Childhood Tales
This man built an ark to avoid death-by-flood in Genesis.
Noah
What event is celebrated as the birth of the Christian Church, when the Holy Spirit descended on the apostles?
Pentecost
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever _______ in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (NIV)
believes
What is the name of the movement that Wesley started?
Methodism
Sunday's sermon was based on Matthew 17:24-27. This is a short passage that most scholars call, "The ____ in the Fish's Mouth."
coin
Samson had long hair and was strong, but this lady cut his hair and made him weak.
Delilah
What German monk nailed his 95 Theses to a church door in 1517, sparking the Protestant Reformation?
Martin Luther
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green _______: he leadeth me beside the still waters. (KJV)
pastures
John Wesley's brother wrote many of the hymns we sing today. What was hist first name?
Charles
In June, the sermon series was based around the Pixar/Disney movie "Inside Out," and the five emotions that take on personified roles in the head of a young girl named Riley. Name ONE of these five emotions.
Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger, Disgust
In the book of Daniel, three men are thrown into a fiery furnace, but are prevented from burning up. Name ONE of these three men.
Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego,
What 18th-century revival movement, led by preachers like Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield, swept through the American colonies?
The Great Awakening
The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will _____.’” (NIV).
die
John Wesley famously declared: "The world is my _____."
On March 15, the sermon shared examples centered around St. Patrick. Legend reports that St. Patrick removed all of what type of animal from Ireland?
snakes
Which tax collector climbed a sycamore tree to see Jesus?
Zacchaeus
What underground burial tunnels in Rome became meeting places and worship sites for early persecuted Christians?
Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them. He said: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the _____, for they will inherit the earth. (NIV)
meek
John Wesley's heart was "strangely warmed" on what famous street in London?
Aldersgate Street
The sermon series during the 2026 season of Lent centered around different atonement theories. The series centered around this central question: why did Jesus have to _____?
Die
In Exodus, God sends 10 plagues upon Egypt to inspire Pharaoh to let the Hebrew slaves go. Name TWO of the plagues.
At which church council in 325 AD did early Christian leaders formally define the doctrine of Christ's divinity and produce the original version of a creed still recited today?
The Council of Nicaea (which produced the Nicene Creed)
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor _____, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
depth
One of John Wesley's contributions to the big theological tent of Christianity is a two-word term that describes God's "grace that goes before." This term is known as _______ grace.
prevenient
In February, a sermon was preached based on John Wesley's interpretation of Matthew 18:15-17, in which he spoke out against gossip. His original sermon was titled, "The Cure for ____-Speaking."
evil