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If you have been in church in the past few weeks you have heard Rob preaching about “360 Apprentice”. This year part of our vision for the church is to become apprentice’s of Christ. We are learning what that looks like, how to do it and what it means to become an actual apprentice of Christ.
In children’s ministry this year we are also taking on the concept of apprentice. In the Spring we began to focus on 2 Timothy 2:1-3. But more specifically verse 2; And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful people who will also be able to teach others.
In this verse we see Paul saying, I am now teaching you, and you are to take it to your faithful followers so they might take it even farther on to other people. This is a structure of apprentice’s. Timothy apprenticed under Paul, and now Paul is telling him to apprentice his faithful so they might continue teaching others about Christ. This year we have set up this very system. We have many many wonderful teachers in your kids class rooms. We love them, your kids love them. If you did not get a chance to read about them the links to their biographies are at the bottom of this post. Each of our teachers has worked very hard to learn how to teach children spiritual truths in concrete, imaginative, and age appropriate ways. Because they are so good at what they do, we want to spread their knowledge about teaching kids, their wisdom from experience, and their passion for Christ into others at CCC.
We spent the Summer asking God to give us at least five apprentices’, one for each class. And guess what? I’m about to introduce you to our five apprentices’ serving under all of our Core Teachers this year. Praise God!
Tonight I want you to meet Jami Lash:
How long have you been attending CCC? I have been attending CCC since Fall of 2011.
What do you do here in Gainesville? I am a sophomore at UF studying History. I’m involved with RUF campus ministry.
What do you like to do, any hobbies? I enjoy playing volleyball, swing dancing, swimming, hanging out with friends, and meeting new people! 🙂
What is your favorite part of teaching kids? I love being in the classroom with the kids! It takes me away from the college life, and I get to enter into whats going on in their lives a little bit each Sunday morning. Clara
is great and has so many great examples to demonstrate the lesson. I really enjoy listening to all her personal examples, and being reminded of the Bible’s powerful truths! I have just begun to get to
know her, but I can already tell she has lived quite a remarkable life for the Lord. I am blessed to be able to come be with the 4&5th grade class on Sunday mornings!
Meet the Teachers
Driebe
French
We are seeking to read through the Book of Acts together. This week’s readings are:
Mon Oct 22 Acts 1
Tue Oct 23 Acts 2
Wed Oct 24 Acts 3
Thur Oct 25 Acts 4
Fri Oct 26 Acts 5
Sat Oct 27 catch up/reflect/review
Luke’s primary purpose is to edify Christians by recounting how God’s plan, coming to fulfillment in Jesus, had continued to unfold in the history of the early church. Perhaps Luke’s most important contribution is precisely this careful linking of the apostolic proclamation of the Word of God with the word that Jesus both taught and fulfilled. The “Word of God” thus binds together Luke’s two volumes, as the salvation that the angel first announced on the night of Jesus’ birth on a Judean hillside (Luke 2:10-12) is brought finally to the capital of the Roman Empire. Luke thus presents “the things that have been fulfilled among us” (Luke 1:1) as a continuation of the salvific history of the Old Testament, showing how this history reaches its culmination in Christ and flows from him through the Spirit-led apostles into a new phase, the church as the eschatological people of God. By doing so, Luke gave to Theophilus, and continues to give to every Christian who reads his two volumes, an assurance that faith is solidly grounded in the acts of God in history and that the message we believe is the same message sent from God. read more…
Also: Bunch o’ Acts resources
Mon Oct 22 Acts 1
Tue Oct 23 Acts 2
Wed Oct 24 Acts 3
Thur Oct 25 Acts 4
Fri Oct 26 Acts 5
Sat Oct 27 catch up/reflect/review
Sun Oct 28 Acts 6
Mon Oct 29 Acts 7:1-53
Tues Oct 30 Acts 7:54-8:3 + catchup
Wednesday Oct 31 Acts 8:4-40
Thursday Nov 1 Acts 9
Friday Nov 2 Acts 10
Sat Nov 3 Catchup/reflect/review
Sun Nov 4 Acts 11
Mon Nov 5 Acts 12
Tue Nov 6 Acts 13
Wed Nov 7 Acts 14
Thu Nov 8 Acts 15:1-35
Fri Nov 9 Acts 15:36-16:5 + catchup
Sat Nov 10 Catchup/reflect/review
Sun Nov 11 Acts 16:6-40
Mon Nov 12 Acts 17:1-21
Tue Nov 13 Acts 17:22-34
Wed Nov 14 Acts 18
Thu Nov 15 Acts 19:1-20
Fri Nov 16 Acts 19:21-40
Sat Nov 17 Catchup/
Sun Nov 18 Acts 20:1-16
Mon Nov 19 Acts 20:17-38
Tue Nov 20 Acts 21:1-16
Wed Nov 21 Acts 21:17-40
Thur Nov 22 Acts 22:1-29
Fri Nov 23 Acts 22:30-23:11
Sat Nov 24 Catchup
Sun Nov 25 Acts 23:12-35
Mon Nov 26 Acts 24
Tue Nov 27 Acts 25:1-12
Wed Nov 28 Acts 25:13-27
Thur Nov 29 Acts 26
Friday Nov 30 Acts 27:1-12
Satu Dec 1 Catchup
Sun Dec 2 Acts 27:13-44
Mon Dec 3 Acts 28:1-16
Tue Dec 4 Acts 28:17-30
Sunday we will use the following prayer as our confession. Taking time prior to familiarize yourself with the themes should yield fruit now and Sunday.
Keep, we ask, O Lord, your Church with your perpetual mercy, and,
because the frailty of man without you cannot but fall,
keep us ever by your help from all things hurtful,
and lead us to all things profitable to our salvation; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Perpetual mercy our frailty our dependence His sufficiency keep us from lead us to through Jesus Amen!
