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. Sandra
2. N. Little Rock, AR
3. With my 15 yr old daughter
4. Develop a closer relationship with God
1. Terri
2. Scottsville, KY
3. solo
4. Love bible studies
5. I have to make my bed every day
Jackie
Santa Rosa, CA
One(younger) woman and my (older) self, at my house.
Using as a tool to study with my mentee.
Quirk? Are you insinuating we may behave oddly?
1. Julie A van Aken
2. San Jose, California
3. Solo/Friend hopefully
4. I love Beth Moore as a teacher. All my studies are ending, want to keep God as close as I can.
I feel more connected when I am in the word. I am fairly new at bible study (1.5 years). Looking
forward to memorizing verses, tho it will be the hardest part I am sure!!
5. I make up silly words for things. I make up words to songs when I don’t know the right words.
1. Jen
2. Woodbine, MD
3. Solo
4. I see where God has brought me and how he is using me but love that this study will show me in the Word, that I am where He wants me to be.
5. I make up songs using familiar tunes with new words to fit the circumstances. E.g. I made up a song to the tune of “hooray for Hollywood” that tells my Mom, who suffers with severe dementia, who I am. She loves to dance when I sing! Praise God!
1. Heather
2. Richmond, VA (2), Roanoke, VA (1), Chester, VA (1), and Killeen, TX (1)
3. Online small group of 5
4. We are excited to have the accountability of this study for the summer months, and the opportunity to explore and discover the Word for our lives in an intimate group
5. We love things to be clean and organized, but vary widely in our ability to make it so (please give us a break – we have 11 kids under 7 among us!)
1. Denise
2. Cedar Park, TX
3. Small Group – a group of teachers at my school
4. I just need a Bible Study for the summer and was so excited to invite my teacher friends to my house for our small group!
5. I love to cook and will get a notion to cook something (no matter what time of day) and will just start cooking it.
1. amy bright
2. Springfield, IL
3. solo with the Sharing His Glory facebook study group (to help keep women in the Word after attending the 2013 LPL in Springfield, IL)
4. because it’s just too easy to get out of the habit without some accountability
5. I like to drink fruit juice out of a pretty wine glass…the neighbors probably think I’m a lush! 🙂
1. Lauren
2. Elizabeth City, NC
3. Primarily solo; may meet with a super small group at random times in random places if our schedules allow this summer.
4. Moving within the last two months has been a huge transition in many ways! Personally, I feel like this is a dry season for me, and I would benefit from being in something structured with accountability.
5. When I count out cash, it all has to be facing the same way.
1) Heather Dobbins
2) West Palm Beach, FL
3) Solo
4) Entering into a season of tremendous change.
5) One of my fav things to do is cook and entertain when I am home. However, I plan my vacations around resturants.
1. Carmen
2. Travis AFB
3. Solo
4. My husband is deploying in Fall and I am due to have our 4th child in Jan. I have felt lead to this study for some time. I just want to be in the Word.
5. Quirk… ? Not sure…. I go bare foot usually all day. 🙂 haha bare foot and prego! If I do go somewhere I usually wear flip flops.
1. Michele
2. Lakeway, Texas
3. Solo
4. Have accountability to be in the word every day.
5. I make moaning noises when I eat delicious food. It makes the food taste even better!
Melody
Guthrie Center, Iowa
Solo
In a season of unique challenges & transitions…desire & need to be in His Word
Efficient to the point of inefficiency 🙂
1. Leann
2. The Woodlands, TX
3. Solo
4. I looking at about a year of transition ahead of me and I am looking to stay grounded in the Word every way I can
5. I cannot stand it if a cold beverage sweats onto the table. If I go to a restaurant, I ask for extra napkins so I can place one under the glass. If I see a puddle forming, I will keep glancing at it until I can get something under the glass to soak up the water : )
1. Dana
2. Eden Prairie, MN
3. Small Group online started by a college friend
4. I had a baby last year, work full-time, and find it hard to attend a regular Bible study like I used to pre-baby. I need a time of refreshment with the Lord and more focused study to grow closer to Him.
5. I love oranges but can’t stand orange juice with lots of pulp!
1. Angie
2. Minneapolis, MN
3. Solo
4. It has been a few years since I have been in a Bible Study, I am going through a dry time in life and I would really like to be in God’s Word more and to hear Him speak to me.
5. I hate washing windows because I can’t stand when they have streaks, so instead I leave them covered with dog and children prints.
1 Carolyn
2 Orofino, Idaho
3 Solo
4 just finished Beth’s study of James, and I’m eager for more! My Bible study group doesn’t meet in the summer, so I’m happy to be with my Siesta Summer Sisters!
