Hi Parents!
Hey mom, did you know Paul uses you as an example of gentleness? Check out 1 Thessalonians 2:6&7. Paul tells the people he and his team had been gentle with the people just like a mother is gentle in caring for her children.

Gentleness is the subject of this week's lesson. I hope you have had time to read this chapter with your children. I'm sure you teach the older children to be gentle as they care for, play with, and hold their younger siblings. God wants Gentleness to overflow in our lives so others will be curious about Him.

Have a blessed week!
Mr. Chuck

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms!
 I won't have an opportunity to send a reminder this week so I'm going to do it now.

Our chapter this week is about Faithfulness. I'm sure you can think of many examples of faithfulness to help your children understand the meaning. Mom and Dad do so many things faithfully because they love their children...earn wages to pay for food, heat, electricity, on fun things; prepare meals so the children are nourished, keep promises as much as they can and the list goes on and on.

Be sure to read this chapter (#28) with your children. Talk about the stories and have fun!

God bless you!
Mr. Chuck

Greetings Wonderful Parents!

Goodness and Kindness...2 fruits of the Spirit...2 fruits that should be evident in our lives as we live like people truly grateful for what God has done for us. And these are 2 fruit I'm sure your children understand. They know what goodness is and they know what kindness is. Naturally there are times when these fruit don't shine. We need to work harder during those times.

Jesus taught us to be kind and good not only to those who are friends, but to those we don't know well. If we are only good and kind to those who are friends there is a real danger we are doing it for what we can get back...not what we can give. We invite them to dinner and then expect them to invite us. That is something we might need to help the children and young people understand.

Have a most wonderful weekend!
See you in church Sunday,
Mr. Chuck

Thank you for being patient with me! I'm sorry it's Friday already and I'm just now getting this reminder out.

The topic this week is...Patience.
I think this may be another tough topic for the young ones to understand. You KNOW your children aren't always patient. Are we there yet? How many more sleeps until...? And it's usually more than just wanting to know, they want it now. We are the same way. The new iPhone is out, gotta get it. I ordered it yesterday, why isn't it here yet? Oh yeah...you are running late for an appointment and EVERYBODY is in your way.

Our little kids book has two stories. The Old Testament story is about David, already anointed to be the next king, patiently waiting for God's timing and not taking (justified?) action against King Saul who wants him dead. The New Testament story is about the crippled man waiting by the pool at Bethesda for healing, yet unable to get into the water. These are both good examples of being patient. David exercises good patience as he waits on God's timing. We don't have much information on the crippled man's patience. If he was like me, he had good days and bad days.

As you read these stories to your children help them understand what it means to be patient, to wait calmly for something to happen. Share examples of good patience and bad patience that you have noticed in your life and then try to get them to talk about good and bad examples in their life. YOU have the opportunity to make this lesson so real to them.

God wants us to be patient and He sends the Holy Spirit to help us. When we are patient we are living the way God wants us to live. What do you do to restore patience when you are obviously struggling with it? Sarah Young in Jesus Calling frequently tells us to call out to Jesus. Just whisper His name. Jesus... That has a way of helping us get focused on the right things.

God bless you for teaching your young ones to follow Him...Jesus.
Mr. Chuck