Dear Parents, Happy Spring!---almost! It feels like spring is in the air at least. Here is what will be happening with your 1st - 3rd graders in the next month. We are still going through the Bible starting with Genesis and have finally made it up to Joseph, one of those wonderful patriarchs from the Bible with some pretty amazing stories. We still want the kids to know the 2 promises God gave Abraham: (1) that he would be blessed with as many children as there are stars in the sky and (2) that the whole world would be blessed through him because of Jesus. We are learning a Bible verse which we repeat for a few weeks until we think most of them have learned it completely. They are on their take home pages and we ask them to repeat them to you before they go to bed. The verse for this week is Philippians 1:6---...”being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” Starting next week they will learn Psalm 121:7-8---”The Lord will keep you from all harm---He will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.” If your child says this verse to either of us by the end of class they can put their name in a box and we will have a drawing for something special on May 23. (They do not need to be present to win!) Here’s the rundown of stories we will be covering over the next few weeks. Also, Teachers Thom & Liz will be gone for the next 2 weeks but Jan Hazzard will be teaching the class. She substitutes in the summer and has a great time with your children! March 23--Joseph interprets Pharaoh’s dream. Genesis 41:1-36 March 30--Joseph made ruler. Genesis 41:37-57 April 6--Joseph gives food to his family. Genesis 42:1-44:34 April 13--Joseph reveals himself. Genesis 45:1-47:12 April 20 is Easter Sunday so there will be a combined class for the 1st-5th graders. Watch your bulletin for more details on that. Thanks for bringing your child each week. We enjoy each and every one of them. They are a great group of kids!
Liz & Thom
