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Click here to download a copy of the latest Kids in Christ. Justice. “God, help my children to love justice as You do and act justly in all they do.” Ps. 11:7, Mic. 6:8 Mercy. ””May my children always be merciful, just as their Father is merciful.” Luke 6:36 Vacation Bible School (Day Camp) - Is finally here!!!!The cost for day camp this year is one box of snacks per child. This however does not cover the amount of snacks that we will need for the entire week. We will be in need of many more snacks!!! Please help in this need by contributing snacks for the week, a box of crackers, fruit, cheese, juice or any item that does not contain peanuts would be greatly appreciated! You can leave your donations in the kitchen and mark them VBS!!! A Different Point of View: God Comes to YouRegistration forms are available in the Sunday School Office or you can click here to download a form. Come and join us as we explore how God comes
to us daily regardless of whom we are, or where
we are! It’s sure to be a WONDERFUL week!!! Scholarship UpdateWe received a total of 8 scholarships. The committee met during the month of June and the applicants will be notified by letter during the month of July. Thank you to all who applied! Special thanks to Dave Hooley, Bev Berry, Jamie Adams, and Tony Britt for giving of their time to serve on this committee!! Milestone Ministry
As we continue to look at what connects the church
and the home we often see that they operate completely
separately of one another. We go to church on
Sundays and maybe one other day out of the week, if
it fits into our schedule. So then what are the connections?
How do we connect church and home in a
way that they truly overlap and work together? We
see that so early on in children’s lives they learn what
is valuable— loving relationships, food, a warm bed
at night. It is just a way of life for them. So what if
church, more specifically, God, was just so routine in
our children’s lives they considered it as valuable, if
not more so, than the food they eat, the clothes that
they wear and the bed that they lay down in each night.
As we move though the summer we, the Education
Committee, are looking towards the fall to see what we
want to bring to this ministry. For children, concepts
of church are formed at such a young and tender age,
thus one of the reasons that we began the SPLASH
program for infancy to age 3. We must begin to teach
each other how to carry our faith and our love of
Christ into our daily routine. It IS who we are—ALL
of us children of the Heavenly Father. We will begin
to celebrate major milestones in children’s lives. Not
only church milestone, but home milestones as well.
We already celebrate milestones here at Bethlehem,
but they are few and need to be deepened. One very
concrete way to help children see Christ in their home
is by providing them with Bibles. It is our job as a
church family to equip parents with the necessary
age-appropriate Bibles to do this. That means giving
Bibles every few years to the children as their
understanding grows and changes every few years. I
find no greater joy than to share the Word of God with
children, yet we have to make sure we are doing it in
a language they understand and then as they grow that
we grow with them!! As a congregation we currently
give out Bibles to 4th graders and this is the only one
that they receive from their church family from the
time they are born until adulthood. How wonderful
it would be if we could begin at Preschool, and then
again in Kindergarten, once again in 2nd grade when
they are reading and then again in 4th grade when their
comprehension is greater. All of our Confirmands
should receive a Bible that has been gifted to them
from their families either at the beginning of Confirmation
or as they are Confirmed. |
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