Sunday School and Christian Education
Adult Bible study: 9:30 - 10:15 am
Children's Sunday school: 10:45 - 11:30 am
Updated: 2:48 PM 4/27/2008
Sunday School at Faith Pres
"These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up."
-Deuteronomy 6: 6-7 (NIV)
Mystery Woman
A Poem by Christopher Poole
There’s a matter I need to address;
There’s a woman (I’ve been told)
Who cleans up after every mess,
Creates life, new and old.
There’s a question that needs to be cracked
Who is this woman? What does she do?
Well, whenever you get smacked
She smiles and kisses you.
I now know who this woman is
She’s never angry, always calm
And although my friends may call her “Ms.”
I just call her Mom.
Scout Sunday Celebrated at Faith Pres
My name is Rachel and I’m in the 4th grade. I’ve been a Girl Scout for about four years. On Sunday, February 24, we had Scout Sunday at our church and Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts from past and present were celebrated and participated in the service. The boys represented Cub Scout Pack 219 and they presented the flag and led the Pledge of Allegiance. Next, Girl Scouts from Troop 505 and Troop 222 recited the Girl Scout Promise which was followed by the Boy Scout Oath. I was surprised that Mr. Phil Skarin was once a Scout and still remembered the Boy Scout Oath.
Two of the boy scouts were presented with “God and Country” scouting awards. I’ll have to ask them what it takes to get one, so I can see if GSA has anything like it.
My friend and I helped collect the offering that day. Those plates are heavier than you would think, but it was pretty fun.
After that, we went on to Sunday school which was busier than usual with so many other kids from Troops 505 and 222 with us. I don’t remember everyone’s name.
Near the end of the service, all the scouts came back to the chapel to pray and sing the “friendship circle” song. Afterwards, we all went next door to the fellowship hall where all the scouts hosted the coffee hour which included some home baked cookies that our troop had made the day before.
It’s fun being a Girl Scout because we get to do a lot of fun things such as going on hikes and other fun places with my troop. My troop is glad that we can meet at the church which is so close to our school. Sometimes we do things for other people like planting flowers around our church or singing and visiting with older people.
Some people think we just stand at the corner selling cookies, but there’s a lot more to it.
Inspiration
A Poem by Christopher Poole
As I lay sleepless in my bed
On this cold midwinter’s night,
The shadow of an angel
Danced in the firelight.
Out of my bed, I felt my feet
Touch the cold, bare floor,
And soundlessly I crept away,
Yearning to see more.
As I drew near, the angel turned
And, smiling, flew away.
I ran outside in close pursuit,
Lost in the Moon’s silver ray.
I left the comfort of my home
To chase it through the night.
Then my eyes could see no more
As if I was swallowed by the night.
I suddenly felt myself fall
Down to unseen land
When at last I felt my body
Touch the softest sand.
A light beamed down from the glorious crown
Of GOD when He appeared.
I was confused, but still I smiled
To the only god revered.
I did not know where I could be,
But then the angel said,
“Don’t be afraid, for GOD has made
A land where none are dead.”
GOD smiled at me and I smiled back.
My heart then filled with joy.
The gesture’s what I needed in life.
Now I’m a completed boy.
The angel glided over to me
And gently took my hand.
As he started floating upwards,
I felt my feet leave sand.
As we flew toward my home, flying swift in the night,
I heard the most glorious thing:
A small group of angels gathered in heaven
And, beautifully, started to sing.
I tried to listen—alas I could not
For we were too far away
But far up ahead I saw the Sun’s golden beams
Overwhelm the Moon’s shade of gray.
The angel carried me—for I tired to walk
Into my personal house.
He laid me down, helped me to sleep;
Then flew off as quietly as a mouse.
I finally understand,
As I am lying in my bed
That everything that had happened tonight
Took place inside my head.
I looked up to GOD and I quietly said,
“LORD, why play with my mind?”
I waited a while, then heard the response...
“Because it’s one of a kind.”
Dedicated to Stevie Gittleman,
Whom we will love forever.
Faith Pres 2008 Souper Bowl Update:
The collection totals for the 2008 Souper Bowl of Caring were $161 in cash and 40 cans of food, which were donated to the North Hollywood Food Pantry. Thanks to the support of a generous congregation and the efforts of Sunday school teachers and the boys and girls in Sunday school, the 2008 Souper Bowl of Caring drive was a great success.
New Christian Education Year Opens With Rally Day
By now everybody has returned from their vacations, especially those families that have school-age children. Within the next two weeks all schools will have been opened and classes would have started.
We begin the fall season with a unique social event, a progressive dinner. The month of September is a busy time on the PCUSA’s calendar. September 2nd is Christian Vocation Sunday. September 9-15 is Christian Education Week. Because of the previous Sunday’s Labor Day holiday, Faith Pres will observe Rally Day on September 16 with an all youth and children led worship program. There will even be an Adults’ Moment with a young person delivering a mini-sermon to some fidgety adults.