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.
Shrewsbury, MA
Scouting the study for potential group study this coming fall
good to have a summer study and seeking God’s lead on a fall study with other ladies.
Quirk – I don’t wash my socks with certain articles of clothing.
1. Becky James
2. Tri-Cities WA
3. Doing it alone so that I can lead it in the Fall with my Joy in the Evening bible study girls
4. The Lord put on my heart(4 years ago) that we women needed to stay in the Word and connected with each other during the summer so since then every summer I and a team of women have led summer studies. So this summer we are offering The Inheritance and I will be doing Children of the Day also to prep for Fall session to start 🙂
1.Connie
2. Pittsboro, North Carolina
3.Solo but may add tandem
4.Have been looking forward to Children of the Day and was unable to participate in a group study with a friend because of the distance.
5. My biggest quirk is that I tend to be a control freak.
My name is Jennifer and I live in Antioch, CA. I’m doing this study solo. A summer study is great for me because during the school year I am in a CBS study (Community Bible study) and if I’m not intentional about studying the word I can get lazy in the summer. A quirk… well, I doodle on everything! But it doesn’t mean I’m not listening!
1. Valerie jones
2. Bowling Green, KY
3. Solo
4. A friend started this last week. She sent me a paragraph and told me how she thought this study described me right now….. My dad has been suffering, in terrible pain with cancer. A very rare cancer. He’s 57. Treatment isn’t working. I’m so sad. I need and desire to be filled with Jesus right now. This season, for me, is heartbreaking.
5. I like to turn a few cartwheels each year, just to make sure I can still do it. 🙂
1. Sienna Siestas
2. Sienna Plantation, TX
3. Small group, 6-7, meeting in my home.
4. We are a group of Moms who wanted to stay in the Word this summer & needed a small group to keep us accountable.
5. One of our members always eats the candy part of the M&M first, then the chocolate.
1. Poorna Diaz
2. Reston, Va.
3. With one other buddy (Shelley Mordue in Arlington, Va.)!
4. I keep letting the enemy get me in a dark place of loneliness – something I’ve been struggling with for YEARS, and I’m ready to kick it!
5. I organize my plastic bags from Target. I fold them in neat little squares and rubberband them in bunches of five. If you want a picture, tweet me (@PoornaDiaz) and I will send you a pic!
1. Courtney
2. Seattle, WA
3. Solo
4. I love studying the Word with you, Beth. Looking forward to this newest journey with Jesus. He has taught me so much through your diligence and effort. You have taught me how to study the Scriptures for myself. I’m forever indebted to the Lord for his calling on your life. Additionally, he used you to challenge me to do book Scripture memory–and it is easily the most fruit-bearing Christian discipline I’ve ever practiced. Looking forward to memorizing 1&2 Thess.! Thanks for presenting the challenge!
May grace and peace be MULTIPLIED to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. 2 Peter 1:2
5. I HAVE to have my white noise app to fall asleep!
1, Courtney
2. Frisco, Texas
3. Solo this summer
4. My 3rd summer doing a study online with y’all. Have loved staying in the word throughout each summer.
5. I iron almost everything!! My friends have always teased me that every time it have another baby I’ll stop ironing, but no matter the extra clothes I still love ironing everything! 🙂
1. Angela Smith
2. Keller, Texas
3. Small Group of women
4. I really feel that I need to get deeper in the word at this time in my life and this time just seemed right.
5. I think that I need to think about that for a little bit and answer it in a little while.
1) Marcie Neville
2) Rocky Mtn. House, AB Canada
3) with a friend
4) God always speaks to me through Beth studies, want the structure of a study and to be in the word.
5) two quirks: i nickname a lot of people in my life, particularly my daughter and i rhyme with names. For example: my cat is Kiwi and i call her Kiwi Bo Biwi and i call my daughter cheesy wheezy.
Liza Kirschner from Monmouth Junction, NJ
I’m doing the study solo.
It’s been nearly a year since my last Bible study and I know I need to do this.
My quirks – I need to have paper towels, Dawn dish washing liquid, and Diet Coke in my house at all times (and my dear daughter understands me!) <
1) Kaila
2) Belleville, Ill and Jefferson City, Mo
3) My mom and I are doing it together (I’m in Illinois and she’s in Missouri)
4) My husband, 6 month old daughter and I are searching for a church home and we are in a very dry place. My husband is a doctor and has to work the majority of sundays, which has made finding and getting involved in a church quite difficult.
5) quirk…my husband tries to rub his feet on mine in bed sometimes to love on me (his love language is physical touch) and it completely creeps me out…like makes me gag. I’m fine with my feet being touched any other time, but in bed it just is weird to me.
Cant wait to begin this study!
1) Cindy
2) Sunny Destin, Florida
3) Perfect Season for this fellowship!
4) As soon as I heard the music, Beautiful Things, I was reassured that this was the study for me!! My son dedicated that song to me on a radio show one evening after he left for college! I know…but Beth said something Quirky right??? 🙂
.1 Angie
2. Arkansas
3. Small group alternating homes
4. To grow more and to have my heart open for whatever God wants to show me. To draw nearer to Him. To be astonished by his Grace and Love.
