2 July - A Place of Hospitality
Genesis 22:1-14 Psalm 13 Romans 6:12-23 Matthew 10:40-42 At Home Ideas: Click here for a reflection on the Genesis reading. 9 July - Jesus or John?
Genesis: 24:34-3842-49, 58-67 Psalm 45:10-17 Romans 7:15-25a Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 At Home Ideas: Click here for an activity & a reflection on the Genesis reading. 16 July - Day Camp Service - Digging Deeper: Parables Revealed
Mark 4:2-9, 13-20 - God's word can grow Matt 13:31-33 - Small things can become great with God Luke 15:1-10 - Found It: God Loves Us Luke 11:5-13 - When we seek & ask, we recognise God is with us The memory verse for the week is 1 John 4:7-8: "Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love." At Home Ideas: Click on each of the readings above for more information, including discussion & prayer ideas. |
23 July
Deuteronomy 6:5-6 John 21:15-19 At Home Ideas: Read this thought provoking article about Deut 6:4-9 Use this heart shaped finger labyrinth to reflect on what God might be saying to you. Draw or write a list of what you love about God. Click here for a prayer activity based on the John reading. 30 July - Unseen Abundance
Genesis 29:15-28 Psalm 105:1-11, 45b Romans 8:26-39 Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 At Home Ideas: Print or write out Psalm 105:2-3 & put it somewhere in the house that you will see it often. Read the verse out loud at least once a day & tell of the wonderful things he has done. For a reflection on Romans 8:28 go here. Read Romans 8:35-39 & then make your own list of things that you worry might get between you & God's loving care. Or watch the youtube clip of the Shel Silverstein poem "Whatif". For the Matthew reading " Laurel Dykstra claims the key to these parables is not the objects, but what people do with them. They don’t just hold on to them." What we do for God makes a difference, even if it seems small. What specific thing can you do for God? See worshipingwithchildren.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/year-proper-12-17th-sunday-in-ordinary.html |