What is contained in your container?

We missed out on celebrating the invention of the ice cream cone on Saturday. It was invented by Charles Menches in 1904. I think retroactive celebration is in order. Ice cream cones for everyone!

While you are eating one, talk to your children about what kind of containers they have heard of in the Bible. (Vessels, jars, baskets, urns etc.)Challenge them to find scripture of just one. The symbolism in the Bible of being molded by our Maker for His purpose and being used for service is a beautiful one. Conatainers are filled and wait for the time when what they are filled with is needed. Wouldn't be wonderful if we could remember this in our own life. To be that ready and willing at all times to be filled by the Holy Spirit, patient until the time we are called to be used, and then WILLING at any moment to be used by God.

As is always the case, this study adventure will lead to a different conversation for each of you. I would be excited to hear how it went. Have fun with it. Maybe this would be a fun time to make a vessel out of clay, playdough, paper mache. Enjoy learning about God's Word with your children. The memories you make will create a joy of learning about God in your children that will reap an eternity of benefits.

Travel to this link for a cheat sheet on containers and vessels used in the Bible. http://www.studylight.org/dic/hbd/view.cgi?number=T6398

More importantly is to help your child learn how to do a topic or word study on their own. My favorite online site for this is www.Biblegateway.com.

It is helpful for children to have a Bible that is written at their level and contains both the New and Old Testament in it. However, those Bibles often lack the good reference and study lists that a good adult study Bible has. If you have at least one great study Bible in the house, then the family can use it to seek out scripture references that your children can then use to read in their Bible. Help them practice using the concordance, and topic indexs and the internet to find scripture on specific topics or words.

Enthusiasum is contagious. If you enjoy your time in God's Word they will pick up on that. Blessings to you all.
Brenda

Parents Stand with their Children before the Lord

There is much hype these days that parents have turned over the primary spiritual education of their children to the church. That may have been true in the recent past, but there is a huge mind shift happening in parents today. The church is supporting and encouraging them to be the primary teacher of their children. Churches only get a very small number of minutes with children each week. Parents have them for the many hours that they are not in school. You, as parents, are perfectly positioned to carry out,

Deuteronomy 11:18-20
Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates,

Rolling Hills Covenant Church Children's Ministries understand that our ministry is not just to your children, but to you. We want to be volunteers in your Children's Ministry. We are committed to providing you with tools and support to help you with the spiritual development of you child. We understand as a church that strong parents and families lead to stronger spiritual champions in your children.

Take advantage of the resources we have for you. Join marriage and parenting workshops and series. Come as a family to Bible Study during the week. Use the weekend lessons your children have learned as a spring board to go deeper with God as a family. We offer you a tool online that shares weekend lessons and enrichment suggestions you can do at home. http://tiny.cc/vdpOP

This January we will begin the Bible Institute on Tuesday nights. There will be several classes to choose from while your children attend LINKED. Consider making Tuesday night a night your family is committed to come together and grow in knowledge of the Lord.

We are excited about the change we see here at RHCC. So many families are committed to the spiritual development of their children and furthering their own walk. I am proud to be part of this church. You are standing with your children before the Lord.

Bless you all
Brenda