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
Beth in Pella Iowa with a group – 4 of us meeting at the local coffee shop.
Why do the study? I sense a change coming in my life, and I need to continue to focus on Him and grow deeper in my relationship with Him.
My quirk… well anytime I’m really concentrating hard on anything my mouth falls open. Co-workers catch me like this at my desk all the time.
1. Lori
2. Olathe, KS
3. Solo
4. My normal Bible Study group takes a break over the summer, but I want to continue to spend time in God’s Word – this will be the catalyst to keep me in the Word!
5. Quirk – I have two companions in life – my very wonderful husband and a cat named Max who is the ruler of our household.
1-Karen
2-Paris France
3-solo
4- I have been blessed with Beth Moore online messages ( Wednesdays with Beth)here in Paris.
I am ready to hear god’s word as I move to the next step in my ministry
5-I am French and need some cheese at least once a day
1. Sara
2.chambersburg, PA
3.Solo
4. Not a day gies by that I need A LOT OF JESUS. I need to keep myself in the word and a great bible study is wonderful for that.
5. I have a total symmetry thing. I like things to be symmetrical, pictures on the wall etc. It’s a joke amongst my family and friends.
1. Brittany
2. Melissa, TX
3. Small group (online)
4. My family and I just moved to a new city, so I am in need of community and fellowship as we get settled! We also have a 2 year old and a 3 month old, so my quiet time and Bible study routines are difficult to keep consistent. Excited for this study and accountability!
5. If my bed doesn’t get made during the day, I often make it right before bed (even if it’s 11:00 p.m.!) just to be able to climb into a neat and tidy bed. 🙂
1. Leighton Callais
2. Belle Chasse, Louisiana
3. Solo
4. I am going through a season of storm and can really
use some encouraging time with God 🙂
5. I am an OCD packer – suitcases, car, purse etc. lol
1. Debbie
2. Olathe, KS
3. Solo
4. I love this blog and to study God’s Word with Beth, Lindsee and this community. Beth’s Bible Studies and others we have done together on this blog challenge me to grow in my faith, godliness and love for the Word and those who need Christ. I just finished “A Woman’s Heart, God’s Dwelling Place,” and loved it. It will be a super, busy summer with family, traveling, grandkids, and this wonderful life God has given and this helps keep me be more accountable to stay in the Word. I have never before studied I and II Thessalonians.
5. My husband and kids always have a good laugh when I am ordering food at drive through windows at fast food places; it’s fun to laugh together even if it’s about my own quirkiness.
Michele
Mesa, Arizona
I like the accountability of a bible study and usually one with others in person. My daughter and I are going on a mission trip to Slovakia and this study allows me to stay plugged in even while we are traveling.
I am a little bit of a germ-a-phobe.
1. Alicia Lesok
2. Fort Worth, TX
3. Solo
4. I have been spiritual dry for sometime and need to reconnect.
5. I freak out if I drive under a bridge that has anyone walking over it.
1. Marissa Burbank
2. Brighton, CO
3. Solo
4. I have a real thirst for the Word. I became a Christian only 3.5 years ago and am making up for lost time. My goal is to have a Bible like Beth’s — one so picked through and annotated that the pages don’t cling together and the leather cover can’t lay flat properly.
5. I color code everything: keys, spreadsheet columns, kitchen cabinets, lists, etc. Problem is nobody else has the key code. =D
Greetings!
1. Carmen
2. West Monroe, LA
3.Solo. I have led many studies (many of Beth’s) and I thougth it would be wonderful to go it alone and not feel the responsibility of leading the group this time.
4. My life has felt out of balance and I know that one way I regain balance is to be in The Word in an organized study. I helps me be accountable for my time.
5. I must have my hands covered when I sleep. So, no matter how warm it is in Louisiana, I have some sort of covering (sheet, blanket) on my hands at night 🙂
3. Solo
4. Summer schedule makes it difficult to participate in a group Bible Study, but I need the structure of an organized Bible study. So, I’m hoping this option will help me stay in God’s word.
