Welcome everybody! This is our first gathering for Children of the Day and we are incredibly blessed to have you along! If you’re just now hearing about it, we’d love for you to join us! You’ll find it most helpful to begin by reading this previous post that includes our approach, our summer Bible study schedule and many other specifics: (SSBS 2014 Info post) All you need to participate is the workbook entitled Children of the Day. We only officially “gather” here on the blog every two weeks because summers are so busy. On each of those 5 Tuesdays (starting today), you’ll find a video I’ve prepared for you with instructions for that day. I’ll also remind you to do the next 2 weeks of Bible study before our next gathering. View it personally if you are going solo or, if you’re joining in with others, with your small group. I’ll always put the bare bones of that gathering’s instructions in print in the post as well (as you’ll see below) in case you have any trouble viewing the video. Here’s your first one!
Basic written instructions in case you have trouble with the video:
Register for our summer Bible study by simply leaving a comment to this post per instructions below. Of course, you can take part without registering but you’ll get much more out of it if you fully participate. It not only increases accountability. It stirs up a sense of belonging and fellowship which is so important to us here in this blog community.Â
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Here’s what we’d love for you to supply in your registration comment today: (Try to limit yourself to this information so it will be easy to read and count.)
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1. Your NAME.
2. Your CITY.
3. Whether you’re going SOLO or in tandem with a small group. If you’re in a small group, share approximately how many are in your group and where you are planning to meet.
4. Share in a sentence or two why you could really stand to be in Bible study this summer. Maybe it’s that you’ve never been in one before. We would be elated! Or maybe it’s been a long time. If so, this is a great time and place to come back home to the heart of Jesus. Maybe you’re just hoping to get to know Christ a little better. Or, perhaps you’re interested in particular subject matter that appears on the pages of 1st or 2nd Thessalonians. On the other hand, maybe you especially need to be in the Scriptures because you have extenuating circumstances that could really challenge you this summer. What’s motivating you to get into the Scriptures with us this summer? There are no wrong answers!
5. BONUS question (optional):Â WHAT IS A QUIRK OF YOURS?? Come on, now! Tell us!
If you’re meeting with a small group, share your answers to questions 4 and 5.
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I will pitch out a memory verse each week for anybody who wants to participate:
 Week 1 Memory Verse:
 1 Thessalonians 1:4 The NET Bible: We know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that He has chosen you.
Week 2 Memory Verse:
1 Thessalonians 2:8 The NET Bible: …with such affection for you we were happy to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us.
Do WEEKS ONE AND TWO of your homework before our next gathering in two weeks! If you’re watching the OPTIONAL video teaching sessions, you will want to watch Session 1 this week before you start your homework and Session 2 before you start your second week of homework. Here is the link: Children Of The Day Sessions
Don’t feel pressured to go to the added expense. All you need to participate in the summer study is the workbook.Â
I am so honored to serve you and study with you this summer! Can’t wait to see your names and locations! So much love to you, Sisters! We joyfully embrace each one of you.Â
1. Marsha
2. Houston, Texas
3. Solo
4. My mom passed away two months ago need to be surrounded by God’s word.
My name is Debby, I live in Clinton, Mississippi. I’m doing this solo because I can’t join my small group anymore because of my job (for which I am truly thankful). My quirk is that I am extremely computer-oriented and love technology. Can’t wait to start!
1. Neva VanDerHyde
2.chatham, VA
3. Solo
4. Love Beth Moore bible studies, bought the book last week thought I would just do it by myself and then I found this
5. Every summer I get the idea of getting a calendar to keep up with 4 kids activities and things but never do
1. Rachel
2. Philadelphia suburbs
3. Solo but meeting up occasionally with my gfs who are also doing the study solo:)
4. I want to get closer to Jesus. I’ve also never been compelled to study the Thessalonians.
5. I have many quirks. A funny one is that the toilet paper roll always has to be placed on correctly so that you pull from the top & not the bottom, haha!!!
1. Staci
2. Madison, AL
3. solo (but I have passed it along to my normal Bible study group that takes a break over the summer so many of us may do this)
4. To keep me in the word
5. Have too many quirks to name but, yes, being a southern girl hair obsession is one of them!
1. Sandy
2. Katy, TX
3. small co-ed group at church on Sunday mornings
4. I need the structure of a study with homework and we want to make some new friends
5. I have to go down the aisles of the grocery store in a certain direction. Each aisle has a certain direction and if I skip an aisle and get going the wrong way, I have to turn around…it drives me crazy.
1. Cyndie Schmidt
2. Livingston, TX (North of Houston)
3. I’ll be doing this study solo!
4. I’ve been a little (a lot) caught up in motherhood over the past year. I have a spunky almost 5 year old little girl and a sweet almost 1 year old little boy. They keep me pretty busy and I’m beginning to feel the toll it’s taken on my spiritual walk. Not their fault, but mine for letting my that slip away! I purchased “Whispers of Hope” a few weeks ago in hopes of refocusing. It has been such a blessing to me. I’ve been praying daily since beginning that devotional that my hunger for The Word would become stronger than ever. I already feel Jesus working on me! I’m hungry, y’all! Ready to dig deeper and begin this new study! (That was totally more than a couple of sentences…)
5. I can’t sleep unless the bathroom and closet door in our bedroom is closed! One of many quirks…
From Milford, CT.
