Heralds to Hearts
Junior primary · 25 lessons

Belonging to God's Family

Discover how Jesus gathers His people and gives them His Spirit. Children learn how grace shapes worship, prayer, love and service together in the church.

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Follow the gospel's spread and meet the people through whom Jesus builds his church, understanding grace, the Spirit, worship, service and hope.

Unit 1 Lessons 1–5

The risen Lord gives His Spirit

Acts

  1. The risen Jesus sends His witnesses

    Acts 1:1–11

    Jesus reigns in heaven and promises the Spirit's power for witness until his return.

  2. The promised Spirit comes

    Acts 2:1–13,32–41

    The exalted Jesus pours out the Spirit and calls hearers to repentance through the apostolic gospel.

  3. A learning and sharing church

    Acts 2:42–47

    The gospel gathers people who learn, pray, worship and share their life together.

  4. Peter and John point to Jesus

    Acts 3:1–16

    Jesus' name and power explain the healing, and the apostles direct attention away from themselves.

  5. The church prays for courage

    Acts 4:23–31

    Threatened believers depend on the sovereign Lord and ask for courage to speak his word.

Unit 2 Lessons 6–10

Service and the gospel across boundaries

Acts

  1. Seven servants and fair care

    Acts 6:1–7

    The church addresses neglected widows with responsible service while guarding prayer and the word.

  2. Stephen trusts Jesus as opposition grows

    Acts 7:51–8:4

    Stephen witnesses to Jesus through suffering, and persecution does not stop the word spreading.

  3. Philip explains the good news

    Acts 8:26–40

    Philip explains Scripture's good news about Jesus, and the Ethiopian responds with faith and baptism.

  4. Jesus meets Saul

    Acts 9:1–19

    Jesus shows mercy to his persecutor and calls him into service through a changed life.

  5. Tabitha and the grieving church

    Acts 9:36–43

    The risen Lord gives life through Peter's prayer and the church remembers Tabitha's loving service.

Unit 3 Lessons 11–15

God gathers and guards His people

Acts

  1. Good news for Cornelius's household

    Acts 10:34–48

    God welcomes Gentiles through faith in Jesus and gives them the same Spirit.

  2. Barnabas encourages the church in Antioch

    Acts 11:19–26

    The Lord grows a church across boundaries and Barnabas encourages its people to remain faithful.

  3. The church prays while Peter is imprisoned

    Acts 12:1–17

    God hears his people and rescues Peter, while James's death reminds us that outcomes differ.

  4. A church sets apart gospel workers

    Acts 13:1–12

    The Spirit directs the church to send Barnabas and Saul, and God's word confronts opposition.

  5. Saved by the grace of the Lord Jesus

    Acts 15:1–11

    Jew and Gentile are saved through Jesus' grace, not by taking on a new ethnic identity or earning acceptance.

Unit 4 Lessons 16–20

Faith, teaching and shared life

Acts; 1 Corinthians

  1. The Lord opens Lydia's heart

    Acts 16:11–15

    The Lord opens Lydia's heart to the gospel and her response includes generous hospitality.

  2. The jailer hears the way of salvation

    Acts 16:22–34

    The gospel directs the jailer and his household to trust the Lord Jesus.

  3. Priscilla and Aquila help Apollos

    Acts 18:24–28

    God's servants help one another understand the way of Jesus accurately and strengthen believers.

  4. Paul charges shepherds to care for the church

    Acts 20:17–28

    Church leaders must watch their lives and care for people precious to the Lord.

  5. One body with many needed members

    1 Corinthians 12:12–27

    The Spirit joins believers into one body whose different members need and care for one another.

Unit 5 Lessons 21–25

The church remembers, shares and hopes

1 Corinthians; Ephesians; Philippians; 1 Thessalonians; Revelation

  1. Remembering Jesus at the Lord's table

    1 Corinthians 11:23–26

    The church remembers and proclaims Jesus' death through the meal he gave until he comes.

  2. One Lord, one faith, one family

    Ephesians 4:1–6

    The shared Lord and Spirit call believers to patient love and care for the unity God gives.

  3. Sharing in gospel work

    Philippians 4:10–20

    Giving expresses partnership in the gospel, and Christ sustains contentment in plenty and need.

  4. Hope when believers die

    1 Thessalonians 4:13–18

    Jesus' resurrection and promised return give believers hope in grief.

  5. A people from every nation before the Lamb

    Revelation 7:9–17

    The Lamb gathers and cares for a countless people from every nation who worship God.