5 I don’t like edges! I eat around the outsides of burgers so I end with the best part, the middle; I don’t take a brownie if it has an edge from the pan; and I don’t get within 3 feet of cliffs or drop offs!
Marilyn
Overland Park, KS
Doing the study with 8 to 10 women in my bible study group
We just finished a great book by Casandra Martin and were looking for something to do in the summer months. I saw this on Facebook and so we decided to join. We have done almost all of Beth’s books in the past so we are looking forward to this one!
My quirk I have to have a bottle of water in the car with me at all times in case I get stuck on the highway.
Solo
When no one put toilet paper on the empty holder.
1. Cassia
2. Spring, TX
3. Solo
4. I completely forgot about summer bible study starting up! Today while waiting to pick up from school, I was realizing I have been in a funk, really letting myself get sucked in by troubling world news headlines and all things social media, so I wrote a note to challenge myself to spend 20 minutes in the Word each day. Then tonight I saw the blog post and just smiled. Love it when the Lord sets me up like that:)
5. I can’t sleep if there is any kind of blinking light in our room from a phone or other electronic device. Even if I manage to fall asleep, it will wake me up later.
Changing my #3 from solo to small group (of 2). Found a buddy;) We are busy mamas so not sure when/where/how yet but sure there will be some kind of coffee involved!
1. Luwinn
2. La Mirada, CA
3. Small Group – total in group is 7
4. Accountability and stay consistently in the Word, Do life and walk through the TRIALS of life together. We have a lady in our small group who has lost a husband recently and has five young children. We also have a mom that is waiting for a heart transplant for her son, open heart surgery for her daughter and has recently been diagnosed with a rare form of Muscular Dystrophy.
5. Someone in our group has to blow her nose every time she goes to the bathroom.
1. Maribel
2. Clarksville Tennessee
3. Solo
4. Increase my knowledge in scripture and my spiritual life
My name is Denise I am from Deland Florida (De Land flowing with milk and honey). I am doing this study in two small groups; one meets Thursday nights at our church and the other is a new group starting on Monday mornings. Monday mornings is our “remix” group . Stirring up new friendships. My quirk? Um let me think….still thinking…….I always sit on the outside chair of any row at church or my back to the wall at any restaurant.
1. April
2. Bellevue, WA
3. Solo
4. I can’t wait to study 1 & 2 Thessalonians
5. I give everyone in my life a nickname.
1. Michelle
2. Los Gatos, Calif
3. Solo
4. Haven’t been in one in the last year, miss it & need it this summer.. Moving back to US after being in Singapore for 10 years & have my oldest daughter graduating from HS.. Lots of change..
5. Control freak when it comes to planning things..
1. Brandy
2. Camby,Indiana
3. Solo
4. Closer walk
5. I have to have somekind of blanket on to sleep, not matter how warm it is:) Also I can never sleep in socks.
1. Jacinda Hale
2. Fresno, Ca
3. Group (FaceTime) in different states with my 2 BFFS and then finished up in California face to face 🙂 Cant wait!
4. Time for a new study. looking forward to dig in and be renewed
5. As soon the current season is about to change, I am antsy until I have had a chance to update or redecorate or create something new and fresh
1. Kim Ford
2. Mooresville, NC
3. Solo
4. First bible study. want to spend more time in Gods word and strengthen relationship w God!!
5. quirk is addicted to tennis! ha
1. Barb Seibel
2. Crown Point, IN
3. Small Group (5 or 6) from church
4. Haven’t been in one of Beth’s studies for a year and I’m missing it!
5. Quirk, hmmm, I must empty the sink before bed , I hate to wake in with dishes in the sink
1. Threca Brown
2. Franklin, IN
3. Solo
4. Lots of changes in my life this summer, praying this will keep me steady.
2)Charlotte, NC
3)I am doing the study Solo
4)I lead a local bible study throughout the year but we take a summer break. I am doing this study to feed my spiritual life so when we meet again in August I have been spoken into by the word of God and have been refreshed.
5)I am a foodie and will dive into every opportunity within my community to taste the latest and greatest creation if it is eating a burger where no seating is available and you stand under a tin roof outside or you venture to a local fish market and they hand you fried fish with tarter sauce and cole slaw with hushpuppies that they just cooked made to order for less than $5 dollars.
Lisa
Lawton,ok
Solo
Discipline of Bible study during the summer
Solo
Because I really need more of God in my life
1. Elaine
2. Brea, CA (orange county)
3. doing two groups… i’m a teacher and a few other teacher friends of mine are doing it on thursday mornings…. but starting on the 12th because of our school year not being over just yet…. we’ll be a week behind…. hope that’s allowed. There are 5 of us. And then, doing it in the evening with 2 younger gals who work during the day…. probably tuesday evenings, but also starting next week….
