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.
Gabrielle
Chattanooga, TN
Small Group of 3
I did several Good Morning Girls studies since last Fall and have really fallen in love with God’s Word…versus feeling like it was a chore. I am excited to do this study as it is focused on hearing directly from God through these two books! I want to keep growing and falling more and more in love with God’s Word.
I am a trapper keeper girl! 🙂 I love office supplies and organization…so much so that my husband says I am not allowed to go to Office Depot unsupervised! lol 🙂
It is overwhelming and mind boggling to me to think about how God had a plan for me to hear these words before I every was and He knew what struggles and trials I would have. My name means “God is My Strength” so I know that word is spoken over me each and every time my name is called. 🙂 Thanks for writing this study! I’ve already enjoyed these first few days!
1. Sheila Brown
2. Medina, TN
3. Online group
4. Looking forward to studying 1 & 2 Thessalonians
5. I have to make my bed every morning!
I get so mad when weeds are in my yard and garden…..Not the end of the world by any means – just a quirk….
1) Beth
2) Jackson, Tenn.
3) Solo
4) It has been years since I’ve been in a Bible study, and I had been looking for a way to become more deeply rooted in the Scripture.
5) Quirk: I absolutely detest socks!
1. Tara
2. Sherwood, AR
3. a trio of us
4. These are two ladies whose hearts I’d love to get to know more. I want to hear their insights and wisdom and be encouraged as we walk the Christian life together.
5. I sort my silverware when I put it in the dishwasher. I’ve trained my family to do it. It makes putting it away quicker.
Julie Pearson
Flower Mound, Texas
Group 5-10 in my home
New to the area And want to get to know the ladies better and dive in to God’s word together.
Love love love coffee is the only quirk I can think of first thing in the morning with coffee in hand of course!
1. Michelle
2. Colorado Springs, CO
3. Solo
4. My hubby switched professions and became a pastor in Jan so we’re new to the ministry, I have four babies, 8 and under and two of them are on the autism spectrum, and the spiritual warfare that I’m going through right now is like I’ve never known. I need God’s Word like I need air!
5. I don’t like that Skittles replaced their lime green flavor with green apple! I no longer get to taste the whole rainbow, because I don’t eat green skittles anymore. 😉
1. Terry Taylor
2. Indianapolis, IN
3. Solo
4. I started a part-time job outside the home in March. This is in addition to my sewing business I have in my home, which God has blessed even more since I started my other job. 🙂 I have not worked outside the home in 20 years. This study is a great way for me to continue to be in God’s Word and allow Him to speak to me. He has blessed me so.
5. I must have all the drapes/shades opened in the mornings and closed in the evenings.
Going tandem with 3 others via chat
Need the accountability of structured time in Gods Word and accountability of Christian sisters. Love the richness of your studies Beth.
I have to sleep on left side of bed and covers untucked are a must!
1. Betty Johnson
2. Raleigh, NC
3. Solo
4. It has been several years since I have attended or done a bible study. I need to get back to God’s Word and hear what He has for me.
5. A quirk of mine is . . . doing a pat down of my keys, wallet and phone before leaving my house.
1. Dawn Corrie
2. Clinton, PA
3, Group at my home…19 of us!
4. I just wanted to keep going. We attend CBS during the school year and a summer away from a structured study is just too long.
5. I will do anything I can to mash a tin can in 1/2 before throwing it away 🙂
Covington, LA I will be solo
I need to be in Bible Study this summer to get back in the habit!!!!!
One of my many quirks is that I have a tennis shoe addiction.
Rebekah Finfrock, Group, Las Colinas, TX
1.) Linda Baker
2.) Tampa,FL
3.) Solo
4.) Why a summer study? Like a bath, we need to be washed with God’s word daily! Was asked if I’d like to participate in the online study…I said sure!
Quirk: CHURCH CLICKS
Name: Alison
City : Minneapolis, MN
I am meeting with one other friend this summer to study. She is a dear sister from our regular school-year bible study group
Why Bible Study in summer? Because I love being in the word and find that I let that slip away if I am not in a formal study.
A quirk of mine: I cannot get into an un-made bed. I need to make it all straightened and organized before I climb in or I fidget all night because the sheet is up over my feet, or the comforter is lop-sided.
Diane
Hartwell, GA
Solo
Need to stay in the Word to deal with a hectic summer
1. Angi
2. Brownsburg, IN
3. group of 2 (and perhaps 2 or 3 more)
4. Stay in the word this summer
5. soggy cereal…ugh!
