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.
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.)
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): 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.
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.
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.
1. Kim
2. Jenison, MI
3. Small group of 6 women.
4. I need some structured Bible study in the summer!!
5. Quirk: I have selective OCD. I can’t shovel the driveway b/c I have to get every bit of snow off the cement. It takes hours!
Hi Kim – I couldn’t believe when I signed on that your comment was the first one I saw because I used to live in Jenison MI 8 years ago. My son started school at Jenison Christian. Jenison is a beautiful friendly town. 🙂
Elisabeth
Katy, Tx
Solo
Veteran to bible study, but usually take the summer off-this sounds great!
1. April Lehmann
2. Portage, MI
3. Solo
4. I haven’t been in a Bible study for about 4 years and I need more of God in my life.
We all do, too, April. Welcome back.
1. Robyn Whipple
2. Woodlands, Texas
3. Solo (but will try to Skype with my mom’s small group on another night)
4. I love doing Bible study, but with 4 kids and lots to do, I could use some accountability! This is my first time doing a study on-line with a group.
5. I can be somewhat of a control-freak when it comes to parties and projects. I’ve settled down over the years, but it is always a fight to tame that side of me!
Jeanna
Lavaca, AR
Love Beth Moore studies and “taking my devos up a level”
I eat ice cream with a fork, from the container
1. Kim
2. Clarksville, TN
3. Solo
4. I love Beth Moore Bible studies and I need to be held accountable, otherwise I don’t study the Bible very much on my own.
5. I am very OCD about my silverware drawer, everything else can be disorganized but my silverware is perfectly sorted and stacked.
1. Yvonne
2. Bend, OR
3. Solo
4. I am trying to get in the habit of studying the bible daily.
5. Quirk: I don’t have a favorite color, it changes with my mood.
Lynn Leaming
Colorado Springs, CO
Meeting with a small group of 8 sisters at one of their homes.
When I tried to think about what I knew about 1 or 2nd Thessalonians, nothing came to mind, so I want to know it more in depth.
Something quirky? I hate wearing a bra and it is the first thing I take off when ever I am home 🙂
Looking forward to an uplifting new Bile study with one of my favorite teachers, Beth Moore.
There’s a song in there somewhere…
“Bile be seeing you in all the old familiar places…”
Going to be a great study 🙂
1. Anita Siecker
2. Purcellville, VA (for now)
3. Doing study with my MOM!
4. Need this study to stay in the Word this summer, and feel close to God and keep my faith strong as we are selling our house of 10 years and moving this summer.
5. Quirk: I must have my tea with me all day! Decaf usually! Sweetened with Stevia!
Hey, I am in NC but it sounds like we could be the best of “drinking buddies”! Have a good day:)
1. Kim
2. Loganville, GA
3. a small online group of about 5-10 ladies
4. Bible study gives me the motivation to be in the Word as opposed to doing it on my own. We do a ladies Bible study at church and our mentor/leader has encouraged us to do this one (besides! WE LOVE to do Beth Moore studies! We just finished Patriarchs!) We are meeting online because the summer is always busy and this way, even if we are vacationing or working, we can still “meet” and discuss.
5. A quirk? hmmm…I randomly make up new words to songs and sing them…loudly…
1. AmandaJo
2. Fountain/Colorado Springs, CO
3. Small group, 3- mom’s house! 🙂
4. Having a hard time getting to a formal bible study with husband/father being ill, so we are excited to be able to do this from home~!
5. My family calls me the “sunscreen Nazi” and I have to schedule everything we do at Disneyland down to the minute.
1) Kelly
2) Fort Wayne, IN
3) Doing the study with two friends
4) I need the discipline of a study to keep me in the word during the summer months or I get tempted to get lazy.
5) I have to fold my socks a certain way.
1. Sanora
2. Tallahassee, FL
3. Solo
4. Increase of spiritual knowledge and understanding.
5. Idk, there are so many. Lol!!
Sanora, we both live in Tallahassee but have never met, yet we comment here back to back. Gotta love God bringing people from near and far together to study His Word. Looking forward to the adventure He has planned for us as we study.
1. Janis
2. Lafayette, LA
3. Solo, looking for group in my church
4. Life slows down in the summer, so I have the time to concentrate on the scriptures and hear what God has to say.
5. Too many to say!
1. Susan
2. Charleston, SC
3. Solo
4. We have popcorn for dinner every other night:)
Hi Sanora from another Tallahassean!