5. I’m a rule follower. If the sign says don’t walk on the grass, I’m the person who will walk the long way around when others are stepping out onto the grass.
1.Cela
2.Attalla,Alabama
3.Solo
4.I love to do Bible study’s!
5.I am an homemade ice cream junky!
1. Katie
2. Rosemount, Minnesota
3. Solo
4. I feel closest to God when I am studying His word. Bible studies keep me accountable!
5. I eat my burgers in a circle!
Joyce and Julie here.
We are from Central Point, Oregon.
It is just the two of us in our small group.
We are doing this study to stay in the Word during the summer months when our weekly Bible Study group is disbanded.
Quirks:
Julie – I must have at least one cup of coffee in the morning before I can even think of having a conversation with anyone.
Joyce – having weeds in the flowerbeds
(she also does not like to negotiate prices when she has a yard sale).
1. Laura
2. Woodstock, GA
3. Solo
4. I haven’t been able to do a Beth Moore study in a long time and am really looking forward to it. I need help to maintain a routine during the summer.
1. Amy Saufferer
2. Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
3. Solo!
4. Want to lead this study in the fall, so I want to experience it myself first:)
5. Quirks…hmmm, too many to mention!!
1. Cheryl
2.Spring Green, WI
3.Solo
4.Need the structure of a study.
Love Beth’s teaching 🙂
1. Abbey Esquivel
2. Crane, TX
3. Solo…hoping to get some friends to join me!
4. It’s been a while since I’ve been in a study and I need to get back in God’s word. Baby #2 due in Sept so this feels like the right time to dive in again.
5. I always wipe the top of a coke can with even just my finger before opening and drinking.
1- Fran
2- Camas, WA
3- Solo
4- I have enjoyed each Beth Moore study I have done and am looking forward to this one. And I would like to set a good example for my 4 kids that studying the Word is a way of life!
5- My quirk is chewing ice. I never did this until I had my first born, now it’s a habit. I even have to buy my ice at a certain store! Crazy…
1. Rebecca
2. Richmond,va
3. Solo
4. Just became a stay at home mom. My baby is not an easy baby and I often feel overwhelmed and not up to the task. I know I need a bible study to be strengthened so I can be the mom I need to be.
5. I love books and like to keep the covers neat. I buy the best looking cover at the store and try to keep it looking brand new even after I’ve read it.
1. LaWanda
2. Hampton, VA
3. Group of 4 meeting @ my home.
4. I need to dig into the Word to carry me through a most difficult, challenging season.
1. Holly
2. Collinsville, OK
3. With a friend
4. Love Beth Moore and needed to get back into a study again. Love reading the Bible daily, but love the challenge of the Beth’s studies.
5. Diet coke and peanut m&ms are my favorite snack/indulgence. Flip flops at all times in hotel rooms!!!
1. Miranda P.
2. Tampa, FL
3. Solo
4. Miss Beth Moore Bible Studies. Originally from Houston and moved 2 years ago. Also, like that it’s online and an active study and getting through some of my past.
5. Quirk…many! OCD with organization and cleanliness, won’t walk barefoot, won’t go to bed without washing my face and brushing my teeth, start washing the same spot of my body each time I shower. Yes…I realize these things too. It’s bad!! LOL
1. Kelley
2. Lexington, ky
3. Solo
4. Grow nearer to God
Cheryl
Cleveland, Ohio
Solo
It has been about 20 years since I have participated in a Bible Study, but felt the nudge to join in on this one. So looking forward to what God has in store for me through it.
1. Amy
2. Elton, Louisiana
3. Group – praying for 10 to show up tonight
4. I am excited to be studying the Word with sisters across the nation. I can imagine our Father is smiling!
5. Quirky…I am a pastors wife and I like to drive race cars!
1. Michele
2. Evans, Ga.
3. Solo
4. I want to grow stronger and deeper in the word.
1. Lindsey
2. Brantford, Ontario, Canada
3. Solo
4. I have never studied the books of 1st and 2nd Thessalonians in depth before and am excited to do so. From the previews I’ve seen about this study it seems to tie in nicely with Jennie Allen’s recent book Restless, that I just finished reading.
