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February 7
Sunday morning we learned a great fishing story! Simon Peter was fishing all day, and wasn’t catching anything. But when Jesus stepped in to help, his nets were so full of fish that they broke! Is anything too hard for Jesus? Jesus can do anything!!!
It’s a great to have a friend who can do anything. We can for Jesus’ help when we are faced with something hard too. To hep us remember our story, we played a fishing game (and got a little wet) and made colorful fish.
Parents: kids are faced with lots of hard things like riding a bike, cleaning up their room, tying their shoes, and remembering to brush their teeth. When kids are faced with hard things they often get a case of “the whinies.” When this happens, remind them that they have a friend who can do anything! Jesus! Stop right in that moment, and pray with your child that God will help them with whatever they are working on. Teaching your child to turn to God during difficult times is a great lesson to hide in their heart.
Our Bible memory verse this month is “With God all things are possible.” Matthew 19:26
February 11th, 2010
March 29th, 2009
This month we learned…..”Who will help you?” “Jesus will help me!”
One of the basic truths that we want our children to know is that Jesus wants to be their friend forever. Today we talked about how long forever is! We also learned that Jesus is planning a special place for us to live in heaven. He loves us and wants us to be with Him forever.
To help us remember this, we built houses out of blocks, we looked at pictures of places far away, we had a pretend special party (like the one we’ll have in heaven someday) and we colored pictures to remind us that Jesus cares for us.
A Special Party
He cares for you! 1 Peter 5:7
Parent, This week during our talk time, we asked our kids what they thought heaven might belike. This week at dinner time, ask your kids that question. Ask them to tell you about the special house that God is making for them. It’s great to hear what they think it might be like and it’s great for you to share your ideas too. The most important thing to reinforce is that God is getting a special place ready for all of us. Jesus loves us and we get to spend forever with Him.
Next week we have a new question and key point: Who wants to be your best friend? Jesus wants to be my friend forever. Our new memory verse, “I amwith you always.” Matthew 28:20
March 29th, 2009
March 22, 2009
Who will help us? Jesus will help us!
Today, duringGreenhouse, we learned about how Jesus healed the deaf man (Mark 7:32-37). Because Jesus is God’s Son, he can perform great miracles like this one. And he can help us too…..whether we need help with something big or something small.
To help us remember our story today, we played a fun matching game- matching different ears to the animal they belong on, and we played a fun game making animal sounds. We are so glad God gave us our ears to hear!
Parents, This week play this game with your child to help them appreciate their ear. Play a game of hide and seek with a twist. Have the person who is hiding blow a whistle, or ring a bell or make some other sounds. Let your child use their ears to help them find the hiding person. Throughout the game praise you child for using the ears that God gave them. Be sure to say a prayer after the game to thank God for our listening ears.
We have one more week to learn our memory verse. It says, “He (Point up for God) cares (hug self) for me (use both thumbs to point to self) 1 Peter 5:7. (hold hands out like a Bible)
March 22nd, 2009
March 15, 2009
Who will help you? Jesus will help me!
In our story today, 4 friends helped theirfriend who couldn’t walk meet Jesus by lowering him down through a roof on a blanket. When Jesus saw the man, he healed the man and the lame man stood up and was able to walk. I bet he gave his friends a big hug to thank them for helping him.
We had lots of fun with our activities today. First, we wrote a letter to mail to our friends. We are so glad God gave us great friends. Then we played a fun game of catch. 2 of our friends held out a big blanket, and then the rest of us tossed beanbags for them to catch.
We also played a fun game with a beach ballto review our memory verse. Our memory verse says, “He (Point up for God) cares (hug self) for me (use both thumbs to point to self) 1 Peter 5:7. (hold hands out like a Bible)
Parents: Sometimes prayer time can become a long list of people that the child names to “bless” or “help”. I’ve tucked in a child or two that tried to name every person they had ever met. I think this practice can sometimes cause prayer to lose it’s focus and purpose for a child. Keep prayer time a real conversation between your child and God by praying more specifically about the kind of help needed. Instead of “Help mommy and daddy and brother and grandma and teacher and Mrs. Smith down the block”try praying “Help daddy to feel better since he has had a cold and help me to be a better listener at school when my teacher is talking.” Not only will this help keep the prayer more conversational but praying specificaly allows your child to observe when God answers a prayer with “yes!”
March 15th, 2009
Peter
Because our site is making a few changes, we wanted to re-post this info about Peter.
This is Peter. He’s eight years old and goes to a Hope School in Nairobi, Kenya. Kenya is in Africa.
Peter likes to go to school. But learning at school and playing with other kids is very hard for Peter because he cannot hear. Peter is deaf and he does not know sign language. But that is all about to change. A doctor is going to help give Peter a cochlear implant- it will help him to hear for the first time! After Peter’s surgery, he will need lots of help to begin learning how to process sounds and to speak. Our VBS offering will help pay for the therapy that Peter will need. Just like we learned during VBS, “Jesus Gives us the Power to Help Others (A-Ha!)”! Our offering total this year was $5,460.76.
Continue to pray for Peter. He is flying to Nigeria on August 3rd and will be having surgery the following day on August 4th. As soon as we have news, pictures or video of Peter, we will post them on the blog.
September 3rd, 2008
Aug. 21,2008
Dear friends,
Thank you so much for your prayers for Baraka. The surgery went well. He is a very brave little boy. He will need to be, as he has a long road ahead of him. On September 1st his wounds will be healed well enough that he will be able to wear the device that makes him hear. Two different times we have tested the device and he definitely is hearing. To what extent we will not know for a while, but the surgery appears successful. Praise the Lord.
Baraka will be in intense speech therapy for at least the next year. He is going to have to work very hard to learn language and communication. He has asked for the device and we can tell that he is very excited.
As we have prayed for Baraka I have been amazed with his trust. He has no real way of understanding all that is happening to him and yet he happily puts his trust in us. He has flown in airplanes, had his head cut open, has his bandages changed daily, and is not allowed to play hard while the wound is healing and yet he has never protested because he trusts that we have his best in mind. I am reminded to not question my circumstances and to trust that my God is all knowing and very good to me and always has our best in mind.
Baraka is staying with Mary and Wallace Kamau, as he is a true orphan and was living with a wonderful woman who has 19 others living with her in a very small space. We did not want to risk any infection of the wound or illness at this point. Please pray for discernment, as we will have to decide for how long he will stay with Kamaus and where will be the best place for him to live after the speech therapy. We know that God has a great plan for this boy.
Praise God with us for every person who was involved in making this happen. Praise Him for a Southern California pastor and his wife who allowed their hearts to be broken for Baraka and have worked tirelessly to make this surgery happen. They knew a Korean businessman who knew a Korean inventor who donated the cochlear implant who knew an Indian doctor who donated the surgery in Nigeria. Two wonderful church bodies, one named Eastside in California and one named Westside in Illinois who paid for all of the plane fairs and other expenses. A moviemaker and his daughter who did amazing amounts of work to one day have this story inspire many other people to love the poor.
God is good!
Keith and Kathy
August 21st, 2008
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