God's Great Covenant Session 2: Creation of Man

Here is one more excerpt from our study entitled "Creation of Man": We learned today about how we were created in God's image. That our lives are to reflect Him... to give Him glory. This was such a fun lesson to do! I do feel this particular curriculum is a little over my kid's head as is, so I've taken the lesson and adapted it for their ages. It's been fun doing the lesson on my own (getting my own challenges out of it for my own life) and then breaking it down for my kids to digest. Remember: there are a lot more curriculums that are age appropriate, so you won't have to do as much work!

We went over to our closet mirror to see our reflections. The kids thought it was so funny that they could see themselves, but what they were looking at wasn't really them... just a reflection of themselves. (Please ignore my daughter's crazy hair... her pony tail had just broke and she wasn't too thrilled about putting in another one)

Lastly, we talked about the moon (Special shout-out to Keagen and Emma for the cool moon light). We learned that the moon doesn't produce light on it's own, it just reflects the light of the sun. In the same way, we are to reflect the light of Jesus in every decision we make and the way we treat other people. This led into a wonderful rendition of "This Little Light of Mine" complete with hand motions.

God's Great Covenant Session 1: God's Power

Today was our first day home for summer vacation and I was so excited to start a new series with the kids that will take us all the way until they go back to school. (maybe even longer!) It's a study on the Old Testament, called "God's Great Covenant."

Today's lesson was about creation and about Elohim, "the mighty God." We discussed how powerful God is and how he created the entire universe with His spoken word. We discussed the meaning of "omnipotent," the trinity and even "Ex nihilo" (meaning "out of nothing"). The kids loved finding things around the house that were powerful and as we plugged them in we talked about the power of God.

I will post another one of our "God's Great Covenant" discussions and activities for you to adapt to your own home if you so desire, but the main idea is to let you know that there are a lot of resources available for a variety of ages... and some free to you on the internet! The summer is a great time to change up your morning devotions a little bit and have some fun discovering the Bible in depth!

Summer Notepad

With the kids almost out of school, its a good time to start thinking about summer plans. Maybe you have a lot of fun activities planned like our FM Activities Director Nina (her list). Maybe you want to participate in the Summer Reach List from our FM Director Lori.

Whatever your plans are big or small, a fun and memorable idea is to have your kids journal the events and activities they participate in. 

MAKING THE JOURNAL

Buy a notepad for each kid and have them decorate the cover in their own unique way.

Then for your first page, have your child draw a self-portrait of his or herself. Around his or her picture, write his or her name, age and list of favorites things.

JOURNALING

At the end of each day, have your kids write or draw a picture of what they did that day. Talk about how they felt during that activity or about what character was learned that day!

For instance, here is a journal entry of our EACH Nautical Mile Event that we did this month. Alina drew a picture of raking leaves. She glued on some extra leaves from outside. We talked about how Jesus is the servant of all and how it was fun being like Jesus and serving others!

I'm looking forward to many other journal entries and conversations!! This also might be a lot of fun to look back on in the future!