Great Night Last Night

Hey! Last night at HiSKidZ was great! You all did such a good job with your unity projects--working together as teams. It is God's desire that Christians work together in peace and y'all did a great job. Some of you sure are skilled and the "stand back up" game we played.

Keep in mind our Revival is coming in just about 2 weeks. Mr. Shon is coming all the way from North Carolina, and it is going to be GGRREEEAAATTT! Don't forget to get good rest, take your vitamins, get your homework done, and bring a friend. CUSoon!

It's Snowing. . . .again!

I love snow, but it sure makes it hard to plan sometimes. Tonight I am heading off to the see the Newsboys with the Jr/Sr high kids and a couple of HiSKidZ, too. Hope everybody had a blast at the Y. Aren't you thankful that the pool got fixed and everyone who wanted to got to swim? I sure am. I saw many acts of kindness that night. People sharing towels, helping with each other's stuff, helping out in the pool and in the gym. Way to go! I am so proud of you! Have a great day, and way to go to the Titan Girls Basketball team on their way to state finals!!!! WOOOHOOOOO!!!!

We're BAaack!

OK Deb is forcing me to update the blog! Are you ready to go swimming Sunday night at the Y? I am going watching! What did we learn about this week? I'll give you a hint. It starts with Kind and ends ness. Let me know if you know what it is!

BREAKFAST CLUB

6th Graders:

Remember tomorrow is our 1st Breakfast Club meeting at McDonalds. 9:00am. All you have to bring is yourself and some money to eat your favorite McDonalds breakfast. We will be done by 10am. CUTHERE

Birthdays

Hey! I was looking at my wall calendar and it seems like some of you are getting older!

on Sept. 5--taylor marlin
Sept. 7--sara weis
sept. 8--leah ridgway
sept. 16--jacob boltz
sept. 20--rebbeccah snyder

That's all I have on my calendar, but if you had a birthday and I didn't know about it. Please let me know so I can wish you a Gargantuanly Happy Birthday.

God Time

Today I am in my office at church looking over the God time cards for this week. Day 4 is soooo good. It reminds us that initiative has 2 parts. 2 count em 1, 2--SEEING what needs to be done and DOING it. God says when we SEE someone who needs help, you need to DO something about it. This week we learned about looking for ways to care about the people we love. But you don't have to know someone to care about them. Two ways you can show love to someone you don't know are to save your allowance and donate to someone in need or to take some of your old, but good clothes and toys and donate them to a group that will give them out to people in need.
Maybe you can think up your own creative way to help others. Let me know Sunday what you came up with. Well, I'm going to dress warmly to watch Trevor play football tonight. GO TITANS!!! What are you doing this weekend? Let me know what kind of fun you plan to have--and look for ways to show initiative while you are at it!

Are you looking?????

Are you looking for ways to show initiative this week? I am! In fact, I am going to take the initiative to tell you a joke. RU Ready???? Ok! Did you hear about the new restaurant on the moon???? Well, the food is good, but there's no atmosophere! lolololololololololololololol
Get it???? No Atmosphere!!! Oh my that's a good one! Hey hope you are signed up for skating. We leave tomorrow at 5:30. See You Then!

QUESTION OF THE WEEK!!!!!

tODAY'S QUESTION OF THE WEEK IS. . . . . (drumroll please)

The midwives in our story from the book of Exodus in the Bible showed initiative by protecting the Israelite babies from Pharoah. What did God do to reward the midwives for caring for those that they loved??????

I spy with my crazy little eyes

Here's Ms Monica with her CRAZY eyes in class Sunday. Remember this week to be looking ways that you can care for the people you love. That's an awesome way to show what. . .

INITIATIVE, that's what!!!!!!

Who is that masked man?

Here James is a masked man. He played the part of a pharisee--they tried to hide behind the laws instead of just listening to Jesus and doing what he said. James looked pretty cool in that mask, don't cha think?

AAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

Some of you may know Chris Cook. He's the youth/children's minister at Bowen Christian Church and he was one of the dean's of Jr. 3 camp. Here he is with some of our kids in a "Lazarus" contest at Walk Thru the Bible Sunday.

Question of the Week

What was the name of the guy who showed initiative by leading a group of people to rebuild Jerusalem's wall in our story Sunday? Anybody know?

Jacob got caught . . .making the wise choice

Jacob Duffin must have been listening Sunday. He went home and took the INITIATIVE to help his mom out when she wasn't feeling well. I heard there were some dirty dishes in the sink, and Jacob washed them all without EVEN being asked. How cool is is that? High Five to you, man!

Congratulations Macey!!!

Macey Black sent me the right answer to all of my questions. She knew John the Baptist ate locusts and honey, and she knew 2 ways that Joseph had to trust God. Way to go, Macey!

Smokey!!!!!

This, for those of you who don't know, is my little dog, Smokey! Yes, the same Smokey who eats my chapsticks, gets in the cereal pantry, and somehow or other gets locusts shells on his head. He got this at the park and didn't even know it. Who knows the famous Bible character who ate locusts with honey??? EWWWW! I'd want mine with chocolate!

NO WINNER-AWWWWWW!!!

I am soooo sad. We had no winner for the blogspot contest, because not one person even tried to answer this week. One mom told me that her kids were a little shy about answering. C'mon now! Give it a try. TRUST ME--go ahead, put your confidence in someone you can depend on!

This week's question is. . . (Drumroll please) tell me 2 ways that Joseph trusted God in his life. (Think about the puzzle pieces and the stories you heard all month.) First one to respond wins. GO!

I will be in Iowa City Monday visiting Ms. Kim in the hospital. So I will see you Tuesday. Remember to sign up for WALK THRU and SKATING.

Love ya,
Ms. Dawn

Hey Guys! Don't forget Walk Thru the Bible is coming up really soon. On September 9th after church we will get ready to walk through the New Testament. How many of you remember last year? Creation Fall Flood Nations 4,000 years ago Ur Persian Gulf Salt Sarah Abraham Lot Terah. . . Let's meet back again this year and Walk Thru the NT together. Have your folks sign you up today at church. Can't wait to see you there---and bring a friend.

Happy Birthdays

My calendar tells me that Happy Birthdays are in order this week for

• Payton Parrish,
• Cal Kinman
• Cami Adams
• My mom!

So here's my song for you guys!

Happy Birthday to you guys, Happy Birthday to you guys, Happy Birthday to you guys, Happy Birthday to you guys! How's that?!

Question of the Week

The question of the week is this, "What is the bottom line from this week's lesson?"
I'll give you a clue:
It starts like this: If you trust God. . .
Remember 1st one to answer will win a GRAND PRIZE!!!!!!
On Your Mark, Get Set, Go!

Hey! I am back from Joplin. I had fun while I was away and got to listen to Matt Proctor preach at Ozark Christian College. I also ate supper with LITO and sat right in front of WILLIAM during church, and of course I saw CONNOR. Everyone asked how you were doing. I was TRUSTING that you were all great while I was gone!

Look tomorrow for a quiz question. First one to answer will win. . . a GRAND PRIZE!! CU2morrow.