Nature Study at the Creation Museum

Monday, 28 September 2009, 7:13 | Category : Field Trips, Nature Study
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When you think of the Creation Museum, the first thoughts that pop into your head are probably things like Bible truths, dinosaurs, Noah and the flood, the need for Jesus and so on.  We took a tad different approach to the normal routine of simply touring the museum this time around.  Even though it rained [...]

Boys and Dinosaurs

Tuesday, 11 August 2009, 8:04 | Category : Children and Youth Ministry, Science
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On Sunday nights at church, I teach a Kidz Group class for children in 1-5th grades.  Right now, I have only little boys in the class.  What better way to catch their attention than to talk about dinosaurs!  Dinosaurs and church??  Of course!  Dinosaurs are a great topic for teaching the authority of the Bible [...]

On My Mind

Sunday, 28 December 2008, 12:35 | Category : Christian
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I listened to Casting Crown’s While You Were Sleeping many times this Christmas season.  Each time, I was moved.  Each time, I found myself silently (or not so silently sometimes) saying, “Amen.” Listen for yourself. I was particularly moved by “As we’re sung to sleep by philosophies that save the trees and kill the children…” [...]

Names of Jesus Unit

Thursday, 18 December 2008, 11:50 | Category : Bible, Christmas
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This has been such a relaxing and awesome study!  Using Easy Fun School’s free unit titled The Names of Jesus, we’ve spent a little time each day focusing on one of His names from the Bible and creating a scrapbook-style keepsake for each name. I chose not to include most of the other suggestions from [...]

Inspiration of the Week

Monday, 21 April 2008, 11:41 | Category : Inspiration of the Week
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As co-op comes to a close for this school year, and I am finishing the “love” verses, this will be the last “Inspiration of the Week”.  I hope you’ve enjoyed these entries.  They forced me to write down some of my Bible-time thoughts, which I tend to shy away from - at least for all the world to read.  [...]