At HomeStuff November 22-29

Week of November 22-29

Bottom Line this Week:  Working together to get God's work done.

By now your child should have a really good idea of what cooperation is all about: working together to do more than you can do alone. They should also have a firm grasp of the fact that cooperation is not just a good idea-- it’s a “God idea.” Because of that, cooperation is something that should permeate our lives, in both everyday activities and in church activities (although the everyday activities are also sacred, for a believer, right? Check out Colossians 3:23.).

This week we are talking about how the Israelites came together to make their mobile tabernacle under God’s direction. “The Israelites completed all the work, just as God had commanded. Moses saw that they had done all the work and done it exactly as God had commanded” (Exodus 39:42-43, The Message). Although where you gather as a church looks different from that tent of long ago, one of our reasons for gathering remains the same: to get God’s work done. So this week, help kids better understand what “God’s work” looks like and how it benefits us all.

At home this week talk about what cooperation looks like both at church and at home.  Thanks for those families that participated in either Operation Christmas Child (shoeboxes) or the NETWORK project (mosquito nets).  This is a great picture of COOPERATION.  We partner with people from our church, that partner with people from our state that connect with thousands of people around the country to make a significant difference.