Patricia Attwood came up with these ideas to help you kids memorize the Bible. Try these ideas to help your family memorize Bible verses: 1) Create actions to go with each word or phrase. 2) Write down the verse on a chalkboard or whiteboard. Read the verse out loud. Erase a word. Read the entire […]
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Jr. Church Discovery Bible Study Scripture: Romans 8:35-39 Theme: Nothing Can Separate us from the Love of Christ. *Note there is a Youtube playlist below the sermon video. They are songs that fit the theme of the message if you want to use it in some way. Thanks: Everyone share something they are thankful for. […]
Jr. Church Discovery Bible Study for Romans 8:37 Theme: In Christ we are More than Conquerors Thanks Everyone share something they are thankful for. Prayer Have everyone share a prayer request. Take some time and pray for these things. Bible Read Romans 8:37 “In all these things we are more than conquerors through him (Jesus) […]
(Note: I shared this at the Christmas Eve Service on December 24, 2018. It includes some of the thoughts that I had written in a previous Blog Post “Steve” ) The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”). Matthew 1:23 I didn’t […]
Christmas Holidays are hard. There I said it. It’s like being a person who doesn’t like pumpkin spice in the fall. It’s just awkward, Let me clarify that a bit. Christmas when I was a kid was a lot of fun. I remember the pre-Christmas celebrations we used to have with another Dutch family in […]
IDEAS FOR ACTS OF KINDNESS Pay for someone’s gas.Keep a giveaway bag stocked with snacks, toiletries, and socks for the homeless you may encounter.Take out the garbage for an elderly or handicap neighbour.Leave an encouraging note or surprise in items you are donating, selling, or returning.Deliver fresh-baked cookies to a neighbour or co-worker.Bring fresh flowers […]
I have always been moved by the roll call at the Cenotaph. The calling of the names. Names that I didn’t know. But all though I am unfamiliar with them, they are names that were significant to someone. Names that had families who loved and cared for them. Names that reflected lives. Lives that loved, […]
THANKSGIVING 2019 It’s time to count our blessings and thank our Lord and King For how we are loved and cared for, so let our praises ring. We are so very thankful Lord, for this country where we live For the bounty of the harvest, all the blessings that you give. For the beauty of […]
“I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.” John 12:46 Dear Friends, The poem by Christina Rossetti, In the Bleak Midwinter, was first published in Scribner’s Magazine in January of 1872. It was put to music in 1906 and choir directors […]