1. Betsy
2. Mesquite,TX
3. Small group, still deciding where we’ll physically meet. We have a Facebook group we discuss on
4. Not new to this summer, but Bible study keeps me accountable to be in the Word. I’ve also spent most of my time lately in the Old Testament and gospels so I think balancing with Paul’s letter wi be good.
I am solo.
Difficult time.
Have to have my daily Starbucks.
1. Angie Arnoult
2. Chicago, IL (out in the suburbs)
3. With 2 dear friends in MI. We plan to face-time. 🙂
4. To keep me anchored to Scripture with accountability
5. I still scrapbook with paper and scissors (so many have gone digital), I don’t eat meat (this has cured stomach aches I had for years), and I love reading the Sunday Comics before getting ready for church.
1. Amy
2. Kitchener, ON Canada
3. Small group of 4
4. I want to be intentional about focusing on Jesus this summer and studying God’s word will help me do that.
Brenda Asselin
Dallas, TX
Solo, but hope to invite a friend to join me!
I have missed doing a Beth Moore study
1. Diane F.
2. Flagstaff, AZ
3. Solo
4. Without Jesus and the Word I am a total accident waiting to happen!
5. I teach Bible studies and talk nonstop for two hours, but when my group wants to go to lunch afterward I always make an excuse and offer to take a rain check because the truth is at that point I am exhausted from talking and need quiet.
Name: Christy P
City: Houston, TX
SOLO
I am a mother to a busy toddler and have found myself unable to do Bible studies. I feel this study will help get me on track.
quirk: a messy house drives me crazy.
1. Laura
2. Springfield, MO
3. Solo
4. I’m in BSF during the school year and thought this would be a great way to go deeper in the Word this summer.
Genevieve Garrison, Orange, Texas, Solo. I love God’s Word more than anything in this world. Quick – anybody or myself who is late.
1. Betsy M
2. Pearland, TX
3. With my daughter
4. Always need to be in God’s Word!
5. I have too many to list! 🙂 It makes me interesting!
My name is Kimberlee Ball and I live in Spring, Texas. I am participating in a small group and we are meeting online. I think. I am in this Bible study because I think it will be fun and enlightening and it is an awesome opportunity for me to spend time with God and my family. My quirk is that I always delay taking showers because I don’t really want to- but once I am in the shower I never want to get out. Crazy, I know.
1.Robin Ford
2.Tuscaloosa, AL
3.In a group of about 14 in my home
4.Was on the COTD Launch Team and was worked up into a “fever pitch” 🙂 for the unveiling of this study. Could hardly wait to roll up my sleeves and dig in! Certainly couldn’t wait until fall! 🙂
5: Whenever I take a bite of Thanksgiving dressing I HAVE to also have a bite of cranberry sauce on my fork! Weird, I know.
Kelly burkeen
2 Dallas ga
3 solo
4 need to get back into a study daily
5. Hot headed.
1) Sue Elise Flowers
2) Burkesville, KY
3) looks like solo at this point
4) I have enjoyed doing many Bible studies over the past 10 years. After a pretty rough year both physically and spiritually, I need to be in the Word.
5) a quirk- I can be horribly indecisive
1. Name: Charvonne
2. City: Annapolis, MD
3. Group/solo: small group via online video chat
4. Reason for doing summer bible study: desperate for a move of God in my life! I’m part of a BSF (Bible Study Fellowship) group but like others they take a summer break. So excited and greatful for this study.
1. Donna Sawyer
2. Dunn, North Carolina
3. With Jan, my “prayer sista” and “soul sista’ !
4. Always hungry for His Word!
5. Ahhhh, which quirk shall I share?? 🙂 I have left footprints on the ceiling of my back porch because I love to SWING — as high any swing will take me!
1) Beth
2) Clinton Twp, MI (just north of Detroit)
3) I hope that my friend will join me. I ordered our books yesterday. 🙂 If not, I will go solo, but I’m really praying that she will join me, as she’s going through a divorce and really needs God’s presence to fill her up this summer. We would probably meet at my house.
4) I did a Celebrate Recovery step study for most of last year and it’s been a few years since I’ve done a Beth Moore study. I was so excited to hear that the summer study would be her newest one! 🙂
5) Something in me refuses to do the dishes, laundry or mail until there are big piles. I won’t do them in little bits. I have no problem opening each email when it comes (I LOVE communication!), but those other chores need to be screaming at me to get done.