Angela
Bowling Green, KY
Group – Church
Need to study God’s word more
1. Ginger
2. Grove City, OH
3. Solo
4. I have time in the summer to do Bible study,
I love doing Beth Moore Bible studies! I enjoy God’s word,and rely on His leadings.
Quirks: I’m a list maker! Lists on everything!
1. Pat
2. Plattsburgh NY (60 miles south of Montreal, Canada)
3. Small group (with Cecile and Candy)in my home
4. Bible study is my anchor. Being in a group helps me stay accountable for reading and studying in depth.
5. My first school was Starbuck Elementary School in Watertown NY. Who knew that in my 50’s I would fall in love with coffee. I am a Starbucks regular. My “usual” is a grande half caff with sugar free vanilla syrup leaving a little room for nonfat milk. Ahhhhhh!
Kathy Moreno
Lynden, Wa
Solo
Keep in the Word year round
One of my quirks is I move my food around on my plate with my fork the entire time I’m eating.
1. Toni Hamilton
2. League City, TX
3. Small group
4. Just finished “James”. Loved it!! Couldn’t wait to get back into another study.
5. I HAVE to make my bed first thing when I get up. If nothing else gets done all day, my bed is made.
1. Emily
2. Tampa Florida
3. Small group
4. Its been about two years since I’ve done a bible study
Linda Baron
Bend, Oregon
SOLO
I love being in the Word in a formal study. Any opportunity to do a Beth Moore study is a bonus!
I remember birthdays; it’s sort of crazy.
I’m doing this study solo from Fredericksburg va
1. Marnie
2. Milford, OH
3. Solo
4. Accountability!
5. When driving, I always have to be in the correct lane for my eventual exit or turn…way way earlier than I really need to be…and I drive the hubby nuts if he’s not in the right lane soon enough!
Fun opportunity to study with my daughter!
1. Heidi
2. New Oxford, PA
3. Solo
4. I haven’t been in a bible study for awhile. I really miss it and need it!
1. Lindsay Carter
2. Greenville, IN
3. Solo
4. Love Beth Moore’s studies!
5. Trying to diagnose anyone who tells me their problem or ailment.
Julie
St Louis
Solo
Need to be in the Word
1. Rhondalyn
2. Elizabethtown, KY
3. Solo
4. I NEED it.
5. What’s a quirk?;)
1. Kaitlen S.
2. Little Rock, AR
3. With a few friends
4. I feel like I am always on the go and busy and I need to focus my time back on God’s word. I am so excited to dive in!
5. I have to check my alarm at least three times every night before bed.
from Crockett, TX
Solo
Loved doing the Esther study with Beth so I’m excited to do this one.
I have a lot of quirks, but the one my family and friends know me best for is that I am directionally challenged! I always find my way, it just might take me a little longer than everyone else.
1. Joanne
2. Port Saint Joe, FL
3. Solo
4. It’s been awhile since I have been able to participate
in a Bible study (I think I’ve done almost all of
Beth’s) and miss the challenge and camaraderie ofdoing
one in a group. Plus, this really speaks to me as I
have always wondered what it is that God is calling me
to do for Him.
5. Never, I mean Never, go out without my makeup!
(or fixing my hair! lol)
Monika
Tampa
Widowed mom w/ 2 year old
It has been a year since my last, and have been missing it.
I sing songs to my daughter like our life is a Broadway show. It makes her giggle.
1.Christy
2.Meridian
3.solo
4.Desire to stay in the Word over the summer (just finished Deuteronomy study)
1. Tricia
2. Batesville, IN
3. Solo bible study
4. I really enjoy using books to guide my study. Keeps me focused, on track.