Solo.
Have done Beth’s studies before in a group, am in one now. Want more of God!
Quirks? hmmmmm probably not enough space in this box! LOL
1. Carolyn
2. Kennesaw, GA
3. Solo
4. I haven’t done a bible study in 2 years. I teach middle school, and out for summer break. I could not find a better way to spend time, but in the Word with God and all my siestas over the world. I know I will be blessed.
5. I love jewelry, if I misplace an item I find myself searching every place. Then when I get frustrated God with his gentle way will lead me to it.
1 Stacy D.
2 Poquoson, Virginia, USA
3 Solo
4 My husband and I are going through a lot of major life changes right now and are in the process of making some major, life-changing decisions. Never mind how it’s been a tough year, but our perfect Father has perfect plans. Additionally, I feel like a sponge and c-a-n-n-o-t get enough of His Word.
5 I am a journalkeeper and journal off and on all day long. I cannot open the Bible without having my journal open–ready to fill it with the Word and how to apply it to my life every moment. My memory stinks. If I don’t write everything down, it will be forgotten.
lynne Houston Solosofar because you are dear to us
long sleeves & modest necklines
1. Leslie
2. Bowling Green, KY
3. solo
4. I am 19 months into marriage and need to reconnect with Jesus as I was when I was single. Get into His word and allow Him to woo me back in to be my first love.
5. My face says all….I can never hide my emotions!
2. I’m from Illinois but I’m currently caring for my mom ( who is in hospice)in Houston. it’s been very difficult.
3. solo
4. I love to study God’s word and have done many Beth Moore studies. God’s word has sustained me through many difficulties! I need it
5. I wash my hands a lot, like to eat gummy bears when driving long distances 🙂
Donna and Hannah Huneycutt
Mt. Pleasant, NC
We are a mother/daughter meeting with 7 other ladies in the facilitator’s home.
I am a dry thirsty person in a dry thirsty season of life.
Quirk: When I eat a pack of crackers- I always take one apart, eat the peanut butter from the inside, then the crackers, and so on with the whole pack.
1. Kristal
2. The Woodlands, Tx
3. Solo
4. I’m a SAHM to a six month old and I could REALLY use some
Mommy time/encouragement!
5. I eat oatmeal every single day for breakfast 🙂
1. Tiffany
2. Huntsville. Alabama
3. Might start an online group- unknown number of members
4. Excited to be regularly in The Word this summer. The structure of a bible study helps me accomplish that best!
5. Quirk- I really like symmetry and even numbers and multiples of 5. Odd numbered anything or things/decor not symmetrical drive me nuts!
1. Kelly Middleton
2. Poplar Bluff, MO
3. Solo
4. This is the first year in 8 yrs I haven’t facilitated a Beth Moore bible study group. I’m missing it terribly and feel this online study will help fill that void.
5. Quirks? I can list them alphabetically or categorically! I’m a germaphobe & I hold my breath when I walk by trash cans… Let’s just stop at that one… =)
Mary Kay
Grand Rapids, MI
Solo
1. Dawn Wagner
2. Menomonee Falls, WI
3. Solo
4. I need to get back to being more consistent with my devotions so I want to use this to help me get back into daily study of God’s Word! I have a one year old and tend to put off my Devos throughout the day, then all of a sudden it’s time to go to bed, and I’m exhausted.
1. Jennifer Allison
2. Norfolk, VA
3. SOLO (but will encourage everyone I know to take this study!
4. I love to study God’s Word. But I also love the structure, guidance and direction I get from a study such as this one. I can’t get that structure from / for myself. Besides…I have never participated in a bible study of 400 women before! AWESOME!
5. I have VERY quirky children!
~ Rebecca
~ Macomb, Mi
~ Solo
~ I want this summer to be amazing. Spiritually, Physically, Emotionally. I’m tired of wasting God’s time being comfortable in the shadows. And, I also need more Beth Moore in my life 🙂
~ kind of a random one but I can’t watch scary movies with my feet on the floor.
1. Elizabeth Goss
2. Shawnee, KS
3. solo
4. Already teaching a study, but wanted to do something on my own and grow closer to God.
5. I love cooking and enjoy sneaking healthy things into dinners I make for my husband. I always tell him afterward and he usually lives it and can’t tell.
Buchanan MI
Solo
I travel with a ministry during school year and this will be a great Bible study to do during my rest and recuperation time this summer.
1. Debbie Kidwell
2. Greenwood, IN
3. Group, My House
4. Connect and pour into my group leaders to prepare for fall.
5. Quirk – COFFEE all day.
1. Nickie Robinson
2. Lyman,NE
3. Solo
4. Pastor’s wife who loves Beth Moore Studies. I am leading one of Beth’s Studies (A Woman’s Heart) in church but this one I am on my own
1. Hope Jewell
2. Omaha, Nebraska
3. Solo
4. Looking forward to some sweet, quiet time with Jesus, in the midst of planning my wedding, busy photography season, and leading worship.
