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.
Tricia
Baton Rouge, LA
Solo
Fresh pouring of Holy Spirit
Have to open all curtains and blinds first thing in morning…love lots of light:)
1. Candace
2. Morristown, TN
3. We are doing this study at our church every Tuesday mornings! Yesterday was our first meeting and we have 40-50 ladies!!! Woot!!
4. We have a lot of big changes coming for our family in the next few months and I’m feeling the stress and weight of that.
5. Quirks: hmmm. maybe too many to list! Pet peeves: people not answering my texts. even a quick “ok” would be awesome! 🙂
Avon, IN
Solo
I love Beth and all that she provides to us as Women in Christ. I have not been in a study or seen Beth since she was in Springfield, IL! Looking forward to being fed once again.
1. Amy
2. Pensacola, FL
3. Alone, but interacting casually with my small group (10 or so) as we take the summer off from regular weekly study.
4. Stay active in the Word during our season; holiday.
5. I am afraid to start my garden because I feel failure. And though this sounds like a metaphor for living life to the fullest….I am really talking about a vegetable garden.
1. Becky Obannon.
2. San Leon,TX
3. I need this study because I need accountability in reading the word.
4. i like making faces
Beverly
Monroe, NC
Solo
Need some structure to my Bible study.
1. Pam Eubank
2. Valrico, Florida
3. solo
4. BSF over for the summer and want structure to stay in God’s Word.
5. You will find me barefoot whenever I possibly can.
1. Suzy Edwards
2. Smyrna, Georgia (Atlanta area)
3. VERY small group. 🙂 My sister, niece and myself – long distance by telephone.
4. I am doing this Bible study because I’m dry, and I need a fresh infusion of the Word like I need water on a hot summer day. (I’m in at least two Bible studies during the “school” year – but everyone takes off summers now. This summer so far, I’ve been lazy and not really done much Bible time myself – thus the dryness. This will motivate me to get back to where I belong!)
5. Quirky: When I go to bed, I have to have a sheet and a light blanket covering me – even in the summer time. BUT my feet have to “breath” 🙂 So my feet stick out of the covers at the foot of the bed.
1. Julie
2. Bakersfield, CA
3. Solo
4. Hungry!
5. I eat an egg and wheat toast with butter for breakfast everyday.
1. Karen
2. Newnan, GA
3. Solo
4. Need to be in the word right now more than ever!
5. I love to chop veggies!
1. Sandie
2. Norwalk, IA
3. Solo
4. Need to be in God’s word this summer.
5. Have to have my container of water with essential oils in it with me all day.
1. Janice
2. Topeka, KS
3. Small group of four women
4. Accountability to stay in the Word daily
5. I eat pizza with a fork and put cream and sugar in my tea.
1. Rebecca
2. Baton Rouge, LA
3. Solo
4. been 2 years since I’ve been in Bible study; have
done quite a few Beth Moore Bible studies – love them!
5. Don’t drink anything but water
Teresa from barrington IL
GOING SOLO
to prepare for leading this study in a group in the fall, and because I need accountability
Just want God to move in my heart and in my life
Quirks? I don’t know. Have to think of some.
1. Vanessa
2. Johnson City
3. Solo
4. Feeling a need to be closer to God. Adventures and challenges coming our way in the near future.
5. Shirts on hangers must all face the same way.
Teri Holt
nesbit, ms
solo
to keep me reading and studing
my family say I am a germaphophic.
1. Deana
2. Martville, NY
3. solo
4. I am excited for this because I believe with all of my heart that God has a lot that he wants to speak to me through it. I just worked through both books this last month, and I believe only scratched the surface of what the Lord wants to reveal. And to my surprise, had 1 Thes 1:5, and 1 Thes. 2:8 underlined in my own bible as they spoke to my heart at that time….one being an actual memory verse and the other right close to it. I believe the Holy Spirit is moving and revealing in a special way.
