Next Sunday we will be studying God’s Creation. Everything that God created had a purpose; there were no accidents. To help us learn about God’s purpose, we will be looking at insects…a different insect each week. The way God looks after these small creatures will help us understand how God looks after us.

God created even the insects for a purpose. You are much more important to God than the insects, because you were created in the image of God and capable of relating to God. God created you for a purpose, and He has a plan for your life.

Come join us this Sunday as we look at God’s creation, take a closer look at some of His insects, and focus in on how each one of us can find God’s purpose for our lives. This would be a great week to bring a friend!

Tom and Sydney Cook
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The first Sunday will be a short unit on the names of God. We will look at Moses’ experience on Mount Sinai with the burning bush, were God told him the personal name of God, “Yahweh” in Hebrew. It means “I am who I am,” and refers to God as eternal—no beginning, no end, not constrained by time. We’ll take a quick look, too, at some of the other names God is known by in the Bible.

We’re looking forward to meeting you! Please try to be with us Sunday…and bring a friend along!

Tom and Sydney Cook
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Paul took every chance he could get to tell others about what God had done for him, and how God had used him to tell others about Jesus. Most of us don’t have as powerful a story about meeting Jesus as Paul did, but each of us has our own story—important because it’s unique and special to us. Your story may help someone else come to know Jesus, or to know Him better.

This is the last Sunday of our Sunday School year, so we’ll have our graduation ceremony to thank our pupils for being with us this year and to send them off to their new Fifth Grade adventure!

Tom and Sydney Cook
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Paul had been warned about what would happen in Jerusalem, and tried his best to act as the Jews wanted him to. But, even as he was praying in the temple, some of his Jewish enemies from Asia saw him and raised an uproar, yelling about how Paul broke the Jewish laws until people from all over the city ran and a rioting mob was formed. They dragged Paul out of the temple, closed the doors, and were trying their best to kill Paul. The Roman soldiers rescued Paul, but the people still were trying to kill him. Paul asked the soldiers if he could speak to the crowd, and was given permission.

Paul did what he always did—told about Jesus. The people listened until he mentioned preaching to the Gentiles, when they started up again their shouts of “Such a man does not deserve to live!” Paul was taken into custody by the Romans, and even there he continued to tell everyone he could about Jesus.

Jesus told about God’s kingdom when it was hard—even to the point of giving His life on the cross. Paul told about Jesus when it was hard—again, even to the point of death. Many others in New Testament days faced death, but still told about Jesus—people like Stephen, John, and Peter. Today many Christians around the world face real danger when they meet together to worship God and to tell others about Jesus. In many countries, it is illegal to even possess a Bible. But their love for Jesus and their gratitude for what He has done for them keep them faithful to share what Jesus has done with people around them who do not know about Him.

Sometimes it may seem difficult for us to tell others about Jesus, but that’s exactly what God wants us to do. He didn’t promised to make things easy, but to be with us when trouble happens and to help us know what to say and do. Jesus will give us the ability to tell others about Him, even when it’s hard.

Be with us this Sunday as we learn together—and bring a friend!

Tom and Sydney Cook
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Our memory verse says it all — “Even a young man is known by his actions.” Join us this Sunday to learn how our actions can influence others and let them know about our love for Jesus. Bring a friend!

Tom and Sydney Cook
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Last Sunday we learned about how the first Gentile (non-Jewish) people came to believe in Jesus, as Peter visited the Roman Centurion Cornelius and told him and his family and friends about the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. Although they were Gentiles, they believed Peter’s message, received the gift of the Holy Spirit, and were baptized as Chrisitans.

Next Sunday we will look at a part of the missionary journey of Paul, as he and Barnabas traveled through Asia Minor telling the Good News of Jesus. Even though some did not believe, and some were angry at Paul (to the point of stoning him), there were many who believed in Jesus. Paul and Barnabas left many believers in Iconium, Lystra, and Derbe who formed churches and followed Jesus together.

Please join us in Sunday School this Sunday as we learn about this important part of being a Christian! It would be a great day to bring a friend.

Tom and Sydney Cook
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You probably know the story of how the younger son asked his father to receive the money that would come to him from his father’s estate, then took it and left home to go to a far country. There he wasted the money and soon had nothing to live on. Abandoned by his “friends,” he took a job feeding pigs (a very bad job for a Jewish boy). Finally he decided to go back home and ask for a job as a servant in his father’s house.

The father was waiting with open arms to welcome him back home, not as a servant, but as a son. He lavishly forgave his son and had a big celebration to welcome him home.

God forgives each of us in much the same way. We don’t deserve a place in His kingdom, but he welcomes us as sons and daughters when we come to Him in repentance. The Bible says we are “joint heirs with Jesus,” being adopted into God’s family.

Just as God freely forgives us, Jesus teaches that we must also forgive others who wrong us. If we don’t forgive, we are not only disobeying God, but we may well suffer—spiritually, emotionally, and even physically. Bearing a grudge and wanting to get even will eat away at us, while forgiving freely will set us free.

Come join us Sunday as we learn about the choice of forgiveness. Bring along a friend!

Tom and Sydney Cook
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This Sunday we will look at one of the times Jesus taught the people about God, as He taught us how we should choose to love others. We should love everyone. Not just those who love us and are kind to us…Jesus taught that we should even love our enemies and those who are unkind to us. Jesus said that anyone can love those who love them, but we are to be different…we are to be like God Himself, who loved each one of us even when we were sinners and enemies of God.

Part of Jesus’ teaching was the Golden Rule: Do to others as you would have them do to you. This is a better way to live than the silver rule: Do to others as they do to you. And much better than the iron rule: Do to others before they do to you. God’s way is the highest and best.

It is difficult to follow this command, because we are not used to doing it. Those around us often don’t follow God’s command, either. But, as followers of Jesus, we will want to follow His teachings and do our best (with His help) to love everyone.

Join us this Sunday as we learn how to put Jesus’ teaching into practice in our lives. One good way to be kind to others is to invite them to come with you to Sunday School!

Tom and Sydney Cook
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We can pray to God about anything. Even though God knows what we need, like our daily bread (food), He still wants us to pray to Him about our needs. Jesus taught us this in the Model Prayer. We can also pray to God about things we want. God has not promised to give us all the things we want, but He sometimes will give us “the desires of our heart.” But there are some things which we really shouldn’t pray for. The Bible talks about “asking amiss” for things which are really not good for us, or which God has commanded us to avoid. Selfish prayers are never a good idea.

We’ll look more at the kinds of things we should and should not pray for Sunday. You’ll want to be there, and you’ll want to bring a friend!

Tom and Sydney Cook

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God does not always immediately answer all our prayers, and it’s really a good thing that He doesn’t — since sometimes we really don’t know what we’re asking. God can see what will happen in the future, and really does know what is best for us. And, too, sometimes we forget that a perfectly valid answer to some prayers is “no” or “wait.”

We will make a special treat for our fathers in class for Father’s Day, and we will put on a skit with a western theme to help tell the story of Elijah and the “Showdown on Mount Carmel.” This would be a great day to join us and bring a friend!

Tom and Sydney Cook
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