to serve in the ministry. Summit Kids continues to grow each and every week, and we would love nothing more than to see parents pour into a ministry that pours into their children every weekend. Non-parents are welcome to serve as well.

At Summit, our mission is that every man, woman, and child in the Upstate of South Carolina have the repeated opportunity to see and hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and in Summit Kids we take that last part – the child – very seriously.

Every Sunday in Summit Kids, through our qualified volunteers and first-rate curriculum, we strive to provide a safe environment where children, birth-5th grade, can experience the love of God and begin a relationship with Him. 

Contact Us

If you would like more information about Summit Kids, our classes and curriculum, or how you can get involved, please contact your Summit Kids campus director. 

Cherrydale: Jennifer Wheeler

Easley: Heather Huff

Simpsonville: Trista Carlton

Spartanburg: Rikki Wernquist