9:56 PM
Doug Murray - GPC
Hey Everyone, our first busy weekend in a string of busy weekends is here! Gathering Pointe's First Annual Un-boo-lievable Spook-tacular is tomorrow night. I have one question for you all, have you been praying for this event? This is our biggest outreach we have had in our building with hundreds of post-cards handed out and I can't wait! We've been praying for children in our kids' classes, praying for neighbors, praying that God would bust our walls out with people being ministered to by GPC. I'm excited about the opportunity and besides that, it's going to be a blast!! We need all of you to stop in tomorrow night and enjoy the evening, have some fun, and not only that, but take a part in serving those from our community that decide to come visit GPC.
Moving on to Adventure Pointe, we had a wonderful time this last week with our Adventure Pointe Trading Post. It's so exciting to see our younger ones excited about learning God's Word and spending time with Him, even if it is so they can earn tickets for the Trading Post. The point is that His Word is getting in them which will have eternal repercussions. Parents, encourage your kids to keep up with what is sent home on Sundays. Most of our kids need help keeping track of their weekly papers and reminders to learn their verse. Please do your best to help your kids do their best.
Weekly verse for Trackers, Navigators, and Jr. Trail Guides:
Psalm 66:5
“Come and see what God has done: he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man.“
8:59 AM
Doug Murray - GPC
Hey Everyone! I pray your weeks are going well. We've had some exciting things going on the last few weeks and I've been trying to put emails out to keep you in touch but today I'm updating the website instead!!
Two weeks ago was Sports Sunday where every child was encouraged to wear their favorite sports team's jersey. We had a blast with that!! We also had our Grand Opening for the Adventure Pointe Trading Post. It went well. Every child was able to buy something if they wanted to, it was a great success. I pray it helped motivate the kids to stick with the spiritual disciplines we are all called to as followers of Jesus.
I've noticed in the many years I've been associated with children clubs is that a large percentage of the kids will not do anything unless a parent is encouraging them and helping them organize their time. The last couple weeks the number of kids completing the take home sheets and saying verses has started to drop. I know things are tough with school and activities but what we are encouraging the kids to do is vitally important and doesn't really take much time to do over the course of the week. So parents, please help remind your kids of the importance of scripture memorization and devotional/prayer time this week. You and your kids will be glad you did!!
Last week we looked at the bible story about the Israelites, Moses, and the Golden Calf. We focused on the fact that God is a jealous God and He desires and commands that He is the ONLY god in our lives. Help your kids understand this week that God is the only one we are to worship, not sports heroes, dancers, singers, not even our President. I hope you worship God throughout your daily walk, bring alongside your kids and show them they too can worship God each day in every circumstance.
Verses for Sunday:
Trackers:
Exodus 20:3 "You shall have no other gods before me”
Navigators:
Exodus 20:3-5 3 "You shall have no other gods before me. 4 "You shall not make for yourself a carved image”Jr. Trail Guides:
Exodus 20:3-5 3 "You shall have no other gods before me. 4 "You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the LORD your God am a jealous God”
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