1. Susan
2. Charleston, SC
3. Solo
4. Had busy year and can’t wait to be filled up to overflow with God’s Word!
5. We have popcorn for dinner every other night:)
1. Tanyia
2. Sanderson, FL
3. Solo
4. I need accountabilty for the summer
1. Jenn
2. Puyallup, wa
3. Women’s bible cafe and with my best friend
4. I have been letting my hectic life get the better of me having a new sweet baby and all so I felt it was a good time to jump back into Gods word and slow myself down and allow myself time to listen to what God has to say to me.
5. I love coffee but it has to be Starbucks and I’m really addicted to going every day!
I am in a group of about 15. I am doing this study, to bring me back into Gods word and feel as close to him as possible!
Sherry Best
Clovis, NM
Solo
I will be leading this study in the fall for about 75 ladies so it worked great for me to do this ahead and it keeps me in a structured study during the summer.
What seems quirky to others just seems normal to me!-Super control freak and a bit OCD about some things, constant battle for me to find a balance!
1. Jeanna
2. Cameron Park, CA
3. Flying Solo
4. Just finished one study and the timing is PERFECT!!
5. Quirk: just the thought of reading in the car makes my tummy turn. 🙂
Russellville, Arkansas
Solo
I haven’t been able to join a Bible study in such a long time. I had been praying for something to follow this summer to get me back on track. This came at the perfect time! Excited to get started!
I’m a History Channel geek! 🙂
1.Charity Bishop
2. Kansas City, Mo
3.Solo
4. After 6 years of Beth Moore Bible studies our group disbanded 2 years ago. I miss the studies so much!! I have definitely not been in The Word as I should be and I’m ready to fix that! 🙂
5. I am drawing a complete blank on any adorable quirks that I might have!! I’m sure my family would tell you I am QUITE quirky but nothing I can think of right this minute! lol
Pat Rivera
2. Pearland, TX
3. Solo
4. Love the Word and sharing what others see in it
Catherine
Casa grande az
2: Indian Trail NC
3:solo
4 I can’t get enough insight and knowledge about my Savior.
5: when I experience something I enjoy ( food,places,music,etc) I want my family and friends to experience it as well. Sometimes my family gets annoyed.
1. Lisa
2. Toledo, OH
3. Solo
4. I need to spend more time in the word and I think committing to this will help me.
5. Quirks – I can be rather OCD/a perfectionist about certain things.
1Nancy Headley
2 Ross, Ohio
3 solo
4 I really need to get into the Word. My Sunday school has taken a break and I’m feeling empty
5 quirk. At work I like evrything to be neat and organized but I’m a slob at home.
1. Jennifer Lodge
2. Chipley, FL
3. Solo
4. I have had trouble staying committed to my studies and really need accountability, and I love Bible study!!
5. Quirky me – I eat all the way around sandwiches/burgers and then eat the middle, so I can save the best part for last.
Kristen
Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada
Solo ( Will see if my mother will do it too!)
Need a little healing rain!
ABBA lover!
1. Elizabeth
2. TN
3. Solo
4. I just want to study His Word!
5. Peanut butter on Pancakes!!!
1. Beth
2. Yakima, Wa
3. With my daughter!
4. I need a summer of Beth Moore studies, bc I am in Mom to Mom throughout the year.
1. Elizabeth
2. Chattanooga, TN
3. Solo
4. I just want to study His Word!
5. Peanut butter on Pancakes!!!
1. Sandy Watkins
2. Simpsonville,SC
3. Solo
4. I am so worn out by the daily trials and tribulations. I need to find renewed strenth in His word.
5. I speak to each of my dogs all the time. They all 4 sleep with me.
1. Beth
2. San Antonio, TX
3. Solo
4. I love Beth Moore studies and I’m excited to have something to hold me accountable to Bible study this summer.
5. I only use black ink pens for my studies.
Jennifer
Seattle, WA
With a group, ~5 and meeting at work
I love learning more about God and who I am as a child of God – I am always excited to do a study and find them encouraging.
I only wear one earring because I had surgery on the other ear which can no longer be pierced and usually one person a year will notice and comment – and I have ‘special occasion’ earring sets that are one pierced and one clip on!
