10-29-20 This Week in Faith
/Children’s Church and Nursery- SUNDAYS [during the 8:30 service]
We have begun to offer Children’s church and baby nursery during the 8:30 service! Kids will leave after the children’s sermon.
This is a link to sign up to help.
October Memory for Kids
We have been choosing our memory verses from different CD’s produced by Seeds Family Worship. The music is a great way for kids [and parents] to get Scripture stuck in their heads. Getting God’s Word into the heads and hearts of our kids is one of the most valuable things we can do for them. This year, we are using their CD I Believe. They are also producing an online family devotional for these verses that you can find HERE. If you don’t already do family devotions, this might be a great place to start.
CD’s are in! If you would like an I Believe CD, or a code to download the album for FREE, find me or Stephanie Atkinson this Sunday at church. We’d love to give your family one!
Scripture Memory- Jeremiah 33:7-8
New City Catechism- Question 27 and Question 28
STUDENT MINISTRY SCHEDULE
Student Fall Fest- October 30-31, 2020
This weekend will be a mixture of lessons and small group time from the Rush conference this past summer and fun activities. (Similar to Summer Sprint if your student was able to attend that). All activities will be held outside.
Friday Night: Drop off at church at 6PM, and pick up at Washington Farms by 10PM or earlier. Please complete this mandatory sign up sheet for your student ($5 fee); we are required to have a number in advance for Washington Farms. Students can bring additional money for snacks at the farm if they would like. Schedule:
Session/small groups (6pm-7:15pm @ the church)
Travel to Washington Farms (Rides provided) (7:15-7:30)
Washington Farms (7:30-10pm)
Saturday: Drop off at the Brooks' house [1321 Colliers Creek Road, Watkinsville GA 30677] by 9AM, and pick up by 3:30PM. Lunch will be provided. Schedule:
Session/small groups (9am-10am)
Fall activities/games (10am-11am)
Session/small groups (11am-12pm)
UGA game and lunch (12pm-3:30pm)
Student Ministry Small Groups
Right now we are studying the book of Exodus in small groups.
Middle School- Wednesdays from 6:00-7:30PM at Faith [in the Plaza]
High School- Sundays from 6:00-7:30 at Faith [in the Plaza]
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Teaching Kids to Worship Every Day
What a great opportunity we have as parents to teach our kids how to worship God! We teach them by bringing them to church [or watching worship together online]. And we help them by worshipping in small ways throughout the week. This article has some practical ideas for how to do this with our kids. How to instill a life of worship. And his book, which is filled with more ideas, is available in the resource center at church.
Click here to read the article by Jared Kennedy.
Rooted Resources for Talking with Teenagers About Politics
Tuesday is an important day for our country. And Tuesday will go exactly according to God’s sovereign plan. It can often be hard to balance these two things at the same time. Engaging in the responsibility we have as citizens of this country to the beat of our ability, and putting our hope in God, who is holding all things together. And while it can be hard for us to remember these things personally, it can also be hard to know where to start in helping our kids understand these things, and begin to think Biblically about them. This is a compilation of articles from the last few years from a website for parents and student ministry workers with ideas for how to talk to your kids about politics. Most of them focus on the character we want our kids to be growing in, by the grace of God, and the ways in which belonging to Jesus changes our perspective on people, and the world around us. I hope these are helpful for you and your family as we walk together through this big week in the life of our nation.
Click here to read the collection of article from Rooted.
Project Orion Mosaic Image of the Galaxy
This is just something I thought was pretty cool. It is a project that took 5 years to put together that takes hundreds of pictures of the galaxy and puts them together for an incredible picture of just how big and intricate our God’s creation is.
Click here to see the picture and explore the site.
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING: New Growth Press Sale
This is one of my favorite publishers and they have a ton of stuff on sale for people starting to think about Christmas presents. They have great books for kids and teenagers, including storybooks, devotionals, and books on specific topics relevant to them. There are also great parenting books, including family devotionals, parenting help books, and books to encourage your walk with Jesus. You can use the coupon code HOLIDAY to get even more savings.
