Walk With Me

The focus this month is “God Saves Us and Tells Us How to Live”. The memory verse is Mathew 22:37-40.

Our lesson on Sunday, December 2 was cut short because of the practice at 11:30 a.m. for next week’s Christmas Pageant. Unfortunately, Mrs. Tuinstra was sick today, but we pray she gets better soon.

The major question to answer this morning was whether Gideon, leader of the Israelite forces that defeated a much larger army of invading Midianites and Amelekites, was a hero. Our story was based on Judges 6 and 7. Read this exciting story if you get a chance this week.

Certainly at the beginning, Gideon wasn’t looking like much of a hero. He was trying to avoid Midianite detection by threshing wheat in a hole in the ground (in a winepress) rather than aboveground on his family’s farm. The angel nevertheless referred to Gideon as a “mighty warrior”. After Gideon offered a sacrifice to God and became convinced the angel was really God’s representative, Gideon was asked to cut down idols on his father’s farm and build an altar to the Lord. However, Gideon only dared to do so under the cover of darkness; he knew the people of the village were going to be upset. More fear here, and still only very feeble signs of a hero developing. Fortunately, his father Joash came to the rescue by convincing the upset villagers that the Baal god should have been able to prevent his own destruction if he were a real god.

Things then started looking up for Gideon; the Spirit of the Lord came on him and he gathered an army of 32,000 soldiers in a short time. Still doubting, Gideon asked for signs from the Lord that he really was going to help save Israel from the destructive enemies. Two of the signs that God was really going to save Israel via Gideon’s hand were the requests for alternate dew on ground alone, or the wool fleece alone, on successive nights.

Read Judges 7 to find out more about how the army was whittled down from 32,000 to just 300 so that it would be abundantly clear to all Israel that only God could grant them victory. Further spying on the enemy was needed to convince Joshua the enemy camp was afraid. The Israelites attacked the encamped enemy following trumpet blasts, smashing jars, and shouts of “A sword for the Lord and for Gideon”.

Come prepared to answer more questions next week Sunday about the real status of Gideon as an accomplished “Hero”. Remember to practice for the pageant and your memory verse!

Hi Parents,

I hope your child is enjoying Sunday School. I know Mr. Vyn and I enjoy having them in the classroom. Today, the focus was on Cain and Abel. Mr. Vyn taught the lesson and reminded the students how sin is crouching at our doorsteps. It was a reminder to everyone that we need to constantly pray for God to help us with temptation. Mr. Vyn asked about sibling/ friend relationships. Several students admitted feeling bad feelings toward siblings.

Megan’s prayer request was a praise. Her sister, Sarah, was able to use her foot again after suffering a fracture. Please also pray for students who were unable to attend Sunday School.

Next week, we will be asking the students to either say or write the memory verse which is Psalm 24:1-4.

We hope you have a wonderful week!

Please remember to pray for the following students:

Nathan- recovering from mono

Andrew Marks- doctor visit on Tuesday

Please pray for the various people in our church who are dealing with sickness.

Hi all!

Welcome to a new year of Sunday School! We are excited to see what God has in store for us this year.

Mr. Vyn and Mrs. Tuinstra will be teaching your child this year. Mr. Vyn has been teaching for several years. This is Mrs. Tuinstra’s first year teaching Sunday School in a long time!

The purpose of the blog is as follows:

• This blog is a way for you to stay current with what is going on in the classroom. We encourage you to look at it regularly. We will make it a goal to post on Sunday afternoon so that you know what your child is learning in Sunday School.
• This is also a place for you and your child to look at memory verses as well.
• We will be assigning simple projects to go with the lesson. This could be as simple as discussing a certain part of the lesson or making a card to send to someone in the nursing home.
• We will be encouraging the students to bring their Bibles each week.
• We also want to encourage them to bring others to Sunday School!
• We encourage the students to post comments on this blog as well. It is for them, too!

We look forward to a year where God will reveal Himself to us in fantastic ways.

See you on Sunday!

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