1) Maria
2) Katy, TX
3) Group
4) I need to be in God’s Word! I am looking forward to discussing this study with friends and applying it to my life.
5) I make up songs and sing them to my kids. Usually about whatever we are doing.
1. Ashley
2. Parker (Denver), CO
3. Solo
4. Trying to read the Bible 5 days a week & I found I do a little better with some structure to it.
5. I’m a perfectionist
1. Daphne Wheeler
2. Mary Esther, FL
3. Solo
4. It’s been several months since I completed “Esther” and it’s just time for me to wrap my mind around a new study. Excited about this opportunity because I purchased the study last week to do on my own anyhow!!! =)
5. My biggest quirk?? … I’m not really sure!
1. Mary Anne
2. Novi, MI
3. Solo
4. Have been reading books instead of the Word of God. Just do not know where to go on my on…desperate to get to know God.
5. Seem to have lots of projects going on at once. Jump from thing to thing.
1. Jennifer
2. Glenshaw, PA
3. SOLO
4. I am in need of refreshing, and part of that will be to do this study on my own! (I am usually the leader!)
5. I hate wearing socks. I only wear them when there’s more than 6 inches of snow on the ground!
1. Sue Olesen
2. Waterloo, Ia
3. solo
4. I need the structure of a study. I look forward to this study of 1 and 2 Thessalonians.
5. I only want a dribble of salad dressing on my salad–NEED to have my dressing on the side!!
1. Lori-Anne
2. Exeter, CA
3. Group of two.
4. We have bible study throughout the year, and take a break over the summer. But the two of us want to keep going! Been looking forward SO MUCH to Children of the Day!
5. Wow! I’m pretty quirky! I’m very technologically oriented, but still carry my handy dandy filofax!
Lisa
Seymour, TN
Solo
Love your studies Beth, and closer to Gods word.
Try to study all the bible studies that I can. I try to learn.
1. Cheryl O’Brien
2. Oxford, MI
3. SOLO (At least for the moment)
4. Summer is too busy for members of my small group, and I am personally very busy traveling all summer. I usually lead a group and would like to be a member of something where I don’t have to prepare more than just soaking in God’s word and someone else’s teaching.
5. I love being barefoot, so I kick off my shoes and socks the first chance I get after I get home from work. I ENJOY cooking, cleaning, working in my yard and being at HOME.(Although I am currently working full time outside the home.)
1. Karen
2. Phoenix, Arizona
3. Solo – but both of my sisters are doing the online study as well in Seattle, WA and Irvine, CA
4. I am a full-time teacher and also a mom of two sons with autism. The school year gets crazy busy and I have very little time to call my own. In the summer I get time to breathe, and I can replenish my soul a bit.
5. I hate to feel cold, so Phoenix summer weather doesn’t bother me – even days like yesterday when the temps hit 110:)
1. Lori
2. Deland, Florida
3. Solo
4. I love Bible Studies and have more time in the summer to really dig into the study.
5. I like to start craft projects but loose interest quickly, so I rarely finish them.
5.
1. Jennifer
2. Houston, TX
3. Solo
4. Need consistent time in the word over the Summer
5. I like to make my bed in the morning
1. Melinda
2. Oconomowoc, WI
3. Small group – probably going to meet in a coffee shop 🙂 There’s 2 of us.
4. I need to have the accountability over the summer.
5. Quirk: Hmmmmm. It will kill me not to fill in the blanks of this workbook. I may need to purchase the videos so I can fill them in!!! 🙂
1. Sue Ann Arevalo
2. Houston, TX
3. Solo/friend
4. I’ve been stuggling to discipline myself to get back into His word.
5. I eat my waffle fries with mayo and mustard, but only the ones from Chick fil a.
1. Misty Nailon
2. Arlington, Tx
3. Solo
4. summer accountability and growth
5. hmm.. it’s hard to think of one in reflection. i seem to realize them when someone looks at me strangely or i catch myself stressing an issue that the other person just doesn’t seem to see has the same importance. 🙂 i would say most of my quirks probably come in the daily tasks of housework.
Trisha
Sedro Woolley , Washington
Solo…..
I just love Jesus and I love learning more about Him and his love for us!
I hate the sound of Styrofoam plates when the for scrapes it!