Feed the Hungry
Help prepare a meal and serve some people in the community in need on Saturday, July 6. We’ll be joining with another group who serves the 1st Saturday of every other month. Meet at the Salvation Army on Loockerman (side with ramp) around 11:15. Come inside as you arrive!
Need directions? From Deep Water’s building, head west (away from State Street/post office/library) down Loockerman St. As Loockerman bends right, you will see the Salvation Army’s building on the right. For a GPS address, use 611 Forest St, Dover, DE 19904. If you see the Westside Car Wash, turn around because you missed it!
Buffalo Stampede
As a church, we’re always looking for ways to serve the community. We’ve been asked to help run a water station during the Buffalo Stampede in Wyoming on Saturday, July 20. Basically, we’ll be pouring water and gatorade into cups and giving them to people running the 10K race. The race begins at 8am and we would probably see our last runner by 9:30. We need 4-6 people for this work well. If you’re interested, comment below or contact me!
Parent Cue for Sunday, July 7
Each week we supply a weekly Parent Cue and Kids God Time sheet. The Parent Cue is meant to be a resource for you to discuss and reinforce the lesson with your kids. The Kids God Time is intended to help kids learn to spend some quiet time with God on their own. (Of course, you’re welcome to help them and model it for them as they learn!)
We’re posting the upcoming week’s material for the lesson that will be taught this Sunday. Additionally, we will provide a hardcopy of these on Sunday for those who may not prefer the digital versions. We’re still in the experimental stage trying to figure out what is best for everyone. So, if we find people do not take and use the hardcopies, we’ll go back to entirely digital to save some trees.
Our goal as a church is provide you with resources to help your children grow spiritually. We’re doing our best to make things simple and easy. Please feel free to give us feedback on this!
Parent Cue Discussion Spiritual Discussion Starter Sheet
For the lesson this coming week: Parent Cue July 7. (Note, the sheet will say week 2, but we are doing it on week 1.)
Haven’t gotten to this week’s yet? Check out the Parent Cue June 30.
God Time Devotional Exercise for Kids
For the lesson this coming week: God Time July 7. (Note, the sheet will say week 2, but we are doing it on week 1.)
Haven’t gotten to this week’s yet? Check out the one for God Time June 30.
As always, instructions are here.
July 2013 Kids Church
Jesus’ followers witnessed so many amazing things while He walked the earth with them. They saw Jesus perform miracles and they heard Him teach a whole new way of thinking. Through it all, God was preparing them to carry Jesus’ ministry into the world. He was teaching them the basics:
Wisdom – I need to make the wise choice.
Faith – I can trust God no matter what.
Friendship – I should treat others the way I want to be treated.
When we focus on these ideas, we can also begin to discover what God is doing in us to change the world around us. We’ll learn from Jesus’ teachings that we, too, can make a difference.
The monthlymemory verse is: “You are the light of the world. A city on a hill can’t be hidden,” Matthew 5:14, NIrV. When we choose to love God by loving others, you will help God’s love shine on all people.
In Week One’s Bible story, Jesus loves and forgives Peter for denying Him (John 18-21). Our Bottom Line is: God is doing something in me so I will love the people around me. When we love the way Jesus loves us, we forgive when others wrong us, we serve and help meet others’ needs, and we sacrifice what we want for what’s best for others.
In Week Two’s biblical principle, Jesus is teaching the people how to be kind to others, even people who mistreat you (Matthew 5:41-41). In Jesus’ time, the Roman guards could force people to carry their belongings for a mile. But Jesus taught that, to show God’s kindness to the guards, the people should go an extra mile. Our Bottom Line is:God is doing something in me so I will love people who are hard to love.
In Week Three’s Bible story, Jesus commands His followers to go into all the world and tell about God’s love (Matthew 28:16-20). Our Bottom Line is: God is doing something in me to show the world who He is. Each of Jesus’ followers had a story of when God had shown them love, and they were able to share that story with other people.
In Week Four’s Bible story, Jesus commanded that we should love God with all our hearts and love others as we love ourselves (Matthew 22:34-40). Our Bottom Line is:God is doing something in you to change the world around you. Often, one of the best ways we can love God is by loving His people. Regardless of who the person is or what they’ve done, God still loves them, and we can too.
If you would like to use this article in communication with parents and leaders in your church, feel free, so long as you (1) make no changes to the article, and (2) include the following credit line with the article: By Jessica McKee ©2013 The reThink Group. All rights reserved. www.ThinkOrange.com *Used by permission.
Fireworks
We don’t have an official event for the church on the 4th of July, but we are encouraging everyone to enjoy the festivities in Dover. There are a lot of events during the day, (Click here for a schedule.) and, of course, there are fireworks in the evening on the big green space near Legislative Hall. (It’s commonly called The Green, but technically The Green is the small green space that State Street dissects.) If you want to stop by and say hi before the fireworks begin at approximately 9:25pm, I’m normally to the left of the giant bell–depending on where I can find space when I get there. You’re more than welcome to join us for the fireworks!
For more information about all of the events, check out the official website.