5. I have to shave my legs every day!
1) Jessica
2) Western Michigan
I lead a women’s gather and have a need to be continually fed. I’m excited and expect great things to come from this study!
1. Amanda
2. Fort Hood, TX
3. Solo
4. Looking forward to something that gives me an appetite for the Word of God and increased understanding on how I can please God.
5. I’ve been known to carry around a bag of chocolate chips with me to work so that I can have little doses of chocolate during my day. It’s the little things in life. 🙂
Alisha
New Buffalo, MI
Solo
Help me stay in the word over the summer months.
I have to clear things and put them away obsessively. My husband will turn around to take a drink of his coffee and I will have already poured it out and out cup in dishwasher.
1. I am Diane Sidoti
2. I live in Geneva, Ohio
3. Sharing with a friend from Pittsburgh by phone/email.
4. This is my first bible study and I joined because my friend asked me too. She was sending me scripture daily while waiting for my son’s surgery and we wanted to continue God’s Communication.
3.Going solo
4.hungry for God’s Word
5.I am a book nerd
1. Karen
2. Tyler, TX
3. Solo
4. I want deep bible study that will allow me to know The Lord more and more.
5. I eat chocolate every single day. 🙂
Shannon Porter
Gipsy, MO
Solo
I have a little more time in the summer to actually get in and SAVOR God’s word, so I love to do in-depth studies then and Beth’s are definitely in-depth! 🙂
Quirk: Iced tea is the first and last thing I drink each day.
Yorktown va
Solo
I always feel closer to God when I’m in a bible study.
Quirk: I hide gifts around the house that i buy for others, then forget where I hid them. I’ll find random gifts years later that were birthday or Christmas gifts. My kids love it bc they get random gifts all year.
Fort Dix N J. We are restoring from the Airforce and moving back to Charleston this summer. I bed to stay in the Word during this time of HUGE transition. Quirk I can not stand from the tips of toenails to be touched.
1. Julie Bottger.
2. Alliance, NE.
3. Group!
4. I need a summer Bible study just to keep myself spiritually afloat in the sometimes dryness of summer!
5. I’m a very boring eater, which may seem quirky to some people. Like when I order my salad without dressing and the waitress snootily says, “you want it dry!?”
1. Ruth Anne
2. Dover, OH
3. solo
4. Although I’ve read these books, I know little about them! So excited for going deeper than the “funeral verse” about the dead in Christ rising which is what I always think of when I hear I Thessalonians.
5. I will NEVER wear open toed shoes unless my toenails are painted. Even if it’s chipped, they have to have some signs of polish or I wear closed toed shoes.
1. Amy
2. DeFuniak Springs, FL
3. Solo
4. I’ve been away from a deep personal bible study way too long
5. I hate talking on the phone! So I’m very thankful for text messaging and social media for communicating. 🙂
1. Cheryl
2. Dandridge, TN
3. Solo
4. I really need something for me!! I lead women’s study
In my church and will be dining the study in the fall with
The ladies.
1. Janet
2. Houston, TX
3. Solo
4. So thankful for a summer study!! Need a fresh word from the Lord!!
1. Rhonda
2. Edwardsville, AL
3. Group
4. God has so impressed on my heart, to mentor and encourage young moms.
5. I love coffee, and my creamer must go into the cup 1st. I like McDonald’s coffee over Starbucks.
1. Diane Johnson
2. Ajax, Ontario, Canada
3. I am alone
4. I could really stand to be in Bible summer camp because I really NEED it. I have participated in a couple of Beth Moore Simulcasts and a few small group Beth Moore book studies and I always come out better for them.
1. Susan
2. Ripley, OK
3. Solo
4. Deep study needed in a difficult season (death of a child)
5. My children think I’m crazy, but my grandchildren think I’m fun.
1. Karin Y
2. Annandale, NJ
3. My sister Kristen invited me to do the study with her and I’m excited!
4. I love Beth Moore studies and my church does not have a woman’s Bible Study. So this an opportunity for me to join one.
5. I love brownies and chocolate, but don’t like chocolate cake or chocolate ice cream.
Melannie. Fleming island fl. Solo. Need to stay in the word. I make sound effects when talking sometimes
1. Terri
2. Altus, OK
3. Solo
4. To get closer with to God’s word.
5. Love Chocolate. Have to have it everyday.
Escondido, CA
My friend, Christine, and I are meeting together at our church every other Tuesday evening.
Timing is right, and Beth Moore studies encourage me to dig deeper in the Word.
Quirk: I love hats!
1. Cyndi Macleod
2. Camden, SC
3. Solo
4. It is too easy to get sidetracked without study.
5. The aisle in the barn must be blown out every day.
Melissa
Canton, MI
Tandem with a friend
I am looking forward to continuing to study Gods word over the summer.
Only one quirk? ;). I hate the sound of styrofoam moving against anything. Makes me want to cry!!!!
1. Jana Skipton
2. Bentonville, AR
3. In tandem with a group of about 20 women in Alliance, NE. I participate by Facetime.
4. This is my 2nd Bible study. I’m wanting to get to know Christ and the Scriptures better.