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.
Kari
Charlottesville, VA
With a friend
I love Beth Moore bible studies!!
Vickie, Pella, Iowa
I am going solo..Me and God
I am a pastor’s wife and women’s ministry leader. I must be filled up before I can pour out.
I love to sing along with commercials and 70’s tv show theme songs.
Can’t wait to get started with the study!
1. Joanna
2. Dallas, TX
3. Small group of ladies I regularly do bible studies with
4. I just had a new baby so getting to church is difficult right. I need a good bible study this summer to stay in the word during this hectic time.
5. Can’t think of any!
1. Susan 2. Houston, TX 3. Solo 4. It has been awhile since I’ve done a Bible study and have really missed it. I’ve committed to making time each day for my quiet time and Bible study and so I’m excited to get started with this one.
1. Jennifer Meyers
2. Jasper, Alabama
3. Solo
4. Haven’t done a Beth Moore study in a while, and I am looking forward to the depth I know I will find. I am excited because God is working in so many ways in my life right now. I want to spend as much time as I can listening to what He has in store for me and then moving on to put into practice what He is teaching me.
5. A quirk…hmmm…that is a hard one…. I will have to come back on that one!!!
1. Patti M
2. Georgetown, KY
3. Solo
4. I NEED to be back in bible study! It grounds me.
5. I remember the lyrics to nearly every song I have ever heard but I can’t remember where I put my cell phone! 🙂
1. Jane
2. Houston, Texas
3. Solo
4. I did this study with with in January, 2013 at Houston’s First Baptist and I want to see the finished product!
5. So many but one that I laugh at myself over is, when I go back home to Indiana, I will only get my cappuccinos at a specific Speedway gas station (Houston doesn’t have Speedways). The drink consists of 1/3 White Carmel Chocolate and 2/3 English Toffee. SOOOOOOO GOOD!!!
Angie Cortes
Orlando, FL
Going solo
I love Beth Moore studies and need to reconnect
I like to change the words in songs and make them up as I sing a song.
Rachel
The Woodlands, TX
Going through the study with my roommate.
I really just want to know Jesus more, and see Him more clearly in my everyday life. I want to become more Christ-like and be closer with Jesus.
DLana
Keller, TX
Solo
I am bossy
Kathie from Dallas, TX-going solo. Doing this study because my youngest son is off to college in the fall. Huge change of life stage for me and hubby. My quirk–I like most dogs more than people.
Keaton Lovell
McCurtain, OK
Solo
I haven’t participated in a BM bible study in months, so it is much needed! I really need some time in God’s word.
A quirk I have….hmm….Probably the way I eat certain foods…
1. Mary Allison Tessneer
2. Apex, NC
3. Group of 10 ladies
4. I tend to struggle the most with my quiet times in the summer and need structure and accountability to keep me in the word.
5. I am sure I have plenty..none come to mind right now.
Jane Kay Sutton
Brandon, Mississippi
Solo
Because I need and desire to study His word and the schedule is just perfect!
1.Molly Harrett
2.Louisville,KY
3. small group(some Teachers and staff at our School)
4. I have not done a Bible study in 5 years. I have been divorced for 3 years and I feel something missing in my life. I need the Lord and his word.
5. I contantly watch the weather. I am afraid of storms maybe just lightning.
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1.Lindy 2.Spokane, WA 3.Solo 4.Have been stagnant for a while in my Bible study; ready to experience growth in my walk with the Lord and a bit of refreshment. 5.I don’t like eating/drinking anything that is artificially colored blue…weird, I know….but it grosses me out! 🙂
It has been too long since I have been able to attend a Beth Moore Study as I have mobility issues and I so would love to be back in one of your Studies . I am not sure if there is a small group meeting I just need this for my soul . It is food for my soul .
I am older than many will be but I still love to be shown respect by the younger generation . They just are not being taught as much as I would like to see and see them practice . I guess that is my quirk ??
Becky Jordan
Winston,GA
Solo
I am in the desert right now! I’ve been slack in attending church and I am parched! I want a fresh outpouring ig the Holy Spirit!
When I get home from work, running errands, or just whatever I absolutely have to take my jewelry off and put on my comfy clothes! Absolutely! 🙂
Jill Lewis
Vallejo, CA
Solo/Big Sister Jackie by Skype/ phone
Always wanted to do Thess.
Quik- I probably have many…I have a cackle for
A laugh, bite my nails and allergic to chewing Gum.
