Family Worship Guide for 04.26

Great resource to remember this week's memory verse:
http://www.challies.com/resources/visual-theology-think-on-these-things

Talk with your kids about how you were saved.

A great part of this week's passage, Acts 3, 4, to think about this week is
"Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved."  Acts 4:12



Share Jesus with others.
Invite others to Sonshine.
Think about what you do on Sunday morning.

The Best Children's Program Ever is...

The Best Children's Program Ever is 

   Godly, Growing Parents.

In the book Sticky Church,  Larry Osbourne writes about some of the benefits of having over 40% of a church's people in a small group.  He refers to 40% to 60% as "critical mass."
One benefit of this is what it does for children and families.

What if the best gift we cold give our children and youth might not be the great programs we were offering but instead be something different - the simple but profound gift of a growing mom and dad.

I was always amazed at how much like their parents most of the kids in my youth group eventually became.  Once they hit adulthood, our influence waned and their parents' influence held sway. They parented like they were parented, did marriage like their parents and even did adult Christianity like it was modeled by most the adults around them. 

What would happen if the children in our church saw their parents regularly opening their Bible to prepare for a Bible study, going to someone's home to learn more, praying for other adults and serving the community? 

In talking with other churches that do small groups, one of the biggest challenges is families with children.  Here is a link about our Soul Care groups and children.

Family Worship Guide: 04.19.15

Each week during April, the 1st through 3rd graders are making cards for our pastors.
You can do this as a family this week.





















Here is a video about this week's lesson.  Obviously it was recording during Christmas time.

Beginning the book of Acts

THIS WEEK'S MEMORY VERSE:

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

OUTLINE OF THE BOOK OF ACTS:

You shall be witnesses to Me in
  Jerusalem and

  in all Judea and

  Samaria and 

  to the end of the earth.

Acts 1:8

VIDEO:

Great explanation of this week's lesson.  In this video Trey refers to the New Year disregard that reference.


2014-01-05 CM Preview from Faith Church on Vimeo.


GLOBAL GOSPEL:
Here are Pastor Duke's two sermons from the Global Gospel series
  05.05.13 - Acts of Jesus Christ
  05.12.13 - You Will Be Witnesses

To listen to these sermons, go to the media page, www.emmanuelbaptist.com/social-media-player, and click on Global Gospel.
These lessons in Acts are great opportunities for you to share what you were challenged with during this series.

What doe we do with this kids?

This is the message I preached at Baylife Baptist Church on April 29.

This is a great question to consider.

This ministry philosophy "parents are the
primary disciple-makers" is a Biblical command
that the church needs to remember.

Ministering to families is a great way to make disciples and
help grow more and better disciples in the church.
Sanctification parenting has God's glory as the goal.
Reputation parenting has you a

Family ministry does not focus on the family.
Family ministry focuses on God.
Family ministry is designed to equip and challenges parents
to glorify God and help their children do the same.

Click www.radical.net for the message entitled
The Gospel and Parents
This is a great message.

We need to glorify God as we share the Gospel
with our kids and help them grow in Christ.

Easter video that is much more than an Easter video.

The following video was shared with the EKIDZ ministry teachers this week.
We used this section at Baylife Baptist Church in Jamaica this past Sunday.

It is a good 11:30 minute explanation of how Easter connects the whole Bible.
Actually even more than that it is a great explanation of the Gospel.



The video talks about
the stain of sin
the power of sin
the presence of sin

and how in Jesus Christ we have victory over these things.