We have been having a great year at The Compass! We have a great mixture of new kids and old kids, and the ages are spread out pretty evenly this year. Everyone seems to be getting along really well, which is always a great blessing!
In the past couple years, we have trekked through the Bible, learning about the different Bible stories. This year, we've switched gears and are focusing a bit more on how Jesus would want us to live.
This has been a lot of fun and we're able to tie in different Bible stories too.
I am really excited about another new thing we are doing this year! We are memorizing verses this year! Every month the kids will get a new verse to memorize. If they are successful in memorizing it, they get a reward. They sure think getting rewarded is great, but I try to remind them that the "heavenly" rewards are much greater than anything we get here on earth. I'm not sure that they quite understand that now...but I pray that by memorizing these verses now, they'll understand it later! I'm not requiring that they memorize the verses, but encouraging them to.
At first I was a little disappointed because no one seemed interested...but as we got towards the end of September, there were a lot of them that were really eager to memorize it...one of the boys got it memorized in a couple of minutes! One really neat thing that happened...one of the older boys decided to help out a couple of the younger kids that can't read very well yet...and he kept practicing it with them over and over...and they both got it memorized! It was so enouraging to see that!
September's memory verse:
"For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16
October's memory verse:
"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength."
Mark 12:30
I'm excited to see what else God will do this year at The Compass and what He will continue to do in the lives of these kids!
I often think about what it means to leave a legacy...it first makes me think of the Nichole Nordeman song and then that's in my head, but it also reminds me of Lisa. Lisa was one of those really special people that truly make this world a better place...Lisa left an amazing legacy. Lisa loved Jesus...and if you knew her, you knew that. I often think about Lisa...and I miss her...but her legacy certainly lives on...in Jeff...in their two beautiful daughters...in everyone she knew...in The Compass...
Are you leaving a legacy?
I am really excited about another new thing we are doing this year! We are memorizing verses this year! Every month the kids will get a new verse to memorize. If they are successful in memorizing it, they get a reward. They sure think getting rewarded is great, but I try to remind them that the "heavenly" rewards are much greater than anything we get here on earth. I'm not sure that they quite understand that now...but I pray that by memorizing these verses now, they'll understand it later! I'm not requiring that they memorize the verses, but encouraging them to.
At first I was a little disappointed because no one seemed interested...but as we got towards the end of September, there were a lot of them that were really eager to memorize it...one of the boys got it memorized in a couple of minutes! One really neat thing that happened...one of the older boys decided to help out a couple of the younger kids that can't read very well yet...and he kept practicing it with them over and over...and they both got it memorized! It was so enouraging to see that!
September's memory verse:
"For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16
October's memory verse:
"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength."
Mark 12:30
I'm excited to see what else God will do this year at The Compass and what He will continue to do in the lives of these kids!
I often think about what it means to leave a legacy...it first makes me think of the Nichole Nordeman song and then that's in my head, but it also reminds me of Lisa. Lisa was one of those really special people that truly make this world a better place...Lisa left an amazing legacy. Lisa loved Jesus...and if you knew her, you knew that. I often think about Lisa...and I miss her...but her legacy certainly lives on...in Jeff...in their two beautiful daughters...in everyone she knew...in The Compass...
Are you leaving a legacy?
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