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. Leah
2. York, PA
3. Small group
4. This is my first bible study, so excited to be part of it with some great women.
5. I have to smell everything I use or am eating.
1. God’s Ladies
2. Aliso Viejo, California
3. We are a group of about (11) ladies meeting at a condo.
4. Some comments from the group: Ready to dig into an in depth Bible study. Excited to do my first Beth Moore study (editorial comment from group leader…”Hold on tight!”). This study will keep me in the Word.
5. Quirks from the group…. One gal used to provide breakfast in bed on her children’s birthday…now…she has breakfast in bed every morning!!! Another gal always has to have her glass filled to the top with ice. Another said that she MUST have a salad whenever she has Italian food. Several indicated they have a certain way to load a dishwasher and will unload and reload if necessary. Some of us realized that other people might observe something we do as quirky….we think it’s normal!!!
1. Lyssa
2. Columbus, NC
3. Small group of ladies, not sure a number yet, will not be meeting just talking together.
4. I love Beth Moore Bible studies! Has been a great way for me to study my Bible on a more consistent basis.
1. Julia Broeders
2. Gouverneur, NY
3. SOLO
4.Our women’s Sunday School class is reading Knowing God together (life TRANSFORMING for several of us)and we’re almost done, and I was looking for ‘what was next’, a friend posted a couple of verses, 2 Thess 5:23,24, on Facebook that I really appreciated, then I saw your study. Everything converged! Can’t wait!! J. 🙂
5. Quirk: I LOVE to garden at first light . . . seriously barely light outside, before 5 am this time of year, I grab a cup of tea, slip into my muck boots and ‘go say hi to my yard’. LOL
1.Judy
2.Cleveland, Ohio
3.Solo
4.I hoped that Beth would choose Children of the Day for her summer study!
5.I asked my husband if I do anything that seems quirky to him. He just rolled his eyes. I am a selective neat freak.
1 – Nancy
2 – Houston, TX
3 – SOLO
4 – Just wanted to!
5 – I’m a daydreamer/always thinking about inventing something
1. – Stacey
2. – Houston, TX
3. – Group (5) Over lunch at our church
4. – We want to stay in God’s word diligently this summer.
1. Melissa
2. Seattle, WA
3. Solo
4. Our church/small group doesn’t do a bible study during the summer. I’ve never understood why, I know I need to be in His word all the time – summer too 🙂
5. Quirk: My husband makes coffee every morning. Every morning he leaves the coffee pot at an angle, and every morning I have to go and turn it so it’s straight.
1. Susan Brown
2. Charleston, SC
3. Solo
4. Wasn’t able to do a study this year. This summer it’s
happening! Can’t wait! Yay!!!
5. We have popcorn for dinner every other night:)
Hi Susan,
My friend Okie and I are excited about doing this study. I live in Yonges Island and Okie lives on Edsito Island. We would love to connect with you, if you would like and possibly get together ( or by conference call) and do the Bible Study together. We go to Christ St. Pauls Anglican Church in Yonges Island. My email is [email protected].
1. DeDe
2. Braymer, MO
3. Solo
4. Need to get deeper into the Word. Not just read it and forget it.
5. I had Breast cancer so now I refuse to eat hot dogs and/or deli (processed) meats. Drives people crazy. 🙁
1. Dina Turner 2. Godfrey, Illinois 3. I’m going solo. 4. I want to hear God speak to me. 5. I have to re-arrange a whole sandwich if it is not all facing same direction. I will re-arrange yours too.lol
1. Monica
2. Abbotsford, BC
3. Solo
4. Need to be in the WORD! Homework keeps me there. Also, leading this study in the Fall with my ‘Beth’ ladies and want to be prepared.
5. I had it when my different foods touch on my plate. My kids say I still need a plate with dividing sections! 🙂
Colorado Springs, CO
Solo
I NEED to be closer to Jesus and studying his word brings us to him.
Teen rom com are my favorite type of movies and I’m in my late 30s.
1. Traci Matt
2. Kansas City
3. Solo
4. I just finished writing a study on Matthew for the ladies at my church which we will be doing later in the summer. Need some filling after the pouring out!
5. I always carry a Kleenex in my pocket. I thought everyone did until my allergist told me otherwise.
1. Pat S.
2. Lago Vista, TX
3. Solo
4. I like to keep a study going all the time. I love God’s Word.
5. When I do a study like this I have to have a pen and journal that match the book. 🙂
It should say HATE not had! 🙂
1. Jenn
2. Seattle, wa
3. Solo
4. Been too long
I will be studying solo this summer! I’m excited to take part in the study because I was part of the Launch Promo Team. My goal this year is to complete one bible study per quarter, and so far I’ve finished up the first two. This will be perfect for the summer!
Hmmmm. A quirk…. I am 27 weeks pregnant this week and have suddenly developed a serious craving for vanilla ice cream cones. Is that quirky? Or normal… I don’t know. It doesn’t feel normal! 🙂
Love your bible studies Beth and team, they are always so rich!
