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Backyard VBS – The Creation

Here is another alternative VBS idea for parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles, or friends and neighbors to consider  for creating a mini backyard VBS program. Use The Creation to share with children who may have already been playing together safely. Outdoors is the safest place to play when we have to be concerned with the Covid-19 virus. One or more canopy tents would be beneficial for shade and/or shelter if it should rain. A coloring page is available for each creation day in the downloadable

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Great-Grandma’s Gifts by Marianne Jones

Great Gandma’s Gifts Author: Marianne Jones Picture Book: unpaged Language: English ISBN 13: 978-0-9812516-9-1 List price: $10 paperback Reviewed By: Janice D. Green Rating:     Great-Grandma’s Gifts is a children’s book after my heart. My earliest memories of my mother are of her sewing clothes, and like Arlene’s mother, she gave me scraps to play with. So I quickly related to Arlene who learned to love to sew at a very early age. This gentle book begins with Arlene’s childhood and shows how she grew up using her love for sewing to give joy to

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Are we passing the baton?

Are our children (grandchildren) getting it when it comes to salvation, love for Christ Jesus, and love for his Word? Who is teaching them? Are we team-teachers? Do we spend time with our children/grandchildren talking about their faith, or do we leave all of that up to their Sunday school teacher or youth leader? Timothy’s mother’s name was Lois and his grandmother was Eunice. Their names are found in 2 Timothy 1:5, and they serve as eternal examples for us

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Creation or Evolution – What IS the big deal?

The Creation coloring pages by Nancy Gordon In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. This is the first sentence of the first book in the Bible. It is the most important sentence in the whole creation account – God created everything, the world didn’t create itself. Why is it important for people to recognize God as Creator? Because without God, life has little value. We become accidents with no purpose. The life of an endangered snail becomes more important

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Grandparenting Through Obstacles by Reneé Gray-Wilburn and Dianne E. Butts

Grandparenting Through Obstacles: Overcoming Family Challenges to Reach Your Chradchildren For Christ Written by ReneéGray-Wilburn and Dianne E. Butts Pix-N-Pens Publishing 302 pages ISBN 978-1-938092-17-6 SRP: $15.99 Reviewed by Janice D. Green Amazon.com link Rating:      Grandparenting through Obstacles by Reneé Gray-Wilburn and Dianne E. Butts is a dynamic resource for grandparents who are concerned about helping their grandchildren find a meaningful relationship with Jesus Christ. Through 20 real-life stories written by grandparents in a wide variety of situations, the authors show how twenty wise grandparents found ways

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