Here are some bonus point fill in the blanks from Ivan's message on Sunday. Listen/watch it online, check your notes, talk to your parents and see if you can come up with the words for the blanks.
Here they are:
1- Name the 4 groups of people that the messiah was coming to help out in Isaiah 61. (8 points available)
2- Sin has every intention of _____________ you. (2 points)
That's right 10 points available,
Plus, an I'll also offer an extention on last week's bonus points from pastor Mark's message. I posted some questions taken from his message. Answer them and the points are yours!
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Monday, February 21, 2011
New questions posted
Hey everyone!
Quick note to let you know that the new homework questions are posted in the "for students" part the blog, as is the new Pulse. Check them out under their tabs.
Quick note to let you know that the new homework questions are posted in the "for students" part the blog, as is the new Pulse. Check them out under their tabs.
Review from February 20
Hey everyone!
Here is the review from Sunday's lesson in Club 56. Our topic of the day was "Why can't all the nations get along" and it was a little bit off in it's name. We saw, as we worked through the lesson, that it isn't so much the countries that don't get along as it is the people. (and we don't have to be from a different country to disagree about things)
Our lesson showed that resources are not necessarily divided up evenly and what issues are then created by some countries having the power and resources to do whatever they want while other countries don't have enough to give even basic needs to their citizens. What are we supposed to do with that as christians?
We read the following passages from the Bible as we discussed this topic:
Genesis 26.12-22. Isaac gets into a dispute over wells, but deals with it very well.
2 Chronicles 26.1-8 & 1 Chronicles 28.1-3 - First, we read of God helping King Uzziah be victorious in battle, then we move into how King David is not allowed to build God's temple because of all the blood he has shed - Is it ever ok for countries to fight each other?
James 4.1-3 - A great view on why conflicts happen in this world, and how selfish we are.
Romans 12.18-21 Our memory verse of the week comes from here. It guides us in how to treat our enemies. Very challenging.
Our challenge this week is to seek God when we start to get upset - whether we are justified or not) , take a deep breath, count to ten and pray that God would help you to pursue peace.
And for those of you looking for Bonus points, Tune in later in the week for some bonus point opportunities taken from Pastor Ivan's sermon on Sunday. If you missed it, or did't take good notes, you can listen to the whole thing again from Sunday if you wish. visit the church website here.
Here is the review from Sunday's lesson in Club 56. Our topic of the day was "Why can't all the nations get along" and it was a little bit off in it's name. We saw, as we worked through the lesson, that it isn't so much the countries that don't get along as it is the people. (and we don't have to be from a different country to disagree about things)
Our lesson showed that resources are not necessarily divided up evenly and what issues are then created by some countries having the power and resources to do whatever they want while other countries don't have enough to give even basic needs to their citizens. What are we supposed to do with that as christians?
We read the following passages from the Bible as we discussed this topic:
Genesis 26.12-22. Isaac gets into a dispute over wells, but deals with it very well.
2 Chronicles 26.1-8 & 1 Chronicles 28.1-3 - First, we read of God helping King Uzziah be victorious in battle, then we move into how King David is not allowed to build God's temple because of all the blood he has shed - Is it ever ok for countries to fight each other?
James 4.1-3 - A great view on why conflicts happen in this world, and how selfish we are.
Romans 12.18-21 Our memory verse of the week comes from here. It guides us in how to treat our enemies. Very challenging.
Our challenge this week is to seek God when we start to get upset - whether we are justified or not) , take a deep breath, count to ten and pray that God would help you to pursue peace.
And for those of you looking for Bonus points, Tune in later in the week for some bonus point opportunities taken from Pastor Ivan's sermon on Sunday. If you missed it, or did't take good notes, you can listen to the whole thing again from Sunday if you wish. visit the church website here.
We are back on for this weekend, girls!
OK, so we seem to be doing better at the Page house this week, and we are praying that we will continue to strengthen and that our sickness is out the door.
So, here we go again. We will be having the girls celebration sleepover - the prize for winning the points competition last quarter. It will be at the Page house on Friday, February 25 at 6:30 pm. Come and bring your over night stuff (sleeping bag, pj's, pillow, toothbrush/paste, a snack to share, and whatever else you may need.) It will be a fun night of food, games, a movie and hanging out with Steph and Kathleen. Hope all the girls can make it.