5. A quirk… I have so many! I can’t go to sleep without lip balm on my lips and hand lotion on my hands and socks on my feet! In that order!
Dana Anderson – Spring Hill, TN – small group weekly at Starbucks
1. Jen Gilbert
2. Easley, SC
3. Solo
4. God is working in my life in so many ways right now and the Beth Moore.studies are so good. I want to spend more time listening to what He is saying to me through the scriptures
5. I don’t like walking on hotel room floors even in socks—always wear flip flops. OCD big time
1. Elizabeth
2. Lewisville, TX
3. Solo
4. Desperate for Jesus!!!
1.Kim Bogart
2. Jacksonville, Fl.
3.Small group
4.I am in a ministry transition
5. I like kids better then adults!
1. Emily Linhardt
2. Olathe, KS
3. SOLO
4. I want a fresh word from Jesus
5. I am not a fan of watching people eat cereal. 🙂
1. Susie Jensen
2. Whitefish, Mt
3. Solo
4. I have just retired from my churche’s children’s ministry and thought this is a great way for me to quietly study the Lord’s word and listen to what He has to tell me!
5. If I look at a digital clock and all the numbers are the same, 2:22, 11:11, 5:55, I will quickly say, God bless us everyone!
When I make a sandwich I always take a bite just as I finish it, before I sit down!
1. Elizabeth Parsons
2. Hemet, California
3. Group via Facebook
4. To grow in my walk with the Lord. I have been in church my whole life but it has been a long time since I have truly studied His word. Now that my kids are reaching the teen years I need His guidance more than ever.
5. During the summer I am obsessed with those plastic tumbler cups with straws. I usually just put ice water in it but I can never leave the house without one.
1. Andrea
2. Portland, Oregon
3. Solo
4. Why am I in Bible study this Summer? I desire to grow more in my walk with God, to know Him more deeply. I desperately want the love of Christ to shine through me and for when people see me, they see God in me and want to know Him.
5. A quirk of mine? I don’t know if this is a quirk or if I am just plain weird but my left shoe always has to go on before my right. 🙂
1. Misty R.
2. Dallas, TX
3. Three of us ladies in the DFW area – we’ll meet via Skype
4. I need to be saturated with Jesus. I want to walk in true humility. I want to know Christ Jesus more and more until the day I die and have the courage to make the necessary changes to conform to His image more and more until the day I die.
5. Quirks – I tend to over-analyze & procrastinate. 🙂
Kayla
Oklahoma City
Small group of 3 including myself my mom and my cousin
Summer bible study will helps me to focus on God and during this busy time.
I have completed many Beth Moore bible studies in a another small group over the last 10 years.
1. Jen Henkens
2. Wilton, CA
3. A few friends
4. I haven’t been in a women’s study in a few years since going back to work full time. I miss being connected in God’s Word and with others. I am also going lead the Faithful One study with my daughter and her friend and thought this would be a great foundation for me.
5. I love all fondue!
1. Anna Yoder
2. Elkhart IN
3. Solo
4. Looking so forward to learning & growing in my faith
Thank you Beth!
1. Tara Aunspach
2. Hartford, Iowa
3. Small group of two 🙂 meeting at a coffee shop
4. I need to have stuctuered time in the Word. Praying God wold draw me closer to Him through. thisstudy and prepare me for my mission, send me confidently out on this mission.
5. ?
Beth
Louisville,Tn
Small group
I have done your studies before. I love your passion for The Lord. My small group of 3 watched the first session last night, my jaw was on the floor almost the whole time you were speaking. My husband and 2 children left our church of 17 years which we helped plant. My best friend and I were in conflict about this church change, and then her husband was transferred with his job to another state. I am still in awe of where God brings you and leads you to the divine time and people that you need in you life. Thank you Beth for being a vessel!
I too like my coffee, and I like to make it with cinnamon in with the grounds. It’s hard to drink it any other way.
1. Kim Rowles
2. New Port Richey, FL
3. Solo
4. I love Summer Bible Study! I also could use a good dose of learning to love others!
5. A quirk? I have many…I do enjoy my morning regime of “drinks” to start my day. First, I must have an entire bottle of water. Then, a “Spark” drink filled with ice. Third, is a powder packet of a Starbucks Refresher. I am then ready for some breakfast!
Hello…I am Tammy – Sulphur Rock, AR.
Five-six (?) are meeting at church; feel very strongly to host there; just praying for God’s leading…first time this evening. Please pray for us! I put this out in a post on Facebook and had several from other churches sign up…time for fellowship (and food) around God’s Word.
Thanks for hosting!
1. Susan
2. Murfreesboro, TN
3. Solo
4. Just my desire to be in God’s word.
1. Lisa Leubner
2. Marcellus, NY
3. Solo
4. The Lord has spoken to me so well in the past though Beth Moore Studies and I haven’t done one for a long time. I really need to be in the Word this summer.