A few ladies from church are doing this summer study…I’m excited to get started 🙂
Stephani
Name: Susan
City: Fort Wayne, IN
Solo
I love Beth Moore studies and even though I am involved in another summer study at church, I am excited to try the online option. Excited to emmerse myself in the Word.
Quirk: I have to have coffee (good coffee) every morning. No excuses!
1. Deb
2. Little Rock. Arkansas
3. Solo
4. My quirks r very many, but to name one, if I go into someone’s house and there r dishes in the sink, I have to wash them or it drives me crazy
5. I am participating in this Bible Study Bc I have lost the love of my life. It was my fault and my soul is just shattered. This will be my first Bible Study
So very sorry for your loss. It hurts deeply no matter who’s at fault. Sorry,
1. Gill
2. Near Oxford, UK
3. Solo
4. In a dry and dusty time – desperate for some refreshment and spiritual nourishment.
5. QUIRK- I have found the world’s saddest pebble!
1. Bonnie
2. Madison
3. Solo
4. Tried to host a summer Bible study last summer, but few people attended due to hectic schedules and vacations. This study won’t fall apart due to lack of attendance.
Pacific Palisades, California
2 group participants so far alternating in our homes.
Excited about studying Thessalonians and being refreshed and grounded in Scripture. Praying for family healing, breaking free of strongholds, and reconciliation.
Quirk: love watching sunsets over ocean
Michelle Jones
West Monroe, La
Doing study with friend
1. Laurie Spradlin
2. Albuquerque, New Mexico
3. Solo
$. Looking for a study in the summer that I can do while I travel
5. Quirk: Have to do more research on this question then will get back to you. Will seek an answer from my teenage daughters (could be scary) and my husband.
🙂
1. Kim Safina “CaliKim”
2. Central Coast of California
3. Solo
4. As a California Girl I love hearing the Texas Twang with the summer studies 🙂
Good teaching leads to good learning!!!
A new chapter of my book & new season of my life has once again occurred. With the changing times, I realized that I needed some heavenly wisdom from sincere teachers. Having interaction with Sisters in Christ has been such a blessing for me each summer with your studies.
5.QUIRK = I cannot believe I am going to share this –
I TAKE MY PILLOW EVERYWHERE. Infact, When we were in England, I freaked because I had left my pillow at the hotel. My husband and I were in a taxi on way to air terminal. I begged him to go back and get it. The cab driver replied, “Blimey, Going to throw a spanner in the works.” (My goodness, screw up.) My loving husband paid an additional $50.00 to retrieve my pillow. Either he loved me enough to do it or he was afraid of a hormonal cry. 🙂
I thought Exodus 33:14 meant to take your pillow and
“My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
🙂
1. Beth
2. Madison, WI
3. Solo!
4. Spiritual Growth
Stephanie S.
Noblesville, IN
Small Group of four women
Need a study to keep me in the word for summer
I have to fold my towels a certain way and if my husband folds the towels I refold them.
Debby
Anchorage, Alaska
Doing this Solo
It’s has been a few years since I was in a bible study. I love God learning through his word. And I love Beth Moore.
My quirk is that I sleep in my lazyboy recliner at night because my husband snores, and the mattress gives me a backache.
I will miss joining all of you for group study this summer but I’m headed back to Poland in just another week and won’t return until close to mid-July. I pray that all of you will receive God’s richest blessings as you journey thru the study with everyone. The good news is that I will begin COTD in August with our ladies Bible study at my church….so, I’ll just be a bit behind all of you.
Blessings to you Beth and all at LPM!
Ginger
Wetumpka, AL
1. Jackie
2. Westminster, MD
3. Solo
4. I am preparing to lead this study in the Fall and thought it would be fun to do it with others. My team teacher will also be joining us.
5. I absolutely must make my bed every day and I cannot stand for my husband to leave the laundry room door open. Other than that, I pretty normal.
1. Connie
2. Augusta, GA
3. Small Group (Women’s Bible Cafe online)
4. I’m serving as part time Director of Youth Ministry at my church this summer. Whatever Bible study I do always seems to overlap with whatever I’m teaching the youth. I’ve also never done a Beth Moore Bible study before.
5. I refuse to leave the house without nail polish on my toenails. I’ll go out with no make-up, hair not done, but I must have polish on my toenails. I just hate the way my feet look without it.
1. Peggy Montgomery
2. Salyersville, Kentucky
3. Small group at churc
4. Want to grow in grace and knowledge
5. I bite my fingernails ( yuck)
1. Stephanie Francis
2. Duluth, MN
3. Small group of friends/family that will “meet” via a facebook group I set up
4. I’m a teacher so the summer option appeals to me. Also, I like to set myself up for accountability so I like being able to connect with others online who are doing the same study. Mostly, I WANT to be in the Word more and this gives me that opportunity.
5. Which quirk to share—-hmmmm….smiling (at weird times). I’m often told that I smile while working out or running. I guess I do it as a way to trick my brain into thinking that I actually like the activity.