So, here we go again. We will be having the girls celebration sleepover - the prize for winning the points competition last quarter. It will be at the Page house on Friday, February 25 at 6:30 pm. Come and bring your over night stuff (sleeping bag, pj's, pillow, toothbrush/paste, a snack to share, and whatever else you may need.) It will be a fun night of food, games, a movie and hanging out with Steph and Kathleen. Hope all the girls can make it.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Girls Sleep Over Postponed
Hey everyone,
This is a note to the girls that are planning on coming to the Page house tomorrow night. We have been hit with a bout of sickness at the Pages and to be safe and keep you all healthy, we are going to put the sleepover off one week. So, that means do not come tomorrow night, but instead plan on being here next Friday, February 25 at 6:30 pm. Sorry for this, but after looking at the options, this seems like the best one. Stay healthy and we will see you at the mall on Saturday.
CP
This is a note to the girls that are planning on coming to the Page house tomorrow night. We have been hit with a bout of sickness at the Pages and to be safe and keep you all healthy, we are going to put the sleepover off one week. So, that means do not come tomorrow night, but instead plan on being here next Friday, February 25 at 6:30 pm. Sorry for this, but after looking at the options, this seems like the best one. Stay healthy and we will see you at the mall on Saturday.
CP
New Homework Questions are posted, and some bonus points too!
The new questions are up, and question 4 can be answered at the bottom of the "For Students" section. And here are some bonus point opportunities.
1- One point each if you can name the 2 changes we made to the blog a couple of weeks ago.
And from Pastor Mark's message on Sunday (you can hear it on line, or talk to your parents about it if you want to)
1- He talked about passion a lot, write down a dictionary definition of passion and I will give you 2 points
2- Fill in this blank from his message: (2 points) ___________ gets in the way of us accomplishing our mission.
3- Fill in these blanks from his message (he repeats it about 4-5 times) (2 points each)
You cannot attain humility by yourself. It is a bi-product of:
focussing on ______________
understanding his _____________
and unleashing the ____________________ in our lives.
I will be tying some bonus points to the messages we hear during second service. I encourage you to listen closely, take notes, and (most importantly) apply it to your own life!
1- One point each if you can name the 2 changes we made to the blog a couple of weeks ago.
And from Pastor Mark's message on Sunday (you can hear it on line, or talk to your parents about it if you want to)
1- He talked about passion a lot, write down a dictionary definition of passion and I will give you 2 points
2- Fill in this blank from his message: (2 points) ___________ gets in the way of us accomplishing our mission.
3- Fill in these blanks from his message (he repeats it about 4-5 times) (2 points each)
You cannot attain humility by yourself. It is a bi-product of:
focussing on ______________
understanding his _____________
and unleashing the ____________________ in our lives.
I will be tying some bonus points to the messages we hear during second service. I encourage you to listen closely, take notes, and (most importantly) apply it to your own life!
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Review from February 13
Hiya,
I love warm weather! It is so nice to see the snow piles disappear a little more each day. Hope you are enjoying it as much as I am.
Here is the scoop from last Sunday - our first in our new unit on world issues ans how to deal with them. Our first week focused on "What difference can I make?" Here we tackled some of the bigger issues in the world - hunger, school violence, abortion, drugs, war. What can we do to help this issues get resolved, what part are we to play? It was great to hear the ideas that you all had about practical ways that you can be active in these areas, affecting change.
In our groups, we read these passages:
Mark 10 - Great leaders serve others. This is the example that Jesus lived out.
Luke 10 - the story of Mary and Martha with Jesus visiting. Martha is working hard to clean up, Mary is listening to Jesus. Story reminds us that spening time with Jesus is the most important thing. Serving others is secondary to spending time at the feet of Jesus.
Romans 12.1-3 - We are reminded that trusting God and spending time with Him will help us see things and make choices - not to choose the way the world does, but to allow God to "change the way you think."
1 Corinthians 12 - This passage discusses the spiritual gifts. God gives us abilities and talents. How we choose to use them is where we should focus our attention. He will help us use our abilities how He wants if we are obedient and listen to Him.
Homework questions and some bonus points are coming tomorrow. Check back to find `em!
I love warm weather! It is so nice to see the snow piles disappear a little more each day. Hope you are enjoying it as much as I am.
Here is the scoop from last Sunday - our first in our new unit on world issues ans how to deal with them. Our first week focused on "What difference can I make?" Here we tackled some of the bigger issues in the world - hunger, school violence, abortion, drugs, war. What can we do to help this issues get resolved, what part are we to play? It was great to hear the ideas that you all had about practical ways that you can be active in these areas, affecting change.
In our groups, we read these passages:
Mark 10 - Great leaders serve others. This is the example that Jesus lived out.