5. My quirk is feeling annoyed when a special someone puts their wet towel on the the dirty clothes pile instead of hanging it up to let it dry first…esp. when they have been asked over and over and over….BUT I still love them!
2. Birmingham, AL
3. Solo, but hope to meet up with a few other solo people out there.
4. I need more of God and something to get me going “deeper” in the word AND most of I all, I Love Beth Moore studies!!!
5. For my time with the Lord in the mornings, I (like you) have my coffee right beside me as well as my 4 legged friend (Libbi) – she has to be curled up beside me. If not, I call her over!
1. Kori
2. Niles, MI
3. solo
4. I’m a God-yearning mess living in the land of True Women. Need His Living Word for myself & my 4 children of the day.
5. Micro-manage just the right amount of condiments on a burger
1. Cyndi
2. Westerville OH
3. Solo
4. Traveling a lot so can’t make weekly meetings but really want to do this study so this is a great option
5. Faults – the list si long — quirks, hhhmmm…something to think about
1. My name is Evelyn Rike. 2. I live in Jackson WI, north of Milwaukee. 3. I am in a small group of 4 women. 4. I have been house bound for the winter recovering from surgery and have missed the bible studies held at the church. I am happy to be in study with one of my best friends and great leader in her home this summer. 5. A quirk I discovered last night in the shower. I have to dry my face after washing my hair or face. I don’t like water in my eyes.
1. Connie D
2. Greene, IA
3. Solo
4. I always get so much from Beth’s studies. God speaks to me through His word and her insights in special ways and I am so hungry for Him to speak to me during this season of my life. All three of my children are struggling with God and their Dad and me in different ways. We need God’s wisdom in how to continue to love them well and point them to Jesus.
5. Quirk: I never completely finish a drink of any kind. There is always a sip or two left in the bottom of the cup/glass.
1. Diane
2. Wichita, KS
3. solo
4. Life goes better when I’m in the Word. I need the accountability of a group bible study.
Lindsay
Salem, OR
Solo
To be more in the word and accountable for it
1. Debra Lee
2. Crestwood, KY
3. Solo
4. Over the past few years in-depth Bible Studies have become as important as food and water to my life. Usually our women’s group at church does a summer Bible study, but this summer, for various reasons, they are not.
5. Where I live, racoons are too plentiful and problematic pests, so I give a little cheer each time I see one dead on the road. I promise I’m not an animal hater and I know they are God’s creatures, but I cannot help feeling a little victorious in battle when I see a dead one!
1. Melissa
2. Black Mountain, NC
3. Solo
4. Want to stay in the word with women, we moved a year ago and I haven’t found a new women’s bible study group.
5. I organize by color: closets, M&Ms, everything.
2.denver Colorado
3.amall group
4.a new beginning
5. I love handbags!
want to join
1 Angelica
2 Salem OR
3 solo
4 I’m new in my faith and have been attending a bible study at my church but they paused for the summer and right now I’m struggling to stay close to God while I’m making my way through some internal struggles.
5 I use too many exclamation points when writing or texting, people always think I’m yelling! Guess I’m just excited!!
1. Hillary
2. Asheville, NC
3. Solo
4. Need a fresh work of God in my life
1. Paula Fulton
2. Fredericksburg, VA
3. Doing it with a friend
4. I’m missing Bible study after a year off and there’s lots of transition in my life this summer.
5. I eat a banana EVERY morning for breakfast.
1. Sandra
2. Madison,MS
3. Solo
4.it’s been a while since I’ve done a Beth Mooore study.
5. Always like to start new things on Monday.
Penny
Sun City, AZ
Solo
Desiring to grow in The Lord to walk and live in His presence daily. Goal is to memorize His Word in my heart.
Nancy, Port Charlotte FL, Solo
I love studying the word of God, and have more time in the summer for reflection, so love to dig in then. Quirk: too many to mention!