1. Annette
2. Carrollton, MS
3. 2 Senior moms trying to keep ourselves accountable before our busy year.
4. draw closer to God through His Word and the encouragement of my sweet friend.
5. Quirk – I don’t like anybody going outside without shoes. We have cats and dogs outside. I don’t like their hair in the house.
Cathy
Downey, CA
Group of 6 of us all fost/adopt mamas meeting in our homes
I have done BSF for 6 years. Always need to remain in the Word! Like i need oxygen!
Too many quirks to count but I drive my kids crazy with plucking my gray hairs and eyebrows when I first get in the car. It’s nice and bright in there!!!
1. Lynne Tower
2. Matthews, NC
3. Solo, but would like to try to get a small group together
4. I learned so much in the study of Revelation that I did
in the spring, when I saw this one I knew it was for
me!
5. One of my quirks is when I park my car I always try to find a pull through space. I don’t like to back up!
1. Maino Graham
2. Quitman, TX
3.Solo
4.I have a hard time getting my quiet time in during the school year (I’m a high school teacher), so I wanted a structured setting as summer begins to get back into the Word.
5.Hmm..what seems quirky to others, may seem normal to me, so I’m not sure what to put….I hate lying down in an unmade bed, so if I didn’t make it in the morning, I will make it before I go to bed.
1. Lisa Cameron
2. Houston, TX
3. Small group of (4) meeting in the Rice University area
4. My hunger for the Word is great but my prioritization is poor. A structured bible study with a group of wonderful ladies is going to hold me accountable and allow me to glean so much knowledge while having fun. Looking forward to it.
5.I don’t like to clean anything without gloves on…it creeps me out..lol!
1. Patty Williams
2. Talbott, Tennessee
3. Solo
4. My season right now is caring for my elderly mom since dad passed away a year ago. She requires full care 24/7 and I am not able to attend a study group at this present time.
5. A quirk, I cannot relax if my house is dirty. If I am going to be traveling or vacation, I clean the house before we go, I like to come home to a clean house. 🙂
Cathy Gibson
Pensacola
Solo (Will be traveling/taking Beth with me)
I teach inner city children and need to be refueled!
My biggest quirk would be lame excuses for not completing homework (sounds like a teacher).
1. Natalie
2. Frisco, TX
3. Solo
4. I LOVE Beth Moore Bible studies! I participate in CBS during the school year, and this is the best way to keep me in the Word during the summer.
5. I have a fear of throwing up that probably goes beyond being normal 🙂
1.Cathy
2.Rhinebeck,NY
3.Solo
4.Lots of big transitions this summer. I want God to be
first on my list each day.
5.When I laugh really hard, it sounds like a WHOOP!
1. Jamie Thomas
2. Post, Texas
3. Small Group – 10ish..
4. Just to stay in the Word and continue growing.
1. Halle
2. Plymouth, mn
3. Group, meeting via Skype because I’m in Costa Rica
4. Is a good to be committed and have accountability while going into depth in the bible
5. I eat peanutbutter with a spoon right out of the jar, and yes I have eaten a jar in one day
1. Cindee Pate
2. Waco, TX
3. Solo
4. I so desire to be closer to the Lord. To know where He
is working. To join him. To make a difference.
5. I still eat potato chip sandwiches.
1.) Shannon Barker
2.) Tipp City, OH
3.) me and my daughter are doing this together.
4.) studying this summer to grow deeper with God.
5.) love to wake up and and get a egg mc muffin every morning.
1. Sheila Keedy
2. Gardendale, AL
3. Solo (just for the summer)
4. Previewing and preparing for our Ladies Bible Study that will go through Children of the Day in September. woohoo~ double portion! :))
5. soooo many to choose from… hmmmm, let’s go with newer one! When my grandbaby boy Dax comes to our house, for some reason I feel the need to feed him. He’s chunky, happy, happy, and well taken care of! Must be a grandmomma quirk.
Akron, Ohio
Solo
I love the Word and love when others are equally excited to hear and know God in a deeper and more intimate way.
I like all the labels to face forward in my pantry and refrigerator.
1. Kaarin
2. Mukilteo Wa
3. Solo
4. Haven’t done a Beth Moore bible study in a few years, and miss them sooo much! Need some good stuff for the summer!
5. I’m an analyzer, keeps the brain a little too busy at times.