Luke 10 - the story of Mary and Martha with Jesus visiting. Martha is working hard to clean up, Mary is listening to Jesus. Story reminds us that spening time with Jesus is the most important thing. Serving others is secondary to spending time at the feet of Jesus.
Romans 12.1-3 - We are reminded that trusting God and spending time with Him will help us see things and make choices - not to choose the way the world does, but to allow God to "change the way you think."
1 Corinthians 12 - This passage discusses the spiritual gifts. God gives us abilities and talents. How we choose to use them is where we should focus our attention. He will help us use our abilities how He wants if we are obedient and listen to Him.
Homework questions and some bonus points are coming tomorrow. Check back to find `em!
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Review from February 6
Hey all,
Vikings fans, hope you are coming to terms with the fact that The Packers can claim to be the best for the next few months. Packers fans, I hope you are enjoying this time of being on top of the football fan world. TO those of you who don't care about football - I hope you are staying warm!
We finished our unit on making good choices on Sunday with a discussion of what happens if we mess up. A better question would be what happens when we mess up.
We wrote or drew a word or picture that was related to a bad choice that we have made - and then we tried to erase it. There was always something that remained, a smudge, some pencil marks, or an indentation on the paper from what we had written before. The lesson is that we cannot erase our bad choices from happening, once we've made the choice. There will be consequences for our actions and we must face them. But we don't have to face them alone. God always promises to forgive us, and He tells us that He will never leave us or forsake us. That means even when things are hard and uncomfortable because of a choice that we have made, He is there to help us through it, and to teach us how to be better equipped to make good choices in the future.
Here are the verses that we read and the key reason why we looked at these verses with this lesson
Romans 7.15-20 Paul tells us about his tendency to do what he knows he shouldn't and not to do the things he knows he should
Numbers 15.22-31 Tells about the sacrifices that needed to be made for "unintentional sin" - there are still consequences to deal with. And the difference in God's eyes between unintentional sin, and choosing to do what you know is wrong
Luke 22.55-62 Jesus is arrested and taken to the authorities. Peter follows at a distance. People ask if he knows Jesus and he denies it 3 times.
1 John 1.7-9 Jesus promises to forgive and cleanse from our mess ups, anyone who asks, but anyone who thinks they are not sinful is lying to themselves.
Our memory verse is 1 John 1.8-9. It is worth 5 points for each person who memorizes it.
check out the pulse here to see what else is happening and find the memory verse/homework questions.
Vikings fans, hope you are coming to terms with the fact that The Packers can claim to be the best for the next few months. Packers fans, I hope you are enjoying this time of being on top of the football fan world. TO those of you who don't care about football - I hope you are staying warm!
We finished our unit on making good choices on Sunday with a discussion of what happens if we mess up. A better question would be what happens when we mess up.
We wrote or drew a word or picture that was related to a bad choice that we have made - and then we tried to erase it. There was always something that remained, a smudge, some pencil marks, or an indentation on the paper from what we had written before. The lesson is that we cannot erase our bad choices from happening, once we've made the choice. There will be consequences for our actions and we must face them. But we don't have to face them alone. God always promises to forgive us, and He tells us that He will never leave us or forsake us. That means even when things are hard and uncomfortable because of a choice that we have made, He is there to help us through it, and to teach us how to be better equipped to make good choices in the future.
Here are the verses that we read and the key reason why we looked at these verses with this lesson
Romans 7.15-20 Paul tells us about his tendency to do what he knows he shouldn't and not to do the things he knows he should
Numbers 15.22-31 Tells about the sacrifices that needed to be made for "unintentional sin" - there are still consequences to deal with. And the difference in God's eyes between unintentional sin, and choosing to do what you know is wrong
Luke 22.55-62 Jesus is arrested and taken to the authorities. Peter follows at a distance. People ask if he knows Jesus and he denies it 3 times.
1 John 1.7-9 Jesus promises to forgive and cleanse from our mess ups, anyone who asks, but anyone who thinks they are not sinful is lying to themselves.
Our memory verse is 1 John 1.8-9. It is worth 5 points for each person who memorizes it.
check out the pulse here to see what else is happening and find the memory verse/homework questions.
Friday, February 4, 2011
Reminder of Club 56 Saturday Night
This is a quick note to remind you that Club 56 will be meeting Saturday night at 6:30 at church. We will have some games, snacks and fun. Hope you can join us.
And here is another bonus point opportunity for you.
I will give you 1 point if you can tell me something that is different about the look of the blog this week.
OK - See you tomorrow night!
Chris
And here is another bonus point opportunity for you.
I will give you 1 point if you can tell me something that is different about the look of the blog this week.
