The Daughter Project & the Christmas Benefit Concert

This year's offering from the Christmas Benefit Concert is going to help the Daughter Project (http://thedaughterproject.org/).

In talking with the director about discussing with children the Daughter Project and its mission, he suggested two resources to help.

• The first is a resource called the Princess Lost (www.mendingthesoul.org/2010/12/princess-lost-curriculum/)
• The Disney movie Tangled (http://goarticles.com/article/Disney-s-Tangled-and-Human-Trafficking-in-Moldova/5100352/)

While this is a difficult issue to talk about with children, please realize the two girls at The Daughter Project currently are l3 years old.

additional advent resource

Weekly advent resource:  http://paultrippministries.org/advent
Updated each Wednesday through advent.

God Promises to Send the Messiah, Part One

Passage:  Genesis 3:15; 12:1–3; 49:10

Principle:  God fulfills His promises.

Praise:  “O Worship the King”

Prompt:  Ask your child these questions:

· What promises about Jesus are in Genesis?

· Why are these promises important?

Practice:  Help your child apply these truths in the following ways:

· By worshiping Jesus, the Deliverer, Savior, and King.

· By confessing his need for forgiveness and placing his faith in Jesus Christ.

· By obeying the Great King over all the earth.

Memory verse:

2 year olds through kindergarten:  1 Timothy 1:15b

Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners

1^st through 5^th grade:  1 Timothy 1:15

The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.

Missionary:  The Rust family to Portugal

Ministry:  Children’s ministry

Activity: Begin a weekly or daily Christmas tradition to remind.  Check out the blog for ideas.

Next Week: Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:18–25, 2:1–12; Micah 5:2

ADVENT

December 2, 2012 is the first day of ADVENT

Here are some links to help prepare for Christmas
(this is not necessarily support of everything on these webpages)

• explanation of advent www.desiringgod.org/blog/posts/what-is-advent
• free advent ebook www.desiringgod.org/blog/posts/good-news-of-great-joy-free-advent-ebook
• book resources @ www.radical.net/blog/2012/11/some-advent-resources
• online advent readings www.rca.org/page.aspx?pid=1628
• Paul Tripp devotional resource:  http://paultrippministries.org/advent

Prayer Requests for the Arthur family!

We rejoice and thank the Lord for the following:

1. The seminary where I serve as director had lots of debt at the beginning of this year. The Lord provided in unexpected ways and the debt has been reduced from about $200,000 to about $50,000.
2. Our church plant that is starting up at the seminary has a steady attendance of about 60 after only a year and a half.
3. In spite of health issues and financial crises, the Lord has faithfully kept us on the field of Brazil for almost 25 years as a family.

Please join us in prayer for the following:

1. Our son Peter, who graduated from Cedarville while we were on furlough there in Toledo (May, 2011) is living in California and preparing for marriage next July. He is working three jobs and trying to keep his head above water. He also has some health issues, such as problems with his back and some difficulties with concentration due to a concussion in high school.
2. We are very busy! I am preaching in three different churches in the next three weeks and will teach a masters module in Portuguese starting next Monday (Nov. 26). Please pray for me to be ready for this module. I have never given the course (Biblical Theology of the OT) and have had to start from scratch in my preparation. My job as director of the seminary does not leave me enough time to prepare for my classes as well as I would like (I am teaching 10 credits this semester).
3. Our daughter Jill is a senior in high school this year and she is also very busy. Besides her classes and her sports at school, she plays violin for our church and is spending lots of time taking tests (ACT, SAT) and trying to decide where to go to college. On Nov. 30, she will play Alice in "Alice in Wonderland" at the school play. She has lots of lines to memorize. Pray for her to do well. She wants to do everything well to please the Lord.

Thanksgiving

Date:   11.25

Thanksgiving

Memory verse:
2 years through pre-kindergarten
Review verses
Kindergarten through 5th grade
Psalm 1:2
but his delight is in the law of the LORD and on his law he meditates day and night.

Missionary:  Arthur family
Ministry:   Christmas Benefit Concert

REVIEW

Date:  11.18
Review

Memory verse:
2 years through pre-kindergarten
Review verses

Kindergarten through 5th grade
Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the manwho walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers.

Missionary:  Totten family
Ministry:   Christmas Benefit Concert