12-13-20 This Week in Faith

***Sorry this post is a little late this week!

December 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- Luke 1:46-50

New City Catechism- Question 29 and Question 30

STUDENT MINISTRY SCHEDULE

Student Ministry Small Groups

Right now we are talking about Christmas in small groups.

  • Middle School- THIS Wednesday [12/16] is our final middle school meeting of the year. It’s a Christmas part with food, games, and bring a wrapped white elephant gift [$5 or under].

  • High School- Next Sunday [12/20] is the final high school meeting of the year. We’ll provide dinner. Bring a white elephant gift [$5 or under].

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Joy in the Longing: The Timeless Message of “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

We can spend a lot of time longing for things to be different- for our situation to change, for our character to improve, for our pain to be taken away. Advent is a reminder that even though there is pain in the longing, there is also rejoicing. We sang O Come, O Come Emmanuel this morning and this is a closer look at the beautiful truths it reminds us of.    

Click here to read the article by Katie Polski.

The God Who Makes George Bailey’s Life So Wonderful

It’s A Wonderful Life is Kelly’s favorite Christmas movie so I felt like I needed to put this article in here for her. So, while it will never be a better movie than White Christmas, reading this article helped shine a light on some of the gospel truths the movie illustrates so well.

Click here to read the article by Sam Bush.

The Good News That Jesus Came for You at Christmas

“Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.” [Luke 2:11] We are talking this week in student ministry about reading the Scriptures about Christmas with fresh eyes so it is something that gives us wonder and amazement at who God is and what He has done for us. But that’s hard, especially when we may have heard the story a thousand times. Even a simple verse like Luke 2:11 has incredible hope and joy to offer us that we might miss if we skim over it too quickly, thinking we know what it says. This article uses Martin Luther’s joy about Christmas to help remind us how good the news is that Jesus came for us.

Click here to read the article by Jared Kennedy.

VIDEO: The Christmas Story

This is a short video you can watch with your younger kids that animates passages from the Christmas story in Matthew and Luke.

Click here to watch the video from Dave Edgren.

VIDEO: The Bible Project Advent Series- Peace

These are great videos, especially for your older kids, to watch and discuss as we move through Advent. This is the video for the 2nd week of Advent but they have one for every week.

Click here to watch the video from The Bible Project.