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.) Shelly
2.) Kokomo, IN
3.) Solo
4.) Im in need of a spiritual chemotherapy of Gods Word
5.) Hmmmm… Let me think…:)
1. Karen
2. Trenton, OH
3. Solo
4. My church takes a summer break – but I don’t want to. I need to be in the Word!
5. My mind tends to jump to the next topic before reality does. It can quite confusing for me and the person I’m talking to!
1. Cindy M
2. Lusby, Maryland
3. Solo
4. Interesting in what Children of the Day is.
5. I love cats. We have 5 cats and one dog.
Praying for everyone this summer.. Enjoy Bible study !!
Lisa
Rochester, MN
Doing the study with my mom – this will be her first LPM study.
A Beth Moore groupie
I love books, think I need them, but have a bad habit of not finishing them
1. Janelle
2. Gilroy, CA
3. Small group ( hosting at my house:)
4. Increase understanding and knowledge, growth
5. my middle name is quirky haha
From Wayne, Mi.
First Bible study, but I love the Lord, and can’t get enough if the Living Water of His love, mercy and blessings.
Solo, I’m in cbs but need the discipline of a summer study. Thank you!
Fayetteville, NC
I will hopefully have a small group from church, but right now it is me and one other lady from our church.
My quirk is I always have to have a snack in my purse. I get really grouchy without food.
1. Morgan
2. Charlottesville, VA
3. tandem
4. I have major job and relationship changes happening and i feel i need to be in God’s word more.
5. my whole house has to be clean before i can sit and rest after work.
Richmond, Virginia
I’m in study this summer because I just love the Lord so much and I CANNOT get enough of His word!!
Quirk: my laugh! Ha!
1. Teresa Mazzoni
2. Louisville, KY
3. small group- Christian Academy of Louisville
4. To stay alive in God’s word
5. I always have to get up and get dressed and ready regardless of what I am doing that day.
1. Meagan Moremen
2. Taylorsville, KY
3. small group- Christian Academy of Louisville
4. To stay a fresh and focused mom and teacher
5. My hairstyle changes every 5 minutes (literally) down, pony tail, bun, etc.
Kim
Hubbard, Ohio
There will be 8 of us gathering together 🙂 I usually go alone, but this year put an email out to see if anyone might want to do it with me- and 7/8 replied that they would want to. We all need it!
I just love summer studies to dig in the world. Our life slows down in the summer by our design and it is wonderful to spend more time with the Lord.
Thinking about the quirky question…..I’ll see what the rest of the group has to say when we meet today! ?
1. Shea
2. Richmond TX
3. Solo
4. To dig deeper in the understanding of God’s Word
5. Reading a freshly printed newspaper or magazine first…can’t read after it’s been “used”… Lol!!
1. Debra
2. Amarillo, Texas
3. Solo
4. I love studying the scripture!
5. I have a HUGE mug which I fill up with coffee early in the morning, so I can sit and read and not have to keep getting up to refill.
1) Jamie
2) Woodson, TX
3) Solo
4) I am hungry for the word of God and am in need of accountability and spiritual renewal.
5) I cannot touch unfinished wood…seriously, I don’t own a wooden spoon!!
1 Jerrianne
2 Gastonia, NC
3 solo
4 I teach all the time. I need to be fed.
5 I am an extreme recycler and composter. I can’t stand to see recyclables in the trash.
Rockford, Ilinois
Solo
I was looking for a summer study and bumped right into this one. 🙂
I giggle out loud at my own thoughts.
1. Lisa G.
2. Newcastle, Australia
3. Solo
4. I haven’t been in a formal bible study for 5 years (since having kids) and find it hard to get out of the house to a small group of an evening. Really looking forward to my first online study and sharing time in God’s word with all you girls.
5. I can’t sleep with my hair up in a ponytail, nor can I tolerate any light from a clock radio or streetlight, and ticking clocks are banned within a two room radius!
State College
Doing this solo
First time participating in a blog and wanted the broader community experience for study – the abundance of comments and experiences from others
Quirk – I have a tendency to “clear the table/plates” whether you are finished or not. Yes, a neat freak…just trying to be helpful! 🙂
1) Kristen
2) canton, ga
3) Grp
4) need this summer study to stay focused on the word
Going solo
Swansea, Illinois
Quirk-quick to anger
Need a little consistency over the summer
I am with a small group but I also want to work on my own some too. I live in Kinston, NC. My quirk is that I do not allow anyone around(over)whatever I am drinking.
1) Amy K. Jones
2) Pinetta, FL
3) Solo
4) I’ve moved and soooo miss my previous church’s bible study group!
5) Quirk? I’ll have to ask my husband-LOL
Biloxi ms
Solo
Been looking for summer study need to be drenched in the Word
Not a morning person do my best work after 10 night owl
1. Beth
2. Big Rapids, MI
3. Solo
4. I love being in the Word. Have done all Beth’s studies while serving in Africa, and excited about a new one!
5. I feel it my duty to straighten every crooked picture I come across.
1. Penny
2. Alpharetta, GA
3. Solo
4. First time in a Bible Study!
5. Quirk – wake up at 430a without an alarm and LOVE it!
1. Beth
2. St. Paul, MN
3. Solo – for now
4. I don’t get to do studies during the school year as I am craft teacher for a 6-7 grade class of girls at church and I enjoy Beth Moore studies
Dama
Harrisburg PA
SOLO
Just thought it would nice to join you on one of your studies. While living in Houston I meant to come to your home church and join one there but it never really happened seeing I lived in Huffman and it was pretty far from you per Pennsylvania standards not Texas far.:)
quirk- tried to think of one even asked my children of one and NOT one person could tell me something I do that is weird so maybe just maybe everything I do is weird and though it is normal to them- it is weird to everyone else. I desire to be a “peculiar” people 🙂
1. Jennie
2. Gaithersburg, MD
3. Solo
4. I want to have a more disciplined thought and devotional life. I want to hear God’s voice. I want to grow! And I want accountability!