OK - See you tomorrow night!
Chris
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Review from January 30
Well another week is underway. I hope that you are remembering our challenge for the week - to seek God's wisdom, and allow the Holy Spirit to work in our life. He will help us to learn from the Bible verses we are reading each day, and will be the check in our conscience if we are making a bad choice.
In case you missed it on Sunday, or forgot what we discussed, here is a summary.
We talked about how some decisions are clear cut as to which is the right choice and which is not but others are not as easy to discern. The best way to test is to check them against what the Bible says.
We had some scenarios that I read where you had to choose (and be ready to defend your choice) which is the "right" choice and which is not.
Then we opened our Bibles to see what to do if the choices don't seem wrong.
First, we read Romans 14.20-23. Here, Paul is talking about food that is acceptable. Paul is hitting on a deeper issue though - doubt. If you are making a decision and doubt has crept in as to whether you are doing the right thing or not, that may be something worth paying attention to. Maybe the Holy Spirit is trying to get your attention to change your mind about the decision you are making.
Next we read Proverbs 1.1-7.
This passage talks about asking God for wisdom? What are some things we can do to be more wise.
Bonus Point Opportunity What was Solomon's well-known display of wisdom with the 2 women. Hint: it involved a baby. 1 point awarded for the correct answer.
Read Galatians 5.16-17. This passage is about the Holy Spirit guiding us. We need to train ourselves to listen and to obey. If we hear the Holy Spirit speaking and we choose to ignore or disobey, we can find ourselves in a sticky situation.
Finally, we read Proverbs 3.21-26. This is our memory verse this week. (vs 21, 23, 24). Pay close attention to the description about common sense and discernment. God has given us the Holy Spirit to guide our choice making.
Memorize your memory verse (remember it is worth 15 points ) do your homework and when you come to Club 56 this week, our hope is that the time you spend with God, and the more time you spend allowing the Holy Spirit to have control, the stronger your relationship with Him will be. So keep asking for wisdom, trust God to guide your decision and devote yourself to spending time with Him every day.
Bonus point opportunity #2 - As you may know, this Sunday is Super Bowl Sunday. I will give out 2 bonus points (one point each) for anyone who answers these 2 questions for me.
#1 - Who won last year's SuperBowl
#2- The game is between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers this year. Who do you hope wins the game.
Turn in these answers and get more points for your team and remember the best way to get lots of points is to do your homework and memorize your memory verse.
Have a great rest of your week!
CP
In case you missed it on Sunday, or forgot what we discussed, here is a summary.
We talked about how some decisions are clear cut as to which is the right choice and which is not but others are not as easy to discern. The best way to test is to check them against what the Bible says.
We had some scenarios that I read where you had to choose (and be ready to defend your choice) which is the "right" choice and which is not.
Then we opened our Bibles to see what to do if the choices don't seem wrong.
First, we read Romans 14.20-23. Here, Paul is talking about food that is acceptable. Paul is hitting on a deeper issue though - doubt. If you are making a decision and doubt has crept in as to whether you are doing the right thing or not, that may be something worth paying attention to. Maybe the Holy Spirit is trying to get your attention to change your mind about the decision you are making.
Next we read Proverbs 1.1-7.
This passage talks about asking God for wisdom? What are some things we can do to be more wise.
Bonus Point Opportunity What was Solomon's well-known display of wisdom with the 2 women. Hint: it involved a baby. 1 point awarded for the correct answer.
Read Galatians 5.16-17. This passage is about the Holy Spirit guiding us. We need to train ourselves to listen and to obey. If we hear the Holy Spirit speaking and we choose to ignore or disobey, we can find ourselves in a sticky situation.
Finally, we read Proverbs 3.21-26. This is our memory verse this week. (vs 21, 23, 24). Pay close attention to the description about common sense and discernment. God has given us the Holy Spirit to guide our choice making.
Memorize your memory verse (remember it is worth 15 points ) do your homework and when you come to Club 56 this week, our hope is that the time you spend with God, and the more time you spend allowing the Holy Spirit to have control, the stronger your relationship with Him will be. So keep asking for wisdom, trust God to guide your decision and devote yourself to spending time with Him every day.
Bonus point opportunity #2 - As you may know, this Sunday is Super Bowl Sunday. I will give out 2 bonus points (one point each) for anyone who answers these 2 questions for me.
#1 - Who won last year's SuperBowl
#2- The game is between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers this year. Who do you hope wins the game.
Turn in these answers and get more points for your team and remember the best way to get lots of points is to do your homework and memorize your memory verse.
Have a great rest of your week!
CP
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