At City Hope Church we believe that together is better! Life change truly happens in the context of relationships. We have created a 4 week playdate curriculum for your family and another family to have a fun playdate while walking together in the way of Jesus. Using Kids Camp as a starting point you, your kids, and friends will dive deeper into messages and content from camp. It is our hope that you find a family in a similar season to yours to grow together and do life with.
Playdate Idea: Picnic at the park.
Bring some food for your family and meet at the park. Whether you decide to pick up a pizza or to bring sandwiches from home, meet at the park and eat together. While you eat, go over the devotional and reflection questions with the whole group then parents let the kids go play! Parents, you can carry on to a deeper conversation about the content for today or use this time to get to know each other. Either way, enjoy your time and build community.
Devotional:
This year at camp we explored the idea of There is More. We decided we want to know God more, trust Him more and follow Him more closely. To do that, we must lay aside our pride, selfishness and distractions. We want less of us and more of Him. Our scripture verse for the week was Hebrews 11:1-2a (NIV) which says,
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus…”
We used this verse as our guide to follow Christ closer and to understand how to have “less of me and more of God”. Our prayer is that this content will help your family and friends to unpack the big ideas of the week and grow closer to God together. For your first week take time to ask the kids what their favorite part of camp is. What was their favorite service? How did God speak to them throughout this week? Here are a few specific questions about the camp content to help get you started.
Reflection Questions:
Playdate Idea: Water Day!
Pick a house and break out the hose, sprinklers, water guns, slip and slide, the works. Get together and have some fun in the sun. Decide to either have the small group before everyone is wet or after everyone has worn their energy off. Bonus points for popsicles!
Devotional:
On night one we talked about “Throwing Off Sin”. Pastor Kris used a fun and familiar idea—playing sports and getting a pep talk from a coach—to teach kids an important truth: following Jesus can be hard sometimes, but we don’t have to give up.
The kids heard that just like athletes get encouraged by their coaches to keep going, Jesus gives us motivation in the Bible to keep running our spiritual race. The key verse came from Hebrews 12:1, where following Jesus is compared to running a race. The Bible tells us:
We’re surrounded by others who’ve already followed Jesus faithfully—they’re cheering us on!
We need to “throw off” anything that weighs us down, like sin or bad attitudes, because it keeps us from running well.
To help kids understand this, they saw a fun race between a kid with a light backpack and tied shoes, and an adult carrying a heavy bag and tangled shoes—showing how sin can weigh us down and trip us up. Sin was shown as things like jealousy, pride, lying, and more.
We spoke of 3 practical ways for kids to “throw off” sin:
Reflection Questions:
Playdate Idea: Create Day!
Take some time to make something with your kids. Try a new craft, bake some sweet treats, ect. Take time to jump into your kids’ creativity and unlock some memories from camp while diving into this content.
Devotional:
Night 2’s camp lesson helps kids understand that life is like a race, and God has marked out a special race for each of us. The Bible tells us in Hebrews 12:1-2 that we’re meant to run this race with perseverance, always keeping our eyes on Jesus, who is our finish line and goal.
We talked about how to run this spiritual race well, and the kids learned four big building blocks for success:
(Hebrews 12:1)
Just like an athlete needs to train to get stronger, we grow in our faith when we; read the Bible, pray, and engage in worship. Endurance helps us keep going even when the race feels hard.
(James 1:3)
This means not giving up, even when we face challenges or feel tired. Perseverance builds our spiritual muscles!
(Philippians 3:13-14)
To win a race, you have to look ahead, not behind. We talked about how obedience to God keeps us on the right track, running toward the goal: Jesus.
When kids have endurance, perseverance, and obedience, it builds confidence—not in themselves alone, but in the race God gave them. Confidence helps shut down comparison and fear, and reminds them that they’re running the race God designed just for them.
Miss Genna used a fun historical story called The Miracle Mile, where one runner lost the race because he looked behind to check his competition. It reminded us: Keep your eyes forward—on Jesus—not on what others are doing.
Playdate Idea: Board Game Bananza!
Round up all the kids and their favorite board games for a day full of fun and conversation. Take time in between games or in lulls to go over this week’s content with your kids. You’ll never know the conversations that having some fun can unlock!
Devotional:
Night 3’s message built on the last two lessons:
Night 1: Throw off sin
Night 2: Run the race with endurance
This third night focused on the final big idea: Look to Jesus.
The speaker started with some fun games like finding hidden people (like “Where’s Waldo” or someone hiding in plain sight). These games helped show how what we focus on really matters—especially when it comes to our faith.
