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WHAT ARE WE TEACHING IN SUNDAY SCHOOL?
Students in Sunday School will be looking at different journeys taken by God’s people
and how God used these journeys for His purposes.

December 4
The Birth of John Foretold
Luke 1:5-25

December 11
An Angel Visits Mary
Luke 1:26-38

December 18
An Angel Visits Joseph
Matthew 1:18-25

December 25
No Sunday School
No Sunday School

Bible Bunch News
THANK YOU to everyone who helped with football parking this season! We would also like to take this time to say thank you for all your support throughout the year, the funds raised for the Bible Bunch help to provide activities where our children can grow in Christ, and do things in the community to help spread God’s Word. We are blessed to have you!



The Bible Bunch sponsored a rest stop for Paint Palestine Pink Walk on October 8th. Thank you to the ladies of the LWML for helping to fund the refreshments.

From: Tara Kinabrew

On behalf of the Paint Palestine Pink Board, I would like to thank you for your sponsorship and support in our walk. Your involvement has allowed our foundation to continue to provide mammograms and diagnostic services to the men and women of our community. To date, we have provided services such as screening/diagnostic mammograms, ultrasounds, and biopsies to fifty men/women and have twenty four more that have been approved.

Bible Bunch
We are continuing to collect your old cell phones and ink jet cartridges. There is a box in the Narthex that you may drop these items in. Thank you for your support!
Lowe's Build and Grow Clinics

Come and have fun with the Bible Bunch kids
as they learn to build at Lowes. The kids are
given an apron and saftey googles and a building
kit, once completed they are awarded a patch
that can be sewn to their apron. It's a fun time
for the kids and best of all it's free.
Lowes clinic information...
Dogwood Trails Parade
Thank you everyone for your donations and support for the float! Bethlehem won 3rd place!


Congratulations Aaron

Aaron Jackson, a member of Boy Scout Troop 440, has recently completed the God & Family program and on January 24th received the God & Family medal.  This curriculum is designed to help youth understand the importance of family and God’s role in a healthy family. It also provides the opportunity for young people and their families to explore their faith together.  Aaron's God & Family Counselor was Eagle Scout Gil Daughtrey. As a Cub Scout, Aaron was awarded Cub Scouting’s highest honor, the Arrow of Light, in May 2009. Aaron has been a Boy Scout for 5 months.  He was awarded his first Merit Badges for Fire Safety and Fingerprinting and his Religious emblem square knot during the Court of Honor this past Tuesday.  Aaron is the youngest member of Troop 440 ever to earn the God & Family and Religious Square Knot.  His Mom & Dad, Devin & Melanie, brother, Matthew (also a Cub Scout), and sister Caryn are proud of his accomplishment. Our congratulations to Aaron!


YOU , YOUR CHILD & SUNDAY SCHOOL
YOU ARE VITAL TO YOUR CHILD’S SUNDAY SCHOOL EXPERIENCE !
How to help your child get the most out of Sunday School:

1. Encourage your child to develop friendships at Sunday School. One of the strongest benefits the church provides
your family is and extended “family” of both adult and childhood friends who support positive Christian values.
Consistent attendance makes it easy for meaningful friendships grow.

2. Be consistent in bringing your child to Sunday School so that he or she will benefit from the
biblical instruction. Children are surrounded by influences which are often in conflict with the truths of Scripture.
Sunday School can be your child’s most important hour out of every week

3. Cultivate friendships with your child’s teachers. Your support helps teachers do a good job!

4. Watch for and talk with your child about the take-home materials provided each week. A few minutes
of informal conversation at home can help to reinforce and apply the Bible truths you child has studied.

5. Learn the Bible memory verses with your child. Copy each week’s verse onto a folded index card
and set it on your breakfast table.

6. Ask a few questions about the Bible story to see what your child remembers and understands—and talk
about how the story illustrates familiar experiences at home or in the neighborhood. A good question is,
“What is one way you can do what that story teaches us?”

7. During the week look for ways to connect a recent Bible verse or story to specific situations.
For example, while watching TV, ask how a character’s action compares with those of a person in a Bible Story.



HOW TO HELP YOUR CHILD GET THE MOST OUT OF WORSHIP SERVICES
1. Enter the worship building as a family, introducing our child to the adults you greet.
This helps your child feel like part of the worshiping community.

2. Sit near the front so your child can see easily. Children tend to pay better attention
and participate more the closer to the front they sit.

3. Before the service begins, take a few moments with your child to look over the order of
worship in the bulletin. Comment on one or two things—unfamiliar or difficult items, what the child
should do a certain time, why and item is included in worship, what meaning an item has for you.

4. Encourage your child to follow the order of the service. Ask your child to locate and
read over the hymns or choruses ahead of time in order to identify unfamiliar words and phrases.

5. Share a hymnal, bulletin and Bible with your child. Holding a book together helps the child
to feel a sense of participation.

6. If you are invited to shake hands with people nearby during the worship service, introduce your child
to those you greet. Most adults tend to converse over the tops of children’s head, making children
feel like outsiders.

7. Each week during the service ask you child to write answers to a question based on the
Scripture passage, songs and / or the sermon. Question might be, “What do you learn about God?
What do you learn about how God wants us to act?”

8. After reading Scripture or singing a song, provide pencil and paper for you child to write a
one-sentence summary of the Scripture or song. Some children may enjoy drawing pictures to
illustrate a song or Scripture passage.



  
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