1. Michelle
2. Mechanicsville, Va
3. Solo
4. I like the structure of an official Bible study, but I am in need of some serious one on one time with God.
5. I love tomatoes, but I don’t like ketchup. I order all my “ketchup friendly” food without ketchup. If it comes with ketchup I have to send it back. My wonderful husband drove back to a restaurant to have my burger re made because it had ketchup on it, after we ordered it without.
Susan from Rancho Cordova here. I am doing this solo. I am looking forward to studying this just for myself. My quirk is that I have to use a sound machine in order to sleep.
Ashley
Houston
Solo.
Need some accountability this summer and looking forward to studying 1&2 Thessalonians!!
1. Janell
2. Lansing, MI
3. With 1 girlfriend
4. I’ve heard great things about Beth Moore bible studies and I’m trying to grow closer to the Lord so that when the storm hits, like I am currenlty experiencing, I cling to him, instead of collapse.
5. I’m afraid of the dark.
1. Shandra
2. Greensboro, NC
3. Solo
4. I’m involved in bible study (Adelphe) all year and we do a Beth Moore study every Summer. Even though my bible study is doing this very same study this Summer I am choosing to go solo – I felt that was what the Lord was telling me to do.
5. A quirk – With food, I eat one thing at a time and do not like my food to mix/touch.
1. Char
2. Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
3. small group of 4 women (so far)
4. I spend all my “Sunday church” time with precious kids aged 11 and under, so I do church in a number of other ways. This is one of them!
5. I hate the outdoors because of how it smells and feels…If I could just enjoy the beauty from behind a huge picture window everywhere I go, I’d be a “happy camper”! Literally.
1. Lori
2. Fort Wayne, IN
3. Solo
4. I need accountability and structure
5. I take a quick shower before I go work out. My husband thinks I’m crazy, but I don’t like to feel gross before I start. 😀
My name is Kimberly.
I’m studying with you from East Troy , WI
Solo
I will not get into an unmade bed 😉 for real….. I will go through the trouble of making it before I get in!
My name is Christine, I live in Boone WV, I will be going solo Im so hungry to know and understand God right now and I can’t eat anything on a stick it makes me sick lol nor can a doctor put a stick in my mouth to look down my throat crazy I know lol
1)Sheri
2)Midlothian, VA
3)Solo
4)Too long out of the word.
5)I am a disorganized mess everywhere but my kitchen cabinets and drawers.
I will be doing the summer study on my own, but hope to have some discussion with other friends who are also doing this on their own.
After being in the “desert” for a while, I want to re-establish my study habits and spend more time in the Word.
1. Lynne
2. Sammamish, WA
3. Solo
4. I LOVE BIBLE STUDY! Also I will be co-facilitating this study at our church in the fall and am excited for a preview!!
5. So, so many…
1. Darla
2. Frost, TX
3. Group online. Not sure how many there are! Women’s Bible Cafe.
4. A need to be in His word!
5. I’m sure there are plenty. Ask my husband. lol
1. Becki Strader
2. Apex, North Carolina
3. We are meeting in a small group of 13 women.
4. I could really stand a summer Bible Study because I can’t wait till fall for the Church to host one so I can be with my sisters in Christ. I tend to fall out of His word without a study to get me motivated and summer time is when I usually don’t have a study to plug into.
5. I’m all around quirky, but this summer study is being hosted in my home and I’m so worried that my house isn’t all I wish it could be. More modern, smelled more inviting, etc. Please Jesus, help me get over myself so I can offer a safe, welcoming home to my summer siesta sisters wanting to do nothing more than grow closer to you.
Cindy
Lonoke, AR
Solo
This summer my family is going through an incredible adventure. I believe that this study is meant to give courage and encouragement.
Jo Ann Rodgers
Philadelphia, PA (western suburbs)
SOLO
I want to do this study so that I have a significant focus on the Word this summer and really grow in some way.
I think I don’t have any quirks! Unless it’s my 4-hour threshold for social engagement. :/
Looking forward to this study!