New Living Translation
Come to Stone Hall this Sunday between services to see all we have planned for Grow Ministries this year-- children, youth, and adults! You can also meet our new pastor for Grow Ministries, Dr. Quinn Fox.
8/31/11
Colossians 1:9-12
9 So we have not stopped praying for you since we first heard about you. We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding. 10 Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better. 11 We also pray that you will be strengthened with all his glorious power so you will have all the endurance and patience you need. May you be filled with joy,[a] 12 always thanking the Father. He has enabled you to share in the inheritance that belongs to his people, who live in the light.
8/22/11
Sunday, August 28- Special Activities
As you know, NPC has a new senior pastor, Dr. David Renwick, who begins his time preaching with us THIS SUNDAY, August 28. He looks forward to introducing himself to children and families, and will give the children's sermon at both worship services, so bring your kids!
If you are with your kids at the 11:00 service, after the children's sermon, they will be dismissed to the gym for a special banner making project for this year's Sunday School chapels.
If you are with your kids at the 11:00 service, after the children's sermon, they will be dismissed to the gym for a special banner making project for this year's Sunday School chapels.
8/16/11
family prompts
For several weeks in summer Sunday School we have been and will be talking about prayer. We've learned that we can pray anywhere at anytime, we've learned to trust when God answers our prayers differently than expected or doesn't seem to be answering at all. Last week we learned that our hearts should be humble when we come before our big God in prayer; we learned to confess our sins and that God always forgives!
Whether you've been to Sunday School recently or not, you can follow up on these lessons at home.
Whether you've been to Sunday School recently or not, you can follow up on these lessons at home.
Next time you're in the car, practice "Popcorn Prayer."
Begin by saying "God I praise you because you are..." and let kids shout out their praises
("Holy!" "Awesome!" "The Creator!").
Then you might say, "God thank you for..."
("My Family!" "The sunshine!" "Summertime!").
Or, "God please be with..."
("Grandma," "my friend so-and-so," "our new pastors," etc.)
This school year, you'll be able to find "Family Prompts" to follow up with each week's Sunday School lesson at http://rio.davidccook.com/Rio/Family/FamilyPrompts.aspx. I'll link to them on this blog as well.
For example, if we had just learned about Jeremiah in Sunday School, you'd find this family prompt:
| Lesson 8 | God Assures His Messenger | ||
Memory Verse: | But in your great mercy you did not put an end to them or abandon them, for you are a gracious and merciful God. Nehemiah 9:31 | ||
Read: Jeremiah 1 |  | Discussion Prompt: Why do you think God told Jeremiah about choosing him before he was born? What does that show you about God? | |
This is one way we seek to partner with family when it comes to growing in faith and connecting with Christ.
8/9/11
updates
Hi everyone.
Click the buttons at the top of the page (leadership, calendars, etc.) to see new information for the fall.
Particularly take a look at the calendar. You'll see milestone dates, and big events already listed. I encourage you to print the calendar (or wait until we have copies for you at church, starting August 28) and keep it handy. We may add fun things during the year, or make slight changes under the leadership of our new pastors.
Go ahead and fill out the Sunday School enrollment form for the 2011-12 school year too. You can find a link to it in your weekly children's ministry emails, or you can find copies of it at the Sunday School desk starting this Sunday, August 14.
Have a great weekend!
Click the buttons at the top of the page (leadership, calendars, etc.) to see new information for the fall.
Particularly take a look at the calendar. You'll see milestone dates, and big events already listed. I encourage you to print the calendar (or wait until we have copies for you at church, starting August 28) and keep it handy. We may add fun things during the year, or make slight changes under the leadership of our new pastors.
Go ahead and fill out the Sunday School enrollment form for the 2011-12 school year too. You can find a link to it in your weekly children's ministry emails, or you can find copies of it at the Sunday School desk starting this Sunday, August 14.
Have a great weekend!
8/2/11
triangles, toothpaste, and the trinity
Every church-going kid knows that 99% of the time the answer to the question is "Jesus." Or is it "God?" Wait-- Jesus is God, right? But sometimes isn't the answer specifically Jesus and not God? Because there are some specific things Jesus does... or does that mean God is doing those things too? And if Jesus is God and God is dying on the cross, then how is God saying things to God like, "forgive them," and "why have you forsaken me?" and all that stuff?
Confusing right? Kids and adults have these kinds of questions. A similar question came up during VBS, and though it caught the teacher off guard, she answered it very well. Sometimes its hard to explain things to kids that we don't think they can "get" yet, or that we don't quite get ourselves. But its important to know the truth about these things and to be able to tell the truth accurately. Some things we may never fully understand in this lifetime, but God faithfully reveals what we do need to know.
Next time you see a rainbow (or, aquafresh toothpaste), think of the Trinity. Three distinct colors, but you cannot seperate the three. The colors are three, but the rainbow is one. The three are equal; the three are one.
Here's another explanation, from Phil Vischer's "Whats In The Bible" series. Tell me what you think!
Confusing right? Kids and adults have these kinds of questions. A similar question came up during VBS, and though it caught the teacher off guard, she answered it very well. Sometimes its hard to explain things to kids that we don't think they can "get" yet, or that we don't quite get ourselves. But its important to know the truth about these things and to be able to tell the truth accurately. Some things we may never fully understand in this lifetime, but God faithfully reveals what we do need to know.
Next time you see a rainbow (or, aquafresh toothpaste), think of the Trinity. Three distinct colors, but you cannot seperate the three. The colors are three, but the rainbow is one. The three are equal; the three are one.
Here's another explanation, from Phil Vischer's "Whats In The Bible" series. Tell me what you think!
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