Parent’s Corner- February 26, 2023

“God is Faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.”  1 Corinthians 1:9

Does your memory ever become hazy?  Do you look back at your past experiences and exert mental effort to recreate details or images?  I know that is true for me!  The images and memories that are most clear and most vivid are the ones that I recount often.  I tell my boys the story of their birth every year on their birthday.  Every year, my husband and I recount the story of our engagement and wedding.  We remember a significant loss we experienced, and the joys that have come from them on a certain day each year.  We remember based on the calendar, we remember when we see a certain item in our home, or we remember when we drive to a certain location. We remember, because we have repeated the stories often, and because we have created a significant place for that memory in our mind.  

This is also how we remember the ways in which God has blessed us and our family. . . we talk about them, we remember them, and we tell them to our children.  As you go about your days, remember to share your “Stones of Remembrance” . . . the ways God has worked mightily in your lives and in the life of your family.  Your children will hear them, and because they are repeated, they will remember them.  What a wonderful picture to paint for them. . . the picture of God’s faithfulness, and where they are placed in that beautiful canvas.

May you find joy in your parenting this week! 

This week in Sunday school. . . 

2/3s- Jesus Feeds Five Thousand People

Scripture- Matthew 14:15-21, John 6:1-14

Lesson Truth- Jesus loves and cares for hungry people.

Aims for the Children- to do at least one of the following during this lesson:

1. Tell what Jesus did for the hungry people

2. Give some indications of understanding what was so unusual about his

3. Pray a prayer of thanks to God

4s-K, 1st-2nd, 3rd-5th- God Reveals his Might at the Jordan

Scripture- Joshua 3-5

Principle- Believers are to remember God’s might and obey Him

Ask Your Child- Why did God have Joshua set up stones from the Jordan River?

Apply- By remembering the Lord’s mighty acts.

This Week- As a family, read Joshua 3-5.

Next Week- Joshua 5-6

Children’s Church- God Uses Esther to Protect His People

Scripture- Esther

Principle- Believers trust in God’s plan, power, and protection.

Ask Your Child- What events led to God’s protection of the Jews?

Apply- By praising God who controls every event.

This Week- As a family, read Esther

Next week- Daniel 2