Children's Ministry

by Ellen Dillard


Psalm 9:1 says:
“I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart;
I will tell of your wonderful deeds.
I will be glad and rejoice in you;
I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High.”

The Holidays can be crazy busy. While they are meant to be a time of thanksgiving and praise to God for His many blessings; the reality is that the holidays are often very stressful.  And frequently, we can’t wait until we go back to our normal 9-5!

This Thanksgiving, make sure you block off a few hours or even one whole day to enjoy family traditions or make new ones!

November 1, place a pumpkin in the middle of your dinner table.  Keep a sharpie close by.  Throughout the month, encourage your family members to write the things they are most thankful for on the pumpkin.  If your kidz are too young to write, ask them what they are most thankful for and write it for them!  Pray together and thank God for His many blessings.

Together, get your Bibles and “look through the Scriptures” for verses that help you to thank and praise God.  Write the verse on a piece of paper and put them in a jar. During 2020, pull a Scripture out daily/weekly as a reminder to give thanks to God!

We’d love to see your pumpkin and the thanksgiving Scriptures that you find!  Share them with us – ellend@hebrononline.org.

We are praying for and praising God for your family today!

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Thank you for praying for our 4th/5th Graders while on their retreat at Pine Springs Camp. We talked about forgiveness.  Good conversation happened in our small groups - as kidz talked about and processed what it means to be forgiven and why we need to be forgiven.  In addition, we had a ton of fun playing games like chicken wars, climbing the rock wall, archery, and ziplining.