The Bible says in Hebrews 12:2 that we are to “fix our eyes on Jesus.” That means we don’t just believe in Him once and move on—we keep looking to Him every day as we live our lives, especially when it’s hard.
We answered 4 big questions:
Who is Jesus? – Jesus is God’s Son. He lived a perfect life, died for our sins, and rose again. He’s our Savior and the one we follow.
Where is Jesus? – Jesus is everywhere! He’s in heaven, but He’s also with us through the Holy Spirit who lives in the hearts of those who believe.
What does Jesus look like? – We may not know His face, but we can “see” Him by reading the Bible, learning about His love, kindness, and truth.
How do we look to Jesus? – We get rid of sin and distractions, spend time in prayer, read the Bible, and keep Jesus at the center of everything we do.
Just like in a game of golf, you can’t win if you don’t focus on the ball. And in life, we won’t live well if we don’t keep our eyes on Jesus. He is our guide, our goal, and our forever home.
Reflection Questions:
Playdate Idea: Picnic at the park.
Bring some food for your family and meet at the park. Whether you decide to pick up a pizza or to bring sandwiches from home, meet at the park and eat together. While you eat, go over the devotional and reflection questions with the whole group then parents let the kids go play! Parents, you can carry on to a deeper conversation about the content for today or use this time to get to know each other. Either way, enjoy your time and build community.
Devotional:
This year at camp we explored the idea of There is More. We decided we want to know God more, trust Him more and follow Him more closely. To do that, we must lay aside our pride, selfishness and distractions. We want less of us and more of Him. Our scripture verse for the week was Hebrews 11:1-2a (NIV) which says,
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus…”
We used this verse as our guide to follow Christ closer and to understand how to have “less of me and more of God”. Our prayer is that this content will help your family and friends to unpack the big ideas of the week and grow closer to God together. For your first week take time to ask the kids what their favorite part of camp is. What was their favorite service? How did God speak to them throughout this week? Here are a few specific questions about the camp content to help get you started.
Reflection Questions:
Playdate Idea: Water Day!
Pick a house and break out the hose, sprinklers, water guns, slip and slide, the works. Get together and have some fun in the sun. Decide to either have the small group before everyone is wet or after everyone has worn their energy off. Bonus points for popsicles!
Devotional:
On night one we talked about “Throwing Off Sin”. Pastor Kris used a fun and familiar idea—playing sports and getting a pep talk from a coach—to teach kids an important truth: following Jesus can be hard sometimes, but we don’t have to give up.
The kids heard that just like athletes get encouraged by their coaches to keep going, Jesus gives us motivation in the Bible to keep running our spiritual race. The key verse came from Hebrews 12:1, where following Jesus is compared to running a race. The Bible tells us:
We’re surrounded by others who’ve already followed Jesus faithfully—they’re cheering us on!
We need to “throw off” anything that weighs us down, like sin or bad attitudes, because it keeps us from running well.
To help kids understand this, they saw a fun race between a kid with a light backpack and tied shoes, and an adult carrying a heavy bag and tangled shoes—showing how sin can weigh us down and trip us up. Sin was shown as things like jealousy, pride, lying, and more.
We spoke of 3 practical ways for kids to “throw off” sin:
Reflection Questions:
Playdate Idea: Create Day!
Take some time to make something with your kids. Try a new craft, bake some sweet treats, ect. Take time to jump into your kids’ creativity and unlock some memories from camp while diving into this content.
Devotional:
Night 2’s camp lesson helps kids understand that life is like a race, and God has marked out a special race for each of us. The Bible tells us in Hebrews 12:1-2 that we’re meant to run this race with perseverance, always keeping our eyes on Jesus, who is our finish line and goal.
We talked about how to run this spiritual race well, and the kids learned four big building blocks for success:
(Hebrews 12:1)
Just like an athlete needs to train to get stronger, we grow in our faith when we; read the Bible, pray, and engage in worship. Endurance helps us keep going even when the race feels hard.
(James 1:3)
This means not giving up, even when we face challenges or feel tired. Perseverance builds our spiritual muscles!
(Philippians 3:13-14)
To win a race, you have to look ahead, not behind. We talked about how obedience to God keeps us on the right track, running toward the goal: Jesus.
When kids have endurance, perseverance, and obedience, it builds confidence—not in themselves alone, but in the race God gave them. Confidence helps shut down comparison and fear, and reminds them that they’re running the race God designed just for them.
Miss Genna used a fun historical story called The Miracle Mile, where one runner lost the race because he looked behind to check his competition. It reminded us: Keep your eyes forward—on Jesus—not on what others are doing.
