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A crying baby stuck in a basket, Resurrection Sunday, and free ebooks.

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Lucy–not being a good sport–seven years ago, which was about a week after she was born. My “Easter” baby. icon wink A crying baby stuck in a basket, Resurrection Sunday, and free ebooks. And yes, she was a pretty big baby!

I’ve got a goody for your “Resurrection Sunday” basket!

Speaking of, I am really happy with the trend to rename the celebration to something that honors God rather than the name of a pagan goddess. It makes for a little awkwardness when going to egg hunts though…Holy Saturday Egg Hunts? (Saturn-day. Interesting. Still the name of a false god!) Well, whatever you chose to call this weekend, I hope it blesses you.

Can I make a confession? These last few years I have gone into the “high” holidays with a bit of a bad attitude. Our Pastor never preaches on the specific holiday text. We also don’t sing the more traditional songs. We still decorate, hobble together a choir, and have a big to-do…we just don’t get to read the actual account of Jesus’ birth on Christmas, or death and resurrection on Resurrection Sunday.

Why?

Pastor explained at Christmas that the whole Bible is about Jesus so he can get the Christmas message from any text.

I…well, I mean…I guess technically he is right. But I grew up in  church and I miss the old-fashioned way. I am 35 this year, so I guess that’s just me getting old.

But back to your basket! foreclosed3 3 A crying baby stuck in a basket, Resurrection Sunday, and free ebooks.

Foreclosed is still free at Barnes and Noble, iTunes, and Smashwords. I haven’t seen it appear at Sony or Kobo yet, and Amazon hasn’t pricematched it yet. *NEWS FLASH* Amazon has now pricematched Foreclosed to free! It is permanently free indefinitely and at the will of Amazon!

I’m going to try and get to church on Sunday with a heart that’s not grumbling, and I pray that God brings miracles to your life this weekend as well!

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14 Days of Love: Day 1, God’s Love!

I love teaching Sunday School to young kids. They have more fun with the Bible than you can imagine, if you’ve never tried it.

I’m launching 14 days of love here at my blog in honor of Valentine’s day and I have to start with God’s love!

So here’s a craft and mini-lesson for your Valentine’s themed Sunday School class.

Enjoy!

God’s Love Valentine’s Lesson and Craft Ages 3-7

This Valentine’s Day craft is also an opportunity to share the gospel with your small children. Start with John 3:16, explaining how God’s love gave us Jesus so that we could be in God’s family again.

Then read them Romans 10:9

“That if you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you shall be saved.’ After you read it, be sure to paraphrase it so the littlest in your class really grasp what it means.

Give the children the opportunity to pray with you.

Then explain that the locket we are going to make is like the Romans verse. On the outside it proclaims that we love God so that everyone can see it and on the inside of the heart, it says that God loves us, just like we believe in God’s love with the “inside of our hearts.”

God is Love Locket

Draw heart patterns on two sheets of construction paper. Help the kids cut them out.

On the top heart write:

 “Lucy Loves God!”

Romans 10:9

 Obviously, use the child’s own name. : )

On the inside write,

“and God Loves Lucy!”

John 3:16

 

Connect the hearts with a brad at the top so the kids can slide them open and shut. Tie a piece of yarn through the hole that the brad has punche to that it can be worn as a necklace.

Let the kids take turns reading and opening their lockets for you, and explaining what they mean if they are able to.

Now you’ve told them the most important story they will even hear (and let’s hope they will hear it often!) And you have given them a craft that they know how to demonstrate and explain. The craft has a few different textures and an interactive aspect that helps their little sponge brain make some quality God Loves Us connections. We want them hear it, see it, feel it, and know it so that as they grow up they will never forget it!

 

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