My name is Linda from Zeeland, Michigan and I will be studying COTD solo. I am choosing to participate because I need the accountability of staying in the Word over the summer! One of my quirks is that I have naturally curly hair and I have the habit of twirling it around my finger 😉
1. Karen Cox
2. Cookeville, TN
3. Solo (maybe. My 21-year-old daughter is thinking about joining me. She’s never done a Beth Moore study before!)
4. I’m a teacher, and during the school year it’s VERY hard to do an in depth study. I love digging in during summer to recharge my batteries.
With a friend.
Parker, CO
It’s been a very dark and challenging season for my family. It’s been too long since I’ve been in a group study and it’s time I jump back in. Looking forward to it!
I have an aversion to making bank deposits. My husband gets that job.
My name is Casey and im begining this bible study with a mentor and friend of mine. We both are from Macon, GA and we plan on meeting at her house once a week to do the study together. Im really excited to begin this study because I havent been apart of a bible study for several years now and ive found myself drifting away from my quiet times with god. I am hoping that this study will help get me back on track. As for any quirks, I cant really think of any except that I really love cats 🙂 haha. Anyway, I am very excited to begin this study!
1. Sandy F.
2. Stockton, CA
3. Solo
4. I want to do a summer Bible study to stay in the word this summer. We just finished Believing God in a small group at my church. And I just attended your Living Proof Live event in Stockton, so I purchased this one to ADVANCE in the word this summer.
5. I like to make my own version of peanut butter cup by taking a spoonful of peanut butter and then adding a handful of chocolate chips to it! Yummy!
1) Miranda Wood
2) Murphy, TX
3) Small Group in home
4) More than ever before I am hungry for the truth of God’s word, who He is and who I am in Him.
5) Quirk – I drink hot drinks right out of the cup, but with cold drinks I have to have a straw or I barely drink any of it.
I am from Bridgeport West Virginia. I am doing this study solo but my cousin is also doing it in Raleigh NC, soI am sure we will be discussing things between sessions. this is my first ever Beth Moore bible study.HMMM perhaps I should ask my husband about a quirk of mine.
Denise S
Austin , Texas
Two
I just really need to stay focused on God and my regular group isn’t meeting over the summer. This sounded intirguing.
Quirk? Not sure…
1. Cecilia Bramhall
2. Austin, Tx
3.two
4. I just need to stay in God’s Word. I need my soul refreshed.
5. Quirk??
Ok my quirk…I would much rather go barefoot than wear shoes. 🙂
1. Denise Solbach
2. Austin, Txt
3. Two
4. My regular group isn’t meeting over the summer and I need to stay focused on God.
5. No one has told me what my quirk is, not sure?
1. Stormy
2. Lynchburg, VA
3. small group at my house
4. I am the wife of a youth minister so I spend most of my time studying with youth (Sunday school and youth meetings)so I am looking forward to studying with adults and need something to keep me on track during the less structured summer months.
5. There are so many quirks….I guess I will share that I rarely fill up until my gas light comes on and even then I will go a little longer but in all my 20+ years of driving I have only run out of gas once.
Shari Bascom
Mansfield, Ohio
With my daughter and sister
love Beth Moore bible studies and am always up for a New one. Love growing in the Word!
A quirk…. I love smooth jazz music. I also can’t keep my feet still when I am sitting in the evening.
Misty
2. Covington,ga
3.solo
4. I I live in a small town with no convenient bible studies offered! Love Beth Moore studies,
1. Tilley Hawkins
2. Franklin, TN
3. Solo
4. Just another Beth-Moore-Junkie … needing a fix of her teaching His Word!
5. When I sign my name, I dot my i’s with stars … a habit carried over from handwritten letters to pen pals during summers long ago!
Parker, CO
Pinery Duet, my prayer sister and I
We are in a Bible Study group but they aren’t studying this summer so we decided to do Beth’s
Study together.
Quirk – I’m a nurse and while I’m starting an IV I hum, I wasn’t even aware of it till one patient told me I was a “hummer”. I was insulted cuz I thought he was talking that I was as big as a hummer!!
So I asked what do you mean and he said ” you like to hum a lot”. I realized I enjoy humming while I go around the Chemo room starting IV’s.
From Humboldt, TN
solo
no church programming for Summer/Great time to enjoy Summer with God
Quirk: Have to have a cup of tea with God and just “be”
with Him in silence to start my day.
Marysue
Wenatchee, WA
With a friend.
