Dear Firstie Parents,
Happy Wednesday! Has your firstie been sharing with you what
we are learning in Religion class? It is
almost unbelievable! We learned about
Elijah and Elisha, and how Elijah was taken into Heaven. If you aren’t familiar with it, ask your
firstie! THEN we learned about a
missionary named Jonah. God asked him to
go to a city called, Nineveh, and tell the people living there to repent of
their sins. Jonah didn’t want to go and
so he tried to run and hide from God. It
didn’t work. We can’t hide from
God! He is all-powerful and all-knowing
and nothing escapes Him. That is a
little scary to think about, isn’t it?
He knows all of our secrets! But
GOOD NEWS! Our God is a loving and
forgiving God; we need only to repent of our sins. Jonah was a missionary and he eventually did
get to Nineveh to speak to the people.
He told them to repent of their sins and shared with them about how God is
LOVE! We don’t have to go Nineveh or
Africa to share the Good News of what Jesus did for us! We can do that RIGHT HERE! I pray that God provides you with little
opportunities to do just that.
I have SO MANY Christmas books and every year I can’t wait
to share them with my firsties. The book
that we read on Monday, is one of my favorites.
The story “The Carpenter’s Gift” written by David Rubel and illustrated by
Jim LaMarche, is a tale about the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. While parts of the story are not true, it IS
true that when Christmas is over, the tree is milled for it’s lumber and used
to help build houses for the organization, Habitat for Humanity. The lighting of the Christmas tree at
Rockefeller Center is TONIGHT! I hope
you are able to check it and if possible, your firstie too!
Keep working with your firstie on their Advent parts. Remember, we are presenting in just ONE week. The service begins at 5:30, but
there is a hymn sing starting at 5:15.
We will be meeting in the church basement by no later than 5:15. Thank you!
See you next week.
Blessings,
“Jesus in ALL things”
Miss Gallagher