5. I can raise one eyebrow.
I just want to say thank you and God bless – I am enjoying this study tremendously.
1 Judith Landry
2 Plaquemine, LA
3 My daughter and I are doing this together, so I guess we’re a small group.
4 Although I read the Lectionary Bible passages every day, I haven’t participated in a structured Bible study since last fall, and I miss it. We live in such challenging times, I need serious Bible study!
5 Quirks? I print with my right hand and write cursive with my left hand. There’s a story behind that, but it’s long.
1. Anna
2. Plymouth, MN
3. Small group – with my mom and two sisters at Home
4. I have not been in a Bible Study before but am so excited to start! I have been feeling empty lately and just need some rain.
5. I cannot leave my house without having my toes painted with pink nail polish.
1. Jill H.
2. Mount Vernon, OH
3. Solo
4. I completed a Bible study throughout the school year with a small group on Revelation, and want to continue studying scripture. The only new study being offered in my church over the summer is related to weight loss (ugh!). I want to stay in the Word and have time to think through all God wants to teach me. I am also going through many changes in my friendships (some from my last study), and do not want those changes affecting what I am learning. Basically, I want to be a lone wolf for a few weeks!
5. Quirk: I absolutely hate any food that is soggy–oatmeal, crackers in soup, etc. My family makes fun of how I eat a bowl of cereal. There is only one cereal that “holds up” for a length of time in milk–Smart Start. Thank heavens I like the taste! I pour a small amount of cereal in a bowl, top it off with a smaller amount of milk, then GO! Honestly, it wears me out. Therefore, I do not eat much cereal.
1. Johnnie Steward
2. Dacula Georgia
3. Solo
4. I love the depth of knowledge and blessing I always receive in the Beth Moore Studies. And I’m eager to see what God the Father is to show me this summer in his word. I can’t imagine my days without his tender hand of mercy and forgiveness. I can’t get enough of Him or His word.
5. Quirk- My sense of humor.
Terri
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
sm group
I have been busy with school and have not committed to Bible study the way that I should be. Time to get back on track. I am spiritually and emotionally dry.
quirk…I can’t stand mayonnaise 🙁
1. Cheryl
2. Southlake, TX
3. Small group – meeting with a group of 25ish but the meetings aren’t starting for n a couple of weeks. Decided to start the online version with a friend who isn’t close enough for the other small group
4.Love, love Beth Moore studies but haven’t gotten to do one in a couple of years… very excited to have a fresh workbook and get started again!
1. Marilyn Cudahy
2.Grand Rapids, MI
3. Small group, about 24
4. Unemployed, looking to be encourage and stand on His promises
5. Listen to multiple conversations at once
1.Tina Chester
2.The Woodlands,Tx
3. Solo
4.need to be in the Word. And I love Beth Moore studies.
5. I have too many quirks to name…..
1. Dawn Schulz
2. Columbus, NE.
3. A friend of mine and I are going to do the study. We plan on chatting on the phone or face time weekly to participate in the study together. We are starting a little late, just ordered our books, but should be full speed on board for next week.
4. I could really stand a Bible Study this summer because I tend to get too busy, and don’t get into the Word as much as I would like. Summer Bible Studies help me stay accountable to the Word.
5. A quirk of mine is that I have to look at email or a post several times before it hit send or post, to make sure I got it right. Then latter to find, I missed something anyway 🙂
1. Sandy
2. Carrollton, Tx
3. Solo
4. Daughter, who is a missionary, asked me to send her this Bible study. She is going through a very difficult time right now. I also need a study now to strengthen/grow me as we walk the road ahead of us.
5. I line up my vitamins on the counter so I can take them in a certain order.
1. Beverly
2. MS
3. Solo
4. I love my Lord and want to know more intimately.
5. I do love to sing along with radio….sometimes to the top
of my lungs…..
1. Maria Rakowitz
2. Angleton, TX
3.Solo
4. My daughter and I need a new study this summer so we pick this one (she is doing the faithful one)
5. I have a hound dog noise(lol not looks like one) My family and friends joke about it I can walk in a room and tell you who is there by smell. If some one forgot to flush (even tt)I can smell it, crazy I know. If you did nor shower and just sprayed down, I will know.
1. Heidi Abbott
2. Spring HIll, KS
3. Solo
4. Deepening my relationship with Jesus through the Word!
I am looking forward to doing “this” kind of work this summer to so that I am refreshed for the fall. I work with children and a lot of women. I NEED refreshing! My supervisor, several co-workers and I are doing this together. What a blessing to work in a place that encourages growing together like this. Ready to dive in.
1) Sharon Koehler
2) San Antonio, TX
3) Solo
4) I dearly miss being in a small group bible study but with the busy summer schedule and two young kids this is as close to one as I’m ever gonna get. So grateful for this study!
5) Embarrassing but…I eat about a pound of raw carrots each week (I LOVE carrots). My skin is orange because of this food quirk. My family teases me that I’m Sven in the movie Frozen.
We are doing it as a small group. 6-8 ladies. Meeting weekly. Quirky? Definately. I love light!