1. Jasmine Parks
2. Carlsbad, California
3. We are a group of 8 women (Daybreak Siestas) and we are meeting at our Connections Pastor’s home.
4. With juggling kids out of school and a work schedule, if I don’t make time to stay in the Word, I will come up with every excuse not to. So grateful for this summer study and the amazing women I get to study alongside.
5. I have a HUGE aversion to hair/lint on my clothes and I carry a lint brush at all times.
1. Jennifer T.
2. Fairfax Va (Washington DC suburb)
3. Small Group in my home. Such an exciting mix of 20+ women coming and going as they’re able. Ages 18 – Grandmas!
4. I hostess so that I’m forced to be in the Word. I always need it, but am in a season of vulnerability to burn-out. I need a FRESH ANOINTING. I want so badly more of HIM-just-for-me this summer.
5. Quirk: I shared two last night at our meeting, but here are the funniest ones I remember from our group:
one plays ukulele and hates the sound of all vacuums
one knows how to clean(trim?) giraffe hooves and loves biographies.
one has a weird ability to remember EVERYBODY’s birthdays so on any given day multiple people’s birthdays come to mind. I told her mine and plan on quizzing her!
one hates eggs. another is now over her fear of escalators.
I love these women. God is wild and going to do amazing things through this!
Tammy
Sedalia, MO
SOLO
I retired this month. Couldn’t think of a better way of retiring than jumping into the Word!
Joni Lacey
Noblesville, IN
small group of four
Need to be held accountable for the summer.
Got lots going on in life and want to focus on what God has for me.
i put my make up on in the same order each day
Morriston, Fl. I am doing ths study solo. I always want to grow in the Lord so want to stay in a Bible study this summer. My quirk…. love my dog, love me, if you don’t love my dog…you won’t love me!
1. Meggie Kornelsen
2. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
3. Solo
4. I’ve been doing a Bible study during the summer months for the last number of years. I find the break between winter/spring and fall study too long.
5. Quirk: I love books. I’ve got them everywhere in my house. I even sleep with a number of books. But I will not buy or read a book if it doesn’t smell good… Beth, you’re lucky, this study book smelled real good! LOL!
Stacy Winston
Boerne, Tx
Solo
I like the accountability to stay in the Word.
We had turkeys walk across our yard last week.
1. Ann Anderson
2. Frisco, TX
3. Small Group, via text and phone calls with my sister in another state
4. Need a study to keep me focused and growing spiritually. Work kept me out of study this past spring. I need to get back in the habit of study. Looking forward to this!
5. The label on the insulator sleeve on my coffee cup has to line up with the label on the actual cup. Very weird, I know. 🙂
Yes, very weird, but I understand. 🙂 I am looking forward to studying the Word of God with you, sister!
1. Lynn
2. Hamel, Illinois
3. Solo
4. I need to be involved in Bible Study to help me comfort my heart. I am living in a season of hurt and disappointment. I know Jesus will be there for me.
5. I love butter. My kids used to tease me that I didn’t really like popcorn…it was just a butter carrier! I do go to the gym and work, too!
1. Shelley Crouse
2. Piedmont, Ok
3. Going solo
4. I did Beth Moore’s Revelation study this spring (my first) and loved it so was excited to find this.
5. My silliest quirk is that my food can’t touch and I only eat one thing at a time 🙂
1. Michele Young
2. San Dimas, Ca
3. Solo
4. I like the idea of having a siesta summer Bible study. I also like the material and how well thought out this program is. I know I’m really going to enjoy it! Thank you for allowing me to be part of it.
5. I only like to write with thick ink gel pens.
1. Marla Puckett
2. Houston, TX (Cypress/Tomball area)
3. Solo, unless I can get a friend to join me
4. I do better with some structure. I attend BSF and that wrapped up the first of May. I miss digging in the bible for study. Working on Christine Caine’s bible study right now and not disciplined enough to look at it on a regular basis.
5. Quirk? Probably too many to mention.
Sorry I’m a day late! Crazy day at work!
1. Sarah
2. Washington DC
3. Group…I think 🙂 we will all be in and out this summer but I’ll just go solo on the other weeks!
4. I’m a new small group leader at my church and am also in serious need of time in the Word…plus, I’ve never studied this particular book(s) before so it’ll be an adventure!
5. I absolutely love going to the movies on my own…I get popcorn, milk duds, and a Dr. Pepper. Every. Time.
1. Diana,
2. Indianapolis, IN
3. Small group (2)
4. A friend and I meet weekly at a local Starbucks for Bible Study (going on 11 years!); this study began at a break between studies for us. Experiencing a life change right now so this study is especially meangingful for me at this time.
5. My quirk is that I have to use the same pen throughout an entire Bible study to complete the homework and video sessions. For example, I started the video guide with a black gel pen and homework in blue ballpoint. That will be the pattern for the remainder of the workbook! Cannot mix blue and black ink for the homework.
1. Donna
2. Acworth, Georgia
3. Solo
4. Because it has been waaaaay too long since I’ve done a Bible Study.
5. I have OCD – Organizational Compulsive Disorder! But hahaha I’m going into recovery now that I’m almost an empty nester and trying to become MCD – Messy Compulsive Disorder! 🙂