5. I won’t eat hot dogs, hamburgers, or sandwiches with any smidgen of condiments on them–no ketchup, mayo, and especially no mustard. The drier, the better!
1. Anita
2. Houston, TX
3. Solo
4. I want to learn more of the word.
5. I have many since I am a high school teacher. Hate whistling and tapping of objects.
1. Lotta
2. Various places in Europe
3. Solo
4. Never done one before + hoping for guidance and encouragement
5. Great memory for random, non-essential facts – yet hopeless at remembering the important things
1. Kristi
2. Pensacola, FL
3. A combination of solo/small group meeting in friends’ homes.
4. I need to stay in the Word to keep walking the Lord’s path for my life, and after a few topical Bible Studies, I’m looking forward to getting into two books of the Bible.
5. Quirk – I really dislike to pour out water remaining in glasses or water bottles so instead I use that water to water the plants in our house, or outside. (Is that a quirk???) 🙂
1.April Lopez
2.BonneyLake, Wa
3.Solo
4.have not been in a study in a looong time and love Mama Siesta’s Studies.
1. Michelle
2. Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
3. Small group 3-4 in our homes
4. It has been awhile since I did a study and I am looking forward to drawing closer to God.
5. Quirk – need to have everything in its place or it drives me crazy.
3) Solo
4) being in a study helps me stay in the word better
Lisa
Wichita,
I am doing this study with sisters who live in another state. Excited to see how we accomplish this!
1. Tessa
2. Clinton, In
3. Solo
4. I just enjoy learning and from home is alot easier for me, and online studies are little more focused for me.
5. I love Dill Pickle Sunflower Seeds. I just love he unique flavor.
Monica
Denton, TX
Solo
This study spoke to me
I don’t know that I have ever said this to anyone other than family and friends…. people who walk diagonally across the supermarket parking lot!!!
Can’t wait to get started… (I’m a day late!)
1. Angela
2. Richardson, TX
3. Solo
4. It’s time. I have a hunger and feel a void.
5. My quirk is that my hair often reflects my mood.
Kristin
Portage, MI
Doing the study with my two sweet sister-friends
Selling our home and moving, with our 3 small children, to Cincinnati
1. Ginny Rutherford
2. Cape May, NJ
3. Doing the study with a dear friend.
4. It has been a dry season for both of us and we want to drink deeply of God’s Spirit through His word.
5. The idea of a pedicure creeps me out.
1. Barbara
2. Cincinnati, OH
3. Group- we are meeting on Facebook- my first Facebook group and it is continuing to grow in size!
4. why wouldn’t I? Can’t imagine not being in the Word and how fun to share God’s message together!
5. i don’t like anyone including my family drinking out of my cup
1. Johnnie King
2. Davenport, FL
3. Solo
4. Scripture memorization and expanding my understanding of God’s word in my life.
5. I have a song for everything. I always have to sing a song if someone says something that I know the lyrics for…I know….QUIRK!!!
1. Amy Hovis
2. Charlottesville, VA
3. Small group – meeting in my home every 2 weeks on Thursday nights
4. I’m ready for a change of pace in my quiet times and want something like this to keep me from getting too routine, dry, etc. and to learn from someone else’s biblical insight and knowledge.
5. I’m very particular about how I eat and drink…I like my food evenly distributed so that every bite is the same, and I like my coffee in a small cup and I keep refilling it so it stays hot, but I never finish the entire (never ending) cup.
1. Shannon
2. Greenville, SC
3. Solo
4. Just need to stay in the word this summer. With vacations and kids, I can put my quiet time on the back burner! Love a study I can do in my jammies!
5. My towels have to be folded a certain way but my house can look like a tornado hit it. Go figure!
1) Shelly Elston
2) Portland, Oregon
3) Solo
4) I need and desire to be in a Bible study this summer because I need a fresh wind, fresh Soirit to blow into my circumstances. Being in the Word helps me slow down, breathe deep, and LISTEN for God’s voice. And I absolutely love the community of Siestas.
5) I have a long list 😉 but one is that I can’t leave my house or go to bed at night with dishes in the sink, things out of place, couch pillows not fluffed, etc. First thing I do when I get out of bed each morning is make it. My sweet dog even knows that’s my routine.
Karen
Omaha, NE
Solo
I learn so much from Beth Moore and need to get back into a Bible study
1. Cynthia
2. Brooklyn Park, MN
3. Solo
4. I feel somehow that I’m right on the verge of walking into a new chapter of ministry and that God will use this Bible study powerfully in my life as I step into more of my calling.
5. A Quirk- I don’t like any sweetener in my morning coffee but will go to great lengths to hunt up a piece of chocolate to have with it.
1. Glenda
2. Grand Rapids, Michigan
3. Solo
4. Keep me in the Word during the summer.