Love, Love, Love Beth Moore
A quirk…must have bed pillows just right (even in the middle of the night).
Connie, Martha, Sherry and Toni
Forsyth, MO
Just the four of us for the summer, meeting at church.
1. Your NAME: Brianne
2. Your CITY: San Diego
3. Small group (5)
4. Answers from each women in group: To grow closer to God. Live a Godly life. Change. Bring God in home life. Help for marriage. Become a better mother and/or wife. Fellowship outside of church.
5. BONUS question (optional): WHAT IS A QUIRK OF YOURS: Cleanliness! OCD cleaning tendencies in the home and car 😉
I’m Heather and my mama Susie and I will be doing this summer study together from Georgetown, TX. I’ve no idea why God drew me to this study, so I’m anxious to start (better late than never) and find out! I wouldn’t consider myself super quirky, but, I sometimes like to read outlined to myself trying different accents. Yep, that’s pretty quirky.
1. Vikki Hockett
2. Springfield MO
3. Solo
4. This dry ground needs some refreshing water! No better place than studying God’s word!
5. I announce to the family whenever I go to the restroom. Hey, they may need me and not know where I am:)
1. Cathy
2. Columbus, GA
3. Solo
4. My weekly Bible study group decided to take the summer off. I have been looking for a Bible study to do independently as I do not want to fall out of the habit of being in God’s word daily.
5. I have a certain pattern in the way I view my apps each morning. I start first with my YouVersion Bible verse of the day. Then I check the weather channel. Then I check my personal email, and lastly I check my work emails. I start with God and then narrow my way down.
1) Nicole Lynch
2) Williamston, NC
3) Solo
4) Over the past year I have really started to try and dig deeper in by Bible studies. I love the writing of Paul and thought this would be a great Bible study for me! I am so excited!
1. Carol
2. Cincinnati, OH
3. Two of us are getting together to discuss & do this but know of multiple others who will also be doing it here just not able to meet with us. We’ll be meeting in our homes.
4. Need the discipline of an organized bible study!
5. Love things that are just off a bit – not much but maybe not perfectly straight or a curved walk instead of just the one straight to the door.
1. Karen
2. Chester. VA
3. Solo
4. I have just felt so compelled and this particular study keeps being brought to my attention at this season in life that keeps throwing so many unexpected things our way.
5. Quirk – not sure which one to list. 🙂
1. Monica Evans
2. Lenexa, KS
3. Small Group (just 2 of us)
4. My friend and I try to do a study each summer just the two of us. We love it! I also need to get back into the Word. It’s been crazy busy at work and I’ve been exhausted when I get home. Bible study has taken the back burner and I’m feeling the the spiritual drain on all areas of my life.
5. I have to clean my desk off and put my pens away before I leave for lunch each day. I also sort my potato chips before eating them and now this quirk has passed down a generation to my daughter. Ugh!
Jeanne
Decatur, IN,
with a friend
As a teacher, the school year can be hectic and draining for me. Looking forward to a summer study to replenish my spirit.
In my mind, there is “best” way to load my dishwasher. When someone else in my family puts dishes in differently, it’s all I can do not to rearrange it. I refrain (most of the time) because don’t want to discourage the kitchen help. ;0)
1. Christina Brown
2. Louisville, KY
3. I’ll be with a rather large small group of a beautifully ransom assortment of women at different stages of faith and life. I’m particularly excited that my mom is joining me for her first bible study!
4. I just need to get in the word in a deeper way, and I like the structure of these bible studies!
5. The GPS takes the fun out of this now, but I used to predict down to the minute when I would arrive places, especially my drive home from college, and I got pretty good at it!
1. Alisha Smith
2. Allen, TX (Dallas suburb)
3. small group format that will meet every other wk -actually joined two groups (1) online we Skype together our discussion and homework (2) Live- so that I can meet other women from my church since I’m 9 months new to TX..trying to build relationships and still get settled here
4. Anything that will keep me in the word with consistency is exciting and much desired. This fit the bill perfectly!
5. Quirks: several but main ones that come to mind…
-Many times eating out, I can’t decide between my favorites, I usually order 2 entrees, eat a few bites of each and take the rest home. I can rarely settle on one choice.
-LOVE eating my dessert before my meal (when I’m home)
1. Holli
2. Jacksonville Alabama
3. Solo
4. Just craving the Word
5. My kitchen my be in total disarray, but ask my cup handles will be facing the same direction on the shelf.