When I was in elementary school, our music teacher would plan a special musical performance during December. Her plan involved all the kids in the school learning songs that would be showcased in an evening concert. It was a special part of the holidays for all of us. I remember learning the song "Do You Hear What I Hear?" in the Fifth Grade. I loved how the chorus echoed as part of the students would sing that refrain and then the other students would repeat it back. That

This month, we are waiting for things. We wait for the year to end, we wait for the holiday break from school to come, we wait to open gifts that appear on December 25. For those who know Jesus, this is a special time of waiting, because we use this as a time of remembering the thousands of years that God's people waited for God to fulfill His promise to send a Savior to save them. Isaiah told the people of Israel in the 8th century BC, a virgin shall conceive and bear a so

Christmas, baby, stable and manger, shepherds, angels… All of these are words or terms you probably know.  We use them often during the month of December when we celebrate the birth of Jesus.  The story about Jesus coming as a baby is one we all love and cherish because we know it means the Savior of the world has come! I wonder if you know these special words that you might hear during this time of year? Advent - means the arrival of something.  For Christians we take a mon

Praise God from whom all blessings flow.  Praise Him all creatures here below. Praise Him above ye heavenly hosts.  Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost! Those are the words to a song I often sang as a child.  I would sing this song along with the congregation during a church service or when our big family (grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins, etc.) came together holding hands as a prayer- like at Thanksgiving. Here’s what this song reminds us of: God is the giver of all the bl

In John 17 Jesus prays for his followers- that they would KNOW God, that God would PROTECT them, and that they would SHARE the love of God with others. Here's part of that prayer that Jesus prayed... You gave them to me, and they have kept your word. Now they know that everything I have is a gift from you, for I have passed on to them the message you gave me. They accepted it and know that I came from you, and they believe you sent me. My prayer is not for the world, but fo

Have you ever made a mosaic? A mosaic is art that is made from putting small pieces of paper or glass or tile together to make a design or some sort of picture. Here's a piece of art being created by using bits of construction paper... This week we are learning The Lord's Prayer. It's a prayer found in two of the gospel books in the Bible (see Matthew 6:9–13 and Luke 11:2–4 ). All around the world churches use this prayer during Sunday services. Some people might pray this

When we pray to God it can sometimes be hard to imagine who we are praying to. God is a spirit that we cannot see, and yet He is always with us. So we are sort of left to our imagination when we pray. There's an old hymn, "All Glory, Laud and Honor" that includes these words: The people of the Hebrews with palms before you went; our praise and prayer and anthems before you we present. These words are often sung on Palm Sunday to celebrate when Jesus went into the city of Je

Throughout the Scriptures, we see stories of people who prayed and of how prayer was a priority for those who professed faith in God.  Some of these people were kings like Solomon, some of them were prophets like Daniel and Jonah.  Some were followers of Jesus like Paul. All of them were reliant on the God’s spirit to renew their hearts.  They were people who faced great challenges and turned to God to help them in those important moments of decision or danger.  They also tur

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I imagine that when you saw the picture at the top of the page you remembered this nursery rhyme you learned when you were young: This is...

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This past Sunday in worship we sang a new song, "Lord and Friend" by CeCe Winans. She writes these words to start the song, I'm amazed...

I have a sister. She's actually my twin sister. And when we were growing up we did everything the same. Where she went, I went. ...