4. we’re looking forward to just digging into God’s word…. exploring 1& 2 Thess. memorizing scriptures…. destressing from a horrible school year…. getting closer to the Lord
5. i talk to dogs like they’re humans. hairy little wet-nosed humans.
1. Stephanie Bankhead
2. Amarillo, TX
3. Solo
4. I write and teach Bibke studies with groups of women online as well as at my home church. I participate in Bible studies as a student to make sure I’m hearing from God and continuing to learn.
5. A quirk?? I don’t like it when things are “out of place” and this quirk is getting worse with age. 🙂
Although we are in different cities, my sister and I are doing this Bible study together by text and email.
1. Jennifer
2. Stephenville, TX
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. As a relatively new Pastor’s wife, I’m feeling completely overwhelmed and my emotions about God and people are all over the place. I’m hoping God will open my eyes to his word in a new way, that might help me to understand.
5. Every time I stand up or get out of bed, I have to pop my ankles. 🙂
1. Mary
2. Panama City
3. solo
4. Love Beth’s Bible studies.
1. Jennifer
2. Stephenville, TX
3. Small group of about 14
4. As a relatively new Pastor’s wife, I’m feeling completely overwhelmed and my emotions about God and people are all over the place. I’m hoping God will open my eyes to his word in a new way, that might help me to understand.
5. Every time I stand up or get out of bed, I have to pop my ankles. 🙂
1. Jonae Renell Grinage
2. Irving, Tx
3. Solo
4. I just had my 3rd child six weeks ago and want to go to a deeper level with the Lord.
5. Sometimes I use beer to condition my hair. It adds shine.
1. Cheri
2. Marrero, LA
3. Solo but hope to pick up a friend or two.
4. Needing a revival.
5. Find Dr. Pepper very soothing
1. Kim
2. San Diego
3. Solo
4. God is birthing a new season in the lives of our family, after 5 difficult and joyful years, and I long to continue growing in intimacy and relationship with Him.
5. I have to click on the Bible Gateway app to read the ‘verse of the day’ before clicking on anything else in the morning.
1. Hattie
2. College a Station, TX
3. Solo
4. I want to make a habit of reading and studying God’s word every day.
5. My mom is my best friend!
Beth
Smithfield NC
Solo -but would welcome a partner
I have not been in formal bible study for a few years. Seeking God’s wisdom & strength for Life
I like to be the driver where ever we go- I have two
teenagers driving age (15 & 16)- reason #1001 I need to be in this bible study.
Cricket
Russellville Arkansas
Solo
Need to stay active in the bible during the summer
Can’t stand to see windshield wipers turned off and left on the windshield
1. Heather
2. Lebanon, PA
3. Solo (In my dreams, I fly the Millennium Falcon)
4. This is a summer of transition for me as I will be both a homeschool AND public school mama this Fall. Coming off of a year in which I feel like I’ve grown the most spiritually in a long time, I want to stay plugged into the Word. As a ministry leader, I need to. The “J” in me needs a plan to keep me accountable and just as I was praying for some kind of study to do over the summer, I stumbled up this. Plus, we just finished studying “James” at church so this feels like the perfect next step. 🙂
5. My quirk: I love dead languages. Have studied bits of Latin and Hebrew, but found my true love 3 years ago when I started studying Koine Greek. REALLY looking forward to the word studies portion of this study!
Heidi
Chicago Il
Solo
1.Rebecca Mckay
2. Evanston, IL
3. solo
4. I’m Going through a lot and in need of a Beth Moore study
5. When I go shopping for myself I get to the checkout and freak out- and put everything back on the shelves and leave. (I have 6 kids)Its hard for me to spend money if its not a second hand store. 😛
1 Charlotte Balentine
2 Northport AL
3 Solo
4 as a single parent with a son in therapy during the week, working full time, maintaining the house and car a Bible study helps me focus and center with so much happening around me. Sanity….
5 Quirk I tote my bag around full of pens, journals, devotion & Bible because I need to have them close, just in case I get a spare minute. Lol
1) Steffany Sandoval
2) Albuquerque, NM
3) Small group (2) – me and my sister in Christ will be meeting at Village Inn on Friday mornings
4) I am needing a time of refreshment in the word. I pray that God will truly pour out his Holy Spirit on me this summer as I do this series, that His word will be refreshment to my soul.
5) I don’t like when people crease my books.