MONTH OF JULY

For the month of July we are taking things out doors.  We are excited to spend time in the sun building community.  Our focus will be building friendships within our students that will last over this next year.  We want to create an environment that our students feel comfortable bringing their friends to join.  So invite your friends and neighbors!

We will be playing out door wide games. If it's raining we will spend time in the gym instead.  We will have some games that are messy and a game or two that may cause your son or daughter to come home wet.

We are asking 56ers to bring a change of clothes every week for the month of July.

MONTH OF JUNE

We have started Bible Reading Journals with our students.  We want to journey through the Book of Matthew and take time to hear what God is speaking into the lives of our Grade 5 and 6 students!

 In the back of each journal is a reading plan. Students are encouraged to read 4 times a week at home, and we come together on Sundays and read one section together.  We would love to invite all the parents to engage with us and do this reading together.

 In class on Sunday we take about 10 minutes to read the section, 10 minutes to write down what verse stood out (or what God was putting on our hearts as we read), and what thoughts came to mind. Some of our students will draw a picture that symbolizes the story or simply of what what happening.

After this is done we take 10 minutes or so to talk in our small groups about what God was speaking to us about.  We encourage the students to share their ideas. At the end we wrap up in prayer to thank God for speaking to us, and to ask for his help as we apply what we learned to our lives.

Students are asked to bring back their journal every week, along with their bibles.

Session Three: Big Team (May 6, 2012)

Who has had the most influence in your life? Your mom? Your dad? A coach? A camp counselor? There are all kinds of people that play a part in our lives, in our stories. And some of these people have played a part in how you see God. In fact, God has used some of those relationships to grow your faith. We call these relationships providential because they are about having the right people in your life at just the right time.

Session Three Parent Cue: Who are the people in your life who have had a direct impact on your relationship with God? In what way did these people influence, guide or encourage you?