The Week of November 21st

 We sing in church Sunday, November 20th, at the beginning of the 10:30 service.   The children will meet at the back of the church in the narthex.  Then after singing, they will come and sit with you.   

Student of the Week:  Evelyn

Tuesday’s Memory:  Christmas parts

Winston: Not only is the Christmas tree more than just a pretty decoration, but it is also a symbol that tells God’s story of salvation. 

Nora: Many years ago, two trees were sometimes placed in the church at Christmastime. 

Piper: The first tree reminds us of our sins, 

      Easton: for it was through a tree in the Garden of Eden that sin came into the world.

Kaelyn: God said to Adam and Eve, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden,

Jane: but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, 

Calvin: for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die” (Genesis 2:16–17).

Willow: But Adam and Eve disobeyed God and ate the fruit of that tree. 

Amelia E.: The red ornaments on the tree remind us of that fruit and the first sin. 

Ryker: Since Adam and Eve brought sin into the world, everyone is born a sinner and is doomed for death. 

Belle: “Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, 

Taylor: and so death spread to all men because all sinned” (Romans 5:12).

Hannah: The base of the tree is draped in red to remind us that our sins are like scarlet and red as crimson (Isaiah 1:18). 

Evelyn: There are no lights, because this tree symbolizes the dark night of sin. 

Laiken: But Jesus came and took away the dark night of sin! 

Beckem: “He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, 

Amelia G.: that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. 

Roman: By His wounds you have been healed” (1 Peter 2:24).

Emerson: The evergreen tree reminds us of the tree that Jesus died on, 

Graham: because the tip of each branch is in the shape of a cross (hold up a branch for congregation to see). 

Annabelle: Christmas trees are green all year round, which reminds us of the eternal life we have with Jesus. 

Henry: Even the shape of evergreen trees reminds us of Jesus. They point straight up to heaven! 

Delaney: The Christmas tree is a symbol of salvation!

Monday, November 21st:  Gym. Letter N Ending:  .nine, green, hen, wren, dragon, onion, can, fan, man, lion, bean, spoon, train, tin, moon.   We will make turkeys today.  

Tuesday, November 22nd:   Computers.  Library.   We will be making our Tinsel Tree Ornaments today.