Family Connection
10.04.2012
“I
thank my God every time I remember you.
In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy. I am happy because you have joined me in
spreading the good news. You have done
so from the first day until now. I am sure that the One who began a good
work in you will carry it on until it is completed. That will be on the day Christ Jesus returns.”-Philippians
1:3-6 (NIrV)
When my boys were younger and I was working on something
around the house they would ask to help me.
My daughter didn’t ask me about helping around the house so much but she
wanted to learn how to cook so she would ask to help around the kitchen. Now I knew that if I let them help me it
would take a lot longer to get things done.
In fact, my motto used to be, “half the work in twice the time.” However, I also knew that by letting them
help me not only would we spend time together; I would also be teaching them
skills they could use later in life.
I wonder sometimes if this is how Paul felt. He knew how to teach about Jesus and show
them how to follow Him. However, he also
knew the value of letting people work alongside him so he could teach them how
to live for God too. I love how he
expresses this in his letter to the Philippians. I love his care for the people of that city
and his desire to see them grow in Jesus.
One of the best things we can do as parents to teach our
children how to follow Jesus is to let them see us follow Jesus ourselves. When we let them see us read the Bible or
serve others for Him we can teach them far more with our actions than we can
with our words. When we put God first in
our lives and then live this out before our children, it is a great thing and a
wonderful way for us to show Jesus to our children.
This week I encourage you to have one “God” conversation
with your children. It doesn’t have to
be anything deep or “theological” instead, I encourage you to talk about your
own walk with God and what you are learning.
Of course with a preschooler the conversation may be as simple as
talking about the things we can be thankful to God for but you can still do
this with a young child. I would really
love to hear how this goes for you!!
This week in our 1st-4th grade
ministry we start a new virtue, Individuality-discovering who you are meant to
be so you can make a difference. We will
be looking at the life of Timothy and how he decided to follow Jesus and we
should too. I have a video of the
upcoming lesson you can watch here: http://youtu.be/Tp6Mr_nLdjc
In Early Childhood we are looking at
the life of David to answer the question:
Who helps you do big things? God
helps me do big things. This week we
will be looking at 1 Samuel 17:34-37.
Please feel free to go over the material with your child
before they come to church if you would like.
We are also taking pictures this week for our new website. The plan is to take pictures from the back of
the rooms to capture the action in the rooms rather than individual
children. However if you do not wish for
your child to be photographed, please let one of the classroom teachers know.
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to be part of the
spiritual formation of your children.
Walking by your side,
Brett
Humphrey
Pastor H