Playdate Idea: Board Game Bananza!
Round up all the kids and their favorite board games for a day full of fun and conversation. Take time in between games or in lulls to go over this week’s content with your kids. You’ll never know the conversations that having some fun can unlock!
Devotional:
Night 3’s message built on the last two lessons:
Night 1: Throw off sin
Night 2: Run the race with endurance
This third night focused on the final big idea: Look to Jesus.
The speaker started with some fun games like finding hidden people (like “Where’s Waldo” or someone hiding in plain sight). These games helped show how what we focus on really matters—especially when it comes to our faith.
The Bible says in Hebrews 12:2 that we are to “fix our eyes on Jesus.” That means we don’t just believe in Him once and move on—we keep looking to Him every day as we live our lives, especially when it’s hard.
We answered 4 big questions:
Who is Jesus? – Jesus is God’s Son. He lived a perfect life, died for our sins, and rose again. He’s our Savior and the one we follow.
Where is Jesus? – Jesus is everywhere! He’s in heaven, but He’s also with us through the Holy Spirit who lives in the hearts of those who believe.
What does Jesus look like? – We may not know His face, but we can “see” Him by reading the Bible, learning about His love, kindness, and truth.
How do we look to Jesus? – We get rid of sin and distractions, spend time in prayer, read the Bible, and keep Jesus at the center of everything we do.
Just like in a game of golf, you can’t win if you don’t focus on the ball. And in life, we won’t live well if we don’t keep our eyes on Jesus. He is our guide, our goal, and our forever home.
Reflection Questions:
Playdate Idea: Create Day!
Take some time to make something with your kids. Try a new craft, bake some sweet treats, ect. Take time to jump into your kids’ creativity and unlock some memories from camp while diving into this content.
Devotional:
Night 2’s camp lesson helps kids understand that life is like a race, and God has marked out a special race for each of us. The Bible tells us in Hebrews 12:1-2 that we’re meant to run this race with perseverance, always keeping our eyes on Jesus, who is our finish line and goal.
We talked about how to run this spiritual race well, and the kids learned four big building blocks for success:
(Hebrews 12:1)
Just like an athlete needs to train to get stronger, we grow in our faith when we; read the Bible, pray, and engage in worship. Endurance helps us keep going even when the race feels hard.
(James 1:3)
This means not giving up, even when we face challenges or feel tired. Perseverance builds our spiritual muscles!
(Philippians 3:13-14)
To win a race, you have to look ahead, not behind. We talked about how obedience to God keeps us on the right track, running toward the goal: Jesus.
When kids have endurance, perseverance, and obedience, it builds confidence—not in themselves alone, but in the race God gave them. Confidence helps shut down comparison and fear, and reminds them that they’re running the race God designed just for them.
Miss Genna used a fun historical story called The Miracle Mile, where one runner lost the race because he looked behind to check his competition. It reminded us: Keep your eyes forward—on Jesus—not on what others are doing.
Playdate Idea: Board Game Bananza!
Round up all the kids and their favorite board games for a day full of fun and conversation. Take time in between games or in lulls to go over this week’s content with your kids. You’ll never know the conversations that having some fun can unlock!
Devotional:
Night 3’s message built on the last two lessons:
Night 1: Throw off sin
Night 2: Run the race with endurance
This third night focused on the final big idea: Look to Jesus.
The speaker started with some fun games like finding hidden people (like “Where’s Waldo” or someone hiding in plain sight). These games helped show how what we focus on really matters—especially when it comes to our faith.
The Bible says in Hebrews 12:2 that we are to “fix our eyes on Jesus.” That means we don’t just believe in Him once and move on—we keep looking to Him every day as we live our lives, especially when it’s hard.
We answered 4 big questions:
Who is Jesus? – Jesus is God’s Son. He lived a perfect life, died for our sins, and rose again. He’s our Savior and the one we follow.
Where is Jesus? – Jesus is everywhere! He’s in heaven, but He’s also with us through the Holy Spirit who lives in the hearts of those who believe.
What does Jesus look like? – We may not know His face, but we can “see” Him by reading the Bible, learning about His love, kindness, and truth.
How do we look to Jesus? – We get rid of sin and distractions, spend time in prayer, read the Bible, and keep Jesus at the center of everything we do.
Just like in a game of golf, you can’t win if you don’t focus on the ball. And in life, we won’t live well if we don’t keep our eyes on Jesus. He is our guide, our goal, and our forever home.
Reflection Questions:
