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.Â
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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.)
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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):Â 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.
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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.Â
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.Â
1. Jennifer Phillips
2. Manteo, NC
3. Solo
4. This summer study will give some structure to a very unstructured summer schedule at my house!
5. I always eat the pointy bite of my husband’s pie/cake/dessert.
1.Mary Ann
2.Granger,IN
3.With my best girlfriend in CA
4.To stay in the Word
5.Just before the sun rises, all window shades
are opened- Just before the sun sets, all shades are closed.
1. Amy Young
2. Midlothian VA
3. Solo
4. I have felt myself drifting along, not truly studying Gods word, just reading it.
5. I have to sleep with 3 pillows. I toss and turn a lot, so one for my head and one for each side of my body so Im not constantly moving pillows to wrap around. It drives my husband nuts, which may sometimes just be a bonus =)
1. Lisa Johnson
2. Daytona Beach, FL
3. Small group
4. I have host Beth’s studies in my home for 6 years. We normally do two a year. One starting January & One starting after Labor Day in Sept. I have always taking the summer off. Then the group of ladies begged me ( yes, I mean begged) to host a study during the summer. So, whats a girl to do? What a blessing to host such a group of hungry women.
1. Megyn Sweet
2. Bloomdale
3. solo
4. I am part of a church plant, and our women’s group is trying to be more intentional and I am hoping that I can learn some great lessons to share with my fellow women.
5.I wear layers, I cant wear sweat pants without having basketball shorts on underneath.
1. Kelly Wiggins
2. Fowler, CA
3. Solo but would love to find some ladies in my area to meet with.
4. I’ve been studying on my own and have missed the structure of a bible study class — yep, I miss the homework.
5. Quirk? I like homework 🙂
1. Your NAME.
Casey Riley
2. Your CITY.
Stephens City, VA
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.
SOLO
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!
Who doesn’t need to be:-) For me personally, I need to stay in the word and indepth studies keep me going. I love the challenge the studies bring and growing in my knowledge of the bible and my faith. I want to go deeper!
5. BONUS question (optional): WHAT IS A QUIRK OF YOURS?? Come on, now! Tell us!
I love eating cheese puffs with mustard…HA – only one I could think of.
1. Kerry Deep
2. Cape Coral, FL
3. Solo
4. Need to get back into learning and studying the Word and I love Beth’s bible studies!
Jesse and Jariza La y Bach
Alburtis, PA
We are doing it together. It’s become a tradition to do summer siesta Bible study together. My quirk is I’m obsessed with people’s hands and feet.
Staci H
Fort Worth, TX
small group
It has been 12 years since my last intensive Bible study. Thirsty for a structured commitment to pull me back into the Word.
If I am breathing, I twirl my hair. It is a constant.
group of 3 in Orlando
Summers are always a hard time for me, a teacher, to keep my daily quiet time going because my routine is gone! Looking forward to a summer study!
1. Jane Wigen
2. Wisdom, MT
3. Solo
4. Always looking for a way to fit study in my life and this is a new approach for me. I have not done a blog study and I think it is a GREAT idea!
5. I am a recovering car slob
Jessica, from Ohio going solo.
I’m doing this because I need more Jesus.
Kathie Miullins, Chino Hills, CA
I will be going solo (and probably a good thing…I think God needs to kick my butt back into place)!
I need an extra amount of God right now (really I always do, but right now I am very aware of it). I will be meeting in my bedroom with just us (the community in this blog). I feel safe and more covered when I am doing a bible study knowing that others are also praying for me. (sounds selfish)
My quarks are high sense of smell of dog in my home. I do not like the dog hair and dirtiness of my dog. I would love to love her but I can’t even pet her because my hands will smell like her.
Many others!
1. Katie Gray
2. Chattanooga, TN
3. Solo
4. I moved to Chatt away from all family and friends and joined an international bible study. It absolutely changed my life. Friends from home have raved about Beth Moore conferences and a friend from my bible study recommended this. I need it to keep me disciplined and to continue to grow in my relationship with Christ.
Marsha Lemon-Daniels
Cedar Hill, Texas
solo
Just need to be filled as many days right now I am runnig on empty
My quirk is I despise dirty floors, so I wash the floors everyday
1. Katrina
2. Perkins OK
3. solo,reunion group
4. younger brother graduated to heaven , season of change, need refreshment
5.expressive and conservative
1) Janice
2) Arcanum, OH
3) small group! There are seven of us that are meeting at our church.
4) Its been awhile since I have been in one. Really looking forward to it! A lot of things have transpired over the past year that has challenged my faith. There is a sadness that lingers in my heart. God IS faithful…praise HIM! This study is exactly what I need at this time.
5) I have nicknames for things. For instance I call an ottoman a “stump”. This comes from “stumping” our toe on one we had several years ago. These nicknames only make sense to me and close family members (and sometimes THEY don’t understand!) but I use them all the time forgetting that other people don’t have a clue what I am talking about!
1. Vivian
2. Birmingham, Alabama
3. Solo
4. To keep growing spiritually and walking closer with my Lord
5. I can’t stand to hear someone crunching/smacking their food.
1. Sherry
2. Taylors, SC
3. Solo
4. Haven’t done a study in a long time. Enjoyed Beth Moore studies before.
5. If you can call it a quirk…I have gotten into eating just REAL food…no GMO’s, chemicals, or processed junk…just as close to the way God made it as I can get. Absolutely amazing results for our health! Loving it.
1. Nancy Riordan
2. Pittsburgh, PA
3. Solo – but a Friend is studying too so we’ll talk from time to time.
4. I lost my husband and my grief is so heavy that I feel I’ve lost my friendship with God.
5. I won’t tell my family what I’m cooking for dinner. I used to tell my husband when he asked and he’d try to get me to make something else, so now I won’t tell anyone when they ask.
1. Ellen
2. Lillington
3. Solo
4. Last child graduating HS. Need to be in Word for next chapter of my life. Marriage of 24 years, Mom in different way, me w/of kids in home.
5. Quirk – when my schedule is impacted by others that I did not plan on.
Our women’s group just finished session 5 and I just want to say thank you to Beth for her Spirit-led and sensitive teaching on the subject. We were a little (well, mostly) speechless and a little tiny bit pink cheeked but it was such an honest assessment of our day and the struggles so many face. LOVED your visual aid of the rock. Blessings to you dear sister! Your boldness in talking about the topic has equipped me better as a pastor’s wife.
1) Tara Duffy
Kelly Borst
Christie Gerlach
Bethany Perry
Laurel Greer
2) Tampa!
3) Small Group besties!! We will be meeting wherever we don’t get kicked out of!
4) We are craving to see God revealed to us in a new and inspiring way. And we meet all year, so we wanted to spend our summer with Beth!
5)T-Dog: I ride a vespa, but I am DYING to be accepted by Harley Bikers everywhere. I WILL get the biker nod.
K-Smash: Has to start a day with an EXTRA LARGE coffee and (usually) a donut. Making her late for everything. <3
C Power: Most rule following rule follower ever. With loooooooveeeeee
BP: Can go all the way to Paris, France and still order chicken fingers.
Laurel Pop: Ran away because we're too crazy for her.. And she's a nurse…. soon.. #collegeprobs
1. Haley Collums
2. Helena, AL
3. Small group
4. I have a longing to be in the word and draw closer to God.
1. Linda
2. The Woodlands, TX
3. Solo
4. To keep myself disciplined to study the Bible in the summer.
1. Diane Nickel
2. Lakeville, MN
3. a tiny small group (me and my 22yr old daughter)
4. To study the Word, until we can find a face to face small group (moved to new community).
5. I never completely finish my glass of water.
1. Amy W
2. Westerville, OH
3. Duo (doing the study with my best friend, also named Amy)
4. A1 -I have always passages of 1 Thess., so I look forward to studying more deeply both books. I also struggle to stay on course when doing Bible study on my own, so am glad for the accountability and companionship of doing the study with another and this blog community.
A2 – love digging in the Word and I am looking forward to this study for the summer.
5. A1 – I can’t sleep with my back to the bedroom door. I feel like someone will sneak up on me…and I live alone so there’s no one around to do that, so that makes it even weirder.
A2 – When driving…if someone ahead of me throws a cigarette butt out the car window, I worry that my car will explode if I drive over it!
Carolyn
Charlotte, NC
Solo (with group support from at least one other “solo”
Have been in CBS Bible Study during school year – miss studying and always love Beth’s studies.
1. Jennifer Deffendall
2. San Antonio
3. On line group
4. Know Christ a little better, and need a challenge over the summer
1. Stephanie Nickel
2. Lakeville, MN
3. with my mom
4. I want to study the Bible
5. I will eat broccoli any day over fruit.
1. Lindsay
2. Fort Worth, TX
3. Solo
4. I am a teacher and I’m terrible about making time during the school year for bible study. My first Beth Moore study was 7 years ago with The Patriarchs, and I had never known how to read and study the bible before then. I’m thrilled to have found this summer study!
5. Quirk – I sneeze every time I have a piece of mint gum or candy. I also adore my dog, named Nolan after MLB pitcher Nolan Ryan.
Katie from Va Beach, VA
3.I’m hoping to do it with a friend from a bible study that just finished but also following along with women’s bible cafe facebook group.
4. I love Bible Study, I’ve not studied much of these letters (or any of Paul’s letters) so what a great place to start for me.
5. I like to highlight everything.
1. Gayla McKinney
2. Lee’s Summit, Missouri
3. Very small group of 2…myself and my BFF Mandy who lives in Atlanta. We will meet by skype and phone often…we talk every day!
4. I NEED to be in Bible study this summer because my family and church responsibilities will overwhelm His work in my life if I don’t consciously stay connected! I also want to do this one this summer before I lead it at my church in the fall.
5. I only put dishes in the left side of my sink and I insist on taking eggs out of the carton in pairs so the carton will balance. How silly is that?
Marsha
Cedar Hill, TX
Solo
I need to be filled.
I have an issue with clean floors. SO I wash the floor everyday.
1. Michelle
2. Levittown, PA
3. with a friend
4. Why? Because of the grace I cannot earn, and the grace I cannot unearn because of Jesus my Savior.
5. I need to take a ride in the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile…. Not want, I neeeeeeeeeeeeed to ride in it…. I’m obsessed with it. Google it, you’ll need a ride in it too!!!!!
1. Cindy Faust
2. Lexington, NC
3. Solo
4. I need to keep myself accountable to stay focused on the words and truths of God.
Quirk. I don’t like paper plates, cups or plastic silverware. I only want to eat off the real thing! I want a real plate and glass glass and a metal fork!!
1. Jody Magera
2. Kansas City, MO.
3. I’m doing this study with two dear friends. We live in three different states.
4. I need a bible study format to stay in the word during busy summer months. It’s easy to get lazy in the summer and I don’t want to be lax on my time with the Lord!
5. Quirk – I’m obsessed with getting bargains at Target! Cartwheel, coupons, sales – I love to find ways to save money at my favorite store!
1. Penny
2. Montgomery, AL
3. solo
4. This is my first in-depth study of Thessalonians !
5. Quirk: a drawer or cabinet door left open drives me crazy!
Laura Ivey
Austell, Ga
Solo
Desire to get into the word on a deeper level
Quirk: I mash my scrambled eggs.
1. Brenda
2. Collinston, La.
3. Solo
4. To help me find purpose and strength during my transition to an empty-nester.
5. I always arrange my M&M’s by color when I eat them.
l. Lisa
2. Oklahoma City
3. Solo
4. Have not done an in-depth study with Beth in a few years. I really miss them. Looking forward to a fresh encounter with God through His Word.
5. I am famous in my family for making up new ways to describe the way something tastes.
1. Rebecca Ryan
2. Wilmington, NC
3. Small Group – with my sista’s in Christ – Sisters of Enduring Faith!
4. I started a Bible study earlier this year, but wasn’t able to finish it. This spring I have had medical concerns and I am frustrated by all the medical tests and appts. It is time that I turn to God, powerful and almighty – As I turn to Him, focus on Him, keep my faith in Him and fix my eyes on His word, I know that He will heal me in miraculous ways!
5. haha, I just read the post before mine – I love angles, my computer monitor sits at an angle, I always have a piece of furniture placed at an angle, and I just realized I almost always sit crooked in my chair LOL
1. Lorie
2. Weaverville, NC
3. Solo
4. I am a teacher and I want to use this summer break seeking refreshment for my spirit.
5. I have never liked to talk on the phone when there is no particular reason to do so. Thank goodness for the invention of text messages!
1. Linda
2. Webb City, MO
3. Small group with my sister who lives in another state. This should be fun for us!
4. Because I enjoy studying the Word of God. I have always enjoyed Beth’s Bible Studies, they are very challenging. I love the idea of this format. This will be very user friendly with my busy schedule. I am like the idea of participating in a Bible study with my sister in another state. What a great use of technology!
5. Something quirky about me…. I can’t think of any…. talk to my sisters they will tell you 🙂
1. Mary
2. Pineville, LA
3. Solo
4. I have a thirst to get to know my lord and savior.
5.my quirks are being a little bossy, but also being too generous.
1. Katey Penton
2. Conyers, GA
3. I am meeting with a group, me and one other girl.
4. I need to get in the word more. I am a new mom with another on the way and am facing new challenges daily! It is so easy to get too busy to read the Bible.
5. Hmm… can’t really think of one right now. It’s late and my brain is tired!
1- Julie Talbot
2- Oskaloosa, Iowa
3- Solo and in a small group, when able.
4- My work schedule makes it difficult to do a regular bible study. This will be much easier since I work two jobs with alternating hours. I need structure to study scripture and am thrilled you have this!
5- I alternate days I shave my legs. M,W,F- right leg and T,Th,Sun- left leg, Saturday is my “grubbie day”.
1. Monica L.
2. Waldorf, MD
3. Small group- 4. Will meet via video chat bi-weekly
4. I work two jobs and am carrying a full course load in seminary so I don’t have the opportunity to attend my local bible study as I would like and wanted to be able to engage the scriptures other than for earning a grade and just to soak myself in the Word.
5. My bookshelves are categorized by subject and alphabetized by author and I sometimes find myself straightening books when I go to a bookstore.
1. Robin
2. Chaska, MN
3. Solo
4. Received this study as a Mother’s Day gift from my daughter. Need to keep my mind focused on the Word – feeling lonely
5. I order Peanut Buster Parfait’s without the peanuts – drives my family crazy!